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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940
The Kansan Comments-to help her when we are fully armed-or even before we are quite ready.
EDITORIALS★
PATTER
Southward, Ho!
University people are admirably situated to prepare themselves to take advantage of the southward push of American industrial imperialism. Many American college graduates are already at work in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia in mining engineers, construction executives and technicians.
Proof that the British are always sticklers for the correct thing: A Briton who disobeyed police orders and removed a bomb from a London apartment, carrying it down a fire-escape and across the street to an adjacent park, was med 100 pounds. The magistrate, however, conceded that "The defendant acted with extraordinary courage and coolness, but no pern other than those in authority can be allowed to decide in what part of London a deyed action bomb should go off."
THE young people of this country who voted against the President's "mature nation" economy should take a tip from Mo. Roosevelt about their future. In his "Viva la Democracia" speech in Dayton several weeks ago and in his destroyer-for-air-bases deal before that, the President pointed out the future course of American expansion: southward. This was by inference rather than statement.
Brazil alone is as large as the United States. She imports more commodities from this country than from any other, and so must prefer American products and methods. We are selling this country 25 per cent of her imports, slightly more than Germany, normally. Germany has already sent Brazil four per cent of her immigrant population, while our racial ties are so negligible as to be below recording.
When England, with the repeal of the corn laws, gave up her old agrarian economy, her farmers adjusted their lot by moving westward to the United States. Now that we have given up our "young nation" industrial economy, that same course is open to those who like frontier building—they can move to South America. If they do, they will find a rich field for exploitation.
American Power
IS the American people a superior breed that will not succumb to the lust for power that comes with strong armament? This test, which at this time seems far-fetched and improbable, may eventually show itself.
Soviet Russia armed, and soon Finland felt the clutch of greed for power.
Italy armed itself with a dagger and "plunged it into the back of its neighbor."
Nazi Germany armed furiously and then started its long line of conquests over Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and France.
England and France armed and declared war on Germany before they were ready.
Now America is spending billions to arm herself with the greatest army, navy and air force the world has ever known. America must arm to defend herself, but suppose Hitler and Mussolini actually have no designs on this country. Will America sit idly by and watch democracy being extinguished all over the old world, even though our own democracy is not in danger? If Britain is conquered, this country probably will not be eager to engage the axis powers. If Britain holds out, it is possible that America will send her new war machine over
BOOKS★
LETTERS★
Give a boy a gun, and he will use it. Give a country a war machine, and, sooner or later, it will be as sure to use it. Put thousands of young men into military training, and there are thousands of young men who want to fight.
The problem before the people of this country is how to arm quickly and efficiently without working the people and the army and navy into a desire to fight, now or at any time. America must arm, but it must be done dispassionately, solely for defense.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 38 Wednesday, Nov.13,1940 No.43
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.
ENGLISH MAJORS; Dr. Ashton will speak to English majors, graduate students, and to members of the department on "Sir Thomas Elyot and the English Renaissance" on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the Kansas room. After the lecture, tea will be served in the Old English room—Margaret Lynn.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: The Reverend E. J. Weisenberg, S. J., will be at room 415 Watson library every Thursday afternoon from one to five o'clock. Father Weisenberg also welcomes all non-Catholics who might wish to see him—Joseph A. Zishka.
FLAG SWINGERS: There will be rehearsal at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in the Memorial Union ballroom.— James Berkson.
FENCERS: There will be an important business meeting of the Fencing Club at 7:30 Thursday evening. J. H. Raport will talk on the sabre. Fencing will follow the meeting.-Haven Glassmire, president.
I. S.A. MEMBERS: Get your I.S.A. directories now in the office of the Men's Adviser, room I Frank Strong hall—Charlotte Steele.
JAY JANES: The Jay Janes will meet at 4:30 in the Pine room in the Union building on Wednesday, Nov. 14-Ruth Spencer, president.
MAKING OF A MURAL: The department of drawing and painting will sponsor the showing of the motion picture "The Making of a Mural", in Fraser Theater at 4:30 on Thursday. Everyone is invited to attend—Albert Bloch, chairman, Department of Drawing and Painting.
NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS: Dr. E. T. Gibson will be available for personal conferences at Watkins Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoons from two to five o'clock. Appointments should be made at the Watkins Memorial Hospital—Ralph I. Canuteson.
