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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 4.1946
State's Power Shifts To Nation, Rutledge Says
In the first half of a discussion of the commerce clause of the Constitution, Wiley B. Rutledge, associate justice of the United States supreme court, pointed out how the pendulum of legislative power has swung from the state to the federal government.
The Tuesday night address in Fraser theater was Justice Rutledge's second of the Stephens Lectureship series. The third and last will be at 8 p.m. today in Fraser theater, Justice Rutledge was preceded on the program by Cyrus Crane, attorney from Kansas City, Mo., and Prof. James B. Smith, School of Law, John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School presided.
"The founding fathers of our nation built better than they knew," Justice Rutledge said. "They established our federal union to secure freedom of trade and discovered they had founded a nation. The demen were added later, only by populocratic freedoms of the first amendul demand."
The founders used twelve words in the Constitution: "The Congress shall have power . . . to regulate Commerce among the several States . . ."
"Those twelve words were simple, but they have been a headache for judges ever since they were written," the justice commented.
"Congress is given the power to regulate commerce. But what is regulation? What is commerce? What is interstate? What is the nature of Congress' power? And who is to decide these various questions, Congress alone or judges?"
The mere adoption of the clause sufficed to secure freedom of trade without invoking the active use of Congress power for the first century of the nation's life. While Congress was inactive, the states were very active. Then, in the last decade of the 19th century, when the Sherman act and the Interstate Commerce acts became effect, began the active regulation of business by Congress.
The courts began deciding the questions that arose when John Marshall, with his ideas of federal supremacy and judicial power, became chief justice of the supreme court. And gradually the pendulum of power began to swing, with the judicial definitions, toward the federal government.
"The judicial decisions represented a very wide swing in the federal affirmative pendulum from the state power end of the arc to the national end." Justice Rutledge said.
"Who knows whether, if this had been done, the nation could have had the strength to meet the crises thrown up by the lawless state of international society in modern times? Who knows whether it could have preserved federal and democratic government against the crises of modern economic cycles?"
Barnes Lauds K.U. Accounting Courses
"An accountant is more than a mere bookkeeper, he is an interpreter and an analyzer," Parry Barnes, vicepresident of the American Institute of Accountants, told members of Alpha Kappa Psi, professional commerce fraternity, Tuesday night.
Mr. Barnes, a certified public accountant himself, praised the accounting department at K.U. for teaching a great deal of theory.
"Beginning accountants generally have too much practice and not enough theory," he said.
Butler Will Give Piano Solo
Marshall Butler, Fine Arts senior,
will be piano soloist at the University
symphony orchestra's annual
winter concert Monday.
Butler will play Tschaikovsky's "Piano Concerto in B flat."
The orchestra also will feature numbers by Mendelssohn and Strauss. The concert begins at 8 p.m. in Hoch auditorium. Activity books will admit.
Want A Ride?
The line forms at the rear, men. Behind the wheel is Mary Jane Holzman. College senior from Springfield, Mo. (Daily Kansan Staff Photo)
Christmas Seal Drive Underway
Christmas Seals
The annual sale of Christmas seals for obtaining funds to finance the Douglas county health association,
... Your Protection Against Tuberculosis
Miss Kathleen Doering, professor of entomology, is faculty sponsor for the All-Student council public relations committee which is organizing the drive. Eloise Hodgson, College
sophomore, heads the committee.
is now under way in organized houses.
At a meeting held Monday, the seals were distributed to representatives of the houses. Representatives who did not get seals may do so by contacting Miss Hodgson. Because the committee does not yet have enough seals, boots have not been set up for the sale of seals on the campus.
"This is one contribution in which the student may be assured that most of the money he contributes will be used in this county," Dr. J. M. Mott, director of the county health department, said in a speech at the meeting.
Collections have been used for numerous purposes in past years. Some of them are:
One. Cod liver oil for needy children.
Two. A monthly chest clinic, usually visited by over 400 patients.
Three. X-rays for persons attending the clinic.
