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EDITORIAL
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940.
The Kansan Comments-- EDITORIALS LETTERS PATTER
Health Measure Needs Teeth
Examination of food handlers would meet with little opposition from Lawrence restaurants and cafes, a preliminary survey has shown, but an effective and concerted movement toward the public health measure would require compulsion, which could only be obtained through a city ordinance and adequate city facilities for conducting the examinations.
At present, then, it appears that all that is lacking is initiative. The student health service, through its director, Dr. R. I. Camuteson, has made available facilities for the examinations. The Pan-Hellenic councils are requiring the examination of food handlers in organized houses, and several boarding houses have volunteered to cooperate in the plan. But the protection offered applies only to about one-fourth of the students attending the University; and it is a vulnerable protection at best, for whatever
University students think student government doesn't amount to anything. That was what the Germans thought about theirs before Hitler took over.
Favorable response to the examinations was expressed by the owners of restaurants immediately adjacent to the campus, and a similar attitude prevailed at several downtown eating places. Several, however, were reluctant to have their employees examined on the grounds that such action might possibly be construed as an admittance that some person in their employ might have tuberculosis, and thus hurt their business. Another restaurant owner said he was willing to have his employees examined if others would cooperate.
With nine of a group of nineteen Californians, "sunburned and disillusioned," leaving their British West Indies island of ideal existence last week because it was too densely populated by wild jackasses, it is time for complaining Kansans to offer mute thanks that their state of blowing dust, spoiled-child weather, and K.U. football teams—all issues included—still has its compensations.
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Nertz to Paradise
If foreign correspondent Leland Stowe can be believed, Norwegian officials sold their own country out to the Nazi's. Hope the United States doesn't get the silly idea of buying it back for them.
The Sunflower state lacks several of the sore spots of the universe. Missouri hasn't decided that she needs "lebensraum." Ham and Eggers to us are just another faction of California's lunatic-fringe. And Kansas has never been accredited, even in Dr. Ise's "Sod and Stubble" with wild donkey-clan bed fellows, eat-fellows, and play-fellows—at least in the anatomical sense—such as the Eldorado-seekers found in Southern waters.
The eyes of Kansans who dreamed toward California or a "little island somewhere" as an earthly paradise should now be turned homewards. Those visionaries should now realize what experience has proved: That there is no Eden, so-called, in the world that hasn't its share of malaria, tarantulas, cocoanut-dropping monkeys, sand fleas, or something equally as annoying.
good accomplished is undone whenever the student eats at a restaurant in which the food handlers have not been examined. All eating places must have the examinations if tuberculosis is to be effectively guarded against.
So far as the city of Lawrence is concerned, an ordinance requiring tuberculosis examination of food handlers would be a distinct advantage. The progressiveness and prestige of any city is measured in a large part by the laws that protect those who live within its bounds.
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And then there's the Reporting I student who didn't write a news story because he could not think of a plot.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 37 Wednesday, April 17, 1940 No. 130
BOTANY CLUB: There will be a meeting tonight at 7:30—Robert Schmitt, secretary.
QUILL CLUB: Quill club will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Pine Room.—Evelyn Longerbeam, chancellor.
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.
SASNAK CLUB: There will be a regular meeting at 7:30 tomorrow evening in the Kansas room of the Union building. Mr. C. S. Robinson, assisted superintendent of schools at Kansas City, Mo. will speak on "What A Supervisor Expects of a Physical Educator". All Physical Education majors are asked to attend.-Gene Billups, president.
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.
UNIVERSITY BAND: The University Band will be in full dress to play for Honors Convocation tomorrow morning at 9:50 a.m.-Curtis Johnson.
WESLEY FOUNDATION PARTY POSTPONED; The Wesley Foundation skating party, scheduled for Friday has been canceled. A party will be held on the following Friday in the church basement.—Russell H. Barrett, publicity chairman.
Y. M.-Y.W.: Mr. F. B. Jensen of the economics department will lead a discussion on the "Present World Situation" at the weekly meeting of Freshman Commission tomorrow afternoon in the Pine Room at 4:30. All freshmen are urged to attend—Helen Martin, John Conard, publicity chairmen.
