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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1941
The Kansan Comments -do not have access to all the facts. If they did have, the opinions would probably differ much the same as the opinions of the President and Senator Wheeler differ.
EDITORIALS★
BOOKS★
The United States must be made the great arsenal of Democracy, if Democracy is to be saved, says President Roosevelt.
While the city council of Lawrence mumbles in its beard, and questions the advisability of issuing $15,000 worth of bonds to put in night lighting at the municipal airport, nothing is done about the condition of the road leading to the port.
PROGRESS BY PACK HORSE
The Lease-Lend bill is the administration's foreign policy A.A.A., by which it plans to plough under every fourth American boy on foreign battle fields, says Senator Wheeler.
Only by supplying the democracies who are now fighting our fight, with fullest possible material aid can we hope to defend ourselves, says President Roosevelt.
Every day hundreds of University students travel the mile and a half mud road leading from the highway to the airport, and every day for the past month a good many of those students have been getting stuck in the ooze.
It is ironical that the road leading to an airport, the symbol of progress, should be allowed to remain in a condition reminiscent of backwoods trails and pack horses.
LEASE-LEND—A.A.A.?
"I have 'absolutely reliable' information that the army 'does not now have a single plane suitable for combat service in modern warfare,' says Senator Wheeler.
One or the other will be a hero 20 years from now when all the facts are known by the general public.
Wheeler advocates staying at home, tending to our knitting of defense meshes to ensnare any enemy who seeks to invade this hemisphere. He warns us against the dangerous idealistic approach to the very realistic business of war. He would have us be strong and let who will save Democracy—in Europe.
Wheeler calls attention to the position in which we shall find ourselves if we give complete aid to Britain and she, nevertheless, goes down. He asks why we should feel that Hitler will strike at us immediately. We do not block his line of march toward possession of German colonies, in most of the world at least. We are not a nation that is already glowing with the fires of Naziism, and thus a hot choice for an easy conversion.
Which man is right is the problem. Average persons have no way of knowing because they
Roosevelt also says that if we don't pitch in now while we have some one to fight beside, we'll find that we have made the mistake that was fatal to so many countries in Europe—that of letting some one else do the fighting until they were themselves attacked; the attack was then by a superior force, free to concentrate on the one small country. This is definitely a point for the President.
Wheeler wants us to stay in our own backyard, and hold it against all comers, at the same time keeping our chins out of other people's fights—and it sounds very reasonable.
Roosevelt says that the World, 1941, doesn't do business on the individualized basis any more. Backyards are so close together these days that what goes on in one is bound to have repercussions in all the others.
LETTERS★
It is obvious that President Roosevelt is in control and that he will guide our foreign policy. We can only hope we've got the right pilot
LIGHTING THE WAY
"Yes, it was dark," said the philosopher, "but my kind host, the professor, allowed me to take a bright lantern to light my way."
Immanuel Kant, the German philosoper, was highly susceptible to the influence of alcohol. Occasionally, however, at a gathering of friends, he drank some beer. The morning after one such party, his housekeeper inquired how he had managed to come home, since it had been a very dark night and Kant was very nearsighted.
Just then a messenger from the professor entered, bearing a note which read: "My dear Kant, would you be good enough to return the canary in the cage which you took along last night?"—Albert Brandt, in Coronet Magazine.
FATAL DIET
He was enlarging on the dangers of modern foods, and with a dramatic gesture he pointed an emphatic finger at a rather harassed looking and inoffensive listener and demanded:
"What is it? We all eat it some time or other, yet it's the worst thing in the world for us. What is it, I say? Do you know?"
It appeared that the little man did know, for he replied in a husky whisper: "Wedding cake." —From the Montreal Star.
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 38 Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1941 No. 79
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.
PL LAMBDA THETA: There will be a discussion meeting in 115 Fraser at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6. Miss Fee will discuss "Our Leisure, An Asset for Democracy."—Mary Lou Randall.
QUACK CLUB: There will be a required meeting of Quack Club at 8 o'clock this evening.—Margaret Learned.
RHADAMANTHI: Rhodamanthi, poetry society, will meet Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 in the Pine room. Bob Humphrey, president.
NOTICES★
Auto Rules Into Force Monday
It's a lot of fun to leave your car in front of the right building and be close to your class, but George Snyder, campus cop, says the honeymoon period for main street parkers is about over.
PATTER★
Parking regulations go into effect Monday morning, Snyder warned. A crew of checkers will go over the campus then for parking violations.
New students must have their campus licenses by Monday, Snyder said. The parking tags may be obtained at the office of Henry Warner, men's student adviser, in the basement of Frank strong hall. Students already owning a campus license will not have to get a new one.
You Said It
In the Dec. 3 issue of the Kansan there appeared an article in connection with the costs of living in the Kansas University men's dormitories. In this article comparison is made between the costs of living in the men's dormitories and in the private rooming houses and eating clubs in the city. The writer of this article had presumably not been properly informed concerning the basic costs of the operation of the men's dormitories, and it is therefore unfair to compare dormitory costs with private housing costs. It is true that no University funds or appropriations are permitted to be used in the dormitories; on the other hand it is also true that utilities are furnished to the dormitory students at the cost to the University. This naturally reduces the costs of these items to students. Then again the buying of all food is done in a wholesale fashion, which might not be available to private dining facilities and clubs, so that again any comparison between the dormitories and private groups in this respect is not quite justified.
I am writing this to you with the thought in mind that, in justification to rooming house groups and boarding clubs in the city, you might care to publish the foregoing facts.
The dormitory vacancies are available only to those students who, without this aid, would have difficulty in maintaining themselves in the University; consequently, they are not a serious competitive factor, and costs in connection with their room and board should not be used as a measuring stick for the operation of private clubs and rooming houses.
HENRY WERNER, Men Students' Adviser.
ROCK CHALK TALK
By HEIDI VIETS
After hours and hours of enrolling, two freshman girls finally found themselves taking the final step-picking a teacher for rhetoric. They started to confer as soon as they were asked, "Who do you prefer, Doo-little or Wagner?"
They discussed the matter openly, called over a friend, spoke of all drawbacks and virtues, and turned to say, "We'll take Wagner." "All right," said the man at the table. "This is he."
Jim Beers, Sig Ep social lion, recently received a delayed Christmas present. Someone mailed him a watch fob engraved "Jim Beers, K.U. Man About Town." He is still wondering if it came from a girl or from a disgruntled competitor.
Warren Israel is not through yet with the delights of final week. Since he had to take time out in the hospital last week, he will not take his last quiz till tomorrow. And now it's too late to celebrate with the boys.
Between semesters Karl Ruppenthal took a trip to New Orleans. In one restaurant the waitress told him he'd have to throw away that northern drawl—she couldn't understand a thing he said.
The post office in Ad reports a marked decrease in the sale of penny post cards since last week's boom. In order to taper off the drop, the post card peddlers might promote a fad for sending cards to one's self. Fifteen hours of "A" would be good reading in anybody's handwriting.
Moving days at all houses involve not only couches in the halls, clothes on the floor, and no curtains at the windows; but also, in sorority houses, cases of running down the hall in a slip carrying a load of suitboxes and meeting a houseboy carrying up somebody's dresser. No names mentioned, but it really happened.
Why don't they have posters announcing, "Midweek tonight," or "No midweek tonight," posted on campus bulletin boards every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to save wear and tear on vocal cords. A lot of words are wasted on this question.