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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 30; 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
Wet or Dry—It's the Same
The repeal of prohibition in December, 1933, fell short of settling the pressing problem of liquor control in the United States. Rather, it opened the way to a multitude of new ones. The issue immediately became one of concern to every state legislature, to every local governmental unit, to the federal government, to individuals.
Regardless of individual attitudes on the problem, the issue today is no longer the social denial of drink. It is the form and extent of regulation and control. Every community is striving to realize its ideal of regulation, to balance the forces of its wet and dry elements, to gain as much as possible of the income of the liquor traffic, or to grapple with some other aspect of the problem, so old and yet so new.
The first result of repeal were confusion of state and local laws and regulations. Hasty and experimental control was undertaken in many communities and enforcement ranged from strict control to extreme laxity. Changes were constant. Officials, politicians, and liquor interests became active everywhere.
Now, nearly ten years later, much confusion remains. There are conflicts between local, state, and federal control advocates. There are conflicts between W.C.T.U.members and human nature. There are conflicts between narrow and hard minded drys and the liquor interests. There are social and economic conflicts.
New liquor control systems are being evolved and developed in some of our states, in Canada, in Sweden, in other countries of the world. America's problem is great. America is a big country of many differing peoples, many differing customs, many differing ideals. But regardless of these complications, a proper system could and should be worked out. It is time for unbiased study of the situation. It is time a liberal and socially and economically sound system of liquor control was evolved.
-J.K.
To report a case of treason—Among our contributions to Evanston's scrap metal collection was a pound of linotype slugs, carrying two stanzas of verse, riveted together as a paper weight. Half an hour after it had been placed on the rubbish heap at our front door, to wait for the collector's wagon, it was treasonably stolen by some Benedict Arnold of a souvenir hound, probably aged from 6 to 12 years.—Chicago Tribune.
Marketing Quotas
Wheat growers of Kansas will cast ballots Saturday to vote either for or against wheat marketing quotas. This referendum is to decide on the plan for this year. In 1941, farmers voted to market their wheat crop under the quota system, and those who didn't comply were penalized 49 cents for each bushel marketed in excess of their quota. If you have an interest in a farm which has over 15 acres of wheat seeded and a normal production of over 200 bushels, you are eligible to vote.
There was considerable red tape to contend with no matter how you sold your wheat. Many of the independent-thinking farmers didn't like it any way they looked at it. However, those who were penalized 49 cents a bushel (about one-half the selling price) will be reluctant to vote against the quota system.
If a farmer over-seeds a fraction of an acre
or more, he is not eligible for a wheat loan even if the quota system is voted in. Wheat storage loans put a floor under the domestic price and help protect farmer's income derived from wheat. These loans permit farmers to market their wheat in an orderly manner, and by establishing reserve supplies, minimize the chance of having to import wheat in short crop years. Many farmers, who are able to survive the complications involved in becoming eligible for a loan, take this means of getting ready money for their crop and are, at the same time, on hand for higher selling prices if the price of wheat goes up. As long as you have seeded your farm within your allotment, all your wheat is free wheat.
There is, of course, much speculation concerning the outcome of this balloting and it will be of vital significance to the farmers. It will effect not only this year, but the years to come. Whether farmers shall continue to be independent individuals or an organized unit depends on the farmers themselves.
If they choose organization, should it be under government regulation That is the question that farmers are considering as they contemplate the Saturday trip to the quota poll.
—M.E.F.
That almost half the high school students in the United States favor a speed-up in the college program is the result of a survey conducted by Northwestern University among 9,354 students. Maybe they will all choose K.U.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Thursday, April 30, 1942 No. 128
Vol. 39
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 Department of Home Economics will give a tea for visiting parents of K. U. students Saturday afternoon, May 2nd, from three to five o'clock in the dining room, 12 Fraser Hall. Faculty members and friends of the Department are also invited.-Elizabeth Meguiar, Chairman of Parents' Day Committee.
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.
Sophomores who have made application for admission to the teacher training program must appear for examinations either at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29th, or at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 2nd in Room 306 Fraser Hall. Only sophomores who have made application and have taken the examination may enroll this fall in any education course—A. H. Turney, Chairman, Committee on Admission and Guidance.
SENTIORS! Order your announcements now. Deadline is April 27—Fred Robertson.
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Rock Chalk Talk
DEAN SIMS
In conjunction with an assemblage of the recently formed Co-Ed Volunteer Corps, leader of the organization Jill Peck called the Chi Omega house and requested that all members there please meet in a body behind the cadaver building (place where medical students whittle on some of our deceased) that evening.
The Chi Omega's met behind the cadaver building at the designated time—but not in a body.
The women of Kappa Alpha Theta received a disappointment Monday night. A box of candy (usual sign of someone's pin being put out) was displayed at dinner. The dining room fairly hummed with curiosity, guesses, premonitions, and wagers on the subject of who was going to be pinned to whom and why.
Came time for the announcement—the card was read—"Loads of thanks for a lovely week-end, from a hopeful rushee."
the crest-fallen co-eds finished their dinner in silence.
Kappa Sig's Harold Dumler, business senior from Russell, and Merrill Jones, fine arts junior from Greensburg, arrived at the conduit that the dormitory on the east side of the house (where all the freshmen are quartered) was much too noisy at night so they decided to sleep there Monday night and keep a little order.
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A tiny pin-hole in a telephone cable can admit moisture, causing short circuits and service interruptions. But Bell System men have found a way of beating this trouble to the punch.
They charge the cable with dry nitrogen under pressure. Then should a leak develop, the escaping gas keeps moisture out. Instruments on the cable detect the drop in pressure . . sound an alarm at a nearby station...indicate the approximate location of the break. A repair crew is quickly on its way.
To maintain and improve America's all-important telephone service,men of the Bell System are constantly searching for the better way.Pioneering minds find real opportunity in telephone work.
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