SMUHDCITY DAILY KANSAN LAUDENCE KANSAS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
DECEMBER 14,1945
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Letters to the Editor
Daily Kansan Editor:
You're Welcome Mrs. Calderwood
Daily Kansan.
Another English proficiency evaluation has gone into the records.
Before it is completely forgotten, I wish to say a word or two of thanks to the Daily Kansan.
I appreciate very much the space you have so generously given to both the proficiency examination and the writing laboratory. The reporting has been accurate, and the feature stories have been lively and interesting. I feel sure that Daily Kansan publicity has had a good bit to do with the low percentage of failures in the examination this time. You have done a good job and served the students and the proficiency committee well. I am grateful to you.
Yours Sincerely,
Natalie Calderwood
Chairman, proficiency
committee
Aren't We Interested In Russia?, Werner Ask
University Daily Kansan Dear Editor:
Tuesday night Eyl Calbertson and Lewis F. Browne on the University lecture course on the subject "What About Russia?" Approximately 400 students, faculty, and townpeople attended the lecture. It seems to the writer that the absence of such a remarkable number of the members of an intelligent community from a presentation of so vital a subject, is a serious reflection on the course of our thinking in connection with Russia.
Both of the speakers are Americans. By virtue of birth and education, they were able to bring viewpoints and a proposed solution to a situation which they characterized as the only source of a coming world war. A number of us stayed away from this presentation either because we were fully informed on the situation and felt the speakers could contribute nothing to our thinking or because we are apathetic toward the roles which Russia and America are playing in the preparations for the coming war
If our empathy is the reason for staying away, then we have a directly personal responsibility in the furthering of the coming catastrophe.
Very truly yours Henry Werner
If ladies continue to forge ahead as they've done the past few years, a forward-looking army officer observed, the day isn't far off when it will be the bride who'll be carrying the groom over the threshold of the new home. It does sound likely considering the way they've been escorting the boys to the altar lately.
Rock Chalk Talk
Ouffitted with score pad, pencil and deck of cards, we went over to Hoch the other night to listen to the advice of Ely Culbertson and Lewis Browne on world affairs. Mr Culbertson began his speech by remarking, "I guess my name has become a household curse . . . yuk yuk!" (Well, we haven't heard people screaming, "Go straight to Culbertson," but we let it go at that.)
Here is the way we understood the peace plan to operate:
By KEITH WILSON
Four Conference.
Joe Stalin. . North
Clem Attlee. . South
Chuck Kai-shek. . East
Chuck: "You said it, Joe. I haven't even get a face card. Cushlamacree! (old Chinese curse) I'll make it five hearts.
Joe: Crudinski! you deal these cards? Not even on honor count! What a crummy set-up. I'll bid four snudes.
Clem: "Bally, Bally, Right-o. and all that sort of rot. I'll bid six diamonds.
"Our Boy" (sporting sly smile):
Seven no-trump.
Joe: Gad, you bounder you, (old Russian curse). Where was you
TG.LF. Several cases of nervous prespiration were recorded when Prof. John Herikins appeared from nowhere and tripped thoughtfully up the steps of Fraser whistling, "Bell Bottom Trousers." Strange day . Friday.
Like we say "Never burn you bridge partners behind you."
An Editorial
Good Samaritans. Eutensfeld boys cagar to help people along the way during the snowy Mt. Oread season, built an ice slide just below the steps by Watkins hall. Any number of east-side-of-the-hill students, cheered by a gallery of Battenfeld fans have made it to the bottom of the Hill in two seconds flat—an their backs.
The closing acts, including the provisions, seem to be too-well padded to be effective. The seven provisions could be humped into one short announcement between actors "The Senate feels that setting up a movable holiday plan would be darn inconvenient for its members. Thank you."
Provisions, one and two are well-stated and we say, "Granted, Senate"—the University is for serious educational and research purposes and an institution of nine schools and ten divisions does require more definite schedules and more fixed organization than a smaller institution.
when they passed out the brains?
Satisfied that the result of the walkout (which was really the most exciting episode in the whole drama) be a firm resolution that "stringent penalties" be set up for similar future unauthorized demonstrations," the Senate presented the undramatic last chapter in the form of a 7-provision resolution.
The University Senate came through with the final installment a week ago today when it turned down the All-Student Council request for a "movable holiday."
After nearly a month of serious discussion, planning, work, and worry on the part of sincere faculty members and no-less sincere students over the settlement of the 1945 "student demonstration" classic, the Senate staged the final scene by worn student-faculty committee. dent-faculty committee and emoting on why a movable holiday plan was "no good."
Toward the end of the play, the Senate voted down a motion for a holiday plan made by a Senate member. The A.S.C. proposal was next on the rejected list.
Shades of Sewell Avery. When the Phi Delts were initiating Theta pledges to the joys of K.U. snow, they met some opposition in the way of Mary Kay Paige who insisted she had to study. After a short conference, Miss Paige was carried out the front door, chair, books, and all. In closing we'd like to say, "Hubba, Hubba spelled backwards is ABEUH, ABUHB!"
Faculty members and students, seeing a little further than the end of their noses, agreed, early in the drama, that this "mythical holiday" stuff had to go. They saw, too, the impossibility of solving the problem by dealing out punishment instead of adopting constructive plans.
Now that the curtain has dropped on the Walkout-No Punishment-No Holiday Plan serial that's been running for the past month on the campus, we might look around a bit to see where it got us. That's right, buddy, here we are again—where we came in.
Reviewing----the 'Classic of '45' Or 'This Where We Came In'
The following provisions were on the "unconvenience" theme, portraying the difficulties which a one day movable holiday would entail—how can we plan vacations if we aren't sure when they are going to take place, what vacation should we lop off, where to provide the extra day, perishable supplies in laboratories, and irritation between and among students and faculty over conflict with concerts, lectures, and previously scheduled events.
Whereas the 1945 classic on walkouts and holidays has proved generally unpopular to both the participants in the drama and casual observers, it is highly probable that a 1945 sequel is forthcoming (say sometime after a football victory next fall.)
By referring to the first acts, we find plenty of inconvenience and difficulties resulting from the walk-out. An authorized holiday can upset more previously planned programs, professors, and prepared pati dishes than a holiday arranged at least three or four days in advance.
It's hard to feel that the Senate emerged as the hero of the dramatic classic—especially when it bowed out in the last act leaving a wellworn student-faculty committee
It's like this, maybe old K.U. can stand another walkout, with difficulties, penalties, et al, but a closing act playing on the "too inconvenient"we'd rather keep on getting nowhere fast" level is going to be hard to take.
Student Sense
Oh yes, this is where we came in.
Recent action taken by three soc-伺ities in cooperation with the Watkins hospital attempt to beat the flu epidemic, proves that students can and do act with foresight and discretion.
At the expense of hours spent on house decorations and Christmas entertainment and money spent for telephone calls over the state, these organizations cancelled plans for closed weekends late Thursday night. It would have been simpler for them to have continued with original plans of entertaining rushes from out of town at the risk of exposing them to flu.
Always on hand for a good show,
Cecile Sorel, France's most famous
actress, age 73, is staging her latest
before a Paris civil court by
answering for the extensive social life
she carried on with top German
officials during the occupation.
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