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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1940
The Kansan Comments -- EDITORIALS ★ LETTERS ★ PATTER
April's Storms
An echo of last April's stormy controversy over the appointment of Bertrand Russell, British philosopher, to the faculty of the City College of New York was heard recently when permission was refused the board of higher education to carry its fight to the state court of appeals by the appellate division of the supreme (trial) court. It has been indicated that the 10 members of the board who have taken an active stand on the matter may go over the head of the appellate division and request permission to appeal directly from the court of appeals, a decision which will be decided definitely by November 21.
In the meantime, however, Doctor Russell, who is recognized as one of the world's most brilliant mathematical logicians, has become a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, where, apparently, a man's ability rightly receives more consideration than whatever personal beliefs he may hold. Harvard has been the gainer; City College—through its staid and over-conservative board's efforts—the loser.
A lower court last spring directed that Russell's appointment to the faculty be revoked on the grounds that his views on sex, religion, and morals constituted proof of lack of personal good moral character. It neglected to state just what difference his views on moral issues would have on the teaching of mathematics, for it was to a chair on the mathematics faculty that he was appointed. And since then the legal battles have been waged.
Wells Speaks Out
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Recently arrived in the United States from London, H. G. Wells, noted historian and novelist, offers his contribution to the pile of criticism concerning the operation of World War II. He brings to the foreground several moot topics which other analysts have apparently overlooked.
First of all, "the importance of Hitler is enormously exaggerated," says Wells, by many awe-stricken," hero worshipping people. The failure of his blitzkrieg against England should shatter some of the illusions concerning his character, he continues. (Nazi sources, however, state the present warfare concentrated on England is simply another type of military strategem.)
Secondly, there is a "mutual lack of knowledge between Russia and the English speaking world." Few English people understand even in a slight degree modern Russia. Germany, of course, is promoting this lack of understanding and adding it to the general confusion she hopes to stir up in Europe.
Thirdly, the word "military" should be thrown out of the vocabulary of this present war, he says. It denotes certain type of warfare in which new methods, new equipment, and the element of chance have no place.
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Wells concludes his article by saying "that only the British antiquated, reactionary foreign office stands in the way of a complete and conclusive victory over Germany. This victory, he feels, is certain despite the foreign office and the militarists.
The British air ministry has given the name Boston to one of its bombers. A more appropriate name might be found by naming one after Joe Lewis.
--sense what’s this I see about “democracy dating no farther back than the American and French Revolutions”? That isn’t what my history told me.
YOU SAID IT
A Student Looks at the Controversy Editor. The Kansan:
Editor, The Reader
I am in the School of Engineering
I am in the School of Engineering.
I have read the editorials printed in The Kansan written by members of the K.U. faculty. The article published in the Sunday issue of The Kansan, Oct. 6, seemed to me to be way wide of the intent of the series in general. I do not pretend to be a student of history or of psychology, but I do not need to be either to recognize an article that slightly smells.
Of the nine paragraphs, seven (the longest ones) were used in discrediting Dr. Wheeler's ideas and definitions. Dr. Wheeler's article may have been as loosely thrown together as Dr. Paullin says. I felt, however, that Dr. Wheeler's article was written for you and me and the fellow next door, rather than for learned critics. The language used was such that one didn't need a master's or a doctor's degree to understand it. The idea occurred to me that Dr. Wheeler in conversation with Dr. Paullin would have used much different phrasing than in a similar conversation with me.
Sunday's article, on the other hand, attempted to force an argument into a sphere where ordinary students like me have not the background or the desire to go. I believe this type of article sets a poor precedent for the editorial page of The Kansan. Yes, I realize that editorial pages are devoted to criticism, good and bad, but I didn't realize that this particular series was to be of that kind.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 38 Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1940 No.18
Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Saturday yfor Sunday issue.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: Rev. E. J. Wisenburg will be at the Pine Room of the Union Building Thursday from 1:00 to 5:00 for personal conferences. Non-Catholics will also be welcomed.—Albert Protiva, Vice-President.
DELTA FHI DELTA: Delta Phi Delta will meet at 8 o'clock next Tuesday, October 15, in the Pine room of the Union Building, instead of this evening.—Betty Ann Leisure.
ESTES REUNION PICNIC: The Estes Reunion Picnic will be held Thursday for all who have been to the Estes Conference or are interested in going. The group will meet at 4:45 at Henley House. There will be a charge of 15 cents—Ruth Yeomans and Paul Gilles, Co-chairmen.
EL ATENEO: Habra una session del Ateneo el jueves a las tres y media de la tarde en lle F.S. Se convidan a todas los que se interesen por hablar es-
YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB: The Young Republican Club will meet this evening at 8:30 in the men's lounge of the Union. The meeting will be brief but extremely important. All Republicans are welcome.-Bill Douce, Chairman.
