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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBUARY 23, 1987
Comment
Beer Bill in the Senate
With the beer bill still before the state senate, rumbles of disapproval have come from all parts of Kansas regarding the recent passage of the bill by the state house of representatives which will make Kansas a "bone-dry" state.
One of the latest developments in the case comes from five counties in the central western part of Kansas. A petition, signed by local citizens of that area, was recently presented to the legislature requesting that a bill be passed permitting Ellis, Russell, Trego, Ellsworth and Barton counties to establish their own state or territorial government and to withdraw from the "control, patronage, and oppression of the state of Kansas" because of the possibility of "bone-dry" legislation being placed upon the statutes.
The petition also states that the people of the above-mentioned area have "endured droughts, dust storms, grasshoppers, prairie fires, pestillences and diseases, and have seen tax money paid by them squandered by state officials," but the possibility of having rights taken from them, which citizens of the remaining forty-seven states enjoy, is more than they wish to bear.
No doubt this method of heaping-coals upon the legislature is much too drastic; but there seems to be little doubt in the minds of the people that the state house of representatives did an exceedingly good job of passing the buck.
Only the state senate can save the day by rejecting the seemingly unwise, foolish and silly bill from going down in state history as one of the worst examples of legislation ever to be enacted by any body of Kansas legislators.
The voice of the Kansas people demands prohibition within reasonable limits, and it is only by careful consideration and suitable legislation that the liquor situation in Kansas can be successfully handled by the legislature.
Can Kansas citizens depend on the senate to reject an unwise bill and sponsor one which will adequately handle the liquor question?
The Star In Transition
It seems that our old model of purity and conservatism, the Kansas City Star, is getting young ideas. Sensational news handling has become the rule rather than the exception on its former graveyard looking front page.
Early last summer you couldn't tell by looking at that paper that there was more than one person running for President of the United States. His opponent was someone that had the characteristics of an ogre. The ogre won, and the name of the other fellow who received so much space in the Star has slipped many editorial minds.
But likely there is a reason for such an attitude. Pictures are the trend of the times in newspapers. A return of the old candid and yellow journalism of Pulitzer and Hearst is imminent. Younger members of the Star's staff must have rankled at the stiff moral style of the paper. Even government is tending toward which the makers of the constitution never even dreamed. The Star is merely falling into line.
And now that staid old sheet uses front page pictures of everything from earthquakes to mothers who have lost their children to the court and stories ranging from the moral habits of its criminals to others that are just as Hearstian, there is no reason for a paper like the Kansan to longer pin its faith on the Star's dignity.
In a more conservative era that paper was the bulwark of that conservatism. Now it again points the way toward a more liberal treatment of news. Who knows where the end may be. They may even pop up some day with a streamer head. When they do that we will be sure that they have come out of their frock coats and have donned a sportier garb.
Arkansan Antics
Arkansas is taking great—if daring—strides.
As if turning down a measure to make the teaching of communism or the practicing of free love a penitentiary offense were not enough, some brave member of the legislature has proposed that the anti-evolution law in that state be repealed.
The law states that "the teaching in any educational institution supported in whole or in part from public funds that man descended or ascended from a lower order of animals" is prohibited. This is absurd on the face of it.
For a while there it seemed that Arkansas
The Kansan Platform
1. A well-rounded varsity athletic program.
2. Betterment of student working conditions.
3. Establishment of a co-operative bookstore.
4. An adequate building program, including:
a. Construction of a medical science building.
b. Addition to the stacks of the library.
5. Restoration of faculty and employee salaries.
was living in another age. Instead of keeping up with the times, they did just the opposite, passing laws which might have fitted the ideas and folkways of the 19th century. But now all this is changing—it seems. Someone has seen the light.
Maybe Bob Burns had something to do with it?
Revenge by Radio
Well, the adage that nothing is impossible has been proved once more. Dr. Nevil Monro Hopkins, a New York engineer, has just announced perfection of a device by which listener response to any radio program can be measured.
According to reports, the Hopkins device will not only permit a listener to express his approval or disapproval of a radio program, but will be so constructed that the radio station will know whether sets are tuned in, whether or not a listener casts his "vote."
Radio advertisers have been seeking such a device since radio first came into popularity, and they are sure to welcome the invention with open arms; it will save them money. But a few radio (so-called) comedians, whose names it is needless to mention, are probably spending some sleepless, harried nights.
Think of the implications of the thing. Listeners will not only be able to vote on programs, but also speakers, crooners, trick whistlers and saw players. Nothing will escape them. It will be just like the good old vaudeville days, except that instead of throwing an over-ripe egg or a pop bottle, the listener will simply push a button and turn out a light—but with the same devastating effect!
Official University Bulletin
Vol. 34 Tuesday. February 23, 1937 No. 99
--consume, the idea being to give them appropriate doses over a long period of time. Large doses for a few months are better. The control groups get no drugs.
