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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1942
The KANSAN Comments...
Why Are We Complacent ?
Much talk has been bandied about recently, in the press and in the halls of Congress, that American citizens are too complacent in the war effort—that they do not realize we are in a war, and if they do they are inclined to read newspapers avidly for details of the British routs, but nothing more. They refuse to do anything constructive themselves toward helping win the war.
That would see into be true, but there must be a reason for such inactivity on the part of a people in danger of losing those liberties which are the very essence of their lives. The reason is simple—they just don't know what to do. We are a people unused to fighting wars. That denotes no lack of competency on our part, if we are directed properly.
A step in the right direction has been taken in Kansas City. Boy Scout troops there has been collecting scrap iron, and have taken in a huge quantity in a short time. Contribution, however, is voluntary. People call the Scouts, who then call for the junk and take it away. This is a worthwhile project for them, but it might still be improved.
Practically every town in the nation has its Boy Scout troop. Every town has its city dump. Junked automobiles, washing machines, stoves, tin cans, and every conceivable kind of scrap metal might be taken for the asking. If Scouts would bet a truck they could soon collect enough scrap metal to sink the Japanese fleet.
They might do some house-to-house canvassing. Many persons have basements littered with old papers, worn-out furnace grates, and other useless trash which only clutters up the premises, but could be very valuable if converted into battleships, guns, or bullets.
Existing organizations will not call for scrap material unless the individual has enough to warrant it, from mthe profit angle. Scouts with a truck could canvass their town, or their particular section of a city, and the amount of scrap iron and paper collected would prove worthwhile. But a canvass will be necessary. Either through inertia, or lack of information, the people will not volunteer to any great extent.
Immorality and social decay are plainly shown in the case of the three youngsters in South Dakota, who for the last three Sunday mornings have entered and robbed the bank of small sums of money while the rest of the citizens were at church.
Still Too Little Aid !
Japan is on the way toward winning another battle in the Pacific, this time for the vital Dutch East Indies. And, as has been true in every battle of the Far East, the Allie are doing little about it.
Long before the British rout in Malaya and the fall of Singapore, the Dutch asked for planes. Only 750 planes, they said, would be enough to hold off the invaders they knew were coming. Yet even after the actual invasion of the East Indies began, the East Indies troops were fighting with inadequate planes and troops. A few Australian and British survivors of Singapore escaped to the East Indies, and American troops have landed in Java, but in numbers too small to be effective as yet.
The allies must hold Java, as a base from which to fight the Japs, even though they lose the remainder of the East Indies. The Dutch have already destroyed oil wells so vially needed
by the Japs; with Java as a base for bombing planes, the Allies can effectively hinder the Japs from reboring those wells. But if the Allies are driven entirely from the East Indies, Australia is wide open to attack and invasion by the Japs, and at the same time they can redrill the oil that is now lost to them.
England and the United States have lost valuable bases, troops, and Allie by too little aid to Hong Kong, and Singapore. They cannot afford to lose the East Indies, and with them, their East Indian allies.
Topers will probably send a telegram of gratitude to Senator McNary when they learn that he has asserted that enough alcohol for our Pacific engagements can be made from waste products of pulp mills in his state.
A Nebraska draft board found subtle humor on one of their cards. Under the listing, serious physical defects was this classic: "None, except one arm missing."
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Sunday, February 22, 1942 No. 90
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.
El Ateneo will meet at 4:30 Thursday, Feb. 26, in room 113 F.S. Slides of the Philippines will be shown and a short play will be given. We expect a large attendance so be on time to get good seats.—Frank Pinet, President.
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.
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS-Dr. E. T. 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, health service.
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Rock Chalk Talk
BETTY WEST
Elaine Handy went to bed and to sleep the other night with a ring on the third finger of her right hand. During the course of her dreams it came upon her that she was married, and, take it for what its worth, when she awoke the next morning the ring was on the third finger of her left hand. Sounds like pixies from where we are sitting.
Having decided to give a realistically illustrated lecture on artificial respiration to a First Aid class, "Phog" Allen drafted Knute Kresie to be artificially respirated. The doctor placed Knute on a stretcher before the class, and hvaing finished with the finer points of his demonstration, told Knute that he might remain there until the class was over. The tired Kresie promptly went to sleep, and blissfully slept through the rest of the lecture.
