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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN; LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY JANUARY 8.1938
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'American Blood ...
Gallant Ship ... Demons'
" . . . where American blood was shed by war-crazed demons in an Orient of fire . . . the gallant ship, struggling bravely, goes down with colors flying . . . the famous gunboat . . ."
Such was the hysterical comment that accompanied one of the reels of pictures of the sinking of the United States gunboat Panay in the Yangtse. The pictures themselves were interesting and apparently authentic, but the jingoistic nature of the comment ruined them for those thinking members of the audience who know how easily a people may be moved to war hysteria.
True, any citizen of the United States will feel a surge of resentment against the power that was responsible for the sinking of the Panay and the death and suffering of his fellow men. It is true that any citizen dislikes to see or hear of his flag's sinking in foreign waters.
But it also is entirely true that all young men, at least, who will bear the responsibility and the rifles of the next war—those young men who were born in the shadow of the last war and whose lives have been made more difficult by the depression that resulted from that war—it is true that these young men wince at the jingoism that would precipitate another war.
The emotions experienced by audiences viewing these pictures will be dangerous enough without being inflamed by exaggerated and over-dramatic comment.
There are a few things well to remember when viewing these pictures. "The gallant ship . . . the famous gunboat" was just a river tub constructed in the Orient for Chinese river patrol. Very few persons even knew it existed until it was sunk. At the time it was sunk it was, among other things, serving as a convoy for Standard Oil ships.
The Panay sinking was an outrage, but it would be a much greater outrage if this incident, these pictures, and other propaganda would involve this nation in a war that would take manyfold the number of lives lost on the Panay and destroy millions of times as much property.
Two Kansans In a Tussle
A joint meeting Friday of the Chambers of Commerce of the Kansas City is to be highlighted by a speech from the administration's number one saber-rattler, Secretary of War Woodring, who will speak on—of all things—the Ludlow war referendum proposal.
The following Monday the referendum proposal will be brought from committee onto the senate floor by Woodring's fellow Kansan, Arthur Capper. Woodring's speech will probably serve to impress upon the Middle West the administration's disapproval of the referendum.
President Roosevelt sees the Ludlow-Capper bill as being inconsistent with representative government. But the United States has been inconsistent with that principle so often—the direct primary, initiative, referendum, popular recall—that the adage, "consistency is the virtue of fools," seems to be well established.
Secretary of State Hull has furthered administration opposition by declaring that the proposal "hamstrings the government in time of national emergency." But the popular vote on war cannot be used in case of "a proclamation by the President that the United States or some place subject to the jurisdiction thereof has been invaded or is in immediate danger of invasion."
Sufficient recommendation for the bill is the one more armor plate that it places upon America in protecting her from a senseless foreign war. The people may be as subject to war hysteria as their senators, but not so easily controlled.
And now comes Secretary Woodring to spike the bill. His criticism is expected to be more passionate and less scholarly, more invective and less light.
As Senator Capper says, "I think the people who are to do the fighting and will pay the bill should have something more to say on a question as vital to their welfare as this one."
In Defense Of Mae West
What's that old saying about evil to him who evil thinks?
A radio skit in which Mae West appeared as Eve is 'being branded obscene, filthy and all that. We heard it. We thought it was somewhere between silly and clever. But not dirty. Perhaps because we seldom look for dirt. There's dirt under flowers. We stir it once in a while but only to make the flowers more beautiful.
Mae West's skit may have been irreverent.
If these things really happened:
Man was made from dirt when breathed upon by Jehovah of the Jews.
Woman was made from a rib, taken from him while he was asleep. A floating rib, Mac said.
A snake talked to Eve and persuaded her to eat an apple from a forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. Whereupon Jehovah kicked Adam and Eve both out.
As we understand it, Mae West plays the gold digger of the nineties. Her private life, we also understand, is clean as a whistle. We were getting around, really living the full life in the nineties. The soft, moaning tones, the sinuous touches of gold diggers in those days meant little to us. We knew it was just propaganda, just advertising. Gold diggers today still are advertising but they do it in a neater, almost respectable way. And woman still is woman. She may act like she has a ramrod up her back, her lips may tighten when the conventional is broken before her eyes, but watch those eyes light up when a choice bit of gossip comes her way.
