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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939
Kansan Comment
Haskell Quits College Football
The University is a pretty busy place with its own life, its own problems, its own joy. But once ever so often we can afford to stop and pay homage to the passing of some landmark which has stood out on the Kansas prairies for years—some landmark the passing of which serves to toll with quiet impressiveness the flight of time.
Haskell Institute recently announced that it was abandoning college football and was confining its gridiron activities to prep schools.
It is needless to enumerate the great teams that have carried Haskell colors to notable victories. Nor need one be reminded of the great athletes who have worn their helmets.
The University prepares for another season in the Big Six; Haskell prepares for a season of prep school football. Father Time, who looks back and recalls "the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome," will never forget the Haskell heroes of older days.
And Further Affiant Saith Naught
In a recent campus opinion, a reader doubted the sincerity of the Kansan in regard to its recent editorial on the subject of Honor societies. Perhaps a few more words will make clear our stand.
First, of course, it is hard to draw a grade-average line on members and this fact is realized. It is true that the average grades of Sachem members are usually near the average of Phi Beta Kappa's, but this is our complaint: the minimum average that a man must have is too low—it is only 1.5, only a few hundredths over the University's all-men's average. Why should a student with an average near this—and students with such an average have been admitted—gain a place in a society that is based on high standards, one of which is scholarship, no matter how rounded and versatile he may be?
As for a concrete suggestion on how to maintain this high standing in Sachem and other honor societies (excluding the National Honor Society), the Kansan is at just as much of a loss as the writer of the campus opinion. A Faculty-Sachem board does not seem to help the matter. That is evident now. The only feasible and workable plan is to raise the grade requirements.
As for the color and tradition so fondly mentioned, our state is steeped in tradition. The history of the West is the history of Kansas, and the University has grown up with the state. We doubt very much if it is a lack of interest or emotion for it does seem as if the students have never experienced anything in the nature of a really colorful ceremony. True, such a thing was tried in 1912, but that was 27 years ago. Don't condemn something because it was tried once and found wanting, Give color, tradition, and ceremony a chance to come back.
"Don't get us wrong. We're not incensed"
—we're just hopeful.
Everything Comes To Him Who Waits
"Patience," says William Allen White, the Kansas guidebook to political wisdom, "is the first virtue of a statesman dealing with imponderables in a democracy."
Evidence of the Emporian's wisdom is seen when the supreme court aspirations of the President are reviewed. Two years ago Roosevelt was raring to reorganize the highest tribunal. At that time he was smarting under the defeat by that body of his N.R.A. and A.A.A. bills.
Everyone is familiar with the president's attempt to reorganize the supreme court. That move was his first major political defeat in the five years of his administration. It caused countless comments on the court, pro and con. It might have been the initial step in the chain of events which culminated in the November elections as it was a step which a majority of the country considered unwise.
However, if the president had stopped and read the birth certificates of his justices, noted their ages, he might have waited. He would have seen that he would have the privilege of appointing several agreeable men to the bench.
And he would have been right. Four times in the last two years, his power of appointment has been exercised. Four new supreme court judges have mounted the bench with his blessings. Today, just two years after the reorganization bill, almost half of the present court have been appointed by him.
Roosevelt's impatience may have taken a heavy toll of his admirers. We were any other politician except Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he might yet heed Bill White's observation that patience is the first virtue of a statesman dealing with the imponderables of a democracy.
But not F.D.R.
If You Want to Live,
Go to Milwaukee
If you're going to jump out in front of cars and jaywalk and disobey all traffic rules, your chances for survival are best in Milwaukee. Wis. For Milwaukee is the nation's safest city — according to the National Safety Council.
Of course if you lived in Milwaukee you would know better than to jump out in front of traffic. From the first grade on you would have been taught to obey traffic rules. You would have been taught what the rules are, the reason for their existence, and how to obey them. You would be "safety-conscious."
Or if you hadn't learned all this in the public schools you might have learned it in the Milwaukee Traffic school—a school for traffic violators and others who want to and ought to know about accident prevention, rules of the road, safety maintenance of automobiles, and so forth.
Then of course, you would probably have heard a speaker on safety at your local club, you would have noticed the signs and posters placed around the city, and possibly have listened to a lecture or two over the radio. In short, nothing is left undone to let you know that there is a traffic safety problem and that your co-operation is necessary to solve it.
