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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941.
Crete is the island of the Mediterranean where the air is milder, the summer is cooled by the north winds, and the winter is distinguished only by the showers of rain.
Situated 81 miles from the southern extremity of the Morea and 230 miles from the African coast, Crete is one of the important islands belonging to Greece. It is some 160 miles long and contains more than 3,000 square miles. A high chain of mountains covered with forests runs through the whole length of the island in two ranges. On the northern side it declines moderately to a fertile coast, provided with good harbors; on the south side, it drops steeply to a rocky shore, with few roadbeds. Numerous springs give fertility to most of the valleys, in which grows luxurious vegetation.
Greek mythology made Crete the scene of many of the adventures of the gods and heroes. Here Saturn is said to have reigned. But the island in the past has figured little in Greek history, for it had no part in the wars with the Persians.
Crete was conquered by the Romans in 67 B.C., then it was taken over by the Saracens, who built the capital, Candia, but they were expelled in 961 by the Greeks. The Byzantine sovereign sold the island to the Venetians in 1204, and they repelled all the assualts of the Genoese and Turks till the middle of the seventeenth century. But the Venetians surrendered to the long fights of the Turks in September, 1669. The island finally came under Greek rule in 1898. The four great powers, however, refused to grant the wish of the Crete citizens and did not allow the island to be annexed by Greece. Thus in deference to the powers, Greece, although a Greek governor managed the island, was obliged to respect Crete as a shadowy vassal of Turkey. The Treaty of London in 1913 ended Turkish rule in Crete, however, and at the same time brought the close of the Balkan War; the union of Crete with
Greece was formally recognized by the other Balkan states by the Treaty of Bucharest in August, 1913.
Today, the island is again a battlefield. But this time it is a new kind of war with new parties involved. Will the peaceful, little island of the Mediterranean which has seen so much civil strife be one of the decisive factors in the second World War?
Who Says Them First?
The Associated Press, in an article discussing the trends in the new styles for men, allows itself this sentence: "As Henry Morgenthau once said, 'difference of opinion makes horse races.' Now, Mr. Morgenthau, who is in many respects an exceptionally sound fellow and gifted at times with the power of trenchant phrase making, may indeed, at one time or another, save made the remark credited to him. So possibly did his father before him, and his father before that, until the real origin is lost in the mists of antiquity. However, for all practical purposes, the authorship must be credited not to Mr. Morgenthau but to that old reliable quipster, Mark Twain, who wrote in "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar":
"It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races."
Where did Mark Twain get it? He may have thought it up; more likely he heard it somewhere in the West, from some man who, in turn, had heard some one else say it. But if Mark Twain, for the records, gets the credit for the horse-race aphorism, he also, in the popular mind, gets credit for something which he did not say: "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." The author of that immortal line was Charles Dudley Warner, who wrote it in an editorial somewhere around 1870.
Now it is high time some college student doing research work for another term paper finds out who was the first to say: "Lee was the better general, but they paid off on Grant."
ROCK CHALK TALK By HEIDI VIETS
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Among the girls at the Theta house, Ilse Nesbitt is excited for her scientific managing of men. Last night she was sitting with Sig Ep Karl Ruppenthal when Poet Bob Humphrey arrived. She got one of them out the back door and the other one in front without either one of them catching on to the game.
Next week yu may be seeing bright red and yellow shirts, somberers, and other yppee-Saturday-night paraphernalia on campus. Not that finals will drive everybody color crazy, although they well might. The flashy clothing will be worn in honor of the Coronada Entrada to be held in connection with the Seventy-fifth Anniversary celebration.
When the Harvard Lampoon, a humor magazine, brought a glamorous honeyhaired blonde to campus to be queen of their annual dance, the editors of the daily Harvard Crimson (or at least they are suspected) bombasted her with fruit and vegetables, not fresh.
The moral of this is that the Jayhawker, Sour Owl and friends should realize of what sweet and gentle disposition is the University Daily Kansan. Or is it?
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University's 75th-
By FLOYD DECAIRE
-Lawrence's 83nd
Talk of plans for the University's 75th anniversary celebration in June has served as a continual reminder of K.U.'s founding. Perhaps few students, except those whose home is here, know very much about the origin of Lawrence itself.
One of Oldest State Towns
The city, first called Wakarusa, then New Boston, and finally Lawrence (after Amos A. Lawrence), is the outgrowth of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society's desire for a western outpost. The Society's aim was to populate the then debatable territory of Kansas with free-state advocates. Later other communities of free-state advocates were founded, but the Lawrence group seems to have been the most vigorous, and it was here that much of the border strife centered in the years immediately preceding the Civil War.
