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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
SUNDAY, MARCH 8. 1936
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Comment
And Even Spring
Generally speaking, few things are more beautiful than the University of Kansas campus in the glorious springtime. With "the flowers that bloom, tra la," and "a young man's fancy lightly turning to thoughts of love," Mount Ouread, overlooking the twin valleys of the Wakarusa and Kaw, is indeed the garden spot of this sector.
As hard as it is to believe, however, even spring, like the rest of the seasons, has its undesirable points, at least as far as Kansas students are concerned. For example, the mat of spun gold covering the campus while beautiful is nothing more than thousands on thousands of dandelions—a most undesirable weed.
Then too, warm, balmy days are sure to bring that relentless sleepy "Spring Fever" to students, leaving them sleepily day-dreaming while professors become either more absent-minded or else highly angered at inattentive listeners.
Windows long closed by harsh weather are once again opened to allow the full glories of spring to penetrate the darkest corners of long-sealed classrooms. The opened windows, however, provide an easy exit for the efforts of potential Swarthouts and Rachmaninoffs of the School of Fine Arts to mix thoroughly with the lectures of economic, political science and history professors in the Administration building.
With so much squirrel food running loose in the country it seems odd that the public should have been urged to feed the squirrels this winter to keep them from starving.
But don't be discouraged. Spring, even with her few faults, is still the most desirable and attractive season of the school year. It is a pity, however, that even spring must have questionable merits.
The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Kansas Offers Landon
Kansas has offered her governor to the nation as a presidential candidate by pledging 18 votes toward Landon's nomination in the June convention. Eight years ago, Kansas Republicans were agog with excitement of having a Kansan for vice-president. Now it appears probable that a Kansan will be a candidate for the highest office in the nation.
Landon is in a good position to receive the nomination. The logical man to defeat Farley and Roosevelt is the Kansan budget balancer. Roosevelt is a showman—Landon is a plain business man. In almost every respect he is the opposite of the present president. He believes in keeping a firm financial basis with sound money. He favors relief appropriations but advocates less waste in their expenditure. He is perhaps the only potential Republican candidate who does not lambast the New Deal. He gives credit where credit is due and criticizes only that which he believes is bad.
The next few months will see more and more of a Landon boom. Many disgruntled Democrats will string along with the Kansan. He is liberal enough to attract many votes which would be cast for Roosevelt should one of the Old Guard Republicans be nominated. Whether Landon is a big enough man for the job only time will tell. Right now it appears that many a Kansan will say of a Republican candidate for the presidency, "I knew him when—"
The Soviet objective, a dispatch says, is a cow for every family. That just shows you how much better than capitalism Communism is. All we didn't get was a chicken in every pot.
—The Boston Evening Transcript.
On Getting 'Stuck'
The barbarous practice of "cutting" by the stag line at the dances is still in practice. Women measure their popularity by the number of "cuts" they get, while men hope and pray they don't get "stuck with a poor dancer."
In an article, "Ordeal by the Dance," in a recent issue of the Readers Digest, quotes a young man, who fears he is in the unfortunate situation: "Again and again we circle the floor. We are both miserable and embarrassed by the certainty that we are stuck. Conversation lags, stops. Time passes. As we dance on and on each prays for help. Beads of moisture on our forehead. My collars begin to wilt. I keep flashing agonized glances at the stag line hoping some generous male will relieve me of this really nice girl who is rapidly coming to seem like a monster."
Boy, wouldn't a pledge come in handy under these circumstances? It could easily be made a "pledge duty" at any nanny house. And this scheme would have a two-fold result: Women could maintain their vanity, and actives, their peace of mind.
Washington reports a big drop in automobile deaths throughout the country for the month of January. The ice on the roads probably has spoiled the drivers' aim—Boston Transcript.
Oxford Traditions Smashed?
It was with no small trepidation that we noted a small item in the morning paper stating that 150 Oxford students had gone on a strike for, of all things, better food. Such toying with tradition should not be countenanced in a country which reverses its ancestors and does homage to the past. Americans have long conceived of the Oxford undergraduate as gazing contemplatively at the remains of his grilled bone, while meditating over his pipe.
And here cometh the lowly reporter, who detects signs of discontent. Discontent with curry and muttum, with tea and crumpets! Imagine discontent with Welsh rarebith! Had the Oxford student something like boarding house prunes or restaurant mashed potatoes to contend with, he would have been forgiven some slight mutterings of dissatisfaction.
But English students are faced with the eating problem, at least in the American conception. All they have to do is smoke their pipes in company with their tutors, and play cricket. The mundane alimentary needs are taken care of by a kindly providence which at a careless wave of the hand conjures a grilled bone and a glass of whiskey and soda. There is never any muss or fuss or dirty dishes as the traditionally silent Japanese boy takes care of all that. The undergraduate is left to wander in the realms of reflection, somonely puffing at his meerschau, content in the knowledge that all his inner needs will be supplied ready to his hand.
