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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1938
Kansan Comment
Exploitation Threatens
We, the students, protest!
Disguise monopoly as you will, but it still remains monopoly.
The Varsity theater closes today. How soon will higher剧院 prices follow?
Moving picture shows are the chief sources of entertainment offered commercially in Lawrence for students. A score of years ago the Lawrence theaters were operated as a monopoly with certain consequent disadvantages to the show-going public, notably higher admission prices. Construction of the Granada and subsequent competition broke the first monopoly and resulted in better pictures and lower prices for the public.
Under free competitive conditions, supply tends to equal demand. Under monopolistic conditions, the supply is so controlled as to furnish the greatest amount of profit.
Late in the summer a "Swap" arrangement brought the Lawrence theaters under one management, the Commonwealth Lawrence Theater Corporation, and at the same time placed the Manhattan theaters, with one independent exception, under a single management, the Griffith-Dickinson chain.
Are both student bodies to be exploited?
Profit By Example
Conviction this week of Dr. James Monroe Smith, president of Louisiana University, adds argument to the charge that the American system of academic leadership kowtows to politics. In this case, political influence happened to produce a splendid group of college buildings, but the effect might easily have been otherwise.
During the past few years, newspapers have spotlighted various struggles between university presidents and political opponents. An example might be that of Glenn Frank of Wisconsin. With ninety per cent of the University faculty behind him, Frank faced a state board hearing before less than one hundred persons. Although he pleaded for a larger room and a more public hearing, the board insisted on using the usual room occupied at board meetings. All of this demonstrated just one point: Wisconsin politics had the state university under its thumb.
Last June a board of trustees ruled by Governor Chas, D. Martin forced Chas, H. Fisher of Western Washington College from an office held for sixteen years. At the time of its coup de main, the body refused to make any charges of misconduct against Fisher. Again, a state school felt the pressure of a political thumb.
Educators need no Isaiah to predict the outcome of colleges subject to political control. They realize that this phase of American government is growing, not lessening.
What is the answer? Certainly the remedy does not rest in endowment supported schools for those institutions also are subjected to a pressure, though of a different nature.
The future of state schools depends on the recognition of the evils of politics in education and to force action to remove the possibility of such interference. Louisiana has had an object lesson. Other states may profit by its example.
--twig reversed itself in the hands and pointed downward.
Disillusion Complete
The legendary origin of the "three-on-a-match" superstition traced that well-worn belief to the days of the World War when, so the story goes, it was considered unlucky to be the third man to light a cigarette on a single match. The reason offered was that an enemy shell could put out the cigarettes and also the three soldiers as the result of too-long exposure of the light.
The second European conflict ended this unfounded tale by substituting cold facts for fiction. Modern warfare with its fast bombers does not allow a soldier time to light the first cigarette.
Not to be outdone in the blasting of charming illusions, now comes a University professor who relegates to limbo the ancient profession of "water-witching".
Divining rods formerly were good for everything from telling your fortune to finding your roommate's tux. The forked twigs of wood were employed in locating such diverse objects as ore deposits, buried or hidden treasures, lost landmarks, boundaries, criminals, lost or strayed animals, not excepting errant husbands. Most important, of course, was the location of well sites for both oil and water.
Water-witching was a definite art. The rod was held in the two hands so that each hand held a fork and the end of the twig was pointed upwards. When the secret spot was found, the
The iconoclast, a geologic authority, destroyed the respectable profession of water-witching by asserting that the movements of the rods are explicable and due, not to magic, but to minute, unconscious muscular movements, the source of which lie in the imagination, intuition, or wishful thinking of the "water-witch".
Now that the stork, Santa Claus, and water witches are accordingly disposed of, and even exposed as "Quacks", it is time the professors called a halt. If this kind of thing continues, college students might yet be forced to see the importance of educational training.
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A woman has been dragged forth by the Fritz Kuhn defence currently appearing before the Dies committee in an attempt to show that the Bund leader had a "reason" to steal some of the funds of his organization. Hence, it becomes another triangle case of Kuhn, coin, and cutie.
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Hollywood has a new propaganda picture out called "Hitler—Beast of Berlin." The movie conceivably might be renamed "Hitler—Harlequin for Hollywood."
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 37 Sunday, Nov. 19, 1939 No. 47
Noticees due at Chancellor's office at 3 p.m. on day before publication during the week, and at 10 a.m. on Friday before publication.
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ATTENTION—All cases to appear before the Student Court should first be appealed to the Clerk of the Court, Bob McKay, telephone 2003—Gene Buchanan chief justice.
ALPHA PHI OMEGA; Installation of new officers of the national service fraternity will take place at 4:30 Monday afternoon at the Pine room of the Memorial Chapel, where he will also be made mourn—Kenneth Cedaral, president.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: The regular meeting, open to students, graduates and faculty members, will be held at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon in room C, Myers hall—Jack Diary, secretary.
COLLEGE FACULTY The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the auditorium on the third floor of Frank Strong hall—Dearne W. Malot, president.
EL ATENEO: The Spanish Club will have an open
strong hall. A caledot movie will be shown. Anyone
interested in Spain is invited to attend. Members
please remember to bring your dues. LouiseBush
**ENGLISH LECTURE:** Miss Macdain Aaron, 22, of Westfield to speak to English majors and their jurors at Thursday's Thursdays lecture. The subject will be "Poetry." She will read from her own recently published volume, *Poetry*. Wrote a book about the importance of English.
