The KANSAN Comments...
PAGE SIX
SACRED COW NO.1
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1941.
Henry Ford is a remarkable man. This no one can deny. He represents the American ideal of freedom of enterprise, genius, hard work, perserverance, and all the other beautiful phrases in the book of "How To Win A Million Dollars."
The man who put a fliver under every fourth man, woman, and child in America deserves thanks and respect, for he was one of the builders of the American we know.
But, like so many other things, times change. The system under which Mr. Ford rose from "one of us" to the richest man in the country is no better than the principles upon which it is built, and the principles of the system which grew up with Mr. Ford include the supposition of good times, fair cooperation between labor and capital, and the approximate balance of jobs and workers.
Perhaps Ford workers get a fair deal now, but, with no official bargaining agent, they would be powerless if that fair deal should suddenly fold. That problem is the more distressing because the Ford empire forms whole communities, even cities, where it establishes itself. If this fair deal should fold at the River Rouge plant, it would be to the workers advantage to take what Ford officials offered rather than move family and belongings to some other city.
Mr. Ford is fighting tooth and toenail against the unionization of his empire. Mr. Ford claims that his employees get as fair a deal without unions as other workers do with unions. Mr. Ford claims that all any man asks is "to be told what to do, and to receive a wage." Mr. Ford is, as usual, a little bit behind times in his ideas.
That all workers want is "to be told what to do and receive a wage" is no longer true. Economists have shown that a worker is every bit as entitled to security and the so-called "higher things" in life as the boss. A man who has given the best years of his life to his boss, and who has invested his skill and brains and muscle in an enterprise should receive more than a mere "wage."
Mr. Ford has succeeded in fighting unions so far because he is indispensable to the national defense. If he gets away with it, others may have a bee in the bonnet. Let's get it settled once and for all that no one is indispensable to the country if he won't cooperate.
PLOWED UNDER
If you are a member, or would like to be a member of the mythical "Thank God It's Nearly Spring" club, you will be interested in the latest grass blade measurements made in the lawn in front of Watson library.
In any proposed student-wide movement, such as the Dandelion day, a few dissenters always refuse to cooperate. If there be any at the University who don't have enough love for the beauty of the campus to help obtain an unmarred, rich green verdure—they should be plowed under it.
The average blade is now exactly two and one eighth inches long, or tall. The spring-loving club has carefully charted the progress of the chlorophyllled blades since they made their early season debut, about three weeks ago.
The club is now giving hearty recommendation to the proposed Dandelion day. The eradication and celebration, which will take place on Wednesday, April 2, is a step toward further beautification of Mt. Oread. The University campus is already an Emerald-Isle of the Middle West, but any possible addition to its beauty should be eagerly sought.
ANOTHER AID TO BETTER EDUCATION
The recent addition of more student advisers to the University vocational guidance program assures a greater success for this service. The success of the program will be measured in higher grades and happier lives for students who take advantage of the opportunity offered.
The purpose of the vocational guidance program is to advise students who are undetermined on what course of study to follow in the University.
In interviews with advisers, faculty members or business men, students may analyze their problem of choosing a vocation.
The vocational program is being expanded by a series of broadcasts over KFKU every Friday afternoon. The programs will reach high school listeners and aid in the outlining and determination of courses for them to follow for their desired vocations. Early determination of basic studies will increase their ability to maintain a high grade average after they come to college.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 38 Thursday, March 27, 1941 No.115
Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue.
A. S.M.E.: A.S.M.E. meeting will be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 in Marvin Auditorium. This will be a business meeting—D. M. Munsinger.
ENGLISH MAJORS: Professor Oldfather of the University of Illinois will speak to English Majors, graduate students and others interested, Friday at 3:30 in room 206 Fraser on "Levels of Culture." J. W. Ashton.
HATTIE ELIZABETH LEWIS PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST: Entrants in this year's contest are expected to hand in outlines of their essays at the Chancellor's Office by Tuesday, April 1. See bulletin boards for detailed directions.
NEWMAN CLUB: Next Sunday will be the regular Corporate Communion Sunday for the Newman Club. Reservations for the breakfast to be held after 9:30 Mass may be made by seeing any of the officers. The business meeting and discussion will follow the breakfast—Joseph A. Zishka.
PI LAMBDA THETA: Initiation will be held at Evans Hearth at 5:45 this evening. Dinner will follow the initiation.-Mary Lou Randall.
PRACTICE TEACHING: Students interested in teaching for the fall semester of 1941 should make application in the office of the School of Education, 103 Fraser, at once.—R. A. Schwegler, dean.
