PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1935 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANBAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ... WESLEY GORDON Associate Editors Joseph Pryor Margaret Boast --operation. First is that of pedestrians. Especially on busy avenues it is hard for those walking to notice all cars, especially if the latter are coming at break-neck speed. Secondly, the motorist should look out for himself. Surely no one wants to get killed just for the thrill of the thing. And the final interest is economy. So many do not realize that thousands of people and many automobiles are respectively killed and wrecked every year from pure carelessness. Campus Editor Harvey Velentine Harry Velentine {General Manager} Herbert Matz Sports Editor Matthew Matz Sports Editor Stephen Fry Dean Fr. Rechner Editor Joseph Proper Joseph Proper Business Manager F. Quentin Brown Aust. Business Manager Ellen Carter Lena Wattz Iris Olaun Dilliam Decker Marcus Rutherford Hayes Wesley McCalla Julia Markham Carolyn Harper F. Quentin Brown Jonathan Hancock Business Office KU 66 Technical Services Nikon Connection, Business Office NIKON Corporation Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the school holds by students in the department. The Press of the Department of Journalism, in advance, 712.28 payments. Mail copies, by e-mail. Entered as second class matter, September 17, 1916, at the post office at Lawrence, Kan. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1935 NOT PERFECTION Our suggested form of self-government is by no means the height of perfection in student government. We do not claim it to be Utopian. But we do maintain that an organization of this sort would tend to eliminate the present system of high politics as practiced on our campus. Members of the councils will themselves admit that the major portion of the council members are simply yes-men of party leaders. John Doe gets into politics and he has a friend, Richard Roe, who will back John to the limit in everything he does without question, therefore John gets Richard elected to a minor political position. Richard gets a council key and a measure of glory, and he votes the way John tells him. The present body is too large and cumbersome. It does not represent the best minds of the campus. The two councils fight between themselves, over small matters that should be discussed sensibly. For our system we do not claim equal representation from groups, but we do claim that in this manner we will get representative thought from the student body, and also the keenest minds. A council is not primarily a legislative body, it is an executive body. When major student issues arise, the vote is taken from the student body, and the council acts accordingly. This body, it will be seen, is not the large and unwieldy body that the two councils are today. Its representatives will be chosen from the ranks of different factions who will have a better chance to know their candidates. It will be to the best interest of every group to choose its outstanding persons for positions. We do not offer this council as a cure-all for difficulties. We do not maintain that it should be adopted as it stands. But we do feel that it has many good points that should be incorporated in student government. It would be more economica more representative, more intel gent, and more powerful. Worst crack of the year. "If you go to Faust the Devil will get you." IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO BE CAREFUL? Every day casualties from automobile accidents move the hands of the death clock several points forward. This terrible record should serve as a reminder of the great mutilation and havoc caused by careless driving. And the sad part of it is that those innocently brought into the situation are those who are generally most severely injured. Three important interests should be gone over by each driver before he puts his car in Doubtless, it is not true that people want this sort of thing but what can be done to prevent it? It might be a good idea if a special committee were organized in each town for the safety of all concerned, a committee that would make "Safety Week" act in every week of the year instead of just one little seven day period. Faith is that undefinable quality that makes us believe everything a politician says. WHAT PRICE SECURITY? The insane folly of races for armament supremacy has never been more apparent than it is today. Germany is rearming, France is rearming, Russia and Italy are continuing to arm, and the United States is appropriating more millions to increase the navy and air force for a possible "defensive" war. Where is this mad scramble leading us? Are we going to assure ourselves of ultimate peace by being prepared to spring at the throat of a brother nation at the drop of a hat? Do we seriously believe that the policies being followed by our governmental leaders are bringing us nearer the goal of world peace? It seems that the only logical basis for huge military preparations is the psychology of fear element with which we hope to influence our neighbors. If we believe that this slender hope will establish harmony in diplomatic circles, we had best do an about face in national policy. Again Germany is going to be blamed if we become involved in another European or World war. It is all right if France or Great Britain desires to increase its military forces out of all proportion to the needs of adequate defense, but if Germany decides that maybe to play safe it needs an army of its own, the entire assemblage of European nations is convinced that Germany wants war. But the mere fact that Germany is rearming is not conclusive evidence of such a desire. If Russia and Italy are entitled to adequate defense there is no reason why Germany should not be prepared for any eventuality. Some one must be the culprit, it seems, but why pick on the German nation not yet recovered from the impossible conditions of the treaty of Versailles? Before we start blaming any single nation for the precipitation of another war, we, the assembled nations of the world, had best scrutinize carefully our own governmental policies during the past several years. A PROBLEM FOR AGRICULTURE Egotism is the fuel of human emotions. The recent dust storm of western Kansas that was felt here 300 miles away from the scene of the blowing should awaken the entire state to the need of the Western Kansas farmer, and should show how closely his fate is connected with that of the rest of the state. The very fact that dirt stirred up by the wind from the unbroken sod can be hurled in the faces of persons 300 miles away shows how far-reaching the calamity can be. During the time of high prices for wheat, the Western Kansas farmer broke up his pasture land and sowed it to wheat, until there is very little grazing land left in what used to be the "cow country". When there was sod it held the soil, but now in one of the worst drought ever experienced OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN There will be a Dramatic Club meeting Thursday, March 21, at 8 o'clock in Green hall. BOB CUNNINGHAM. 