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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1939
Kansan Comment
The Story of Americania Strictly the Bull
Once upon a time there was a young nation named Americania.
Americania was different from the other countries. All the other countries would run around and fight, or pretend to fight.
But not America. He would rather stay home and sit under the illusionary tree of democracy and enjoy the world's fairs growing underneath.
Then, one day, some scouts came to look over the countries for the big fight. All the other countries clashed and threatened and sent ultimatums and everything.
Then a bee stung Americania. Americania was mad at this. He said, angrily, "I shall never again speak to Hitleria." (For that was the bee's name.)
But not Americania. He just sat under the tree, enjoying the wails.
So they took Americana off to the big arena.
The scouts were pleased at this. "There is the country," they said, "there is just the country to get to fight in 'Positively the Last War To End All Wars.'"
Then the time came to fight. Everybody was there, waiting, including the radio announcers and the newsreel men. The various combatants had paraded their armies, navies, and airplanes, and were all ready to fight Americain
So they let Americania into the ring.
The other combatants were mad. The scouts were mad. Everybody, in short, was mad.
Americana came out rather dazed. Then, all at once, he noticed two world's fairs out on the grounds. So he sat down and simply enjoyed them.
But not Americana. He just sat there and enjoyed the world's fairs.
So they carted him back to where they found him—and for all we care, he may stay there forever, enjoying his world fairs.
Candid Camera Clicks Close Kaleidoscope Century
Candid camera clicks throughout the country marked the one hundredth anniversary of photography this week. The candid camera and its many and various accessories show how much photography has become a part of the modern world.
Pictures have now become an essential part of almost all newspapers. A good picture with a snappy caption is worth 10,000 or more words, and editors have an increasing appreciation for that truism. The new course in news photography here at the University is expected to attract many future reporters.
A whole industry of entertainment and education has been built upon moving pictures. Seventy million Americans go to the movies each week.
It would not be surprising if, in 10,000 A.D. or so, history professors would be calling our era "The Age of Pictures," dating from January, 1839.
Picture magazines have flourished in the last few years, with Life and Look claiming circulations of 1,500,000 copies each. And pictures combined with radio—television—may easily be universal by the end of the next decade.
Swiss Adopt Fascism To End All Fascism?
"Among the various forms of government developed in Europe that of a federal republic was first achieved by Switzerland alone. That country may claim to possess the only truly democratic government in the world."—Forceloedia Americana.
Indeed, the Swiss have such a distrust of one-man rule that the executive power of their federal government—which is truly a federal government—is vested in the council of seven men.
But Switzerland is practically surrounded by Germany and Italy, and as about seventy per cent of the Swiss are Germanic in race and language, the country has been subjected to much Nazi propaganda—which has not, however, been making much headway among the liberty-loving Swiss.
Recently the Swiss Federal Council issues an interim decree. The decree gives the Federal Council power to "dissolve any group or undertaking which threatens the country internally or externally, to limit or stop their activity, and to confiscate their property." The Federal Council is also "authorized to suspend for a maximum period of six months newspapers or periodicals which issue or propagate inaccurate news or news so altered that it may endanger the Confederation," and to imprison persons who "systematically ridicule democratic principles" or those "who circulate foreign propaganda advocating modification in the political institutions of Switzerland."
It is ironic—and tragic—that one of the oldest republics in the world should think it necessary to adopt totalitarian repressive measures in order to preserve its democracy from fascism.
Hope Springs Eternal- So Do Armaments
Hope springs eternal. The "40 Years Ago" column in the Kansas City Star records the hopeful but unprophetic inaugural words of William Stanley, the 16th governor of Kansas. "America is advocating a general disarmament in anticipation of the time when armies shall beat their swords into plow shares and their spears into pruning hooks, ."—so said Mr. Stanley. He was probably voicing the real sentiments of an altruistic American public at the close of the Spanish American War.
Of course America advocated general disarmament. So do all nations during the headache aftermath of a war. None disarm appreciably. Many then vied among themselves in a show of military and naval might. America herself, under T.R.'s "benevolent" blustering, sent her heart on a world cruise.
The twentieth century brought instead of the fulfillment of Stanley's Biblical quotation, the catastrophe and grief that was the World War. Then men decided to apply the cold light of reason to the settlement of international difficulties. Alliances and treaties among nations, peace pacts, the World Court, the League of Nations, the principle of self-determination—these were to be the foundations of a new world order.
And here the world is again. Everyone knows the turn of events during the past 20 years. Mistakes have been plentiful. Distrust, jealousy, and false national pride have flourished. The press and radio keep the peoples of the world in constant fear with news of political significance in the ever-shrinking globe.
