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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939
Kansan Comment
An Interpretation--
Or An Excuse?
"Article 9—Elections.
"Section 1. All elections participated in by the male students of the University of Kansas shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the statutes of the State of Kansas relating to the elections for State officials.
"Section 2. The Council shall have the power to pass all needful regulations to place section one of this article into effect and to prevent irregularities in elections held thereunder."—The Constitution of the Associated Men of the University of Kansas.
These sections, high-sounding and far-reaching as they are, are particially dead letters in the constitution of our men's self-governing organization. In the first place, many of the details of the election are taken care of elsewhere in the constitution—the filing of the candidates, the printing of the ballots, the voting by number, (Not by X's) and so forth. Hence most of the state provisions relating to the carrying out of elections are superceded, correctly by the constitution's own provisions.
And secondly, according to Professor W. R. Maddox, the statute refers only to the actual "conduction of elections," not to the conduction or regulation of the election campaigns. Only in this way can be explained the failure of the Men's Student Council to enforce the state law requiring the filing of campaign expenses by every candidate, and by "any club, organization or association designed to promote or engage in promoting the success or defeat of any party or the election or defeat of any candidate or candidates to political office . . ."
Thus can they excuse the non-enforcement of the provision penalizing any one who "intentionally writes, prints, posts or distributes a circular or poster which is designed or tends to injure or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to any public office, by criticizing his personal character or political action, unless there appears upon such circular or poster . . . the names of two officers of the . . . organization issuing the same, or some voter who is responsible therefor . . . (sic) . . ."
And of course, ballot-stuffing is also against the state laws.
But the provision in the Constitution, the Kansan is told, applies only to the election itself.
It may or may not have been the intention of the drafters of the M.S.C. constitutional provision that the entire election—campaign, balloting and all—be subject to the state election rules. Certainly, it does not seem logical that a campaign can be assumed not to be a part of an election. On the other hand, it would appear the campaign is as important a factor as the voting itself.
Perhaps in their reasoning, interpreters of the M.S.C. constitution are taking the word "election" to mean merely voting. This assumption may have been arrived at honestly; or it may be just a convenient explanation.
Will the 'Draft Hit America?
The announcement in the House of Commons that England is going to use conscription raises the question of how soon the United States will be doing the same thing. The problem is of deep importance to college students if they notice the age of Britain's new compulsory recruits. Drafting men between the ages of 20 to 21, the new decree cuts through a segment of college life.
Although there are many signs of increasing militarism in the United States, danger of conscription in the near future is remote. Despite the increase in army and naval appropriations, despite the air training school and the added pressure that is being brought to bear upon youth to join the army, navy, or marines, the majority of students definitely do not want to join the army for nine months, fifteen months, or two years. The American public on the whole, is against conscription, believing that the United States does not have to fight except in defense of its continent. And Congress is not likely to pass a "draft" bill until the public opinion has modified its present definite stand.
All of this, however, will be changed if the United States enters a war. Whatever our allies may say about their desire for American materials and products only, they will insist upon American manpower as soon as the United States enters the war. And the sending of American manpower to Europe will require conscription.
conservation.
Congress should also profit from England's experience. England did not want conscription. England is not at war. Yet, because of the pledges she has given to other various European countries, she is forced to adopt a six-months compulsory military training law. If the United States gives pledges to Poland, Rumania, or France, and England, the time may come when
it will have to conscript in order to put "teeth" in its agreements.
The basic assumption is that American college students do not want to be conscripted. To stay out of the army, they should make an unmistakable stand to keep the United States out of war, and keep the United States from pledging non-American countries military aid.
'Sometimes It Really Happens'
(The following selection is reprinted from the Topeka State Journal's "Mugwump Musings" by Marion Ellet.)
You needn't laugh at the story books. Sometimes it really happens. Certainly the selection of Deane Waldo Malott as chancellor of Kansas University is a cross between an Arabian Nights yarn and a Horatio Alger episode.
I don't suppose a college boy ever lived who didn't at some time long to return to his alma mater as chancellor, if only for a day, to show 'em how it should be done. He'd like to be in a position to "tell" that mathematics prof who threatened to flunk him, or the English prof who did. He'd like to turn out the old fossils and inject some new blood into the faculty. He'd like to change the curriculum to suit his tastes and the grading system to suit his abilities.
