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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
NOVEMBER 15,1946
Indians Meet Indians At Haskell, Find They Are Distant Relatives
Mehra and Dina Daruvalla, checking their saris.
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By JAMES GUNN (Daily Kansan Editor-in-Chief)
Indian met Indian Thursday afternoon when Mehra and Dina Daruvalla, K.U. students from India, visited Haskell institute and saw in the flesh what they call the "red" Indian.
The visit was suggested when Dina (pronounced dee-nah) mentioned that "the British tell people of India that the Americans exterminated their Indians."
The sisters were greeted by Supt. Solon G. Ayers and several of the Indian students, served tea (Dina had her first cup of coffee and thought it "fine"), and, after a discussion of the history of the American Indian, shown examples of Indian handiwork about the Haskell campus.
"Why are the red Indians called Indians?" Mehra asked, and it was explained that Columbus thought he had reached India.
"Then why didn't they correct their mistake when they found they were wrong?" asked Dina, with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
"Columbus may not have been so far wrong at that," Mr. Ayers explained. "Scientists believe that the American Indian came originally from Mongolia and possibly from as far south as India."
The visit ended with the singing of an American Indian love song by one of the Haskell students.
"It is not like our music," Dina said. "It is more like the Chinese or Japanese."
On leaving the sisters said they were surprised and pleased to find that the British had been very wrong and that their American namesakes had such an excellent school to attend.
"We were a little disappointed, though. We thought they might be in native garments," they said, dressed in their traditional Indian saris.
Italian Colleges Lead U.S. In Scientific Theory—Aliotti
Differences between universities in Italy and those in the United States were pointed out by Aldo Aliotti Italian student, at a meeting of the International club at Henley house Wednesday.
Aliotti said Italian universities of. fer less practical training in scientific fields, but are ahead of American colleges in the study of mathematical and scientific theory.
C. C. Chow, Chinese student, also spoke at the meeting.
Harvey, Spreng Speak At Geology Club
A month of "pack-totin", amateur photography, and a geological survey of the Mount McKinley National park area was reviewed for members of the Geology club Thursday night in Lindley hall.
John Harvey, engineering senior,
and Alfred Spreng, graduate student,
exhibited kodachrome pictures they
had taken of glacial lakes, coal outcroppings,
and beaver dams, while on a trip last summer.
Prof. R. M. Dreyer, Prof. J. C.
Frye, Prof. L. R. Landon, Prof. R. C.
Moore, and J. M. Jewett, of the
geology department, were guests.
The job of conducting the survey in 45 wet states was handed the department yesterday after the council adopted a resolution submitted by Senators Wilfrid Cavaness, of Chanute, and B. H. Woodman, of Independence.
Legislative Council To Make Survey Of Liquor Laws
Topeka (UP)—An assignment to make a thorough survey of wet state liquor laws and control measures has been handed the research department of the Kansas legislative council, it was announced today.
Bread Scarcity Hits Bears
Bedford, Ind. (UP)—The food situation at Bedford is such that even the bears at the zoo are going hungry. The shortage is in bread, not meat. Park officials appealed to the public for bread and vegetable scraps, but the results were negligible.
Package Deadline Today
Cats Came First
Seekonk, Mass. (U. P.) - Injured in an automobile accident, Miss Gertrude Miller, 63, of Montclair, N. J., was so concerned over the fate of her four cats trapped in the back seat that she waited until they were rescued by police before going to a hospital for treatment.
Christmas packages for men overseas must be in the K.U. postoffice by 5 p.m. today to insure delivery before Dec. 25. Packages will be accepted later but delivery before the holiday can not be guaranteed. The deadline at the Lawrence postoffice is 6 p.m. today.
Seniors are responding slowly to the Jayhawker magazine, Richard Carmean, business manager, said today.
Senior Picture Data Due Wednesday
Only 22 persons had turned in their names by noon Thursday and the original deadline expires today.
"Wednesday is the new deadline and seniors who want their pictures to appear in the magazine should turn in their name, phone number, and days they will be free for appointment." Carman said.
An out-of-town photographer will be available only two days this semester to take the pictures and unless seniors turn in full data now, pictures cannot be taken, he explained.
Necessary information may be phoned in or given personally to the office in the Union building, he added.
The first police school for all law enforcement officers of the state will be conducted at the University Feb. 6-10 by the bureau of government research and extension division, in cooperation with the Kansas state peace officers' association.
K.U. Will Conduct State Police School
The five-day school will emphasize methods of cooperation between all governmental units in law enforcement, according to Dr. Ethan Allen director of the research bureau.
