AGE SIX
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
JANUARY 17, 1947
Kansan Comments...
About Racial Discrimination
Racial discrimination is a "red phrase—that is, it is a phrase which causes blood pressures to rise, faces to turn red, tempers to explode, and words to fly.
Even the most contented person feels some inner stirring when involved in a discussion of whether there is or isn't racial discrimination in a particular locality. And those who feel strongly on either side of the subject can completely, lose themselves in the subject. They will drop everything else to plunge themselves into any discussion of racial discrimination.
Undoubtedly there is racial discrimination in Kansas, even though our statutes say no distinction is to be made because of a person's color or race. The present editor-in-chief of the Daily Kansan believes that this racial discrimination is being slowly dispersed by the natural course of events. He believes that campaigns to speed up this natural relinquishment of prejudices against those of different-colored skins or of different nationalities only slow down the process—that campaigns to push people into accepting what they dislike today only refuels the flames of prejudice.
The American Veterans committee, feels differently. It is currently conducting a campaign against the racial prejudice and discrimination which they say is found on the campus and in the city of Lawrence. Their campaign propaganda, as beats that of either good or bad propaganda, does not attempt to present both sides of the situation. For their purposes, they are exactly right in presenting only one side of any controversial issue, for they know that those on the other side of the controversy will present their case.
The letter published in the next column was received at the time that Dr. F. C. Allen was taken to the hospital in Kansas City. The letter was not published until today, however, so that Dr. Allen could answer the letter.
Good Stock
Kansans should stop running down their state. They seem to take as much delight in criticizing Kansas as Californiaians take in praising California.
Just let a Kansan start enumerating the faults of his state and other Kansans will smile, rather proudly, and say, "But, then, this is Kansas. What else could you expect?"
All right, so Kansas doesn't have California weather, or New York industries, or Florida playgrounds, or Minnesota forests and lakes, but important as these things are, do they mask a state truly great?
No, only people make a truly great state, and Kansans can hold their own with persons of any other state in the U.S.A.
How many of you Kansans knew these persons were Kansans: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, Gen. Hugh Johnson, William Allen White, Raymond Clapper, Ed Howe, Alfred M. Landon, Harry Woodring, Carrie Nation, John Steuart Curry, Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, Dr. William C. Menninger?
That list wasn't so hard, but try these Kansans on your memory: Walt Mason, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Carl Preyer, John Brown, W. H. Carrish, Francis Snow, Walter P. Chrysler, "Buffalo Bill" Cody,
To The Daily Kansan Editor:
Perhaps the poor showing of our basketball squad this year may, in large part, be attributed to, as the Kansas City Star wrote, "KU's dearth of reserve power." This shortage of players would be excusable if all available talent had been fully utilized. However, there are several excellent basketball players among the student body who have not even been allowed to try out for the basketball team. The logical question then is, "Why?"
The answer is purely and simply that they are Negroes.
Chancellor Malott has indicated that this discrimination is not his policy. Mr. Quigley, director of University athletics, said, in a very self-righteous tone, that racial discrimination simply does not exist at KU. and that no student will be barred from athletic teams because of race or color.
Is it possible that somewhere along the line somebody is either not telling the truth, or is not conforming to the policy as stated by Mr. Quiglev?
The apparent attitude of our genial coach, Dr. Allen, is that he would rather lose every game on the schedule than allow a Negro to play on his team. And in fact, he has not allowed Negro students to do so, no matter how great their ability might be. The possible flimsy excuse that the team is already "filled up" does not hold water because "Phog" admits that he still does not have the "right combination." Also only several days ago he added a new member to his squad.
It is all very well and good for the University administration to say that they are opposed to racial discrimination but unless they implement their words with positive deeds, they become worse than meaningless.
As long as Negroes are accepted at the University as students, as they should be, they must be accorded all rights and privileges of all other students. This is the free state of Kansas, not Bilboland.
If the administration is determined that Negroes shall be discriminated against, then they should honestly state so and not resort to the foggy subterfuge of double-talk.
Is it possible that in this environment of intellectual freedom, the evil prejudices of race hatred can be so prevalent?
