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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1941.
The Kansan Comments -places during specific years, but that climate regulates the character of long-time trends through its effect on human energy levels. RAYMOND H. WHEELER.
Yea, though I walk through the valley Of the shadow of final examinations,
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I shall fear no evil,
For thy left hind foot
And thy furry leg,
They comfort me.
It is always a pleasure to have the Kansan show an interest in the project on Climate and Human Behavior, and it is also gratifying that the students are sufficiently conscious of a longtime and serious research program to ask visitors from outside what they think of it, as for example Mr. Kruger and Mr. Flynn. It should be remembered, however, that in all probability men of this type, and doubtless many other visitors, are totally unacquainted with the problem or at least have not bothered to inspect the evidence.
The Editor, Daily Kansan:
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The purpose of this letter is to urge reporters and other students who call the attention of visitors to the project, to make it very plain that masses of evidence from all over the world, for all of history since 600 B.C. have very carefully and painstakingly been accumulated over many years; that the summarized evidence as regards wars and political trends is available for inspection on a large bulletin board in room 15, Frank Strong hall.
Both students and faculty are welcome to inspect these charts, and to urge guests, especially skeptical ones, to look at the evidence before making dogmatic, categorical statements.
As for any predictions that may be hazarded on the basis of the project, anyone discussing it, especially with outsiders, can help safeguard the reputation of the work as a whole, and that of its author, by making it very clear that any and all predictions are still in the purely experimental stage.
That the shift will or will not be completed during the year 1941 is not official, so far as the predictive value of the project is concerned. That the war will not last through another winter after this one is the author's personal belief, not a scientific prediction.
If the climatic transition is rapid, the international war should end the sooner; if it is slow, the war may drag out. Then our chances of being involved would become greater. We are hoping for a rapid transition!
As for the present war, in relation to climate, any statement that a cold period is expected, together with a collapse, in the near future, of international wars, and the onset of civil wars, with a revival of democratic trends, would be official, so far as the project is concerned.
Finally, the point to the results so far is not that climate explains specific events in specific
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Notices due at Cancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issue.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA; There will be an Alpha Phi Omega meeting Monday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine room. Members please note change of meeting time.—Barrett Silk, secretary.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: Christian Science Organization will hold a regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine Room of the Union Building. All students, graduates, and faculty members are welcome.-Patricia Neil, secretary.
COLLEGE SENIORS: Seniors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who are candidates for the A.B. degree in June, 1941, may enroll for the spring semester by appointment on Tuesday, Jan. 21, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, and on Thursday, Jan. 23. Appointments must be made in advance at the College Office, 121 Frank强 strong hall—Paul B. Lawson, Dean.
NEWMAN CLUB: The Newman Club will hold its monthly Corporate Communion at the 9:30 Mass today. Breakfast will be served in the Parish Hall after the Mass. The regular business meeting will be held. Anyone wishing to make reservations for the breakfast call or see one of the officers.-Joseph A. Zishka.
KAPPA BETA: Kappa Beta will meet Tuesday evening, at 6:30 at Myers hall. Mrs. R. F. Gallup will talk on the symbols of the church.-Lois Beth Ferrell, reporter.
ENGLISH MAJORS: English majors may consult the English bulletin board in Fraser for conference hours of English major advisers.— J. W. Ashton, chairman, Department of English.
SENIORS: Seniors graduating at the end of the present semester who wish to enroll in the Graduate School for the second semester should make application for admission at the Graduate office, 225 Frank Strong, as soon as possible—E. B. Stouffer, dean.
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN TEACHERS APPOINTMENT BUREAU: A meeting of all students who expect to enroll in the Teachers Appointment Bureau during the second semester will be held at 3:30 on Monday, Jan. 20, in the Fraser Theater. The operation of the bureau will be explained and instruction given for the filling out of blanks. All persons interested are urged to attend.-H. E. Chandler, secretary.
