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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1939
Kansan Comment
Smoking Issues
ARGUMENTS FAVORING SMOKING
1. Cigarette smoking increases fire hazard.
2. Ashes and stubs in center Ad, are poor build-up from public solutions; sold slowly.
3. State-law prohibits smoking in public buildings.
ARGUMENTS AGAINST SMOKING SAN
4. Proposed bill plus manimous student cooperation would be a feather in the cap of student government on this campus.
1. Students like that between-class cigarette, and like to smoke it in the buildings.
Negro Problem On the Hill
Later this month a cast composed partly of Negroes will present "Emperor Jones." Such a production is an innovation on a campus where the Negro problem has not been solved but merely ignored. A dramatic presentation is one of the many opportunities desired and deserved by the two hundred Negro students at the University.
The sad plight in which the University Negro finds himself today is due, not so much to prejudice, but to sheer negligence on the part of the school authorities regarding his social and physical welfare. Enrollment is not restricted, but a well-rounded education consists of more than class attendance.
The Negro student body lacks organized life. There is only one large party a year given by the school, and very few activities are possible in such a disorganized group. In regard to athletics, the Big-Six rules bar him from competition, and local rules keep him out of intramural athletics. Negro students enrolled in physical education are not allowed to swim or engage in games with white students. The annual football game between the two colored fraternities usually results in injuries to the participants due to lack of training and equipment. Negroes take no real part in student government, nor do they have an organization to lend that unity which is so vital to any group.
Discussions of these problems have brought these propositions to view: 1) University officials should cooperate in forming an organization including all Negroes for the purpose of dealing adequately with their problems; 2) A complete athletic program should be arranged; 3) A permanent committee or Dance Manager to supervise the social program; 4) The Student Council could create a Negro district which would insure at least one Negro representative on each team; 5) University departments could cooperate to encourage projects such as the current dramatic production.
The administration should not overlook this vital problem involving the University's largest minority group and affecting the harmony of the entire student body.
Americans by now should be old enough to suspect, if not to disregard completely, most stories issued by the warring powers. Most children start being skeptical about Santa Claus much earlier.
If all this stuff about Charlie Barnet is true, somebody ought to hire Dame Fortune for a press agent.
Campus Opinion
EDITOR'S NOTE. The editors are not responsible for opinions or facts given in the letters published in this column. Letters more than 300 words are subject to the editor's discretion, though the name will be withheld if the writer desires.
Non-Partisan Move
To The Editor:
The proposed ban on smoking by C. H. Mullen, P.S. G.L. is a fine thing—one of the few examples of non-partisan activity conducted here. The idea that students are responsible enough not to abuse the privilege is foolish. I have been on many school campuses in the State; none of their buildings or campuses compete with Pittala Building. Emporia Teens all prohibit and enforce non-smoking regulations in the buildings.
Even Kansas State whom we Jeyhawkers are fond of disparaging does not permit smoking on the campus. Laying aside all prejudice against the "farmers" there from which we could do than follow the action of Kansas State.
RALPH SCAMEL
Smoking Issue
To The Editor:
Idle talk and gossip have run wildly over the Hill concerning the "smokin" question. I sincerely doubt if Chancellor Malott or the council considered this as a moral issue. They are concerned with two definite,
The first argument is the fire hazard. Every student should know that the state does not carry fire insurance on any of their buildings. The destruction of any building would incapacitate the University tremendously. Remembering how hard it was for Kansas State to obtain a new chemistry building, we
should consider the proposed bill as a protection for our education.
The second argument is concerned with the cleanliness and sanitation that is hampered by smoking in the buildings. Debris of cigarette lines the corridors. This harms our reputation and makes K.U. a horrible example of slovenness. One professor said recently, "I'm ashamed to take anyone through some parts of the buildings." These two realistic views of smoking in the buildings must be considered in discussing this problem. Hiding behind our prejudices and petty desires will not furnish an adequate solution.
Connected with this argument is the position white our chancellor has taken on the problem. We can never accomplish anything by trying to fight our administrative head. He is now to his job and needs all the support we can possibly give him. Give him a fair chance in his fine attempts at change. He does not wish to dictate to students and tear down the student government which has been built. In many ways he is trying to ground that system upon something besides petty politics. Consider the problem from both his position and your position before you commit your reasons for it. It demands apply. We can do a great effort to our school by helping him in his adjustments and by supporting him whenever criticism begins to ride the waves. The smoking ban will not injure any of us. Objectively looking at it we can see that it might be helpful.
BRENT CAMPBELL.
Wants Smoking Rooms
To The Editor:
As a non-smoker, I suppose I should favor the widely discussed ban on smoking. I admit that the cigarette stubs scattered at the balls do look like the devil, but a smoking ban is hardly the answer.
Instead of stepping back a hundred years and joining the ranks of such college as Cow Tweets, why not go forward by doing a little pioneering? I humbly offer the suggestion that a smoking room might be arranged for every building on the Hill. It really doesn't cost a great deal to fireproof a room.
I realize that it would take at least five years to put this through in Kansas; so in the meantime may I suggest the liberal distribution of sand rushes throughout the buildings with the M.S.C.'s gentle hint to use them
I offered this suggestion to the Pachaemones last spring when they were hunting planks for their platform. They scared it, so P.S.GL, it's yours. Grab it, Aichy, and get off that limb.
