WILLIAM KANSAM LAWRENCE KANSAS
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DECEMBER 13.1945
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN LAWRENCE KANSAS
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Four months after the atom bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasted the machine age into the history books, a group of K.U. students have begun to do something about it.
After the spade-work of their preliminary meetings had accomplished essential agreement as to purpose and methods, about 30 students, advised by faculty members, organized the Atomic Age association. They dedicated it to the proposition that the only proper course for serious students is to work whole-heartedly in support of the world state concept.
The Atom and Us
DOLores SULZMAN                 Editor-in-Chief
MORGAN MILLEN                  Editorial Associates
KEWAN KEWAN
Their action is not a new thing on college campuses. Other students at other schools have already done the same, and there is at least one national organization of students working for world government — the Student Federalists. This group developed as a student auxiliary of the Federal Union, the organization inspired by Clarence Streits's plan for federation of the democracies.
Dissatisfied with the narrowness of attitude of the parent group, the students declared their independence and pledged themselves to support a world government.
Students are not alone in the realization that the atomic age has rendered obsolete the present political structures of mankind. A similar group is in process of organization among faculty members. All are following the lead of some of the best brains in the country. Many of the scientists who were associated in the birth of the new era have agreed tactily on the need for world organization.
Albert Einstein, who fathered atomic research with his original equations that proved the theoretical possibility of atomic fission, has given his support to the world state concept. In the November Atlantic Monthly he stated his views and recommended "The Anatomy of Peace," a book by Emery Reves, for those who doubt the advisability of world federation.
The Atomic Age association on the campus presents a challenge to every student. If we take seriously the notion that tomorrow's leaders are today's university students, we must form an intelligent judgment as to the purpose of the association, taking every advantage offered by the group to make our judgment realistic.
The Reves book (it's in Watson Library) is a thorough and challenging analysis of the outdated concept of national sovereignty. We recommend also a shorter book, "Modern Man Is Obsolete," by Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review of Literature.
The lowest elevation in Kansas is 700 feet, south of Coffeyville.
To Correct the Knock Before the Break-Down
Cartoon from St. Louis Star-Times
You'll Be Home for Christmas
Editor's Note: (Several years ago the following article appeared in the Daily Kansan after the Christmas holidays. This year we were asked to run the "small town" story before vacation. Here it is—to let new students know what to expect and to remind old students what's coming up.)
Christmas Eve you'll go to the annual church cantata and will be amazed at the number of men in the chorus. Some of them are stooped and gray. You'll recognize them as having graced the choir loft since you were in primary.
When you live in a small town say Minnihaha — and Christmas vacation looms up, you won't pad yourself for a trip downtown on the K.U. bus and fight for standing room on the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe doesn't go to Minnihaha. Nothing does — except you. And the folks are driving down to pick you up.
One headed back to the wilderness, a soap stone (Minnihaha's residents cling to spats, ulsters, and flannel drawers also) warming your feet, you'll try to go to sleep and forget about the party and wedding you're missing because the University Senate went berserk and granted a 17-day vacation.
You'll go to sleep — and when you wake up you will be conscious of barns with the familiar 45 degree lean — and a strenuous poking in the ribs. This last will be little brother, brought along so the house wouldn't burn down while the folks were away, pointing to his fellow scouts who are sweeping snow off the ice of Minnihaha lake with their mother's best kitchen brooms.
The first few days in Minnibaha will be pretty strenuous. You'll go down town to buy a box of kleenex and find yourself having your hand grasped by every clerk in the store, and hearing that it's nice you are back and that school evidently agrees with you since you have gained so much weight. You'll have to be nice to these people because you're related to half of them and the other half — this has been drilled into you since early childhood — trade at your father's place of business.
He'll be saying the skating will be the "repeat" itself in a few days. You'll shudder to realize that last year's slang is just now hitting Minnihaha — but will admit the skating may be fun.
Christmas day will be the very same as it's always been. The dinner will be at your house and all your cousins will come in from the country with their children. You will away after the time with the latter, rushing them upstairs when necessary and extracting turkey legs from their clenched fists. Everybody will eat so much they'll be openly miserable. Nancy, age 5, will inform you she has named her new rag doll (a cross-eyed, orange-headed toy) after you, and the day will be complete.
The next day — mainly because of a new snow suit — you'll decide to go ice skating. But just about that time the paper boy will get around to delivering the Minnihaha (weekly) Gazette, and you'll read that on the very evening you came home two scouts fell through the ice. Although they were saved by comrades who have since been awarded Minnihaha's equivalent of the purple heart, the ice is not recommended.
You'll decide you were really too tired, anyway. You have stayed up until all hours telling the folks about how at school you don't drink or smoke and that, yes, you are "just friends" with the boys.