In the lesser mind this may be but a passing phase of resentment against authority. But in a thoughtful boy who is socially conscious, deeply aware of the student life of which he is a part, the feeling may develop into a sincere and an enduring ambition. He may see evils great or small which he yearns to correct. He may sense problems to which he thinks he knows the answer. And he may have dreams of vital experiments in the field of education which he is eager to put to the test. But usually he turns out to be a bond salesman or a bank clerk. Either the drive or the opportunity for the realization of his heart's desire is lacking.
But it didn't happen that way with Deane Malott. Call it fate if you will, or call it singleness of purpose. But at any rate, his appointment is the boy's dream come true. There is a fitness in this return of Malott to his alma mater—the fitness of wish fulfillment. And, if the young chancellor is all that he promises to be, the University and the entire state may profit by that fulfillment.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 38 Thursday, April 27, 1939 No. 129
Thursday, April 26th 104-105
due at Chancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on date of
*Notice due at Chancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on date of publication and 11:39 a.m. for Sunday issue.*
--casts. (I wouldn't have mentioned Smith If I didn't owe him two bits.)
ALEE. The K.U. branch will hold a regular meeting in room 210 Marvin Hall this evening at 7:30. Employees of the Kansas Power and Light Company will welcome us to attend—Richard F. Grabar, Secretary.
AS.C.E. There will be a meeting of the student chapter tonight at 7:30 in room 306 Marvin Hall. Mr. Knapp, Burns and McDoumain will present a motion picture lecture. All engineers are invited.—Joseph Karp, Secretary.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: There will be a skating party sponsored by the Newman Club Friday evening, April 28 from 9:30 to 12:00. Everyone is invited to come. Bring your friends—Ivan May.
CREATIVE LEISURE COMMISSION: There will be a meeting at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, April 30, at Henley House. An original motion picture will be filmed with everyone coming taking part. A picnic lunch, for which fifteen cents will be charged, will follow the filming. Everyone is invited to come and be in the gallery, where a photo can be taken to the story of the pictures takes place on an outing—Marjorie Wiley, Charles Yeomans, Co-chairman.
HATTIE ELIZABETH LEWIS PRIZE ESSAY CONTEXT: All essays submitted in this year's contest must be handed in at the Chancellor's office by Monday, May 30. The committee will announce instructions — Seba Eldridge, Chairman of Committee.
RE-INTERPRETATION OF RELIGION: There will be a meeting Friday at 4:30 at Henley House, Patricia Neal will lead a discussion on "Living Religiously."—Elizabeth Meek.
WOMEN'S RIFLE CLUB: Will be an im
play at tonight at 7:30 in Fowler Shops—Ann
Rightman, Theatre.
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The state of Kansas, the flat platinum bind and a tree, now appears a be in a trade to position his clay or gold.
According to Norman Plummer of the Kansas Geological Survey, the exhibit of Kansas clay which he took to the American Ceramic Society's convention in Chicago caused a commotion. One corporation executive, after being told of the carbonate natural gas, and plenificant volcanic ash found in Kansas, exclaimed "You've discovered a 'told mine.'"
Theres' Gold in Them Kansas Hills; But It's Clay
The clay exhibit included raw samples from north central Kansas; cement made from Wallace county; art pottery made by Plumber; ceramic sculpture by Bernard "Poco" Frazier, and small bricks made from clay collected in Elsworth, Rice, Salina, Lincoln, Ottawa, Clay, Cloud, Republic, McPherson, and Washington counties. There were also sev-
Maybe we're beginning to look like a chaperon column, otherwise we can't figure out why a high school girl wearing a band uniform and carrying a clairet under her arm stopped us on the Campus this morning to ask how she could get into "Dit-chey" museum.
notes'n discords by John Randolph Tye
Treason is slipping into the School of Fine Arts. Yesterday evening someone was pounding out "Deep Purple" in one of the practice rooms of the school, we have a suspicion he should have been hard at work on his scales.
Secret ambition: To handle a cigarette holder as deftly as does Karl Krueger.