T. C. SINGER
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1939
No. 23
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: The regular weekly meeting, open to students, graduates and faculty members, will be held this afternoon at 4:30 in Room C. Myers hall - Dick Daley, secretary.
COLLEGE FACULTY: The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will meet at 4:30 this afternoon in the auditorium on the third floor of Frank强 Hall一de Waele, Mantall, president.
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE LECTURE. The first lecture in the Contemporary Literature Lecture Course will be at 3:30 am on Wall review *Ak Bish* by Archibald MacLeish. While this lecture is primarily for freshmen, upperclassmen and graduates are invited — W. S. Johnson, chairman, Department of English.
MATHEMATICS STUDENTS: The Mathematics Club meets Thursday, Oct. 19, at 4:15 p.m. Claudia Brown will speak on "Probability: Choices and Chance." After refreshments in the lounge, the club will adjourn to room 203 for the program—Marlow Sholander, president.
NEWMAN CLUB: There will be a regular meeting of the Newman Club at 7 o'clock this evening in the parish of St. John's Catholic Church—James C. Gillesie, vice-president.
PERSONAL RELATIONS COMMISSION: There will be a meeting at 4:30 this afternoon at Henley house Miss Beulah Morrison, of the department of psychology will give some psychological suggestions relative to problems of personal relations. Everybody is interested.-Marjane Wiley, Charles Xenonna, co-chairmen.
RHADAMANTHI: Rhadamanthi, poetry society will meet at 4:30 Wednesday in the men's lounge of the Memorial Union building. All interested are urged to attend -Gordon Brigham, president.
RIFLE. The range will be open today. Come at the hour you sent for—Ann Rightmire, captain.
Y. M.C.A. MEMBERS. The annual membership banquet will be at 6 p.m. in the Memorial Union ballroom. Tickets may be secured at the Y office, Allied to attend—Ernest Kliena, Chairman chirman.
Harry Hill
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Two-Day Meet For Engineers Begins Friday
The Kansas-Nebraska section of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education will hold its annual symposium here meeting on Friday and Sunday.
- Kansas-Nebraska Section Of Engineering Society To Hear Educators Speak; Banquet Is Planned
A complete program for the meeting was announced yesterday by Prof. T. H. Marshall, chairman, professor of chemical engineering. The program includes roundtable discussions Friday afternoon covering subjects in the fields of mechanics, architecture, chemical engineering drawing, engineering English, and mathematics; a banquet at the Memorial Union building on Friday night, and a business and general assembly Saturday morning. Dean O. J. Ferguson of the University of Nebraska will speak on the subject of "Fundamental Fundamentals" of chemical engineering. Malott will speak on "A Giugno Toward the Future" at the banquet.
Reading of two technical papers, "Green's Functions Applied to the Solution of Engineering Problems" by Prof. D. Tigley of Kansas State College, and "Uses of Probability and Statistics in Engineering" by Prof. J. A. G. Shirk of Pittsburgh Teachers University, and a lecture behind in which Prof. G. C. Munro of Kansas State College will present "Conformal Mapping in the Solution of Engineering Problems," and Prof. D. A. Spalding of the University of Kansas, "Some Applications of Mathematics to Chemical Engineering" will be included in the program for Saturday morning. The general season that morning will be concluded with a lecture on the university engineering given by Prof. E. A. Stephenson of the University of Kansas.
The Friday roundtable meetings and their subjects will include: "Teaching Strength of Materials," the discussion lead by Prof. A. M Ockerblad and Prof W. G. Bandle of the University of Nebraska. The meeting will be presided over by the University of Kansai.
In architecture the subject will be "Objectives of Architectural Training" over which Prof. J. Kellogg of the University of Kansas will preside. "The Undergraduate Curriculum in Chemical Engineering" will be the subject discussed by the roundtable of the chemical engineering group, led by Professor Mar-
sala Dessner, provided by WWW Desherner of the University of Kansas. The subject of the civil engineering discussion will be led by Prof. L. V. White of Kansas State College.
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"Objectives of the Electrical Engineering Laboratory Program" is the topic in electrical engineering presided over by Prof. V. F. P. Hessler of the University of Kansas. The forum of engineering drawing will be presided over by Professor J. W. Kurtz of the University of Omaha, in which Prof. F. A. Smutz of Kansas State College will discuss "What is Curriculum Between Solid Geometry and Drawing Grades." The engineering lecture will discuss "English for Engineers" and will be presided over by Prof. F. N. Raymond of the University of Kansas.
Officers of the Kansas-Nebraska section include Prof. C. F. Pearce of Kansas State College, president; and Prof. M. I. Ewinger of the University of Nebraska, secretary. Members of the program committee are: Professor Marshall; Prof. J. P. Colbert of the University of Nebraska, and Prof. F. F. Frazier of Kansas State College.
"Mathematical Preparation for the Course in Calculus" discussed by Prof. G. W. Smith of the University of Kansas: "Point of Pedagogy" by Prof. W. T. Stratton of Kansas State College; and "Specifications for a Good Textbook" will be the discussion held in the mathematics forum. The mechanical engineering meeting will be presided over by Prof. John King of the University of Kansas and the subject for discussion will be "The Civil Aeronautics Pilot Training Program."
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