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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 1936
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Censorship Abroad
The Associated Press carried a dispatch this last week stating that "The Journal," one of the most prominent newspapers in France, had suppressed a recent edition upon the complaint of the German embassy whose objection to the paper was that it carried an article entitled "The Secret Loves of Chancellor Hitler." Evidently the German ambassador considered publicity of this sort unsavory and highly undesirable for Hitler. At any rate, sufficient pressure was brought to bear to prevent the distribution of the papers after they had been run off the press.
This is just one example of news suppression in foreign countries. Freedom of the press is a practically unheard of thing in France, Germany, and Russia. These countries have highly effective forms of governmental censorship. It is almost a crime to offend the government in any of these countries.
Our entry for the theme song of the campus liberals, "I'm Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter."
Suppression of an edition of "Le Journal" takes us back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth in England when, as history goes, a single publication was suppressed for a period of six years. The history of the freedom of the press abroad reveals many similar instances in which the government has put its foot down, and publications have ceased. Not until we hear of occurrences of this sort are we, in America, able to gain a perspective on the situation and realize the amount of real freedom of the press that we enjoy.
Our conception of news suppression and censorship in our country is an entirely different one. We do not deny it exists. But only by comparison de we get an idea of our relative freedom of the press. News suppression in the United States is unto control by the government. Remarks derogatory to the government and high officials thereof are not prohibited. Censorship here is a purely local matter, and a discriminating editor rules out of copy only those passages which he deems libelous or of no value to the reader if printed.
New Orleans Times Picayune.
Washington's inclusion in the far-flung "blizzard belt" may have been intended by nature as an early adjournment hint to Congress.
Criticism Suppressed
President Roosevelt's order relieving Major Gen. Johnson Hagood of his army command for criticising the administration of relief funds appears to be an unwive move. Whether or not it was intended as such, it appears to be a direct attempt to suppress criticism of new deal policies.
In recent testimony before a house appropriations subcommittee Hagood called WPA funds "stage money" because "you can pass it around, but you cannot get anything out of it in the end." This and other statements of a similar nature in his being relieved of his command in the army.
No doubt, the President felt justified in taking such action because the success of new deal measures depends upon the support and co-operation of the many, and particularly upon those in the employ of the government. When Hagood, who was an employee of the government, criticised the administration of waste in WPA spending, he hit the hand that feeds him. The President, therefore, took what he considered the only recourse to such action.
But, provided the circumstances warranted the action, was it a wise move? One is inclined to believe that it was not. Any attempt by the government to suppress criticism is met by public disapproval. In view of this, the administration seems to have made the wrong move.
The current movie entitled "Anything Goes" doesn't deal with the matter of starting an automobile on a cold morning—Kansas City Kansas.
Political oratory is resounding in Spain. The fight is between the Right and the Left. The Right contends that a victory for the Left means revolution, and the Left contends that the continuation of the Right is revolution—Topeka State Journal.
Public Deprivation
Hundreds of people visited the displays every year. They came not only one, but whenever the
The present conditions under which the specimens—that once inhabited Dyche Museum of Natural History—are stored are detrimental to the stability of the situation. What about the general public?
Before the Museum was closed to the public Nov. 30, 1922, because the floors were unsafe, the Museum housed a great wealth of material. It enabled the layman to understand better and to broaden his knowledge of pre-historic life as well as present life that inhabits our continent. Life in Kansas—through the ages—was emphasized; however, the specimens represented every mammal of North America.
circumstances permitted. It satisfied their curiosity and aesthetic cravings—that is, to see the beautiful things of nature and to be closer to them.
Groups of school children from all over the State were conducted through the Museum in connection with their school work and to broaden their knowledge exhibits fascinated various clubs and organizations.
Until $47,000 is provided to re-open the Museum, the general public will be deprived of such an education and pleasure on the Hill.
Campus Opinion
Articles in this column do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the University Daily Kawan. Articles over 200 words in length are subject to cutting by the editor. Contributions on any subject are invited.
Editor Daily Kansan:
Tuesday's Kanan carried a letter from a person who very imply dubbed himself "Oliversee," in which the sadly misinformed writer attempted to criticize the policies of the Jayhawker Magazine and the Jayhawker board.
May I take it upon myself to set "Observer" right by pointing out a few generally known facts concerning the Jahyadh from the point of view of one who is necromorphic. You can see that his eyes are dislikes to see it or anything else criticized by someone who evidently knows nothing whatever about it and he has his personal prejudices to carry him away as "Observer".
In the first place, anyone interested in the subject can prove to himself the failings in the argument set forth by the self-appointed critic by merely examining the listing of the personnel of the Jawhaker staff and contributors of any or other year. This year's group includes at least three non-fraternity men and women, perhaps more. The Jawhaker's business manager last year was Marissa Kelley, an associate editor of "bark." Such has been the case throughout the magazine's history, a fact easily proven, and will in all probability continue to be.
