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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN; LAWRENCE. KANSAS
THURSDAY MARCH 30, 1939
Kansan Comment
Let's See---Where Is South America?
"America for the Americans, from Alaska to Cape Horn" is the new hemispheric rallying-cry of the new world as the old world continues its undeclared wars, and territory-snatching becomes the order of the day.
The United States is becoming more and more South America—conscious. And we, the people, have some homework to do. Our abysmal ignorance concerning South American art, literature, and culture is neither flattering or tactful. Peruvians find it hard to forgive our incredulity upon being told that the University of San Marcos, in Lima, is one hundred years older than our renowned Harvard. After centuries of concentrating on European culture, it is time we learned a little about our southern neighbors.
Understanding is the father of peace, and no one can deny that Pani-American peace means continental solidarity. A united American front offers resistance to invasion from abroad —ideologic or otherwise, and a hemisphere at peace is a safety zone in any man's troubled world.
Our good neighbor policy is moving on apace with such moves as: 1. the Lima conference; 2. the recent raising of Columbia and Venezuela from ministerial to ambassadorial status in diplomatic ranking; 3. faster and more airplanes and steamships connecting the Americas; 4. the proposed million-dollar government interdepartmental Latin American program.
We have now entered the Be-Extra-Nice to Latin America era. How's your Spanish?
Full Reserve Looked Good----on Paper
The substitution of a limited old-age reserve fund for the planned $47,000,000,000 reserve is a proposal that the administration does well to suggest.
On paper the idea of a full reserve looked good. A person 30 years old now would start paying the payroll taxes and before he received any checks from the fund he and his employer would have paid in on his account several thousand dollars.
This amount the government was supposed to invest in government bonds—to receive interest. This interest, it was believed, would enable the government to build up the reserve fund without taxation.
There was a catch to it. Analysis showed that the government would just take in taxes at one window, put them into a room, and then come in the other door and take the money for current expenses, replacing it with IOU's—and being sure to lock the door so that the government wouldn't touch the IOU's. This was not so bad, but for the fact that it was the government who would have to pay the interest on the IOU's. And to get the money to pay interest on its bonds the government must tax.
The reserve was scheduled to mount $47,000,000,000. The government must, in order to invest this money in government bonds, have a debt of at least $47,000,000,000. The reserve is likely to force and keep the United States in debt—because the government can never pay off the permanent Reserve. Of course the government will have to keep paying interest on the bonds the reserve fund holds.
Secretary Morgenthau's recommendation of a limited reserve fund practically assures congressional action this session to change the law. The government it is to be hoped, will not have to owe $47,000,000 to itself.
Quiz Whiz---
And No Wonder!
After struggling through a series of midsemester quizzes, the majority of students feel like sucked eggs. Even now, they are not advised to throw their books in a corner, back in a comfortable chair, and turn on the radio. They might hit a quiz program.
Take, for instance, the "Don't You Believe It" program. The master of ceremonies takes great delight in exploding all of the widely accepted and cherished theories held by his listeners. He blidly states that George Washington was not the father of his country, and presents an impressive array of facts to back up his statement. All of which leaves our quizweared student feeling a little disillusioned and more than a little foolish—and still tired.
Kay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge has the virtue of a little music for honest entertainment between quiz sessions. His questions are confined to the realm of "swing" but still it is possible to become excited and jittery—and as bored—in trying to remember Blue Barron's theme song as to remember the dates of the three Punic wars.
The "Original, the One and Only Professor Quiz" flatly contradicts struggling contestants in a superior manner reminiscent of one's high
school teacher. This learned gentleman astonished the Middle West last week by announcing that Kansas City was on the Mississippi river. This would probably give our student $n$ to coin a phrase—"quizical" headache.
Those interested in really relaxing by hearing a hard quiz program might tune in on "Information Please," where such men as Hendrik W. Van Loon, Will Durant, and F. P. A. answer seemingly impossible questions with the greatest of ease and flunk the simpler ones with the greatest of unsease.
A dozen other spelling bees and questionnaire programs round out the week's radio schedule. The quiz-bored student doesn't have a chance. He had better crawl into bed and pull the covers up over or hide in the woodpile back of the garage.
And even then, we'll bet, he'd have ques tion marks buzzing in his ears.
Three Cheers For the Library
Lilacs went to the library a month ago. Today they deserve more flowers—for taking a step in alleviating the distressing situation of books versus students versus professors.
After today the students have a chance, slight though it may be, to procure books the professors have checked out several days, months, or years ago. If the student wants a book that a professor has, he fills out a form, stating the name of the book and the reasons for the requirement of the book.
Of course he may not get the book. But at least he gets to fill out a slip, and he has a chance . . .
The whole thing depends on how the new idea is carried out. If the library can get the professors to return the books—so that the students can have a chance to look at the pictures and perhaps even read the books—three cheers and a great big bouquet of American Beauty roses to the library.