CATHOLIC STUDENTS: The Newman Club will hold its second open discussion question-box at 7:15 this evening. Anyone interested is requested to come. Bring a request form and M.T. Hodgson's last name—June Capp, Secretary.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION. There will be a meeting at 4:30 this afternoon in Room C. Myers hall. Students and faculty members are welcome.—Keith Davis, President.
ENGLISH MAJORS: Dr. Wm. D. Paden will lecture to English majors and graduates on "Tennyson at Cambridge" Thursday, Feb. 25, at 3:30 in 300 English W. S. Johnson, Chairman, Department of English.
FRESHMAN MEN: There will be a regular meeting of the Freshman Council of the Y.M.C.A. at 3 o'clock this evening in the Y.M.C.A. office—Don Voorhees, Chairman of Freshman Council.
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB: The Home Economic Club will hold its regular meeting at the Home Management House at 4:15 this afternoon. Miss Boulanger will present her findings on Personalities. Ms. Vice-President.
KAPPA PHI. There will be a regular meeting and pledge meeting, with indication of new officers, at 8:30 AM on Friday, March 17th.
K. U. CAMERA CLUB: The K.U. Camera Club will meet this evening at 7:30 in the Union building to discuss practical demonstration of portrait photography. Bring your cameras along and learn to map good portraits. Members and visitors are urged to attend what promises to be a most interesting program.-Bob Charlson
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL. There will be a meeting of the Men's Student Council tomorrow night at eight o'clock in the Pine Room—William Zupanca, Secretary.
PEACE CARAVAN GROUP. The Peace Caravan group of the KU. Peace-Action Committee will meet at 4:30 afterparty in the men's lounge of the Union building...Henry Barker.
PHI CHI DELTA: Phi Chi Delta will meet at 5:23 this evening at Westminster hall -Mildred Mitchell.
PHI DELTA KAPPA: Phi Delta Kappa will meet at 10:30 this evening at Westminster Hall.
Prep will trunk -Heid Hemphill, Vice-President.
W.Y.C.A. ADVANCED STANDING COMMISSION:
Advanced Standing Commission will not meet today because of the Hurricane that now meets its next meeting. The advanced Standing Commission will be held Tuesday, March 2—Hudh Ritch, Chairman.
Y.W.C.A. ASSEMBLY; There will be a Y.W.C.A.
assembly in Central Administration auditorium at
4:30 this afternoon. All University women are
involved—Martha Peterson, President.
University Daily Kansan
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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1937
MANAGING EDITOR         MARION MUNDO
CAMPUS EDITORS        DAVE PAINTREE AND DROVEGO BRIDGE
NEWS EDITOR           DAVIS ROBINSON
SOCIAL EDITOR         MARY K. DERMANM
SPORT EDITOR          JON KLEMEN
TELLESEAN EDITOR      JON KLEMEN
ARTIST EDITOR        HOWARD RUGO AND ALAN ASHER
SUNDAY EDITOR        KEN FONTLIETTEWITH
EDITOR IN CHIEF
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: STEVEN DAVID AND CARL SMITH
MARY RUTTER
ASSOCIATION
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Kansas City hero Jim Baird
FEDRA BAIR
F. QUINTENN HOLLIS
SEVIN DAVID
SAM DAVID
WILLIAM GLEE
DALE O'BROWN
MORGAN MURPHY
HARRY HOLLIS
DORRIEL HUGHES
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MARION MUNDS
JOHN B. RALONE
MARY RUSTY
J. HOWARD RUCOB
BROB RICHARDSON
KEN PETTLER/WAITHER
ROSEMARY SMITH
Except for man himself, more scientific papers have been written about the rat than about any other mammal.
FEATURE EDITOR
BUSINESS MANAGER F. QUENTZON BROWN
Enforced as second-class master, September 17, 1906, at the
pasture of the Temple of God in San Francisco.
The rat, man's nearest counterpart in many essential respects, develops about 20 times faster than man and completes his life cycle in some three years, says L. R. B. McCormick, the pharmacy at the University, who has conducted an experiment on white rats over a period of two years. During this brief span, the rat voluptuously indulges in night life. Operating on daylight saving time, he saves his life by keeping the room cooler. Excerpt for man himself, more.
Rats Have Own Dining Room, Bar. And Boudoir Pharmacy Department
White rats prove more satisfactory for experimental purposes than the ordinary dog, house or field variety because they thrive under handling. Professor Boughton has found. During this two-year period, he has fed one of the animals 13 different drugs in addition to the regular meals—a total of 15,000 drug feedings. Some of the drugs used in the experiment were barbitol, amyrol, phenacetin, alurate, carbamazepine, bicarbonate, caffeine, aspirin, aminopyrin, and acetamidil. Also he has experimented with them on the maze to determine the effect of drugs on the ability to learn and retain their rate of metabolism determined their carbon dioxide elimination, and check the blood count.
By Martin Bentson, e'38, and Clinton Raymond, e'unel
In spite of all this talk about "the fast life," we human beings are positively sluggish.
