PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE; KANSAS SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1943 The Editorial Page Not All American Citizens Are Free To Enter State Schools of Kansas A recent editorial in the Oberlin (Ohio) News-Tribune stated: "This community will be host during the coming college year to a group of approximately 17 students who, though they are all American citizens, are of Japanese ancestry. . . . Eleven will arrive here this weekend who are evacuees from the Pacific coastal areas and who have been living in the evacuation camps of the West." No such editorial will ever appear in the Kansas or the Lawrence Journal-World unless students and citizens of the state ask the state board of regents to reverse the stand it took last April 3 in voting to prohibit Japanese-American students from attending the state schools in Kansas. At that time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had indicated to the board that it would not approve such a move. However, of late the bureau has shown a greater leniency toward such requests, having just recently approved the entrance of Japanese-Americans to Kansas Wesleyan at Salina. It has been pointed out that this area has become a defense center fully as important as the California coast, from which the Japanese Americans were evacuated. It is hardly fair, however, to draw a parallel between 100,000 evacuated Japanese residents of that section representing every class and age group, and five or six young students. Seventy thousand of the 100,000 evacuated persons are native-born Americans of Japanese descent. Of the 70,000 about 2,500 are college students. Two hundred and fifty Japanese-American students are in the Japanese relocation center at Granada, Colo., just 15 miles from the Kansas-Colorado state line. Some of these students have already been admitted to Kansas denominational schools. Twenty-five per cent of the evacuated students wish to study for some form of health service. The University has one of the best medical schools in the Middle West. Seventeen per cent elect engineering. Both this University and Kansas State are rated high as schools of engineering. Large numbers of students of German and Italian descent attend state schools in Kansas, and there is no protest. Why don't the Regents open the institutions of Kansas to all American citizens by again seeking the approval of the FBI for such a liberal move?—J.C. The Ohio University Post rejoiced that Santa Claus successfully dodged anti-aircraft fire on his annual around-the-world trip. Physical Fitness Course Has Proved Successful After receiving its initial baptism of adverse criticism, the new physical fitness course for men of draft age installed at the University at the request of army and navy officials has proved to be a success. Many men students who were among the first to protest against "high school stuff" now realize the good they have derived from the conditioning program. Last year approximately 400 men were enrolled in physical education courses. This year, under the direction of Dr.F.C.Allen,a small- Just Wondering --- How so many conflicting stories—ranging from instant call to call in May could have been obtained by newspapers from the same recent release upon the army enlisted reserve situation? ler staff is training some 1,600 men. Physicals were given new students in the University while the hospital records of other students were consulted to determine their eligibility for the course. Since the introduction of this required physical training course, many men have learned of the benefits of vigorous exercise. Students who had never before seen the inside of a gymnasium or been in a swimming pool came to realize that there is a definite place for physical conditioning in our present-day educational system. The course was installed largely at the request of the army and navy. Its coming was fast, and very largely unexpected. Therefore, few preparations were made in anticipation of the new program. Responsible officials should, therefore, be lauded for the efficiency they have displayed in handling and training this large group of men into the physical education department under very trying circumstances. —R.E.C Dormitory dwellers at Gonzaga University are warned that those who are astronomically inclined may not cut holes in their roofs to observe the stars without first obtaining the permission of the Dean, nor is the University responsible for injuries to students incurred when returning late at night and falling upstairs. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas Publisher ... John Conard EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-chief ... J. Donald Keown Associate Editors ... Bob Coleman, Bill Feeney, Ralph Coldren, Dean Sims, Matt Heuertz Feature Editor ... Joy Miller NEWS STAFF Managing Editor ... Glee Smith Campus Editors ... Dale Robinson, Scott Hookins, Eleanor Fry Sports Editor ... Milo Farneti Society Editor ... Ruth Tippin News Editor ... Dean Sims Sunday Editor ... Virginia Tieman Picture Editor ... Miriam Abele BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ... Oliver Hughes Advertising Manager ... John Pope Advertising Assistant ... Charles Taylor, Jr. By MARY MORRILL, SUNDAY COLUMNIST Black Death strikes in West Hills: (or marrying bug bites the Sigma Nu's): For three nights straight it happened. Wednesday the cigars caused quite a bit of excitement. Everyone laughed about having them again Thursday. But Friday night it ceased to be funny. The brothers began to look at each other in horror and wonder fearfully who would be next. Happy over the whole thing were only Bill Park, Mark Borel, and Don Chadsey (who for some strange reason seemed well rid of their pins, and Jack Cousins, pledge, who wandered off into the land of dreams after his fifth Roi Tan. $$ *** $$ Priority Problem: According to the latest bulletins, the acute shortage of Sig Alph's on the hill Friday may be accredited to subversive activities of one Kenny Winters. On the evening of the 31st, Mr. Winters "entertained." The event came off in the city and the fellows all stayed on through their 8:30's because—this comes straight from the front—the rumor got around if they didn't the new year would sneak right back out, and, of course, no one wanted that. $$ ***** $$ Theta's "all out" lesson three: If anyone sees an attractive blonde wearing a Theta pledge pin and decides it isn't Joyce Shook because she isn't in a red coupe, he may reconsider—as of last Thursday at which time Howard Miller joined the ranks, the red coupe went on sale, and Joyce took to the road quite simultaneously. At present, the Sig Alph's haven't pooled enough funds to purchase their departed brothers' distinctive machine and the Theta chapter is still deep in the task of schooling Joyce in the art of walking. $$ * * * * * $$ Men or Mice?: Watkins hall inmates suspect mice (or practical joking Watkins hallers) but it certainly is exciting to suppose that jealous college swains were responsible for the disappearance of all photographs of non-University men which adorned dressers in the hall during 1942. The pictures made their exodus sometime during the New Years eve party at which time about 30 beds were also mysteriously disarranged. Theta Tau's dupe police: It's surprising, says Johnny Williams, Theta Tau, how easily the law can be broken these days. The other night at the policeman's ball he headed for his seat on the band stand after intermission. "Band", he explained to the door man (a huge cop) and walked in—followed by ten bewildered but game fraternity brothers. No one knows whether the policeman has discovered that he admitted ten engineers free to the ball or not, and no one cares. The fellows figure they couldn't be sent up long for the crime because it was strictly unpremeditated. They were as startled at being taken for musicians as the cop probably will be when he finds out. $$ *** $$ Battle of the Long Reach Who Gets Funnies? Since the good old days before "The Yellow Kid," children under 18 haven't been able to call their amusement their own. The kids above 18 have taken it over. With the inception of the first comic strip, the hand of the child has been against the father, and the father's hand against the child. Morning and evening there is a bitter struggle, which resolves itself into a foot race $ \textcircled{2} $ resolves risen into a foot race and a tug-of-war. To the victor belongs the spoils of first reading the comic section. For years the more athletic parents have snatched the papers and sat down unabashed to satiate themselves on "Felix the Cat," their guffaws blending with the frustrated walls of their offspring. When the youngster jumps the gun and grabs the paper first, the more thoughtful pappas take Junior on their laps to read the cartoons aloud-reasoning that it is better to share the paper for the initial reading than to read it last. Cartoonists soon realizing what composed their reading public, began to relate the adventures, capitalizing on whatever was current in world affairs. Imagination was ever the right-hand man of the cartoonist, and little boys reading "Buck Rogers" after Dad had discarded the paper, dreamed of the day when they would have a space ship of their own. Cartooned Textbooks in 2000 A. D. Cartooned Textbooks in 2000 A. D. Propaganda found its way into cartoons on both the home front, like Junior eating spinach because it makes Popeye strong, and in the war areas, where Joe Palooka is a rookie, and Dan Dunn and Co. smash spy rings. Junior learns all about junior commando work from "Little Orphan Annie," and Dad learns about the war in China from "Terry and the Pirates." Textbooks of the future will very likely be printed in comic strip form, something like "The Adventures of Minnie the Microbe" or "Seeing the Bee World With Tiny Tim." Dad will rush home from the office at night to help Junior with his homework, only to have his helpful offers rejected. And Junior will become a Phi Beta Kappa on his own hook. Simmons College Diets Cakes, cookies, and pies have been ruled out of the wartime diet at Simmons College.