JAYHAWK TUMBLERS: The Jayhawk Tumblers at 7.30 p.m. Wednesday for special practice. Eldor Woods
MEDICAL APTITUDE TEST: The medical aptitude test given by the Association of American Medical Colleges will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 3:00 p.m., in Room 1455 of the School of Nursing, applying for entrance into medical school next fall. Please submit your application to take this test at the time designated above, since it will not be given again this year. A fee of one dollar will be collected from each student taking the test. For any additional information, see the undersigned—Park H. Woodard
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION: A special class with limited enrollment is now being formed to help students prepare for the next proficiency examination in English composition. The class meets at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Two variances are left for information consult the undersigned—J. B. Virtue.
ROGER WILLIAMS FOUNDATION: There will be a forum on "Protestantism," led by Rev. E. F. Price, at 6:30 Sunday evening. The forum will be preceded at 6 on the social half hours - Gordon Kohn, president.
WESTMINSTER STUDENT FORUM. The regular Sunday evening meeting will be at Westminster hall at 7:30 p.m. David Waterminder will be in charge of a discussion on the subject, "What Does My Religion Mean? What is the Requirement of Me?" Emily Young will lead the wordless Nelson Kim will send—Charles Yeomans president.
W.S.G.A. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. There will be a
meeting next week at Jackson Tuesday even-
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official Student Paper of
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas
Edwin-Claire Custer
Associate Editor
Richard Boyce, Stewart Jones
Mary Lennard, Randall D.
Horry Hill
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Sunday Kitty             Emily Young
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Society Editor          Elizabeth Kirch
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Campus Life in Life;
Staff Photographer of Picture Magazine Covers the Hill
Campus coeds may awake some day soon to see their pictures in Lilie magazine as a result of a weekend visit by two of the publishers's staff members, writer Judith Chien, photographer Ariel Edmstedt.
Miss Chase spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Lawrence exploring the Canopy and selecting models for the pictures which will appear in an early issue of Life, Mr. Eisenstedt flew from New York Friday and remained until Saturday, pointing his battery of cameras at University art classes, the child care clinic, the home economics house, and the ced population of Mt. Oreal.
Before becoming a member of
Life's staff, Miss Chase wrote free-
lance material and worked on Harper
Bazan, a well-known woman's
ON THE
OFF
B-E-A-T
By Roderick Burton
No, A. No A Thousand Times NO
(To be sung on the off beat)
No, no, a thousand times NO!
(We'd rather die than give in).
No, no, a thousand times NO—
We do NOT write On the Shin!
If one is to judge from the censored reports, yesterday the Western Front was so quiet that one could have heard a bomb drop.
This department's honors of the week go to Governor Dickinson of Michigan, for protesting the dismissal of the student editor of the newspaper at the University of Detroit after he had written an edited opinion in a Republican newspaper's "puritanical attitude." The editorial, by the wav, was not published.
Franz von Fopen says that Germany will probably establish a European commonwealth if she wins. Others, however, think that it might be called more appropriately a "hiderwealth."
In his letter, Governor Dickinson said: "... I . . . I believe that criticism, favorable or unfavorable, is good for public officials. If young Mr. Kavanaugh (the student editor) gave his honest opinion, I would be the last to censor him. In fact, I think I would be glad to commend the young man for his fearless interest in public affairs."
The M.S.C. smoking ban in various buildings on the Campus went into effect Friday. We have just about decided that we should take up smoking in order to show evenness, we are obeying the prohibition.
Thems E. Dewey is going to start his speech campaign for the Republic nomination for president next month. Soon the American public will find out exactly what struggles on the issues of the day.
Correction—The Kansan erred in reporting that the Fine Arts Fling
"Oppress the Press" week when I walked into my history class to be met by a deluge of criticism from John Billings about the Kansas "criticism" of the University's symphony orchestra. Mr. Billings, it seems, hare ada Shavian work on Wagner, i.e., Mr. Billings is a music critic. Braham's "Symphony No. 2 in D Major" is not "delicate even though it wasn't played by the University musicians I learned. Since I didn't know much about it, "Oh, Johnny, Oh Johnny, how you can woo" cute, I put a very poor argument for the reporter the news editor mistakenly sent over to review the concert, Professor Melvin ended the struggle with Kansas Criticism leading the University Symphony by one sniff.
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magazine. She is a stranger to the west, having been born in Boston. The size of the University impressed her, and she was amazed by the distance between the various buildings on the campus. The young journalist was pleased by the cordial, informal atmosphere and thought it quite distinctive from more inhibited eastern schools.
Mr. Eisenstaedt, whose pictures have been featured in Life ever since the magazine's first issue, arrived in Lawrence to find the skies overcast and the weather a photographer's nightmare. Accustomed to working under disadvantages, he spent two days baily buamping canvases that were drawn to him by traktates most of his pictures with a Leica camera. Mr. Eisenstaedt also uses a Rolleiflex, a Graflex, and a 9:12 Linhoff.
was encelled because of "conflicting dates." It was called off because of not enough dates.
The shadow of a bad reputation has fallen wrongly upon two University Bob Brooks. The Journal World reported that a Bob Brooks had been arrested for drunkenness without further identifying the Brooks apprehended. The Bob Joynal of Joalwai Wold fame is definitely not Dean Brook's little brother Bob, nor Phi Del's Bob Brooks.
Prof. Henry Ladd Smith, Hound's Ditch philosopher, neglected his usual impeccable self one day last week and appeared in his 9:30 class with a reddish smudge resembling blood. He didn't hear that Mrs. Smith uses no lipstick. I wouldn't have thought it. I worth mentioning.
After Barbara Daniels had walked off the recital stage of "The Night of January 16" Bob Miller kiddling held out his hands saying: "Here's the egg, you just had." Later, in Brick's, magician Jack Dalby procured a real egg and with a bit of die legendary manual it out from Barbara's cock. Surprize, Babs just cooled and caked.
Some prankster evidently hid the Chi O can-opener last Wednesday
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