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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1941.
The KANSAN Comments...
Another Unknown Soldier
In Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, a soldier, a casualty of World War I, lies buried in a special marble tomb. It is doubtful if this man performed any special act of heroism or did anything to distinguish himself in line of duty. His sole claim to glory is that he died unidentified and was chosen to represent an ideal—call it selfless sacrifice if you wish.
On one side of the tomb are these words: "Here lies in honored glory an American Soldier known only to God." On the other side are three carved figures symbolizing Peace, Victory, and Valour. This is the grave of our Unknown Soldier.
The figures of Peace and Victory must have appeared more futile than usual yesterday, Armistice Day. Armstice means a temporary cessation of hostilities, and in terms of history, the period between 1918 and 1941 is temporary.
Before World War I ended, 126,000 American soldiers, known and unknown, had given their lives to make the world safe for democracy. Our idealistic statesmen talked of peace without victory, but at the conference table at Versailles were led into granting the so-called Allies a temporary triumph that in time would mean the end of peace and the overthrow of victory. The sculptor of the Unknown Soldier's tomb made a mockery of Valour by chiseling a false peace and a hollow victory.
Armistice Day this year finds America already mourning casualties in World War II. There will be more. There will probably be another Unknown Soldier. Let us hope that he will not die in the same vain cause as his predecessor, without peace or victory.
Free Speech
Dorothy Thompson, in a recent speech before 1.200 clubwomen, said that "Free speech, free assemblage and a free press did not save the German people from the Nazis. They were the very instruments by which the Nazis came to power." She insisted that abuse of the civil liberties should be prohibited by law, and that to protect the Bill of Rights, a large part of it should be suspended.
Now that the United States is engaged in an unofficial shooting war, this problem of censorship of the press and regulation of free speech and free assembly is an important one. The limit to which law can go to regulate a freedom without doing away with the freedom altogether is an indiscretion and often cloudy line. That some regulation of the press during wartime is necessary is true, for military victory depends upon unified action with no disclosure of military operations.
But, no law restricting criticism of government actions can be justified in any case. No doubt, Miss Thompson's proposed laws to restrict abuses of the civil liberties are wise laws, but can she guarantee that they will not do more harm than good?
In his editorial, "To An Anxious Friend," William Allen White answered this very question in memorable words:
"You tell me that law is above freedom of utterance. And I reply that you can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people—and alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison; and the wisdom will survive. That is
the history of the race. It is the proof of man's kinship with God. You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger. No one questions it in calm days, because it is not needed. And the reverse is true also; only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, and when it is needed, it is most vital to justice."
These words were reprinted all over America and came to the attention of a national committee searching for the best editorial of the year. On July 27, 1922, the coveted Pulitzer Award was presented to William Allen White for this editorial. Today, twenty years after, the views of newspaper editors all over the United States are expressed in its closing lines:
"This nation will survive, this State will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold—by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and suppression have made the wrecks in the world."
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 39 Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1941 No. 42
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.
QUILL CLUB: Feoh rune of The American College Quill Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 13. in the Memorial Union building. All members are asked to attend.-Jean Sellers, chancellor.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL — The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 18th at 8:00 p.m. in the Pine Room—Fred Lawson, secretary.
YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB—There will be an important meeting Thursday, Nov. 13, at 8:00 in the Men's Lounge of the Union Bldg, Plans for the State Young Republican Convention to be held in Topeka Dec. 4 and 5 will be discussed—Bill Douce, Chairman.
QUACK CLUB: Quack Club will meet tonight for regular practice at 8 o'clock.
W. N.A.A. AVIATION CLUB: The Women's aviation club will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Pine Room. Any woman interested in aviation is invited. She need not be able to fly.-Nancy Kerber, president.
ARCHERY CLUB: There will be no meeting of the Archery Club Tuesday because of the holiday. The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 4:30 p.m. in the Community building. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Betty Lou Currant, president.
Signed, Bill Muxlow, president.
CLASSICAL CLUB-Will hold its meeting this evening at 7:30 in room 206, Frazer Hall. Miss Mary A. Grant will be in charge of the program and will present slides on "Fortunes of Some Ancient Statues." Everyone interested is cordially invited.
Der deutsche Verein versammlt sich Freitag den 14. November 1941 um 4:30 Uhr nachmittags in Zimmer, 306 Fraser Hall—Sam Follett Anderson, Sponsor.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS—Father Weisenberg S. J. will be in room 415 Watson library Thursday afternoon from 1 to 5 for personal conferences.
EL ATENO will meet Thursday, November 13 at 4:30 in Fraeser Theater. Mr. Hall Manin will show colored slides of Mexico and all interested are urged to attend. These are quite worth while pictures and there will be no admission charge.
FRANK PINET, President.
