PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1934 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS University Daily Kansan UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWPENCE, KANSAS Editor-in-Chief MARGARET GREGG Managing Editor... MERLE HERYFORD Campus Editor Leona Wan Make-up Editor R. B. Hayes Write Up Editor Willie Kushner Sunday Editor Iris Gion Society Editor Carolyn Harper Night Editor George Larkin Journal Editor Judi Markman Foreword Editor Julia Markman Margaret Group Dartmouth Detroit Karlsruhe Geschenkmann Geffen Orgel Paul Woodmansey Virgil Ford Woodmansey Chiles Coleman Rice Rise Jimmy Hayford Morie Heyford Virgil Ford Advertising Manager Charenee B. Murdoch Curation Manager Lewis Leatherman Business Officer K11-06 Nabir Construction, Business Office 35289 E Nabir Connection, Business Office 35289 E Published in the afternoon of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and on Sunday December 25th. See reports in depts in the Department of Journalism of the University of Kansai, from the Press of the University of Kansai. Subscription rides, per year, $5.00 each in admission, $23.25 each, single tickets, Entered as second class matter, September 19, 1700, to the post office at Lawrence, Kannas. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. 1934 THE ACTIVITY PLAN IMPROVES Action has finally been taken on the activity ticket, culminating extended efforts on the part of the student governing bodies to secure the desired changes. Football games should be much more enjoyable without the disagreeable feature of the afternoon sun in one's eyes. A problem still remains, however. With the students seated on opposite sides of the stadium, how will the cheering and card displays be conducted? No doubt a satisfactory solution will be reached. The elimination of the necessity for reserving concert tickets is also a welcome improvement over this year's method, which requires frequent reservations. That the activity ticket has been financially successful is attested by the reserve of $700 which remains in the ticket fund and which will be used in part for student entertainment. The plan is still in the experimental stage, and further changes may be made from time to time for its improvement. But with co-operation between students and the administration such as that evidenced by the above revisions, difficulty should not be encountered in developing an activity plan best suited to the student and the University. Since economists assure us that depressions move in cycles it would be swell if the guy that's pedaling ours would move faster THOUGHTLESSNESS About two weeks ago the painting of the rotunda in the Administration building was finished. The columns, stairway-walls, lighting fixtures, in short all parts of the rotunda were painted and the carved borders of the walls were brought out more strongly and beautified by the application of darker paint than that used on the other parts of the walls. There is not a shade of doubt in anyone's mind concerning the fact that this section of the building has become infinitely more beautiful. Since this is so, why was it necessary for the painters to repaint the walls and bases of the large columns in the rotunda a few days ago? The answer to this question definitely reflects upon our student body. A few thoughtless students have, in their loafing periods between classes in this building, rested their feet upon the walls and columns and left behind them dirty imprints. Although it is a good idea in times such as these to give people as much work as is possible, it is not a good idea for the University to have to bear an additional and entirely needless expense such as this. DANGEROUS SWIMMING Now that warm weather is coming, many students will long for a refreshing swim, and some will contemplate going into the Kaw river. They may be good swimmers, and not consider it dangerous, but although the Kaw looks very calm to the observer, it is generally known that it is very treacherous. The water is not clear, so the bottom cannot be seen, and it is very difficult to judge its depth. A place that is shallow one day may be very deep the next, owing to the loose shifting sand bed. This, and the varying depths of the water, with many logs and snags, make the Kaw very unsafe for swimming. Several students have been drowned in the Kaw in recent years. The pleasures that are derived from swimming in the river are not worth the chances that are unavoidably taken. The decision to give "Journey's End" as an extra attraction of the activity book reminds one of the mother who gives her child a piece of candy when she's sorry she spanked him, and her conscience isn't quite clear about it. WHO IS BEING FOOLED? The public is tired of being fooled. Events of the past few years, as never before, have revealed to the man on the streets the extent of his own gullibility. He is beginning to wake up and demand protection from the quack and the imposter in every field. Thus we have recently passed laws in the interests of the small investor, and today we see a great deal of agitation for reform in the selling of foods and drugs. This new alertness, however, does not seem to have penetrated the intellectual field. The student goes placidly on, as he always has done, enrolling in the prescribed courses, imbibing the stipulated amount of material, and emerging unscaffed by any new idea. Professors continue to offer, as valuable study, the same strings of facts that have no relation whatever to the problems the student must meet. Is the professor who gives such courses any less a charlatan than the seller of patent medicines? Is the student who wastes his time and effort on them, under the impression that he is being educated, any less a dupe than the man who swallows bottles of flavored water in the firm belief that all his ills will be cured? Campus Opinion Editor Daily Kansan: Educators at M. U. have, I suppose, come to the realization that not all those desiring a college education, in whole or in part, can become professors, doctors, engineers, or members of other professions. Some are