The KANSAN Comments...
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BREAD ACROSS THE WATER
Can it be possible that England has lowered the blockade bars for foodstuffs to invaded Europe because she does not wish to offend Americans?
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941.
England knows that any food sent to Europe is that much food to Hitler's credit. Why is there a shortage of food in Europe? Partly because of the war, but mostly because Hitler has taken it. If America replaces that food, who gets it? The answer is simple. Hitler already has it.
But America is afflicted with sympathy. Perhaps it's a good thing; perhaps not. At any rate, we felt so strongly about the starving Europeans that we demand that England let us feed them. England needs our help desperately. She needs it more desperately than she needs the weapon of starvation revolts in Europe. Maybe she feels it is better to humor our humanitarian instincts.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!
It is terrifying to know that at a time when freedom is being menaced, perhaps more than at any time since the Revolutionary war, a great number of people fail to recognize the fact.
Sometimes sympathy—or too much sympathy—draws out the process of war interminably. Britain feels for her starving allies as well as we do. At least, she pities them between bombings; then she has her own hands full. But Britain knows that sooner or later Hitler will either have to kill to suppress revolt or feed subject peoples. Either process will hurt him. If America chooses to do the feeding, he won't be hurt at all.
After Leland Stowe's lecture, comment was varied. Some listeners remarked that Stowe had expressed their views exactly. Others took violent issue with the lecture.
Stowe said that if England were unsuccessful in the war, the United States would be conquered from within by persons who were thought to be good Americans.
"That could not happen," declared one who attended the lecture. "The majority of Americans are opposed to Hitler. They would not tolerate for one moment the termite-like gnawing from within which would destroy this government."
This is a logical-sounding statement, but the speaker overlooks that it was not the majority in France, Belgium, Norway, and the other German-dominated countries, that wanted Hitler to invade their lands. It was the minority, the unsatisfied or selfish little group of persons which exists in every country, that turned traitor and aided in the downfall of that government approved by the majority.
Criticism of the Kansan by its readers is both justifiable and desirable. The entire Kansan staff from the managing editor and the reporters to the proofreaders is composed of students in journalism. These students are sure to make errors, and the only way errors may be corrected is to hear the criticisms the readers have of the paper.
It is ill-advised for Americans to smile tolerantly and think that it can't happen here.
LET US KNOW
Every reader of the Kansan finds many things that are wrong with the paper. Critics of the Kansan say that the paper doesn't give complete coverage of University news; that it discriminates against certain persons and departments; and that certain just causes are slighted.
However, to be of real value to the Kansan, the criticisms must be made to members of the staff and should be constructive suggestions. If a reporter misses an important story, the managing editor of the Kansan should be the first person informed. When names are misspelled or facts are wrong, criticism will be of value only if it is made to a member of the Kansan staff.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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.
| Vol. 38 Wednesday, March 26, 1941 No. 114 |
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| 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.
PHI SIGMA: C. V. Anderson of the Zoology department will discuss "Immunity in Trichinella Infection at a meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 in room 205 Snow. An important business meeting will follow the discussion.-Hal Smolin, president.
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.
SOCILOGY CLUB: The Sociology Club is being entertained at tea by Miss Mabel Elliott at her home at 1532 Massachusetts Street from 4 to 6 o'clock on Thursday, March 27. All members are cordially invited.-Patty Riggs, publicity chairman.
THEETA SIGMA PHI: Theta Sigma Phi will meet Thursday at 4:30 in the sky parlor of the Journalism building.—Mary Frances McAnaw, secretary.
W. N.A.A.: W.N.A.A. will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Pine Room.-Mary Madge Kirby, vicepresident.
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Seward Fleeson Struggles To Uphold Family Record
By KEN JACKSON
If the old saying about the difficulty of living up to the record of a famous relative is true, probably no one on the campus is having a harder time than Seward Fleeson, college sophomore, from Sterling, Kan.