Four. Assistance to rejectees and discharged service men in obtaining examinations and X-rays.
Five. Cooperation in tuberculin testing and X-ray examination of food handlers.
Six. Purchase of equipment for the clinic.
A joint voice recital by Joseph and Marie Wilkins, who received their musical training together in France, Italy, and Germany, will begin at 8 tonight in Hoch auditrium.
Wilkins' Recital Will Include 'Manon'
Seven. Assistance with follow-up work of surveys conducted by the State Board of Health.
The program will include numbers from Durante, Bassani, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Igor Gorin, and Rossini. The last group of selection will be from the opera "Manon" by Massenet.
Truman Preparing Message
Tonight's program is open to the public without charge.
Washington, (UP)—President Truman today was preparing a strongly-worded message for the new Republican congress with indications that some of the strongest would be reserved for the labor situation.
Another in the series of student recitals will be held 3 p.m. tomorrow in Frank Strong auditorium.
Students Will Present Fine Arts Recital Thursday
The program will include selections by Pearl Clothier, Gregory Simms, Donna Rumsey, Robert Kornhaus, James Gettys, and E. M. Brack.
"The American Housewife in Sweden" was the subject of a talk by Mrs. A. J. Mix, wife of Dr. Mix of the botany department, at a meeting of the Swedish club Tuesday in Fraser hall.
Swedish Experiences Told By Mrs. Mix
Mrs. Mix's talk was based on observations made in 1939, when she accompanied her husband to Sweden, where he conducted biological experiments.
The club, now called Svenska Klubben, is contemplating changing its name to The Nqordic club, to accept prospective members from other northern European countries.
The program opened with the singing of the Swedish national anthem and closed with group singing.
A Christmas celebration to which all interested persons are invited, will be held Dec. 17 in the home of Miss Mary Larson, professor of zoology, 1225 Kentucky.
Revenues In Kansas Show Increase Of 47 Per Cent
Figures from the state treasurer and state auditor continued to show that, while Kansas has become an increasingly better tax-earner, expenditures have been correspondingly larger.
Topcka. (UP)—William J. Jungdahl of the state commission of revenue and taxation announced today that tax revenues in Kansas last month totaled $4,256,511, a gain of 47.2 per cent over the same month a year ago.
Washington. (UP) The War Assets administration announced today that it will discontinue on Feb. 28 its program of selling such scarce surplus items as motor vehicles and furniture to veterans exclusively;
War Assets to Sell Surplus To Non-Vets
Effective immediately, the list will be reduced from 356 to 111 items. Zonal distribution will be discontinued, and they will be offered on a where-is-as-is basis.
After Monday, certificates already granted will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Fisher Promises 'Name' Bands For K.U. Dances
Russia Gives Up Veto
Lake Success (UP)—Soviet Russia today in a surprise move agreed to abandon any veto power over United Nations disarmament enforcement and opened the way toward concrete moves for world reduction of weapons of war.
Booking of several "name" bands for the remainder of the school year is now underway, Jean Fisher, newly appointed Varsity dance band manager, said today.
Advanced booking has been neglected in the past as a result of too many activities scheduled for the same week, he said. Now that all parties are to be cleared through the All Student Council social committee, the dance manger can work with the class and organization committees in selecting their band far enough in advance to obtain one of the best.
"At least four name bands will play on the Hill this year," Fisher stated. "Hoch auditorium is the only place that will accommodate the students wanting to attend, and it will give them the best at a nominal price by taking care of the larger crowd."
The Union social committee will continue to sponsor midweek dances until after Christmas, when the ASC social committee will assume control, he added. The dances then will be held every Wednesday in the Military Science building and a Hill band will play. The cost will be about ten cents a person.
Greek-Independents Discuss Constitution
Reading and discussing the constitution was the main item of business at a meeting of the newly organized Greek-Independent women's council Tuesday afternoon.
After the reading of the constitution the document was submitted to the scholarship and counselling committees for changes requested by the council.
