THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Letters to the Editor
EDITOR:
In my opinion, and in the opinions of many students I have talked to the Kansan goes just too far in its last editorial on student government. The MSC was the one group among the students most responsible for obtaining an extended Christmas vacation. Yet you can find nothing for it but harsh criticism for failing to stop a riot in full swing. You charge it will not being representative. Yet I can think of no group on this Campus s unrepresentative and beyond the control of the students as the Kansan whose opinions we are all forced to buy . . .
What you and many students do not realize is that the MSC this year is not what it used to be. The temporary suspension of elections, if an evil in some ways, has led to a non-political Council which is in real earnest. It is made up of a few, not many, who desire . . . to improve student government. They are out first to clearly define the rights of students, and second to consolidate student powers in a strong and efficient governing organization. I predict, although this is perhaps out of place for a Council member, that by spring either there will be no student government or, on the initiative of the MSC, it will have completely revolutionized and revised—for the better.
You may be sure that this will not be accomplished by the barren and deprecating scepticism of some editorial writer . . . It is just when conditions are worst that the decent man's duty to get into government is greatest.
I don't object to criticism. But let it be accurate. And let who find fault prove their sincerity by coming out and doing something about it as the MSC is attempting to do this year. You who are doubtful, come up to the MSC meeting on Monday nights and see. They are open to all.
ART NELSON
Editor's Note: Kansan staff members bear no title of student representatives as do MSC members, nor is the newspaper staff a closed affair. Any University student who has a liking for newspaper work is welcomed to aid in the publication of the Kansan. Nor is Council Member Nelson's definition of a "non-political Student Council" clear, for in its very method of selection the group is in the hands of two small political bodies. Nelson complains that the students are forced to purchase Kansan "opinions," whereas the editorial page is but a small part of the publication. Partial costs of the Kansan are met through advertising revenue, while the expense of student government falls entirely upon the shoulders of the student body—an expense for which in the past they have received entirely too little. The Kansan in its editorial acknowledged the fine work of certain Council members and other student leaders. The fact remains, however, that a lack of confidence in the Council as a whole was demonstrated. Nelson's statement that "the MSC this year is not what it used to be" is encouraging, for certainly any change must be one for the better.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Thursday, December 31, 1942
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PRE-MED STUDENTS — The Medical Aptitude Test will be given this year on January 22, 1943. All premedical students of whatever
class, who have not yet taken this test should register by January 1st at the Medical School office if they wish to take it this year. The time and place for the test will be announced later on the bulletin boards and in The Kansan.
THE PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH MAJORS announced for Wed., Dec. 16 has been postponed to Wed., Dec. 30, 7:30, Room 205 Fraser.— Helen R. Hoopes, Chairman of Committee on English Dep't. meetings.
KANSAN CLASSIFIED ADS K.U.66
VISIT OREAD BARBER SHOP Close to Brick's 1237 Oread
Sporting goods, camping equipment,
household items, general hardware
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GREEN BROS. HARDWARE
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ROBERTS'
Jewelry and Gift Shop 839 Mass. Phone 827
Latest Used Phonograph Records Reasonable JOHNNY'S 1031 Mass. Phone 2085
Lock and Key Service
Tennis Rackets Re-Strung
Guns and Ammunition
RUTTER'S SHOP
1014 Mass. Phone 319
Sunday Initiation For Alpha Phi Omega
Sidney B. North, national secretary of Alpha Phi Omega, of Kansas City, Mo., will speak to members of the local service fraternity after initiation services 2:30 Sunday afternoon in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.
Money Loaned on Vauuables
Unredeemed guns, clothing, for sale
WOLFSON'S
743 Mass. Phone 675
Initiated Sunday afternoon wil be Larry McSpadden, business senior; Sam Alexander, college sophomore; Charles Keller, freshman in the School of Engineering; Ed Schneitter, sophomore in the School of Engineering; Harlan Cope, college junior; Eugene Van Scoter, college senior; and Bernard Wolkow, college sophomore.
FOR PIPES Look at the ELDRIDGE PHARMACY First.
Armed Forces Take 11,000 Indians
American Indians have sent 11, 000 men to war out of a total populatin f 400,000 acording to a rept by Indian Commissioner John Collier, and additional thousands into war work.
Wester Collegiate Dictionaries
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KEELER'S BOOK STORE Phone 33 939 Mass.
Former President of MSC Now in FBI, Visits Here
Bill Farmer, law '41, and president of the Men's Student Council in the same year was a visitor on the campus Wednesday. Farmer is now a member of the FBI in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association, in speaking of Farmer defined him as being "just about as communicative as any other FBI member about his work."
WANT ADS
LOST: Black Sheafer pen and pencil—with name JOHN STRECK imprinted. If found call 1239W. 71-52
LOST: Brown notebook for EE-11.
Kenneth Jones. Reward. Phone 1700. 73-53
SALE: Cash and drive. '36 Terraplane, 4 doors, 6 passengers, good condition. $200 cash. Must sell immediately. See or call Phil Lin, Jolliffe Hall. Phone 355. 72-58
Senior V-7 Men Meet Wednesday
There will be a meeting of all the senior men enlisted in the V-7 program of the naval reserve Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of Marvin m.
Dell Perry, chairman of the organization, urges that every men attend. At the meeting, the men will study the Morse international code.
Sailors Begin Basketball Play
The machinists mates school has opened its intramural basketball program playing two nights a week in Hoch auditorium. The sailors will not enter University intramurals because they cannot play at the same time as the scheduled intramurals.
Ensign O. N. Pederson, welfare and recreation officer, stated however the team would like to play fraternity or organized teams from the University. Arrangements can be made through him, he said.
Your
Classified Advertisement In The KANSAN Will Reach All K.U. Students
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