196. 714 Wednesday, January 25, 2008 d. XXXII Wednesday, March 20, 1935 No. 117 DRAMATIC CLUB: postes due at Chancellor's Office at 3 p.m., preceding regular publication days and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday for Sunday issues. El Atenco tendra una session el jueves, el 21 de marvo a las cuatro y media de la tarde en la tela 113, edición de Administración. La arta. Perez de Baker University nos entrena con un programa de canciones españoles populares. Se que hacan todos los miembros y esten presentes. EL ATENEO: FENCING CLUB: FEMINISM CLOUD There will be a tournament tonight at 7 o'clock. All members please be prompt. ALFRED F. C. AMES, Vice President. CARLOS PATTERSON, Presidente. INTERRACIAL GROUP: The Interracial Group of the Y.W.C.A. will meet at Henley house at 7 o'clock Thursday evening. John Bekker will speak about Russia. MARTHA PETERSON, ANNA MARIE TOMPKINS. LE CERCLE FRANCAIS; Le Corée Francaise se reuinit mercredi a quatre heures et demie dans la salle 306 Fresnall堡. Tous ceux qui parlent français sont invites. **Sertiriatine** NEWCOMERS CLUB: The Newcomers Club will have a meeting at the home of Mrs. Russell Wilson, 119 West Hills Terrace, on Thursday at 3 o'clock. Wiley, 1125 West Hits Terrace, on Thursday at 3 o'clock. MRS. E. R. LATTY. FLAVIA HAY, Secretaire. NEWMAN CLUB: There will be a meeting of the Newman Club Thursday in the basement of St. John's Church. The time of the meeting has been changed from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dean Werner will speak. All Catholic students are invited to attend. JANE FITZPATRICK, Secretary. QUACK CLUB; Practice will be held this evening: form swimmers at 7:30; floaters at 8:30. HELEN BOWMAN, President. AUTO WRECKING CO. 712 E. 9th St. QUILL CLUB: The time of the Sigma Xi meeting Thursday evening has been changed from 7:30 to 7 o'clock. E. LEE TRCEE. in that part of the state there is no sod to hold the rich loam, that during the wet years is one of the most precious assets of the state. SIGMA XI: PRICES SMASHED ON AUTO GLASS CALL 954 In parts of the state it has been over five years since the people have experienced anything except the worst kind of drought. Whether or not it is conceivable for man to solve the problem of the amount of moisture that falls on the earth's surface, it should be possible for him to devise some method of resodding the plains of the western end of the state that have been such a valuable asset to Kansas. Doors $2.00 Windshields $3.00 We Polish Apples Editor's note: The Kanan will present in this column thumbnail sketches of the members of the faculty. Dr. Florence Black Dr. Florence Black is the woman who teaches the mathematics students about lines, and angles and figures, makes them learn it and makes them love it. Students going into her classes for the first time must be familiar with any of the mathematics, higher or lower, and come out loving her. But her knowledge of mathematics is only one of the things that make her notable. Besides her unfalling assignments of daily written work, she is known for the almost perfect attendance record she has had during her position of teaching on the campus. She loves to hike and wears low heels sheed to prove it. It is a fact that when she once offered to bet any member of a calculus class full of engineers ten dollars that she could outwalk him, nobody had the nerve to come through and take her on it. They knew how she walks. Miss Black is also associated in the minds of her friends with her green Model A Ford, which she keeps in mechanical perfection. That's all part of the mathematics, too, and all around she is a delightful person, and the student that doesn't know her misses something. for ROCK -- -- CHALKLETS Conducted by R.J.B. It's just a question of the lesser of two evils—the dust storm or the filing of the income tax both of which took place the 15th. An Indiana couple is reported to have fainted upon applying for a marriage license. And all the time we were in jail, the woman was the most step in marriage. Governor Davee of his reply to Administrator Hopkins said "... the English language is not adequate to describe your indecent and contemptible tacets." Apparently the Governor hasn't been reading the newspapers or listening to the radio the past two weeks or he has stopped using them, using the English language. Messrs. Johnson, Robinson, Long and Coughlin have been making word history. If we listen to the pessimists the country is in such a bad condition financially that the editors are forced to use red pens to boil down copy. The papers are carrying a photograph of Glenn Cunningham and Sally Rand. Well, anyway, they have some clues in the letters they used in their legs even though Miss Rand did resort to more sensational means at times. Anyone looking for signs of love on the campus should only notice freshman wearing collars three sizes too tight, smiling at everyone they do not know, helping their instructors on buses, and shining their own shoes. Boys and Young Ladies of 50 Years Ago From the University Courier for March 20,1885 The greatness of one's gall the texture of father cheek Through Winter, Spring and Fall, Bring forth this diary sheet. Twenty-one men were recently suspended in a Welsh College because the professor could not find out who placed a tack on his bicycle step. Its examples of this kind that make us appreciate the freedom of this country. The Senior class at Illinois College is called "The Apostles," There are twelve of them. One of the mushing boys and his girl went into the museum the second hour one day last week, to indulge in a little private talk. Imagine their distress when they discovered that a practical joker had locked them in. The third hour passed, one o'clock sounded, and still no relief came. The afternoon passed slowly and tediously for the couple until the room was quiet and relieved them. If we hadn't sworn not to give them away we would like to. But as it is, we can't. 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