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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1941.
The KANSAN Comments...
HELP THE PRESS CELEBRATE
Kansas newspapers begin their celebration of Newspaper Week today.
Does that mean anything to you, our reader?
Does it mean anything to you that you are able to pick up your morning or evening paper from your doorstep and read in it a dozen divergent views about national and local policy? You can't do that in Germany, you know.
Have you considered, in spite of the cries that big business controls the opinion of the American newspaper, you still get a fair picture of both sides of controversial subjects? You can still make up your mind from what you read, and act as you please. Remember that most newspapers supported Landon and Willkie, but the people who read the newspapers decided Roosevelt would be better. You can't vote that way in Russia.
Does it mean anything to you that as an American citizen you have the right to form your own conclusions on the basis of what you read in your daily and weekly newspapers? You can't form your opinions like that, you know, under Nazi rule.
Let's give a thought during this week to your newspaper, and incidentally, to the freedom you enjoy here in America. Your newspaper takes sides, editorially, of course, but it respects your opinion and your point of view. It gives you unbiased news treatment so you may draw your own conclusions. If you don't agree with the newspaper's policy, you won't be shadowed by the Gestapo or be listed as a fifth columnist. You can discuss the news and editorials with your family, your neighbor, your friends, in complete freedom.
Let's give a thought to the freedom of the press in our observance of newspaper week. It's a fine time to recall all our freedoms, for without freedom of the press, we wouldn't have much freedom of any kind. Let's salute the American press and its freedom!—K.W.D.
FREE ENTERPRISE ON THE FARM
Ralph Gardiner, Clark county wheat grower, didn't wait for the government to get around to telling him what to do. He used a little of the initiative and farsightedness that his ancestors had used in coming West. Only seven years ago his 4,000 acre wheat farm in Kansas was slowly blowing away before his eyes. Drought and dust was killing his wheat, the crop with which his father and grandfather had prospered.
unlike his farmer neighbors, Gardiner did not wait for the government to come to him with their crop quotas and allotments. He took it upon himself to solve his problem in his own way. While his friends stubbornly persisted in plowing up their fields for wheat, Gardiner was buying 3,300 feeder lambs. Undoubtedly neighboring farmers looked askance at this new venture. Who had ever heard of anyone using the Kansas prairies for something beside raising wheat? Wasn't it the best wheat land in the United States?
Sheep raising was something new for a Clark county wheat grower. However, success was not long in coming. Part of the land was kept in wheat. The rest, 2,500 acres, was turned into grazing land. The best feed, he found, was grass in summer and good wheat pasture in winter. The additional feed needed was inexpensive and
could be mainly home grown. His profit from sheep and wool soon made him independent of drought and crop failure and independent of government aid.
Other wheat growers chafed under governmental crop restrictions. They called it a barrier to free enterprise and initiative. However, the government was not at fault by any means. It is only when free enterprise is neglected and initiative grows stale that government regulation must step in.-M.A.
More than 1 million pounds of goods have been sent since January 1 by a leading air express agency.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Vol. 39 Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1941 No. 13
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 silence hanging over a battlefield before a great army launches an all-out attack on the enemy.
LANTERN PARADE: The traditional Lantern Parade for all women of the University will be Thursday evening, Oct. 2 in the Union Ballroom. Every year the women meet in the Ballroom for supper, after which, with lighted Japanese lanterns, they parade to the Chancellor's home to serenade. Every woman of the University should plan to attend. Tickets are 35 cents plus tax, and may be obtained from Henley House, the Hostess desk in the Union building, or from Margot Baker, Doris Twente, or Lois Worrel. The W.S.G.A. and Y.W.C.A. sponsor the Lantern Parade.
CLASSICAL CLUB: The Classical Club will meet for an organizational meeting at 7:30 Thursday evening in the Pine Room of the Memorial Union. Present and former students of the Classics are invited to attend. L. R. Lind, Department of Latin and Greek.
QUILL CLUB: Miss Hoopes of the English department will speak to Feoh rune of the American College Quill Club at 7:30 Thursday evening in the Pine room. No one will be notified by telephone.-Mary Elizabeth Evans, chancellor.
UNION ACTIVITIES: All people interested in Student Activities Committees apply at Student Activities office, Union Building, between 2:30 and 5:00 in the afternoon—Fred Mitchelson, publicity manager, Union Activities.
DIRECTORY: Copy for the Student Directory is now being prepared. Students who have not filed addresses and telephone numbers at the Registrar's Office should do so at once. James K. Hitt, assistant registrar.
