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UNIVERSITY DAIL, KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1942
Commentary by the KANSAN Editorials * Features * Patter
The Band Plays Out
At a meeting Wednesday members of the University band decided, almost without argument, that they would not appear at the Kansas-Kansas State football game in Manhattan on October 24.
Their personal justification for such action: that they would have to miss the Freshman Frolic that night; and that they had been informed that they would probably have to stand up on the train ride home.
That University students, not to mention the football team, will condone such action is doubtful. The band members may feel that their reasons for not going are just, but they should not overlook the fact that, as an official University body, they have a definite responsibility toward that University and her students.
Many of those students, in spite of the Frolic are going to the Manhattan game. They will expect to see their band there. They will be disappointed if it is not.
The football players are going, too. True, they have not much choice in the matter—as the band evidently does—but their efforts in the game deserve some appreciation—and a lot of support. Without the band, that support will be somewhat lacking.
In past years, Russell L. Wiley, band director, has taken immense satisfaction in saying "We have never let the team down." Is that pride worth nothing now? The band has played through rain, snow, sleet, and mud—and missed other Freshman Frolics—just to back up their team. Is not this year's team deserving of such consideration?
This is not a personal matter. School spirit and school unity are involved. In the past, the University has been proud of her band, and rightly so. That feeling, however, could change, even on so slight a provocation as this.
If the game were at Ames or Columbia, we would not object, because of transportation difficulties, but with Manhattan so close and with the Kansas-Kansas State rivalry so keen, we feel that the band is showing a definite lack of cooperation in not turning out in full force.
In spite of tire difficulties and impending gasoline rationing, there are yet more than one hundred student-owned cars on the Hill. Surely some of them could be utilized for the band members' transportation.
The football team plays on, but it appears that the University band has played out.
It "Listens" Well
The price will be high and the road to peace will be wrought with bitter experiences and anxious moments, but the poor people of Britain and Europe actually will profit from this war.
Bombers of both the United Nations and the Axis have dumped tons of explosives on the vital areas of the enemy, especially on such strategic points as railroad terminals and factories. These bombs have brought death and destruction to the homes of innocent people.
Death is irreparable—but the hovels in which many European families have been forced to live by economic circumstances and which now lie in total ruins will never be rebuilt. Some of these so-called homes were one
Just Wondering
Where does Joe Louis get the idea that his fighting days are over? He's in the army, isn't he?
room fire traps, ill-lighted, poorly ventilated and poorly heated.
After the war, if present plans are realized, these slums will be replaced by modern apartments. The best knowledge of twentieth-century architects will be used to make homes fit for the working class to live in.
Women who haven't known what it is to live comfortably may cook with modern ranges and keep pasteurized milk in gas or electric refrigerators. These apartments will be planned so that youngsters will have tree-shaded parks in which to play.
That is the way visionary planners see it; It "listens" well; the question that is raised in the minds of many sociologists is: Will these people know how to live in modern homes? Will persons who all their lives have shared a single room with six or seven other people and a family pet know how to accustom themselves to their new environment?
Or will they continue to live as they did, only in new surroundings. Not only must new homes be built for bombed-out families in Europe after the war; a new and better way of life must be constructed for them.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 40 Friday, October 16, 1942 No.17
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-The MSC will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.-Bob Coleman, secretary.
EL ATENEO se reunera Juvees e 22 de octubre a las 4:30 en la sala 113 Frank Strong Hall. Los hermanos Marquez presentaran un programa de canciones, discursitos, etc. Margaret Welch, President.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: There will be a corporate communion and breakfast after the 8 o'clock Mass, Sunday, for all Catholic students and for all old and new Newman club members.-Matt Heuertz, Newman club treasurer.
Beulah M. Morrison, Secretary.
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS—Dr. E. J. Gibson is at the Watkins Memorial Hospital each Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4:30 p.m. for discussion with students on problems of mental hygiene. Appointments may be made through the Watkins Memorial Hospital. Ralph I. Canuteson, director of Student Health Service.
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.
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Editor-in-chief ... Alan B. Houghton
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DEAN SIMS
As before, the old tradition prevails and the K men will conduct all freshman boys on the Hill down Mount Oread to South Park for a giant rally and refreshments. Naturally, paddles will accompany and even assist the frosh.
It has been rumored that several freshmen without caps were not able to sit down in the 10:20 classes the other morning.
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In Miss Babcock's trigonometry class one morning, she was commenting on the lack of one student's algebraic background.
"When did you take Algebra?" she asked disgustedly, "Who was your teacher?"
In fiendish glee the student answered, "You were, ma'm, you were." * * * * *
The Pi Phi's received a letter yesterday addressed to the president of the house from two second lieutenants of the army air corps in Topeka. It seems that these two boys wanted to come down to the Oklahoma-Kansas game Saturday and asked the Fi Phi's to buy tickets for them. They also hoped that two girls in the house, preferably dark-eyed brunettes, would attend the game with them.
The odd part of all this is that enclosed in the letter was a check, one boy's signature at the bottom with the amount left blank. They left it to the girls to fill in the correct amount, and if some girls would go with them, to pay for as many tickets as needed.
Trusting souls, these army men.
On finding a black snake in the basement of their annex, the Sig Alph's are a bit suspicious of their Chi O neighbors since their recent feud. Anyway, it's a good thing Bob Little goes to bed early, for Kenny Winters, his roommate, had plans to give Little a new bedmate.
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If any neighbors of the Kaw Ko-ettes are disturbed by strange noises in the night, don't be frightened. It is simply the Ko-ettes sawing off the heads of their bed posts for the scrap drive.
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Frank Tyler, Phi Psi, contributes this bit as famous last words, (and he does mean last):
"What is that light turning green and red for?"
"Shucks, he's not a good enough shot to hit me!" "I'll show you and your in-lit-su tricks!"
"I'll show you and your ju-jitsu tricks!"
Add These to Your Book
Soda Squirts Speak
BY JIMMY GUNN
"One reason I stopped drinking," Said the man from Lafayette, "Makes no difference what you call for, You can't tell what you get . . . "
"Kiss one!" shouts the fellow with the gravy-stained apron. "Shake one!" advises the waiter with his thumb in the soup. "Shoot an M.D.!" insists a sanguinary chap in the corner. "Burn one!" "Suds one muddy!" "Shake a patch!" "Draw a couple!" "Scrape the gravel!" No, this is not Chinatown of Saturday night in Brooklyn. This is what the Hill cafes sound like almost any hour of the day.
Indeed, a new language has sprung up in our midst, a jargonese, a true picturesque speech as virile as the old West and as colorful as an old-time sea captain's invective. America, the mother of so many vigorous expressions which have enriched the English language, has given birth to another peculiar monstrosity. One wonders if it will grow to manhood.
—Author unknown.
But truly, one is scractely educated if one is not familiar with these fountain terms. They are the very heart and soul of the college atmosphere that enshrines the cafes and fountains. To know them is to
one—fountain coke (right—cherry,
be reasonably certain of what one
is getting.
To this end, we are translating a few of the typical expressions. Shoot left—lemon, sour—lime); suds one—root beer (muddy—chocolate); shake one—chocolate milk shake (van—vanilla, a patch—strawberry); burn one—chocolate malted milk; pour one—a cup of coffee; scrape the snow—vanilla ice cream cone (gravel—chip-chocolate, toffee—almond toffee).
White one—a glass of milk; kiss
one—orange juice; bowl of red-
chili; eighty some—water; squeeze
a right sour—cherry limeade; one
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