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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1934
University Daily Kansan
Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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THURSDAY. MARCH 1. 1934
RELIEF FROM THE CHAINS
OF DEBT
The Kansas state legislature is convening in special session, called by Governor Landon to meet an emergency growing out of the re-construction which he feels is of such vital concern as to warrant immediate action. With the expiration of the present debt moratorium law on March 4, records made for the governor indicate that from 7,000 to 10,000 mortgages may be foreclosed. The men who have contracted these debts are honest, sincere, men, mostly farmers, who have unfortunately been caught in the net of depressing circumstances.
There is an unmistakable ray of optimism in the call to give these debtors a little longer to work out their problems. In the extension of the moratorium, it is hoped by those sponsoring the special session that economic conditions will improve sufficiently so that a liquidation of Kansas debts in a wholesale, ruthless fashion will not be possible." Yet there is no attempt at redistribution, for, as the governor states, "This should be accomplished without impairing the rights and interests of the mortgages."
If the legislature works out a plan that does not work unnecessary hardship on either debtor or creditor, then the call is for the insurance of the rights of individual action, and as such is a worthy contrast to the many co-operative, collective, humanized, or socialized plans being advocated in various sections.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS?
A small unobtrusive sign has been placed on one of the bulletin boards in Central Administration building. It reads: "It is easier to keep up than to catch up." Whoever placed it there is unknown, but he should receive a vote of thanks, for the sermon it preaches is a good one.
Thinking of finals at the first of March is a bit premature, but a little thinking now will lessen the burden on the mind at the last of school when warm spring days call for anything but hard study
So, when the instructor assigns a hundred pages of outside reading, just think a minute or two. Getting your ears frozen on a bob-sled ride isn't half so much fun as spending an enjoyable evening in the warm spring breezes.
SUBJECTS OF INTEREST
The year usually begins with the general subject of instructors. The different professors are analyzed and re-analyzed over the timeworn problem of whom to get and why.
If the tables were turned and the instructors began to ask the same questions with regard to the students, how many would come up to standard qualifications?
The student hates a dull, gr o u e c h y -looking "prof" who slouches in his chair behind a protecting desk and proceeds to grind out a song-song lecture on a
subject that could be made interesting. He dreads the class and the hour and heaves a big sigh of relief when the semester is over.
Take the same situation from the other side of the desk. The instructor comes breezing in, his mind all prepared, with a good interesting subject that is beneficial to the embryo minds he is trying to cultivate. But the class is wound up in thoughts so far off the subject that it is almost impossible to start right off with the bang that he had planned. The back row is all prepared for a good snooze, and the girls on the front row are calmly fixing their makeup or touching up yesterday's manicure.
After all, who is to blame?
The Army has taken over the air-mail. It is the first time for more than a decade that the military has hauled the mail in its lighting planes.
IS IT FAIR?
The young army pilots took to their new jobs with enthusiasm, but are they capable of handling the job? The old time pilots fear for the safety of the young military pilots, but not because they are not excellent flyers, for they are. The reason for this anxiety is the inexperience of the army pilots with bad weather flying—an essential for regular mail transportation. Neither do these men know the perilous mountain routes that they must follow in all elements of weather.
The old time pilots' fears were confirmed recently when on the first trips carrying the mail five army men crashed to their deaths. Several other minor accidents have occurred, and in numerous cases the pilots turned back, unable to fly the mail through.
True, the weather has hampered the experiment, but is it fair to send these young men against such odds?
THE TIME AND THE PLACE
Conversation is delightful. No one would deny that, or try to derive anyone of the pleasure of talking over with his friends what he is doing and thinking. Ideas and experiences take on new values when shared with sympahetic minds.
There is another rather commonly accepted maxim, however, which speaks of a "time and place for everything." Now, the time and place for a conversation, no matter how pleasant and profitable it may be, is definitely not the Sunday afternoon vesper recitals. Strange as it may seem, there are people who go to concerts and recitals to listen to the music. One might even venture to say that the programs are planned with these people in mind. A continuous murmur of gossip at one's side goes a long way toward rendering useless the efforts of those who provide us with musical programs.
