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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1944
THE KANSAN COMMENTS
Voting Privileges Should Be Given To 18-Year Olds
With the general election less than a month off, questioning looks are again being turned toward the much-discussed 18-year-old voting privilege. The mock election, to be held on this campus early in November, is an indication of the intense interest which the young people of this nation hold in politics—especially this year.
The November election will mark the first time in the history of the United States since Lincoln's reelection in 1864 that a president has been chosen while we were at war. When Roosevelt made his 1940 campaign most of the country's men did not expect that four years later they would be scattered over every continent on the earth with many long months of dreary fighting still ahead of them.
During these four years, thousands of boys, too young to vote, have died in an attempt to protect those government officials whom they have no voice in electing, and the laws which they have no privilege in adopting but which they are forced to abide by. If these 18-year-olds are considered capable of handling such a job, they certainly can not make too big a mistake in selecting the kind of government and its executives which will regulate their future lives for them.
The majority of these young servicemen were students only a short while before joining the armed forces. Since most states require, as does Kansas, a course in government in their secondary schools, these boys and girls have the facts about their government freshly in mind and are more conversant with these facts than many of the older voters who have participated in elections for years. Frequently, they are less prejudiced than their parents, and more eager to express their opinions, as older citizens often develop a tendency to "let somebody else do it."
Although it is too late to amend the state constitutions to permit these young citizens to vote in the coming election, it is hoped that such a progressive action be taken before the next national election. The state of Georgia, which has already passed such a bill, has taken the first step in the right direction—it is now up to the rest of the states to follow her lead.
Kappelman Promoted to Captain
Lt. Francis E. Kappelman, a graduate of the University in 1936, has been promoted to the rank of Captain, announced Major Gen. H. S. Aurand, commanding general of the sixth service command recently.
Captain Kappelman is assigned to WAC recruiting duty in Illinois and is stationed in Chicago. He entered the service April 13, 1942.
Rock Chalk Talk
During a Kappa dinner one recent night the conversation got rather hotly controversial. At one table, the diners were hopelessly divided—some donkeys, some elephants, and one very eloquent Socialist. The Sig Alph houseboks found the discussion interesting and made countless excuses to hover in its vicinity. The next day at dinner when the Kappa politicos seated themselves at their assigned table, the "Socialist" found a note under her plate from the houseboys which said, "We vill met you at de same shot tonight."
By JOAN HARRIS
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Visitor at Dyche museum last week was Miss Helene Azevedo of Rio de Janeiro, head librarian of the Museo Nacional of Brazil, a leading natural hitory and anthropological center.
The Republican rally at the Alpha Delt house was by far the noisiest affair the Hill has heard for many a night. After spending the first few hours of the evening with their posters and paint brushes, the "elephants" proceeded to execute a snake dance through the house, much to the annoyance of the three "donkeyes" and the three Socialists, who are also inmates.
This is Miss Azevedo's first visit to the United States. She arrived here in May and is in training at Field museum in Chicago until the end of this month. While on the campus, C. M. Baker, director of KU libraries showed her the filing system used in this University. She is studying the methods of classification used by various libraries in this country.
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Ain't love grand?—When Phi Psi juniors walked out, they wanter to make sure that Woody Runyan, the big bad pledge trainer, would not be on their trails, so they locked him in the tiniest closet in the house with the biggest dog on the campus. "Bruno" however, seemed frankly bored 'til poor p.t. started to make stifled shouts for help—then he went
Librarian From Rio de Janeiro
Visits Dyche Museum
Asked how she liked the United States, Miss Azevedo replied, "It is just as I expected, but we in Brazil do not understand how Americans can eat mayonnaise on their bananas. Rice, black beans, and bananas are favorite foods in Brazil, but the lunch we like best consists of steak and French fries. I do not see how Americans can eat so much of this ice cream," she commented.
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over and licked his face consolingly
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University Daily Kansan
Hotel for women—Closing hours at Corbin Thursday found Phyllis Wickert on night watchman duty, locking doors and windows, and boarding the place up. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Phyl answered the door, angrily expecting to admit some late-comer Corbiner, but, instead, she beheld a picturesque naval officer who asked her, "Is this the hotel?" Thinking the lad some impractical joker, Phyllis said, "Yes."
The navy promptly dismissed his taxi and prepared to enter. When he found out the true state of affairs, he began acting somewhat like a fried egg.
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Managing editor **DORTET MCGILL**
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Time Editor Will Speak
The other main address, scheduled for 11:30 a.m., will be given by Harold J. T. Horan of New York, an editor of TIME magazine. His talk, "Journalism South of the Border," will be a timely discussion of our relations with South American countries.
Mr. Horan has just returned from Buenos Aires, where he was chief of the TIME Argentina bureau for four years. He has done a considerable amount of speaking before civic gatherings about Latin American affairs. Before 1930, he was a foreign correspondent in Rome, Geneva, Paris, and London. Then he started TIME'S office in Washington and remained there until he was sent to Argentina in 1940.
He served in the navy in World War I and was graduated from Columbia University in 1921. Having won a French government scholarship for ex-servicemen, he studied at the Institute Catholique and the University of Paris. Then he entered the Ecole des Sciences Politiques.
Beth Looks for Large Attendance
Neil Looks for Large Attendance "We make a special effort to get the very best speakers" declared Elmer F. Beth, acting chairman of the department of journalism. "Editors look forward to this annual conference and they sacrifice a great deal to attend. We believe the program should be worth all that effort. Every year, more and more editors arrive early to hear and participate in the discussions. We think the program this year is unusually good, and we expect a large gathering of Kansas newspaper men and women."
Activity Books Available
Activity books are still available for students who have failed to get them, according to Karl Klooz, bur-sar. Students were to get them last week, but the business office will still honor the coupon issued when enrolling.
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