PAGE EIGHT UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1948 PAGE TEN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS The Editorial Page Glad To Have You Here Students, athletes, and guests—welcome to the University of Kansas! It is a great honor to be your host during the two-day Kansas Relays program. It is the desire of the University that your visit with us be remembered as one of your most delightful experiences. The doors are open wide and the key to the campus is extended to you. teacher evaluation Student During periods of intermission in the Relays program, we suggest that you "discover" the University. They are numerous places of interest here that will hold enjoyment for all. Of major importance is the Engineering exposition which will present exhibits of 15 departments in the school and of 13 industrial organizations. Considerable time and effort has gone into this display which presents the wonders of science. Most of these displays are in and about Marvin Hall. Drop in and see the exhibits in Dyche museum and the works of art in Spooner-Thayer. Your trip can be educational, too. A map for your convenience is provided on the opposite page but if you have any questions don't be afraid to ask someone. Every student here is interested in seeing that you have a good time; we will do all we can to help you. For periods of rest and relaxation, the facilities afforded by the Student Union are available. A comfortable lounge and soda fountain await you. We hope that Mother Nature will hold off all of the rain clouds, that the best man wins, and that all of you will come back again next year. Rating Needed The University catalog contains just names of courses—till you've taken them. Some are worthwhile; some aren't. Some are snaps; some aren't. Some are interesting; some aren't. But you don't know until you've enrolled in them, and then it's for better or for worse—till finals do us part. Three years ago a group of students saw a way to do something about it. They were paying to go to school, and they wanted to leave K.U. satisfied that they'd listened to the best professors in the best courses available. The solution that the All Student Council instituted died just before it had accomplished its goal, but it proved that students want to know what they're getting. Every student was given as many blank forms as he had courses that semester and the one he had just completed. The forms had places for evaluation of each course and its instructor; for recommendations as to who should take the course and improvements in its teaching; and for general remarks. The results were collected and tabulated. Of course, there was some of the usual college horse-play, but over all the poll was taken seriously. It was student opinion, and some of the professors caught severe criticism while others were highly praised. From this was to come the annual Council - published teacher evaluation booklets available to all students for reference in choosing electives. Student leaders did not intend that poorly rated professors should be asked to resign. The poll was only for the guidance of the students and faculty members themselves. A few results of the poll were published in the University Daily Kansan, and no booklet was published. Two reasons can be advanced teacher evaluation. Student turnover during the war ruined many "annual" things. Professors whose feathers were ruffled didn't think too highly of the new student enterprise. Some of them were visibly worried during the evaluation period. The University catalog of courses places all courses on the same level, though no one would say that they are all of equal value to the student. Neither the administration nor the faculty is in a position to rate the courses. The student has everything to gain by having at his disposal the opinion of students who have taken the courses he is considering. The All Student Council once had the power to legislate on the subject. Need more be said?—Paul Conrad Strategy Remembaring th at Southern Democrats and Harry S. Truman still have time to strike a compromise before the Democratic national convention in July, the question of why the Southerners have revolted is still worth an explanation. Openly, it seems the Southerners have split from President Truman because of his civil rights program. The president is acceptable without his civil rights program. He is not acceptable with it. To make the chief executive understand that they mean business. Southern Democrats vow to split the party vote even if it means throwing the 1948 presidential election to the Republicans. President Truman, on the other hand, stands pat on the civil rights proposal. Since he proposed it, he must support it. To do anything else would be political suicide; a deadlock has developed. This deadlock looks as if the Southerners were cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Yet, no matter how bitterly Southern Democrats may object to the civil rights program they would still like their party in presidential power after the November elections. Why, then, have the Democrats vowed action that might mean defeat for them in 1948? The answer is that Southern Democrats are not thinking of the 1948 elections, but of the 1952 elections. Their revolt from the party, while it includes an objection to the civil rights program, is mainly for another reason. Southern leaders forse a national depression sometime within the next four years. With depression they also see a swing of Northern Democratic votes to Henry Wallace, and they fear this swing to the left. By beginning to break free from party lines now, they could be ready when the time comes to check the swing to the left. Their new-found freedom would allow them to coalesce with either Democrats or Republicans. Although they might never elect a president of their own, they could compel whoever was president to bargain with them.—John Wheeler Letters To The Editor Final Word Dear Editor: I wish to express my appreciation for all the kind and thoughtful letters addressed to me during the past week by instructors, students, and student veteran's wives. My critics can be assured that I have carefully considered their recommendations and that I hope to seem less offensive in the future. Daniel M. Kirkhoff College junior Marine Talk FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1948 In response to the article entitled "Freedom or Peace" which appeared in the April 13 issue of the Daily Kansan, we wish to commend the authors for their choice of words. However, not until we had reached the fourth paragraph were we able to discern the inference of the babble. Dear Mr. Editor: It would appear that our noble philosophers have been duped by Communist propaganda that World Wars I and II, in their thinking, accomplished nothing more than wasting lives. Oh, no, they don't stop here! They all but call our fathers, and us, fools for fighting these wars. Yes, many lives were lost; and in losing their live the defenders lost their freedom in order to perpetuate the same for those whom they defended. Freedom remains in our country, peace, too! At present we are attempting to preserve them both in foreign lands, where the likelihood of their loss looms greater due to the insufficient strength of the smaller nations to combat the peril. Thousands have sacrificed their freedom for the benefit of future generations. It is never ending cycle that began when the world was still young. We hold in high esteem the people of a few generations ago who did sacrifice their freedom for us. Shall we gratuitously present our conveted liberty to those who intend o commit us to savery thereafter? Dreamers—tell it to the Marines! —Bob Sauvan College junior Bill Newby Engineering junior Could Be! Kirkhoff—face it like a man, And let us in on your little plan. Was your tongue really in your cheek. Dear Editor: Or do you refuse to give me a peek? Were you being gay and foolish. Or are you really downright ghoulish? However, unless I miss my guess, The others have simply been taken in While you sit around with a sly little grin. To summarize What I surmise- Weren't you simply using some Good old reductio-ad-absurdum? H. F. Stettler Ass't. Prof. Accounting Maybe recent international developments aren't as alarming as they sound, but we know of a former draft board member who lately has been spending 15 minutes every morning before a mirror practicing a stern, impractical look, and his evenings in testing his imperviousness to mother's tears. 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