MATHEMATICAL COLLOQUIUM: The Mathematical Colloquium will meet Thursday, October 10, at 4:30 p.m. in 203 Frank Strong hall. Professor H. E. Jordan will speak on "Nomographic Charts"—Dean E. E. Stouffer.
QUILL CLUB: The American College Quill Club—Feoh Rune will meet at 7:15 p.m. in the pine room of the Union building on October 10.—Jean Sellers.
Y. W.-Y.M. FRESHMAN COMMISSION. The Y.W.-Y.M. Freshman Commission will meet at 4:30 Thursday in the Kansas room.-Mary Ewers, Ernie Klema.
KAPPA PHI: Cabinet meeting, pledging and pledge meetings will be held Friday, October 11, at the home of Reverend Price, 1209 Tennessee, at 7:30 p.m. Everyone be sure and attend.-Kathryn Schaake, Publicity Chairman.
R.C. Abraham Gives Postal Facts, Figures
By CHARLES JOHNSON
Your chances of being forced to stand in line at the campus post office window are greatest on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, according to R. C. Abraham, the genial fellow who has been campus postmaster since 1922, for those are the days of the week when the outgoing mail is heaviest.
During the 18 years he has been selling stamps and taking laundry bags across the little window in the basement of Frank Strong hall. Abraham has had an $ ^{*} $
opportunity to learn something of the post office habits of Jayhawkers. Stamp Sale Stable
For instance, he observes that stamp sales do not fall off noticeably during the summer months when the students go home. This is attributed to the fact that most of the stamps are used by the administrative offices here on the Hill, and their summer activity keeps up a monthly sales average of about $1,200. The sale of special delivery stamps, however, drops to less than half when the students leave and there are less special letters home with "special appeals" and special delivery stamps enclosed.
Laundry bags constitute a large portion of the outgoing burden, 200 to 300 each week. Over this window they come and congregate before before being scattered all directions and distances. Last year, one laundry bag made regular trips to far-off Maine with its cargo of dirty shirts.
Right off, one would suppose that the business office would receive the lion's share of the daily load of incoming mail, but such is not the case. The registrar's office usually gets the largest bundle with the School of Fine Arts receiving a daily consignment nearly as heavy. Two Campus Rushes
Like any other post office, the campus branch finds December, with its Christmas packages and cards, the busiest month; but also the campus office must weather a semi-
annual snowstorm of post cards—grade card time.
Twelve hundred dollars worth of stamps may not sound like very many, but when one considers that this is 400 sheets of 3-cent stamps and that each sheet is $8 \frac{1}{2}$ by 10 inches (small size stamps) he may or may not realize how much licking that many would require each month.
If all the stamps used on the Hill during one month were placed end to end, by sheets of 100, they would make a ribbon $ 8 \frac{1}{2} $ inches wide and 111 yards long, which yardage requires a lot of licking, for it is a longer distance than the football playing field.
Moore Calls Estes Committee Meeting
John J. O. Moore, who has been chosen convencer for the Estes Park Student conference for the Rocky Mountain region, has called a meeting of the committee for Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Y.M.C.A. building in Topeka.
The meeting will last all day, and representatives from Kansas State, Wichita, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, and Washburn will be present. Members of the committee from the University are Sam Iwig, c'41, Jean Stauffer, and Edna Earl Brooks, c'41
The Rocky Mountain region includes Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. The regional secretary from Topeka will meet with the committee.
ROCK CHALK TALK
BY HEIDI VIETS
All in all, the women downed the men in scholarship battles last year, according to the ratings of fraternities and sororities. But should the damms smirk with haughty pride? We say, "Huh-uh."
After all, can everyone among the five sororities which out-rated the number-one fraternity: (1) change a tire, (2) punt a pigskin, (3) split rails Abe Lincoln style?
Or buy two suppers every Sunday night?
Astronomy students report that the following bulletin is posted on Prof. N. Wyman Storer's door: "If you want to see Venus, see me."
Too bad that Knute Rockne never had a "Rock Chalk" to inspire his mighty elevens. Not that Notre Dame did so bad without it—but just think what might have happened "if only."
It is breezed about that a certain frat's pledge class has a yen for the melancholy. Once a week they huddle in a room dark except for one weird flare, and behind locked doors listen to that suicide-provoking heart-tugger, "Gloomy Sunday."
A bunch of Greek-letter Pollyannas, yes? No!
What this campus needs is an open-front stand between Fraser and Frank Strong halls to sell steaming coffee and sody-pop.
Reggie Buxton, whose "high fidelity" Sour Owl recently tried its wings, apparently used up all his kilowatts in getting the bird out of the coop. On two successive days following its publication he was observed putting money in a nickelodeon in an attempt to get a pack of cigarets.
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