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UNIVERSITY DAK, JANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1942
Commentary by the KANSAN Editorials * Features * Patter
Plans for Tomorrow
While we are embroiled in war today, we must not lose sight of the fact that tomorrow peace will come. The task of making it enduring peace will rest squarely upon our shoulders.
Clarence K. Streit, noted journalist and writer who spoke here Tuesday, is so thoroughly convinced of this that he is devoting full time to a plan which he thinks will solve post-war peace problems.
With the magnanimity and idealism of a Woodrow Wilson, tempered with the rationalism of a Joseph Stalin, Streit has conceived a world union of all the democracies now to facilitate the winning of the war and to form the nucleus of peace plans after the war.
By uniting now, we can save millions of lives by hastening the end of the struggle; by uniting now, we can have machinery for a lasting peace ready to roll into action with the armistice. World War I found the democracies unprepared for peace in 1919; it took two or three years of floundering to devise a poorly laid peace.
With an international union of the democracies, having no tariffs, common currency, a common postal system, and most of all common citizenship, Streit's proposed organization would establish a working arrangement of peace before peace comes. Ultimately all the nations of the world would become members of this federation—but only after great postwar schisms and racial wounds have been closed.
Streit proposes an international congress, members being chosen from representative nations on a basis of population, to govern the union. Not overlooking the fact that there will always be at least petty struggles among factions, Streit realizes there must be a standing army to quell any such uprisings which might occur.
No plan for post-war planning is perfect; most of them are too altruistic, too idealistic; while Streit's seems idealistically inclined, he has not overlooked in his plan the realities of a post-war world of hatred and resentment. We must act on some such proposal today, if we are to have enduring peace tomorrow.
Young Soldiers When Needed
Both the house and senate military committees have approved a bill providing for the drafting of youths 18 and 19 years of age, and the measure is expected to go before the House for quick passage tomorrow.
Congressmen are commenting on the remarkable absence of protests from their constituents. Written protests are absent because the majority of the American people are convinced of the necessity of the move. A question which still remains to be answered, however, in the minds of millions of U.S. citizens is "Why is it being done NOW?" They want to know why a similar bill was not passed soon after Pearl Harbor, or else not at all.
The answer lies in the mechanics of a democracy going to war, and the lack of omniscience on the part of democratic leaders. In the first place, the United States has not had adequate training facilities for the seven million men
Just Wondering
While our soldiers and sailors are doing what they can for our country, too many labor leaders appear to be doing the country for what they can.
now deemed necessary by selective service director Major General Lewis B. Hershey.
We have not had the guns, tanks, planes, and ammunition for these men to fight with. We have not had the ships to transport them to the far-flung battle grounds. We have not known until recently the available man-power, nor the number of 1-A men who would have to be used in war industries and on farms.
War Manpower Director Paul V. McNutt now has most of the vital figures at his finger tips. He knows how many men of fighting caliber there are in this country. He knows how many are going to be needed on the production front. He knows that we are going to need seven million men in the armed forces by the end of 1943. This is the first time since the war began that we have had complete comprehension of the manpower grounds upon which we stand.
The present action of Congress explodes the criticisms thrown in the past few months that our legislators were "putting it off" until after election—more interested in their own political future than in the welfare of their warring nation. Now Congress is taking an action it deems necessary, and as soon as appeared to them to be practical.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Sunday, October 18, 1942 No. 18
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.
BUSINESS SCHOOL SMOKER: There will be a School of Business Smoker in the Men's Lounge of the Union Building on Thursday, October 22, 1942 at 8:00 p.m. The featured speaker on the program will be Mr. George W. Foulke, project manager at Sunflower Ordinance plant for Hercules Powder company. All business students, both male and female, are urged to attend. All pre-business students are welcome. Free smokes and cider will be provided.—Willis Tompkins, Pres., School of Business.
EL ATENEO se reunera Juves el 22 de octubre a las 4:30 en la lação 113 Frank Strong Hall. Los hermanos Marquez nos presentaran un programa de canciones, discursitos, etc. Margaret Welch, President.
