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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FEBRUARY 28.1946
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Mail subscription: $3 a semester, $45 a year, plus 2% tax (in Lawrence add $1 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the second year except Saturdays and Sundays, University holidays, and examination periods. Entered on Saturday or September 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kann., on March 3, 1879.
What's in a Name
Students have heard two of the four speakers in the spring "big name" convocation series. On successive days they presented a respectably large audience to Dr. Arthur Compton and practically filled the house for Lord Halifax.
General reaction to both speeches was good, and yet there were many who were disappointed. Some students who had hoped for more than amusing stories, a few newsy details about the atom bomb, and vaguely stated, weakly supported generalities, reflected on the convocations with the feeling that both men had failed to give their best.
Dr. Compton dealt hazily with the heart of his subject. We were all aware of how the atom bomb has challenged the humanities. It has been preached since the day of Hiroshima.
His answer to the challenge was nothing new. His endorsement of the principles of education, co-operation, and the discovery of a worthwhile objective in life may have given them prestige, but students who think at all have had these ideas pounded into their heads day by day.
More important, his recommendations for developing international cooperation will surely be too slow to head off another war. He spoke as if he relied on the UNO to be able to set up the necessary international organization. Students of world peace remember the UNO as a pre-atomic age creation, laudable for what it has done and for its good intentions, but already obselete for the purpose of arresting society's mad stampede down the road to war.
Halifax, the retiring British ambassador to the United States, more nearly accomplished his purpose, plugging Anglo-American relations, but it was done more by what he is than by what he said.
We all considered it an honor to hear the distinguished Britisher, but he, too, failed to say anything important that we hadn't read or heard elsewhere. He could have skipped India and apologized for the British in Greece, in the Near East, in the East Indies, and in China if he wanted to negate our fears and suspicions.
Altogether, the two "big names" were disappointing because they strayed not from the beaten path, dealt not with unorthodox doctrine, and jeopardized not their high positions.
They were "big names." L.K.
A cartoon in the Chicago Tribune ridiculues Truman for misleading a blind Uncle Sam who carries the problems of the world on his shoulders. The cartoon charges the president with making appointments according to "a small time machine politics viewpoint." And would the Tribune recommend a big-time machine such as that which now strangles the city of Chicago?
The 'Other Side' in China
In spite of the signed truce between the Nationalist and so-called Communist forces in China, all is not well in that far eastern country. Our government has repeatedly voiced its support for the establishment of a democratic and progressive China. It is therefore important that we examine well and give fair consideration to the conflicting issues involved.
As trouble continues to flare up in China we tend to lose patience and lay blame to one side or the other. Often it is placed upon the Communist forces, not only because the term "communist" has a mental stigma for most Americans but because generally we know too little about that Chinese group. A few facts about those people may give us a new out-
The term "communist," as applied in this case is very misleading, for the Jook on the Chinese problem.
political organization of these people bears little resemblance to Soviet Communism and in many ways the Chinese Communists have achieved a greater degree of democracy and social and political freedom than Nationalist China has ever known.
Here are some of the things these Chinese have achieved in recent years in spite of a long and difficult guerrilla war against the Japanese.
The area they inhabit has been organized into four regions, each with its regional government. Delegates to those regional governments are chosen by popular vote, an innovation in Chinese history. Suffrage has been granted to all persons over the age of 18.
Private enterprise is encouraged under an economy they describe as "state controlled capitalism."
Free compulsory primary education is enforced and high schools and colleges, including a college for women, have been established. In many areas 80 per cent of the school-age children were literate according to a survey in 1944.
All political parties are recognized and members of any party may be elected to office, including the Nationalist-Kuomintang party. To help form a united front of all parties, the communist party restricts its membership to one-third of any elected body.
Meanwhile, Nationalist China has been slow in instituting social improvements necessary for the development of a democratic China.
As in all questions, the controversy is two-sided. The important thing is that we continually seek the truth of the issues involved and retain our sense of values and justice to help establish the united China vital to a stable Far East.—L.R.F.
So that they won't forget what the rush at the bookstores last week was like, students have taken it upon themselves to maintain that impenetrable jam at the door of Watson library between classes.
Rock Chalk Talk
By FRANK CURRY
Ah, well! A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Marion Minor, journaliste extraordinaire, instructed all the Tipperary chillun to call her "Scoop." Aias, the nickname is now supplanted ignominiously with "Stupe." Nobody knows the sorrow. . .