In the meantime, a thousand banzais for the library's latest move!
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vol. 36 Thursday, March 31, 1939 No. 124
Notices due at Chancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on date of publication and 11:30 a.m. Saturday for Sunday issue.
--that Jayhawkers don't buy
ADAGIO: The Adagio class will meet at 3:30 Friday for *Magnanimum*. Farees are to be taken—
Frank Annowitz.
CREATIVE LEISURE COMMISSION: There will be a meeting at 3:00 Sunday afternoon, April 2 at Henley House. Members of the commission will finish writing the story and scenes of their original movie which is to be photographed Sunday afternoon, April 16. The film will come -- Marjorie Wiley, Charles Yewans, Co-chairman.
GRADUATES IN EDUCATION. The seminar for all students in Education who are writing theses for Master's degrees will meet Tuesday, April 4 at 2:30 in 115 Fraser hall—Bert A. Nach.
HATTIE ELIZABETH LEWIS PRIZE ESSAY: All contestants in the prize essay contest on applied Christianity must hand in tentative outlines of their essays at the Chancellor's Office not later than Saturday, April 1. See notices on bulletin boards for details of information—Scha Edridge, Chairman of Committee.
KANSAS STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION There will be a meeting of the local unit of the K. S.T A. on Monday, April 3, at 4:30 in 115 Fraser hall—R A. Schwegler.
PALM SUNDAY SERVICE. A Palm Sunday sunrise communication service and fellowship breakfast will be held at 6:30 am on the ground floor of a weather perimeter. Otherwise it will be in Myers hall. Tickets for the 7:30 breakfast are at a Myers hall or with any church group leader or a priest. The Christian Federation. Everyone is welcome — Sam Mankus.
SIGMA XI: The regular March meeting of the Kaman-jang association with B. Huang and the Kansas Academy of Science. The address of the evening will be given by Dr. Charles A. Shull, noted plant physiologist, Utrecht University. The lecture will be held at 7:30 in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall-1. The Water System of its Environment." The lecture will be given at 7:30 in the auditorium of Frank Strong hall-1.
PHI SIGMA: The annual spring initiation banquet will be held at 6 o'clock this evening at Evans Hearth Initiation is at $30, preceding the dinner. Dr. Charles A. Shull of the University of Chicago will be the guest speaker. Dr. Frank Strong auditorium. All members and initiates are requested to attend—Mildred Pursell, Secretary.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official Student Paper of
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Influencer in Chief
Burton McMullen  Mary McMullen  James Watterson
Feature Editor  Agnes Murray  Momolli  Matthew S.
Managing Editor ... Harry Hill
Campus Editor ... Wolf Meininger, Jim Robertson
Faculty Editor ... Jeff Bates
Telegram Editor ... Clawene Holden
Night Editor ... Werner Huff
Picture Editor ... Ernest Fayre
Mokup Editor ... Bill Fitzgerald, Milford Ros
Society Editor ... Mary Lour Renand
South East Editor ... Edwina Brown
Business Manager
Advertising Manager
Orman Waoonkker
Publisher ... Harold Addington
The Men's Student Council may want to make the Sour Owl the victim of circumstances this year and squish it, for the issue of the magazine which comes off the press this week, uncover some of the colossal political maneuverures in the Pachycomber P.S.G.L. for closing hours meetings, all while the complex banks of our 'big shot' policians.
Publisher
The M.S.C. put the "squish" on the Sour Owl in 1936, they fined Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity which sponsors the magazine, $100 for the publication of a memoir, and their issue was described as "offensive."
The wing clipping was the most serious in the colorful history of the magazine. Properly chastized, the magazine's other purified edition came off the press three years ago and was hooted at by University students.
notes'n discords by John Randolph Tye
M.S.C. May Want to Clip Sour Owl's Wing This Year
The first Sour Owl was printed in
"If tipping is un-American," reports an employee of a Hill hang-out, "K. U. students have nothing to fear when the Dies committee begins investigating un-American activities here."
Subscription rates, in advance, $3.00 per year, $1.75 per month. Published at Lawrence, Kansas, daily during the school year except Monday and Saturday. Entered as second class student on Wednesday, office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
In case Walt Disney runs out of models in Hollywood, he can visit Marvin hall and find just about all the Mickeys he wants. The mice situation come to a peek when Marcia Beatty, secretary to Dean Crawford, opened her desk drawer to get some papers. She was surprised to see a little mouse sitting nonchalantly on a book with its head cocked to one side staring inquisitively at her. The secretary did a Cunningham into the hall while the mouse made good a retreat.
Notified of the incident, King Adam, veteran junior, immediately held a trap for the four-legged out and guaranteed an early capture.
After a look at the Sour Owl gull
guilty proofs, we have a feeling that Hill
politicians will talk about anything
but politics next Friday.
We wish to offer thanks to Laurel McVey for including on her senior recital Bortlevicx's beautiful Sonata in B major.