A person who is not a member of a Greek letter organization is as welcome to serve on the staff of the Jaya-hawker as is a fraternity or security member, and their service will be appreciated. We invite those that few "barbs" have the ambition or interest to apply for a staff position, although the few who have done so have gone just as far as those with equal talent who are
Perhaps "Observer" is interested enough in the truth to prove these statements for himself, probably not, but maybe not.
No, I am not a member of any fraternity.
J. C
Editor Daily Kansan:
I should like to know why the Forums Committee arranged to have Norman Thomas speak in the small and inconvenient Fraser theater when the Auditorium was filled with people. I will have been throughout the talk with twice that many turned away for lack of even standing room. At the present stage in world affairs a speaker like Thomas is interesting to everybody, and the Forums Committee should have anticipated the response. When the Auditorium it isn't to be used on such occasions? W.T.
Editor Daily Kansan:
Now that "Politics Cause a Break In Owl Society" I should like to know, just what is the "Owl Society" good for? There is widespread belief that it publishes the Sour Owl. Another school of thought contends that the society studies "Commensalism in Relation to Prairie-Dogs, Prairie-Owls, and Rattlesnakes" with an aim toward helping prairie-owl. Just which of these beliefs is correct? If neither has the mark, just why do we have the Owl Society?" H. J.
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Vol. 33 FEBRUARY 28.1936
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GRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLISH: The linguistic examination for graduate students in English will be given in Fraser 205 at 9:30 on Saturday, February 29.
DER DEUTSCHE VERREN: Der Deutsche Verren vermittelt mitMosting den 2 March um half hulf im Zimmer.
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HOME ECONOMICS CLUB: The Home Economics
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PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION: Students who failed to take Psychological examinations may do so. Students in the program are
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KAPPA PHI Kappa PHI will hold initiation services at 2:30 at the Methodist Church, Sunday, March 1.
France Seeks Moscow's Co-operation While England Withdraws Opposition
Vienna, Feb. 27 — (UP) —Whether Russia's Red Army will ever be rushed from the East to fight in any future war in the West has been the political problem of the moment in Europe, overseeing even the Raleo-Ethiopian struggle.
Every nation in the Old World has its attention riveted on the secret diplomatic moves now being made. Some see those with hope, but many with fear, that the shadow of a Red regime which hits front of behind marching Red battalions.
France, Germany and England to the west are the chief protagonists in the battle against Russia. This action lifted the Soviet Union into a military pact, under which Moscow would pledge to send gun, tanks, men and air fleets to defend Ukraine, and offer any vigilance of France's frontiers.
Fotokam's last book to France
Since France leet a powerful ally, Poland, whose military machine largely was built under the direction of the French air force, D'Orsay has tried to find a power strong enough to replace the Poles, who had thrown themselves into the mighty embrace of rewoundening Germany.
Poland's Loss Blow to France
With the realization that events in the Far East, with Japan looking forward for new fields of expansion, dictated a friendly policy toward the Soviets, the British government has changed from its former opposition to the Franco-Soviet rapprochement, but Germany is now obviously watching every play in the range.
French have found the best substitute in the Soviet military machine and accordingly set to work to depose the French in the event of war in the West.
Halling the Nazi regime as the bulwark against Communism, Adolf Hitler is said to look with the gravest apprehension at the signs on the horizon, and members of the Tricolor of France and Red flag of Russia marches side by side.
Not only Germany, however, nourishes this concern. Some of the nations in the frontiers are alarmed at the prospect that all of Europe recorded the Red army through their territories to fight with France. Poland, Italy, will have nothing of such a plan.
Czecho-Slovakia, glad to have a new friend to protect new frontiers which contain so many people of German blood and sympathies, has grasped the hand of the Boholweks, but another vital link in the chain of Rumania, and it is skeped away by the war. It must move westward, they must cross Rumania, if they cannot traverse Polish soil. But Rumania has a large strip of former Russian territory, Bessarabia, over which Bucharest and Moscow have quenched. Rumania does not want to see Soviet troops coming into that area because Bucharest, because of the four they might not leave again when the spoils of war are being divided.
Hungary Shows Alarm
This concern has become known to Austria and Hungary, with the latter already showing alarm at the thought of western powers sponsoring any pact with Russia. The right and involve in the operation of soldiers rushing across Europe.
To calm the fears of the Danubia states, the latest project now in the diplomatic matter pot is to give the Soviet Union control of the Danube River of the Danubian Fault, whereby Soviet Russia would stand ready to act if the territorial independence of Austria or any of the other states were violated. If this plan is to go through, it will do
Girls, Four Years Is a Long Time To Wait
Saturday night is the Leap Year Variety and the women will have a chance to give their dates several suggestions in advance. This is the only way which may be returned to them later.
