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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARCH 22,194
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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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. Inbound postage and delivery Sept. 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kan., under act of March 3, 1879.
How About a Light?
It's not a total blackout in West Hills, but every street corner certainly isn't a blaze of glory. As students living in the houses farthest from the campus grope their way home through the ink-black darkness of a moonless night and hope no cars will run into them, they wonder why a few more streetlights cannot be or have not been installed.
There are two parts to the answer. Right now materials are not available. But even in times of plenty West Hills residents did not seem willing to contribute the money to make the streets safe for night travel.
Since West Hills is outside the city limits of Lawrence, the five street lights which it does have were installed and are maintained by the West Hills Homes association. Composed of home owners in the district, the association obtains money for such services from its members, who, judging by appearances, are far from poverty stricken.
Nevertheless, they object to any plan to install and maintain additional lights on many corners because it would increase their general assessments.
For two years the association has been trying to have a light installed at the corner of West Hills parkway and West Campus road, where many students leave the West Hills bus. But a lack of necessary wiring and cable have kept even this one reform from being carried out. "No man's land" as far as the lighting problem goes is West Campus road.
West Hillites feel they have an exceptionally good excuse for not aiding the groping pedestrians along this street; it is the boundary between the city of Lawrence and West Hills and as such "is the city's responsibility."
Lawrence, however, counters with the argument that Michigan street, if it were cut through, would run just east of West Campus road, and that it's mythical path is the dividing line.
While the two stand doggedly by their contentions, increased post-war traffic endangers both automobile drivers and pedestrians traveling the road in question.
It seems that West Hills residents could afford to be a little more public spirited; certainly West Hills residents and the city of Lawrence should be sensible enough to arrive at some agreement so that the unnecessary safety hazard of darkness can be eliminated on West Campus road.—M.T.
Several hundred students listened to the game on the radio Monday night because they couldn't get tickets. But there were plenty of tickets available—right in front of the auditorium before game time. A sports commentator for one of the Kansas City radio stations polled some of the ticket-hawkers and found the ducats were selling for prices ranging from $5 to $50. One person who said he was a K.U. student revealed he was getting $20 for $3 tickets. How's that for school spirit?
At Risk of Repetition - - a vein through the mass of feathers, quite frankly, had them. Yet that was the assignment—blood for an experiment.
With enthusiasm which can't even be described as half-hearted, members of Forums board are planning a second lecture on the student peace project.
Many students will remember this peace project. Possibly they will remember how irate they were when the All-Student Council "abandoned it." Possibly they will remember that of all the things the Council had bungled, they loudly proclaimed this to be the worst.
News that the Forums board was taking over the project finally quieted objectors. "Well," they said, "that might be all right—just so something is done."
More than a week ago that something started. Dr. John Ise talked about the prerequisites for a peaceful world at the chancellor's home in the first lecture of the revamped peace project.
And who was there? Well, Forums board was there and several professors and a few students. A total of 20.
The many, many students who complained so bitterly that the All-Student Council was quashing their opportunity to learn about permanent peace—what of them? Well, in the words of a distraught Forums board member, "apparently they were all bluff." Underneath they must not have given an iota about the state of the world.
The Forums board might well indulge in a long look at itself, too. Perhaps it has the wrong idea about peace projects. Perhaps the poor attendance at the first lecture indicated that it was not presenting the subject in a manner which appealed to the student body. It is easy to see how students might be tired of lectures.
It is doubtful that this condemnation is completely justified. More than likely the student does care, but in his schedule, first things (and any study of permanent peace is a first thing) don't come first. If so, he should take a re-evaluation.
Everything that can be said about how the peace project should be conducted has been said before. We are risking reputation now only because we think it is important. So important that it is worth asking both student body and Forums board to try again really to make something out of the vital subject at hand.
Then there is a possibility that even lectures would go over—if the students knew about them. Forums board has not spent much time on publicity. It doesn't seem to realize that even "The Outlaw" had to be advertised.
The ex-corporal at least was not stretching a point when he said that ex-officers do appear on the Hill in what amounts to full uniform. Reading a prediction that officers on reserve might be called back to active duty any day, one veteran observed, "Well, I guess I'd better go home and put on a tie."
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Short cut. In one of Dr. Down's classes in Snow, Herbert Bradlow and two of his buddies were having a terrible time getting even one cc. of blood from their rooster. Find-
Jabber wacky. in her 3:30 algebra class Miss Ellis asked Mr. McIntire to go to the board and explain a graph. Mr. McIntire shuffled to the front of the class with a fountain pen in his mouth and asked, "Do youth want me to do thith one?" Miss Ellis immediately put into her mouth the piece of chalk she was holding and rolled, "Youth might try't."
