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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1937
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The Coming Explosion
The coming war in Europe seems likely to make the World War look like a equitable between a couple of turtle-doves. Armaments have been increased until they are far more than they were in 1914 and new technical-efficiency has given each bomb and shell far greater latent possibilities of death. Armies are being increased until in some countries they are actually, reaching the utmost maximum, as in Italy, where every man between 18 and 55 is held ready for instant mobilization.
What will happen when these huge fighting machines are turned against one another utterly staggers the imagination. The "new plan" of attack, in which one nation would suddenly strike a deadly blow at another nation's capital, and so paralyze the enemies defenses is becoming more and more difficult to perform with the preparations for defense each nation is carrying out. It will probably develop into a long drawn out affair like the World War, and the resulting effect to the people and the terrain of Europe is distinctly unpleasant to contemplate.
The fight will not be simply between armies. Civil populations will suffer much more than they did in the last war, and there will be no humanitarianism or idealism to protect them. They will be bombed, machine-gunned from the air and there will be no scruples against the use of gas in its most horrible forms. The bombardment of defenseless civil populations in Spain only gives a faint picture of what will happen, for there only a few scores of airplanes are used.
Any talk of peace in Europe seems futile. War will come just as soon as the "have nuts," the Fascist nations, decide that they have a good chance for victory. Britain's huge rearmament program is tending to increase rather than lessen the immediate danger of war. Germany and Italy may decide not to wait until they have to face a rarened Great Britain. Even if they wait it does not lessen the certainty of eventual war. So much powder lying about so many sparks will sooner or later explode.
Oracle of Wisdom
Father Coughlin's most recent speech was a masterpiece of illogical reasoning served with powdered sugar and ground glass. His voice positively trembled with emotion as he spoke of the "common man." One expected him to break out any minute with that good old phrase "horny hands of toil." He was a father telling his children what to do and how to sift
The ground glass was reserved for President Roosevelt. If thoughts or words could kill, our vice-president would be promoted.
"Thoughts on the Supreme Court" was the title of his address, and he had the problem of the judiciary all solved. All that we, the people, have to do to see that the laboring man gets his hours shortened and his wages raised, is to ask for a constitutional amendment. Each state legislature will rush palmistry to ratify it, and everything will be hunky-dory. Then we won't have to unpack the supreme court.
He bases his belief that the states will ratify immediately, on the fact that it took only nine months to repeal prohibition, and surely if they will act that quickly to allow drinking, they will respond to a far worthier cause.
Father Coughlin has either a bad memory or a limited intelligence, or both. Has he forgotten the fate of the child labor amendment which has been kicking around our legislative halls for 13 years? And the amendment which he proposes, to help the adult laborer, is the same type of bill. No employers are going to stand idly by and let a legislative body pass such a bill. They will fight it to the finish, and by the time the amendment is finally ratified this generation of workers will be trundling around in wheel chairs.
President Roosevelt had the right idea when he said we must act NOW.
Quick, Watson. A Motive
Now that Mayor La Guardia has had his say and the state department has apologized, one wonders why the New York mayor was so indiscreet. Perhaps he had his reasons.
For instance, La Guardia would very much like to be re-elected mayor. Look at the facts and you'll find that New York City is the greatest Jewish center in the world, and that there are only about half a million Germans there, and half of these are not sympathetic with Hit-
The Kansan Platform
1. A well-rounded varsity athletic program.
2. Attention of student working conditions.
4. An adequate building program, including:
a. Construction of a medical science
building.
2. Settlement of student working conditions.
3. Establishment of a co-operative bookstore.
b. Addition to the stacks of the library.
5. Restoration of faculty and employee salaries.
ler. It would be a nice political move, that's certain.
There's also the matter of the Fair itself. Since the incident had a direct connection with this coming event, maybe it was all part of a planned public stunt. Certainly it helped bring the Fair before the eyes of the nation as practically nothing else would have. The publicity may not have been of the best kind, but then. . .
Or maybe the mayor finds the Nazis and Mr. Hitler himself very irritating and just gave vent to his rather pent-up emotions. Of course he might have remembered that he holds a high public office, but it is doubtful that he regrets his move. Although the Nazis said some very nasty things about him.
A Servant Runs Amuck
If you had some giant Frankenstein servant who, when functioning properly, made your life a better life, yet continually ram anmuck and killed your neighbors and endangered your own life, you'd either tame that servant, chain him down or destroy him.
Yet our automobile Frankenstein killed one hundred persons in the United States each day last year except one, when he went on a holiday and killed only 73. Yes, auto deaths totaled 36,573 last year, an increase of 550 over the previous year.
But you're pretty safe yet. That's only one chance in something like two and a half million that your Frankenstein or anyone else's will get you—this year. We'll let the odds get smaller before we chain the menace down.
