PAGE FOUR PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS MONDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1948 "How Are You Coming With That Atomic Power?" 278428000 By Daniel Bishop, St. Louis Star-Times Things A Dollar Could Do The Editorial Page The explanations of economists for the skittish activities of market prices are eye-brow raising in their variety. No one seems to know just what the break in prices means for the future. The expert's opinions range from gloomy forecasts of depression to a "there, there now everything's going to be all right" attitude. In spite of this confusion, some things seem pretty certain, if the market remains depressed. Buyers Will Hesitate With prices skidding recklessly, the average buyer will probably hesitate to make any important purchases for a while. If he waits, they may cost him less in a few months. One of the reasons given for the price decline is that prices have risen so high that purchasers are reluctant to buy, no matter how fat the family bank account might have grown. Paradoxically, now that prices are going down, the prospective buyer will continue to hold his money, hoping for a still greater price drop. Farmers are in a different corner. Many of them have held agricultural products on their farms in hopes of higher and higher prices. The fall in commodity prices leaves them holding the sack-albeit full of wheat. The prospects of good harvests in Europe, South America, and Australia aren't going to help bolster American farm prices, either. Part of the boom in farm prices has been due to the demand for food abroad. Agricultural prosperity overseas would limit the demand for American products and lower prices even more. The "Have-Nots" Then there are those who have nothing to sell and no money to buy. The advisability of incurring debts while prices are dipping is doubtful. A dollar borrowed now may be a lot harder to repay in a year. The "have-nots" will be doing less business with their bankers and department store installment managers. There will be less money exchanging hands for consumer items. These trends may be helpful in that a new respect for the dollar will result. Unbridled spending by corporations and individuals has been lamented as one of the causes of inflation. The squeeze on the dollar may soon become a reference to the consumer's grip. Flowing Stream America's declaration of war on the Axis was much like a boulder thrown into the waters of a flowing river. The river is the stream of human institutions, ever changing and ever moving forward. The boulder, the declaration of war, merely agitated the stream, sending currents and cross-currents here and there faster than before. One of these ripples was education. Today the waters have calmed somewhat, but education has moved far downstream. American universities and colleges grew up in an environment that was "doing things and getting things done." It was only natural that our institutions of higher learning should reflect this mood. Even before the war, most Americans went to college to train themselves to make a living when they were graduated. Culture was respected and wooed—but much in the way Americans sought after foreign royalty. Princes and dukes were trimmings on the cake. Culture was regarded in much the same way. Today education, still astir from the influx of new ideas and emphases brought by the war, is beset by a louder clamor than ever for practical education. Culture or the liberal arts too often is neglected. The tragedy is that only through the liberal arts can the always widening schism between science and culture be bridged. The liberal arts alone can temper the atom bomb. Senator Capper has asked for legislation to bar newspaper liquor advertising. Now he's asking the army and navy to co-operate with Kansas in producing rain. Dear Editor Language Reports Recently a faculty committee was appointed to study the present College language requirement and make recommendations if it appeared that the present system of requirement could be improved. From this committee, which included four faculty members from the language departments and four varied other departments, has come in the form of a majority report the final recommendation to increase the present language requirement to 12-13 hours. Dear Editor, An important point made in a minority report submitted by another faculty group is that the values of language study as stated in the majority report are attained only if the student gains proficiency in the language, and it is agreed in both reports that to attain such proficiency a minimum of 16-20 hours in a language is necessary. The minority report further declares that those benefits gained from the mere study of language (regardless of proficiency attained) can be just as well obtained in other courses. We feel that the best suggestion is the minority report's recommendation to appoint a new committee which would study an alternative plan as now used at the University of Minnesota. Such a plan would give the student an alternative of choosing a language requirement with a sufficient amount of hours required to attain proficiency in the language, or choosing a substitute requirement which would include courses taught in English by the language departments containing studies in foreign literature in translation, culture, and history; and also include courses chosen from a wide range such as logic, mathematics, derivation of English words, etc., to gain other values now claimed for foreign language study. This latter alternative may be taken by students who feel they would profit more from such a plan than from the foreign language study. Mortar board has taken a special interest in this matter because the minority report recommendations are quite similar to recommendations presented at a student-faculty conference sponsored by Mortar board two years ago. When this question comes up for further consideration and perhaps to a vote next Tuesday, we hope that all of the College faculty will be present to show their interest in this important issue, and that they will Daily Hansan University Member of the Kansas Press Assm. Nat- hern, and the Associated Collegeg Assm., and the Associated Collegeg Press. Represented by the National Ad- dress Office 420 Madison Ave. New York City. Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Editor-in-Chief... William C. von Maurer Managing Editor ... Alan J. Stewart Asst. Man. Editor ... Cooper Rollow Asst. Man. Editor ... Lois Lauer Girlfriend ... George Kline Asst. City Editor ... James Robinson Telegraph Editor ... Wallace W. Abbey Asst. Tel Editor ... Clarke Thomas Asst. Tel Editor ... Wendy Burger Sports Editor ... Robert E. Doherty Asst. Sports Editor ... Paul Zeh Asst. Sports Editor ... James Jones Women's Sports Editor Anna Mary Murphy Feature Editor ... John Wheeler Picture Editor ... Hal Nelson Dominant James Business Manager ... Betty Berry Advertising Manager ..Robert Alderson Circulation Manager ..Otto Meyer Classified Advt. Man.. Pat Warner Dearborn Dr. Promotion Manager ..Wister Shreve 1700 See Movies Of KU Bowl Game Approximately 1,700 students and faculty members saw the Orange bowl movies, starring Ray Evans, with Forrest Griffith and the Kansas football team playing good supporting roles, at Hoch auditorium Feb. 13 and 14. The newsreel of the Collier's all-American team was an added attraction. Nearly 1,000 odd-numbered activity book holders attended the first showing and heard guard Don Fambrough's running account of the game delivered in a genuine Texas drawl. The 700 even-numbered activity book holders who attended the next night heard quarterback Bill Hogan's version of the game. The University band, which had a halftime part in the movies, played a short concert before each showing. consider very carefully the recommendations presented by the minority report. Members of Mortar Board Close Freshman Frolic Date March 20 is now a closed date, the dean of women's office recently announced. The date was closed because the Freshman Frolic will be held then. Call K. U. 251 With Your News GALES American Custom Chocolates,$1.75 STOWIT'S Rexall STORE COURT HOUSE LUNCH Meals Short Orders Malts Sandwiches Air Conditioned Open 5:30-12 p.m. Let Us Dry Clean Your Clothes Regularly Odorless Cleaning We pick up and deliver any day at any time. Open 7:30-6:00 Mon. through Sat. 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