Sh
evhRt
nchdmCIMPSWVASICRDILJABP/1
PAGE TWO
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 16. 1038
Comment
Swing, Swing, Swing
That feeling of the incongruity of the occasion which pervaded the atmosphere, which showed itself in the half-smiling, half-questioning expressions on over 3,000 faces as 18 dance musicians took their places on the auditorium stage was, to say the very least, an experience definitely new to most of us.
Lawrence Tibbet, the Kansas City Philharmonic, Fritz Kreisler and others have proved to us that music叫他 its charms. Louie Forman, the boys; Ross Robertson, the chair; and the Alpha Delta Pi trio have proved that swing hath it also.
Though Wagner and Beethoven may be spinning in their graves in rebuttal, they are spinning in vain. For Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, and their herenchmen present very winning arguments to contemporary college audiences.
And who can deny that "Star Dust" is the best dance tuever, or that the first strombonist who played "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" must have shouted "Eureka?"
A Freer Russia
Overshadowed by events that have kept the public on edge for weeks, the All-Union Congress of the Soviets has met and promulgated a new constitution.
Discussion of the new constitution began long ago—months before the Fascists rose in Spain, and Wallis Simpson became an object of general gossip. Looked forward to for many years, the introduction of a new set of laws was supposed to consummate a step in the process happily referred to by Communists as the democratization of Russia.
Things have become easier in Russia—there is more to eat and wear and people are beginning to laugh more. Stalin has taken to kissing babies and party comrades are criticized for being too grim. Things were getting good enough for the Communist Party to feel that it could afford to let all the people participate in the government—even the "kulaks," priests, and former "Whites" who had fought it.
To be noticed is the startling contrast this move makes with the recent progress of affairs in Germany. There, the circle of those being permitted to participate in the government is constantly narrowing. First came the bloody "June 30" purge of the Brown Shirt Storm Troopers. In its wake has come law after law disfranchising this group and that person. The government has narrowed to fewer and fewer hands. In Russia the process is being reversed and the new constitution is a milestone in this progress toward democracy.
A new bicameral legislature will be set up—the House of Nationalities and the All Union Soviet Congress. Freedom of speech, press and religion is guaranteed. Warrant without arrest is prohibited. However, the dictatorship of the proletariat acting through the Communist Party still goes on. But, in much less severe form. The Party is giving way to the legal government. The New York Times of last Saturday carries two separate items that confirm this. One tells of Stalin's desire to eschew publicity and of his slow retirement from the timelight. The other tells of the arrest of some Kazan militiamen for violating the constitution by arresting people arbitrarily and without warrants.
It would be silly to acclaim the new constitution as being truly democratic in the political sense. In the economic sense, it is peerless, for it guarantees everyone the right to employment. But even Communists admit that in terms of political democracy, Russia has distance to cover.
But it is hopeful that in these terribly troubled times, when freedom is taking a terrible beating all over the world, that the Russians are taking a step in the direction of more liberty. Theoretically at least, Marxism presupposes a strong belief in democracy. This, contrary to the superficial statements of some, should be sufficient proof that far from being the same as Fascism, it is at an opposite pole from this undemocratic creed.
We can but wish this new constitution well and add our hopes that it is only the forerunner of more democracy to come soon after it. Providing of course, that war doesn't break . . .
Don't Forget
At this time when students will soon be going home in anticipation of two weeks filled
The Kansan Platform
1. A well-rounded varsity athletic program
2. Betterment of student working conditions.
2. Establishment of a co-operative bookstore.
4. Revision of house government rules.
3. Establishment of a co-operative bookstore.
5. An adequate building program, including:
n. Recognition of Dugue museum.
5. An adequate building program, including:
a. Reopening of Dyche museum.
b. Construction of a medical science building.
