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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 1939
Kansan
Will Durant A Welcome Speaker at University
Youth is notorious for its utter disregard of its olders' advice and guidance. The hallowed tradition of impatient youth must be observed loyally. Will Durant knows this, for he remembers vividly and sympathetically his own youth and his own impatience with established institutions.
"How can an institution explain itself to an 18-year-old mind?" he asked. "Property, family, marriage—I cast them all out."
But he remembers also that he was interested in the problems of organized society, and the conflicts of the individual within himself and without. He presumes, and rightly, that the youth of today is also searching for answers to the same questions. In fact, he realizes that today's headstrong youngsters have even greater problems confronting them, with growing disorder in their private and social worlds. The family, the church, the state, and the community have all changed immeasurably in the twentieth century, and especially since the World War.
The famous "bull sessions" in men's rooming houses, and the "Bessie bull sessions" in women's houses are often valued more than many college courses. For it is in these talkfeests that students get down to the fundamentals that bother every thinking person. Those who attended Durant's lecture received something to think over before the next session, and those who did not attend express regret at missing the opportunity to hear him.
A man like Will Durant is welcomed by students. His personality carries more weight than the printed page, however enlightened it may be. His lecture was practical, complete and yet succinct, well organized, and delivered with a mixture of authority, humor, and warmth so that his audience responded to him. While many of his "youthful audience" looked at him from behind grey beards, it can be wagered that they, too, found the evening of value.
Men of Will Durant's caliber, lecturing to the youth of America, will find that their seed does not fall on barren land.
What William Allen White Thinks About Chancellorship
(EDITOR'S NOTE. The following editorial, written by William Allen White and published in the Emporia Gazette, is of sufficient interest to students and friends of the University to be reprinted here. Needless to say, it does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors of the KANSAN.)
For some unique reason there is a tendency to get the new chancellorship of the University into politics. Not partisan politics. The Democrats are not looking for a Democrat. But two of the congressional districts of the state are lining up behind two candidates. Which is just a shade worse than partisan politics.
Having drawn a full breath, counted ten and then exhaled and counted ten more, the Gazette wishes to say deliberately—but certainly without malice pretense—that there is not a man in the whole state of Kansas who can qualify for chancellor of the State University in the matter of age, which should be under 50; in the matter of academic training, which should be in some college of more distinction than the University; in the matter of academic experience, which should be an administrative job in a college of the first grade, that is to say, in the first ten colleges of the United States. Let's put it this way: The Chancellor of the University should be a young man preferably in his middle thirties, not later than his middle forties. He should be a graduate or at least should have taken a year or two of academic work in residence in some first-class college in the list from Harvard to Stanford. He should have had teaching experience in a college and he should have the usual necessary degrees, earned and not honorary, from residence in first class institutions.
And in this state there is no such Kansan. It is lowering the flag of the University to consider a man on account of his local political backing and to take a man out of the Kansas schools—well, if we cannot be same and sensible, for heaven's sake, don't let's be silly!
Embargoes Will Snap Back At American Industries
"This hurts us more than it does you," the pleasant old phrase applied to a chastisement, becomes true in a consideration of possible trade penalties against aggressor nations.
A slap on the wrist has already been applied to Germany, in the form of blacklisting by the State Department. It means that Germany does not enjoy low tariffs extended to all other countries by the trade agreements program. Official suggestions have been made that Japan be added to the list and, naturally, the same treatment probably could be recommended for Italy.
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Blacklisting an aggressor is now, however, a mild penalty compared to other trade measures. The most stringent possible trade weapon would be an absolute embargo, a complete ban on all trade. But under such a policy, the domestic injury would be heavy.
In the first place, because the United States is the world's biggest merchant, American exports are important to the daily life of men and women all over the earth. In addition, the United States is one of the world's biggest customers, thus holding power over the export trade of other nations. If the United States set out to buy and sell only to and with friendly and "democratic" countries, the result at best would be a tremendous complication of the world's economic interchange that involve a considerable period of readjustment.
Considering specific countries, Japan, Germany, and Italy buy almost half again as much from this country as they sell here. In 1937 they bought 490 million dollars worth of goods in the United States but sold only about 345 million. By a sudden break in trade relations, American industries would stand to lose about a half more than the "dictator" states. This poses the question: Should we be willing, if able, to make this sacrifice in the hope of "resaving the world for democracy."
Under the present politico-economic set-up in the United States, of course, the overwhelming odds are that regardless of whether it should or not, the U. S. won't.