A few more days and you'll be heading down the Kaw. The folks will drag out the Ford, and after a few false starts the family callope will churn you back to civilization.
Tipton, Ind. (UP)—Burglaries like the home of Mrs. Steve Redman so well that they stayed as week-end guests. When they saw her drive up to the house after an out-of-town visit, they jumped through an open window and disappeared. Mrs. Redman found the beds had been slept in and food taken from the kitchen. The house had been ransacked and some shotgun shells and a gun were missing.
Burglars at Home
The greatest altitude in Kansas is 4153 feet, south of Kanorado.
Student Points Out Need For Campus Bank
Letters to the Editor
Each year complaints are beared about the difficulty of getting checks cashed. Herein lies a lead for some organization to promote a project that would serve many students. Why not establish a student bank?
There is no place on the campus where students can get their checks cashed. There are two or three shops near the campus that occasionally accept a student's check, but the general rule is that they take a check for the amount of the purchase only. If a student needs money, he must go downtown.
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A campus bank could be operated by students, preferably business majors who want to work and who would welcome a job that would give them business experience.
A campus bank is a student need that could be fulfilled by a student organization. The problems involved in establishing it would be many. It is a challenge to some enterprising campus organization.
Sincerely, M.M.G.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
University of Kansas
Dec 19, 1945
Notices must be typewritten and must be in Public Relations office, or Strong, not later than 9:30 a.m. on Monday. No phone messages accepted.
Anyone wishing to do practice teaching during the spring semester should appear now at the office of the Dean of the School of Education, 103 Fraser.
Regular meeting of the Pre-Nurse club at 7:30 tonight home economics room, Fraser.
With the increasing use of movies in classroom teaching and with Walt Disney characters taking the leading roles in many of the educational films, a professor remarked that Donald Duck may replace Horace Mann as the educator public schools are named for.
Rock Chalk
By JOAN HARRIS
Voice of experience—The same novicement of Bob Deffenbaugh's engagement had just been made at the Kappa Sig Christmas dance Saturday and it was time for him to present his pin. The poor boy suddenly became overcome with bashfulness and he couldn't recall any of the things the fellows had told him about the pinning process. Tex Langford didn't help matters either, when he shouted, "First time for you, eh Bob?"
Round Town—Girls declare there was so much mistletoe at the Sig Al formal that they thought they were in a greenhouse—A tiny guard earnestly said, "But coach, honey, she's so big she takes time out just to flex her muscles every two minutes." —Mabel Elliot told her young sociologists that the greatest cause of divorce in this country is marriage. —Ken Bellamy, Sigh boy, and Dave Draper are among the fellows who are with us again, courtesy of Uncle Sam—"Pudgey-wudgy" is the name of the new game which is sweeping the campus; anyone with rosey cheeks is eligible.
A junior mess - Phi Phil's Barb Varner was strolling through the park one day when the junior commandos were preparing for a snowball skirmish. Hoping to endear them with a benevolent smile, Barbara patched one little housebreaker on the head and said, "Hello there, honey." Junior, who appreciates blondes of any age or height, looked up and
Junior, who appreciates blondes of any age or height, looked up and said, "Hubba hubba."
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Queen of the highways—The Fiji touring can affectionally called the "hearse," hauled a crowd of Kappas to the game Monday night. It was the only buggy on the road which was making progress; moreover, it wasn't even necessary to open the window to flick your ashes—one just poked the fag through a flap:
Better luck next time—Theta girls presented pledge Dot Shields with a sheet of fly paper at their pre-season party. The idea was that the next time she served as Santa Claus at the Union carnival, and the little college boys sat on her lap and told her what they wanted in their sox, they would stick.
Prediction—That most Jayhawkers will be making their happy at the Blue Moon, Mary's, Meadow Acres, and similar spots come New Year's.
ON KFKU
9:30 p.m. Look to Kansas: "Progress Report of the Legislative Council," the Honorable Frank L. Hagaman, speaker of the 1945 House of Representatives.
9:45 p.m. Yankee Crusade: "Con- vert to the Free State Cause" (dramatized episode of early Kansas) Tomorrow
Tonight
2:30 p.m. Book Review: "The Death of Virgil" by Herman Brock reviewed by L. R. Lind.
2:45 p.m. Spanish Lesson, Maude Elliott.
9:30-10:00 p.m. K.U. Vesper:
"Mastering Trouble before Meeting It",
Rev. O. E. Allison, speaker.
Lt. A. W. Beahm, who was graduated from the University in 1939, is in the medical corps of the navy. The group of ships he is attached to has two doctors, but one was injured at Okinawa and Lt. Beahm has been taking care of the whole group. A letter written by one of the men in the group said, "It was quite a sight to see Doe in a dinghy—our ships don't carry motor launches—rowing from one ship to another in a rough sea treating sick and injured men."
'Doc' Calls in Dinghy