You also would find other things about Milwaukee after driving around the town. You might discover that the traffic signs are at necessary and hazardous places only; and that they are clear, readable, and unmistakable. You might also discover that the police have decided that the signs mean what they say: if you go "slow" past a "stop" sign you are likely to receive a little pink ticket from a policeman. It may not necessarily be from a traffic cop; all the patrolmen have received training in the traffic laws and have orders to enforce them. And they enforce them.
When you think it over, it's really not so much wonder that Milwaukee is the safest city in the nation. The habits of safety have been thoroughly ingrained in the residents.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Vel. 36 Friday, March 24, 1939 No.129
Notre dame at Cinnabee's Office at 11 a.m. on day of publication and 11 a.m. Saturation, Sunda, gemein.
--pus. The only difference is found in the magic of money.
APPLICANTS FOR POINT SYSTEM MANAGER W.S.G.A.: Applicants for the position of Point System Engineer must be enrolled in Union building at 7 o'clock this evening to appear before the Senior Committee—Gevense Landrift, Presi-
HATTIE ELIZABEHT 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 notice on bulletin boards for brief information - Schoa Edridge, Chairman of Committee.
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION. There will be a meeting Sunday evening, March 25th, at 6:15 at the Trinity Lutheran Church. All students are welcome.—Mary James.
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY WOMEN: Women interested in the position of manager of the W.S.G.A. book exchange must file their applications in Miss Emily Johnson's office during hall, before Monday, March 27 - George Landisith.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY. There will be a meeting Tuesday, May 10th at 3:30 in room 1517.
SOCIAL SERVICE COMMISSION, Y.W.C.A.: There will be a meeting Monday, 26, March at 38, at 40 of Henley house. You must Domine Burke of the State Board of Welfare attend. Everyone is welcome—Mary Jones, Chairman.
WESLEY FOUNDATION: A skating party will be held tonight. There will be games at the Church from 8:30 until 10 o'clock and skating at the rink from 10 till 11:00. The party will be for twenty-five cents - Stafford Ruben, President.
TAU BETA Pi. Tau Beta PI meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, instead of Tuesday, March 28, as previously announced. All members must be present.-Claude H. Burns, President.
STATE-WIDE ACTIVITIES COMMISSION: A meet-
tress will coordinate activities, Mullet, Milten, Chabramn
Ball hard hull ordinance.
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Affiliated Women Live In Luxury Inexpensively
For many years most people have had the impression that only girl from rich families could join a sorority. This impression has grown from the efforts of each sororite to appear just a little more desirable than all the rest. They have built $100,000 mansions; they brag about having a governor's daughter for a member; they dream of owning a home. They are known for their aneboly. The word "sorority" brings' all this to mind but after all these girls are just the same as any other 'feminine student' on the campus. The only difference is found in the magic of money.
The proposed 30-day Kansas divorce law may be a great help to business in the state but as a belated romanticist, we insist that it will take all the romance and mystery out of the divorce business. Try as we can, we can't imagine next year's glamour girl telling the New York press that she is leaving for Olpe, Kansas, to be Olevated.
notes'n discords by John Randolph Tye
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A close scrutiny of the exchanges convinces us that John Gunther cracked the same jokes in every lecture he gave throughout the country.
In our opinion the dramatic arts department would have to go some to beat "Llion," "Hay Fever," and "Cum Laude," but from all indications "Outward Bound" promises to have been a reality that he hoped to be hoped that this time the campus discovers the fact before the last night of the performance.
On the Shin -pus. The only difference is found in the magic of money.
Headline in *The Daily Princetonian*:
"Neurological Speaks on Nervous Control in Vanquam Lecture." Only a few months ago, he'd get away with a thing like that.
Earl Porter tells us that theh reason a little duck walks softly is that it can't walk hard.
Now we understand why Bill Fitzgerald is such a good sports writer. Interest in athletics runs in the family. His sister Jane recently won the Freshman girl's ping-pong championship of Waterville High School.
Our favorite Bob Benchley joke concerns his undergraduate days at Harvard when he was asked in an English examination which of the Shakespearean plays he would rather see enacted, Hamlet or Macbeth, and to give his reason why. Answered Benchley: "I'd rather see Hamlet because I've already seen Macbeth."
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He bought the crested compact and was to have presented it to her Sunday. But somehow Jean had her dates mixed up. Disgusted, Larry sold the compact to fraternity brother Bob Fordyce, who would have given it to Anne Murray last night if she hadn't fluffed him off.
Everytime I send a bag of clothes to the laundry I am tempted to enclose a note requesting that they slip some cookies or apples in the bundle before returning it so that I could get the same pleasant surprise on opening it that most kids do who use it. So if you are afraid any laundry cruel enough to use a nut-meg grater on shirt collars and cuffs wouldn't understand.