Campus Opinion
Protest Against the Protest
WHEREFORE the M.W. and T.G.I.F. Breakfast club of the University of Kansas met in solemn session this 18th day of January, A.D. 1539 to peruse the Daily Kansas, we note the protest of certain students against the aviation training program planned for this year. We would like them to and wish to make the following declarations:
WHEREAS we know the signers of the protest printed in yesterday's Kanaan are those perpetual protestors who protest everything of a progressive nature that is brought to the University Campus; and
WHEREAS we do not believe the aforementioned perpetual representatives represent the consensus of situ-
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WHEREAS we believe that these self-appointed guardians of liberty at the University of Kansas might be well suited to this work,
THEEREFORE, we the undersigned members of the daily unauthorized Monday, Wednesday, and Thank God It's Friday Breakfast Club do hereby commend our students to this challenging work for obtaining this elevating training for the students on this Campus and for insuring—as we hope they will—the protest of the perpetual protestors. (Signed) **MICHAEL HALL** **BELL**, **CLAVELLE HOLDEN**, HARRY HILL, ELON TORRENCIE, JIMMY ROBERTSON.
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Vol. 36 THURSDAY JAN. 19, 1929 No. 77
Vol. 36 THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 1939 No. 77
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--the time of the Folsom men. It it upon this up gin in that time Dr. Eslemy has recently been concentrating. Evidence of Early Hunting Horizon Six years ago the Smithsonian institution excavated a site on the high plains of western Nebraska. A towering butte had heavy soil on top of it which showed three diment levels of human occupation. The excavations under the direction of Dr W. D. Strong of the Institute were used to evidence of an early very hard hunting horizon in its lowest level. This culture, known as Signal Butte L, is distinct from the Folsom culture, but like the latter culture also lacks pottery and agriculture.
A. S.M.E. The A.S.M.E. will meet at 8 o'clock evening in 210 Marvin hall. There will be election of officers. A motion picture on "Steam" will be shown—Charles Godfrey.
MATHEMATICAL COLLOQUIUM: Professor G. B Price will give a second talk on the subject "Definitions and Properties of Monotone Functions" at the meeting of the Mathematical Colloquium at 4:30 this afternoon in 208 Formal Stalk hall. Anyunte internship or E.B. Stalk chairman, Colliquium Committee.
PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION. The date of the examination has been determined by a university calendar. February 25. Registration for the examination will be held in room 121 Frank Hall, Balloon, February 20—J, B
SIGMA XI. The regular January meeting of Sigma Xi will be held tonight at 7:30 in Blake hall. Mr. Wenn Bingham, of the photographie Bureau, will speak on "Modern Photography in Research". Mr. Bingham will speak on the most recent developments, such as color photography and microfilm. The new microfilm reader will be demonstrated. Mr. Bingham will also show some of his recent color transparencies and students interested in the W H. Photography in research retaining.
SIGMA DELTA CHI- Members of Sigma Delta Chi meet at the Lawrence Studio at 5 o'clock this afternoon for a picture. Wear dark suit, white shirt, and dark tie—Louis Focke, President.
TU AIGM SA: There will be a regular meeting of Tau Sigma this evening at 7.30 in Robinson gymnasium. Mice Dorotha Speath, of Kansas City, will be a guest this evening is required—Arlene Irvine President.
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Kansas Plains Reveal Ancient Hunting Culture
By Lilian Fisher, c'41
"If you dig far enough, you will get to China!" Many boys and girls in the plains area of western Kansas, western Nebraska, eastern Colorado, and eastern New Mexico were told that old axiom as they dug in the sod making tunnels for toy cars. In the last few years, archaeologists have been digging in the plains area, and have not gotten to China, but to a far more interesting place than that. After all, one can buy a ticket on a boat today and get to China in comparatively few days, but the places that were unearthed to the scientists, were thousands of years away from us!
Today we live in a culture of luxury and refinement, but the earliest culture horizon is known as "Felson culture"—the culture of the inhabitants of the plains area of the last glaciation, known as the Wisconsin, was in its last retreat but still standing southward. Local glaciers in the Rocky mountains stood farther down into the valleys. The country was more moist and the strange animals of a bygone day lingered about slowly drying lakes and waterholes.
Investigate High Plains Area
A number of sites scattered over various sections of the High Plains have contributed to our knowledge of this early time, and of the men who hunted upon foot such animals as the mammoth and a large type of extinct bison. Also scattered in their camp sites were found the elk and the moose and houses—all animals which are not believed to have survived very long after the final ice retreat which ushered in the climate of today. The Europeans brought the domesticated horse to America, and the Indians got their ponies from them; but the real American horses, which pre-historic man hunted and ate for food, were smaller, smaller than the horse we know.