Prospective teachers may obtain junior memberships in the Kansas State Teachers Association at the office of the School of Education, 103 Fraser Hall.—Signed, R. A. Schwegler, president K.U. Unit.
PRACTICE TEACHING: Students desiring to do supervised teaching during the spring semester should make application at once in the office of the School of Education—Signed, George B. Smith, Dean.
Faculty members who have not yet called for K.S.T. A.membership cards may obtain them at 103 Fraser Hall.-Signed, R. A. Schwegler.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Original forms of invitation-slinging stepped into campus limelight again this week, with Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Nu supplying the brainstorm ideas.
Yesterday noon the Delts sent out two details of three men each, dressed in R.O.T.C. uniforms and military in manner. Each trio took a share of sorority houses, brusquely marched in, right-faced, inspected arms, dropped invitation-loaded cartridges, and marched out. Women were ordered to occupy and defend the hill at 1411 West Eleventh under cover of darkness next Friday night.
Soldier delivery boys were, in one detail, Harold Goss, Buster Hughes, Bill Guilfoyle; in the other, Harry Grimshaw, Ben Spencer, Bob Benkleman.
The Sigma Nu's took milk to their party girls while sororities were at dinner Monday night. Entering with cowbells clanging, the white-overall-clad men harmonized on, "Won't You Wait Till the Cows Come Home," and handed out half pints of milk inscribed with the Sigma Nu crest and with the invitation to their Milk Party Saturday night attached.
Inviters were Less Thornton, Dean Ostrum, Louis Banker, Charles Avey, Scott Harvey, Hillis Kennard, Vie Dolecek, Bill Pepperell, and Joe Brown.
Because of the way he downs flapjackes, men of Rock Chalk Co-op are calling Paul Benzer, "the human slot machine."
Sad was the day for Phi Psi's Barney Chapman, Wayne Waters, and R. J. Atkinson when they found their pet leather-upholstered chair missing. Finally it was restored to them, but they discovered that their room was minus a chromium ash tray, very classy. All last week they ransacked the Psi house until they felt sure that unless Superman could pull it out of the sky, the ash tray was lost.
Then on Friday morning the lost article was found behind a chair in the sun room. How did it get there? Befuddled Waters, Atkinson, and Chapman can only guess.
In his Reporting I class instructor Verdun Daste remarked that the class should observe a moment of silence for a Florida newspaper which had failed. Students talked, laughed, clattered notebooks as usual. Jane Peake, Kappa pledge, did not understand. She raised her hand.
"When are we going to observe that moment of silence, Mr. Daste," she asked.
After these three internationally known speakers have stated their opinions on "What Kind of Peace Must We Have?", the K. U. Town Meeting will take over in the Memorial Union lounge for a further discussion of the topic.
Dorothy Thompson, Norman Thomas, and John A. Zellers will be the guest speakers on the Town Hall Meeting of the Air scheduled for 8:30 tomorrow night.
Discussion To Follow Broadcast
A student will lead the meeting, to which all students and faculty members are invited to attend.
K. U. Town Meetings are weekly programs under the sponsorship of the Student Union Activities board.
Labunski Will Lecture On Piano Motions In Frank Strong
Dr. Wiktor Labunski, concert pianist and director of the Kansas City Conservatory of Music, will lecture at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall tomorrow.
His subject will be "The Logic of Motions in Piano Playing." The lecture is one presented by Dr. Labunski last year at Cleveland, Ohio, before the Music Teachers' National Association and it will be illustrated by motion pictures.
Dr. Labunski has appeared as recitalist in many parts of the country and has appeared as soloist with several of the large symphony orchestras.
Student Tells YMCA Of Life in China
Phillip Lynn, Chinese student at Hays State Teachers College, spoke to members of the YMCA cabinet from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Henley House on "Conditions in China."
Lynn discussed the relative position of the student in China and in the U.S. Students in China, he said, are the top class, they are respected by the other people. The cost of living has gone up greatly in China, he stated, and is inflicting great suffering on the students and universities there.
The speaker expressed a belief that, on the whole, the war has been good for China in that it has united the people. He said that Chinese cities have been bombed more than any of the cities in Europe, but have received little publicity.
Lynn hopes to go back to China after he completes his studies here and enter the diplomatic field.
Dr. Lins Studies 'Sulfo' Therapy
Dr. Beatrice M. Lins, a member of the health service of Watkins Memorial hospital, is at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis attending the center for continuation study on "Sulfonilamide Therapy."
She was accompanied by Dr. Gail McClure, formerly of the Watkins staff, now located at Iowa State College at Ames.
Sherwood Gets Second Edition
Dr. N. P. Sherwood, professor of bacteriology, has announced the second edition of the textbook he wrote on immunology. The first edition was published in 1935.