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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 1942
Commentary by the KANSAN Editorials * Features * Patter
We're Just Starting
Your morning cup of coffee—a luxury now, with rationing a month away—is the climax of a long trip from mountain slopes of South America to the breakfast table. Coffee starts as a bean on a tree and it undergoes various processes from the place of growth to your kitchen.
The annual world production of coffee is approximately 2,082,000,000 pounds. South America alone produces 2,081,000,000. United States production, if any, is negligible.
Coffee-rationing is one phase of this battle of transportation. Sufficient quantities of coffee are grown, but the hitch is in getting it from South America to this country. Enemy submarines have been sending to Davy Jones' locker many boats, some undoubtedly containing coffee from South America.
This is just the start. Until the war is over, we can expect rationing of many commodities, and if the struggle is long we may do without some of these things entirely. Included may be tea, cocoa, spices, bananas, pineapples, and anything else that is not raised in sufficient quantities within the continental United States to meet the demands of this country.
It will be unpleasant. But when you are inclined to complain, remember there are millions of people in Norway, France, Greece, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Germany or China who would be happy to have the food scraps we often carelessly waste.
Is the A.P. a Monopoly?
The Associated Press is defendant in an anti-trust violation in the United States district court of New York. The two most important contentions of the suit are:
(1) That the Associated Press has no legal right to choose its membership and to reject papers which desire the service of the association, but must furnish its service to a publishers and editors who desire it. (2) That the Associated Press has no right to demand that its members give local news to the Association exclusively.
Representative Michener, Republican from Michigan, insists that it is next to impossible for any news gathering association to have a monopoly on news gathering and distribution. He points out that there are several news gathering agencies and that one of these, the United Press, has service open to any publisher who can pay the price.
The very existence of other news agencies keeps A. P. members from being protected from competition. A great injustice to the Association and its members would be done if competitors were allowed to share without cost the services and good name built up by the Associated Press and its member newspapers. If the Association loses the suit, that is essentially what would happen.
The case charging monopoly against A.P. is entirely out of order. This press association can't be condemned for being monopolistic any more than can a banker or lawyer be condemned because he chooses those persons with whom he wishes to have business relations.
If Associated Press were the only news gathering agency and dictated to newspapers how and when they could buy the Association's news, it would be monopolistic. Associated
Just Wondering
Have seven weeks of school have skipped by and no student directory. Are telephone numbers military secrets. And?
Press is not the only media through which the country's newspapers get their news.
Furthermore, news is free to anyone who has the ability and initiative to get it. In no way does the Associated Press prevent other persons from organizing for the purpose of gathering and disseminating news.
The court's charge that the Associated Press has no right to require its members to furnish news to the Association exclusively is not valid. A.P.is a business organization and responsibility and loyalty of member newspapers in transferring local news to the parent is not different from that of a buyer for a retail concern who owes loyalty and first consideration along business lines to his employer.
The battle may be a long and arduous one, but if freedom of speech and the press is to prevail, the case of the Associated Press must not fail.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Friday, October 30, 1942 No. 25
Notices due at News Bureau, 8 Journalism, at 10 a.m. on day of publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building—Bob Coleman, secretary.
International Relations club will meet 4:30 Tuesday. Nov. 3, 106 Green Hall. All students interested are invited to come.-H.B. Chubb, adviser.
NAVAL RESERVISTS; Because of the great amount of activity in connection with Navy Day, it is considered advisable to postpone the meeting of Naval Reservists to Wednesday, Nov. 4. This meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Engineering building at 8 o'clock.-F. J. Moreau.
El Ateneo se reunira jueves el 5 de Novembre a las 4:30 en la sala 113, Frank Strong Hall. Jean Ogleby nos hablara de Mexico.-Margaret Welch. Presidente.
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BETTY LOU
PERINS
Dob White and Veronie Norris, 1225 Cread, have both been dating the same girl. Naturally complications arise. To improve his case, Norris persuaded Carl Unruth, also of 1225 Cread, to show said girl a write-up about Bob White in last year's Jaywalker magazine. It was an interview in which White said, probably in fun, that he never took any girl seriously. Since this time, Norris has had the inside track in a big way.
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Bob is probably now thinking dark thoughts of revenge.
The Kappa's were more than a little startled the other night when Marjorie Tibbetts, in dead seriousness, arose in active meeting and asked if anyone had seen Jasper Dean, that she had lost him, and if anyone found him would they please, please return him?
They thought at first Marjorie might be referring to a man, but they were wrong. Jasper Dean is simply the first two names of Marjorie's pet turtle who has evidently escaped.
The Sigma Chi's wish to make known that since several members of their notable Anti-German band have gone to do their duty in a more active anti-German organization (namely the army) their band will probably not be heard this year.
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All those who have heard the band will be sorry to hear this, and all are grateful to the Sigma Chi's for organizing and presenting the first anti-German band on the Hill. I mean it!
Barbara Wikoff, Sigma Kappa, since her participation in the skit "The Tragedy of Brown," presented in Crafton's variety show, has turned into a quick change artist. The audience marveled at her alacrity in changing costumes.
Barbara now has no excuses for keeping dates waiting.
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Bill Sims, ATO, devised an ingenious plan for getting the boys in the house more closely acquainted. He spent one whole night figuring out nicknames for the 52 members.
The result of his planning came out something like this: Fred Coulson is named "Chips," because he likes to play poker; Don Williams, of the Olathe high school Eagles, is named "Eagle;" Mike Gubar of the Star's own service, is "Service;" and Max Webster, popular for the trouble he gives the pledges, is called "The Lear," the villain of the Superman series.
Georgia Ferrel
Vivacious, cheerful and friendly,
Georgia, or "Gigi" as she is known
on the campus, has a number of
varied interests. As a lieutenant in
the Coed Volunteer Corps, "Gigi"
finds that her interests here tie in
with her interest in Ft Leavenworth.
Perhaps it is because she is outstand-
ingly patrotic, but a former K. U.
student who is now a sergeant in the
army might have something to do
with it.
For a coed who has a weakness for banana splits and Ray Milland, Georgia Ferrel, college senior, finds herself in many activities on the Hill.
Not satisfied with being treasurer of Jay Janes or secretary of the Union building activities, Georgia is also the college representative of the Women's Self Governing Association
Music is more than a source of enjoyment to Georgia, for she is a soloist, not only at the Chi Omega house, but also in her church. She was student director of the women's glee club last year and a member of the sextette. She loves Andre Kostelantz's music and has a great number of his records.
She'll Take Milland Leads Activities
Gigi is majoring in psychology and hopes to work in a child clinic after graduation. "But," she adds, "Till
All this has helped to make Georgia historian of Mortar Board, women's honor society in scholarship and activities. One can easily see why Georgia is a busy girl. probably go to business school who
probably go to business school when I graduate; everyone does." In spite of the fact that "Gigi" finds time for many outside interests, she does not neglect her studies, for her name has been on the Dean's honor roll for the last two years.
Georgia does not participate in many sports but considers basketball and baseball best to watch. The reason she likes these sports is that "there is something going on every minute," which is similar to her own college life.
Georgia's hobby is collecting phonograph records. She also attends picture shows in every spare minute she has. "There's no one quite like Bette Davis," she'll argue with anyone who'll listen.
Asked if there was anything on the campus that she would change if she could, "Gigi" only laughed and said, "Well, I'd probably fix it so everyone could have a long, long Christmas vacation."