Many institutions are now active in the investigation of the area in which these remains are found. Prof. Loren Eiseley of the sociology department, who has served on a number of these expeditions and is at present in charge of archeological work for the University, expresses the opinion that many finds of this type have been discovered western Kansas, an area hereof reworked, but lying in the neighborhood of other important finds.
Between these very early post-glacial hunters and the comparatively late agricultural Indians of the Plains region, a wide and complete unfilled cap in time has excavated the remains of people that believe perhaps large portions of the Plains were completely uninhabited for a long period following
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There were a lot of representatives and senators on the Campus yesterday. We were so close to one senator that if we had reached out our hand, we could have touched him.
This is the season of the year that Summerfield scholars start working their way through college
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It took only one good snow to convince us that some women should never have heard of ski suits.
It may be nervous reaction caused by intensive study, and then again it may be only a desire for good wholesome fun, but some students are getting a kick out of calling the different Hill restaurants and asking if they have Camels. On receiving an affirmative reply, they yell just before hanging up the receiver: "Ride 'em, cowboy!"
If we were dramatizing an allegory, the chief character would be Sincerity and Agnes Mumert would have the lead.
The Atchinan Globe, detailing the amount of money necessary for a student to attend KU. says: "the student must allow a little leeway under miscellaneous for the lost book, the shirt that split, or that date who ordered a malted milk instead of a coke." Not forgetting, of course, the one who insisted on going to a first-run movie when she should have sat through a double feature and liked it.
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The Folsom people, due to the size of the projectile points which they used, are believed to have relied upon a spun-thruster, an imitation which gave a greater leavening than merely throwing a spear by hand.
The spear-thrower is an old device which goes back farther than the known use of the bow. The bow is an implement which has not been traced farther back it time in Europe than some 10,000 years ago, and it is quite probable that it is younger than this in America. Hence, its use by people a Signal Butte suggests a later cultural intrusion than the Folsom, does the lack of extinct animal form in association with this culture. The date of this culture is tentatively estimated between 7,000 and 8,000 years ago.
Find Remalius Near Smith Center
Above this level is another known as Signal Bute II. This culture is not so well known, but it is still a hunting culture with no agriculture or pottery. Only on the topmost level of the butte were evidences of pottery found. Thus, or one this site, the Smithsonian party found a sequence of cultures running from a late pre-historic zoo in southern Arizona, down through a series of early hunting cultures which existed far back into the next.
It was not known until last summer whether earlier Recent (6,000 to 10,000 years ago) hunters, whose cult of giant snakes inspired Sigma Beta operators eastward.
Bernard Frazier, local sculptor lived near Smith Center, Kan., as a boy. When he and his cousins were playing in the fields, they chanced upon the ancient ash of campfires or the men who lived in a prehistoric culture. Bone findings interesteth the boys, who resolved to get an archaeologist to examine the site Last year, Mr. Frazier heard of Doctor Elsley's excavations and tok him of the chance opportunity that they might find something at Smith Center.
Dr. Eisley Carries on Exections
Doctor Eisley assisted by several students and Mr Ivan Phueppleton a Smith Center, carried on excavation; which revealed evidences of nosmatic hunters present in this area at a very early time, but later than the "Polson" men; thus giving evidence that the central population also inhabited the valley allowing the discovery of the fire animals
Dr. H.T.U. Smith, of the geology department, was requested by Doctor Easeley to make a geological study of the deposit in which the archeological material was buried. Professor Smith believes on another study that the date somewhere between 3,000 to 19,000 years ago.
This geological dating according to Doctor Elsley filly in very well with the evidence derived from the animal remains and from a study on the rocks which suitably would date the site and 5,000 t to 7,000 years ago.
Site Presents Conclusive Evidence Doctor Oleissley indicated that the conclusions reached by Doctor Smith and himself through the use of different dating methods overlaid on geological data of geology and archaeology together has contributed much to an understanding of the site.
Doctor Elsley pointed out that the wandering Indian hunters, whose remains have been found at Smit Center, apparently utilized the bow and hunted a living species of bison A few years ago, the plains area was regarded as barren, archeologically but researchs of the last few years are beginning to reveal a rather unexpected diversity of Indian cultures, and evidence of a long continued human occupation dating far back toward the closing phases of the ice Age.
The importance of the recently discovered site at Smith Center, lie in the fact that it presents the first conclusive evidence for the existence of an early hunting people in the area. They hunted on the horizon; and pre-dating, probably by several mollens, the introduction of agriculture into this region.
Freshman Debaters Discuss Anglo-American Alliance
A group of freshman debate left yesterday morning to debate before high schools in Osawatomie and Fort Scott. They argued the question of an Anglo-American alliance The freshmen accompanied by E. Buehler, professor of speech, first
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