Like Seward, Doris Fleeson was born in Sterling. She entered the Universit in 1919 and majored in economics. Four years after she was graduated, she got a job on the News as a reporter. Previous to that, she had worked on smaller papers, and went to the News from a reporting job on Long Island, N. Y. Miss Fleeson was appointed Washington correspondent in 1937. A little later she began writing the column jointly with her husband who also had been a News reporter. Wrangled With Ise
Seward is the nephew of Doris Fleeson, '23, who, with her husband, John O'Donnell, writes the column "Capital Stuff" in the "New York Daily News." $ ^{ \textcircled{1}} $
By nature, Doris Fleeson is a diligent, painstaking worker. She has been a highly regarded newspaper woman for many years. She has appeared on the radio networks in forums, news talks, and interpretive speeches; and her articles have appeared in Saturday Evening Post and other publications. But Doris Fleeson gives herself no credit for ability or talent. According to Seward, his aunt's counsel to himself and his two brothers is that they must work hard in order to progress.
As a major in economics at the University, Miss Fleeson, of course, took much of her work under Prof. John Ise. Seward tells that although his aunt and Professor Ise are fast friends, they often wrangled in class.
In addition to her theory of hard work, Miss Fleeson believes that one should get what is coming to him. Seward's favorite story of his aunt
is about her graduation fight for the honor of delivering the valedictory address.
In spite of all these aspects of Doris Fleeson's character, Seward hastens to say that she also has a good sense of humor. Once in New York she had to get in touch quickly with Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia. She finally learned that he was in a police patrol car touring the town. In desperation the columnist went to the police short-wave radio station and asked the dispatcher if she might not send out a call for the mayor. After some argument, the dispatcher agreed, and Miss Fleeson broadcast the call herself. Mayor LaGuardia,
Vies For Valedictory Honors
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"My aunt was vying with a young man for the honor," Seward recounted. "She woulu not have been considered but for the fact that her classmate had taken three hours at Sterling college during his senior year and had made a rather low grade. If this mark were to be counted in with his high school work, my aunt would have made the highest grade in the class. Naturally, she believed it should be counted. Her competitor, on the other hand, didn't think it ought to be considered.
"At any rate, a good battle ensued. In the end my aunt came off victorious and was allowed to give the address."
ROCK CHALK TALK
Sense of Humor Superb
Hot under the collar and blushing, George Kettner, Summerfield scholar and head of the county clubs, tried to explain to Marvin Goebel and others in the alumni office in Frank Strong basement that he was innocent—absolutely—of sending for a handsome picture of a nude woman.
But there was the circumstantial evidence—the picture itself, mailed to Kettner in care of the alumni office. He was accused of being ashamed of having it sent to his home address.
When the truth leaked out, Kettner's name was cleared. Goebel and Charles Wright had ordered the picture out of Coronet magazine, had it sent to Kettner for a joke.
By HEIDI VIETS
So far the deep, dark secrets behind the message have not been revealed.
The following telegram was received recently by the president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, who happens to be Joe Moseley: "Suggest you appoint body guard to protect Mitchelson and Linquist from designing women and vice versa. (Signed) Naramore and Tremblly."
The University band had a high old time in Topeka last night. While bandmembers ate supper, they sang. Every so often Wally Kunkel would break into "How Dry I Am." Whenever he came to the word "dry," the boys across the table would throw water on him.
Another sidelight on the trip is that one of the boys, perhaps because he was in uniform, went chivalrous and aided each of 10 girls with their chairs before he would seat himself. It was a turkey dinner he was putting off, too.
Just before the curtain went up for the band concert Monday night, everybody was in place except Joe Langworth. Finally he climbed over the back of the risers and panted, "I'm a success, boys. Two kids asked me for my autograph."
The Templin telephone rang. It rang again, then a third time. Later in the day the ring-off-the-wall scene was repeated. That night 29 reluctant freshmen were assembled in the library. It was decided that for each time the phone rang more than twice, all freshmen would receive one stroke from a sturdy paddle.
The phone rang. Without a word, 29 freshmen jumped to their feet and raced toward it.
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