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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1943
Easter--l943--Is Time To Renew Faith Which Can Lead World to Future Peace
Easter—1943—a time when armored tanks make the triumphant entry into cities, when guns and bayonets have replaced the palm branches, and when battle cries drown out the joyous Hosannas and the silent murmuring of prayer.
Easter—1943—a time when the world is in a turmoil and is swept with a deluge of hate and destruction, with persons going individual ways forgetting the hope and the peace that still lin-gers as a spark waiting to be fanned into a living light.
So easy is it today to lose all sight of hope and of peace, and so easy is it to lose all faith in the future and in living. Constantly are the hearts of people—tortured and suppressed, tried and defeated—laboring and breaking under the strain. Readily do they let their will and determination crumble and their fight and resistance fade into despair.
"There is no tomorrow; the future is lost," they cry. And with sinking shoulders, they desert their beliefs in freedom, they slacken in their duty, and they turn their backs on the faith that could set them free. The promises of years ago are forgotten or are classed with those that weak men have made and broken. The words of the wise are re-echoed, but the ears of today do not hear.
Easter-a day when people everywhere who have known the way of peace and equality should lift their hearts once again and renew their faith. For today is a pledge of salvation, a promise of peace, a guarantee of life.
Cry of 'There Goes Freedom' Comes from Wise Men Too Late
Once upon a time there was a nation not like yours and mine, but a foolish, little nation made up of foolish, little people. They had not always been foolish. Once they had fought for their freedom, as all peoples must. Once they had been stalwart and brave and free thinking. But now they were just a foolish, little people with their foolish, little nation.
Their lives had changed a great deal since they had settled the country. They had developed their resources, built great machines, molded their society into a thing flexible and sturdy. They had put capable men into office, drawn up documents eloquent and noble, established institutions and cultures. But that was long ago, and the foolish people of today lived in the luxury their ancestors had wrought.
The foolish people had their institutions, their cultures, their freedoms. They had their civilization, and they enjoyed it—to the limit that they could enjoy anything. They sat back and watched machines do the work. In the time that they had left after watching the machines, they danced and played and learned strange vices. Yes, they were a foolish, little people.
Slowly but inevitably they forgot how to think. It was a gradual process, so gradual that nobody ever noticed, but one by one the thinkers were dropping away. Some of those departing cried out in dismay, but their cries were interpreted as the everlasting wail of the aged at the younger generation. Very soon, the foolish, little people began to take things
--for granted, little things at first, but then bigger and bigger things. They began to accept things as their natural rights: things like butter on their bread and meat on their plates and a car in every garage. They began to take for granted things like democracy and freedom.
Why University women don't have enough manners not to stare at the sailors eating in the mess hall in the Memorial Union building.
--for granted, little things at first, but then bigger and bigger things. They began to accept things as their natural rights: things like butter on their bread and meat on their plates and a car in every garage. They began to take for granted things like democracy and freedom.
The foolish, little people forgot how to think, and other people began to do their thinking for them. A few people began to tell them what was good and what was bad, what was right and what was wrong, and the foolish, little people listened and believed, for they were too lazy to think for themselves. Then the people at the top began to define fundamental things for the people. They told the people what democracy was, what freedom was. And the foolish, little people listened and believed
The foolish, little people enjoyed their luxuries, never caring that the nation was falling into the hands of a few powerful men who defined for them the foundations of their culture. One sad day, the foolish, little people awoke—to find that their democracy was autocracy, that their freedom was slavery. They said to themselves: "This is what we have been needing. Our democracy was flabby and decadent. It had to go. We shall grow strong again in the service of our master. Heil!"
This is the way freedom goes—not with a bang, but a whimper.—J.G.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
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By JAMES GUNN, Guest Columnist
And beat him when he sneezes: Training--that is the thing. It is all that is wrong with most freshmen, besides a little ignorance that time alone can mellow. A freshman must be trained well and thoroughly. With patience and loving care one can transform him into a human being in little more than a year.
being in little more than a year.
Clyde A. Shockley, Carruth hall, is a fine example of what training can do. When he first came to the hall, he didn't know his left foot from his right. Now he knows his left foot from his right. When playing card games, he always marked his score down under the title, "Illustrious." Now they don't let him keep score any more. But the climax of all training is the telephone training. He has been taught to jump for the telephone and get it before it rings three times (three times and they make it hot for him). Now, wherever he is, at home or at friends, when the phone rings he makes a dive for it and gasps into the mouthpiece, "Carruth hall."
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Tell me about the bees and the flowers, Mama: The Jayhawker was being previewed the other day in the Kansan news room. Practically the whole journalism department was gathered together around the copy desk when the sentence was read: "It's too bad about Tom."
And Frances Abts, Corbin hall, with a perfectly innocent expression on her face asked: "Who's Tom?"
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There once was a young man named Tate Who had a date at 8.8.
But I would hate to relate What this young man named Tate And his tete-a-tete ate at 8.8.
(attributed to Carolyn We
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(attributed to Carolyn Welles)
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he spice of life: The spring breezes brought the Sage of Mt. Oread out of his hermitage at last, and, luckily, I was the first to see him as he sat suming himself and airing his beard.
“In my long years of experience,” said the Sage, “I have found a repertoire of quotations not only useful but indispensable.”
“Indeed,” I murmured politely.
“Yes, indeed,” replied the Sage. “In any situation one can quote and quote and quote, and you will get a reputation for wisdom.”
The Sage was silent for a moment as he searched through his memory for pearls to cast before me.
“Oscar Wilde it was who said: ‘A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.’”
“It was George Bernard Shaw (I call him GBS) who said: “Youth is a wonderful thing. It is a shame it has to be wasted on children.’”
“And Noel Coward said: ‘A woman should be beaten regularly, like a gong.’”
like a goog:
“Sometimes,” said the Sage, “I think Coward is the wisest of all.’”
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Only in the past two, years when Easter vacation has been entirely eliminated, have students been on the Hill for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. In previous years, the climax of the season was reached in the Palm Sunday communion and sun-rise service. Morning Services Held
Under the auspices of the Student Christian Federation, worship services were held this year in the chapel of Myers hall every morning of the week. The Sunrise service today climaxed the week. Newest feature of Holy Week on the Hill is the Good Friday convocation, held last year and this, as a result of students' remaining on the campus.
In past years morning worship services have been held every morning of the seven weeks of Lent. Holy Week is symbolic of the last week of Jesus' life, from the time of his triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Observe Holy Week New Tradition
By Jane Miner
A new tradition has been slowly growing on the campus for the past 10 years—the annual observance of Holy Week by students. Running from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, it has arisen spontaneously as a part of the recent Protestant trend to make more of the Lenten season and Holy Week, according to Edwin F. Price, dean of the School of Religion.
to his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Thursday is observed as the day of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples; and Friday, as the day of his trial and resurrection. Churchs Have Union Services.
Churches Have Union Service
Since the 1920's Lawrence churches have had a union Good Friday service. The University Holy Week may have grown from this, but more probable is the explanation that is has developed as a part of the churches to achieve a renewed interest of students in religious activities. And so the observance of Holy Week has developed on the Hill-another K.U. tradition.
U. S. Legation Staff Leaves Finland Stockholm, (INS) — The staff of the American legation at Helsinki arrived yesterday at Stockholm. The legation, it was announced, has not been closed, but only two persons were left there—Charge d'Affaires Robert MacClintock and an unidentified clerk.
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