Mae West has set out to play a certain role. And she is doing a swell job of it. So good that the he old maids and the she monks are trying to hiss her off the stage.
And while we are at it: If a radio program offends cannot one turn the dial and get something else? It's like the young ladies near Hays who complained that boys were swimming naked near their home. The pond was surrounded by low hills but the young ladies had climbed up on a windmill to get offended. And at Lawrence where young ladies in a sorority house complained that boys in the fraternity house next door were running around without clothing. To see such obscenity the girls had to raise their blinds, stand on a chair and look out the top sashes—Paul Jones in the Lyons News.
Official University Bulletin
Notices at Chancellor's Office at 3 p.m. preceding regular publication days and 11:10 a.m.
Vol. 35 THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1938 No. 71
AIEE. There will we a meeting of the local branch of the AIEE. in Marvin auditorium at 7:30 this evening. All members are urged to attend. There will be election of officers, and refreshments will be served—Raymond F. Horrell, Chairman Local Branch AIEE.
FENCING TOURNAMENT: There will be a men's and women's basketball game this evening. The time for courts has been extended to 5 o'clock this afternoon. All contestants must be in Robinson gymnasium by 7:30 - Kelman A. Orvette, Jr.
DILETNTANTES COMMISSION: The Dilettantes will meet this evening for a very interesting discussion and lecture. The subject will be "Art in Royalty Life." Please invite your friends to come—Alicia Russell, Chairman.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB: There will be a meeting of the President and Club at the Evans Hearth at 5:45 each day. Prof. C. B. Realey will be guest speaker. All members are invited to participate, the presence of the President, Pfister, fifty people, Armstrong, President.
"OLOGY" COMMISSION. The "Ology" Commission will meet at 430 at Friday in house-Haven-ELVEN.
SETSE POOC: There will be a meeting of Setse Pocock on Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Union ballroom at 4:30 p.m. All interested in the Estes conference are invited. —Edna Mav Parks.
SWIMMING TEAM TRYOUTS: There will be a meeting in the K room of Robinson gymnasium at 430 afterschool for all men who wish to try out the swimming team—Herbert G. Alphin, Swimming Coach.
University Daily Kansan
By Sidney Linnison.
Students come and students go on old M. Orden, but with them they learn about the history of landmarks closely connected with the life and existence of the University.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Numerous Intimate Landmarks Grace the University Campus
However, some have only a casual acquaintance with the more obvious things which they pass daily but have no further interest in them.
Editorial Staff
PUBLISHER ... J. HOWARD RUSCO
EDITOR-IN-CHEIF
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: JOHN TYE AND DAVID ARGVINE
MORRIS THOMPON
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The rocks in the cairn were originally a part of old North College hall, and were brought to the present site after the razing of the hall. To the upright shell a bronze sabbat was attached with the following description:
"Rock Chalk Cairn Dedicated to the Vision of the Founders of the University of Kansas and to Those Who Helped Faithfully."
The Rock Chalk cairn, for instance, is known to all, but we have a knowledge of its history or significance. The pile of rock is a symbol of University of Kansas tradition, history and ideals as a record of fulfillment by her famous sons.
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East of Fraser hall is the statue variously known as the "Pioneer" and the "Corn Planter," which formerly graced the plot of ground be for Murvib hall. It was presented by Dr. Simeon Bell.
ALEH HALDIFMAN-JULIUS
J. HOWER RUSGO
J. BERKEE GRAY
KERNETT MORRI
GRAVAL VAILENNE
GOCHELAR DANIEL
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M. MAHLER
EDWARD BARNETT
MARTIN BURTON
JIM KIRCHNER
JANE FLORE
MORRIS THOMPSON
CLEARID DANIEL
ELFON I. E.CASTER
ALAN AHNE
CHARLES ABLUE
Another familiar statue is that of "Uncle Jimmy" Green which stands before the Law building where "Uncle Jimmy" reigned for many years as dean. Daniel Chester French was the sculptor of the statue which is a part of the memorial to the students of the University who lost their lives in the World War. The stadium and the Memorial Union building also are a part of the memorial.