FRESHMAN MEN: All freshman men wishing to be considered for positions on the intramural managers board must turn in written applications at 107 Robinson before Oct. 3.-Maurice Baringer and Bill Collinson, senior managers.
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION. The first examination of the four to be given this school year will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8:30. Candidates must register in person at the College Office, 229 Frank Strong Hall, Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1. Only junior and seniors are eligible. Seniors who pass this examination may qualify for graduation in June, 2014 — J. B. Virtue.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
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Rock Chalk Talk
As a loud "Rock Chalk" rolled down Edgehill road last night, a flock of cars rolled up to meet it. The yell came from women of Sigma Kappa, who were grooming Barbara Ywcoff and Betty Meyers for cheerleader tryouts. When they heard cars stopping, they thought passers-by were merely stopping to listen.
Then from all directions Kappa Sigma—actives, pledges, and housemother—descended on them. Surprised that they had caught the girls off guard, the men grinned and said they thought their fraternity had an hour dance scheduled with the Sigma Kappa's for last night.
The women answered that signals had been mixed, sorry. They invited the Kappa Sig's to dance, anyway, and the hoedown proceeded with the girls in slacks, just as they had dressed for cheering.
The Sigma Nu's have five little pups of strained collie strain which they are anxious to sell, give away, or possibly even pay you to take. Not that they aren't cute, but times are hard, and the government needs dog biscuits for defense.
The pups are named Sigma, Nu, Epsilon, Tau, and Tau, after the five Greek letters in the full name of Sigma Nu. You may get one in black and white or in brown and white, to suit your tastes or match your rug.
The pups opened their eyes Tuesday morning, and are guaranteed to be cuddly. You may have your pup's tail bobbed or natural, as you wish.
If you insist, Sigma Nu might even be persuaded to part with collie Clara, production manager.
The D.U. pledges no longer look like they had stuck their noses into a dark night. The silver nitrate is off; the black smudges are gone. The only trouble is that now they look just like people.
On their way home from the Notre Dame wallop of the University of Arizona A.T.O.'s stopped at the chapter house here for a visit. Their football pilgrimage had been 1,900 miles each way.
The local brothers report that the guests were very sun-tanned very interested in news of Pi Phi Marty Shartel, who transferred here from Arizona this year.
Rally riot at the Santa Fe station Sunday afternoon was Bob Taft, Jr., son of Robert Taft, professor of chemistry. With a feather in his hat and a com bell in his hand he gave the occasion real knock-out college atmosphere.
Basketball Player Meets Draft Board and Wins
"Like being on trial before a judge and jury." That is how Bob Johnson, education senior, describes his sensations as he applied for a deferment before a local draft board so he might complete his college education.
Knowing two men on the local three-man draft board, Johnson went to consult them for some method of being deferred. They both told him that as individuals, they were powerless to aid him but admonished him to appear before the local board and plead his case. For as one member of the board put it, "it is a squeaky wheel that gets the grease."
Johnson thought he had been safely classified as 2A in the draft which would give him a six-month deferment, if not a permanent one, when he received his papers to report for a physical examination at O'athe. He confesses, "Oh, man, it almost scared me to death. I thought I was classed as 2A, so this came as a great surprise."
Not only did Johnson wish to be graduated from the University, but he also desired to play another year of basketball for the Crimson and Blue. He had been a member of the victorious Kansas team that defeated Southern California on the basketball court in 1939 to wear the NCAA crown for the western half of the United States. But, to the draft board he went.
The board didn't grill him with a lot of questions, but just the same Johnson said he had the feeling he was on trial. The room was silent, and there he stood, inwardly trembling, before the men who were to decide his fate. The delay for the decision as the board pondered its decision was nerve wracking like
Then the storm broke, and Johnson admits the answer made him feel "like a dove released from its cage of captivity."
P. S. He was deferred for six months. He'll be attending classes at the University and playing basketball for "Phog" Allen instead of shouldering a rifle, perhaps to fight "Frog" Hitler.
Ruppenthal Wins $100 In Contest
Karl Ruppenthal, who was graduated from the University School of Law this summer, has received official notification of winning first prize in the fourth annual Nathan Burkan Competition for his paper on copyright law. The prize of 100 dollars is given annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Ruppenthal's paper, written during his last semester in the School of Law was titled "The Availability of the Preliminary Injunction for Copyright Infringement."
ASCAP controls about 80 per cent of all musical arrangements and sponsors this competition to stimulate interest in copyright law.
Experiments by Drs. Basile J. Luyet and M. C. Hartung of St. Louis University indicate the vinegar eel can be kept in a frozen state of suspended animation indefinitely.
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