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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940
The Kansan Comments--
EDITORIALS★
De Gualle in Africa
GENERAL Charles de Gaulle's championship of a "free" France is becoming less and less the lost cause that the incident at Dakar, which unexpectedly remained loyal to the Vichy government, made it appear for a time. Entrenched among his supporters at Duala, capital of the Cameroons, de Gaulle is in a position to put up a stiff battle for the possession of France's African colonies.
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As the pinch of possible starvation makes itself felt more acutely each day in France, the African colonies, fertile and wealthy, are becoming a prize much needed by Vichy. Already General Maxime Weygand, formerly de Gaulle's superior, has been sent to the Dark Continent to block any attempts to wrest the colonies away. De Gualle's success or failure in the battle of Africa will determine in a large measure whether France will ever be restored to its former status as a republic. And it will also decide whether de Gualle is to be remembered as a figure comparable to Joan of Arc or as an abortive renegade.
In actual fighting strength, of course, de Gualle's forces now are almost ridiculously puny. But far more important is the fact that he is rapidly gaining the support of the African colonists, while in Nazi-dominated France itself the increasing number of demonstrations attest the movement is assuming greater proportions.
De Gaulle's fighting force in England three months ago was estimated at more than a division of 15,000 men, and since then it has been bolstered considerably by his countrymen who have made their way across the Channel in small boats, aviators escaping with their planes, and a trickling of others from French possessions. He also commands a respectable navy.
Retirement Up Again
ONCE again an attempt will be made to hammer through a teachers' retirement bill in he Kansas legislature this December. Retirement legislation is of the utmost importance to every man, woman and child in Kansas; yet it like many other highly desirable pieces of legislation, has not been widely adopted by state legislatures.
Proponents of the retirement proposals thus far advanced point out that such legislation has a two-fold benefit: to the teacher and the student. Better teaching will result when teachers are free from worry which is certain to come with approaching old age. Since 65 per cent of the teachers support dependents, it is practically out of the question for them to save enough for old age, salaries being what they are.
It is an issue about which a number of battles have been fought—and, so far as the state itself is concerned, lost. Steps have been taken by several cities in the state, however, to set up their own retirement systems, among them Topeka, Atchison, Parsons, Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Pittsburg, Salina and Kansas City. This indicates that the need for an effective retirement plan is at least being realized and that something concrete has been done toward its establishment.
It has been stated, and with a great deal of truth, that where no school retirement plan exists, school authorities, in a spirit of faithfulness, often retain aged teachers who for the good of the students should be retired. A flexible mind and a youthful point of view are requisites for successful teaching.
LETTERS★
The teaching profession also must compete with other professions and vocations for its members. Today, work in the government service where pensions exist, in business and industry where retirement is guaranteed under social security, carry a certainty for adequate provision in old age that is not touched by the state. When such protection is provided, the schools attract and hold more able persons for teaching.
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OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 38 Friday, Nov. 1, 1940 No. 35
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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.
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.
BOTANY CLUB: Botany Club will meet Wednesday evening. Dr. R. H. Beamer will review the 1940 Biological Survey. Room 417 Snow Hall. 7:15 p.m.—Ronald McGregor, president.
DRAMATIC CLUB: The Dramatic Club will have a picnic Thursday afternoon. All members and apprentices should meet at the front of Green Hall not later than 4:30. If unable to attend, please notify one of the officers immediately.David Watermuldar, secretary.
STINKER'S CLUB: An important meeting of Reek No. One of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Stinkers will be held at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Little Theatre, Green Hall. All residing Immortal Odors, Lingering Odors, Arriving Odors, and Departing Odors are asked to be present. All odors are required to wear their sacred pins—David Watermulder, A.F.D., Immortal Odor.
SQUARE DANCING CLASS: This evening at 7:30 the square dancing class will meet in the women's gymnasium. Faculty members are especially invited.—Ruth Hoover, Joie Stapleton.
WESTMINSTER FORUM: There will be a Halloween party Saturday at Westminster Hall for all who wish to attend. A costume is the custom so the party will be macquerade. The time is 8:30 to 12:00 so come to have a good time with a well planned program—Robert Talmadge, president.
