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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4,1940
The Kansan Comments -- EDITORIALS ★ LETTERS ★ PATTER
An Era Ends
Sir Neville Chamberlain, whose tail, gaunt frame once was the symbol of appeasement in a world suddenly gone berserk, has severed his remaining ties with the British government, and with his resignation has ended a political career that was as turbulent as any in the history of Great Britain. It has also been a career marked by fumblings and gropings at times when quick, sure action was needed as never before.
It is difficult to predict whether the 71-year-old statesman will be remembered best as the unsuccessful mediator of Munich, as the prime minister under whom Britain entered the war against Germany on September 3, 1939, or as the British Prime minister whose own party turned against him upon the collapse of the British campaign in Norway. At any rate, Britain has lost a man upon whose aging shoulders was borne a weight of responsibility too great for them.
It was with simple dignity that Chamberlain urned his post as prime minister over to the more aggressive Winston Churchill in the tense
The Ideas of May
days of early May when it became apparent that a Spitfire would be more effective than an umbrella, and Britain was forced to "change
horses in the middle of the stream." Yet, too, there is a note of bewilderdment and of frustration evidenced in his last words to the people of the empire: "During the period—it is almost exactly three years—that I have been prime minister, I have borne a responsibility. As long as I believed there was any chance of preserving peace honorably, I strove to take it. When the last hope vanished and war could no longer be avoided, I strove equally hard to wage it with all my might."
However, the events at Norway merely precipitated the resignation of Chamberlain as prime minister, for dissension had been brewing in the Labor party and also, to some extent, in his own party, the Conservatives, for some
time. As early as last fall it was Labor Pulls predicted that if Chamberlain had No Punches not delivered his ultimatum to Germany he could probably have
been driven from office. At the time when Germany invaded Poland and he appeared to be hesitant about honoring England's guaranty, Arthur Greenwood, deputy leader of the Labor party, was urged to "speak for England," a demand that a stand against Hitler's aggression be taken. And it was Labor that pushed through a later demand that the house of commons oust the Chamberlain government, which was bitterly denounced by David Lloyd George for its "unintelligent" and "half-hearted" leadership. Significance attaches itself to the fact that Churchill, who will probably assume leadership of the Conservative party now, nevertheless has shifted the new cabinet to give Labor a more prominent role.
In the course of the three years and more that Chamberlain led and was active in British politics, events occurred that were unprecedented, events that occurred with lightninglike rapidity and that were incomprehensible, perhaps, to a man whose conservative tendencies were too inflexible to make the adjustments necessarily required. Now the ailing and elderly
Chamberlain has limped from the political arena, his passage marking the end of an empire era of living in the past.
London's "suicide squads" are being given medals and permission to go on binges when not disposing of time bombs, making it a pleasant life even though it may be a short one.
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If the Willkie speeches continue along the same theme, Hitler's part in the European war will be forgotten by November.
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Vol. 38 Friday, Oct. 4, 1940 No. 15
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.
DRAMATIC CLUB: The first meeting of the year will be held 4:30 Tuesday afternoon in the Little Theater, Green hall. An important business meeting will follow a get-acquainted social hour. Refreshments will be served. Members who cannot attend should notify the secretary, and apprentices are required to attend-David Watermulder, secretary.
EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN STUDENTS: Will those women students who wish to be called about opportunities for part time employment please file their class schedules with the Women's Employment Bureau, 220 Frank Strong Hall, not later than Friday. Failure to file the class schedule will indicate that the student is no longer interested in applying for part time work.
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ESTES REUNION PICNIC: The Estes Reunion picnic which was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 4, has been postponed until Thursday, October 10, because of the Christian Mission which is being held in Kansas City this week. E. Stanley Jones, of India, will speak at the Christian Mission Friday evening—Ruth Yeomans, Paul Gilles, co-chairmen.
WILLKIE FOR PRESIDENT CLUB: The Wilkie for President club will meet at 1:30 Saturday in the Kansan room of the Union building. All Willkie supporters are urged to be there—Wilbur Leonard, chairman.
Y. M.C.A. BANQUET: Judge Hugo T. Weddell of the Supreme Court will speak to members of the Y.M.C.A. and faculty at the dinner Tuesday evening in the Union ballroom, at 6 p.m.-Keith Martin, membership chairman.
Lever Painting Inspires Patriotism
By HEIDI VIETS
Irving Berlin might have been looking at a painting in Spooner-Thayer museum when he composed "God Bless America."