People have come to realize that no leader is infallible, that science and learning have seemingly given modern man no other weapons to solve crises and problems than their most primitive predecessors possessed. External changes in man's environment have not been matched by corresponding progress in man's abilities and wisdom. But in the midst of this dark picture, man still carries the light of hope, as did his ancestors. Without it, he would indeed be lost.
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CONTEMporARY LITERATURE LECTURE. Miss Becken Hope hopes will speak on Contemporary Literature as she prepares for her final lecture. While this lecture is primarily for freshmen, majors and graduates are cordially invited — W. S. Johnson.
EL ATENEO: El Atenco will hold its regular stated meeting at 3:30 this afternoon in 115 Frank Strong Hall, Senor Osma will speak to us, and all members are urged to attend - Phyllene Bourassa, President.
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS: Le Cercle francais va se recuir auprès du boul il les janvier, saile 113 Frank Strom Hall, a trois heures et demie — Norman Rehg, secretaire
JAY JANES. There will be a meeting at 4:30 today in the Pin Room. Members should bring the money to the meeting.
STUDENT STATE-WIDE ACTIVITIES COMMISSION: Extra special meeting of all members of the commission Thursday, January 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Central Auditorium, third floor. Frank Strong Hall is this to plan for the visit of the whole Kansas Kansah Legacy Chairman S. H. Johnson on January 18th—C. H. Mullen chairman S. H. Johnson.
MATHEMATICS CLUB: The Mathematics Club will meet Thursday, January 12, at 4:30 in 302 Frank Strong Hall. Loren Akers will speak on "Chemistry and Physics" and be invited to attend to attend. - Dorothy Bubitz, President.
NOTICE TO ALL UNIVERSITY WOMEN: There will be a WSG.A tea this afternoon in the Old English room of the Union building. The Alpha Delta Pi will be hostesses - Delos Woods.
MU PHI EPSILON. The picture for the Jahywahen will be taken Thursday, January 12, at 12:30 at the Lawrence Studio. Please wear dark dresses—Lucile MeVev. President.
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Orchestra MembershipHas Quadrupled In 30 Years
By Mary Jane Sigler, c 39
Musicians are much more pencilful than they used to be. "While 20 or 30 years ago the University had trouble in getting instrumentals for the Symphony orchestra, we now have no difficulty in getting people who play even the less popular instruments," asserted Karl Kuersteiner, director of the orchestra, which presents its mid-winter concert tomorrow night.
Jy Mary Jane Sigler c'39
Professor Kuersteiner's statement is borne out by a program of a 1905 University Symphony orchestra concert which reveals that at that time the orchestra had only 21 members, several of whom were professors. Today the orchestra boasts a membership of 90, and the Little Symphony orchestra has 50 students in its group. This 33-year-old concert program contains many names important in the history of the University. The president of the orchestra was William Herbert Carruth, famous poet, who, for a decade, was head of the university, and for 30 years was head of the department of German. The secretary-treasurer of the group was George J. Hood, professor of engineering drawing.
Orchestra Organized in 1904
C. S. Skilton, professor of organ, known throughout the world as a composer and an organist, was director of the University Symphony orchestra in 1905. One of the numbers on the concert's program was the overture which Professor Skilton had composed for the dedication of Green hall, which had taken place the preceding June.
Professor Skilton was the first conductor of a regular orchestra on the Hill, having taken the directorship in 1904. An orchestral group under the direction of students had been playing for two years, but it did not give its first concert or become on official University organization. Professor Skilton was its conductor.
John Ise, professor of economies was graduated from the voice department of the University. For his senior recital he orchestrahed the accompaniment of a group of his orchestra on the basis of his phonio- orchestra accompanied bim.
A further glance at the 1905 program discloses that one John Ise occupied the second chair in the viola section. Noting this, Professor Kuesterstein remarked, "That's probably the only time that Professor Ise played twoiddle to anybody." Professor Ise Was Vocal Student
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by John Randolph Tye
Another of our resolutions went the way of all flesh last night when we attended the Kansas-Agge basketball game. It wan't the lure of the athletic event that dwew us the palestra (my! how that word fus-leral! it!) in a match man Avin Janzen as a terpsichorenr. Although for some time rumors had been floating around the Hill that the young man had gone in for adagio dancing, we discounted all such talk as mere hear-say until the Daily Kansan carried an account of the exhibition in Tuesday's paper. Then we bied ourselves to the palestra and awaited the performance with confidence. I say that we were hoping he would ship would be putting it mildly.
