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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 22,1947
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Kansan Comments
Are You Satisfied With Kansas As Is?
On May 14 Negroes were denied admission to the local skating rink. The manager said that such discrimination was not just a local policy but a state-wide skating rink practice.
How can such a practice be squared with our state laws? Statute number 21-2424 reads as follows:
"If any owner or manager of any place of entertainment or amusement for which a license is required by municipal authorities of this state shall make any distinction on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, the person offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than 10 more than one thousand dollars."
Another state law specifically places skating rinks in the category of trades and occupations to be licensed by cities. Thereby, it appears to bring such amusement places under the above quoted statute.
Of, course this should not be a surprise to anyone familiar with Kansas. Kansans have a reputation for such inconsistency. Our legislature enacts legislation in apparent seriousness and then everyone proceeds to disregard it.
We prohibit liquor in the state and then blandly support hundreds of beggars, while some law enforcement officers get a lucrative pay-off for looking the other way.
We speak of Kansas as a state where minorities are not discriminated against, while some cities prohibit Negroes from being in certain sections of the city after sundown. Such laws remind one of curfew regulations in militarily controlled Jerusalem.
This hypocritical attitude was pointed out by Doris Fleeson, Washington correspondent, on her recent visit to K.U. She said Kansans evidently "prefer the illusion that this is the best of all possible worlds. When people get to the point where they kid themselves they are in a bad condition."
How much longer are Kansans go.
ing to look at themselves and the world through rose-colored glasses? How soon are we going to face the facts and decide that Kansas can achieve real greatness not through reactionary complacency but by waking up and facing the problems in our state in an honest and straightforward manner?
If the laws of our state mean anything, they should be enforced. If they are faulty, they should be corrected to meet our needs. Otherwise, we are just wasting money on a state legislature.
But laws alone will accomplish little without the firm backing of our state government and the sincere respect of our citizens. This last element is no doubt the most important. Support for any betterment in our state, socially, politically, and economically, must come from the people.
It is time for Kansans to get in step with the times.
Brice Demonstrates Phase' Microscope
A demonstration of the "phase" microscope, was given before University students Tuesday night by Arthur T. Brice, brother-in-law of Prof. Herman Chubb.
The "phase" microscope can be used to study living tissues through all stages of development. With the standard microscope, tissues had to be dead and stained with dyes before a complete examination was made, Brice explained.
Mr. Brice, a former army colonel, is considered the top American expert on the instrument. While in Germany he requisitioned four of the microscopes from the Russian-controlled Zeiss factory in Jena.
The instrument was developed in 1933 by F. Zernike, a physicist, mathematician, and experimental scientist. The Zeiss company patented the instrument in 1936, but production did not begin until the war. About 200 of these microscopes are in existence today, with four of them in the United States. May Aid In Cancer Study
Considered An Expert
It is possible that the instrument will aid in the study of cancer, Mr. Brice said. With it the effects of pharmaceuticals, spirochetes, and protozoa on living cells can be seen. It can be adapted to a camera and cycles of life can be filmed.
Mrs. McGhee Carries The Campus Mail Through Rain, Snow, and Sunshine
Through rain, snow, or sunshine, Mrs. Josie Lee McGhee of 930 Illinois street carries the mail around the K.U. campus.
"I never give the weather a thought as interference where the mail is concerned," she told the University Daily Kansan. ...
Besides making two trips to all buildings each day, Mrs. McGhee does housework, cares for a garden, shops, and attends a typing class two nights a week and, she enjoys her work. She has a 'hello' and a smile for everyone.
Mrs. McGhee started delivering mail in July, 1943.
Mail Double '43 Quota
"The mail now is about double what it was then," she said, and although the quantity of mail varies from day to day, her route is still the same.
It starts at Frank Strong hall where she picks up mail at the post office and sorts it according to department, building and route procedure. Departments such as the chancellor's office, business office, and School of
University Receives Flag With 45 Stars
A large American flag, dating back to the Spanish-American war, has been given to the University by Mrs. W. O. Nelson, of Lawrence. It has 45 stars.
The flag used to belong to Dr. Francis H. Snow, chancellor of the University 1890-1901.
Dr. Snow, a natural scientist, was on the University's first faculty and Snow hall was named for him in 1866. The old Snow hall was built in front of today's Watson library.
Dr. Snow was also responsible for Spooner hall and Carruth hall, formerly the chancellor's home. His uncle, William B. Spooner, wilmed the University $100,000, which was used for the two buildings.
The University chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi were established here during Dr. Snow's administration in 1890. They were the first chapters of these fraternities founded west of the Mississippi.
Fellowship Cites Need For Missions
Three persons discussed the Christian's responsibility as ambassadors for Christ Tuesday at the Inter-Varsity Christian fellowship meeting.
Gloria Holton emphasized the need for missions as set forth in the Bible by pointing to Christ as the greatest missionary of all time. Charles Zoschke also discussed missions.
mislead. Adam. Adell, who talked on personal evangelism, stressed the Christian's need for a more Christ-like attitude.
Officers for next year will be elected next week. David Sommerville will speak on the divinity of Christ.
A picnic will be held at 5 p.m. tomorrow in Clinton park.
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As many as 2,500 pieces of extra mail at certain rush times cause her some anxiety but "during these rush periods I just hope that the regular mail is light. If it isn't, well, you won't have to put up stakes to see whether or not I'm moving," she laughed.
"In the spring I seem to be busiest," she explained. "I try to raise a good garden, do my housework, attend typing class, and at least glance over the papers."
Mrs. McGhee has lived in Lawrence for 23 years and holds a clerks rating as a civil service employee. She has two sons, Paul, 25 and Linn, 22.
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