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Comment
This Question of Neutrality with Spain
People well satisfied with our current policy of isolation were given a serious jolt last night by John Ise. They re-discovered the fact that America cannot act like an ostrich and talk of democracy, while disregarding the situation in Europe.
The American Student Union sponsored one of the most provocative and stirring debates ever heard on this campus, Tuesday night. Professor Lee compared the war in Spain to the last World War. Ise challenged this by demonstrating that both sides had imperialist designs in 1914-18, and that present day Spain has no object save to defend her integrity against the aggressive designs of Italy and Germany.
Ise's main thesis, which should shake the comfortable feeling most of us have had about Washington's policy, is that by lining up with England, France, Russia, Mexico, Czechoslovakia and the other democracies in Europe, we could force Germany to back down and end the ever-present danger of war. Ise would then have the U. S. use her economic power to persuade England and France to grant Germany a means of access to those raw materials she is badly in need of.
It is perfectly well known that should Germany triumph over Madrid, Czechoslovakia will be the next victim of the Nazi "crusade against Bolshevism" that is really a crusade for power. Already Nazi newspapers are breaking the ground with hilred tales about the "Bolshevization of Czechoslovakia."
It is undeniable, when one judges the situation objectively, that the policy that the United States is following, in contravention of international law, of refusing the legal government of Spain the right to purchase munitions here, is aiding Fascism the world over. Franco has perfect access to foreign men and materials whereas Madrid is forced to depend on what the industries of Barcelona can turn out. Our unprecedented policy hardly works for neutrality.
It does not do for the nation to follow the lead of Senator McReynolds and just say (in his words) that they're fighting in Spain and that we shouldn't give a hoot about the issues.
But when all is said and done, why should the United States intervene on the side of democracy? Any intervention we would undertake would only find its motive in good solid economic reasons, and in no desire to perpetuate the tradition of freedom that our civilization has enjoyed up till now. We should bear in mind that the present discretionary neutrality power we have granted the President, relates to Spain only. We can be quite sure that should American oil interests and an American church group succeed in starting a revolution against Mexico's democratic-Socialist government, that we would ship munitions to the rebels.
But in all events we cannot deny that our neutrality policy concerning Italy in the Ethiopian crisis and concerning Spain in her fight against partition by Germany and Italy, has actually aided Fascism.
That is what John Ise said, and it's good reasoning.
If there is a spark of fealty to democracy burning in the breast of Washington, we should allow Loyalist Spain to buy and cart away munitions. Otherwise she will be overwhelmed by Franco's foreign aid.
Is it not strange, this sudden urge on the part of the students, to get knowledge at all costs? Even if it means spending the night in the library, there you'll find them. Surely this could have nothing to do with the quaint idea: "It's easier to keep up than catch up."
Lifting the Burden
Other proposals in President Roosevelt's suggested reorganization of the federal administrative structure aside for the moment, there seems to be much merit in his plan of a half dozen executive assistants in the chief executive's office.
We expect too much of the men who occupy the highest position in the gift of the American voters. Not alone are we satisfied to see that they shape the policies of the country, but we load them down with a thousand and one detailed tasks that consume most precious time.
The President should be allowed more time for the important business which confronts him. The suggestion of a group of executive assistants, therefore seems to be an admirable one. As it is now and as it has been since the adoption of the present structure of government the President is under a great mental and physical strain which no one will deny is a tremendously telling one.
The Kansan Platform
1. A well-rounded varsity athletic program.
1. Establishment of a co-operative bookstore.
2. *adequate building program*, including
4. An adequate building program, including:
a. Reopening of Dyce museum.
b. Construction of a medical science building.
5. Addition to the stacks of the library.
6. Preservation of faculty and employee salaries.
Adoption of President Roosevelt's plan or that score would go a long way in lifting the unnecessary burden of detail from the shoulders of the chief executive.
They Killed My Darling
My, but it was slushy and damp!
My darling was going to the library; it being near finals.
A car went by and slushed my darling all over.
"You @lb&-fi$, you," she cried.
But before she could hear his retort, if there was one, another car came by.
The second car slushed my darling all over
"You & @@. $D you." shecried
But before she could hear his reply, if he had any to make, another car came by.
The third car hit my darling and ran over her.
"You 0@$!b...&fll, you," she cried.
But before she could hear his reply, if he thought to make one, my darling was dead of a crushed chest.
The Picture's the Thing
Amateur photographers with miniature cameras are becoming as numerous as flies around a honey jar in July-one way of expressing an opinion that the United States is rapidly growing camera conscious.
The popular priced "miniacans" and the natural fascination of photography coupled with a greater use of pictures by every American newspaper and the appearance of several magazines devoted almost entirely to photos have been responsible in the main for this new craze which is sweeping the country.
Clubs have been formed in almost every city between the Atlantic and Pacific by amateurs who want to exchange ideas and compare results in furthering growth of their favorite hobby. Such an organization containing a large number of enthusiasts, is functioning on the K. U. campus.
