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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1036
Editorial Comment
We're Behind You. Phog!
The recent resignation of Dr. Forrest Allen from the position as director of the Olympic basketball team has caused a considerable amount of unfavorable comment from other officials of the Olympic committee. Dr. Allen states that basketball in the hands of so-called A.A.U. players have the collegiate sports that every "free throw" attempted will be politically controlled.
Students who witnessed the game between the McPherson Oilers and the Universal Pictures at Topeka may easily understand the meaning of a professionalized basketball team under the guidance of coaches whose ultimate aim is a winning team for personal commercial profits with no regard for the rules of the game. In that game the referee's whistle could not be heard for the incessant booing of the players because there was not enough players available to fill the positions on the California team. That is basketball at its worst. Let it not happen in collegiate circles!
Dr. Allen deserves much credit for being one of the first to conceive and carry forth the idea of the invocation of basketball at the Olympic games this summer. With this thought in mind he helped work out the details of the various tournaments for picking the best team. The play off held in Kansas City between the University of Kansas and Utah was very successful not only from the standpoint of Olympic finances, but to show that when there are not political stresses on the field, the representative of clean American sport from the viewpoint of the crowd as well as the players. In contrast, the playoff held in New York was a complete failure under the auspices of the A.A.U.
So the non-profit motive of coaches and players makes basketball a sport which we like to witness. This is one reason we students of the University of Kansas are proud that our director of athletes should resign from any office which might possibly taint the true flavor of American sport.
We are proud of you, Phog!
Reactionaries are speaking of the square deal, as opposed to the new deal, but what they really want is a great deal—Louisville Times.
Europe's Crisis
Due to the typical dictatorship of Benito Mussolini, Europe today is faced with one of the gavest questions it has ever encountered. She must now decide whether to continue the post-war system of collective security under the guidance of the League of Nations or return to the prewar doctrine that might makes right, to secret alliances, and the balance of power.
It is expected that it will continue the League of Nations but at what a price. One great power has shown that through the work of one man and his followers, the entire aggregation of other powers can be thwarted against their will. What kind of example will that be for other countries to follow? It will certainly be an example to the disadvantage of collective security and world peace.
When Woodrow Wilson conceived of the League of Nations he meant it to be all inclusive of the nations of the world for in no other way could the plan succeed. It's failure, now so apparent, is the direct result of all the powers not joining. If they had Italy could have been stopped at first through stiff economic sanctions. It is not too late, however, to close the barn door to keep all the horses from escaping.
Given a complete membership and a business-like status the League organization is capable of stopping any fraacs any nation might want to start. In its present state, however, it is the plaything of diplomats and might as well be discontinued.
The notorious William Randolph Hearst recently made the statement that many of today's great men started out by selling Heart papers. They wrote all or of in spite of that (fact that they became great.
Daily Northwestern
Correct Thinking
One of the greatest assets of a college education is the training it gives in the ability to think. And of all the courses offered on the campus none of them teaches the student to think more than a course in logic.
Whether the sudent is interested in mathematics or history, accounting or education, continually through life he will be confronted with innumerable problems to be solved, countless decisions to be made, plans to fromulate. He will be subject constantly to the forces of propaganda, will take sides in controversial issues, evaluate the campaign promises and statements of political office seekers, consider various proposals for social and economic change.
How the individual reacts to these forces and conditions will depend upon his ability to think correctly. If he has been trained along the principles of scientific reasoning; if he has been forewarned of the pitfalls resulting from illogical reflection, his chances for reaching a reasonablen conclusion will be appreciably enhanced.
A course in logic aims at attaining this ability
No matter what your major field, we suggest you take a course in logic — Ohio State Lamprey.
To date it is a little difficult to say whether we really got out of the depression or the government just took it over—ElDorado Times.
Benefits of College
Studying hard for your finals? Well then here are some figures to cheer and encourage you. The average college graduate receives $72,000 more during his life time than the average high school graduate, according to statistics compiled recently by the Massachusetts department of labor and the College of Business Administration at Boston University.
