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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1948
The Editorial Page
A Word To The Worriers
My roommate passed me this morning without even saying "hello."
I saw him coming 10 feet away and called "Hi, Chuck" as he passed—but he never did look up. He merely plowed ahead, staring at the sidewalk, his brow wrinkled, as though he were disturbed with the way his feet were falling in front of him.
When I mentioned the incident this evening, Chuck recalled that he had been on the way to a chem quiz with formulas hanging out of his ears.
"Man, man, those chum quizzes just about wreck me," he confessed.
No, Chuck. Quizzes don't "wreck" you. It's the worry before the quizzes with which you try to "wreck" yourself.
After all, what is so enervating about a quiz? You have to think like blazes on an hour, but you also have to think your way through an hour lecture, and you don't get butterflies in your stomach before every class. You concentrated plenty hard during your three-hour bridge game last Sunday, and you zealously read Reader's Digest for two hours every day. You weren't "wrecked" by those mental calisthenics, so why should an hour quiz turn you into a psycho case?
Quizzes Aren't Tough
The trouble with you, Chuck, is that you take the business of learning too seriously. You don't know how to relax. You fret at dinner, in the shower, at basketball games, even on dates. You began to grieve about that chem quiz a week ago, and you're already worrying about the next one.
Get Some Sleep
My "prof" in psychology once said some wise words about studying thoughts to clear the way for new dent must shut out all other and remembering. He said a stu-knowledge. "Concentrate while you're learning," he said, "and then relax so the new thoughts can sink in.
"The best way to cram for a quiz," he suggested, "is to file your thoughts away early the night before and get plenty of sleep. Do that and you'll find answers cropping out like blades of spring grass the next day."
When you worry you are unable to concentrate. Your mind is busy thinking about consequences, bothering about a lot of "if's" and "supposing's."
Worriers have two obstacles to a carefree life: the professors who think up assignments and themselves. The professor alone doesn't "wreck" you, because if he did he'd "wreck" all of his students, too. But the professor and you together might do the job—Paul Zeh.
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DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHO HOUSE IS?
Dear Editor,
To The Faculty
Dear Letter,
As individuals associated with this University and as an interested organized group, we strongly urge all College faculty members:
(1) To attend the College faculty meeting on language requirements, Tuesday, Feb. 24.
(3) As you vote on the propositions of increasing or otherwise changing these requirements, to consider yourselves, not only as members of a professional group, but as representatives of the students who attend your classes.
(2) To consider judiciously all arguments bearing on the problem of the future of language requirements at K. U., together with the probable effects of courses of action which you may choose; and,
University of Kansas faculty and students of 1948 have a real and vital interest in this matter; but your decisions will have an even greater significance to those who attend this school in years to come.
Phi Delta Kappa,
Kappa chapter,
Professional education
fraternity.
Kappa chapter,
(Editor's note: A letter from Fred A. Henderson, senior in the School of Education, has also been received on the subject of the proposed language requirement. Henderson
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Ernest B. Black, '06, Kansas City, Mo, has given the University engineering library a special collection of 15 volumes. Mr. Black is a consulting engineer.
The books present a guidance program for engineering students. Their aim is advising rather than instructing, and the books outline professional pitfalls to be avoided.
Blame It On The Weather
Muskogee, Okla. — (UP) — Police blamed the weather for a burglary at the I. B. Pate home here. Two overcars were taken. The theft occurred during an extreme cold spell.
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Professor Of Architecture Has Two Articles Published
Robert E. Johnson, assistant professor of architecture, had two articles published recently.
"True Arts as a Means for Personality Integration" appeared in the January issue of the School Review of the University of Illinois press.
The other article appeared in the January issue of the magazine Arts and Architecture. The title was "The Relation of Sculpture to Architectural Time—Space Design."
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