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EDITORIAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, MAY 12, 19
The Kansan Comments -- EDITORIALS LETTERS PATTERN
The Forgotten Man
Behind an eightball that has "lack of authority" written all over it, sits the student housing commission. With a war chest of $600, all necessary data, and a definite plan of action, the commission is about as powerful as a smooth-mouthed, clawless lion.
No doubt such a move in Lawrence would create some hard feeling between landladies and the University. But something should be done. Too many students, using false economy as a guide, are roped into bad living conditions by house owners who would rather save money than make life more pleasant for those who live in their houses. The results are bad eyes and impaired health, in general, for graduating seniors whose University refused to protect them.
Four state schools—Kansas State, Emporia, Pittsburg, and Hays—didn't dicker around on petty formality when they had finished their surveys. They took the information, drew up a list of requirements and sent them to landlords saying "take it, or leave it." The system had amazingly good results.
The University does have an interest in housing conditions. The fine dormitories that are being prepared for next fall attest to that. A small group of students will have housing that has been carefully prepared for them by a solicitous University. Students whose conditions are not protected will be asked—and many will comply—to aid in giving "good beds for good boys."
Over $1,500 has been spent on studying the housing situation for students. Three years have been spent in research. Now the group knows what conditions are like and exactly what is needed. But it can do nothing about it, for the University refuses to give it sufficient authority.
It's a shame to let all of this work, not to mention the $1,500 which has been spent, go to waste. A bad condition exists, and the University has the weapon with which to combat it. Will responsible persons say that it is better to risk the health of a student than the goodwill of the landladies?
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Despite the evidence of the umbrella, Chamberlain's descendants will have a tough time convincing their contemporaries that the old boy wasn't all wet.
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We'll have to fight Hitler sometime, we might as well take him now, philosophizes practically everyone. According to Socrates or Confucius, that is what is known as crossing a bridge before it is built.
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Mothers
Today is the day set aside for American mothers. Today, if on no other of the year, children take time off to pay tribute and loving affection to her. She catches up on all that over-due show of affection, counts her blessings, and thanks God for a full life.
But across the sea, this day brings no comfort or happiness to European mothers. The rising sun, which three days ago looked down on peaceful thriving Dutch and Belgian cities and villages, today peered into gaping holes in streets and buildings, put there by German
bombs. Mothers with dead sons reflected bitterly on any meaning which the term might have for them. Mother's Day in Europe ironically climaxed three days of hell on earth. There can be no happiness in Europe.
Every American mother is thanking God today for keeping her son out of war. This nation's motherhood is praying that history will not repeat itself, that this country will not again be dragged into war. For today, then, if for not a year from today, the American mother is free to reign in all her glory. This is her day.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS OFFICIAL BULLETIN
! Vol. 37 Sunday, May 12, 1940 No.148
ALPHA PHI OMEGA: There will be an important meeting of the National Service Fraternity in the Pine Room at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon. All members please try to be present. Refreshments will be served—Ken-neth Troup, secretary.
ATTENTION: All cases to appear before the Student Court should first be appealed to the Clerk of the Court, Bob McKay, telephone 2903.—Gene Buchanan, Chief Justice.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: The regular weekly meeting, open to students, graduates and faculty members, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 in Room C Myers hall.-Patricia Neil, secretary.
FIRESIDE FORUM: There will be a picnic this afternoon at 4:30. Meet at the Union Building, and bring 15 cents. Election of officers—Lorraine Polson, publicity chairman.
ROGER WILLIAMS FOUNDATION: Retiring and new officers of all Roger Williams Foundation groups, including Class, B.Y.P.U., and T. E. are asked to meet in executive session at 1124 Mississippi Street this evening at 6:00 p.m. Important business—C. W. Thomas, director.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB: The Annual Home Economics Club banquet will be held Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in the Kansan Room. Please make reservations by Monday noon—Audrey Bateman, president.