The untrained man, statistics show, begins work at 14 years of age and obtains his maximum salary at 30. He averages less than $1,200 a year. His income, which is determined by physical strength, decreases after his fifteenth year. Between the ages of 14 and 60 he earns a total of $45,000. Had he finished high school, he would have received but $2,000 less of these wages.
The high school graduate, however, earns $33,000 more than the untrained worker. Beginning work at 18, he acquires his best position within seven years. At 40, when he is receiving the maximum salary of his career, he is getting $2,200 a year. From 18 to 60 he earns $78,000.
The college graduate, on the other hand, earns more than the total of one untrained man and one high school graduate. During his life he earns $150,000. Starting at 22, he obtains the maximum salary of the high school graduate within six years. Since his career does not depend primarily on physical strength, he is often earning as much as $3,000 annually at 60 when the physical ability of the untrained man has failed.
These are the financial reasons why finals, and all college work, should and must be taken seriously today when a college education is so much a taken-for-grant part of our educational system.—Daily Orange.
We can't see why they took the prize away from the boy who won Eddie Cantor's essay content just because the lad copied his essay from somebody else. What could be more logical in a contest sponsored by a radio comedian?—Minnesota Daily.
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A.S.M.E.: Meeting Thursday, 8 p.m. Election of officers.
All mechanical and industrial engineers invited to A.S. M.p.i.e. Friday, May 15. Those intending to go please notify Dick Coleman, Ray Halstead, Secretary.
BAND MEMBERS: All members of the band meet in full uniform at 3:45 today in the Auditorium.
Russell Wiley.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION; Regular meeting this morning at T.5S, Cory M. Myers hall. Student meeting this afternoon at J.6S, Cory M. Myers hall.
Keith Davis, President.
KU KU'S: Ku Ku initiation in Union building directly after the Mid-week Varity, All members and staff have graduated from the program.
K. A.C.E. Last meeting of year this evening at 8:30. D. F. Roberts, Plant Engineer for the Lawrence Paper Mills, will be the speaker. Election of officers. All chemical engineers invited. Nelson Ehlers, Secretary.
LE CERCIE FRANCAISE | Le Cercié Francais se reunitra a quatre heures et douze dans la salle du Centre Pompidou.
Ruth Brandt, secretaire.
P1 MIU EPISHLON: Members make reservations at one initiation dinner Friday evening by signing list in the front desk.
James K. Hitt, President.
MATHEMATICS CLUB PICNIC. Annual picnic at Hole in Rock Wednesday, May 13. Mugs will leave East Ad at 4:30. Members who wish to go should sign up with the librarian in the Mathematics library.
PSI CHI: Annual picnic Monday, May 18. Members wishing to attend sign the notice in the Psychology office. Room 11. Ad. building on or before Friday, May 15.
Gilbert Ulmer, Director.
WESTMINSTER HIKING CLUB: Annual State Lake picnic Saturday at 3:03. Dues, 25 cents. Those planning to attend should register at Westminster hall, 1221 Oread, before Friday. John Holmes, President.
QUILL CLUB: Final meeting Thursday, May 14, 7:30 p. m., Woman's Lounge, Ad. Building, Election of officers, Wednesday, May 25.
Barbara Kirchhoff, Captain.
Alfred Baldwin, President.
**WOMEN'S RIFLE CLUB:** Varsity shoulder-to-shoulder match with the men's rife team 7/20, 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Hall, 116 West 45th Street.
Recent German Election Showed Faith in Hitler, According to Karl Pfuetze
(Editor's note: The following is another in the series of letters written to be Kansan by Karl H. Piustzu, K. U. Jerman Exchange Scholar).
Dear Editor:
By this time you should have received my last letter discussing some of the recent developments in European politics and Germany's attitude toward me. I must bear in mind that my impressions are not those of a politician, an economist, or a newspaper correspondent, but rather those of an average American who wants as far as possible to learn the truth about conditions here. During my seven months in Europe, I have considered part of the country and have talked to people of all classes—business men, shop-keepers, day laborers, farmers, students and professors in an effort to get a cross section of the population. My friends here are several very enthusiastic Nazi "Brown Shirts," Hitler's uniformed political soldiers. I have also talked with many other foreigners here, particularly English and Americans, comparing their viewpoints with mine. I found that their attitudes to Germany were much the same as mine.
