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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1948
The Editorial Page
After You, Mr. Motorist!
The fact that so many traffic accidents happen at intersections brings to light an unattractive, though fairly prevalent human characteristic—the urge to push in ahead of the other fellow.
Most of us have laughed at those classic comedians, Gaston and Alphonse, who stood eternally bowing and scraping before a doorway, murmuring "After you, Alphonse!" "No."
muring, "After you, Alphone!" "No,
after you, dear Gaillon!"
Nothing like that happens on the highway, and it might be a healthy sign if it did. Sounds ridiculous, perhaps, but think about it a moment and it makes sense. Compare the daily scene at intersections when two motorists try to beat each other to the crossing or occupy a space where there is room for only one. When they fail, nobody laughs. The result is death, injury, property destruction and tragedy.
Safety authorities emphasize that discourtesy and disregard for the rights of others are leading causes of highway accidents. That is not a very admirable state of affairs; the best cure for it is law enforcement. Explicit rules for precedence and right of way have been formulated by traffic specialists. It remains for drivers to learn them thoroughly and observe them meticulously. Those who won't, must be made to. It is worth nothing, too, that the first commandment of these safety rules is based on simply courtesy: when in doubt, yield the right of way.
Driving conditions are becoming increasingly hectic every year. That makes courtesy on the highway even more of a "must" than it is at home—literally a matter of life and death No motorist is even slightly ridiculous when he says:
"After you, Mr. Motorist. I want to live!"
Step Down
The University will lose several excellent teachers when the "family" policy goes into effect a year from September. K.U. is taking steps to reinstate its pre-war policy which allowed only one member of a family to teach on the staff.
By the time the ruling goes into effect the University will have the benefit of two overflowing classes of graduate teachers. Although the University will lose the services of some extremely valuable teachers, this school and many others have found that in the long run this policy pays off.
Without such a ruling the University would be subject to the pressures of faculty members or department heads who want to place their relatives on the staff. These relatives may not always be desired by the administration or other members of the staff, but they either must yield or faculty relationships become strained.
Corporations often have such a policy to prevent dissension on their staffs, and most states have nepotism statutes which prevent state officers from hiring their relatives.
The University is moving by degrees toward its pre-war policy. The persons affected by this ruling realized that they were hired during the war on a temporary basis.
The first step is not to hire any more relatives to teach. A year from September members of the family who have held temporary positions will have to step out. The third logical step which has not been announced will prohibit a relative from teaching not only in the same department, but on the entire staff...Marian Minor.
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Greatest Need
Whenever the subject of the World War II memorial is mentioned to certain persons, the desire that the money could have been used for a field house is expressed. To many students, the University's greatest need is a field house, and perhaps it is. To some, a bell tower seems useless and a waste of money which could be used for a better purpose than the tower and parkway.
But, the present plan for a memorial was selected after a careful study of several suggestions and a survey of student and alumni opinion. Many persons believe that the money already collected for the carrion should be used for a field house because the state legislature, which appropriates money for such buildings at a state institution, has failed to do so. This obviously can not be done because of the red tape involved in obtaining permission from all donors to use the money in this way plus the fact that approximately $40,000 has been spent for advertising, soliciting, and promotion.
Why didn't the committee choose a field house by the legislature, why twice as much money would be needed.
If K.U. had chosen a field house
Letters To The Editor -
Dear Editor:
We are constantly being told to keep our campus clean, and we, the students at K.U., should do this. But how? We have no place to dispose of our waste paper, or at least, I have not found any.
What does the average person do when he is finished eating a candy bar? He drops the wrapper on the grounds and keeps on walking.
K. U. has a beautiful campus and we should definitely help to keep it clean, and if these disposal cans could be placed on several corners, our campus would look much neater.
Some People Will
Fine Arts freshman
Wanda Hatcher
Dear Editor:
Less than a hundred names from 8,060 students! That doesn't speak so well of the resolution of April 21. Especially when one considers the fact that some people will sign anything just to see their name in print.
W. T. James
P. S. Just what is the resolution?
A letter to the Daily Kansan entitled "Resolved" was run on
College sophomore
for a memorial, many would have said, "Kansas State was given a field house by the legislature, why weren't we?"
If a drive were to be waged to solicit money for a project that was built by state funds at a neighboring school, many alumni would think twice before sending money to a cause which is similar to one that they had partly paid for through taxes at another school.
True, there are many "dyded in the wool" athletic enthusiasts who would welcome the chance to give to such a building, but they could not make up for the great number of alumni who have forgotten what it is to cheer at a basketball game or the necessity of good intramural facilities. The students might have supported this project much better than they have the scenic drive and bell tower and would have contributed more heavily, but their total contributions would represent only a drop in the bucket.
The only way for the University to get a field house is the same Kansas State received he rs—through the legislature.—John Stauffer.
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What It Takes
My attention is riveted upon the unproar about cheating on examinations. Some have suggested "tatling" as a remedy. Rather than this, et the cheating go on to the 'crack- doom.' Don't go Hitler. The K.U. student body and faculty can do something more sensible and democratic.
Dear Editor:
Do not hope for a perfect cure In so large a group there will always be diseased minds that will manifest themselves in this way.
K. U. professors are handicapped by numbers. They should get down to brass tacks and think out a way to conduct daily classes and examinations to give the students a chance. I recommend that the professors burn some midnight oil on this problem. That is what it takes.
A high school instructor
Not Courteous
Dear Editor:
I was one of the many people who sat through the entire performance of the Messiah Sunday, but there's always that 2 per cent who either can't get there on time or who simply must leave before the program is over. Not only was it distracting, but also showed disrespect to a group of musicians who gave a superb performance. Few of us probably realize how much time and work was put in on this great masterpiece, and those who participated deserve all the credit we can give them. Although most of us are not music majors, we do appreciate fine music, especially the high caliber of that given Sunday.
Ralph Winter Engineering junior
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