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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 18, 1946
Kansan Comments
Wrong Direction
Here in America we have learned to regard the British government as the European counterpart of our own democratic form.
--sent out; the students will have an opportunity to pay or appeal the case to the student court. If the violator has a good reason for his violation, the court may dismiss the charge or reduce the fine. Many students last year found this to be true.
Although they still retain certain forms of a monarchy, the British people have generally enjoyed as much freedom of thought and expression as we have under our constitution. When the Labor party took over control of Britain's parliament from the Conservatives, we had little reason to think the British were relinquishing any of the personal rights we think are a vital part of life. The Labor party's policy of strict government control seemed necessary during the chaotic post-war period.
But in Great Britain the trend has been in the other direction. Many personal liberties have not been returned to the people by the government; in several cases the government has strengthened its position rather than weakened it.
Soon after Japan surrendered, our government officials began surrendering many of their wartime emergency powers; legislative powers were returned from the executive branch; travel, price, and censorship restrictions were lifted.
For example, only last month the British government, which has control of the radio, deleted a large portion of an address by Lady MacRobert, who had "attacked the government."
More recent still is the strict censorship of a new musical play scheduled to open in London soon. A government agent cut out several jokes and a large part of one song in the play. He claimed that it is "against government policy to permit ridicule directed at the nation's leaders."
Contrast this with the annual Gridiron banquet held by newspapermen in the United States. There no one is sacred, and the bigger the man, the more he is ridiculed.
While we here in America continue to look upon Great Britain as Europe's democracy, our European counterpart seems to be straying from the fold.—W.M.
Drivers Only
Traffic and parking regulation, and violations are receiving much attention these days.
Peace officers of Kansas have recommended, after a conference with Governor Schoeppel, that the entire system of granting licenses to Kansas drivers be revised to take incompetent and dangerous drivers off the roads.
Kansas City, Mo., is conducting an all-out drive against traffic violators, emphasizing the role of the speeder in fatal auto accidents.
The University is doing its part in the effort to convince drivers that adherence to driving and parking regulations is beneficial not only to others but to themselves. While no one has been killed on the K.U. campus, the threat remains as long as car-owners continue to thumb their noses at regulations.
Since tagging began this fall, more than 5,000 red tickets have been passed out to students, faculty members, and University employees. Of these, more than 4,000 have been for parking violations.
Some of these violations may be justified. Cards informing the students of their fines now are being
Most of these violations, however, are caused by a puerile disregard of traffic and parking regulations. Many drivers seemed to think that since they hadn't received any notice to appear, the violation had been forgotten.
According to parking rules, the violator must be notified before the fine is charged to a student's account. This notification has been delayed this year because of the large number of violations and the difficulty of matching license numbers with names and addresses.
These fines must be paid before enrolling next semester or, if you're being graduated, before you receive your diploma. Each additional violation costs more than the previous violation. If you're smart, you'll quit disobeying traffic rules and parking regulations—it's cheaper and it's good for citizenship.
Bombay Magic Has Unmentioned Twists
(Editor's note—Dina Daruvalla,
College junior from Bombay,
here relates some of the mystifying
tricks of the Orient not
found in guidebooks.)
Bombay, the popular resort town of hucksters, tricksters, mountebanks, magicians, and maharajas, has some tricks which guides don't tell you about. Only those tourists who have experienced the tricks know them, and they don't mention them.
The most popular trick of Bombay is the vanishing purse trick which is performed while you are standing in a crowd or trying to board a bus or street car during rush hours.
The latest trick is the strip trick which was invented during the war because of the acute cloth shortage in India. The plan of operation of these tricksters is to follow a smartly-dressed gentleman who is going home late at night from a party or a show and in a quiet cozy spot strip him of everything except his skin.
This differs from the American strip tease in that it has no spectators. There is no merry and voluntary casting off of clothing before an admiring audience.
In essence, this is the tourist's rope trick reversed. The upper end of the rope is 30 or 40 feet in the air, but instead of being free, it is fastened to something. And instead of having a little boy at the upper end of the rope, there is a man swinging at the lower end.