SIGMA XI: The first meeting of the year will be held Thursday, October 22, 8:00 p.m. in the Kansas room of the Memorial Union. Professor Guy W. Smith, department of mathematics, will speak on Cryptography (Secret writing). Please note the change from the third to the fourth Thursday of the month.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL-The MSC will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.-Bob Coleman, secretary.
Beulah M. Morrison, Secretary.
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Al Martinek, ATO pledge, was trying to wake John Bradley the other morning and put his face directly into Bradley's. Bradley, on waking and seeing Martinek so close, shouted, "Get that repulsive thing out of here."
The next morning Martinek again woke Bradley. This time when Bradley opened his eyes, he gave a shriek and looked again. Martinek, seeking revenge, had found a gruesome Hallowe'en mask and put it over his face.
Bradley has given up having freshmen wake him.
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Don Diehl, Beta pledge, was campused three weeks for missing a meeting to see a girl friend. Evidently the Beta's don't approve of this boy and girl stuff.
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At the Sig Ep buffet last week one of the guests was commenting on he large size hodge hanging on the wall.
"That skull in the center looks a bit gruesome," Ralph Coldren remarked. Earl Shurtz, hearing the last remark, turned around and beamed, "Oh that!" he exclaimed, "That's my roommate—he's 4-F!"
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Bud Whittenburger, Phi Gam, and Jack Wilson, Sigma Chi, both suffered cuts on the face as a result of a collision at their intramural football game last week. Whittenburger had four stitches taken and Wilson had fourteen.
Wilson, while sitting up at the hospital waiting to be attended, looked up rather unhappily at one of his friends.
"Gee," he remarked, "Football is really a rough game."
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Bob Douce, Phi Gam, is trying to find people who will step on his new saddle shoes because they are too white, and he wants to keep in style. * * * * *
Clark Rhoden, Phi Delt freshman sent Jack Staats, another freshman to the Jayhawk cafe for some "vittles." Staats, not knowing what was meant by vittles, though he said "fiddles" and tried to get some.
Cliff at the Hawk did not understand, so they stopped every waiter and asked the same question, "What is or are 'fiddles'?"
After spending a couple of hours on the question, they settled for a package of cigarettes.
Look Out Hitler and Co.!
Co-ed Commandos
By Mary Morrill
"And then at 1:30 I have commando training." This is stock blind date dope. The odds are 20 to 1 that at some time or another every freshman on the Hill has given out with it and that every male frosh has exclaimed over same. All on a blind date.
The reason for the phrases popularity is obvious. Halfway through any sight unseen en-
firmation of a movie and coke unaffected, shrill voice he exclaims,
The reason for the phrase through any sight unseen engagement for movie and coke—usually when the parties concerned are battling their way up some slope of Mt. Oread to a jelly joint, the point arrives when the weather, freshman indignities and little moron activities are exhausted completely as subjects of conversation.
At this precise point the male customarily says to the female, "And what kind of a schedule do you have this year?"
Following a long list of hours, classes and comments, it comes out. "And then at 1:30 (or any of six other hours of the day) I have commando training." Sir college freshman who has been fighting a losing battle to maintain interest and animation, slips on the average 10 feet in a backward direction on the slope. Voice inflections no longer need to be forced. Nine times out of 10 he is honestly amazed. In an
unaffected, shrill voice he exclaims,
"No kiddin'"
Bring on Obstacle Course
Bring on Obstacle Course "No kiddin! Freshmen co-eds are really being physically toughened by the war-torn world. Already they say walking up Fourteenth is easier. Some even swear that they'll be ready to take the famous obstacle course in several weeks, if the gruelling training continues. And it will.
The University isn't going to let up and the girls can't. If they lose interest to the extent of six cuts they get kicked clean out of the University and no one wants that. Not with Jan Savitt coming up for the freshman fricole and two whole school days off for Christmas.
On that blind date the coed probably gives out a pretty good story but the training of which she speaks can't be truly appreciated unless viewed by the curious from a crack in one of Robinson's con-
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