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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 11, 1946
Kansan Comments
Correction
Tuesday's editorial headed "Directories" was in error.
We stated the All-Student council would meet Tuesday night. But, like the council members, we hadn't read the council constitution and bills carefully enough. The next regular meeting of the council will be held next Tuesday night.
We were discussing a certain concert pianist the other day with another student.
He said he thought most musicians—artists and writers, too, for that matter—were "sorta cracked." It brought to mind the countless times we have heard this statement made in all sincerity.
'Sorta Cracked'
Of course, a student might suppose that his council would call a special meeting to see what could be done about the huge whack taken out of the council's (and the students') funds by the directory flasco. But, evidently, the damage was done and the council saw no reason to rush into any action.
We're glad there was no meeting Tuesday night. That gives the council members a full week to decide whether in the future they will abide by their own laws or whether they will just give up the attempt at student government.
It is dark testimony indeed to our civilization when those who provide most of the beauty of our world are termed "sorta cracked."
Granted, there are those in the artistic fields who affect odd costumes, mannerisms and tastes; but their "sorta cracked" counterparts are found in every phase of human endeavor.
The artists' distinction—that which separates them from their fellow humans—is their devotion to beauty and their ability to translate it from one medium to another.
Our inability to understand persons of other races and creeds, of other customs and mores results in bigotry, hatred and ridicule. Similarly, they whose sensitivity is beyond the understanding of others are ridiculed.
Those, who by line and color, by melody and harmony, or by word and phrase can cause a quickening of the human heart have the power to transform the banal and mundane into a thing of transcendent beauty.
The only trouble with a man who discovers a system to beat roulette wheels is that he makes so much money he doesn't need to sell his system.
"Sorta cracked?" If so, thank God for them.-RDM
The beautiful blonde who is selling 'er lovely convertible swears she planned to sell it before she was pictured in it under a caption, "Want A Ride?"
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Now, Now
Tonight half of you are going to the basketball game.
And tomorrow several of you will pick up a pencil or sit down to a typewriter and write something nasty about the way the cheerleaders performed at the game. In fact, at least one of you has already written the letter now. We have that letter on the desk right this minute.
The writer, who neglected to sign his name revived the old, old complaints about cheerleaders — "not enough pep," "glamour instead of enthusiasm," "don't know how to lead cheers." You know what we mean. You've probably said the same thing when you weren't thinking.
Earlier this year, cheerleaders answered critics by either changing their methods or by showing there was no solution to the problem. A lot of hullabaloo was caused unnecessarily; only straight constructive criticism was needed.
Why don't you give the cheerleaders a chance this time? If you don't like something they do, tell them or write us a letter (without damning adjectives) and we'll bet the cheerleaders can soon straighten out the trouble.
Old Age
Fraser never seems so old as it does when some latecomer tries to sneak unnoticed into a seat during a play.
It's an impossibility. The old tree boards of Fraser theater creak and groan and rasp and mutter with each tip-toed advance. The tardy one wishes he'd waited until the end of the scene, the audience wish he'd sit down and be quiet, and no one could print what the actors must think.
It's embarrassing.
Insurance
Veterans who have allowed their national service life insurance to lapse should circle Feb. 1, 1947, on their calendar.
Until then, they may reinstate their insurance by paying two months premiums and stating they're in about as good physical condition as when they were discharged. After that date, they will have to have a medical examination made.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
—Daniel Bishop in St. Louis Star-Times
Jaytalking
The latest edition of "Infant Care," a booklet published by the government, approves cuddling of babies. Parents no longer need have a guilty conscience when they pick up the little darling.
Headline: "A Quiet Textile Trade." Evidently, no material for Christmas ties was sold.
And for Kansas parties, there's always the Slaughter and Water club.
Favorable Daily Kansan reviews of "Juno and the Paycock" were not inspired by the free publicity given the Daily Kansan in the play's program.
The supreme court is going to tear aside all legal red tape and have a hearing on the Lewis vs. U.S. case in less than six weeks. When the supreme court gets its dander up, it really moves in a hurry—yes, siree, it surely does.
Wyoming was one of the first states to maintain at its own expense a service for the placement of teachers.
Blind To Enjoy Movies By Guiding Device
Hollywood. (UP)—A new service to enable the blind to follow and enjoy selected movies has been inaugurated by the Braille Institute of America.
President J. Robert Atkinron has assigned Mrs. Ruby Thurnherr, former movie studio story analyst, to prepare special synopses explaining elements of plot and action which are not clear from a movie's dialogue.
The motion picture guide for the blind also will describe players, sets and costumes.
Snap Judgment
He heard and judged 75 student traffic cases in one hour.
Columbus, Ohio. (UP)—Of seven members of the Ohio State university student court, only Chief Justice Joseph Schiavoni appeared.
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Soap, Shoes, Fat Glue From Meat
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While meat was scarce, the articles made from livestock by-products also were scarce. The leather men were worried. The soap men were worried. Housewives were not alone in worrying.
By-Products Are More Plentiful Now
The importance of livestock by-products rests in the fact that only 55 per cent of the live-weight of a steer can be sold as beef and that only 30 per cent of a hog can be sold as fresh meat.
Chicago. (UP)—More meat to eat also means more soap to wash with, more shoes to shine, more fat to cook with and more glue with which to repair the kitchen chair.
That are priced so you can afford them
Some of the by-products of a steer, and the part of the animal from which they are made:
From the hide you get glue, grease, fertilizer, plasterers' hair and hair felt.
The hoops are used to make combs, buttons and potassium ferrocyanide.
The stomachs of hogs are used to make pepsin. The thyroid and pancreatic glands of pigs, sheep and cattle are used in pharmaceutical products.
the interior fat of the steer winds up as soap, oil, glycerin and candles.
The viscera yields tallow, dried animal fats, glitter, sediment, medium, and oleol.
Hog hair and bristles are made into curled hair and brushes. Curled hair is sold for mattresses.
For Good,
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She is having Hixon's make Duplicate Photographs from the negatives in their files for Christmas gifts.
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