Same Attitude as Man
Hans Ziemer author of *Rats*, Lice and History*, declares that rats and men have precisely the same attitude toward the rest of creation. They are both completely useless to other forms of animal life which they impartially destroy by their audacity, ferocity, and resourcefulness. In its wild state the rat is a serious menace to life and property, destroying over five billion dollars worth of goods each year. As pest-bearers they have killed more people with the buonic habit than humans, 400 kC. Yet when freed from the terror of human beings they are as playful and affectuate as children. They enjoy being petted.
Men and rats are the only completely omnivorous animals. They alone eat everything. Since mammals have the same food habits develop close similarities in the nervous and nutritial processes, the same diseases attack both men and rats. For this reason practically all our knowledge of food values has been based on these rodent replies of man. An experiment on rats over a period of about two years shows the result and effect of different substances on man after some 60 years.
Two Meals a Day
Professor Boughthems has 180 white rats twice daily. A light morning meal of lettuce and milk is followed by a more substantial evening meal of hamburger, corn, rolled oats, wheat, and vegetables. He uses this meal at time. The experimental group is given sweetened milk containing the drugs with their meals. As a rat weighs about one pound and a man approximately 150 pounds, the rats are fed 1-150 as large a dose of drugs as the human being is apt to
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Instead of Being Modern, Syncopation Can Be Traced to Sixteenth Century
Females More Expensive
From the Wintar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Professor Boughton purchased six pairs of Matsuki for each female and two and a half dollars for each female. This institute supplies virtually all the white rats used by scientists. Under the direction of Dr. H. K. Donaldson, the world's foremost authority on birds was bred under approximately ideal conditions. Their food is scientifically prepared and their air is filtered and sterilized.
The origin of syncopation in music, with its ultra-modern connotation, "swing time," is another proof of the old adage. There's nothing on it.
By Isabel Voss, c'37
When a new drug, serum, or poison is discovered, it is first tried out on the Mau Nurvegious to determine the medical and lethal doses. Caffeine, an old friend, has proved, according to Professor G. L. Hooker, the weight of the females, some losing what would amount to 20 pounds in human beings. But remember, ladies, no cream in your coffee.
Mus Norvegicus, the breed Professor Boughtion is using, is unusually fertile. A good breeding female will produce about ten litters in a lifetime. Professor Boughtion's rats produced one litter of 17 rats, nine males and seven females, with three record numbered litter on record numbered 18. In five years a sturdy pair will produce some fifteen million offspring.
ized. No visitors are allowed as they might contaminate the rats and invalidate years of laboratory research.
A 'Held-Back' Style
Many "jazz hounds" have the mistaken idea that the music which inspires them to sway and bend, clack their beaks and gallop around a dance floor is a completely modern dance, a product of their own hip-ty.
That such is not the case was proved by C. S. Skilion, professor of organ, in an interview in which he stated that synonymy is used in use since the 16th century. Formerly, however, synonymy was used in a more dignified way, such as may be the Westminster A Capella choir.
By this method, Beethoven incorporated real jazz into his "Violin Sonata," as did Chopin in his "Eule in F" for the piano, Profess-*Skilson*.
The technique in syncepcted music is the a "held back" style, one part following another. From its origin, a definite plan was always carried out in syncepcted music, and soon composers discovered that they could create suspense and exert pressure by increasing the tempo of the piece.
Schumann, a nineteenth-century German composer, employed syncopation a great deal in his piano music, though as with the others mentioned, it was always of a dignified type. These compositions, however, were technically too difficult to achieve musical mastery and were not imitated in real life.
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From that time on, syncopated jazz was developed extravagantly, and after-beats were made more important than the principal beats. Players added embellishments, and now we see the jazz band going further with their compositions. This was the regular practice of some musicians in the eighteenth century, notably the Hungarian gypsy bands, but since that time players had been accustomed to memorize and play scores as they performed. Since jazz players proved exceptionally skilled at improvisations.
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The contemporary idea of jazz had its beginning shortly after the turn of the century in the early 1900s. It was associated at first with negro music, as negro banjo oratramanica and funk, which gave way to a rhythm into their playing. The newborn jazz tempo was first known as "rag time," and "trag time coon songs" were especially popular. The real negro spiritual music was, however, reserved to that white composer, prepared in imitation of it.
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The contemporary use of jazz is entirely modern, and for the most part our song writers have learned their art from listening to classical and turning it to their own ears.
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were the periods when the waalr was the reigning favorite, especially the Straus waalrts, and when during the 80's and the 90's moer singing was imitated, and popular compositions published songs in nongi dialect.
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original in them. He does believe, though, that a few modern song writers, especially Berlin and Geseen Schwain, are composers of originals.
"A little jazz," Professor Skilton commented, "in interesting, but a whole program of it is boring. It is, however, the one new idea in music our country has produced and is recognized the world over as American music. I hope that eventually our composers will be able to do as well in higher fields as they have in this one."
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