6. *Addition to the stacks of the library.*
7. *Restoration of faculty salaries.*
with holiday cheer and gladness, the giving and receiving of gifts, the Christmas day dinner, the fun and frolic on New Year's Eve, there is nothing in the student atmosphere to make us feel that there may not in the case of many people be the conventional "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." We will not have much time in these next few days of hustle and bustle to think about our less fortunate fellows.
But if we do stop for a few minutes perhaps to look at a newspaper we are likely to find much evidence that this Christmas will be a far from happy one for some. There should be something sobering to the student possessing an ordinary amount of compassion in his nature when he reads the lists of needy families in his community who must depend on people like himself to reduce the poverty and misery which because of the season becomes much more sharp by contrast than it is at any other time.
Christmas tends to bring out much that is good in us. We enjoy giving to others and seeing their joy and pleasure; and our feelings of self-interest are for the time being at least relegated to the background. But let us give, in addition to the gifts to those who are near and dear to us, something also to someone who may be in actual want, so that the sting of his position may be somewhat lessened at least during this period when everyone should be happy.
Senseless Consensus
What is it?
"A co-operative," said a man on Oread ave
nue, "is what the Kansan says we need." Good
"A co-operative," said a blonde in 2015 for her, "is just a place where you sell books just like that. You can see those elsewhere else only this place it's very much different from anywhere else somehow." Better.
"A co-operative," said a professor, "is a modus operandi, briefly, for the purpose of generalizing the emoluments therein, basically, or words to that effect." We wouldn't know about that.
"A co-operative," said the MSC and the WSGA jointly, "is fine." This is conclusive. (Well, we elected them, didn't we?)
A co-operative has a hyphen in the middle of it, but aside from that it is like any other business. People who buy books or baseball bats or quantities of et cetera and who want to buy them as cheaply as possible decide to get together, paying a membership fee or buying stock for the privilege. They take this money and perhaps a loan if one is handy and set up a retail business at which only they can buy.
With their store selling at market prices they make a fat profit off themselves. For each purchase they get a receipt which tells them how much they have bought, although they already know, and at the end of the year in they come with a bag full of receipts. The profit is divided according to how much each has bought, after setting aside a little to expand business. Then everyone goes home feeling like J. P. Morgan, very nice and comfortable.
Sometimes it gets more complicated than this, especially if they hire a bookkeeper, but that is the general idea. Anyhow everybody was right. The University of Kansas needs a co-operative book store.
These are great times for the conservative newspaper men who have a conscience about breaking columns. First legitimate opportunities in recent months were the Ethiopian, Spanish, and British stories. Now that Chiang Kia-Shek, probably unwillingly, has furnished another, they are undoubtedly giving thanks for a life replete with jumping circulations, good coin, and streamer heads.
BASKETBALL USHERS AND GATEMEN: Gatemen will report at 6:20 and ushers at 6:40 for the KU.-Southwestern game Thursday evening. Please be prompt.-Herbert Albinh.
A. S.M.E. There will be a regular meeting of the Kansas Student Branch of A.S.M.E on Thursday evening, Dec. 17, at 8 o'clock in Marvin hall—L. S. Votaw. Secretary.
Official University Bulletin
Vol. 34 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1936 No. 67
--the flaring princess styles are popular. At the Kappa Sigma brace, banana tape, more beauty queen, more royally glided about in the falliness of black taffeta bordered at the hem with orange.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: The Christian Science Organization will meet at 7:55 Thursday morning in Room C. Myers hall. Students and faculty members are welcome—Keith Davia
HOME ECONOMICS CLUB: The Home Economies Club will give a Christmas party for children at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Room 110. Fraser hall. The students are urged to attend—Josephine English, President.
MID-WEEK. There will be a free mid-week dance tonight from 7-8 c'clock in the Memorial Union ballroom. Stags will bring ten tents. Stag limit -200. W. W. Cochrane, Manager, Memorial Unit build-in.
WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB: The Women's Glee Club will meet it at the Lawrence Center in Palo Alto, Calif., on Wednesday. Balley, President
Y. W.C.A. ASSEMBLY: The Y.W.C.A. Assembly will meet in the Central Administration auditorium at 4:30 this afternoon All University women are invited—Martha Peterson, President of Y.W.C.A.
Feminine 'Forms'
By Jane Flood
Full furred skirts switching rhythmically from princess waist reign in predominance for formal evening wear of the "faire" sex. Not only are the wide flow skirts also they afford comfortable freedom for dancing.
Last weekend's parties displayed variety of formal wear of whieh
green and yellow stripes. Corded streps of the same colors fastened to the drop-shoulder neckline. A small snail from each side of the fitted waist tied in back. The only ornament she wore was a birdcage. Emails skipped them, trimmed with brilliants to match her dress.
Grace Valentine, Alpha Chi active, appeared at the ATO, party Friday night in a navy blue gown designed from one worn by her great grandmother. The old-fashioned gathered skirt of net over taffeta, with puff sleeves and a tight bodice. Miss Valentine's costume is of beautiful simplicity and the gold locket, which she wore, provided the "quint" atmosphere.
Rocamond Barr, Theta pledge at he Kappa Sigma formal, was ravishing in a bright midnight blue of cascade of contrasting pink roses. Skirt, long sleeves and high neck, Slipper sleeve. Soft of the back. Bally Jo Dempey, looking as quenessy in the period which her dress typifies, featured the Mid- sleeves and a slightly curved Victorian style at the Pi Phi party hair—and so "flares" the feminine corded neckline offset Miss Barr's Saturday. With the typical full formula!
University Daily Kansan
Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PUBLISHER JOHN R. MALONE
Editorial Staff
Editorial Staff
SITTER-IN-CHEFT  DALE O'BRIEN
STEVEN DAVID CARL SMITH
News Staff
MANAGING EDITOR    DON HENL
CAMPUS EDITOR    PHIL STAITTON
NEWS EDITOR     DAVE PARTRIDGE
SOCIETY EDITOR    KATHLEEN MEURIS
HOSPICE EDITOR    HARRY SMITH
TELLEPHONE EDITOR    JASMIE BAKER
FEATURE EDITOR    MARY RUTTER
MAKEUP EDITORS    FRANCES WARE
KUNNELL MORENS
Entered as second class matter, September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kan.
Rex Ice Crusher $1.49
Combination Brush Set $3.98
Cascade Playing Cards 25c
Stag Combination $1.49
Belmont Desk Set $2.50
Rex Golf Balls $5.50 doz.
Gentleman's Set $9c
Military Brush Set $2.29
Joe Manning Chocolate
Pound 50c
Yardley Shaving
Sets $2.85 up
Packard Razors $15.00
Schick Razors $15.00
Colgate Shaving
Sets 89c
Woodbury Shaving
Sets 89c
Zipper Billiolds $9c up
Cigarette Cases 50c up
Cigarette Lighters 50c up
H. W. STOWITS
No Bite!
Still no Bite!
Give your pipe a new deal with Half & Half. Cool as a call to show your cards. Sweet as holding four of a kind. Fragrant, friendly, full-bodied tobacco that won't bite the tongue—in a tin that won't bite the fingers. Made by our exclusive modern process including patent No. 1,770,920. Cool and smooth. Smells good. Makes your pipe welcome anywhere. Tastes good. Your password to pleasure!
Not a bit of bite in the tobacco or the Telescope Tin, which gets smaller and smaller as you use-up the tobacco. No bitten fingers as you reach for a load, even the last one.
First Pair Two Pair
$9.75
8.85
7.85
6.85
6.00
4.95
- Fabrics
- Suedes
- Leathers
This sale includes our entire stock of high grade women's shoes, evening shoes excluded. We have added to our already large stock several hundred pair of new fall shoes.
837-39 Mass.
No Charges
No Charges