Government organizations participating will be the federal bureau of investigation, Kansas bureau of investigation, the state highway commission, the state highway patrol and the attorney general's office.
Y.M.C.A. Discusses Plans For National Assembly
Discussion of the national assembly of the Y.M.C.A.-Y.W.C.A. in December at Urbana, III., and a talk by Mary Winser, College junior, were on the Y.M.C.A. program Thursday in the Union.
The present 550-student membership of the Y.M.C.A. entitles the organization to send six delegates to the assembly, which held every four years. K.U.'s representatives will be selected later.
Washington (UP) — The government reportedly was about ready to junk its ban on two-pants suits and on vests with double-breasted suits.
Two-Pants Suits, Vests May Be Back On Market
Danneberg Retires
This is J. R. Danneberg, Jr., College senior, who was succeeded this week as president of the Inter-Fraternity council by Roy Shoaf, College and No.1 man on last year's K.U. tennis team. (Daily Kansan staff photo.)
Federal Budget Cut Is Republican Aim
Washington. (UF)—Rep. John Taber, (R. N. Y.) said today that one million Federal employees could be dismissed and the Federal budget reduced nine billion dollars "without damaging the efficiency of the government."
Other points on the house GOP program were as follows:
Government controls and presidential powers. Eliminate controls "as rapidly as practicable" and end presidential emergency powers "as fast as consistent with wisdom."
Housing. Careful investigation of the housing program and elimination of restraints on construction. The restraints were not specified.
Food shortages. The Republican food study committee was asked for quick recommendations to relieve sugar, soap, fats, and oils shortages
Presidential terms. Legislation to limit the presidential tenure of any individual to two terms.
Quill Club Holds Try-Outs For Prospective Members
Try-out manuscripts of prospective members were read at a meeting of the Quill club in the Union Thursday.
Authors of the manuscripts judged to be best will be pledged as new members. Announcement of the selection will be made next week, Prof. John E. Hankins, department of English, said.
Magilton Speaks To O.T.'s
Miss Florence Magilton, director of occupational therapy at the Institute of Logapedics in Wichita, was guest speaker at the Occupational Therapy club meeting Thursday night.
'Let Government Have Resources, Ise Advocates
Government ownership, of or regulation of all natural resources was advocated by Dr. John Ise, professor of economics, at a meeting of student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Marvin hall Thursday night.
"It is not feasible for the government to buy all natural resources at this time, but it should keep all it now has and gradually buy more." Dr. Ise emphasized.
"I know that I am right about government ownership," he declared. "Private enterprise has wasted our natural resources at a rate that is a national scandal.
The present waste of natural resources, he predicted, someday will necessitate the development by the present engineering students of:
A way to make cheap steel from very low grade iron ore;
A way to make cheap oil out of oil shale found in Colorado and Utah:
A substitute for natural gas.
A substitute for natural gas, Engineering and scientific techniques whereby uranium energy can be put to peacetime use.
Petroleum is the most immediate cause for anxiety. Already more and more oil is being imported. At the present rate of consumption this country will soon be importing copper, lead and zinc, he said.
"One-fifth of our agriculture land has been destroyed. Nature will build it up in a few thousand years if you care to wait around that long. Some of this land is in Kansas. Missouri is even worse off."
"Everybody cheer up, the golden age is just around the corner," Dr. R. H. Wheeler, of the psychology department, told a meeting of the American Veterans committee Thursday.
"Nations will be so busy in the next 60 years with internal reform that international wars will not be possible, if the cycle is correct and history repeats itself," Dr. Wheeler emphasized.
'Golden Age Is Near,' Wheeler Tells AVC
This prediction is in accordance with his theory of climatology, which maintains that climate is not constant, but that it undergoes a series of hot and cold cycles every 100 years.
The cold decades are representative of the better things of life, and the hot periods indicate an era of degeneration and decay, Dr. Wheeler says.
Roos, Haage Will Head Daily Kansan News. Edit Staff
CHARLES ROOS
Charles Roos, journalism senior will become managing editor of the Daily Kansan as part of a regular staff change beginning Monday, Jane Anderson, chairman of the Kansan board, announced today.
Bill Haage, also a journalism senior, is moving from the managing editor's post to editor-in-chief, succeeding James Gunn.
Other new staff members include Miss Anderson, assistant managing editor; Billie Marie Hamilton, make-up editor; Edward W. Swain, telegraph editor; R. T. Kingman, city editor; and Elinor Browne, society editor.
John Finch, current sports editor will continue through the football season.
Assistants on the news staff will be Marcella Stewart, telegraph desk; Reverdy Mullins, city desk; and Beverly Baumer and William Conboy, womens and men's intramural sports.
BILL HAAGE
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