We dropped into the Sour Owl office recently to inquire of Dick LaBan whether there was any truth in any of the rumors that have been circulating about the Campus concerning the recent numbers of that magazine. Not finding the editor in we spent a few minutes looking over some of the old numbers of the humor magazine. Back in 1926 the Sour Owl boasted a literary section and a page of book reviews but aside from that the Sour Owl was still the Sour Owl.
In 1926 students on the campus were more literary minded than they are today. Thirteen years ago, if we can believe the book-reviews of the Campus was reading "Show Boat" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blonds."
On the Shin -casts. (I wouldn't have mentioned Smith If I didn't owe him two bits.)
It took both the British Secret Service and Scotland Yard to make Mrs. Roosevelt shut up.
John R. Tyre, who wrote yesterday's criticism of Tuesday's symphony orchestra concert, didn't even notice that the second fiddle section came in one beat behind the first violins and continued thus out of step through 24 bars of the Juliet theme—and while Mr. Kruger conducted too if Tye had spent more time listening to the music and less time looking up 10 letter words meaning magnificent his review might have sounded less like propaganda.
cerat pieces of pottery made by the University department of design, and samples of brick, tile, and other clay products manufactured by various commercial plants of Kansas. Clay Exemplary Uses
Famousist candid shot of the week would have been that of Pi Phi's Margaret Barber, who, dressed in shorts and wooden shoes, was called to the telephone as she sat coking in the Union fountain. So that a score on-lookers couldn't get a really good glimpse of her she ran to and from the phone like Donald Duck in a rage.
Made the happiest man in Law-
rence by the certain return of warm-
weather is Charley Long of the Blue
Mill. More than six weeks ago he
hew accumulated dust out of the
air cooling system and set the thing
going. Then he shut it off to let a
few more blizzards pass.
Representatives of leading United States clay products concerned cited several exceptional uses for the new discovery. A Wisconsin dinnerware manufacturer is considering building a branch plant in Kansas. It used to be thought that the clay was too imperfuse for such use.
"A superintendent of one of the largest terra cotta producing plants manufacturing clayware with finely glazed surface in the Middle West said that the company has high quality clays offers a perfect location for a terra cotta plant in Kansas." Plummer related recently.
Petite blight Mary Noel sat all alone reading a book in one of Bill Ashrer's planes at the airport last Tuesday afternoon while she waited nearly an hour for Tom Grablyb to get through cavorting about in the
Bricks Can't Be Excelled
Brick manufacturers from several other states believe that the finished quality of the bricks sent to the convention from Kansas plants showed that a grade of face bricks can be produced from the newly discovered light-firing clays which will be excelled by none in the United States. Also they believe that in a short time volcanic ash will be used quite extensively in this country for architectural glazing.
Imagine anybody getting a date with Mary and then deliberately going off and leaving her. Uthinkable!
One of the nation's leading fire clay refractories companies (manufacturers of bricks to withstand terrific heat) has requested samples of the Kansas clay. They will conduct experiments with it, and if satisfied, will use it in their production. The state's natural resources has led to the discovery of this unusual type of clay, and making the information available to potential investors will speed up Kansas industrialization.
"Cervantes Day" will be celebrated by the department of Spanish next Saturday with a program given by various schools throughout the state, and by El Ateneo, the Spanish club.
Spanish Clubs To Celebrate 'Cervantes Day' Saturday
The Kansas chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish will hold a luncheon meeting Saturday at the Memorial Union.
Dr. W. H. Shoemaker, professor of romance languages, will address the meeting in Frank Strong hall follow the luncheon on "The Role of Spanish and Teachers of Spanish in American Education." Mrs. Frances Ainsworth of Hudsonville will speak on "Textbooks Again."
Summer vacations for the Spanish teacher will be covered by Miss Maude Elliot, assistant professor of romance languages, who will talk on "Puerto Rico," and Miss Viola Gar-leron, who will talk on "Guatemala," who will talk on "Guatemala." A banquet at the Union building will complete the day's meetings.
T.W.A. Manager To Speak To Flying Club Tonight
Lec E. Swigart, district manage of sales and traffic for the T.W.A. in Kansas City, Mo., will give an illustrated lecture on "Air Transitions" from KU. Flying Club tonight at 6:30 p.m. it was announced by
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