The more we think about it the more doubt the efficiency of a union for unemployed persons. How will such an organization call a strike for instance? By quitting quitting work?
On the Shin -that Jayhawkers don't buy
Living in a neighborhood infested with Beta's and Sigma Ghia's, there's really no reason why the Theta's on the grassy plot this spring.
1914. From secretive beginnings, it has risen to its present prestige as a humor publication. Three former University students started the venture. Working far into the wee hours, they had jokes and buried the midnight oil setting type in the University Daily Kansan press room.
Sigma Chi's from playing drop the handkerchief and otherwise romping on the greenswai.
Lawrence merchants were not enthusiastic about advertising in a magazine which they knew nothing about. The editors jealously guarded the contents of their brain child in the face of difficulties and resorted to "Brick" and his Oread Café. He subscribed for so much space that the three editors and a promoter trekked down-town and inveigled advertising from unsuspected down-town merchants.
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After seeing "Outward Bound" and deciding that the play had the makings of a "Lights Out" program, Joe McCoy decided to go again equipped with a Chinese gong. However, a friend convinced him that the audience would only further the audience as they believed it was amateur's night.
Yellow paper was chosen, and the Owl made its debut (backed by the Owl Publishing company) at the league game. He was one of the last football game of the year.
Contributed: "PI Betti Butch is oh so happy again since she found her long hort sump-draons playing in the duck duck while drying her water-lilies."
And so the investigation was dropped, the Owl began flying every year as a Hill publication.
The magazine attracted so much attention that University authorities immediately began searching for the culpins. Chancellor Frank Strong knew nothing about it but would liked to have known where it came from. The student auditor wondered why he hadn't been consulted about funds. The Lawrence Merchant's father, who was when the second edition was published a year later no difficulty was experienced in securing advertising.
That bit of uninitiated jabber-wocky doesn't make sense to me either, but the contributor guaranteed it to be a laugh-provoker.
Committee of Nine To Pick New K-Book Staff
The Jawhawkers' list of 15 beauty queen candidates includes three Gam Phi's, three Kappa's, three Pi Phi's. The Independent. But out of kindness,volved. $ \mathrm{Shi} $ nster refuctions to comment,. much as he would like to.
The editor and business manager for next year's K-book will be selected at a meeting of the K-book committee tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 at Henley house. Several applications have been received for editor, but none for business manager have yet appeared.
I never overbake a jolly joint conversation among girls of "a certain sorority noted for its gossip without being reminded of friend Dave Dove." And I am reminding the groom to wit: "Women, generally speaking, are generally speaking."
The men's pan-heel council considers the idea of beginning rush week two days earlier next year in an effort to avoid conflicts with psychological and physical examinations. This seems hardly fair. After all, a rushee needs a little relaxation during those few hectic days.
The committee includes representatives from the Y.M.C.A., W.Y.C.A. Men's Student Council, W.S.G.A. Charles McCreight of the business office, Dorothy Weingartner, and Vern Bransen, c40, retiring editor and business manager, and Ellen Payne and John Moore.
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Phone 2-800
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Jayhawk Taxi Phone 65
Jayhawk Barber Shop
Shaves — 10e
Heircutch — 20d
C. J. "Shirts" Hod. Prop.
777 Mag.
We handle packages and baggage
Cinderella Beauty Shop
723½ Mass. Phone 56
Permanents ... $2.00 to $6.00
Shampoo and wave 35c and 50c
Marcels ... 50c and 75c
Hair weaving made to order
Evening Appointments
For Easter Candies
Perfume and Toilet Water
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Revolution Mascarel 3 for $1.00
The Beauty Library 1817g
8177 Mass. Phone 100
IVA'S BEAUTY SHOP
Phone 533
941½ Mass. St.
Tibbets Standard Service
BRIDGE STATION
Open All Night
FOR HIRE!
Mott's Riding Academy
4 blocks West of
West Campus Road
Call 3201W
and we'll come for you.
A new kind of date.
Ride for 5 miles on beautiful
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HORSES
PALACE BARBER SHOP
Haircuts — 25c
Haircuts and Shampoo — 50c
IN OUR BEAUTY SHOP
Shampoo and Finger Wave — 50c
Permanents — $2.50 up
Machineless Permanents — $5
710 Mass  Phone 282
HAL'S for
Hamburgers and Chili 9th. and Vermont
DRAKES for
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WRIGHT and DITSON
Tennis Rackets
RACKETS Rupture
STORE STOP
1014 Mass. St.
Phone 319
THEISIS BINDING
Party Favors - Job Printing
OCHSE PRINTING SHOP
1017½ Mass  Phone 288
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THEN READ THIS PARAGRAPH:
Not very easy to think of, were they? From automobiles to zithers, there is scarcely a product for which the "Hill" does not offer a good market. Are you waiting for this market to come to you? Progressive merchants go to the market by means of the students' own newspaper, the University Daily Kansan — Phone KU. 66, anytime.