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EDITORIAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 19
The Kansan Comments -- EDITORIALS LETTERS PATTER
His Tribute to Mothers
Just three days ago Reginald Buxton paid tribute to the Mothers of America in this column. He glorified our motherhood in a manner that is done too infrequently.
Last night Reginald Buxton's mother died at her home in Ransom.
The Kansan wishes to extend its deepest sympathies.
Current trends indicate that what the United States had better do is replace its jackasses in South America with some Trojan horses. If it acts soon, it may not have to fight off invading forces of Germany or Japan in the Western Hemisphere. If it does not act soon, these countries will make hay while Uncle Sam is debating the question of the Johnson vs. Garand rifles.
Trojan Jackasses
Japanese traders are going full blast in the South American countries. Since the United States let its morals get the better of it and abrogated the Japanese trade treaty, the Little Brown Men have been working hard down South. A new Japanese trade treaty has recently been signed with Argentina and Uruguay, and more are authoritatively rumored to be in the making.
While the Japanese are taking over the trade relinquished by Germany because of the war, they are also cutting into the United States' preserves. The regulations of the Argentina treaty discriminate against the United States on more than 1,200 items, according to a dispatch in the New York Times. More than 1,000 of these items figures prominently in United States exports.
With the trading the Japanese is conducting in South American countries goes the inevitable propaganda. Although they no longer trade much in South America, the Germans
Surprisingly enough the Japanese didn't get these treaties by dirty methods. They simply offered the Argentine a fair deal. Instead of employing the good old American custom of trying to sell more than is purchased, the Japanese have offered the South American countries a very favorable balance of trade with which they can purchase Japanese goods. At the end of March the Argentine has a favorable balance of 11,000,000 yen—collected in 1940.
The United States, of course, does fairly well in South American. Its exports from September to February jumped 50 per cent as a result of the shutting off of European markets of iron and steel products, machinery, and manufactured goods. Just how long such business will last is problematical. The war and momentary gains from the war have increased United States imports from South American countries, giving them something with which to purchase our goods. But most of this business has been handed to the U.S. on a silver platter; despite the herculean efforts of Cordell Hull, the United States' policy in such matters is still partly in the hands of groups like the Flint hill cattlemen, who scream every time they see a can of Argentine beef resting on their butchers' shelves.
still conduct a propaganda system that has few rivals. As usual, the United States fifth column lags.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
ol. 37 Wednesday, May 15, 1940 No. 150
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB: Picnic Friday, May 17. Meet at Union Building at 4:00. For reservations call Emile Weiss, secretary, phone 96, before Thursday evening. Everybody welcome—Emile Weiss, secretary.
FRESHMAN COMMISSION OF Y.M.-Y.W.: The freshman commission will have a hike and picnic Thursday afternoon. Bring 15 cents and meet at Henly House at 4:30. This will be the last meeting of the year for the freshman "Y"; all members are urged to attend—John Conard, Helen Martin, publicity chairmen.
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: Dr. E. T. Gibson is at the Watkins Memorial Hospital each Tuesday afternoon for discussion with students on problems of mental hygiene. Appointments may be made through the Watkins Memorial Hospital.—Dr. R. L. Canutson.
QUILL CLUB: Quill club will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Pine Room - Evelyn Longerbeam.
MATH STUDENTS: The Math Club will have its spring picnic Monday at Lake Shawnee. Come to East Strong hall at 4:00 for transportation. Make your reservation in the Math Library on or before Friday.—Marlow Scholander, president.
MATH STUDENTS: The Math Club has its last regular meeting Thursday at 4:45 in room 203. Professor G. B. Price talks on "A Survey of Mathematical Progress." The club will first meet in room 222 at 4:15 for refreshments. You are invited—Marlow Sholander, president.
MATH CLUB MEMBERS: The Annual Math Club picture will be taken at 4:00 Thursday afternoon. Meet in front of south central Strong hall—Marlow Sho lander, president.
SIGMA XI: The last regular meeting of the year will be held on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Blake Hall. Mr. Claude Hibbard will speak on "An Upper Pliocene Fauna from Kansas and Its Relationship to other Tertiary Faunas."-W. H. Schoe, secretary.