One rope trick (not the usual one) is not performed by madaris—itinerant magicians—and is not an optical illusion. It is a real trick which murderers perform.
Abilene, Texas. (UP) - Traffic violators may be spared the task of trudging to court to pay fines for overparking or other traffic indiscrections. It would be accomplished by a traffic meter, the idea of an Abilene inventor, H. P. Compton.
No Excuses Accepted And No Back Talk
It's a convincing trick.
The meter resembles a fire alarm box and on one side contains a hole under which is printed "Pay Here." A motorist finding a traffic ticket on his car would step to a Compton meter, attach his fine to the ticket, and drop it in the slot.
Mr. Compton said his plan called for installation of two meters to a block. He is seeking a patent for the device.
'Guided Missiles' Among Up-To-Date Courses In New R.O.T.C. Aerial Program
"Guided missiles" is but one of the "up-to-date" courses offered the 31 R.O.T.C. students enrolled in Aerial Sciences and Tactics as future Air Corps administration officers.
"With combat always in mind, we said Lt. Col. Kenneth Rosebush, '4 though no particular emphasis is placed on flight training, we give our students varied courses to enable them to have a well-rounded picture of the Air Corps."
Combat films and lectures by combat-experienced officers from the Staff and Command School at Ft Leavenworth are featured. Class lectures can well be taught with combat in mind, as the requirements for the faculty include combat experience with a minimum of 18 months overseas.
Former officers (except former flight officers without reserve commissions) are not eligible for the course. However the students enrolled at present are all veterans, Col. Rosebush reports.
If possible, 10 to 15 hours of flight training will be given these students during their senior year. After being commissioned as administrative officers, they will receive preference in entering flight training, which they will go through as officers rather than cadets.
Receiving their assignments to this station on a competitive basis, the enlisted personnel of the program attended a competitive school after meeting specific requirements. They include M. Sgt. Richard D. Cloke, Chanute, M. Sgt. Joseph A. Hubka, Wilson, and M. Sgt. Robert L. Williams, Ottawa.
The Aerial Sciences and Tactics faculty also includes Lt. Col. Elmer G. Carlson, Denver, and Capt. John Barley, Iola.
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Hobbs Adams says petitions from K-State students demanding he resign as athletic director as well as football coach come as "a complete surprise." Perhaps he was waiting for a hand to write "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin" on the wall.
Although contracts totalling nearly $100,000 have been let for a new addition to the Union building's fountain and cafeteria service, no provision was made for additional waitresses.
Evidence that mailing lists need occasional checking are the franked envelopes sent by Rep. George B. Schwabe of Oklahoma to "Diane W. Malott, Pres., University of Kansas."
German P.O.W.'s who were held in U.S. camps have a patronizing attitude toward their countrymen who were held in British prison camps. Same sort of feeling as a Sing Sing graduate must have for a county jail inmate.
Pity the cigarette addict. He gets fined or thrown out of school for smoking inside buildings, he is snarled at if he huddled close to the doorways, and he freezes if he stands out in the open.
A stag-or-drag Christmas party for all University freshmen will be given at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Henlen house. Sponsored by the Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. freshman commissions, the party will consist of dancing, games, and refreshments.
Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. Plans Party
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Religious Leaders Will Speak At University In February
Three international religious leaders will be K.U. speakers during Religious Emphasis week, Feb. 24 to 28, Mary Holtzclaw, president of the student religious council, has announced.
They are Dr. Daniel Poling, Baptist author and lecturer; the Rev, Bryan S. W. Green, English religious leader; and Prof. Gonzalo Baez-Camargo, president of the Evangelical council of Mexico.
MacArthur Denies Ban
Tokyo. (UP)—A spokesman for Gen. Douglas MacArthur today denied reports of columnist Drew Pearson that the supreme commander had banned several newspapers from Japan, including the Chicago Sun, New York Herald Tribune, "PM", and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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