Howard Blair and Jay Wisdom, Campus House cut-ups, have been keeping their private affairs out of circulation pretty well thus far. But now Bair, who's been centering attention on a blond Chi Omega, is a trifle disconcerted to find the blood has toyed with his heart. Wisdom nows Bair was once known as "the triple-treast sweetheart of Alpha Chi Omega," and he has men from that lean-to. Alpha Chi Alum claim that Bair was only "formed out" to the Chi O's for experience and will return.
Most organized houses do inure many bills of enormous amounts. Houses often pay $1,000 a year in land taxes alone. The telephone bill in the average house runs about $80 per month while more than $700 is allotted every 30 days for food. The head cook is paid $100 or more a month and every house keeps from three to seven additional servants; in some towns it is charged of the dispensers of more than $2,000 each month.
A box or two of aspiring if taken by the right people, should clear the whole matter up.
When first taken into a sorority each new member is charged a small fee for pledge services. Then for a semester she must live in the house as a "pledge" or undergard. At the end of this time, for another sum of $75 or $80 another initiation service fee must be paid and then lie in on the much guarded security secrets. This fee includes a jeweled sorority pin.
Spring having come, Sigma Chi cave men go out at night to issue forth what they fondly believe is Tarzan's favorite yell, but what complaining neighbors believe is nothing less than the death bowels of a hippopotamus. From the Thest's taut manage to look coy when so disturbed.
There are assessments for parties, a new water system, wedding presents for alumnae, national dues, and a contract for building and maintenance fund must be signed. This is usually paid after graduation.
Although all this seems to prove that a sorority girl's father would have to be well fixed financially there are several things to keep in mind. Around 50 girls have banded together in each house. The amount of money the sisters are saving in the long run is much less than the sum spent by the same number of independent girls each month. The food is bought in large quantities and the sororities are not trying to make a profit on the food. The food is cooked better and it is served in the same restaurant to an eating place on the campus.
The bills are budgeted and paid collectively thus cutting down on the cost. The amount paid for room rent in a security house is a minimum divided among 50 girls and any profit is turned back into the house the pocket of some landlord as in the case of the independent woman.
Most sororities exist in luxury by charging their members $45 per month. Even during months when special assessments are necessary the bill矾um reaches the $50 mark. Independent girls pay that much for tuition as well, and then wish that they had enough money to belong to a sorority.
--grounds of the University of California hospital.
When parents consider sending their daughter to a University if they think a sorority would be advantageous to her, they should realize the true facts about that angle of college finance.
Building Opened For Studying Fleas
San Francisco, March 24—(UP)—A small concrete building in which thousands of fleas will be studied in an attempt to halt salty viallege, was opened Wednesday on the
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Made possible by a $24,000 gift from the Rosenberg foundation, the laboratory will be headed by Dr. K. F. Meyer, head of the Hooper Foundation*. "An attempt will be made to determine what types of fleas have acted as carriers for the rare cases of sylvatic plague in the United States.
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The current attraction at the Granada theater is a return engagement of Disney's "Snow White." Pattie Potter will portray her on time any time during this performance.
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Castile Shampoo and Set ... 35c
Revita Oil Shampoo and wave 50c
Revon Manicure ... 3 for $1.00
The current show at the Dickinson theater is "Cafe Star" starring Madeline Carroll and Fred MacMurray. John Oakson, this is your free pass for any time during this performance.
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HORSES FOR HIRE!
Mort's Riding Academy 4 blocks West of West Campus Road
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Ride for 5 miles on beautiful bridle paths.
The current show at the Dickinson theater is "Cafe Society" starring Madeline Carroll and Fred Mae Murray, Betty Borrows, this is your free pass for any time during this performance.
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The current attraction at the Granada theater is a return engagement of Walt Disney's cartoon, "Snow White." C. H. Mullen, this is your free pass for any time during this performance.
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UNIVERSITY CITY
More than 4,500 young men and women at the prime of life, receptive to the new and different, associate and interact in hundreds of activities from dance to classroom—in a city within a city—on the hill.
They hold hundreds of thousands of dollars at their command to spend in Lawrence . . . BUT WISELY! A recent survey* shows that 93 per cent of men's clothing bought during 1938 was purchased in stores which advertise regularly in the Daily Kansas. The official publication of the University of Kansas is the only medium which reaches ALL students, every day, with a medium of time and expense to the advertiser.
Mr. Merchant, are you receiving your share of business from University City?
*Conducted by the division of Market Analysis of the School of Business