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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1947
- As The Kansan Sees It -
AWS Amendment Our Mistake
An important amendment to the All Student Council constitution will be voted upon next Thursday by all students. This amendment would replace section 6 of article 5 in the constitution.
It provides for the replacing of the Women's Executive council by the new Associated Women's students. While the W.E.C.has unofficially relinquished its powers to this group the amendment would make the new group official.
Why The Change
Under the old plan the W. E. C was composed of the women members of the A. S. C. This group had power to make rules and regulations affecting University women.
Unfortunately this put a double load of responsibility on the members of the W.E.C. Either they neglected their positions as A.S.C. representatives or else their W.E.C. jobs. Also it was felt that the W.E.C. was not representative.
The A.W.S., on the other hand, will have in its membership every woman student in the University, as membership will be automatic upon registration.
How It Will Govern
The new organization can organize to govern itself as it sees fit. At present, it is organized into a senate and house of representatives. The senate, elected by popular vote, has fifteen members which include its four elected officers, two A.S.C. representatives, two freshmen, a representative from the house of representatives, and six others.
The house of representatives is composed of a representative from each house (except Corbin hall with two) and a representative from each 50 women not in organized houses. A division of the latter group into precincts is being made.
The A. W. S. will have two organizational representatives on the All Student Council. These will not be additional members because they will take the place of the present Inter-Dorm council and Pan-Hellenic representatives.
The organization will have power over all affairs of women attending the University. Power from the administration comes through the office of the dean of women, while power from the students will be manifested at the election Thursday.
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In a recent editorial, "Some Like It Hot" we said that Norman Granz and his Jazz at the Philharmonic program has been included on the concert course of the University of Missouri. We have been informed by James T. Quarles, manager of the University of Missouri concerts, that this program has not been placed on the concert course.
Long Skirts Mean-
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Women's skirts have lowered determinedly, and despite the protests raised by college men, the change is a long awaited one. Its roots trail through the vicissitudes of fashion back to the early 20's, and it involves much more than the mere length of a costume. The longer skirts are only an expression of an inward change, a shift to femininity.
Since the 20's women have battled to have "equal rights with men." In crimson war paint and green finger-nails they have strode into the front lines determinted not only to achieve like men, but to walk like men, talk like men, and as far as possible, look like men. Women grabbed at their opportunities, achieved a frantic look, and in a hard angular way, achieved what their mother's only dreamed about.
The lengthening skirt is one of the first signs that this attitude is changing. The war demonstrated that women could be every bit as efficient as men, so in the future women are not going to be so frantic about their "rights." It's not that women are going to retire from the mills and factories and law offices. They are just going to revive the lost art of femininity.
It will be a change in attitude as well as in dress, and men who lamented the belligerence of the wartime woman should be pleased with the new manner. Yet, the peculiar thing is that the very men who opposed the jeans and sloppy skirts, and who campaigned for a return to femininity, are now the ones who are growing beards in protest at the lengthening helmline.
Biloine Whiting
A co-ed wore a short dress to a Hill dance the other night. Someone remarked that she looked as out of place as a 1939-model automobile in a used car lot.
Granz Policy
Dear Editor,
It is gratifying to note that Norman Granz and his "Jazz at the Philharmonic" unit has been one of those groups of entertainers which has seen fit to take aggressive swats at racial discrimination from the entertainment viewpoint.
Mr. Granz, it has been learned, has a stipulation installed in his contracts which reads as follows:
"It is the essence of this agreement that there is to be no discrimination whatever in the sale of tickets and that there is to be no segregation of white people from Negroes. In the event of any violation of either of these provisions by you, the management of the hall or anyone else, Mr. Granz has the privilege of refusing to give the concert, in which case you will forfeit one-half of the contract price to him."
Commenting on the first steps of anti-discrimination drive, Granz stated:
"This is only the beginning. There are many other band leaders and musicians yet to be heard from. I'm convinced from my own experience that the band industry is in a particularly good position to help knock out discrimination. I am suggesting that band leaders adopt a contract clause similar to mine."
Fortunately, when Norman Granz played here, there was no need for the anti-discrimination clause. But those interested in seeing a solution to the overall problem deeply appreciate the stand of those entertainers who are not hesitating to step out of their way to fight this leading American social evil.
Bennie Daugherty. College freshman.
Instructor's Fault Dear Editor,
In regard to the answer of the physics department to accusations leveled against it in a recent issue of the Daily Kansan, I object strongly to his third statement. It was, "The system has resulted, in the past, in a fair distribution of high, medium, and low grades without an excessive number of failures."
If he was referring to the distribution of letter grades,he may have been right. I would like to point out
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I think the physics tests are fair and are a good indication of what the students know. But the results indicate the students know little or nothing about physics. In my own case I known that this was true.
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This I blame not on the tests, type of tests, nor the manner in which they are conducted. I think the blame goes on the instructors who somehow don't teach enough physics to enable students to get decent grades on the tests.
Bob G. Long,
Engineering sophomore.
University Gives 5 Loads Of Surplus Tableware
Five truckloads of war surplus dishes and other tableware have been sent to Topeka from the University. This surplus will be distributed to high schools for use in the hot lunch programs.
The Federal Works agency sent more of these items to the University than can be used in the dormitory system, Leonard Axe, director of University services, said.
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