Y. M.C.A.: The Y.M.C.A. Freshman Commission will hold its regular weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 14, in the men's lounge. Professor Brewster will be the speaker. All freshman men are welcome.-Thornton McClanahan.
QUACK CLUB: Quack Club will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Robinson gymnasium—Margaret Learned.
MATHEMATICAL COLLOQUIUM: Mathematical Colloquium will meet Thursday at 4:30 in room 203 Frank Strong hall. Professor P. O. Bell will speak on "Applications of Conformal Mapping in Aeodynamics". Dean E. B. Stouffer.
SOCIALIST CLUB: There will be a meeting of the Socialist Club at nine o'clock this evening at Henley House. All members and others interested are requested to attend.-Lou Cook, secretary.
PI LAMBDA THETA: Initiation will be held at Evans Hearth at 5:30 Thursday.-Mary Lou Randall, publicity chairman.
You Said It
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Editor, Daily Kansan:
Here's just another angle to the football story. There is something more the students can do besides yell themselves hoarse at a football game. It's a bit more practical and will help the coaches and the team in a more materialistic way than ephemeral mists of school spirit.
It is the personal acquaintance of K.U. students with high school athletes and the influence they can bring to bear upon those athletes that could do a lot toward bringing material here. Each K.U. student should be on the lookout for prospective gridsters, rush them for the University of Kansas, and make them want to come here. Show them the Campus, introduce them to the coaches, tell them all their friends are going here to school, make K.U. the only school they'll consider.
Personal influence has more weight than any other factor when comes to the choice of colleges. Why don't the K.U. students get out and use some of theirs on the old home town, instead of letting it lie neglected while the Aggies, or the students at Emporia turn on their charming personalities? - R.M.
ROCK CHALK TALK
Tonight, if Clyde Bysom heeds his public's call, midweekers will waltz. Over a week ago Waltz-fan Lyman Ennis put in his request and expects to hear the waltz music tonight.
As long as last week-end remains a topic for reminiscing, Jayhawker students and alums will regret that Ted North, the Hollywood Phi Psi, did not contact Linda Darnell earlier Saturday.
Because Saturday night, when he and Larry Winn went to see her at the American Royal Coronation ball in Kansas City, she asked, "Why didn't you call this afternoon?" She had done nothing at all, and wished she could have attended the football game.
Since Linda is only 17 and so bee-oo-tee-full (just ask Winn) this is another sad case of "It must have been."
At the ball that night, Elmer Rhoden, in charge of the midwest division of 20th Century Fox, told Winn that if North keeps on climbing at his present rate, he will be at the top in two years.
Then K.U. will be famous for something besides basketball.
When Alpha Chi Clara Meeker talked to Pi K. A. Bob Wilkins Friday night he said that he was in Bayer, Texas, and would not be able to keep his Saturday night date.
Five minutes later she went downstairs to keep a date with another Pi K. A, Lane Davis. But Wilkins was there instead.
The answer? He made his "long distance call" from the Pi K. A. house, using Mrs. Karl F. Baldwin, wife of Colonel Baldwin of the R.O.T.C., as his long distance operator.
The cat is out of the bag about the snipe who never got in it. Howard Jones, freshman at the Tennessee club, was taken snipe hunting twice without catching on—When the gag was explained, all he said was, "I thought something was wrong."
The Pi K.A. bell-ringing house decoration was the result of impulsive creation rather than long-time deliberation. Friday afternoon while the boys were putting it up, they buttonholed passers-by to ask, "Do you get it?"
As a result of these inquiries they added to the picture of Mama Jayhawk perching on the egg in the Sooner a Papa Jayhawk, cocky with cigarette in beak and wing on hip.
It seems a male must be in every scheme in order that it make sense.
"Who's who?" was the question at the Delta Chi-Chi Omega hour dance last night. Each girl introduced herself as "Miss Smith," and the Delta Chi's sprouted such aliases as Hiram Walker (Jim Neil) and Paul Jones (Will Mansfield).
This week when Hilden Gibson, instructor in political science and sociology, handed midsemester quizzes back to his political parties class, she revealed this information:
One quiz question asked for the three fundamental drives of a human being, studied in class as "prestige, security, and sexual gratification." Most boys in the class put them down just that way, but the girls modestly wrote, "prestige, security, and so forth."
Willkie's Monday night speech proved that saving 1940 campaign buttons for use in 1944 is not one of his economy ideas.
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