We say—out with those wreckers of tradition who suggest that English breakfasts are not all they should be. A fig for him who says the Oxfordite would grumble over his food.
These political speakers are very clever. In their condemnations they generally include just about everybody, but they always seem to be able to avoid themselves—Boston Transcript.
Professional stylists to the contrary notwithstanding, we get it from Messrs. Coughlin and O'Connor that the dominant motif in clothing will be theibel suit—Boston Evening Transcript.
Campus Opinion
Editor Daily Kansan:
Inasmuch as an interested student has seen fit to attack the Forum program of ones Brown and Field, I see fit to challenge such person as to his retention of what has been presented to him by the program. Motivated in act by purely political pride (or discouragement), because he had in attendance at these forums, he at least would have had a number of laughs had he been a capitalist and would have found them most interesting had he been a socialist, but, apparently, he was not. Instead, he has been out a sense of humor that has been replaced by a sense of criticism most unjust. Inasmuch as I am not politically affiliated, I see myself free to offer congratulations to whoever it was that instituted the program of forums; they may be a socialist, a capitalist or a political reason is too petty even to be placed in a high school classification. Hoping that the interested person might get this from you so that he will realize that at least one, supposedly same, individual disagrees with him most notably with the President of the M.S.C. and only as "The President of the M.S.C." and other the as boy who had pneumonia—"Another Interested Student."
OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN
Notices at Clausen's Office at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for public days and 11:30 a.m. Saturday for Sunday issues,
CO-ED CLUB: There will be an important meeting Monday night from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Lounge, Central Administration building. All women interested in the coming election are particularly urged to come.
DER DEUTSCHE VEREN: Der Deutsche Verzen-
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DEUTSCHER KAUFLE.
MARCH 8,1936 No.110
Catherine Holmes, Manager.
DRAMATIC CLUB. There will be a meeting of the Dramatic Club Tuesday, March 10, at 4:30 in Green hall, Attendance is required. Marjorie Horbaker, President.
MARCH 8,1936
ENGLISH LECTURE: Miss Margaret Lymn will speak to English majors and others interested on Thursday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m. in 205 Fraser. Her subject will be "A Literary Rendezvous." W. S. Johnson, Chairman,
Department of English.
FRESHMAN COMMISSION OF Y.W.C.A.: Freshman Commission of Y.W.C.A. will meet at Herley house on Monday at 4:30. Jean Russell, Chairman,
K. U. PEACE ACTION COMMITTEE The K.U. Peace Action Committee will meet at 4:30 Monday afternoon in room 10 of the Memorial Union. Everyone is welcome. A Visual Communication Specialist
SIGMA ELA CHI: The regular supper meeting will be held at 5:15 on Tuesday, March 10, at the home of Betty Raymond, 808 Illinois Street. A discussion on "Personality Adjustment" will be led by Mrs. King. If you can be present, please notify Marygold Hall by Monday night. Evangeline Clark, President.
Alfred C. Ames, Executive Secretary.
German Towns Interesting To Visit, Says Karl Pfuetze, Exchange Scholar
Editor's Note: The first part of this letter was published in last Friday's Kansas. Because of its length, it is necessary to present it in installments.
At Mayence, I spent a day and a half with an English boy whom I had met on the boat. We roamed all over this old town which dates from early Roman colonial days, visiting the ancient cathedral with its Romanesque architecture, and splendid museum with its specimens of armor, weapons, jewelry, furniture, pottery, weaving, and much more times down to the nineteenth century. The collection of paintings here is large and very much worth while.
Visits Oldest German University
From Mayence I went to Heidelberg,
that charming and romantic old university town, where I lived for five weeks. It is difficult to picture the rare charm and enchantment of Heidelberg. It is the oldest university in Germany.
The university is a popular university territory. One has to live there a while, become acquainted with the people, visit the old castle, take hikes and bicycle trips into the surrounding country, frequent the student beer and wine "stutes" (or "jeruchs" as we would call them) or see something of the students, and one can appreciate and absorb the romances, history and glamor of the学校.
I visited the Frankfurt am main where I saw the original "House of Rothschild" in the old Jewish section. Another film by this director mentor is the love novel, Naleyville.
**Charm of Heidelberg Castle**
Heidelberg Castle itself was a neverending source of interest and charm. It is situated just above the town on the island of Rügen. The castle has been destroyed, but part of it remains more or less intact. In the courtyard of the castle is held the great "Heidelbergfestspiele" or summer festival which is famous all over Germany. In one of the larger rooms of the castle, splendid concerts are held regularly throughout the summer. I visited the castle at several times and found something new and interesting that I had overlooked before.