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ROCK CHALK TALK
Fraternity pledges tett the teeth of Halloween tradition when they had to keep midnight and pre-dawn watches last night. For information on adventures of a pledge patrol, you might question Phil Russell, Art Shoaf, and Dick Schaffer, who kept lookout from 2 to 4 a.m. at the D.R. house.
Rough and ready, the Sig Alphs scare dearly ventureres away with firecrackers, and were not bothered any more. So now they think they are fierce.
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Wonder who, taking the text, "It's better to give than to receive," took rubbish from their own lawn and dumped it back on the Phi Psi's.
At the Alpha Chi house last night pledges surprised actives with a party for which they had to dress in towels to represent song titles. Betty Lou Sublett was the costume prize winner, toweled out to represent "I Could Make You Care." Sounds like an eyebrow booster.
When those Yehudi's of Halloween, the Sigma Chi's, came to the Alpha Chi house in the course of their wanderings, they decided to move the porch furniture up to the balcony. But just as they were shinning up to do the deed, the police came by.
Always full of ideas, the pranksters began to sing to fool the cops. But they caught on, and the Sigma Chi's had to put the furniture back where they found it.
Sigma Chi's, it is reported, cut off the Kappa road to keep out prowlers. Now we see why the Kappas built their house behind a bottleneck.
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But they weren't on such good terms with their other sorority neighbors, as Bob Brown's car evidenced after some lads had an egg and tomato fight with the Thetas.
We only hope the Villanova boys aren't as handy with a football as those Tennessee street co-eds are with eggs.
Halloweners left the Theta lawn fancy, as if it had been decorated for Homecoming, and the Pi Phi house looking as if the Phi Phi's were at war with a produce company.
Hens would think life mighty futile if they saw how extravagantly eggs were used both last night and at a previous egging, a mystery still unsolved by Pi Phi sleuths.
The east side of the anatomy building greeted daybreak with a hasty mural of an operation. Caption on this masterpiece: "How to carve."
This morning the A.D. Pi's found the Delta Chi car on their doorstep. Was it intended for adoption? If so, that's a cruel trick, even on Halloween.
Fifteen fellow Deits escorted Cedric Moorhead to Potter's lake last night. According to custom, he walked out into the lake, but he stubbornly refused to duck his head under water.
As he was coming out, Bill Purdue tried to push him back. Moorhead-grabbed Purdue's leg and gave a yank; so "Potie" Palmer hung onto Purdue to hold him on land. But the mighty Moorhead pulled them both into the lake, good suits notwithstanding.
This morning Purdue's and Palmer's coat sleeves are the length proper for the seven dwarfs.
Virginia Bantleon must be pretty tired of horsin' around. Tonight is her last stand as the rear end of Josie, star plug in the play, "White Wings."
Although you can throw your moral strength behind the Kansas gridsters tonight,you cannot listen to the game on the radio. At least we have the opportunity to imagine the best.
And we are thankful that this week the well worn corpse act will not be used between halves. When everyone knows the corpse is a white Zombie full of potential life, this act not only loses its effectiveness but becomes ridiculous.
Only ghost gift to the Gamma Phi's was a lamp on the doorstep, possibly a guide for wandering boys.
Helen K. Moore has cooked up a new form of "who." "Whooch" is the word, and she defines it by explaining, "Whooch is related to smooches because two whooches must have a drink or two of hooch before they can smooch very touchingly."
This morning a Phi Beta doormat was found in front of the library, and a Phi Bete jack-o-lantern in a sorority window.
Rread street at Twelfth and Oread was cut off this morning by pipe fence taken from Oread apartments.
And that, boys and girls, ends another happy Halloween.
Dr. Owens Speaks
Dr. Guy E. Owens, surgeon of Kansas City, Mo., was a guest of Phi Chi medical fraternity yesterday at the regular Thursday evening guest dinner.
Doctor Owens, who is an alumnus of the fraternity, spoke briefly on his experiences in the practice of medicine and on the future of the profession.