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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943
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Violating State Statute Is Dangerous To Local Community Health and Safety
A problem that has become increasingly prevalent in this city with the advent of more and more workers has been that of spitting on the sidewalks, especially those in the downtown business district.
Spitting in public places, or on the sidewalks adjoining, is a violation of the Kansas statutes and is a menace to the health of the community. The Kansas law provides a fine upon conviction of this act, or, in event of failure to pay, a jail sentence; either is a high price to pay for committing an act that common sense itself should eliminate.
Tracing such a path of nasty infection is not a product of the imagination; rather, it would seem to be a common way by which disease germs enter the home. Surely, the people have enough respect for the health of their own children and themselves to respect the rights of others in this matter.
Spitting has long been recognized as an agent of transporting disease germs. Shoppers forced to walk on these same sidewalks carry these germs into their homes. Rugs make an excellent harboring place for the germs, and children playing on these rugs make an excellent target for their attack.
Aside from the standpoint of sanitation, there can be no denying that clean sidewalks present a much neater appearance than those that have been the target of careless walkers. Clean sidewalks are certainly much safer.
The difficulty of enforcing the Kansas law against this practice is obvious, but a little cooperation on the part of downtown shoppers would eliminate any necessity for enforcement. The next time you're downtown, think before you commit an act that is both revolting and dangerous to the others in the community.
-M.B.
An excited woman in Great Falls, Mont., phoned the sheriff and said, "There's a time bomb in my yard." The deputy sheriff searched the hedge where the woman said someone had thrown the bomb and pulled out a football. He must have got a kick out of that.
Geological Survey Performs Duties For War Construction
Now that so many camps for the armed forces and defense factories are situated in Kansas, the vast amount of work which goes into choosing the sites for such buildings is likely to be overlooked. The Kansas State Geological Survey plays a great part in choosing suitable sites for this necessary war construction.
The State Survey, with its offices and experimental laboratories at the University, reaches out to test water supplies, rock formations, and mineral deposits all over the state. It cooperates with the government in selecting and testing sites for war projects.
Before an army camp or a defense factory is built, the constructors must be sure of adequate water supply. The Survey investigates surface and underground water routes, and
Just Wondering
When the storm doors will be taken down from the University buildings so that students can feel as though spring has really hit the Hill.
--suggests the way to obtain the available water. The rock formation under a building also is important, and the Survey submits to the constructors its findings of the subsurface rock.
Many valuable minerals, especially metals, are present in Kansas deposits. The Survey tests these for quantity, quality, and location. Valuable aluminum is found in Kansas clays, and the Survey has perfected a way of extracting this metal. To use this process, coal, salt, limestone, and soda-ash are necessary. All are found in Kansas. For a year, the Survey has been experimenting on Kansas clays as a source of aluminum and believes it is possible to use its process for greater war production.
The Survey is valuable not only in wartime. It has always helped engineers, oil companies, and various other concerns with their experimentation and investigation. The Survey silently serves the state in an essential manner; too few people realize that, simply because it is an unobtrusive helping arm.-A.L.R.
Sixty-four year old Sir William Henry Beveridge, a groom o fthree months, said an ideal wife must be "intelligent without being intellectual, keen without being earnest, silent without being stupid." He's not asking for much!
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
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By MARY MORRILL
Sob story: "Potty" Jenson mixed it—the tearsag—in a spare moment during his lab. At home in the Phi Delt house he dumped it—active form—in a waste basket, the property of Steve Phelps and Dean Huebert. Dean first suspected something was wrong when he found himself weeping copiously over an explanation of muscle tissues. Turning around, he found Phelps, handkerchief at eyes, apparently suffering from some deep emotion also.
The teargas was soon discovered and translanted to Jenson's menage. "Potty" came home. He entered; the Jenson pillow there-upon became damp with bitter tears.
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Proving the purity of Sigma Chi: The Phi Psi's, not the studious ones, judged (by special request of the chapter publicity chairman) Sigma Chi's, were responsible for the jalopy which the Theta's found on their doorstep Tuesday morning.
The Phi Psi's took the machine from the Pi Phi house. When the Pi Phi's became aware of this, Rita LeMoin was appointed to call Bob Barton demanding the car, the "Offbeat," back. At a hurried meeting Wednesday noon Pi Phi's won over the Theta's in a close vote. That night the Psi's went after the car. The Theta's served cake and cokes while the Psi's were putting it into condition to move and the Sigma Chi's looked on and began to wish they weren't such lambs.
That night the car arrived at the Pi Phi house; however it was in many parts and the Psi's saw to it that most of those parts were on the roof.
The next morning the "Offbeat" was stacked neatly on the Phi Psi front porch. Fenders against the door forced the boys to leave for school the back way.
Watch this column for the next thrilling installment of this dramatic and triangular feud.
Exhibit A: After the Sigma Nu steak fry adjourned last weekend, Maurice Beardmore loaded date Jean Porter, Chi O; Dean Ostrum, Sarepta Pierpont, Gamma Phi; George Pope and Barbara Jean Reed, Delta Gamma, into his car and took out for Lawrence. The ride was an exceptionally jovial one. Not a serious thought was harbored until the car pulled into an urban district and, instead of Massachusetts midway, Beardmore and company came face to face with the capital dome—of Topeka.
This incident is just one more bit of evidence which University authorities will some day use to prove what we already know about steak fries.
The mouse splashed about nervously, employing a cross between the breast and back strokes while plans for his execution were drawn up.
Be kind to your four-footed friends: Jean and Jane Miller, Corbin twins, had a mouse in their room. After a brief period of mutual fright, the mouse jumped into the pocket of a shoe bag, and the girls tossed the bag into somebody's freshly run water.
The axe was in sharpened readiness when Caterina Fruin arrived saying that in her native country, Holland, mice are pets just as much as cats are here, and asking not to kill this one.
Although approval was not unanimous, Catherina fished the mouse from the tub and gently carried him outdoors.
Putting Out Your Pin? Take It Easy
By PEGGY McCONNELL
He loosened the tiny clasp with trembling fingers, held the jeweled object tenderly in his hand, and looked at the girl by his side. Doubtful and dubious for a moment, he was suddenly determined; and he whispered to her, "Will you wear it, darling?" and pressed his pin into her hand.
Romantic, isn't it?
She will go back to the house with his secret and tell it to no one—except her roommate and all her best friends! She is going to put out his pin.
But just a minute, fellow— feel your pocketbook. Do you realize what is in store for you? Candy Is A Must
All the arrangements must be made—by you. You must buy the candy, which, according to tradition, precedes the actual pinning at dinner. It must be the best, of course, so you shell out $7.50. That is only the beginning.
It is customary, also, that your girl receive an orchid—or something
equally elaborate—which will cost you $5, and that the housemother and girl friend who does the pinning receive gardenia corsages, which will add $4 more. This brings the total to $16.50. Not bad for a start.
Naturally, the fraternity brothers will want to be surprised in the same way—only with cigars. Let's see, that's about another $5 worth; and with your housemother's cor-
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