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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 3, 1946
Kansan Comments.
They're Human
"University officials" to many students are cold-hearted, ruthless, emotionless ogres who delight in kicking students out of school for light-heartedly painting the statue of 'Uncle Jimmy Green,' for trying to augment a measly government pittance by selling football tickets, for trying to plant "stink" bombs in sorority houses.
Dean Henry Werner said at the same time that no student has been expelled from school this year. The misunderstanding was caused by an incorrect use of "dismissal" and "suspension." Students have been suspended; none has been dismissed.
However, any student who read about the punishment given to the "stink" bomb artists will see that prevention of further outbreaks, not punishment of past childish errors, was the motive behind the sentence.
One student, the one involved in the statue-painting, was reinstated after a week's suspension. The two ticket-sellers are still suspended, but they will be reinstated as soon as they show that they can live under the rules set up by our society, the dean said.
These efforts of University officials should be noted carefully. They mean one thing: If you commit a crime or misdemeanor, you will have to pay for your actions, but you won't have any reason to think you've been punished too severely. University officials don't conduct
University onlaws don't conduct a "hanging court."
Nearly half the student body didn't get tickets for this winter's cage games. Is that what is meant by a buyer's strike?
Don't Sell It
Don't sell that basketball ticke Joe.
Sure, we know you need some money, and we know you don't give much of a darn for basketball, but if you bought a ticket, don't sell it. Give it away or throw it away or file it in your billfold, but don't sell it.
Even giving it away isn't a good idea, because the ticket says plainly "Not Transferable." And if you don't believe it, take a look tomorrow when you get yours at the athletic office.
Probably you won't get into any difficulty by exchanging with another student or by selling it to another student at the same price you paid. You can get into difficulty if you try any scalping.
If you sell the ticket to a nonstudent at student prices, you're gypping the athletic department of some of its rightful revenue. And you know it costs money to have a basketball team.
If you sell the ticket to anyone at a higher price than you paid, you're gypping the federal government and that's $10,000 or a jail sentence. You can get into the government's good graces by charging a 20 per cent tax on whatever extra you ask for the ticket and then turning the tax over to the federal government. And then the athletic department would find out you'd sold your ticket and they'd be after you.
Nope, the best idea is just to hang onto that ticket and go see the basketball games. It'll probably be a good season.
People's Feelings On Events Vary Because Of Whims Of City Editors
The power of the press to sway the American people often has been disputed, but a recent news item shows clearly how newspapers can and do control the emotions of the American people on events which are not, of themselves, of world or national importance.
In recent weeks, most newspapers have carried short items from
Md. where a man was $ ^{\textcircled{2}} $
In recent weeks, most newspaper Leonardtown, Md., where a man was buried alive in a 25-foot well. Probably you didn't see them—they were well hidden.
The man, Mitchell Mattingly, 22, was attempting to clean out a well when the sand walls collapsed on him. Repeated efforts to dig him out failed when the sand walls continued to collapse before the trapped man was reached.
The story aroused little feeling over the nation—the man was not known, cave-ins are still common, more important things needed time for consideration, but most important, editors didn't want to emphasize the story.
Contrast this story with the story 20 years ago of another man trapped in a cave:
He'd almost finished his explorations when suddenly a cave-in pinned his foot under a rock. The passage to daylight was 125 feet long, narrow, steep, slimy with water. A few neighbors started looking for him and sat down outside to try to figure out a method to get him out. Then a reporter from the Louisville Courier-Journal came along.
This man was Floyd Collins, a young obscure Kentuckian who was exploring a passage a few miles away from Mammoth Cave. He wanted to find something to show, at a price, to sight-seers.
The reporter, W. B. Miller, was small, daring and wiry. He inched his way through the passage to interview Collins and became fascinated with the progress of the fight to release the explorer from his prison.
Crowds of people thronged to the scene. They moved into tents and caused so much disturbance that state troopers and barbed w fence were needed to held them back. The entire nation read Miller's and others' stories avidly—it was THE big story.
He poured out his fascination in colorful dispatches and to his amazement, nearly every city editor in the nation used his stories on page one.
Rescue efforts were futile, however, and Collins died on the 18th day of his fight for freedom. Even the staid, conservative New York Times used a three-column head announcing his death.
And a month later, more than 50 miners were killed in a cave-in. It didn't attract much attention. It was just another mine disaster because editors had decided not to play the story for all it was worth.
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A Michigan pastor preaches from a rooftop to people sitting in automobiles in the street below. We thought the American people didn't like to be "talked down to."
A federal attorney says the government doesn't want to punish Lewis, merely convince him he's wrong. The attorney must use natural gas.
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Oklahoma's Governor Kerr probably will be the new Democratic national chairman. If he gets the post, he'll have to change the spelling of his name to fit the dog's life he'll lead.
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A bill limiting the President's tenure of office to eight years is on the program of the coming congress. To the younger set who have trouble remembering before F. D. Roosevelt, this may seem to be a revolutionary step.
Managing Editor         Charles Roos
Managing Editor Ed.     James Bain
Makeup Editor          Billie Marie Hamilton
Editor-in-chief       Bill Hage
Manager            Business
Margery Handy        Advertising Manager
C.P.A. Will Speak To Business Forum
Parry Barnes, C.P.A., of the Kansas City accounting firm of Lunsford and Barnes, will speak at the second Alpha Kappa Psi business forum in Frank Strong auditorium at 8 to-night.
Barnes will speak on "General Accounting." He will discuss the opportunities that await the business graduate in that field and outline the transition between school and the business world.
Alpha Kappa Psi, professional commerce fraternity, is sponsoring the series of monthly discussions by business leaders to show business and pre-business students the practical workings of their chosen fields.
Traffic Safety Program Will Be Launched Soon
Topcka. (UP)—A statewide traffic safety program covering accident records, driver's licenses, safety engineering, law enforcement, and school safety will be launched soon, it was indicated today in letters sent by Gov. Andrew Schoeppel to individuals, requesting their assistance in such action.
Public support and educational committees will be formed under the leadership of Paul Hill, field representative of the National Safety council.
LET'S ALL EAT AT Zim's Snack Shop Just East of the Post Office
"I'D LOVE TO GO"
to the
Newman Club Dance Dec.6 Semi-Formal MILITARY SCIENCE BLDG.
Max Factor "Color Harmony" Gift Sets Kaywoodie Pipes Parker "51" Pens Cameras and Film Jayhawk Costume Jewelry Men's Gift Sets
Candy
Tobacco
Cordell's Drug Store
Located Conveniently Near the Campus 1341 Mass. Phone 521
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