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EDITORIAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 19
The Kansan Comments-- EDITORIALS ★ LETTERS ★ PATTER
Rally! Rally!
The Men's Student Council's proposal to raise money to furnish the University's three men's dormitories at last gives the student body a chance to get in on the ground floor of aiding, one of the Hill's greatest and worthiest projects.
So far, the student body hasn't contributed to the dormitories. The alumni, the Lawrence merchants, are all giving what they can afford to help house needly and deserving students.
You seniors who will be "old grads" next year will be mighty proud of those three buildings. You underclassmen will get a thrill from pointing out the dormitories to your visiting friends. So open up the strings to the purses that sent the band to Washington, that sent the telegram to the basketball team, that has given money to every worthwhile cause. Nickles, dimes, quarters, dollars, let 'em roll... Those unurnished dorms need the fruits of that University of Kansas spirit.
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Praise for Pan-Hel
Praise for the University's Pan-Hellenic council in taking the initiative to require tuberculosis examinations of fraternity and sorority food handlers was expressed recently by Louise Strachen of the National Tuberculosis Association. "The news from Kansas" should provide an incentive for other colleges and universities to pass similar regulations, Miss Strachen said. It was suggested that the National Pan-Hellenic council be informed of the action. Continuing, Miss Strachen said that all of the colleges in the country should be informed about this "event".
But before Kansas sets itself up as a model for other universities to pattern similar regulations, it should first consider its own problem. As matters now stand, tuberculosis precautions, so far as food handlers are concerned, apply only to about one-fourth of the students enrolled here. And public health begins at home.
The local Pan-Hellenic council, however, is to be commended for its action, and it is well that it be accorded national recognition. But there is much to be done before Kansas can rest with any peace of mind—on its laurels.
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Salesmen Engineers
While a lot of departments such as journalism and speech and dramatic arts do a good deal of ham writing and acting to advertise their wares, the engineers believe in getting down to brass tacks and showing just what they have on the "ball." Judging from the comments of a few of 5.000 persons who visited the School of Engineering's exposition last week, the lads who "carry their brains on a slide rule" put on a show that overly-justified their existence and the $700 allotted them by the M.S.C
Departments in the school worked up a pretty hot contest. The trophy that went to the department putting on the best show was sought after by every architectural, mechanical, civil, electrical, petroleum, and mining engineer on the campus. Naturally, that fancy exhibit of the Architect's won the layman's attention. The Electrical's show, however, won the trophy. The other exhibits had that exciting quality of the unknown and left the impression that there was more than met the unutored
eye. Let one of those eager-eyed engineers try to tell you all about it and you would be convinced there was.
For tax-payers who have become soured during recent years from getting various and sundry run-arounds for their money, the exposition should have proved heartening. The engineers didn't let down the Who's Who In Engineering rating of twentieth in the nation in number of outstanding graduates. It was a neat job in educational advertising. Here's hoping money will be forthcoming two years hence for another engineering exposition.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 37 Tuesday, April 23, 1940 No. 134
APPLICATIONS FOR DANCE MANAGER: Applications, with a list of qualifications, are due at the office of the Adviser of Men, room 1, Frank Strong Hall, before 5 o'clock on Thursday April 25.—C. H. Mullen, president of Men's Student Council.
APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENT MANAGER: Applications, with a list of qualifications are due at the N.Y.A. office by 5 o'clock Thursday, April 25. Applicants must conform to eligibility requirements. Need will be considered.-C. H. Mullen, President Men's Student Council.
COMMENCEMENT EXHIBITS: Departments which are planning to show exhibits during commencement week and which wish to include description of exhibits in Commencement Booklet, please forward copy for printing promptly to Mr. W. H. Schoewe, chairman of Commencement Committee on Exhibits.
FRESHMAN COMMISSION OF Y.M. & Y.W.: Joseph King, minister of the Congregational Church will lead a discussion on the present world crisis Thursday afternoon at 4:30 in the Pine Room. All freshmen are invited—Helen Martin, John Conard, publicity chairmen.
GIRL RESERVE TRAINING COURSE: All girls who have completed the Girl Reserve Training Course may get their notebooks at the Education office at any time.—Ruth Moritz.
ISA DISTRICT MEETING: District I of IS.A. will hold a business meeting tonight in the men's lounge of the Union building from 7:00 to 7:30. A representative for the IS.A. council will be elected.Fred Robertson, district chairman.
I. S.A. FASHION SHOW: The women of the I.S.A. are presenting a fashion show of "Night and Day" on Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 in the Memorial Union Ballroom. All women students of the University and interested faculty members are invited as guests of I.S.A. The show will feature women's campus fashions for a week's period—Mary Gene Hull, Social Chairman, I.S.A.