Bill Feeney is a conversational opportunist, leaping into the thick of any available repearate, with appropriate remarks of a vivid character. While at the Jayhawk yesterday noon, he was kibitizing on the conversation in the booth ahead of him. Suddenly the members of the party, separated from him by mere plywood, groaned long and convincingly at the same time. "Ah," said Mr. Feeney rising to the bait, "I do believe someone has just been served."
full-spots, and are limited in use to the place of origination (sometimes for self-evident reasons).
In case the fears of certain pessimists are realized, and soda fountains must close due to shortage, priorities, etal., this article should serve as a record for posterity of a well-loved institution. If not, it will give readers an opportunity to smile knowingly when they are jellying and a waiter strolls by uttering such murdered shouts as "shoot a van" or "this'll kill you." Anyway, here goes, the Unabridged Dictionary of Soda Fountain Terminology:
Barrage balloon—hot dog
The following feature is written in the hope that it will serve as a sort of Rosetta Stone for use in translating the soda-fountain "slingo" resorted to by campus and near-campus jelly joints. Whil some of the terms are used on a nation-wide scale, others are the brain-children of imaginative jerkers in the local fun-spots, and are limited in?
"Ah," said Mr. Feeney rising to the bait, "I do believe someone has just been served."
Blue label—small bottle beer (or
Blue label—small bottle beer (or what Kansans are forced to drink in the pretense that it is beer).
right—cherry malt; burn a suds—root beer malt.
Noah Webster Isn't Going to Like This
Buttered brown—order of toast.
Drag one (flavor)—ice cream cone,
drag one the watch
drug one with strawberry cone; ("scrape one" used in some establishments).
This is to notify all Hill women who contributed to the fund to raise $12 to pay the repair bill on a certain "A" named Elmer, that this is the psychological moment to do it. John Conard, Orville Kretzmeier, and Greg Studer, having promoted their money gathering scheme with lavish promises of cokes and sight-seeing tours, are able, though perhaps not so ready and willing to pay off. Kretzmeier and Studer took care of seven stockholders for cokes Thursday evening when a bevy of contributors tracked them to the library and demanded their rights.
Draw one—draft beer, or roo b beer.
Draw one dark—book beer.
Farmer's delight—strawberry sundae.
Hot ice, hot chocolate.
Juice one-orange juice.
Kiss one-orangeade.
Kiss one-orangeade 0.5
0-5-orange juice.
Pan a blitz- black coffee, on the run.
Press one—lemonade.
Quack—Doctor Pepper; also M.D. and Waco.
Ritz one—400; also blue book.
Red label—quart of beer.
label—quart of beer.
Ritz one—400; also blue book.
Shadrack—cherry coke. (this word was formed by telescoping "shoo a right," the more proslae slingo for cherry coke).
Shake one (flavor)--milk shake; shake one right--cherry flavor.
Shoot one—plain coke. The genus
Shoot one—plain coke. The genus "shoot" is probably the most extensive in the business. Variations on the theme are: shoot one right—cherry coke; shoot one left—lemon coke; (both of these terms spring from the fact that the dispensors for cherry and lemon are respectively to the left and right of the plain coke dispenser.) Shoot a marshmallow—obvious; shoot a muddy—chocolate coke; shoot a sour—lime; shoot a purple—grape; shoot one trucking—vanilla (also shoot a van.)
Signals—sack of potato chips.
Shoot one (flavor), easy hail, or hold the hail—coke with little or no ice.
Signals—sack of potato chips.
Squeeze one—limeade; squeeze one short—small size.
Squeeze a baby in the rain—also short limeade.
Shoot a Jap—lemon coke.
Stretch (flavor)—tall coke.
Suds one—root coke.
Suds one—root beer; suds right or
left—cherry or lemon; suds—a float—root beer float.
This'll kill you—banana split. (Don't ask us why.)
White one—milk. (only the more deprived and bestial people will be interested in this one.)
A numerical terminology is springing up in certain quarters, and if brought into sufficient prominence, will be the subject of another bit of research. The only figures with a degree of permanence are: 81—water, and 86—something of which there is no more of.
The last term, "bottleneck," we will not translate because this is a student paper, but it means something that causes the fountain walters to drop glasses, collide with patrons and with each other, etc. Find out for yourself if you are curious.