FHI CHI DELTA: Phi Chi Delta will have its formal Rose Banquet Wednesday evening at 6:00 o'clock at Evans Hearth. Mrs. Deal Six will be the guest speaker. Reservations must be made by Tuesday noon. The charge is 50 cents per plate.-Esther Tippin, Emily Jane Yount, program chairmen.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB: There will be a picnic on Wednesday. For tickets and information, inquire at the Psychology Office. The cost will be thirty-five cents. Members may bring guests. Election of Psi Chi officers will be held—Marian Horn, secretary.
WESTMINSTER FORUM: Forum's meeting this evening will feature a Senior Symposium on "After College, What?" led by Sonny Durna. Ruth Yeomans will lead devotionals. All are invited.-Bob Talmadge, president.
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Mother's Day Observanc Is 600 Years Old
Citizens of England of 600 years ago and the University st dents since 1922 have had only a few customs in common. T day one characteristic may be outstanding—they have both o served Mother's Day.
The Britons, history tells us, were the first to set aside o day of the year when mothers got out of life something more than the mending of children's clothes.
But tenacious as the English are, they didn't cling to the Mother's Day custom very long. It was 1908 before Philadelphia revived the fashion in America. Growing in popularity, Mother's Day was finally given national recognition in 1914, when President Wilson proclaimed the second day of May to be a side for that special event.
At the University, students observed this anniversary in a catch-as-catch-can sort of way until 1922, when Chancellor Lindley named the first Sunday in May in May as a special time for University mothers to visit the Campus. A reception was given each year for the parents.
It was not until 1928, however, that University groups under the leadership of Miss Elizabeth Meguiar, acting Dean of Women, organized a full two-day program, for the mothers.
University's Mother's Day have included the annual parents' banquet mother-daughter banquets, bac concerts, and awards of prizes to organized houses having the large number of parents present.
Since then, festivities during the
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especially for fathers.
Today, then, the University of serves these fine customs by mail to the parents of every student institutions to visit the University.
Memorial Union Stands As Tribute to War Dead
With the announcement of plans for the remodeling of basement of the Memorial Union building comes discussion the drive conducted to raise funds to build it.
The first World War was still a vivid memory, and the desire to perpetuate the memories of 129 loyal sons and daughters, the University who sacrificed their lives for their country w foremost, when the drive was ___ begun 20 years ago.
Although it is a trifling sum compared to the value of the 120 lives sacrificed on foreign battlefields, $1,-000,000 was set for the total amount to be subscribed for the construction of this shrine. The memorial would be built entirely from money appropriated by students, faculty, alumni' and friends of the University. This was wholeheartedly begun and carried through.
For three years there were widespread drives for contributions. The entire United States was canvassed for funds from old grads of the University. A minimum pledge of $40 was sought from each undergraduate, payable within four years. In the fall of the same year that the drive began a report showed that average pledges from students were exceeding this minimum. The average pledge from each student was approximately $61. Alumni wholeheartedly donated to the cause. A group of graduates from Salt Lake City sent in a total pledged amount of $24,000. In 1923 the final accountancy on the fund showed that from 9,500 pledges a total of $965,000 was pledged.
Plans for the building were drawn up by Irving K. Pond, of Chicago. He designed the building using the Memorial Union building of the University of Michigan as a model. The original plans for the building provided for 14 alumni sleeping roo on the third floor where gradua could stay when they visited University. Only in this one provision did the construction deviate any great degree from the origi plans.
After a year of construction on the basement, the building was formed dedicated on April 30, 1926, with laying of the cornerstone. A copy box was put in the cornerstone containing the names of the 129 dept. front pages of 11 newspapers waived in the memorial campaign copy of the Kansas City Star containing the news of the declaration of war and a copy containing the net of the declaration of peace, graph of Governor Ben Pace's copy of the Graduate magazine piling the history of the memorial drive, a picture of the Jayhawk bark and three roses. A troop of 14 veterans lowered the cornerstone into place.
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Interior work on the building begun the following fall and though not entirely complete that is yet to be carried out) building was formally opened Nov. 20, 1927.
It's love that makes the wgo go 'round, according to traditi but Europe is pretty dizzy with it. —Los Angeles Times.
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