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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 13.1945
It sa r o t t c l v e b t V n e k B
DECEMBER 18,1945
University DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Member of the Kansas Press Association,
National Editorial Association, and the
Represented by the National Advertising Service,
420 Madison Ave. New York City.
Mail subscription: $3 a semester, $4.50 a year, plus 2% tax (in Lawrence add $1 a semester postage). Published in law books and journals during the school year except Saturdays and Sundays. University holidays, and examination periods. Entered in the class on Sept. 17, 1910, at the Post Office Lawrence, Kan., under act of March 3, 1879.
NEWS STAFF
ELEANOR ALRIGHT... Managing Editor.
VIRGINIA VAN ORDER... Asst. Managing Editor.
CAROLA GAYNON... Managed Editor.
BETTY JENNINGS... Telegraph Editor.
PATRICIA PENNEY... News Editor
RUSINESS STAFF
NANCY TOMLSONIM ... Business Manager
BETTY BEACH ... Advertising Manager
Assistants: BOB BONNEREK, MARY BRANI-
ANN AREDING, ANNE COUNT, SVILVIA
**SMALL, ELEANOR TRUMPSON.**
**IN Charge This Issue.** **ANN REDDING**
EDITORIAL STAFF
The method of cramming for tests and finals has been institutionalized on college and university campuses by even the better students. It is a recognized, established practice, but one that is deployed by professors and others who are in a position to look at its disadvantages objectively.
A Windy Night
The farmer thought this a strange answer, but hired the boy in spite of it. Several weeks later, during a night wind storm, the farmer tried to awaken his new hand, but was unable to do so.
DOLORS SULZMAN | **Editor-in-Chief**
LOREN KING | **Editorial Associates**
When he went outside, the farmer found all the gates locked, the stock taken care of, and everything well protected against the wind. The farm hand had prepared for just such a night.
The student who is previously prepared for final week is like the farm hand who applied for a job. When asked what he could do, he replied, "I can sleep soundly on a windy night."
The K.U. student must plod relentlessly the path that leads to wisdom- uphill or down, through wood or valley, across flower bed or lawn
You have one advantage — you know ahead of time when your "windy night" will come—LC.
Kansas record wheat year was 1931, when 240 million bushels were produced.
He can't afford to waste five seconds.—L.K.
Pathgrinders
By actual count, the number of steps saved by a student of average stride on the newly-beaten footpath between Watson library and the Journalism building is nine. The distance is 40 steps on the sidewalk, 31 on the path. Time consumed at an average gait is 20 seconds by the walk, 15 by the path-five seconds saved.
When the navy students head for chow, they haven't time to go via sidewalks. Recalling that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, they direct their path accordingly, stamping out grass in a swath 10 feet wide from 14th street, behind Spooner-Thayer museum, to the Union building.
After a session of cadaver-caving, medics take out on the shortest route—a path cut through the turf west of Robinson gymnasium.
K. U. students are busy-driven to occupational fatigue by the heavy load of academic projects. The serious student hasn't time to think of anything but the next class. Pre-occupation with problems of education and research don't permit him to consider how his wandering footsteps mare the beauty of the campus as he absentmindedly beats a path to the door of the Daily Kansan business office for the day's news.
Clearing a Path for Another Hitler?
Furnace care close to the campus twice each day. See Dean Werner,
Cartoon from St. Louis Star-Times
Jaytalking--
Jobs for Men
There's a rumor around that Army football players received a lot of coaching by mail from loyal sorcity sisters at K.U. who thought the Army was selecting the 1945 homecoming queen.
Reconversion note: An Atchison county mail carrier won't be stopped by mud holes and snow drifts this winter. He bought a jeep the other day to use on the job.
Students who didn't quite keep their promise to "get caught up on lessons" over the Thanksgiving holidays are renewing it for the Christmas vacation.
The bulletin board opposite the College office in Frank Strong hall frequently contains official information concerning faculty advisers and when to see them, honor roll students, and lists of students who have passed the English Proficiency examination.
We wonder how much of the allegedly revived "school spirit" will turn up at basketball games and rallies during the next few months.
"You never appreciate a thing until it's gone," goes an old adage. The Office of Price Administration adds in a tired voice that "you don't appreciate it when it's back either." Swamped with rationing complaints during the war, the office has received not one letter of commendation for removing restrictions on shoes, butter, and meat.
An age-old wedding custom in Europe is for the bride to weep into a "tear handkerchief" and to preserve it for burial with her so she may take to the grave the tears she shed on the happiest day of her life
This is the season when everyone agrees that the way to lick a cold is to take care of it at the beginning, but thinks the advice applies to the other fellow.
American Dollars Are Going Out To Fight as Soldiers of Prosperity
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
bunk of which is being written as part of the price of victory.