What do they keep in Spooner-Thayer, anyway? One of the uninhibited denizens of Spooner-Thayer, Duane Postlethwaite, put a wistful sign on a milk bottle to the effect that contributions would be gratefully accepted by the "Society for the Care and Preservation of Aged and Decrepit Swiss Naval Officers."
Ah. education. The students in Mrs. Hadley's 4:30 p.m. algebra class listened patiently while she proved, algebraically, that an empty bucket is "just as good as a full one." As she finished triumphantly, having proved her point, the inevitable voice came from the rear.
"Sure," says a guy named Hank Curry, it's much better when you save to carry it.
Mrs. Hadley is not at all perturbed about the assignments she gives her class. She believes that each student wastes a great deal of time each day, anyway. The married vets in the class wonder how they can waste less time and keep their wives.
And silence reigns. The snoring of Tipperary's Virginia Shuss is quieted at last. Her roommate, Margaret Dean, has devised a sure cure for the moonlight serenade. Each time the music starts, Maggie drops a milk of magnesia tablet into the open mouth of her yodeling roommate. The snoring stops, oddly enough.
The campaign was a smashing success. The drive has网送 to date; Missouri tax tokens, I. O. U.s., and even a few bus slugs. Give generously, brother, someday YOU may need help.
But yesterday he stopped her on the campus and with great enthusiasm announced that on the basis of their previous conversation he was writing a novel about her.
Character of the week. Cora Lou Child was drinking hot coffee as quietly as anyone drinks hot coffee and waiting for some of her Kappa sisters to show up, when a young man introduced himself as Arthur Johnson, and sat down in the booth with her. He told her that he was a veteran and that he had done a number of strange things in his life (giving illustrations). Also that he talked constantly for 30 minutes and then left. Corky hadn't even said hello.
Building up whose morale? The full page picture of Otto Schnellbacher has been clipped from the last issue of the Jayhawker and pinned up on the wall of the men's gymn. The caption "Miss Robinson gymnasium of 1946."
Letter to the Editor
An eye for—business, Scotty Knox, a Fiji who has had a honeymoon, was sent by the powers that be to Sunflower village for a pictorial feature on veterans for one of the student publications. But somehow, Scotty got sidetracked. He turned up later with a dozen glamour shots of women.
“Well,” Scotty explains weakly, “they were all veterans’ wives.”
'Gashouse Gangs or People?' —Student Lambasts Prohibition
Editor's note: The publication of the following letter does not indicate that the views expressed are those of the Daily Kansas. as are other letters to the editor it is offered only as an expression of student opinion.
At the very mention of the name, "prohibition," I am forced to laugh. What does it do? It certainly doesn't prohibit anything. I wager a free ride to K.C. against an old economics book that I can purchase a fifth of Scotch in any town in the state with little or no risk, effort, or time spent. Anyone who has seen the merry holiday crowds getting} stewed to the point of vomiting cannot believe that prohibition serves its intended purpose. With regard to liquor only, prohibition merely places high class prices on partly distilled rotugt. This is hypocrisy! It is also a crying shame!
What's wrong with Kansas?
"There is something wrong with Kansas, something vitally wrong. Something that affects the lives and well-being of every man, woman, child in this. This great evil goes under the innocent name of "prohibition."
Let's take a look at what prohibition does accomplish in the sunflower state. It keeps a large assortment of gamblers, bootleggers, bums, and general scum - of - the - earth equipped with Cadillacs every year!
Long years ago, a country editor of a small town in eastern Kansas made himself a national figure by asking this same question. I don't want to steal any glory because of the time it was. It is high time that the citizens and future citizens of Kansas began asking this question again.
What is wrong with Kansas?
Many people are so naive as to believe that since we are living in the much heralded year 1 A.A. (Atomic Age), we are just around the corner from Utopia and all is right with the world. Such people are either hypocrites or juveniles who still place an emphasis on Santa Claus as a blind as to be content with the status quo should throw away his newspapers and start a subscription for Uncle Mur-gatrold's "Bedtime Stories."
The lack of interest in the ballot box that is shown by every eligible voter in the state serves to keep the broad posterior of some Wichita gunman encased in Kuppenheimer pants each season. This is disaster!
Furthermore, since everyone desiring decent drink must migrate to neighboring states, the continuance of prohibition laws in Kansas means that the citizens of this state will present over a million dollars in revenue to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado each year. Kansas is not so prosperous a state as yet that it can afford to cast off money in such a frivolous fashion.
