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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1940
The Kansan Comments -enthusiastically supported by the entire town and community.
EDITORIALS★
Out of the mass of curves and charts constructed by Doctor Wheeler has come a valuable book. Consider that, to substantiate his theories about climate and history, Doctor Wheeler has necessarily included a history of the world. Since the book begins with 600 B.C., it contains a mass of historical information. The book will be invaluable even for its general history.
About the whole cycle theory, there's little we can say. Probably no one can rightfully criticize the theories since no one else has spent as many years of study on the subject as Doctor Wheeler.
BOOKS★
The eight years' work was meticulous. It was meritorious.
Meticulous and Meritorious
Promoting Religion
Doctor R. H. Wheeler's new book, an explanation of his theory of the matched cycles of climate and history, is complete. The three-volume book represents eight years of meticulous research by Psychologist Wheeler and his assistants. Doctor Wheeler's office in Frank Strong hall is filled with book after book of charts and graphs.
Wheeler's theory is that world climate has changed in regular cycles, varying from warm periods to cold periods. By comparing these periods from 600 B.C. with history from that time, the psychologist found that cold periods coincided with world democratic gains, and warm periods came along with autocratic times. Wheeler says we have been in a warm period since 1897 and that we are due to return to the cold era soon. This change would mean a gain for freedom and democracy.
Rev. Robert B. Alexander, pastor of the Methodist church in McLouth, is a pioneer. He is a pioneer in making religion appealing and inviting to those persons who are not regular church-goers. Many persons are seldom attracted to religious services, but do go on such occasions as Christmas and Easter.
Periodic or holiday-service church-goers are generally criticized as irreligious by more regular members. Perhaps they are. It is admittedly a good thing to support the church the year around through interesting and uninteresting services, but a point is being overlooked.
Persons who attend church when special services are being held have demonstrated that they do have an interest in the church, at least in certain services of the church.
Why shouldn't the church, which is seeking to convince an individual that its way is right, assume the burden of proving its case? The members who have a vital interest in the church should make the church attractive to the non-member, not condemn him for his laxity.
Rev. Alexander has shown that showmanship and sanctity aer not irreconcilable. His 17 hour and 15 minute service Sunday, during which the entire New Testament was read, was
Periodic church-goers cannot be made into regular church-goers by condemnation or rebuke. The theory that a man should be expected, not encouraged or begged, to do right is fine for rationalization, but it will not get many people under the church roof on Sunday morning.
LETTERS★
The service was colorful, novel, even somewhat spectacular, but it was deeply religious. Persons many miles from McLouth, and persons who did not regularly attend any church, were attracted to the service. Many of them, perhaps, went away with a resolution to attend church more often.
No one can be converted who does not come to the service. An interesting, vital religion which "sells" itself to individuals is merely catching up with the times. A good promotion man would make a fine counsel for the present day minister.
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol. 38 Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1940 No.57
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.
--red elecric wreath shines from every window, and the whole house is splashed with blue from several floodlights.
I. S.A.—District IV: Open house tonight at Miller hall from 7 to 8 o'clock. All I.S.A. members are invited.—Betty Thoman.
KAPPA BETA: Kappa Beta will have a Christmas party at 6:30 this evening at Myers hall. This is a dessert party, so bring 25 cents.-Lois Worrel.
JAY JANES: Jay Janes will meet at 4:30 tomorrow in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building.—Ruth Spencer, President.
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS: Le Cercel francais se remira jeudi, le 12 décembre a trois heures et demie dans la salle 113 Frank Strong. Tous ceux qui parlent français sout invites.-Rosemary Jones, Secretaire.
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH. The second Proficiency Examination of the year will be given on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 8:30 a.m. Registration at the College Office, Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 9-11, is obligatory for all who wish to take the examination. Only juniors with credit for five hours of rhetoric may register—J. B. Virtue.
PI LAMBDA THETA: There will be a meeting of Pi Lambda Theta at 7:30 Thursday evening, December 12, in 115 Fraser hall. There will be a panel discussion. — Mary Lou Randall.
RHADAMANTHI: Rhadamanthi Poetry Society will meet Thursday at 7:30 in the west ballroom of the Union building. Dr. J. W. Ashton of the English department will speak. Anyone interested in the reading, writing, or study of poetry is invited to attend. Bob Humphrey, President.