KAPPA PHI: Kappa Phi will have a cabinet meeting Friday evening at 7 o'clock, at 1209 Tennessee.—Helen Colburn, secretary.
W. N.A.A.: W.N.A.A, will meet this evening at 7:30 in the Pine Room—Mary Madge Kirby, vice-president.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Subscription rates, in advance, $3.00 per year, $1.75 per semester. Published at Lawrence, Kansas, daily during the school year except on Monday and Saturday. Entered as second office at Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday. Office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
Sell--Not Give Is Rule of Service League
By EDITH BORDEN
Heavens! Here comes my last year's hat!
Ever had that experience?—that mild shock of meeting a stranger decked out in what you used to wear?
Students who are natives of Lawrence probably know the feeling, for many of them have mothers who are members of the Social Service League.
Coats that wear thin in the elbows from rubbing library tables and desks, shoes that break down under collegiate strain, dresses that go out of style and sweaters that fade with washing—these are the things that mothers round up every so often and send to the Social Service League.
Lawrence is not a large city. It has no grueling industries to exploit labor. It has, however, as has every American city, its share of the unemployed and the unfit. "You'd be surprised," says Mrs. Bessie Taylor, director of the League's store, "at the number of people in Lawrence who have never owned anything new and I don't mean just kids."
Organized in 1870
The Lawrence Social Service League was organized in 1870, only four years after the University was established. For the past twelve years, it has maintained a store at 905 Rhode Island street, where it serves from 25 to 75 customers a day.
Business people and homemakers of Lawrence donate every bit of merchandise sold in the store; and never once in all the years of its history has the store-s stock been exhausted.
Directors of the League have found it advisable to sel these donated articles rather than to give them outright. By making a slight charge, the store is able to maintain itself, furthermore, the psychological effect achieved by re-moving the smart of charity is marked.
Sell—Not Give
What happens to a garment that goes to the Social Service League? If it is a seasonal garment, it will be sold, almost at once. If it is an out-of-season garment, it will be mended, pressed, and put on display in the store. If it is something for a man, or for a small boy, it is sure to be sold very soon, because, Mrs. Taylor explained.* the League gets few garments for men and boys. "We have lots of things for women and little girls," she said, "but boys always wear their clothes out."
Nothing Is Wasted
If a garment needs alteration and the woman who purchases it cannot sew, the sewing club, under the direction of Mrs. J. F. Kell, helps her to remodel and fit it. Often people send remnants of new materials from which children's clothing can be made.
When garments received are too worn to sell, they are cut up for quilt patches or made into rags for rugs. Nothing is wasted.
Mrs. Taylor says that University students often drop in at the League especially psychology and sociology majors. "I can always spot students," she observed; "they all have that seeing-theother-side-of-life look." She likes to have them come, though, and suggests that when they do they bring along the sweater of which they have grown tired or the dress packed away in the trunk because it never hung right.
By HEIDI VIETS
ROCK CHALK TALK
Alan Houghton says he's going to put a combination lock on his door at the Sig Ep house. While he was taking a shower last night, his roommate George Christman locked the door and went to a show. Alan marked time for two hours waiting for him to return.
He: Remember, our Prom date now stands for April 7.
A sex appeal meter invented by University electrical engineers will be exhibited at the Engineering Exposition to be held here April 18 and 19. By passing a very slight electric current through a person's body, the engineers say their machine will measure one's oomph.
Snatch of a telephone conversation on which we eavesdropped.
She: Is it true that we can have Glenn Miller if we wait 'till July 4 for the Cakewalk ?
If the person is totally lacking in sex appeal, nothing happens. But if he or she has it, the machine goes wild, ringing bells and flashing colored lights.
Ain't science wonderful?
The Phi Chi's and the women at 1234 Oread have become good neighbors this semester. After watching each other take morning exercises through their windows across the street, they started comparing exercise notes.
Lenora "Squeek" Grizzell thought she had a car. She had one when she left for home last weekend, but when she came back "Corbina" was nowhere to be found. Sunday night an anonymous call told her she would find Corbina in the middle of the stadium football field. She did. It has been suggested that Corbina scampered over by herself.
Then came long telephone conversations, coke dates, and movies. During the last of the neighborly phone calls, a Phi Chi suggested that it would be nice and neighborly if the women would come over to the house for dinner some Thursday night.
1234 Oread is still waiting for the invitation. Could it be that this beautiful friendship is at an end?
Not long ago John Elder, Battenfeld, got a crew haircut. Last Saturday he went with Charles Skidmore to Topeka to visit his mother. He knocked on the door; she came and queried, "Yes?"
When she saw that it was her own son, she couldn't believe her eyes.
1965
'42 6 8 9'