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ROCK CHALK TALK
By Marilyn McBride
Jiminy Cricket, the conscience with the A. Woollott manner, steals the show from Pinocchio in the season's best movie. Hollywood may produce flickers by the ton and insist on showing them two at a sitting, but unfortunately there is only one Disney.
The Anglo-French purchasing mission was successful . . . the neutral U.S. will release a billion dollars worth of American warplanes of the new Martin F-4 type . . . this light bomber has not yet become available in quantity for the American army and navy. Cash-and carry! Dubious is the outcome of one-sided neutrality.
Roosevelt cancelled his usual press conference yesterday to open the official baseball season. . . America's favorite sport is running adequate competition to Europe's favorite sport, and what a difference in result. Throwing pop-bottles and yelling at the ampire is one way of letting off steam, dropping bombs and invading neutrals is another game entirely.
Popular music has come a long way since the days of moonlight and roses when current lyrics expand the sentimental ballad vocabulary with phrases like: chili con carne, oysters, and sneeze!
Says John Gunther: "The Trojan horse of espionage and under-cover work which preceded the Germans into Norway had led to a false assumption on the part of the Nazi
command . . . they expected no Norwegian resistance.” “If Italy becomes an active axis-partner and invades Greece, Britain will be in a rather embarrassing position as Greece's ally."
Another year . . . another MSC election. After all the tumult and shouting about student liberty and student rights, the men were expected to fight their way to the poll but the usual lethargy is still functioning . . . and the number of city cast was average.
One man's poison is another's meat, so it's champagne, grand pianos and automobiles for British fishermen who are willing to take the risk of mines, warships, submarines, and bombing planes. Ordinary fishermen who formerly eked out a bare living are now making $30,000 for the 16-week season.
Noel Coward Play
The ladies in literature all 'save the knacks
Of arrogant answers and glamorous cracks;
Then men are caraptured by what they can do
And always provide them an elegant cue*
The men that I know are an uin-
spired lot
Who let conversation go sadly to pot.
And though I think up remarks that would slay them.
They never afford me a reason to say them . . .
Ears Burning?---
Hill women's ears should be burning because for the past week Ye Ed of Hereabout has been learning a lot about them. Some of the opinionated remarks have been rather critical while others were quite compliment- made a rather ambiguous remark: ary. "I resent gum chewing in my face".
Women Put in Pan By Campus Observers
No poll would be complete without Richard CappCann, c'40, voicing his erudite opinion. MappCann thought awhile before he orated. "Truly modern girl has succeeded in dragging herself down to something called equality. She sits in coke joints, puffs the air full of smoke, slops up her beer, and shouts with laughter, protesting that she knows a joke a lot filthier than he does. All I've got to say is—I'm glad there are a 'few' of the other kind left." Well that was about enough to say.
A. D. Weaver, local merchant, practically nullified Poor Richard's cynical attitude with "College girls never do anything wrong. They are delightful." Ye Ed was beginning to hear things she had never heard before.
That dilettante of femininity, Jimmy Robertson, c'40, had something to say but being in a hurry Ye Ed had to leave after the first 300 introductory words. E. C. Buehler, professor of speech and dramatic art,
Except for an aversion for women, who fail to speak first; who have a persecution complex; who let their hose sew get crooked; and who are unappreciative, Ken (Egg Noggen) Postlthwaite, is quite satisfied with women.
Probably the most positive criticism offered was that of Eliabeth Meguiar, adviser of women. "Gum chewing in public is very impolite," Miss Meguiar said. "Often girls do not speak to hostesses or ones in receiving lines. Etiquette goes deeper than observing the correct customer. The most admirable conduct emerges from fine feeling."
Becky Trembly, c'43, dislik "meow" complex of some girls. "My greatest criticism of girls is the 'cattiness' of which many are guilty."
Ye Ed, by this time, felt that she had collected enough criticism to keep all the women on the campus reforming for the remainder of the semester.
DON'T FORGET THE RELAYS!