The truth is that many institutions in this state are sorely in need of the old green stuff. For instance, the school system. If a 10 per cent liquor tax had been collected on every bottle that was confiscated in the week end haul that federal authorities made in three Kansas cities some months ago, nearly $4,000 would have been added to the coffers of the state treasury. Enough money to buy a new textbook for every student in Topeka. That's quite a lot of lettuce!
This entire question boils down to a decision between two factions. The state of Kansas is either being run for the benefit of the gas house gangs of 10 cities and numerous chapters of the WCTU or it is being run for the benefit of the people—all of them.
Are the people of Kansas so philanthropically minded that they prefer giving large sums of money to the state treasury of Missouri instead of the Kansas school system? I don't believe we love Missouri that much; the time has long arrived when the people of Kansas rise up in righteous indignation and cast the money changers out of the temples of Topeka!
KEITH WILSON College Freshman
Wagner Promoted
Charles L. Wagner, Fargo, N.D., a member of the University's A.S.T.P. program in 1944, has been promoted to corporal while serving as a photographer with the Public Relations section of Gen. Mark W. Clark's United States forces in Austria.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
All veterans enrolled in the University under servicemen's readmission act are requested to meet with Mr. Stith of the Veterans Administration in Kansas City, at Fraser theater, 4:30 p.m. today or 7 tonight in Frank Strong auditorium.
All veterans under public law 16 report to the veterans office and make appointments to see Mr. Stith.
Merchant Marine—All Merchant Seamen who would like to meet their shipmates come to the Men's lounge of the Union at 3 p.m. Sunday and get acquainted.
Foreign language proficiency examinations will be given at 10:30 a.m., March 9, in Frank Strong hall, room 107, in French, German, Latin, and Spanish. Students who have had at least two units of credit any one of these languages in his school are eligible for examination in that language. They may complete the College foreign language requirement by passing the examination. The examination will last an hour and will consist of exercises in translating foreign language material of moderate difficulty into English with the aid of a dictionary. Registration may be made at the College office, March 4 to March 7. Registration lists will close at 4 p.m.
Christian Science University organization meeting 7:30 p.m. tonight Pine room, Union.
Forensic league meeting 7:30 p.m.
tonight. East room, Union.
Tau Sigma picture will be taken at 7:15 tonight, at Robinson gym. All members in good standing be there. Wear leotards.
Quack club pictures will be taken at 7:30 tonight. All members be present on time and bring 50c for the picture.
WANT ADS
WANTED—A "Principles and Types of Speech" by Monroe. Call 2273J Virginia L. Jose.
LOST—Brown billfold initials B.J.B.
Probably around Cottage about Sunday.
Deeply treasured. Reward.
Call Betty Bradford 290.
TAKEN-BY-MISTAKE—from the Union cafeteria an army officers short beaver coat. Identification inside "A7730." Please return to Ralph Andrea 1140 Louisiana and pick up your coat—it is too small for me.
FOR SALE - Log log duplex slide rule. Phone Dorothy Harter, $60.
FOR SALE - Pan-American trumpet, silver with gold bell. In A-1 condition. Sale at $90. Call Warren Reed, 102.1145 Indiana.
LOST—Will party who took my green Parker life time fountain pen by mistake at 11:00 Tuesday a.m. in library, kindly return it to Kansan Office? Deeply treasured gift.
LOST -Torquise and silver Indian necklace. Reward Phone 290.
LOST—Tailpipe and muffler off of a Harley Davidson motorcycle last Saturday afternoon between 'Green Hall and Dyche museum. Reward call Jim Steele 452.
LOST—One Phi Mu pin, lost Saturday night at Military Science Building. Reward call Arnold England. Phone 234.
LOOK! As far as cabs and looks concern maybe we aren't much but as far as SERVICE we have it. Call 12 at 922 Mass. St., for a Hunsinger Cab.
LOST—Man's silver Indian ring last Wednesday in the vicinity of the football field. Call PT10 ask for Whitelord.
LOST—One Minerva wristwatch with large pink face, no straps. No tify the Kansan office.
LOST- Key ring with 4 keys, numbers 10, 11 and 36, between Ad and Corbin. Finder call Rebecca Larson, 860.
WANTED: "Social Aspects of Industry" by Patterson. Desperately in need of. Would trade "The Family" by Becker and Hill; "International Relations" by Schuman or "Abnormal Psychology" or buy outright. Call Mrs. Henry Thorne. 1412M
ROOMS FOR RENT-Clean sleeping rooms for men students, 1541 Kentucky.
FOUND: A man's ring on the campus. Owner may have same by identifying and paying for this ad at the Kansan office.
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