From the St. Louis Star-Times
Always smiling. One little girl on the campus who has an answer for everything. In her geometry class the professor sent her to the board to put on a geometrical drawing. Looking up five minutes later to find no mark on the blackboard he said, "Don't you have your figure?" To which she answered, "No, but I'll have it soon."
By SHIRLEY LEITCH and KATHY McBRIDE
When peace was again restored, the recitation went on as usual until two moving vans rumbled past. Mr. Strawn glanced out of the window, calmly turned to the class and remarked, "Oh, they are just moving Fraser." (He who laughs last .)
The Call of the Wild. We bid a fond farewell to Dick Marsh, DU, Gene Lund, Phi Psi, and Dick Menuet, SAE, who have joined the ranks . . . yep, the United States Marines! You know, from the halls of dear old Fraser to the shores of Tripolí. As pa would say, "give 'em h— for me, son." See ya.'
Best Laugh. In Mr. Strawn's 8:30 French class the prof couldn't seem to think of the meaning for a French verb. His ever-willing students were contributing suggestions—after several wild guesses Paul O'Brien, Sigma Chi, with a gleam in his eye, popped up and said, "Give up, Mr. Strawn?"
Confusin' but amusin.' Joan Woodward, Pi Phi, was ambling down campus tother day when she spied Ray Evans, Phi Delt, not far ahead of her. Now Joan, worldly woman that she is, knows how wonderful Ray is, so she donned her best smile, got that certain gleam in her eye, ran up to Ray and said, "Hi, Charlie."
★ Letters to the Editor
To the Daily Kansan: If you will check the student directory you will find that the person who so ardently pleads for the repeal of prohibition in Kansas lists Independence, Mo., as his home town.
Go Back to Missouri, Freshman Advises Wilson
If the state of affairs which exists under the wide open saloon is so wonderful, I believe that he can find it just across the border in the state from which he came.
We are led to believe that as much liquor is sold by bootleggers as would be sold if prohibition were repealed. The fallacy in such a statement must be quite clear to anyone who gives the matter any thought.
The native Kansans seem to have been satisfied without the open saloon.
If Keith Wilson wants his drinks at the bar, let him go back to Missouri.
JOHN ELLIOTT College freshman
After 20 minutes the boys were in the last stages of desperation when Dr. Downs turned her back. Pronto they lopped off the bird's head. Held bottoms up, he deserved an "A" for his part in filling the lesson.
On the Atchison, Topeka-a-a. Surprisingly enough, the K.U. student body displayed more mep after the defeat Monday night than before. Although the trip to Kansas City was comparatively quiet, the ride back to Lawrence was a bedlam of celebrations—all for "next year's victory over the Argies."
Before train time, red caps in the union station were indoctrinated with the traditions of the school as Alberta Cornwell, D.G., led the singing, "Waiting for the Train to Come in."
The students made a colorful picture, and spectators actually turned to look for the movie cameras when on the last note of the rock chalk, the gate slid open and yelling students trooped through a la any good MGM musical.
A 19-year-old Indian girl named Sakajewa guided Lewis and Clark through part of their expedition.
Pre-Enrollment Did Work, Former Iowa Stater Claims
To the Daily Kansan: The pre-enrollment problem discussed in a recent editorial is important enough to warrant further discussion and exchange of ideas.
I am a former student of Iowa State college and, since the school year is divided into quarters, I experienced the registration lines 12 times, never spending more than 45 minutes each time to register. To register involves the completion of enrollment, the filling out of registration cards, and the payment of fees.
The entire student body, numbering as high as 6,500 before the war, requires one eight-hour day to complete registration and obtain assignments for the following day of school.
Approximately three weeks before the end of the term the students in each division of the school meet with their respective advisers to complete a tentative schedule for the next term. These schedules are sent to the division offices for the tabulation of students in each class section.
If sections become crowded, students who can arrange a change of section are called in by their advisers to do so before the end of their term.
If during registration day a change is necessary due to academic re-requirements, it is an easy matter to contact the adviser and make the change.
On the day of registration the students go directly to the Memorial Union auditorium to obtain their registration number and the registration cards which are to be filled out before entering the gymnasium.
Entrance into the gymnasium is made by number. The number 1 to 400 are admitted the first half hour and so on. Upon admittance to the gymnasium the class is obtained and the student then proceeds to fill out his own class cards. If the student is a dormitory resident, dormitory fee cards are obtained. The total fees are paid and the activity book obtained. This completes the registration.
Due to the large influx of students at the present time, this system is only partially effective.
To guide and help incoming students an earlier day is usually set aside when special help is given to groups of new students at one time. R.B.L.
R. B. L.