UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SIX
DECEMBER 16, 1946
Kansan Comments ..
One of the most insidious schemes ever devised to undermine the nation by attacking the morale of unsuspecting little children has just come to our attention.
Plot Exposed
But then the dinner will be over. The candles will be blown out. Santa Claus will still stand on the table, but he won't be a whole Santa any longer. Perhaps he will be headless, perhaps he will have no arms, perhaps (if the dinner is lengthy) only his boots will be left.
The unholy creators of this plot are the most dastardly of the subversive element in our country. They masquerade as candle-makers and specialize in candles in the image of Santa Claus. Very pretty Santa Clauses, too. Santa Clauses modeled in wax, bright red, snowy white, coal black wax.
But now think what has happened. The little children have just seen Santa Claus burned to drippings. Next time when they hear their parents say, "Yes, dear, there is a Santa Claus," doubt and distrust of their elders will enter their minds for the first time.
These Santa Clauses will be found on many Christmas dinner tables. The wicks at the top of their heads will be lighted and the little children will sweal with delight as they see their Santa Claus casting a beautiful yellow flame on the snowy damask.
From this seed of uncertainty will spring a tree of skepticism about everything they are taught. They will grow up, abandon as false the teachings of their elders, and institute a society in which Santa Claus and all other kindly teachings of their parents will be banned.
The plotters against our nation didn't expect their scheme to be revealed. But the Daily Kansan has seen through their plot and shown it to be the revolutionary trick that it is. Now it's up to you to see that your children are not betrayed, that they do not grow up to be scoffers.
Some say that "he appears and acts just as Hollywood would have a senator appear and act."
Vandenburg
Others say that "he has stood squarely on both sides of every issue for the past ten years."
But when it comes to discussing his work at the UN meeting, nearly all agree that more than once it has been Sen. Arthur Vandenburg's coolness and level thinking that saved the face of the United States.
It is ironical that this delegate to the UN, who is also Secretary Byrnes' chief adviser, was on record as a staunch isolationist until only a few months before we entered the war.
It is paradoxical that he is now devoting his time to tearing down the international barriers that he helped erect by writing nationalistic candidate Harding's campaign speeches in the 1920 presidential election.
Perhaps it is this tendency to accept proposals for their wrotr rather than their policy lines that has made Senator Vandenburg the respected person he is today.
When the current UN meeting has terminated and the final score is totaled, people will know that it is Senator Vandenburg, the harness maker's son, who is directly responsible for a sizable portion of the points.—W.M.
Dear Editor--suitably. In the first place, in the "cold business world, it is much better to be able to size up your "boss" or your customer through personal contact, but then, that takes brains plus an education. Never have I known a smart business man who has depended upon someone else's judgment for his knowledge of people.
Absolutely Astounded
The Daily Kansan's utter lack of logic and reasoning in the Dec. 9 editorial defending "quiz files" absolutely astounded me.
Secondly, only one fact can be fairly considered in discussing "quiz files." That is whether or not its usage is fair to all concerned. It definitely is not, because a minority of the students have access to that information.
In a recent exam which happened to be on file, the grade curve was so high that one could only miss one single question and still receive an "A" grade. Granted that it may have been an easy test, it seems very irregular when a personal acquaintance, who is spending his second semester trying to meet minimum fraternity grade requirements, suddenly catapults to the "A" grade level.
I can't say what the correct answer to this problem is, although I know that most University instructors are attempting to hold it to a minimum. But I can say that the Daily Kansan should lead the fight against such "honest graft." Or are you defending your own little conscience?
Independent College freshman
Divide The Classes
I want to present a problem which I consider a paramount hindrance to efficient education. This hindrance is the uneven competition between veterans and students just out of high school.
Most persons direct from high schools have gone to school under wartime conditions when teachers were few, courses limited, and laxity often prevailed. Veteran competition with them is unfair to both.
The veteran possesses a more experienced mind with which to grasp his lessons; he has traveled more and he is older. I admire his intelligence, but he can't compete fairly with just-out-of high-school students.
I recognize that this is true only in classes where a veteran has had experience in the subject in some way. I recognize that he is, in some instances, less efficient in some classes than a student from high school.
The story in the Daily Kansan states that teachers have to acquire a whole new body of knowledge to keep pace with the veterans. If teachers are deficient in knowledge to teach veterans—where then does that place the person just out of high school?
It seems to me veterans should compete among themselves in those courses in which they have a decided advantage. Surely they would be shoving aside a hindrance to their advancement if they were to do so. I believe some classes should be divided—those classes in which such uneven competition renders disgust, confusion and ineffectiveness to both groups.
High school graduate Class of 1946
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Jaytalking --proved. Now they are furnishing telephone service over rural power lines,over new steel wire that requires fewer poles per mile, over insulated wire that can be buried directly in the ground and by means of rural radio.
Unnecessary signs dep't—A sign over the entrance to the alumni office. "Anyone who enjoys work can certainly have a hell of a good time in this institution."
--proved. Now they are furnishing telephone service over rural power lines,over new steel wire that requires fewer poles per mile, over insulated wire that can be buried directly in the ground and by means of rural radio.
Names of the Fighting Irish have been well publicized in sports columns, but the Writing Irish of Notre Dame have the same Celtis heritage. Czarsboksi, Laskowski, Cheney, Cacapiaglia, Kopp, Varga, Slavick and Almasi are by-line in Notre Dame's Scholastic magazine.
Said the Fine Arts student of his new model, "She's free and easy on the draw.'
Grade school teachers tell pupils the alphabet begins with "A, B, C, D" University professors prove, however, the alphabet begins with "C, D, F."
You who have pitched pennies at the pan in Frank Strong hall lobby and missed miserably can console yourself by claiming the flags interfered with your aim.
To An Oyster
They're An Irritation
To That Special Lady They're A Prize PEARLS
The finest to be found are at
ROBERTS Jewelry and Gifts
833 MASS.
PHONE 827
--proved. Now they are furnishing telephone service over rural power lines,over new steel wire that requires fewer poles per mile, over insulated wire that can be buried directly in the ground and by means of rural radio.
Open Minds for open Country
TELEPHONE men are hard at work extending and improving telephone service in rural areas served by the Bell Companies. They're pushing a $100,000,000 three to five year program to give telephone service to all who want it just as fast as possible.
To do this they had to look beyond conventional telephone practices. New techniques and new and improved equipment had to be planned, developed and
Men who approach every problem with open minds...who are guided by ingenuity and resourcefulness rather than by established method...find telephony an ever stimulating and interesting career.
BELL
There's Opportunity and Adventure in Telephony
TELEPHONE SYSTEM