Journalistic honestly, however, forces us to admit that the young man acquitted himself beautifully. His motions and gestures were the embodiment of grace, and the way he covoted on the floor was enough to make Ted Shawn envious. And in the gracefulness of his smile, I felt a sense of beauty we never knew existed. It was easy to see why Hillsboro High had chosen him as the most likely to succeed.
Only one thing was missing in the performance — his usual aplomb One felt that Janzen knew instinctively that the dance was not his forte. This feeling carried to many in the audience. Or as the chap who wrote about it, "Goddess Lord! So that's what love does to a girl."
Huck Wright doesn't believe that people should take life too seriously. After all, Huck says, you never get out of it alive.
One half of all the students at an eastern college receive scholarships—the rest don't play football
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The worst thing about the Chino-Japanese "incident" is that just as soon as we learn how to pronounce the name of the latest temporary Chinese capital, the Japanese bomb the place and the Chinese city. We find that the thing very disconcerting, and imagine the Chinese do likewise.
Professor Ice is not the only University faculty member who studied music in school, and then turned to another field in which to teach. Other members of the orchestra in its early days were J. O. Jones, pro-tective engineer, mechanical engi-ner who played the French horn, and L. D. Havenhill, dean of the School of Pharmacy, who played the bassoon. Not only has the orchestra increased its membership manyfold in recent years, but it has developed its instrumental solo groups. The first University string quartet was organized 15 years ago, but this year it added three new quartets. The symphony woodwind quartet was organized only a few years ago.
Evelyn Swarthout Leading Solist
A remarkable number of University Symphony orchestra concert-masters and soloists have become outstanding in musical fields. Evelyn Swarthout, bm32, has perhaps gone further in her field than any other former soloist.
Miss Swarthout was solo pianist in a December concert of the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra, and this month is giving a New York recital.
Mary Jane Bruce, fa33, recent soloist, has a scholarship with Arthur Schnabel, famous German pianist. Two other recent soloists who are studying in New York City are Keith Davis, fa38, fa38, and Charles Weisnender, b'38. Both Davis and Neiswender are studying voice.
Three University symphony orchestra concertmasters now hold important positions in the music departments of Kansas universities. Luther Leavengood, bm'29, is dean of the school of music of Southern University. Robert Sedore, bm'29, is head of the School of Bone University, and Paul Hanson, mm'33, is head of the Washburn College violin department.
The University Symphony orchestra, because of its achievements as a group, and due to the achievements of its individual members, has played an important role in University life since its beginning 34 years ago, and will continue to do so to an even greater extent.
Ellen Payne-for
I ask the advisory board to accept my resignation as general secretary of the Kansas Y.W.C.A."
Mrs. King is now accepting applications for the position of secretary. The applications will be discussed by the board and the cabinet at a meeting in February. A two-thirds vote of the board and cabinet will be necessary before a candidate is asked to accept the position.
Theoreda Paullin, to whom Miss Payne will be married in June, came to the University in 1936 as instructor in the department of history. He taught in Park College, Parkville, Mo., for a year. He received his degree at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, attending the experimental college. He obtained his master's degree in American history, and his Ph.D in economic history.
Debators Attack
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"While Secretary Hull is working to cut tariffs, Roosevelt is raising prices and thus making it easier for foreign competition of our products.
No Decision Made
"The basic industries are sick and are kept in existence by government funds. This program hasn't done what it should. Things can't go on forever. We need planned economy or else to retain the present system and face an increasing debt or return to the Republican laissez faire and wait for the crack up."
Rhodes, last of the speakers, attacked the Californians on the grounds that they had given only isolated examples of government debt. He told them that their only mistake was to be that wager hadn't ridden.
"The affirmative seems to be believe that capitalism has broken down. We believe that a new era of capitalism has begun. Production has gone up, employment has been issued as has the national income."
Following the first speeches a departure from the ordinary rebuffs and attacks is metted to cross examine the other speakers. No decision was made.
Omit One Recital on List
The name of Martha Boucher, fa-
39, was omitted from the list of stud-
udent recitals in yesterday's Kanan.
Her recital's recital is scheduled
for May 2.
On the Shin-
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In a few weeks freshmen will have learned to appreciate the "Finals" mural in the northeast corner of the Union Fountain. The mural is composed of five large, creature-like pies creatures used to depict coffee nerves in some of the ads.
Where Emily Post would have inted, Yelie Shinster merely shudred when he saw Kenny Postolier with a knife yesterday. However,
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