Upstairs there is the water-color painting, "Flags of the Allies," done by Hayley Lever in 1917. Hanging between "Kansas Mid-day" by Charles B. Rogers, picturing a leaf-fat elm tree in a green and golden pasture, and "First Snow" by Isabel Schreiber, showing guant tree trunks against a icy-gray background, this painting might be taken by the philosophical to represent
the go-between from plenty to devastation.
dleton, Co. F, First Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Fred S. Winter, Co. F, Second Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Curtis H. Alloway, Co. G, First Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Lawrence S. Nelson, Co. G, Second Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Benjamin M. Matassarin, Co. H, First Platoon.
It is colorful propaganda. At first glance the scene looks like any city street with a bad case of conventionitis. Flags are everywhere. Besides British flags there are eight French flags and 17 United States flags.
Red and blue are the predominating colors, since all three banners have those colors in common. People pictured on busses, on sidewalks, crossing the street are only props for the flag display. Patriotism is definitely the subject.
Cadet Sergeant Leonard N. Ferry, Co. H, Second Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Kay W. Thompson, Co. I, First Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Bertram L. Brown, Co. I, Second Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Lafe W. Bauer, Co. K, First Platoon; Cadet Sergeant Clyde E. Woodman, Jr., Co. K, Second Platoon.
It is not surprising that when he painted this work in 1917, Hayley Lever was strong for the Allies. He was born in Australia, and he studied in France, England, and the United States.
HUGE R.O.T.C.---
Cadet Sergeants:
Merle E. Masterson, Co. A. First Platoon; George E. Anderson, Co. A. Second Platoon; Jack Henry, Co. B. First Platoon; Lloyd M. Greene, Co. B, Second Platoon; Stewart D. Mitchellson, Co. B, Second Platoon; John H. Doolittle, Co. C, First Platoon.
Abert J. Wieland, Co. C, Second Platoon; Keen M. Earle, Co. D, First Platoon; William L. Freiemuth, Co. D, Second Platoon; James W. Kelly, Co. E, First Platoon; Jacob A. Attrie, Co. E, Second Platoon; A. Petrie, F, Second Platoon; Edward J. Garich, Co. D, Second Platoon.
Raymond A. Gulley, Co F. First Platoon; Charles W. Todd, Co F. Second Platoon; William T. Kopp, Co G. First Platoon; John W. Poos, Co G. First Platoon; Lester L. Henry, Co G. Second Platoon; Howard N. Babcock, Co G, Second Platoon.
Clarence E. Stephens, Co H, First Platoon; Don R. Meriwayen, Co H. First Platoon; John T. Weatherwax Co H. Second Platoon; William B. Duncan, Co H. Second Platoon; Jerry B. Risley, Co I. First Platoon; Anthony F. Unrein, Co I, First Platoon
Donald R. Boardman, Co I, Second Platoon; James S. Hartzell, Co I, Second Platoon; Marvin L. Eggleston, Co K, Second Platoon; Julien H. LePage, Co K, Second Platoon; George M. Lock, Co K, First Platoon.
Coat: Carmichael
Cadet Corporals:
Charles R. Elder, Co. A, First Platoon; Russell W. Baker, Co. A, First Platoon; Harold A. Cunningham, Co. A, First Platoon; George T. Judson.
Co. A, First Platoon; Kenneth W. Keene, Co. A, First Platoon; Orlando Webb, Co. A, First Platoon.
Herbert G. Hoover, Co. A, Second Platoon; Dean E. Martin, Co. A, Second Platoon; Gernard D. Dean, Co. A, Second Platoon; Harwood G. Kolsky, Co. A, Second Platoon; Frank D. Arnold, Co. B, First Platoon; Byron M. Kern, Co. B, Second Platoon.
Oral W. Bilyeu, Co.B, First Platoon; William H. Duke, Co.B, First Platoon; Louis F. Lafferty, Co.B, First Platoon; Robert J. Knox, Co.B, First Platoon; Warren R. Williams, Co.B, First Platoon; James H. Gillie, Co.B Second Platoon.
Howard B. Kenton, Co.B, Second Platoon; George L. Johnson, Co.B, Second Platoon; Joseph R. LaMarche, Jr., Co.B, Second Platoon; Charles W. Means, Co.B, Second Platoon; Stanley P. Nieman, Co.C, First Platoon; Arthur L. Olsen, Co.C, First Platoon.
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