William Scheinman College freshman
(exktor's note—Dr. Allen's reply to charges of discrimination included the following statements: Three Negro basketball players came out for practice this year and were discouraged from continuing to try out. At the same time, some 50 white aspirants for the basketball squad likewise were discouraged. The coaching staff and practice area were too crowded to permit more than the full "A" and "B" squads to practice and those not making the squads were asked not to continue coming out. Consideration must be given to the fact that two of the Big Six teams will not play against Negroes while the two, Missouri and Oklahoma, are on their home court. It would be foolish for a coach to work with a man, build him to varsity material, and then be forced to leave him at home for two-fifths of the conference "away" games. No new member has been added to the squad recently, although there have been transfers from the "B" squad to the varsity.)
If you knew all these justly-famous persons were Kansans, you're promoted to the head of the class. If you didn't, you should remember them.
Birger Sandzen, Amelia Earhart Puttiam, Nelly Don, Dr. A. E. Hertzler, Martin and Osa Johnson, Charles "Buddy" Rogers.
Our stock of people speaks for itself. Why don't you let up a little on Kansas? -B.M.H.
U.N. Chairmen To Notify Delegates
Promise of a battle of wits was given in a meeting of supervisors of the Student United Nations conference to be held in Hoch auditorium Feb. 22.
Supervisors will notify delegates of the countries assigned to them this week. At pre-conference meetings, resolutions will be drawn up to be presented before the General Assembly.
Banking Firm Wants Financial Wizards
Want to go to New York and become a financial wizard?
If you're going to graduate in February or June and are interested in doing financial work in New York, a man is coming to the University January 25, who would like to talk to you.
He's Wingate Bixby, vice-president of the Discount corporation of New York, a commercial security and commercial banking house. The Discount corporation is going to hire six or seven young men from the entire country and give them training in finance, bank investment problems, and the government securities market.
Frank Pinet, director of the business placement bureau, will make interview appointments.
Anderson Elected Editor
George Anderson, associate professor of history, has been elected associate editor for the Historian, national magazine published by members of Phi Alpha Theta, history fraternity.
Jaytalking --sources of uranium, and then to turn these over to the Atomic Development authority.
The nation's breakfast tables have been brightened noticeably the past few mornings as Mr. Arnall and Mr. Talmadge try to steam-roller each other out of the Georgia governorship. Arnall their antics fun?
A professor states that only hungry snakes are dangerous, that wellfed snakes are harmless. However, we're not planning to get close enough to distinguish between a hungry gleam and a well-fed look.
A fat woman contemplating reducing is one who decides to put off tomorrow what she puts on today.
In two weeks K.U. law students will take their four-hour final exams and take them strictly on the honor system which means they can dash out for a quick smoke, wander around the building, or just sit around and chat. Imagine trusting a bunch of lawyers like that.
In Kansas City salt and sand are used on icy streets to prevent skidding. Lawrence will continue to use telephone poles.
Colorado's liquor tax gave a bonus of $220 to each of the state's old-age pensioners. Kansas drys are sure that none of our elder citizens would want such tainted money.
It's dangerous to tell a girl her nose is shiny, unless her disposition is the same way.
Portal to portal pay sounds like a keen idea for dance bands on one-nighters.
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U.S. Too Demanding Of Russia On Atomic Control, Pritchard Says
Russia "couldn't possibly make the concessions" demanded by the United States under the Baruch plan of control for the atomic bomb, Prof. L. J. Pritchard, of the School of Business, told an American Veterans committee meeting Thursday night.
It was Baruch's "uncompromising stand" that led to the stalemate on the question of atomic energy control, Professor Pritchard declared.
"We asked the U. S. S. R. first to enter into binding commitments not to conduct research in fissionable materials," he pointed out. "Next we asked it to disclose Russian
"Finally, we asked that a system of inspections be set up prior to the construction of atomic energy plants—and all this before we in the United States stopped making bombs, before we destroyed our own stock of bombs, before we put our own plants under ADA control."
Atomic power has great potentialities, "but these will never become full realities if we make no better use of atomic energy than we already have made (for peacetime living) of the vast power resources now at our disposal," he concluded.
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