LE CERLE FRANCAIS: Le Cerle Francais se remuira merci le 24 avil a quadre heures et demie dans la salle 113 Frank Strong Hall. Tous eeux qui parent francais sont invites — Rosemary Jones.
NEWMAN CLUB; There will be a discussion and business meeting this evening at 7:30 in St. John's Church Hall—Albert Protiva, vice-president.
RHADAMANTHI: Rhamadanthi, poetry society will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Pine Room. Oliver Edwards will discuss A. E. Haussman's poetry. All are invited.
—Gordon Brigham, president.
SCABBARD AND BLADE MEMBERS: There is to be a meeting of all active members of Scabbard and Blade in the Engineering building at 7:30 tomorrow evening. The meeting will consist of election of new officers. All who are not excused will be fined.—Rex R. Sage, 1st Sgt.
SENIORS: All seniors who wish to reserve space in the Senior section of the Jayhawker should fill out application blanks at the Jayhawker office before May 1. Chad Case, business manager
SENIORS: Don't delay in placing your orders for announcements now on sale at the University business office. The deadline is April 27.-John Oakson, chairman.
W. S.G.A. TEA; There will be a tea in the Women's Lounge of the Administration building tomorrow from 3:00 to 5:00. All university women are invited.—Jean Klussman.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS: There will be a meeting tonight at 7:30 in the men's lounge of the Union building.—Douglas Miller.
TAU SIGMA: Tau Sigma will not meet this evening.
—Geardine Ulm, president.
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Whoa, Girls!
Until its recent election, Mortar Board was reverently be lieved to be a paradisiacal group in which the virtues of scholarship, character, and unselfish service to the University reside. The feminine cherubim who ascend to this heaven are suppose to have a vast fund of additional virtues. But doubt has arise and students wonder if Mortar Board is all it should be.
Doubt arose first in the "heaven" itself. One of the scholar cherubs refused to go to Honor's Convocation because she was not at all pleased with a few of the newly elected members of the angelic board. She had approved only a part of those chosen Another, observing during the election that three angels, who earthly address is Corbin hall, were exhibiting Luciferian attitudes, took council with her conscience but decided to remain on the Board Celestial.
Of course, none of the angels was perfect. Their sins, how ever, were a bit less obvious than those of the three Cornelius Most of the group had preferences and dislikes but tried to merge them in the task of allowing or refusing admittance to their empyrean stronghold. But the three Lucifers dealt in personalities; they used "Don't like her" as a basis for refusing membership in the collegiate paradise. Nothing could dissuade the Dark Ones from their selfish course and "Don't like her" kept least two women from attaining campus immortality who has scholarship, character, and unselfish service to the University their credit.
Even a newly initiated Mortar Board member is disillusioned. She doesn't believe it is an honor to belong to a group that he been selected partly through politics, powerful friendships petty likes and dislikes. One of the members of the past year board goes so far as to say that the whole thing should be abashed. "It doesn't mean anything, anyway," she said.
Not long before this, one of these unfallen Lucifers had made her spirit known. To a clay-footed, gossip-mongering column this Dark One had imparted a malicious tale, quite untrue, about a sister-angel which she hoped would be published, thus injuring the innocent one's reputation and furthering her own self-interests in the W.S.G.A. election. Was thi san angel or "serpent arm'd with mortal sting"?
It isn't necessary, though, to abolish Mortar Board. The Boat is a worthwhile way of expressing recognition of the achievements of women students. The idea of Mortar Board is excellent. It is an over-organized campus with groups such Corbin hall running over those whom they don't like, with independent students squaring off against Greek organizations, wi clubs, cliques, factions of every kind demanding special loyalty that contributes to Mortar Board's ills.
Whenever devotion to truth, honesty, and unselfish service the University replaces the loyalty to special groups, Mort Board can assume in reality that position to which it now pertends. Until then, the real leaders will have to stand on merits of their own achievements and not the emblem of Torch.
ROCK CHALK TALK
By Marilyn McBride
If "Promrise Path" has a moral, it must be: Don't marry a college man. Dseptie happy moments with Rogers and McCrea, the picture is saved by the inspired antics of Honey-belle and Gramma. The college audience had two good laughs through their own interpretation of the unfortunate and gin-soaked alumnus who was writing a book on "them Greeks."
if he isn't busy being first again.
The 1940 election may come and go, but Eleanor's column may go on until 1946 . . . her option holds until that date. Her husband has many tentative offers that would engage him profitably as a writer,
Despite the obvious importance aviation and its prominent place the world's headlines, there is a need for standard air-vocabulary In England these slang terms persist . joystick and airscrew (pellor). Obsolete aviation ten clutter up the scene though start mechanical improvements crease language lag. Europe continue to use aeroplane institute of airplane . . . the former is English-Greek mongrel. Aerodrome means air runner yet it is used
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