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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANŞAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2.1940
The Kansan Comments -- EDITORIALS LETTERS PATTER
Forgotten Men
Heading the list of America's forgotten men are the candidates for state and county offices. National affairs naturally draw the focus of the political spotlight, and the voter becomes dazzled by the brighter lights, unable to take a close view of a local situation that demands his attention just as surely as the pomp and ballyhoo of the grander scale election. Indeed, a great number of persons who pride themselves on their political acumen are actually to name more than a few of the local candidates on their respective party tickets.
Yet in the final analysis, it is the local and state governments which carry out and make effective the broader national policies. And these governments are only as strong as the ability of the men一和 the voters一who make them, for it is their task to handle wisely the state and county tax funds which they administer; it is their job to see that educational facilities are provided, that laws are enacted and enforced, that all the minute details government involves are correctly and efficiently carried out.
Russian Quandary
Although Russia continues to maintain silence in regard to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo military alliance, news dispatches from Berlin indicate that the three powers have agreed among themselves as to just what area the Soviet nation will occupy, or will have under its "leadership." Just where the Russian and Japanese spheres are to touch has not as yet been specifically stated, if indeed the actual boundaries have been set.
At the same time, however, there has been no indication that Russia will discontinue shipments of arms to China; in fact, Japan apparently is overlooking, officially at least, those supplies to a nation, which it describes as being engaged in a civil war. Japan and Russia also are expected to clear up their lingering misunderstanding of disputed boundaries, but just how this will be accomplished without further disagreements between the two is difficult to explain, unless Japan is banking heavily on aid from the Rome-Berlin axis. The tri-partite pact members have neither confirmed nor denied that Russia was consulted on all the steps that preceded the alliance.
The Russian press published the anti-comintern pact a full 24 hours after the rest of the world had the news, and there was a noticeable lack of editorial comment in the Soviet newspapers. The Russian radio also paid little attention to the pact, comment being confined to broadcasts that stressed the point that the United States was now threatened openly by Japan.
Russia's place in the proposed new world order may remain a mystery for some time. It has even been suggested that the three-power pact may be directed against Russia, and assurances that there is now no reason that relations with the Soviet cannot become even better since the interests of the other three countries have been defined, fail to have a sincere ring. And yet the fact remains that Stalin may object to having his "sphere" defined by others.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 38 Wednesday, Oct. 2,1940 No.13
Notices due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 11 a.m. on Satunda yfor Sunday issue.
A. I.M.E.: The local student chapter of the American Institute of Mining Engineers will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 4:30 in room 101 Haworth hall. A sound film, "Mineral Resources and Scenic Wonders of Arizona", will be shown. Anyone interested is cordially invited to attend.-Oren C, Baptist, president.
A. S.M.E. SMOKER; There will be an AIS.M.E Smoker at 7:30 Thursday evening in the Men's lounge of the Union building. All mechanical engineers are invited. Refreshments will be served.-Dick Large.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: Rev. E. J. Weisenberg, S. J., will be at the Pine Room of the Union building every Thursday from 1 to 5 for personal conferences.—Albert Protiva, vice-president.
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. —Women's Employment Bureau.
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION: There will be a proficiency examination October 5 at 8:30 a.m. Register, in person, at the College Office, 121 Frank Strong Hall, September 30, October 1 and 2. This examination is open to Juniors and Seniors in the College of Liberal Arts, provided they have not passed an earlier examination. Seniors who pass the examination on October 5 may qualify for graduation in June, 1940. Other examinations will be held December 14, March 1, May 3—J. B. Virtue.
FRESHMAN MEMBERS INTRAMURAL BOARD: Men wishing to be considered as candidates for freshman members of the Intramural board of managers must state qualifications in a written application addressed to Senior Intramural Manager. Applications will not be accepted on Wednesday, Oct. 2.—Lee Huddleston. Sr. Manager. 107 Robinson Gym.
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.
Y. M.C.A. & Y.W.C.A.: There will be a meeting of the Social Service Commission of the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Monday afternoon at 4:30 in Henley House. Everyone is invited.-George Hettner, Margaret June Gray, co-chairmen.
PHI DELTA KAPPA: A business meeting and election of officers will be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Oread Training School.-Russell Mosser, acting secretary.
UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S CLUB TEA: The first tea of the year will be held from 3 to 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building—Mrs. E. R. Elbel, publicity chairman.
WESTMINSTER CABINET: The cabinet will meet this evening at 7:30 at Westminster hall.—Robert Talmadge, president.
W.N.A.A.: The W.N.A.A. will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3, in the lounge of the Memorial Union
building—Helen Hay, president.
