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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
WSGA Must Reject Election Bill Or Lose Right of Self-Government
Members of W.S.G.A. last night considered a bill which, if accepted, would give direction of W.S.G.A. elections to the faculty.
The ostensible purpose of this bill is to thwart continuation of existing women's combines and prevent future formation of them. The bill, as it stands, will not accomplish that end, but will merely make them function negatively, rather than positively. Even if the bill did accomplish that purpose, there is some question as to the advisability of restricting combines. Some form of political organization is essential, and since the constitution of W.S. G.A. forbids formation of political parties, the combine system seems to be the only way out.
The bill proposes, that candidates for election shall be selected by a nominating committee then submitted to another committee made up of eight members of W.S.G.A. and six faculty members. The purpose of this latter committee is to select candidates and place them in nomination for proper offices. Needless to say, this is tantamount to giving the faculty complete control of the election. Six faculty members will have no difficulty in influencing at least three of the eight student members of the committee. With three members on the side of the faculty, there will be enough votes
to assure any decision favored by the faculty committee members. This is not to say that faculty advice is undesirable. The question is whether Hill women want to govern themselves or be governed by the faculty.
Such a plan cannot end combines. Where now houses A, B, and C combine with houses D and F to elect their candidates to office, under the proposed system they might still combine. The method would be different, but the result would be the same. For example, these five houses would agree not to vote for any candidate representing houses E, G, X, or Y.
A proposal that the slate be kept secret until the morning of the election was designed to prevent any organization before the election. Ideally, perhaps it would do that, but realistically it could never be successful. Women sufficiently interested in politics to form combines will be sufficiently versed in house membership to know affiliations of the candidates and to vote accordingly.
Because of the obvious inadequacies of this bill, it is of prime importance that W.S.G.A. reject it at the next meeting. With its passage will come the practical end to self-government for the women of K.U.
Food For Britain Or The U.S.?
Still from the American public comes the cry, "Why should we send Britain food when many of our own people are close to starvation?"
Besides the evident reasons that Britain's war is our war and that the English are more in need of food than are we, there is another answer to this question. It is that producing and supplying Britain with essential foods aids the health of the people of our nation. This is an apparent paradox in modern nutrition, but nevertheless, it is true. Increase in the production of necessary foods for Britain has helped to make the people of the United States more dietary conscious.
That almost one-third of the people in the United States are not obtaining the dietary essentials is proof of the need for improvement in nutritional standards. Strangely enough, it is the program for sending food to Britain that has made Americans realize that their diets are lacking in essential foods. In 1941, milk production in the United States was 117 billion pounds. This will be increased to 125 billion pounds in 1942. Not all of this increase will go to Britain, for our people will consume more than ever before.
Americans now realize that they have not had the best adapted diets. Of the first 2,000,-000 selectees examined, one-half were turned down because of poor physical conditions. One-third of the one-half were rejected because of malnutrition. The department of agriculture announced recently that only one-fourth of the American families have good diets, a few more than one-third have fair diets, and the rest have poor diets.
Sending food to Britain has and will increase our knowledge of the foods necessary for good nutrition and our production and consumption of these essentials.—R.B.
The Baltimore Sun makes a glowing contribution by informing an anxious populace that "Kung Hee Fot Toy" is Happy New Year in Chinese, and incidentally, that the year is 4639.
A rancher in Montana, when told that he had not earned enough to pay 1941 income tax, startled clerks by paying it anyhow. "It's great to live in America," he explained.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39
Wednesday, March 4, 1942 No. 97
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.
MATHEMATICS CLUB: Thursday, March 5. Meet in Room 222 F.S., at 4:15 for refreshments and in Room 203 F.S., at 4:45 for speech. Mr. William A. Luby, from the University of Kansas City, will speak on "Summation of Some Interesting Numerical Series." All students and faculty members are invited to hear this interesting talk.-H. G. Kolsky, Vice-Pres.
TO JUNIOR WOMEN: The University Women's Club invites all junior women of the University to a tea, given in their honor, in the Ballroom of the Memorial Union building, Thursday, March 5, at 3:30 p.m.
Catholic Students: Rev. E. J. Weissenberg will be in room 415 Watson library, Thursday afternoon from 1:30 to 5 for personal conferences. — Lloyd Svoboda, vice-president, Newman Club.
Tau Sigma will meet at the usual times this week. Anna Jane Hoffman, Pres.
NEW ADDRESSES FOR DIRECTORY SUPPLEMENT: Students who changed addresses between semesters and who have not reported new addresses to the Registrar's office should file these addresses at once so that corrections may appear in the Directory Supplement.—James K. Hitt, Assistant Registrar.