The new loss to Great Britain means that the United States is in the process of investing perhaps 12 billion dollars or more abroad in an effort to promote general world trade and prosperity. That sum is in addition to more than 40 billion dollars in lend-lease expended during the war, the bulk of which is being written off $
The idea behind this new financing with the United States in the role of world banker, is that dollars will be sent out to fight as soldiers of prosperity, just as lend-lease dollars backed the soldiers and created the machines, guns, ships, and airplanes which made defeat of the Axis powers possible.
Congress probably will have to be convinced that the money will come back, instead of going into default like the first World War loans. It will also want assurance that the United States will get direct benefits from the use of its capital, rather than finding the money used by other nations to its trade disadvantages.
Whether congress shares this view of the administration will be determined only in the debate which will ensue them when the loan to Britain comes up for approval. In an apparent effort to meet congressional criticism in advance; Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said after signing the agreement with Ambassador Lord Halifax:
"It is not a gift or a grant. It is a loan with interest. In addition to repayment, the United States receives benefits in the revision of trade policies which will enable us to do business with all nations and thus provide employment for the people of the United States."
Byrnes further described it as "an effort to establish one world economically" and prevent a division of the nations into economic blocs which would endanger universal peace.
The loan to Great Britain includes 650 million dollars representing a final settlement of the 25 billion dollars balance of what Britain received in lend-lease during the war. It is to be repaid over a period of
50 years beginning in 1951, with the escape clause that Britain will not have to pay interest during years in which her trade balance falls below a certain fixed level.
With this credit to Britain, the United States has granted a total credit to Allied nations since V-J day of more than five billion dollars partly in clearing up lend-lease obligations.
In addition, Russia is reported to be seeking a credit of six billions, and Belgium, Finland, Denmark, China and Norway want credit. Other countries are yet to be heard from. The total thus is well in excess of 12 billions not counting what UNRRA is giving to needy nations.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
University of Kansas Tuesday, Dec. 18
Tau Sigma will not meet tonight
Anyone wishing to do practice teaching during the spring semester should make application now at the office of the Dean of the School of Education, 103 Fraser.
Petitions will be accepted 10 days following date of this notice for candidates to fill vacancy on All-Student council caused by the resignation of Jean McIntire, representative from the College.
All-Student council will meet at 9:15 tonight, Pine room, Union, to go Christmas caroling.
Alpha Phi Omega will meet at 6:45 tonight, Pine room, Union.
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Regular meeting of the pre-nurses club, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, home economics room, Fraser.
Rock Chalk
By TERRY HERRIOTT
TOPIC FOR TODAY: Stuff and Things in General — Women in Publicicular.
College course: It seems that the favorite glass blowing course is blowing the glass of beer to remove the foam.
Pome:
Not drunk is he
Who from the floor
Can rise again
And still drink more;
But drunk is he
without the power
Who prostrate lies
To drink or rise.
And further more: It is rumored that a certain campus big-wig was recently setting forth his views on subjects various and sundry with seeming success when finally he slammed his fist on the desk and yelled: Confound it, don't say yes until I'm finished!
Hmmmmm: Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; the same cannot be said for love.
To Our Motorists: All us pedestrians ask is a little more cooperation between horsepower and horse sense.
Observation in the Library: The best thing about an encyclopedia around this campus is that it knows—and you don't have to.
May We Quote: Advice to college men: Make love to every coed you meet, and if you get 5 percent back on your outlay, it's a good investment.
Campus story: Once upon a time little coed went hippity-hop, skipity-skop down to the shores of the lake. As she was wandering aimlessly along with nothing in particular to do, she heard a voice call, "Help me, please help me." She looked around and all she could see was a little green frog on the edge of the lake.
Oh. So?: It seems a growing number of sweet-young-things on this campus are growing more and more fond of that ancient adage: If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.
"Did you just speak to me?" asked the little coed.
"Well, how is it that you can talk?" asked the coed innocently.
"I sure did," said the frog.
"Well," said the little frog, "once upon a time I got into trouble with the administration and they put the curse on me and said that until such a time as I should rest my head on the silken pillow of a beautiful little coed, I should never again be a strapping young college lad of eighteen."
The little coed felt so sorry for this poor little frog that she scooped him up and hurried back to the house and lay the little frog upon her silken pillow, he again became a strapping young college lad of 18.
The house-mother wouldn't believe the little coed's story so she got a four-month campus and was put on probation. Now I ask you, is that justice
ON KFKU
Tonight
9:30 p.m. "A Christmas Carol," traditional reading of Dickens's immortal story by R. Calderwood.
2:30 p.m. Tales from Ivory Towers:
"The Good Master"
2:45 p.m. Christmas Carols, by the Murray Singers
9:30 p.m. Look to Kansas: "Progress Report of the Legislative Council," Frank L. Hagaman.
9:45 p.m. Yankee Crusade: "Convert to the Free State Cause" (dramatized episode of early Kansas)