Official University Bulletin
Vol.34 Wednesday, March 10, 1937 No.110
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ALEE. The local branch of the ALEE, will hold its March meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. J. B. wink, Southwestern Teltelephone Company, will be. Please contact them. Meetings will be served—Raymond F. Horrell, Secretary
AL ENTENOE: A regular meeting of El Atuero will be held on Monday, October 14th at Gardner, Associate Professor of Romance Language will direct this session, which is to be devoted to a brief survey of the practical contributions of Adolfo Bovere.
ENGINEERS—Attention The all-Engineering School banquet will be held in the Memorial Union Building on Thursday evening, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Avery, a computer scientist and a K.U. Graduate, will speak on "The Value of the Technical Man in Industry." Last year there were 225 students enrolled in the Bachelor-Bill Tate Brown, Vice-president of Engineering School.
JAY JANES and KU KUS: Dr. F. C. Allen will talk on 'The Functions of a Pep Club' at 8 o'clock this evening in the Men's Lounge at the Union Building, which is expected to be present—Beulah Pinnear. Bill Townsend.
LE CERCLE FRANCAIS: Le Cercle Francais will wish to Ad. Everyone is welcome. Jolie Vise, Rose-Visée.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL. There will be a meet- on the Men's Student Council night, June 21st, Zumiez, Secretary.
PHI DELTA KAPPA: Professor Neel P. Gist, of the Sociology department, will be the speaker at a meeting at 7:30 this evening in 115 Fraser —Gilbert Ulmer, President
SCHOARSHIP APPLICATIONS: Students interested in general scholarships for the year 1937-38, or to specific scholarships as the year before, will be advanced work in science, the Edna Osborne Whitehall Scholarship for a woman student majoring in English and interdisciplinary studies, or for university degree scholarships, should make application for same before March 15 at 300 B Administration building—for Executive Secretary, Committee on Aids and Awards.
PRACTICE TEACHING APPLICATIONS; Students who wish to do practice teaching in Oredra Training School during either next year or last term. School of Education, at once—R.A. A. Schwegel.
WORLD AFFAIRS COMMISSION: There will be a meeting of the World Affairs Commission of the Y.W.A. and a visit to House at 438 and from there to Mrs. Henley's home. This will be a very interesting meeting. Genevieve Landry.
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Students at the University of Kansas are also able to see a sky display under the same arrangement as that employed in the big planetarium rooms. The impossibility of building a planetarium for the University did not deter Prof. N. W. Storere of the astronomy department from constructing a substitute. This mechanism enables his students to view the sky in miniature much as would in a modern planetarium.
Four metropolitan cities possess planetaries where the bawl of heaven is made to appear on a dome-shaped ceiling by means of whirling discs. By private contributions citizens of Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have made these great monuments of astronomical science available to the general public. The many theatres and galleries established each year are perplexed and started by the complexity and excitement attained in these heavenly displays.
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Professor Store's invention is simply composed of a disc about two feet in diameter, a nail, and a board full of vertically arranged holes, bounded by white dots painted on the surface. A black disc placed in relation to their respective poles. One surface is the northern hemisphere, showing especially the "big and little dippers". The other surface shows the "southern cross."
This phenomenon is simply explained. Attached to the lecture desk is a board with graduated holes in it placed at various distances from the end. These holes are placed to indicate the different latitude degrees of the earth. By using the desk as the horizon plane and by placing a mail through one of these holes and the center of the disk, certain stars appear. When nails are placed in other latitude holes, a different scene results. K.A.
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The question for the day, as asked in the first three persons, is: "What do you think about President Roosevelt's 'move on the Supreme court?'"
The first person approached was Helen Bolein, cuek, who graciously wrote out the following: "I think that President Roosevelt is justified in promoting the 'move on the supreme court.' He needs more support from the thinking public." So you see, if you don't support the leaders, you should. That is if you are one of the thinking public, Bob Corey, 373, was in a hurry to get to class, but he took time to answer. "This statement typifies the gross exaggeration of dictatorial ambitions of the President, which is commonly put forth by our many 'small minds'." After writing this piece for the opus, Bob handbook the paper and opinion, he had been writing with and rushed to class. Thanks, Bob, for the penil-
Sidney Lincseff, c'99, said, "I think that it is entirely justified. Did you hear George Sculpe Monday night?" He was the one to ask questions, Sidney.
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The first person to give an answer to the new question was Lois Anderson, ed37, who said, "It should be adopted. As the supreme court now stands the legislative and judiciary bodies tend to negate each other." The Court has speed up workhours measures. This seems to be a very sensible answer.
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Marjorie Crume, e'38, a Republican and proud of it, said, "I'm a red-headed Republican. I think that Rosevelt is trying to put everything in his lap." Mening Rosevelt's lap, of course.
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