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Rock Chalk Talk
BETTY WEST
Last Thursday night, Theta Peggy Davis, trying a new effect, gave herself a very temporary hair-blacking, planning to remove it before her Friday night date. However, Bill Brownlee happened to see her in her new glory, was astounded, and plotted a smooth revenge. Friday night when he stopped by the Theta house for her, he appeared before her in a radiant ashblonde rinse, a concoction which he had whipped up at home out of a little corn starch.
Gamma Phi Diana Irvine and D.U. Jim Gillie are now going steady. It's a charming affair, but Jim prefers her to call him "Gillie" or "Doc." "Jim," it seems is a shade too personal. D.U. comment upon this formal state of affairs is loud and apt.
Questionable Quotes From Contemporary Cuties:
David Watermuldur: "I would like to say something, but everything I know has to be kept confidential for a few days."
One Engineer: "This is the one week out of the year when I get pursued by sorority women in exactly the manner I should like to be accustomed to the other 51 weeks."
Doris Twente: "The W.S.G.A. is a little upset just now."
Good News For Hill Men:
Bad News For Hill Women and Lawrence Florists:
Women's Pan-Hel yesterday voted to forbid the sending of corsages to sorority girls for spring parties this year. This heartbreaking little rule will be effective until the war is over. So if you have not got your first party orchid as yet, you'll just have to suspend weaseling operations for a few years.
War Psychology note: Even Hill dogs look like they were evading a draft these days.
Student Opinion--mer school, 043 of the banoteers plan to attend.
Vital Statistics Drawn From MSC Questionnaire
The breakdown of the vote by schools, and in some cases of the vote by men and women, while not particularly significant, is rather interesting. Separate tabulations of the men's and women's opinions were made in the Schools of Fine Arts, Business, Education, Pharmacy, the College, and the Graduate School. The engineers, medics, and lawyers were totaled without regard to sex. Women For First Aid
Yesterday's Daily Kansan carried the results of the War Defense Questionnaire distributed in classes last Friday, and showed that student opinion, as indicated by the 1,779 voters, was as follows: K.U. students are strongly in favor of first aid training, some form of physical education, and want to arrange student activities and organizations on a three-term basis instead of the present two-term set-up. They are, however, much opposed to the M.S.C. suggestion of a non-credit course in calisthenics to be given in afternoon hours. In regard to summer school,645 of the balloteers $ \textcircled{2} $
Women in the various schools showed the most interest in first aid training, casting a total of 519 favorable votes, with 122 against. This corresponds with the male vote of 437 for, 320 "again" (exclusive of the lawyers, medics, and engineers.) Of the 33 medical students expressing opinion, 27 approved of a first aid course. Lawyers and engineers voted thumbs down on the proposal, by a 7 to 12 and 140 to 164 count respectively. Greatest proportionate interest in the first aid work was shown by the 30 to 2 favorable vote cast by the women in the School of Education.
Down With Calisthenics
Seemingly a paradox is the favorable vote of 948 to 804 for some type of physical training and the opposition vote of 541 to 1234 against the proposal of two or three hours of calisthenics weekly. Since the questionnaire limited students to yes and no answers, the type of training advocated by those voting in favor of physical education must remain a matter of conjecture unless further research is conducted. Medical students rejected the idea of physical education 11 to 22, and showed even stronger opposition to calisthenics, 4 in favor, 29 against. The only groups favoring the proposed calisthenics were the lawyers, 12 to 8, and the men in the School of Education, 22 to 14. The embryo educators stood strongly in favor, 34 to 2, for some type of training. Engineers opposed calisthenics by a 92 to 217 count, but are in favor of physical education, 174 to 136. From the results as shown by this section of the questionnaire, it would seem wise to find out, in the light of the majority vote for training, what type of training is desired by students.
Interest in the three-term system for conducting campus organizations and activities is illustrated by the fact that every voting group gave the proposal a favorable vote; engineers, 216 to 88; medics, 20-13; College men, 311 to 170; College women, 329-159; lawyers, the highest proportional vote, 17 to 1; business students (total of men and women's vote) 105 to 60. The total female vote was 427 to 215 in favor, and the man (exclusive of lawyers, medics, and engineers) also approved, 490 to 256.
O.K. On Third Term
Slightly more than one of every three voters planned to attend summer school, 645 of the 1779 balloters checking this question affirmatively. The total attendance at the last summer session was 1032. Only hypothetical conclusions can be drawn, but figuring the poll as representative, attendance at this session should
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