To Leipzig in October
In October I came to Leipzig to begin my work in the Frauenklink here. The Frauenklink is a position an assistant resident with privilege of attending any and all lectures and clinics my schedule permitted. In many other ways my stay here has been made very pleasant and prodigious. We have been there just a few years ago and is one of the finest Frauenklinks in Germany and splendently equipped. I have been living in the internes' quarters of the Frauenklink and my meals here. We have five times a day; so I pretty well fed.
Operas Cheap for Students
The operas and concerts here are splendid and ridiculously cheap for students who get a reduction of about 75 per cent for almost any seat. For the ballet, you can get a pretty fair seat. If I want to spend 40 cents, I get a very good seat; and if I feel especially "flushed", I can get the best seat in the house for 75 cents. Some of the better known operas I have seen thus far include "Madame Butterfly," "La Traviata," "Carmen," "The Sleeping Beauty," and "Robin Hood." The Merry Widow, and Richard Warner's "Die Walkuше."
I was surprised to find that the fraternity houses are quite similar to our fraternities in America. They own their own houses—many of them anyway. Not long ago a law was passed requiring the fraternites to either disband or join the Nazi student organizations of those have joined the organization.
The average fraternity member takes his dueling very seriously and it is a common sight on the morning after one of these series of duels to see several of the students in the lecture room at the clinic with big bandages here and there over their faces and heads. The average student isn't really considered a regular participant in his but share of scars on his face attesting to fast duels fought.
Duels Are Friendly Encounters
Most of the duels are friendly encounters for the fun of it—though they appear serious enough while slashing the other. When a student becomes "insulted" by another—and it happens every now and then—only a duel with "sabers" can offuse the insult. These "saber" duels differ in how they different manner than those used in the friendly encounters, and much less body covering and padding is worn by the opponents. In the ordinary duels, both sides play with paddles, padding leaving only the face and beak exposed, the eyes being protected by thick goggles. I've had several offers from student friends to teach me the gentle art of dueling but each time I get hurt, students go to America with my face intact.
Bicycles Are Numerous
An American on his arrival in Germany is impressed by the enormous number of bicycles. While owning a
car is out of the question for the German student, most of them can afford a bicycle and the arrests are literally on the road. We must continually keep a weather eye open for cyclists as well as for cars. Except for the fraternities and their parties there is very little organized life. The social life of the students doesn't center so much around the university. Another thing that impressed me is the relative poverty of the masses of students in Germany and have a pretty good time on much less than the average student at K. U. Their parties and social functions are much simpler and less expensive. They seem contented and satisfied with can-do work.
(To Be Continued)
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Steps that don't go any places, a door that leads to nowhere, and many other interesting devices are needed in putting on a play in戏剧 theater.
But the latest laurels should go to the Wichita phychoes who foreshowed in painting a faded square on the wall. The photograph of the picture was removed from the wall.
Which company was the better—The Kansas Players or the University of Wichita group? University audiences were enthusiastic over both product-
In judging the comparative values of the plays "The Late Christopher Boon" and "Olympia", two things must be considered: (1) the inherent appeal given the play by its author, and, (2) the literary interpretation an audited by its author.
The Wichita production undoubtedly has more homely charm than the film's other great cast. The epic play. With due credit to the Wichita cast, "Christopher Bean" is a play that would almost sell itself despite the poor cast. And the Wichita sitcom's poor plot and ambiguity.
In the case of "Olympia" the success of the play depended almost entirely upon the ability of the cast to put it and comedy and satire across its audience. The Kansas Players did this with surprising polish and refreshing sophistication. They displayed the greater skill, on the whole, did the better job.
WEAR A SUIT THAT'S MADE JUST FOR YOU!
But the Wichita group showed wisdom in the choice of their play.
Now you can get a suit made to your order at no more than you'd pay for an ordinary ready-to-wear shirt, better fabric and better value! Now you can get a suit that you would make to be made to fit YOU, not just anyone!
There is more than one group on the campus which is giving the dark side of things some consideration nowadays. Over in the architecture classes the freshmen are just completing studies in shadows. A number of the renderers are on charcoal and crayon, are now on the third floor of Marvin hall.
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If you don't believe that needlework is fast becoming a lost art, just take a look at the samplers in the exhibition room of Spooner - Thayer museum. These samplers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were made by children from seven to fifteen years of age.
The prairie acre, that plot of ground on the south side of the Hill and marked by a stone slab, is the only place on the campus where the native grass still grows. It gives one an idea how the Hill looked before man and blue grass put in their appearance on Mount Oread.
"Personal Appearance" starring Gladys George will open at the Orpheum theater in Kansas City tonight Wednesday at matricled Saturday.
The play, a hilarious satire on the life of a famous movie star, was produced by Brock Pemberton, 8, of Emperia, now an important Broadway City. You will see the original cast that gave 644 performances on Broadway.
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