incapable mentally, physically, or economically, to pursue such an end. Also there is a large group that seeks to increase its knowledge to an extent that will at least be a little greater than that of a high school graduate. On one point alone do I agree wholeheartedly with a recent correspondent namely, that I am quite well pleased that I chose the University of Kansas as my alma mater. On the other hand I agree wholeheartedly with the proposed policy of untimable courses which Missouri U. intends to adorn. Whatever the reason, why deny such people a fair opportunity of pursuing work along the lines in which they are interested? Why close the doors to education for a man who finds himself only able to take a few selected and especially desirable (to him in particular) courses? You may answer that even under existing regulations, such a person can take the work he desires. The only joker in the deck is the fact that prerequisites, and the like, often hamper such a procedure to an undesirable degree. As a matter of fact, there is serious talk throughout the land, in all universities, of removing compulsory prerequisites to a great extent. In reply to the writer's objection that it will be the answer to the social lions' prayer, may I suggest that there is no reason to believe that a class taking non-fluentable courses should be any more desirous of social-climbing, or less desirous of learning, than a class which goes in for the awarded purpose of attaining a degree? It is a false assumption to take for granted that Columbia will be necessarily over-run by social aspirants because of such a system. Admittedly, M. U. today is quite a center for social life—but why assume that that particular thing would be on the increase? Now finally, in regard to his ap- praisal of M. U.'s standards, should the OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Notices due at Chancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on regular afternoon publication days Wednesday April 25,1934 The annual banquet and dance will take place this Friday, April 27. The banquet will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church and the舞 will follow at the Elks hall. Guests are welcome. COSMOPOLITAN CLUB: CARLOS A. PATTerson, Secretary. Se celebrara una reunión del Ateneo el jueves, 26 de abril, a las cuatro y media de la tarde en 113 East Administration. Que todos los socios asistan. FRED W, JEANS, Presidente. EL ATENEO: ENGINEERING COUNCIL: A regular meeting will be held in Marvin hall Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock. CARL KINDSVATER, Secretary-treasurer. ENGINEERING COUNCIL INTERBACIAL, GROUP: Rev. J. F. King, of the Congregational church, will review Eugene O'Neill's play, "Days Without End," at the Interracial meeting at Henley house at 7 o'clock Thursday evening. Please be prompt. MARTINA PETERSON, ANNA MARIE TOMPKINS. KAPPA PSI: Kappa Psi, pharmacy fraternity, will hold a regular meeting Thursday evening at 7:15. Actives and pledges meet in the lobby of the Memorial Union building. E. A. SCHWERDTFEGER, Regent. MEN'S GLEE CLUB: MENS GLEE CLUB: Meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30 in Marvin hall. It is important that all members be present. WALTER A. LAPHAM, Business Manager. MIDWEEK VARSITY The regular mid-week varsity will be held Wednesday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock at the Memorial Union building. C. OZWIN RUTLEDGE, Manager. PHIL DELTA KAPPA: MID-WEEK VARSITY: PHI DELTA KAPPA: The regular meeting of Phi Delta Kappa scheduled for Thursday evening, April 26, has been postponed until next week. FRED W. JEANS, President. PI EPSILON PI: There will be a regular Ku Ku meeting Thursday, April 28, at 8:20 p.m. in Fraser hall. All members please be present. WALTER LYMAN, President. QUACK CLUB Quack club will hold a business meeting tonight at 8:15. CAROL HUNTER, President. ACK CLUB. Quack club will hold a business meeting tonight at 8:15. SELF SUPPORTING STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: There will be no meeting Thursday evening of the Self-Supporting Students association. Further information will be announced later. There will probably be a party in May. Watch for bulletins. L. WRAY CHOATE. SENIORS: SENIORS: Any students expecting to receive a degree in June or at the close of this summer session who have not already made application for such degree at the Registrar's office must do so immediately. GEORGE O. FOSTER, Registrar. HOW- ONLINE FOR ALL INFORMATION. Full rehearsal will be held this week on afternoon at 3:30. K O KUERSTEINER Director. YMPHONY ORCHESTRA: WESTMINSTER STUDENT GROUP: Westminster Student group will have a picnic at Tonganoxie Saturday afternoon, leaving Westminster hall at 3 o'clock. Twenty-five cents a piece will be charged. Anyone going please call Myra Lorimer, phone 760, or Mrs. Olinger, phone 894, before Thursday noon. RUTH RILEY. mea be put into action? Missouri does not propose to grant the same, equal, or even similar degrees to both classes of students! It will simply extend the field of its activities, so that more can enjoy the advantages of higher education. The day is fast passing when a high school diploma will be considered the stopping signal for most people. If some students come up for the sole purpose of social success with no intention of doing their work seriously, it will be they, not the university, who will be the losers! We are at present so thoroughly a part of the system which employs grades, examinations, and tests of abilities, that we lose sight of the fundamental purpose for which we are at college. It seems to me that Missouri is quite sensibly, and in perfect accord with the principles of popular education, extending its facilities to all comers, be they only willing, and in no wise wopardier-ing, closing that M. U. will keep intact the quality of its courses and the standards which have thus far governed its degrees; it will not mix or consider the students of the two bodies, as one group, all having the same resources! This, at least, is the program. 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