All these developments spell a greater demand for newspaper photography and picture magazines in years to come. The increased use of the camera in journalism has been an outstanding item in the last decade. And newspaper readers are being satisfied with only more and better pictures.
Small Change-But
Three pennies or two for a stamp, is a question soon to be discussed and decided by Congress. Much dissatisfied criticism has been expressed since the three-cent stamp was required for first class mail several years ago.
But are these dissatisfied citizens looking at the problem from all sides? Many see it from a personal point of view and would rather pay two cents for mail service than three simply because the red two-cent stamp has become a tradition.
Only within the last few years has the postal department been able to operate without a large deficit. When a deficit occurs it has to be made up in some way, and usually takes funds that might well be used for other purposes.
After all, just how much is the service itself worth to us? To get a message across the continent in a day or two certainly is worth a great deal more than three pennies.
Thus, the problem is simply this: Shall we pay for the service outright, or in some disguised form?
Notice due at Chancellor's Office at 12 p.m., preceding regular publication days and 11:10 a.m. each day.
Official University Bulletin
A.S.M.E: There will be a business meeting and
sales meeting in the day after November in 186
Marvin. All members please be present.
CANDIDATES FOR TEACHING POSITIONS:
Candidates for teaching positions will meet in Fraser Hall Theater on Monday, Jan. 18, at 4 p.m. today in the Appointment Bureau be present at this time—H. E. Chandler, Secretary, Teachers Appointment Bureau.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB: The International Relations Club will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Appointment Bureau to discuss recent events in the Far East. Everyone is invited to attend this discussion. The meeting will discuss recent events in the Far East and the Symphony concert—Dear Moorhead, President.
Vol. 34 Thursday, January 14, 1927 No. 76
NEWMAN CLUB: The Newman Club will hold election of officers next Sunday after second mass.
W. Y.C.A. - Y.M.C.A. ASSEMBLY: There will be a joint W.Y.C.A. - Y.M.C.A. assembly this afternoon at 4:30 in the Marta's Laugee of the Memorial Union building.-Martha Peterson, Harold Gregg
"Buggy" Chewing Gum Discovered In 1860 By Would-Be Rubber Inventor
By Honer E. Jacobus
Bugs in my chewing gum! Bah!
But it's the truth. There are lots of things to learn about chewing gum besides that it "sweetens the breath and aids digestion." Who would think, for instance, that gum actually contains particles of bugs, viruses, or microbes; not nuts bugs? But read further and you shall know why and how these impurities happen to exist in a commodity which sells for more than a million dollars every week in the United States alone.
The industry of manufacturing chewing gum from chicle dates back to 1800, when the inventor of the process, trying to find something with which to make "rubber" tires, invented a method for making and made chewing gum instead. The discovery, however, was not so much accidental as the preceding statement would lead one to believe. An American inventor, while making an unsuccessful attempt to vulcanize the sap of the amoita tree for chewing gum, discovered the similarity of chicle to spruce and cherry gums, the main source for chewing gums hitherto known. He experimented with the sap and found it to be completely adaptable as a base for gum, not only compatible with sugar, corn syrup, and flavorings.
Gum chewing was originally regarded as being a typically American habit, looked on unfavorably
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by foreigners. The World War, however, served to make the chewing of gum a wide-spread habit. U.S. soldiers found it a relief for nervous tension, an aid to indigestion, and, when water fit to drink was unobtainable, a mitigation of thirst. Soldiers of other nations quickly learned to habit and popularized it in their respective countries upon their return.
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The chewing gum industry has grown miraculously. Begun with a capital outlay of $53 in 1860, it had a market of over two million and on to nearly 24 million dollars in 1910. In 1924, at the time the last government figures on the industry were collected, the American company sold a million case weekly for $um.
18 Languages on Wrappers
Manufacturers print the gum-wrappers in 18 different languages, and allow them to be used in its use. It has even been to displace the imminent custom of bettucoting in Ceylon, India, Burma, and the Straits Settlements.
Chicle is the partially evaporated milky juice of the Adhars Sapota. It is collected particularly to Mexico and Central America. Collected in canvas bags at the foot of spiral incisions in the tree, it is boiled down to dough-like consistency in huge vats and pressed into blocks for shipping. It also catches all the bugs and flying things which come to it before it harms. Manufacturers try to remove these foreign substances, but never with complete success. Conversion into gum requires cleaning, sterilizing, and compounding.
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PATEE
Since 13 pounds of chicle as it comes from final processing will make about 5,000 pieces of chewing gum, it may be said that one piece is more difficult to precisely the same as two cats of the size ordinarily found in the reserve room of the library, would make enough chewing gum, bugs and all for an "aid to digestion" for the doctor and professor in the University.
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To replace the late phrase "Let's Swing It," has appeared another saying, "Let's Brodie."
The weather conditions have been very favorable this week for Brooding, in the fact most favorable Kansas has such for several years.
Brodie-ling, in case you are not familiar with the meaning of the term, is to slip, to slide, or to land squarely upon one's posterior.
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