There will be a chance for all the women to get their revenge at the dance, but perhaps they will show the men that they can and make the party a big success by offering them a good time and gets a "good杯". It will be a decided variation from the regular variability routine, and it is up to the women to make it a success. Both parties should deal about what the other endures at these regular Saturday night variations.
pend largely upon the decision of King Carol of Rumania. Carol, whose word is law in Rumania, has never encouraged military pacts with the Soviets, but if he rushes through the Rumaniian-Russian military assistance agreement the path of the Bolsheviks toward the West will be opened.
It then will depend upon Moscow to keep its powder dry and its bayonets sharpened.
Hollywood (U.P.)-The film version of Harvey Allen's best seller, "Anthony Adverse," has been completed and everyone associated with the production is willing to sweep the job was anything but "colonial in a small owe."
It required one thousand scenes and it more film footage than slapped behind the levers during four months of shoot job "A Midamour Nights' Dream."
An attempt was made to follow the novel closely. The producers declare such strict accuracy was for the sake of art, but off-the-record entities intimated
the producers would find themselves lost between the pages if they skipped a chapter.
Giving all for accuracy as Allen traced the life and loves of his hero, set builders worked overtime to bring African jungles, Napoleonic palaces, Italian countriesides, and Early North America to Hollywood.
Members of the cast themselves rather felt the strain of it all. One day Frederic Marsh, who plays the part of the wandering hero, didn't report for work. He had decided to rest the book, and after an all-night session slipping pages, had fainted when he figured out how many he yet had to turn over.
The picture also caused considerable grief among technicians. Ordinarily, cameraman and lighting experts take the scenes in their stride, but try to create the effects Allen's pen so easily described made them frantic.
Tony Gaudio, for almost 30 years an expert cameraman here, had the assignment of "chief cinematographer" during the filming. When the scene number reached a thousand, he gave up. It was just as well, the picture was finished.
When the student is competent he will be permitted to start writing brief informal reports, which are in the nature of skeleton reports. Such reports will be continued by the student for the remainder of his laboratory work if he continues to write them adequately, except that, in his senior laboratories, he will be one reversion to the long formal type, which is accompanied by a short formal report summarizing the long one.
Some important changes have also been made in report-writing requirements. Long, formal laboratory reports are usually written more year, but as soon as the student is sufficiently competent in the opinion of his instructor, he will be permitted to write short formal reports in order to give a summary of a long formal report.
Out of all the scenes, Gaudio remembers only two. They gave him and his crew of assistants the greatest difficulty.
"The cameraman has only two materials with which to work," he says. "One is light and the other is shadow. With those two things you have to make your pictures. And it's harder to put a score on film than it is to write it in a book.
"Now there was scene no 986. Anita Lauce is playing Marta, Anthony's girlfriend. She closes the window with a candle and signal her lover, Dennis. Sound simple, doesn't work."
"Well, the candle flickered when she walked. It gave off tiny lights. And, of course, there had to be enough light in the room to make the characters, and it was hard not to believe that was supposed to believe it was natural." Gaudio admits he hasn't read "Anthony Adverse". But he thinks he will go and see the picture he photographed. "After all," he says, "if it was worth a lot of money, it ought to be a pretty good story."
The variety of experience introduced by the new program is in itself a point of superiority over the old plan; in addition it is expected that the new
Each student is expected to do his studying at his own convenience, and to lay out his own program of experimental work under the guidance of his laboratory instructor, who will be able for a weekly half-hour conference.
Second Semester Brings Changes in Electrical Engineering Lab Instruction
Beginning with the second semester certain changes are being made by the department of electrical engineering in the method of instruction in the elec- tric course. These changes are to encourage students to exercise greater initiative, resourcefulness, and self-reliance in carrying out their programs of work, and to provide more varied yet less time-com- plex experience in the writing of reports.
It was an admirable bird who lectured on his Antarctic experiences Wednesday night.
There seems to be some question as to whether the Owl society is an honorary or an "ornery" organization.
When the country is in the red, it is no mistake to say that people tend to become "reds."
As a new plan of instruction each student is given a set of mimeographed material at the beginning of the semester. These materials include a set of reference data and suggestions for experiment, an inventory of laboratory apparatus, and general information, suggestions, cautions and requirements. Students will follow the procedure and the writing of reports.
It has been found that the total time required for attention to the laboratory subjects has in general been in excess of the credit hours assigned to the subjects.
We see the boys in Washington "putsched" General Hagood out of his position for speaking about fed-fetishism, and Walt until Germany hears about this.
Mrs. Walter Liggett, widow of the slain militant editor of the mid-west American of Minnesota, Minn., has sold the paper to Howard Folsom, of Ohio, who would like to ask Mr. Folsom what hymn he would have sung at his funeral.
The excessive amount of time required has been due to the large number of elaborate reports required, more than any other item.
Norman Thomas the other day said that the Liberty League wanted the people to worship the Constitution while they took up the collection.
Read the Daily Kansan want ads.
program, by the elimination of considerable drudgery of mechanical details of report writing, would not only bring the laboratory subjects within the bounds of the credit hours allocated for them, but in addition should release more time for actual experimental work.
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