The next meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Dean of Women's office. At that time the new constitution will be drafted.
Museum Exhibits Oils
The South picture gallery of Spooner-Thayer museum is featuring an exhibit of 20 oil paintings by Prof. Albert Bloch of the department of painting, during December.
Shinger Will Speak
Forrest Shinger, of the Topeka bureau of the American Red Cross, will speak tomorrow afternoon at 4 to the Sociology club in Foster hall.
World Editors Pick Top Three News Stories Of Year
New York. (UF) -Editors around the world consider the verdicts at the Nuernberg war criminals trial the biggest news story of 1946, an international survey of the United Press showed today.
1. Nuernberg verdicts.
The international survey brought these results:
Denny To Head FCC
2. The atom bomb tests at Bikini.
3. The Republican congressional victory.
Washington. (UP)—The White House today announced the appointment of Charles R. Denny, $ J_{r} $ as chairman of the Federal Communications commission.
Mr. Denny has been acting chairman of the commission since Paul A. Porter left that post to become head of the Office of Price Administration.
Pittsburgh, Kans. (UP)—John Belplace, chief mine inspector of the Kansas labor department, said today that about 42 small mines—shovel companies—were operating with non-union labor in the southeast Kansas fields.
He said those small mines employed about 400 non union miners. All the bigger, union mines, employing about 1,300 soft coal miners, were idle in the walkout.
Molotov Stalls Action On Satellite Treaties
New York. (UP)—Soviet Foreign Minister Viacheslav M. Molotov, presumably awaiting instructions from Moscow, stalled final Big Four action today on the last half dozen open questions in the satellite peace treaties.
The council of foreign minister expects to start preliminary talks on the German peace treaty before the end of this week to decide when, where, and how real talks and decisions will take place.
Big Inch Lines To Be Used
42 Kansas Mines Operate
Washington. (UP)—The Tennessee Gas & Transmission Co. has been given a temporary permit to use the Big Inch lines to bring natural gas to the East and hopes to start operations within six days.
You Can Add An Hour To The Day But The Chances Are You'll Still Flunk
Why do students flunk?
With mid-semester grades on hand and with parents and professors potshooting at us, it is high time we advanced some new theories on this subject.
Old excuses, such as the sore eye business, have long been discarded as too stale and ineffectual for the modern youth. To him, we offer the new scientific theory of time.
Scientists, physicists, and astronomers claim that only 24 hours exist in each day. Twenty-four times seven gives you 168 hours a week.
Normal junior-senior load, according to the University, is 16 hours a week in class, excluding labs. Add four hours for lab, making a total of 20 hours a week spent in class.
Eight hours' sleep a night is the doctor's recommendation. Eighh times seven is 56. Allow yourself three hours a day for meals — a skimpy allowance when you have to stand in line at the cafeteria. Three times seven is 21.
The University says, in a strong voice, that each hour of class should require three hours of preparation. Three times 20 is 60.
Be generous and allot an hour a day for transportation, another hour a day for mechanics, such as turning off the alarm each mornine. taking a shower and flowing through draw-
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Now add 20 hours in class, 60 hours of preparation for class, 56 hours of sleep, 21 hours of eating, seven hours for transportation, seven hours for mechanics. Your answer is 174. You are three hours in the hole.
Of course, there are short cuts. You can always cut down on sleep. This may make you look a bit hagard, but if 9,000 other students look equally haggard, you will not appear conspicuous.
You can eliminate eating. If you are hefty, that won't bring about any sad results, but if you are inclined to be slim, it's another story. But you aren't flunking.
One further solution, entailing some difficulty, is to add one more hour to each day. Thus with seven more hours per week you will, instead of coming out three in the hole, emerge with four whole hours ahead of the game.
No allowance has been made for social life so you don't need to worry about eliminating it.
You can always cut out studying. Most of these professors don't expect you to get all they assign anyhow. (That's a joke, son.)
Otherwise, there's only one answer. You can't win, brother, you can't win.
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