That first Massachusetts party, consisting of about a dozen artisans, left Worcester, July 18, 1854, and reached the mouth of the Kansas river ten days later. From there it was an overland trip, and four days later, on August 1, the party, which had now grown to 30 members, camped on Mount Oread, where Corbin Hall now stands. Here they voted to stay and urged the Aid Society to make this point their western headquarters. Officers were elected; within a few days permanent buildings were begun, and preparations were made for the winter. The following September some -100 more arrivals added security to the settlement.
Church services were first held October 1 of the same year, and the Plymouth Congregational was organized two weeks later. The first houses were built by erecting two rows of limber, young trees, bending their tops together, and covering the slopes with prairie grass. Some were covered with sod part way up the side. The first log cabin was erected about 100 feet southeast of what is now Sixth and Massachusetts streets. It was constructed from the small twisted logs found along the banks of the river.
The city was granted a territorial legislative charter February 11, 1859, two years before Kansas became a state.
Marking its own 75th anniversary in 1929, Lawrence held a three-day celebration, in which the local citizens relived scenes of embryo days. Major emphasis was upon the three events held most dear to many Lawrence residents—the original settlement in 1854, Quantrill's raid of August 21, 1863, and the Jones raid on May 21, 1856.
It was during this 1929 ceremony that Robinson Park got the monument dedicated to the Early Settlers of Lawrence and Douglas county.
What, Another Barbecue! Sunset Feed Coming Up
Sergeant Kollender is going to be the star of one day of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary. Kollender is famed for his culinary skill, so he has been selected to prepare the food for the sunset barbecue, to be held in the Memorial Stadium June 6.
Steam tables will be set up under the east side of the stadium, and will contain barbecued pork and ham, buns, vegetables, pie and coffee. On the side will be olives, pickles, and ice cream. A real feed, and all for two bits.
As the long line of students and alumni files past, faculty members and their wives will serve the plates. Eating in earnest will take place in the stadium, as alumni gather in
Robinson Park was chosen as the site for the marker because it was this area that was used as a public levee during the early eras, when river transportation was being attempted, and before the railroads had come. The monument bears a bronze tablet with an inscription prepared by Miss Hannah Oliver, a graduate of the University's second graduating class, and a member of its faculty for nearly 30 years.
The marker itself, it is thought, originated in northern Nebraska or southeastern South Dakota, according to Dr. R. C. Moore, state geologist. It is calculated to have been carried to and deposited in Kansas by glacial action over 350,000 years ago.
groups and recall the old days at the boarding house.
Asked whether diners could depend on seconds, Kollender replied that when they see how much he can feed them for a quarter they won't want seconds.
Entertainment will be provided by the University Band and a quartet, while John Cress and his tumbling team present a gymnastic exhibition.
Tentative plans have been made for a broadcast from the barbecue. Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary, will interview returning alumni in the popular "street reporter" manner.
Because of the vastness of the undertaking, Kollender must be able to estimate the number of persons to be served. Tickets must be obtained before Wednesday, June 4.
They may be purchased for 25 cents at the Alumni office in the base- ment of Frank Strong hall, or at a booth which will be set up in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall next week.
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Dr. E. T. Gibson will be available for personal conferences at Watkins Memorial Hospital from 2 to 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoons. Appointments should be made at the Watkins Memorial Hospital.-Ralph I. Canutson.
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KAPPA PHI: Initiation of new members at 5:45 o'clock Friday, at the Methodist Church. Attendance required. Immediately following the initiation a formal dinner will be held at the Colonial Tea Room.Doris Hodson.
SENIORS: Students planning to enter the Graduate School this summer or next fall will please report to the Graduate Office to make application for admission.—E. B. Stouffer, Dean.
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MATHEMATICS CLUB: Annual picnic Saturday, May 24, at Brown's Grove. Make reservations with Mathematics librarian by 4:20 o'clock Friday evening.-Merle L. DeMoss.
MATHEMATICS CLUB: Annual picture will be taken at 12:30 o'clock, Monday, May 26, on the front steps of Frank Strong Hall. All members are urged to be present.-Merle L. DeMoss.
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STUDENTS ATTENTION: Annual Estes picnic for all students who have been to Estes or who are interested in going this summer, June 6-16, will be held at Robinson Lake on Friday. Meet at Henley House at 5 p.m. Charge, 25 cents. Telephone reservations by Friday noon to 1315.—Alice Ann Jones.