WESTMINSTER FORUM: Westminster Forum is holding their annual picnic at State Lake, Tonganoxie, this Saturday. There will be two groups leaving Saturday. One group will leave at 2:00 p.m. and the other at 5:00 p.m. All费 of 25 cents will be charged to cover expenses. All are invited—Bob Talmadge, president.
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Class Gifts Started In 1873 By Seniors
When members of the senior class met this morning Fraser theater to decide on a class gift, they followed a tradition begun in 1873 by the first class graduated from the University.
Since that time, forty-one classes have left memorials on the Campus. The tradition has died out at times, but always stud loyalty has revived it.
As the years passed, class gifts became larger and a distinct change came about in the type of memorial left. The first gift mainly art works, were purely for esthetic enjoyment. Last gifts came to be of a more useful nature, retaining, in some cases, their artistic value. 1919—Memorial tablet in Memorial Union building.
One early class, that of 1877, planted trees and vines on the Campus. It was at that time that trees were set out in Marvin grove. For a number of years after this, gifts were mainly in the form of loan funds. The class of 1928 chose to honor University men and women who died in the World War.
Since the completion of the Memorial Union building, in most cases, classes have placed at least a part of their gift there. In its capacity as both a student and alumni building, it seems a most fitting place.
Memorials which the various classes have left are:
1873—Engraving, "The Temple o Karnak."
1874-Engraving, "Vue de l'Ile de Philoe."
1875—Engraving, "The Roman Forum:" $28 to student loan fund (Given in 1910).
1883—$4 to student loan fund. (Given in 1910).
1877—Trees in Marvin grove.
1890—Rare books. (Several gifts).
1894—$342,30 to start University loan fund.
1895—$18.25 to student loan fund.
1896—$100 to student loan fund.
1897—$150 to student loan fund.
1898—$133.10 to student loan fund.
1899—$33.40 to student loan fund;
ater a sun dial.
1900—$15.91 to student loan fund;
$125 to loan scholarship.
1901—$70 to student loan fund; also a bust of Emerson.
a bust of Emerson.
1903—Bird baths. (Given in 1913).
1910—$13.25 to student loan fund.
1914—Stone bench on Campus.
1915—Bulletin board.
1916—$278.58 to student loan fund.
1917—$107.35 to student loan fund.
1918—Seth Thomas clock in library; $11.65 to loan fund.
- Base for "Pioneer" statue.
1921-General fund for stadium.
1923—Chime clock in Musterial Union building.
1924 - Dedicatory tablet on Menial Union building.
1925—$145 to start chime funds
1927 - $1103.93 for furniture at vines for Memorial Union building.
1928 - $1147 for furniture for Memorial Union building; $1000 for excised photographs of 130 Universi-
men and women who died in the World War; $500 for topsteries for Memorial Union building; $500 for trophy case; remainder of $3627 to be used for general class expense and student loan fund.
1929- Piano for dance and banqu hall in the Memorial Union building; 20-year endowment policy a president's life for gift on twentieth fifth anniversary.
1930 - Service elevator in the Mp
morial Union building, 20-year
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for gift on twenty-fifth anniversary.
1931-Bulletin boards and stop benches in front of Watson libra (Built in 1938).
1932—Ten $100 scholarships.
1933—Fund to complete ballroom Memorial Union building; $1100 loan scholarship.
1934—$1000 to loan scholarship.
1935 - $1000 to the Memorial Uni
building fund.
1936 - Pine room of Memorial Ui-
ion building.
1937—New stage for ballroom Memorial Union building; remainder of $1500 to a fund for construction dioramas in Dyche museum.
1938—Old English room of Memorial Old Union building.
1939—Kansas room of Memor
Union building.
ROCK CHALK TALK
By Jim Bell
Don Boardman will probably be interested in knowing that ferocious animal that jumped from his bed with a hair raising howl was nothing more menacing than a pair of fuzzy house slippers manipulated by strings. You great big brave thing!
One Minute Interview: "I got an offer from Hitler the other day. He wants me to come Holland and stick my finger in the dike"—Bob Patterson.
We were always told that athletes were just a bit on the dumb side. At
east that's the way they are in the coltish movies and Ring Lardner stories. Our illusions on the subjec were completely blasted at the Club play the other night. The least one can say about the locusmusclemen is that they are suciently fleet in the head to take a lie son from the recent musical come flop produced by the W.S.G.A. They didn't let the coach play in last half.
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