Y. M.C.A. BANQUET: The Y.M.C.A. membership banquet will be held Tuesday evening, Oct. 8. at 6 p.m. in the Union ballroom.-Keith Martin, membership chairman.
Y. M.C.A.-Y.W.C.A. FRESHMAN COMMISSION: There will be a Y.-W.M. Freshman Commission meeting at 4:30 Thursday afternoon in the Kansas room of the Union building—Mary Ewers.
To City For Church--- Expect 150 K.U. Students To Hear Speakers Friday
The youth section of the Greater Kansas City National Christian Mission is expecting approximately 150 University students to hear Dr. Roy A. Burkhart, pastor of the First Community church of Columbus, Ohio, speak on "Begin Where You
Are" when the group meets Friday night in the Music hall in Kansas City.
Sponsored nationally by the Federal Council of Churches, and in Kansas City by the Councils of Churches in the two states, these meetings have been in progress since Sunday and will end Oct. 6. Weeklong conferences similar to these are being held throughout the nation.
There will be a discussion featuring eight young men and women on the problems facing the youth of today following Dr. Burkhark's talk.
In addition to the young people's conference, two other meetings will be held. Rev. John W. Rustin, of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist church of Washington, D.C., will conduct a meeting at Memorial hall in Kansas City, Kan., while Dr. E. Stanley Jones, noted missionary to India, will do the speaking in the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Harold G. Barr of the Kansas Bible College has urged all University students to attend Friday night's meeting, since this will be the only opportunity for most of them to attend the conference. In Lawrence the organization of the delegates is under the direction of the Student Christian federation, especially the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. together with various church organizations for University students.
A recently developed aid for invalids is a motorized chair, which is reported to be easy to operate. The chair is powered with a 2-horsepower engine, runs 100 miles on a gallon of gas and travels 20 miles an hour.
The new volumes include: "Mein Kampf," Adolph Hitler; "Before Lunch," Angela Shields; "Quietly My Captain Waits," Evelyn Eaton; "Native Son," Richard Wright; "How Green Was My Valley," Llewellyn; "The Secret Weapon," Francis Beeding; "World's End," Upton Sinclair; "Ask Me Tomorrow," James Gould Cozzens; "Kitty Foyle," Christopher Morley; "Days of Our Years," Pierre Van Paassen; "The Art of Living," Andre Maurios.
Add Books To Rental Library
N. Y. A. Gets $1200 Increase
The local N.Y.A. office has received a $1,200 increase over the August estimate, Miss Velma Wilson, secretary, said yesterday. However, this is still $2,500 under last year. There are now 335 students employed at an average of $16.40 a month.
ROCK CHALK TALK
Eleven new books have been added to the shelves of the rental library in the Memorial Union building and now are available to University readers, it was announced today.
By GENE KUHN
Elliott Roosevelt, problem child of the Washington and Hyde Park Roosevelts, continues to figure in the public prints. This time he has been cast in the dashing role of a special reserve captain in the United States Army assigned to procurement duty, a duty which smacks of something softer than walking 15 miles a day with a 50-pound pack on one's back in some semblance of military order. But, after all, when duty calls, as the saying goes, it calls.
Independence within the shadow of the family name has been the creed of young Roosevelt's life. But this time young Roosevelt put Mother Eleanor on a rather tough spot, for she had generously offered her four sons to the colors in preference to men whose families were more colorful. It was hard to cover up for a wayward son, and the best she could muster was minimizing "You know, he is 30, and he has a wife and two children."
The elder Roosevelt, have also been given a figurative hot-foot several other times. First, there was the time when Elliott spread his fledgling wings and thumbed down a proposition that he matriculate at Harvard, a sort of proving ground for the men of the family, going to Princeton instead. Then the ungrateful boy got a job as Texas agent for Hearst Radio, Incorporated, graduating into a $20,000 sales job with Anthony Fokker during which there was some talk that he had extended his sales territory to Russia. Then, too, there was the time he got mixed up with Texas radio stations and had to thumb his nose at the Federal Communications Commission, one of Father Franklin's pets. Apparently his run-in with the F.C.C. came from plugging good old "Cactus Jack" Garner and differences in policy between his stations and the communications board.
And at the present time, of course, the Palo Alto Junior Chamber of Commerce and the White House crowd are taking him to task. It appears, to the good people of Palo Alto at any rate, that Elliott may undermine the morale of the entire draft, which is a pretty serious thing these days, what with October 16 approaching so rapidly. Now whether the Chamber of Commerce there actually entertained fears of a shattered morale, or whether it saw a good chance to get Palo Alto in print after eight years is something else again. But it all makes good reading—and Father Franklin needs the votes.
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