TAU SIGMA: There will be no Tau Sigma meeting this evening—Carolyn Greene, President.
W. S.G.A. COUNCIL; W.S.G.A. Council will meet at 7 o'clock this evening in the Pine room,—Doris Twente, Secretary.
THETA SIGMA PHI: Theta Sigma Phi will meet at 3:30 Thursday, December 12—Mary Lou Randall.
W. S.G.A. TEA: There will be a tea for all University women tomorrow from 3 to 5 o'clock in the lounge of Frank Strong hall.-Jean Klussman, Social Chairman.
NOTICES★
Only Eight More Days of School Decorations Set Yule Spirit
Only eight more school days remain before Christmas, and the houses about the campus are beginning to show signs of the Yuletide spirit. Electric wreaths are being exhumed and the wiring of the vari-colored lights is being tested for the Christmas season on the Hill. $ \textcircled{4} $
Miller hall and Watkins hall led the colorful spectacle by lighting up their doorways. Watkins hall has produced a stained glass effect by coloring the glass and placing lights behind it. Miller hall has arranged a garland of lights around the door to outline it.
Chi Omega Lights Fir Tree
The Watkins home for nurses has decorated the two evergreen trees before the house. Chi Omega has decorated the large fir tree in its yard with many tiny lights.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the first fraternity house to be decorated. A
Big Week-ends Ahead
Before the end of the week all of the organized houses and most of the unorganized houses will be ablaze with the brilliant colors of Christmas. The week-ends will intensify the effect by the parties in the various houses.
The downtown shopping district has been draped with the tradition red and green for a week, and now the store windows have been decorated in keeping with the holiday season.
Off the Press December 17---- Christmas Jayhawker Will Feature Women
December 17 will be women's day on this campus so far as publicity is concerned. On that date the Christmas issue of the Jayhawker, featuring women of the University and their activities, will come off the press, Betty Coulson, Jayhawker editor, announced today.
Heading the list of features is a "Diagnosis of Women" by Kenneth Lewis, and an article, "We Want to be Play Girls" by Anthony. Also included.
Heading the list of features Kenneth Lewis, and an article, Jane Anthony. Also included is a summary of women's extracurricular activities by Heidi Viets, and summaries of women's politics and intramurals. Pictures of women's organizations and sorority pictures will give readers the opportunity to see as well as read about University women.
Other outstanding articles in this
issue are the guest editorial, "Friends and Frogs," contributed by Helen Rhoda Hoopes, and a forecast of the varsity basketball season with word-for-word predictions by Dr. F. C. Allen.
The usual four page candid picture section and the student and faculty personality sections also are present.
ROCK CHALK TALK
Rv HEIDI VIETS
After dinner at the Phi Gam house last night. Alf M. Landon went to Hoch auditorium to root for the Jayhawkers. He is an alumnus of this chapter.
Seen dripping with coke at the Union fountain Saturday afternoon was Phi Psi Baldy Bolim. Which of the three pledges sitting with him could have been daring enough to sling coke at the chapter president.
Exactly one hour before he put out his pin Friday night, Delta Chi Charles Wright received a telegram from his former girl friend in Oklahoma City who recently caused him trouble by showing up for a week-end visit. The telegram read, "So glad your lease on the dog house is up. Congratulations and lots of luck."
How did she know about the engagement? Wright guesses feminine intuition, but it sounds spooky.
Wright is head of the Student State-wide Activities Commission. When county chairmen meet under his gavel at 4:30 this afternoon, they expect cigars to be passed out to all.
lne girl is Alice Clare Brownfield, Delta Gamma at Washburn.
A feature attraction of the Phi Bete "Bowery perty" Saturday night was Wyman Howard Cooper, Jr., son of the houseman. Wearing a plug hat and midget black suit, he peddled cigarettes to the guests—on the house if they insisted, two for a nickel when he could get it.
At this shindig everybody looked like the dickens because they were supposed to. It would have been a Dead End kid's delight. When couples dropped in at intermission from the Theta and A.D.Pi parties, classy in formals and tuxes in the midst of short skirts, spangles, and derbies, they probably thought they were slumming.
Jane Parmenter and Bud Heiberg seem to hear love's sweet song every Sunday morning. It's convenient that Heiberg's sister Elsie sings in the choir.
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