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No student can long be on the Campus without finding it necessary to refer to the clock atop the tower of Blake hall. The first clock was installed in 1895, but was out of order for many years. However, the old clock was replaced in 1920 with a new one which does its best to get weary students to their early classes; at least part of the time.
Graduating classes have added numerous other landmarks to the Campus. Of these, benches seem to be among the most popular. The store bench on the slope west of Green hall, which was given by the
intered as second-class matter, September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kan.
Another bench, known as the "Red Bud" burd, was given by Miss Rose Morgan and Miss Edith Clark in memory of Miss Kate Stephens' verses about the red bud tree. And, properly enough, it was placed between two red bud trees southwest of Dvche museum.
class of 1914, is seen by hundreds every day.
Benches Are Given
Then there is the Pi Bota b Ta pin bench, between Blake hall and Watkins hospital. This bench overlooks the beautiful view over the Wakarua valley. It was erected in 1925 by the Municipal office of the authority at the University.
And last, but far from least, I Marvin grove. The smooth green slopes and the wealth of shade tree make it a beautiful spot. It was named after Chancellor William O'Neill, and at the beauty of the Campus. A lovely spot in the spring, the grove remains long in the memory of graduates.
Buffalo--
Continued from page 1 in pre-Columbian America, he said. Stone Implements Are Found
Amateurs were urged to call in professional archeologists if they believe they have a find of some value, since upon the care taken in keeping notes and measurements depends the value of the evidence in reconstructing the lives of the first "100 per cent Americans."
Besides the buffalo wallows, Professor Eisley pointed to the steep-sided gullies so common in the semi-arid regions as likely places to find men when they roamed the region some ten to fifteen thousand years ago.
"I've worn out more shoe leather than I like to think about, walking gulches," he remarked.
Most frequent indication of a site is the protrusion of bones along the gully wall where the earth has been eroded away. Such sites yield the bones of extinct mammals and occasionally some stone implement found in the Palms mata, a predecessor of the Palaeolians in this region.
Kansan Classified Ads get you in touch with prospective buyers, sellers, finders and losers of articles—try a Classified next time.
U.S. Jobs Open To Applicants
Civil Service Commission Announces Exams For Two Positions
The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an open competitive examination for the position of student fingerprint classifier in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The entrance salary is $1,440 a year, less a retirement deduction of 3½ per cent. Any applicant must have completed a four-year high school course, or must be a senior student now in attendance in his last year of high school. He must have reached his eighteen birthday, but must not have passed his twentieth-first.
Along with this announcement also was announced an open competitive examination for the position of airways mechanic, which pays $2,000 a year. Applicants must have the following qualifications: at least two years' experience as an aviation engine mechanic; at least three years' experience as factory assembler, tester and repairer of internal combustion engines and electrical work; and at least three years' experience in the maintenance, over-bauling and repair of internal combustion engine - driven generators and generator repair. They must not be more than 48 years of age in order to be eligible.
Fingerprints will be taken of all applicants for these civil service jobs and will be classified in Washington.
Golf on Mountain Top
Melbourne, Jan. 5—(UP)—Australia went in for high golf playing when it staged a marathon over a hill on the summit of Mount Majoreo.
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RURAL telephone wire—not in cables—can now go underground where bad weather and grass fires can't harm it.
To make this possible, an entirely new kind of wire had to be developed. Special insulating compounds, special splicing methods were devised. Then a simple, economical method of burial had to be found. A special plow solved this problem—one that digs a furrow and tucks away the wire in a single operation.
Just one more step in the process of making Bell System service constantly more dependable.
Why not telephone home tonight? Rates to most points are lowest any time after 7 P. M. and all day Sunday.
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