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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
Second Thought On The Atlantic Charter
BY WALTER SANDELIUS Professor of Political Science
Asked by the University Daily Kansan for an opinion on what is to come after this war, one is confronted, too, by the view—expressed even in high places—that this is no time for any thought on that subject at all. One may agree, however, with the authors of the recently issued Supplement to Fortune, entitled The United States in a New World, that while we cannot "make detailed blueprints for an unpredictable future . . . we must start now to build a new and better world."
Indeed, our youth of today, who sometimes are accused of not warming up sufficiently to the cause of the war, are rather more insistent than their elders upon as clear-cut notions as possible of aims in the present conflict. This is not to say, as some of the older generation, who have rather less at stake, have suggested to them, that they are complacent and lukewarm about their responsibilities. The truth is they have a more realistic understanding of what is involved than did their fathers in 1914 and 1917. They know quite well that democracy has been attacked, and that we have first of all to save ourselves; yet they know also that we shall not be able to save ourselves without trying to see as clearly as possible the alternatives ahead. A defense of the modern community—the enlarged and complex community that it is—is not a blind gesture to ward off the most immediate danger, so much as a sustained and deliberate protection of tested values that will not otherwise endure. This means that what is needed, among other things, is a fair statement of aims.
It has seemed to us at times, and it has been said by many, that the points of the Atlantic Charter are couched in vague and general terms. They are rather generally stated. Yet this fact may easily turn out to be an advantage when the time comes that the Charter may be properly implemented.
How many of us know what the Eight Points are—or the gist of them? Only one of them, I think, has been seriously questioned—that which speaks of the sovereign rights of peoples to the kind of government they want, with apparent implication that the peoples referred to are those belonging to their respective nation-states. And it is said, rightly enough, that we cannot continue with eighty-odd sovereignties in the world. The concept of "sovereignty", however, is not here to be taken too seriously. We speak still—though loosely—of the "sovereign" states of the American Union, all the while accepting the notion of legal limitations upon each. Elsewher the Charter speaks of "the establishment of a wider and permanent system of security" among nations. The intent is that the world, in some way, in time shall be politically organized against war. For, by all human experience, the only real alternative to war, among communities interdependent enough to have made war once a reality, is a mutuality of political life.
The Seventh Point too has raised some objection. This is the point that refers to the establishment of a peace that shall "enable all men to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance." The traditional conception of a freedom of the seas, it is said, is no longer a possibility. The traditional English and American views in this matter historically have taken issue with each other. But the Charter need not be taken to imply either of these views. It states only that all men shall be able to traverse the high seas. May not a further evolution of the idea of the United Nations or of something of the kind, be a necessity if we are to maintain a semblance of this freedom, among others, in the future?
What in fact is indicated upon this point, as throughout the Charter as a whole, is the need for an organized security, for individuals and for nations, in the world at large.
In this day of power politics, it is too easy to succumb to the thought that it is all a question simply of which power shall dominate in the future—whether Germany or the United States. For clearly the British preeminence has begun to break up—however true it may be that the world owed the century of relative peace between the Napoleonic wars and the last World War largely to the preeminence. Neither Germany nor the United States, nor of course any other power, will alone dominate the latter half of the Twentieth Century and beyond. Either the world will be divided for an indefinite future into warring hemispheres, continents, or sub-continents, or, with a victory of the democratic ideal, we may be able to work out a fair degree of order.
Of course we needn't be too optimistic that we shall very soon have a more orderly world. The economic necessities, which at length reveal to us the need of an ever widening cooperation, are the premises also of a destructive ignorance that is not to be thought of as too easily or too soon to be remedied. But the realistic view of things is not that which is fixed too exclusively upon the facts of the past, and without some vision, however unclear, of what remains to come.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Sunday, May 10.,1942 No.133
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.
The Coed Volunteer Corps will meet tomorrow at 4:30 in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall. All members are urged to be present.
--however, the membership numbered 52, with equal number of sorority and independent women.
SIGMA XI: The spring initiation and annual banquet of the Kansas chapter of Sigma Xi will be held on Tuesday, May 12, at 6:15 p.m. in the ballroom at the Union building. Prof. W. C. Stevens of the Botany department and president of the Kansas chapter of Sigma XI will give an illustrated lecture on "The Habits of Some Kansas Wild Flowers."
SENIORS - The Diploma Fee should be paid by May 15. Seniors expecting to receive degrees either at June or at the end of summer session who have not filed application for degree cards in the Registrar's Office should do so immediately. —Laurence C. Woodruff, Assistant Registrar.
Men's Student Council will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Pine room.-Bob Coleman, secretary.
