PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1948 The Editorial Page Don't Take Shortcuts Again this year, the building and grounds department of the University is going about the task of putting the flora of the campus in its best garb. The dressy appearance achieved on Mt. Oread by these Burbank disciples makes it a place of beauty when everything is in bloom. However, a word of caution always needs to be directed to a few However, a word of caution unthinking individuals who have complete disregard for the amount of work that it takes to handle this spring task. The University goes to great expense to give the students a campus of which to be proud. Yet, someone always starts a new path over the tender shoots of young grass which by mid-summer looks as worn as last year's "new look." Flower beds will suffer enough damage through visitations by dogs to keep the University gardeners on a continual job of repair without having some person think it clever to destroy them. This year a large number of visitors will be drawn to the campus by the K. U. Relays and numerous other important events. Let's cooperate in keeping the campus looking fresh so that friends and guests will take home with them a lasting impression of the beauty that is ours to enjoy. Tree pollination is blamed for the suffering of spring hay fever victims. Relief will be long coming unless Congress should also decide to upset Mother Nature in this troubled world. University Daily Hansan Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Flynn Association Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Editor-In-Chief ... David H. Clymer Managing Editor ... Cooper Rollow Asst. Man. Editor ... 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Don Tennant University Checks Student Rooms Private homes in Lawrence that house University students are being visited by Mrs. Ruth Nash, housing director, and Mrs. Florence Mathews, assistant clinic nurse at Watkins hospital. Homes with health hazards will not be recommended to students, Mrs. Nash said. "We hope to find out the types of homes that are available to students, and eventually we expect to eliminate the worst ones." Mrs. Nash said. Cleanliness, whether or not sheets and blankets are furnished for beds, and lighting conditions are being checked. Mrs. Nash said that she hopes standards for students and for private homes can be set up eventually. Pamphlet Guides Of Museum Ready A pamphlet guide of the Spooner- Thayer museum is now available. The pamphlet contains information concerning the location of the exhibits in the museum, and general background material. Group exhibits explained are on Oriental art, the prespee group, (prespee is the Italian word for crib or cradle), English porcelain, paintings, and Japanese prints. The pamphlet also has general information concerning the type of building, first use of the building, how it was named, who donated the art collections, and the times the museum is open. Pamphlets are available at the museum office. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey have announced the development of new seating units which will curb "sneaking in" at future performances. Well, kids, even though everything else is going up, the tent flaps are down to stay. The Japanese are strongly boosting MacArthur's candidacy for president. Can it be that the Japanese agree with Benjamin Franklin who said "The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse." The April Fool story in the Daily Kansasan headed "Chancellor Malott Dissolves ASC" was really a fooler. Many students were satisfied with reading no farther than the headline. This season the major leagues will play nearly one third of their games under floodlights, and it is only a matter of time until the one about the office boy begging an afternoon off to attend his grandmother's funeral will become obsolete. You'll Be Doing Extra Driving. Is Your Car Ready? With Spring Weather Here - Drive in today for a dependable check-up. HUNSINGER MOTOR CO. "HUDSON SALES AND SERVICE" Phone 12 922 Mass. Electronic vs. 'Real McCoy' Bell Bain No Imitation Dear Editor, I wonder if the men and women who are so earnestly dunning everybody even remotely connected with the University for contributions to the war memorial have thought of a relatively simple way of saving themselves about $200,000 worth of effort? I wonder if they have considered the use of electronic bells in the campanile instead of the cast bells now planned? The use of the former would have these impressive advantages: (1) A 61 note carillon of bells would cost approximately $200,000; the electronic kind would cost about $10,000 for the same tonal range. (2) Electronic bells are relatively quick to obtain. No wait of several years as for ordinary bells. (5) Electronic bells can be played from a console the size of a piano keyboard mounted anywhere on the campus. (3) Large electronic carillons can be heard up to 16 miles (a difficult feat for cast bells) and have an output of 124 decibels at a distance of 10 feet. (6) There would be a substantial reduction in the size of the campanile with resulting savings. (4) Electronic bells are usually well in tune, with equal clarity and tone with that of the cast bells. We could have a campanile in our time yet! Donald G. Livingston Graduate student The number of memoirs and diaries which are flooding the press these days tempts us to wait until Falla publishes his. Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the alumni association, has sent along the Memorial association's answer to the suggestion of an electronic carillon—Editor. The officials of the K.U. World War II Memorial association have fully considered the possibility of using an electronic carillon in the K.U. Memorial campanile. Their studied opinion, which has the support of most authorities in the field, is that a substitute instrument is not desirable. They found that no other device brings out the quality of tone emanating from bells cast and tuned by makers who have passed on the art through several generations. The electronic device is incapable of reflecting the "expression" of the carilloneur because every note of it is sounded with precisely the same amount of intensity. The Memorial officials feel that if the K.U. carillon is to assume its place among the traditions and life of the students it should be the genuine thing, not just an imitation, even if it involves the taking of baths on the part of the carilloneur. Whether you use five thousand words or five to say so, grass on the campus grows better if you stay off t. In the event of any future aggression, the United States War department could commission all army surplus store owners. They could be made captains in charge of supply depots. The agriculture of the state of Oklahoma is varied, combining the production of both the north and south. Corn, cotton and wheat are the largest among the many products of the farms of the state. Going Places? then go GREYHOUND and SAVE... Save money on every trip—near or far—plan to go Greyhound. You'll get other travel advantages, too... comfort, aboard a Greyhound Super-Coach, convenience with frequent, well-timed schedules. 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