PHI CHI THETA: There will be a Phi Chi Theta luncheon in the Old English room at 12:30 Tuesday, January 21.—Marjorie Newmann.
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Hitler Almost Ruins Delightful Picture
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou, O Babe, beside me in Leon and Eddie's.
A lovely picture, indeed, and all smashed to smithereens because some inconsiderate Nazis have knocked down the Europan vineyards and sent the latest Parisian styles back to Germany to adorn the rumps of
Mr. Briggance, of Lord and Taylor, was amazed to "discover that he could romp into any one of a hundred sordid sanctums in the West Thirties with an idea that needed developing and find competent proprietors who became at once so interested and flattered that it would break your heart."
But the beau monde of America has met the challenge. It has bared its carefully polished teeth and in so many words, has said: "My deah, it is all so dreadfully inconvenient, but with fortitude, perhaps we shall make out."
But how about the jug of wine? Wine merchants have announced—while raising their prices—that the stocks of imported wines are nearly depleted. The "babe," be she
And make out they have. From the New Yorker we learn that a Sophie Gimbel of the Salon Moderne at Saks-Fifth Avenue has discovered to her great surprise that American workers can turn out buttons, buckles, and little folderels which make Madame's dress so distinctive, quite as good as anything the "little workmen" from Austria, France, Czecho-Slovakia, and Belgium are capable of.
So it seems that the "babe," although she will be without a Schiaperelli for a while, will make out admirably in a creation designed by persons who were born in Brooklyn or Osgood, Kansas, and have yet to cross the Atlantic ocean.
gowned in the latest creation (Bon-
wit-Teller, $225) adds nothing to a
dinner lacking the exact wine.
Mr. Mackall, after years of servitude to Old World vintners, comes out in February's Eskie with paeons of praise for the California grape. Space forbids a detailed report on Mr. Mackall's findings in the California vineyards and vinous factories. Suffice it to say that Bacchus has received excellent care at the hands of American vintners. Moselle, Hock, Claret, Chianti, Port, Sherry, Muscatel, Angelica, and other epicurean delights are being processed in America by scientists who know their wines.
Perhaps by that time, they will have become so Americanized that they will openly enjoy wearing gowns designed by Susie Flufka and drinking wines processed by vintners graduated from the laboratories of California universities.
In such fashion does American genius take care of the gourmet and his "babe." At present, it looks as if they will be able to withstand the vicissitudes of the European war—at least until American draftees push the inconsiderate German out of the French vineyards and back into his beer-cellar.
Phi Psi Jack Horner was reading the newspaper. Suddenly smoke began to curl up under it. Thinking that some bright boys were blowing cigarette smoke to scare him, Horner kicked out his foot to shove them away.
But no one was there. It was the real McCoy. Pledges had set fire to the paper, and little Jack Horner had to get out of his corner in a hurry.
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Believe it or not (and we have no less an authority than Lawton Mackall, Esquire's potables editor) America is more than capable of supplying the gourmet with wines that will make his dinner the ambrosia of the gods.
Yesterday she went to Kansas City to tell them good-bye. When they sail, she will be conscientiously struggling with finals.
Betty Roberts, Theta pledge, is giving up Hawaii for the University. Her parents had promised her that the next time they went to Hawaii, she could go, too.
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Snow brought out winter sports fans. Scotty Knox, Phi Gam, took to skis in spite of geographical handicaps.
The Sigma Nu's were caught handicapped by the snow. Their bobsled was in hock! But yesterday morning Rocky Stone took up a collection and got it out so that the boys can have their fun.
Kappas are falling fast. The path down the hill is so slick that it is almost impossible to steer a steady course.
Friday noon the Battenfeld boys entertained themselves by watching tumbles.
Two Sigma Chi pledges, always hard workers in the library, spent several minutes Friday morning trying to pull off Jean Ott's boot.
Eavesdroppers thought Gene Miller was a cream puff when he sweetly asked Bill Allison, "Have you read 'The Life of a Honeybee?'
But they both take entomology.