Students who have taken the courses in Home Nursing and Child Care are eligible for Red Cross Certificates in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick. Former students who are interested should make inquiry at the office of the Department of Home Economics. Room 104, Fraser hall.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Rock Chalk Talk
DEAN SIMS
A story sneaks out of the Theta house (past the Phi Psi besiegers) concerning this girl Peggy Pat Henness, fine arts senior. It seems Peggy Pat had a date last week. Said the date to Peggy Pat:
"Till betcha a nickle I can kiss you without touching you."
"Till bet you can't," said Peggy Pat.
The date kissed her then tendered her a five-cent piece.
"It was worth it," he said.
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Bill Ellis, Phi Psi freshman, was introduced to Kappa Betsy Dodge Friday night. Ellis was called by his nickname of "Wild Red" in the process of making acquaintances, Betsy, misunderstanding the introducer, thought he called Ellis "Wire Head."
"Say, "Wire Head," Betsy asked, "Where did you ever get that name?"
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Bill Jenson, Phi Delt freshman from Colby, was in the process of talking to Gamma Phi freshman Helen Huff over the phone Thursday night.
"Bill," said Helen, "we have some of the cutest rushees coming up this weekend. I think I'll get you a date with one."
"Why, Helen," whimpered the crest-fallen, panic-stricken, scared, but conscious Jenson, "You know I wouldn't go with anybody but you."
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Since the houseman took his day off Friday at the Delta Gamma house, the inmates built up their muscles as they lugged around the cobble-stones of the yard and polished them up in preparation for the big party hat night, plus numerous other tasks of manual labor.
An inside source said eight of the D. G. girls had to be given hypoes before they could get into their formals when time for the party rolled around.
Greg Studer, business junior from Wathena and Rock Chalk co-op,
called college freshman Lila May Reetz on the phone Thursday night.
"Lila May, are you doing anything Saturday night?" asked Greg.
"Why, Greg, I'd planned to go visit my sister that night, but if you're going to ask me to go on the co-op house picnic with you—boy, I'd love to."
Dorothy Maclvor and Lela Pyle were founders of the pep organization, Miss Maclvor being elected its first president.
"The object of the Jay Janes club shall be for the principles of good sportsmanship and the promotion of its principles and the advancement of its welfare," read the purpose of the newly-organized Jay James in the Kansan on Nov. 13, 1923.
Appear First in Parade
The first appearance of the Jay Janes was in the torch parade with the KuKu's on that Wednesday night, and Thursday they appeared on the stadium field between the halves of the game to form letters. The emblem of the club, designed by Dorothy Dean, was a red triangle with a blue jay bird inside. The uniform was a white slip-over sweater, on the front of which the emblem was worn, with white skirt, and a white toboggan cap. The uniform is the same today except for the abandoning of the cap.
Sportsmanship 20-Year Ideal of Jay Janes Club
Organizations come and go on the Hill; some accomplish their end of remaining on the campus, others flicker and fade out. But the Jay James, since its organization in 1923, has been a force for sportsmanship, student support, and pep. The white-sweater-and-skirt girl has stood for loyalty to the University and its principles for nearly
In 1923 the pep club, completely organized, appeared at ball games and helped give a party for visiting athletes. The second semester the Jay James sold subscriptions to Jayhawkers, planned a special stunt for Dad's Day, and started the precedent of meeting the returning varsity squad at the station. Membership Is Floeivt
Membership Is Elective
The membership of Jay Janes is elective, with two members from each sorority, eight from Corbin, two from Miller and Watkins halls, and an equal number from independents at large. When organized
Organize as Phi Sigma Chi
In 1933 the Jay Janes became the local chapter of Phi Sigma Chi, national pep organization begun by the Tassels, women's pep organization at Nebraska University. Since then Phi Sigma Chi has expanded to include Omaha, Manhattan, Washburn, and probationally, South Dakota and Wichita Universities. An annual convention is held at one of the universities which hold membership. This year the Jay Janes hold the vice-presidency. In the spring of 1944 the convention will be held at the University of Kansas.
Since the first successful year the Jay James have continued to aid the University in every way possible. Pep rallies, attending one out-of-town game annually, acting as guides around the campus, sifting as a rooting section at all games, helping solicit in campus drives, selling tickets, giving an annual Jay Jane Jamboree at the beginning of the second semester to acquaint new women, and sponsoring a newly-instituted Vice-Versa dance, are all activities of the progressive peppers.
"Enemy Sub" Only Baby Seal
Boston — (UP) — Reports that an enemy two-man submarine was trapped under the Neponset river bridge brought 30 policemen to the scene to find a baby seal caught in the bridge piling. The animal freed itself and headed to sea before anyone could reach it.