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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
OCTOBER 17,1946
The University Daily Kansan
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Member of the Kansas Press Association National Editorial Association, and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Advertising Council of Madison 20 Madison, New York City.
Mail subscription: $3 a semester, $4.50 a year, plus 2% tax (in Lawrence add $1 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence Kan., every afternoon during the school year except Saturdays and Sundays, University holidays, and examination periods. To enter, visit the Post Office, Seventh Street, 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kan., under act of March 3, 1879.
NEWS STAFF
Managing Editor  Bill Hage
Asst. Managing Editor  Charles Roos
Makeup Editor  Jane Anderson
Telegraph Editor, Billie Marie Hamilton
City Editor  Marcelia Stewart
Military Editor  Minnie Mae
Sports Editor  John Finch
Women's Sports  Nancy Jack
Asst. Telegraph Editors, Edward Swain.
Society Editor... Alverta Niedens
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor-in-chief ... James Gunn
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Mellvin Adams
Circulating Manager Mervin Adams
Marketing Manager Bob Bonebrake
Manager Bub Bonebrake
Voting Record
A fundamental tenet of democracy is "give the people sufficient information on candidates and the current situation and they will elect the best men to office."
As in most tenets, theory here is more ideal than practice. The people very seldom have sufficient information, and when they vote they cast their ballots for more psychologically potent persuasions than logic.
Some idealist, however, never give up. Some present-day Jefferson's cling tightly to their beliefs in the essential soundness of democracy and the fundamental wisdom of the rule of the majority. And they continue to provide the people with information in the true spirit of democracy.
The K.U. chapter of the American Veterans committee has published such information recently and distributed it on the campus. It has listed the voting records of 20 congressmen on 12 more or less controversial issues.
Although we do not necessarily agree with A.V.C.'s opinion on what constitutes a "progressive" and an "anti-progressive" as it has labeled each vote, we can certainly approve of its action in bringing these voting records out of the Congressional Record and before the voting public.
Although campaign promises are easily made and not so often kept, the public has become accustomed to voting on the strength of these promises. It's far better to choose a representative on the basis of past performance (as you bet on race horses) than to elect an unknown quantity and then try to mold him by the force of public opinion.
The A.V.C. is performing a public
Thar Was Gold In Them Thar Kansas Hills
Kansas once had its gold mines.
If you have any doubt, glance at the 1859 map of Kansas shown in the display case near the central circulation desk. Watson library.
In 1854 when Kansas became a territory, the western boundary extended to the summit of the Rocky mountains, and that portion of the mountains known as the "gold regions" was within the Kansas territorial boundary.
"Gunn's new map of Kansas and the gold mines, 1859," shows gold trails from the Missouri river to the region. One of these trails is routed through Lawrence, one of the earliest free-state towns. This was less than a decade before Mount Oread was chosen as the state university site. Had there been learning "on the Hill" at that time, perhaps some of the travelers would have forsaken their quest for gold or exchanged their gold for knowledge—depending upon whether they were going to the gold fields or coming from them;
The map "embraces all the public survey up to the sixth principal meridian," complete with existing counties and Indian reservations." And if your imagination is sufficiently stimulated you can see the covered wagons rumbling toward Pikes Peak during the gold rush of 1858 or a stage coach headed toward Denver carrying mail addressed, "Denver, Kansas Territory." (Colorado, how do you like that?)
When Kansas became a state (1861) the western boundary was moved eastward, and the gold mines were lost to Colorado. Perhaps then Colorado coined the phrase "gold is where you find it."
service. Agree with it or not, suspect its motives and ambitions as you will, the information is still being presented to the people. If you don't like its publication, the bills it presents as controversial, or its analysis of the voting record you might publish a voting record of your own.
The defenders of the "rule of the majority" have been using the ignorance of the voters too long as an excuse. The apathy, ignorance, and prejudice of the voting public are each man's responsibility.
What are you doing, what is your organization doing, to bring the issues of the day before the people?
And how did your representative vote on atomic energy control, the O.P.A., or the poll tax?
Some professors are discouraged by the non-responsiveness of the veterans in their classes. The boys aren't stupid, just hesitant. That word, "volunteer" has an ominous note for an ex-G.I. and he skirts around it like a bridegroom veering from his wife's biscuits.
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Political Platforms Available At Library
The Bureau of government research, directed by Dr. Ethan P. Allen, has published the entire political party platforms of Kansas.
Presented in the order of the number of votes cast for governor at the 1944 election the parties represented are Republican, Democrat, Prohibition and Socialist.
This pamphlet is available to students at the bureau of government research office, 412 Watson library.
Exchange Student Delayed In Sailing
KU.'s one exchange student, Clyde Jacobs, who planned to sail for France, is being delayed by the maritime shipping strike just as is Roger Lecomte, graduate of the University of Nancy, who is coming here.
Mr. Jacobs, who taught Western Civilization here, will study political science for one year at the University of Paris. He is now on the east coast waiting.
J. H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate school, said that this is the first time K.U. has had an exchange of students since before the war. "Our reciprocal agreement with the French specifies that the University of Kansas pay the maintenance and fees for M. Lecomte. The French government will do likewise for Mr. Jacobs," Dean Nelson added.
One of the biggest tasks of the Aids and Awards committee is to encourage K.U. students to study abroad, Dean Nelson, chairman stated. There are several who want to study in South America. We hope to make arrangements.
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