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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARCH 25,1947
Kansan Comments
The University of Oklahoma is the "poor little rich boy" of the Big Six conference. If there was any doubt of that before, the illusion was dispelled when Colorado was admitted to the loop and Oklahoma A. and M's plea for admittance was temporarily ignored. The conference is legitimate but illogical, and like many jalopies now on our highways, nobody knows just what holds it together.
So here we are, tagging along with a semihostile bunch of fellow-travelers, playing our most important contests against nonconference foes (Texas and Oklahoma A. and M.), and even the president of the university confessed that the conference has passed a lot of meaningless and unenforceable rules which obviously fell under the old army title of "whitewash."
Unless we want O.U. to sink into the mire of intercollegiate mediocrity something must be done, and soon. As an example, what's wrong with withdrawing from the conference and becoming temporarily independent? Notre Dame, Army, Navy, Penn State, Michigan State, Marquette and plenty of other institutions have not suffered because of nonaffiliation. Better gamble for Big Nine or Pacific Coast opponents than settle for weak-sister competition like Kansas State or Iowa State.
For the past decade facetious wags have often called the conference the "Big Three," and not without justification. Iowa State, Kansas and Kansas State have had little to offer gridiron enthusiasts in the past 10 years. And every undergraduate and Sooner alumnus will admit that football is king of intercollegiate sports, in Oklahoma, at least.
OU Wants Out?
Oklahoma's big mistake was made back in the 1920's when the school withdrew from the Southwest conference. Perhaps that mistake could be rectified. At least one wrong could be righted by withdrawing from the Big Six at once, and presenting an application to the Southwest conference board.
—Reprinted from The Oklahoma Daily. March 14.
It's easy to drift with the crowd but courage usually pays off.
You can tell the married students from the unmarried ones on the campus easily. The single men walk across the campus holding hands with their dates. The married ones walk across the campus holding arguments with their wives.
"Jayhawkers are jaywalkers;" said the campus cop; and drivers keep score with jayhawk decals on their car windows.
Dear Editor----
Let Students Vote
Concerning the resolution on keeping Oklahoma A. and M. out of our conference, as reported in Wednesday's ASC story, I question the authority of the Student council. The council is supposed to represent all the students, as its name implies; and I doubt if even a majority of the students are behind this resolution. I know that a couple of the political parties, at least their leaders, are behind it. But I also doubt if they represent even a majority of their parties.
Oklahoma A. and M. would add a good bit of competition to our conference, much more than Colorado will. I believe that a question of this sort should be submitted to the student body at an election. I know a petition is circulating in support of the resolution, but I do not consider this a satisfactory method of reaching the students either. I say submit the question to the students at an election and not as a political issue.
College Sophomore Name withheld by.
(Editor's note: Those promoting the resolution say this is an opportunity to do something concrete against racial discrimination. Since six other schools will vote on admitting Oklahoma A. and M., this can be no more than a reflection of opinion.)
Add two possibilities, Miss Truman's success as a radio star and a Republican victory in 1948, and you may hear a past president referred to by "Oh, that's Margaret Truman's father."
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It is my opinion that there is just as much need for such a program now as there ever was in the past. The war showed us only too clearly the prevalence of the social diseases. Campaigns are constantly being carried out in large cities to check its spread.
Wassermann tests were given at one time to students of the University. As I understand it, this was part of a nationwide "stamp-out-syphilis" campaign, and expensive equipment was purchased to give the tests. For some reason this was discontinued, and so far as I know there is no opportunity now to take such a test.
Why were these tests discontinued? Was it because of student objection or student apathy? Was it resistance from the administration, the state legislature, or the people of Kansas? Was it the false modesty which seems to surround such matters?
Clarke M. Thomas College Junior
Why shouldn't a University student be protected at least once a year when personnel in the armed forces received such protection once a month?
I think it is time that the University health service gave these tests to students, on a compulsory or volunteer basis. At no time is this service needed more than now when so many students are in school.
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(Editor's note: In 1937-38 Watkins hospital tested 1,815 students and found five with positive results. Further testing showed two of these to be "false positives," since the Wassermann test is not entirely accurate. Dr. Canuteson's reports show the incidence of syphilis among college students to be about twotenths of one per cent.
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