It is difficult for the average person living in America to understand the New Germany," the temperament and viewpoint of the people, until he lived here a while, made friends with he people, talked with them and traced numerous events since the World War which has lead to the present situation.
Before passing judgment too harshly on Nazi Germany one should take time to become acquainted with the almost intolerable conditions which have faced the nation since the World War. The unjust Versailles Treaty,
The Roving Reporter Conducted by Virgil Mitchell
Question: To what does the word "negus" refer?
A man of peace, Bill Fuson (trying to check out more than two books at once): "I'm afraid my erudition does not extend that far."
Joe Brewer (you know, like in brewery): "That's what they call Halle Selasse."
Bob Frakas (after trying real hard to think): "Member of the dark colored race."
Donald Voorhees (just like that, or quick like a duck): "King of Ethiopia."
Amhrose Shields (he doubled the existence of such a word); "It might have something to do with the natives of Ethiopia."
Greg Hines (he'd rather talk about the political situation): "I don't know what it means."
Arthur Arzeln (he goes by different names—it all depends on the girl!)
"I don't know, either."
Eugene Rieketts (don't call him, just whistle): "I never heard of it."
Robert Rowland (some people call him Reverend): "I never heard of it."
Helen Moore (she was kind of foggy, having slept through the hour before); "I don't know."
Byron Sarvia (he's a prof so he should know); "Negus? King of Kings, Lion of Judae."
Alfred Baldwin (to think, only 32 out of 50): "I suppose it's the king or emperor of Ethiopia."
"Guppy, darlin', hurry and tell me what a Negus is. I'm on my way to a political banquet."
"You dope, two means, but I think I know the one you want," I said. "I have a lot of my reult, a beverage of wine, not juice, sugar, and lemon, but juice."
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based on the assumption — which no German will ever admit—that Germany was responsible for the war, was forced down her throat. At that time Germany could not do otherwise than sign it. She was stripped of all her rights and the rest of her heart. A few years later infliction of the currency paralyzed the financial and economic structure of the nation. Thousands of families took their lives wiped away over night. (And in 1915, the Germans decided in *31st Service Common Election*.)
The Germans not only lost their money and possessions but their self-respect as well. There seemed to be no future either for the country as a whole or for the individual. Internationally, Germany has numberless small parties none of which was strong enough to carry out a constructive program. (Imagine the United States with 20 or more different parties, one no of which had more than a few votes in either the Senate or the House.) But the German was dealt with pretty largely as the powers of Europe saw fit—and in general treated as a sort of "poor relation." And anyone who knows how inherently proud the German is of his nation, its history and culture, knows that "innumerous" "open sort" this proved to be.
Economically things were also in a very bad way. Germany, which is largely an industrial nation and depends on the rest of the world as a market for its manufactured products, has been unable to make money and was having little success in regaining them. Moreover Germany was bankrupt financially and dependent on foreign capital to carry on its business. With these things in mind it is any wonder that something inevitably had to happen. In 1933, when the National-Socialists (Nasis) had their so-called "revolution" and took over the government. It was true then, as it is true of any revolution, that blood was shed and aid was given to those Trooper friends admit that. But they maintain at the same time that the foreign newspaper accounts at that time were considerably over-drawn. Moreover they claim that the end—that is, the end of the war—was whole—justified the means. (That is of course, a moot point and depends on our view's perspective, and also whether the
person concerned happens to be a Jew or a Communist.)
A few days ago I talked to a friend of mine who had recently returned from a three month visit in the east-eastern part of the United States. He told me that the feeling there in regard to the recent election held in Germany did distrust and mis-believe that not only was the crooked but that the people were forced to vote in the affirmative for the present regime.
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