No doubt any one of several soda fountains around the Hill would be more than glad to accommodate those who feel the need of talking things over at such times.
The new checking system of the Union building has been criticized because of the length of time required to stand in line and get coats. It requires about fifteen minutes to clear all the coats from the check room.
IN PEACE OR PIECES
It is not possible immediately to overcome all of the objectionable points of the old system. The Union management considered using the men's lounge for checking, but it was pointed out that other more urgent need for that space might arise.
The new system, while slower, has served to eliminate one outstanding difficulty encountered previously. The congestion that occurred at the head of the stairs has been eliminated, making it possible to clear quite a large crowd from the dance floor in a short time. The mob which was common when students tried to get their coats under the old system no longer exists. While there
OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN
regular meeting this evening at 7:30. A demonstration of the prone pressure method of artificial respiration will be given by representatives of the Kansas power & Light company. JOHN BONDURANT, Secretary.
A. I. E. E.:
Vol. XXXI
Notices due at Cancellor's Office at 11 a.m. on regular afternoon publication days and 11:30 a.m. on Saturday for Sunday issues.
There will be a regular meeting of A.S.M.E. this evening at 8 o'clock in room 210 Marvin hall. A motion picture entitled "Welding" will be shown.
Thursday, March 1, 1934
No.101
A. S. M. E.:
APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 1934-35:
Applications for scholarships for 1934-35 will be received in room 310 Fraser hall on Friday, March 2, at 9:30, or appointment may be made by telephone.
E. GALLOO, Chairman.
DELTA PHI DELTA:
DELTA PHI DELTA:
Delta Phi Delta will meet in room 310 Administration building this evening at 8 o'clock.
KAY STEVENS, Publicity Chairman.
KAYHAWK CLUB:
There will be an official meeting of the Kayhawk club Monday evening March 5, at 7:30 o'clock in the basement of the Memorial Union building.
There will be a meeting of the Ku Ku's in Fraser hall this evening at 8:30
clock. HARRY, F. JOHNSON, President.
PI EPSILON PI:
PSVCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS:
A Psychological Examination will be given at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 3, in room 115 Fraser hall for CSEP students who entered late and for others who missed the earlier examinations. Students presenting Psychological Examination cards may obtain from the Registrar's Office, following the examination, slips authorizing refund of the Psychological Examination deposit.
There will be a meeting of the senior class at 7:30 this evening in the Little Theater of Green hall. HOWARD HOOVER, President.
SENIOR CLASS:
are still points for considerable improvement, conditions beyond immediate control of the management should be borne in mind.
XAVIER CLUB:
GEORGE O. FOSTER, Registrar.
Once upon a time, and not so many years ago at that, there was seemingly almost a scourge upon campuses of what by various and sandy people has been termed "Joe College." Joe was a witty young lad who usually wore bagging and floppy cords and who always had the latest smart crack from some current movie readily at hand. Joe often affected a long-stemmed pipe of dire consequence to him who dared smoke it, but after all the pipe was worn for the effect, not to smoke. The girls at any of the various sororities welcomed Joe to their midst because he was the current wit and knew the "answers."
Now Joe College is not seen so frequently on our fair campus; he scourge is off, we hope, and he average college man is much, much more of a gentleman than he used to be. The "Joe" of the past few years now wears nice looking clothes, knows which fork o use when, and doesn't get off with nearly so many cracks as he formerly did. Joe College seems o have disappeared, and we can't say that we are sorry.
JOE COLLEGE
Our Contemporaries
The Reveille, Louisiana State College.
If we desired "Truth in Behaviur," we should rule out "I'm pleased to meet you" at once. Sincerity is the keynote. Exclaim, "I loathe the sight of you and hope you choke."
Most of us swear that we speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and we contend that we want this very thing in everything we do and everything we read. Yet our life is one long epic of industriously fostering illusions.
"HONEST INJUN"
--man in a thousand. Millions study and slave, but they never get anywhere."
A department store might say, "Parisian styles imported from Jersey." No, truth all the time would never do. Who wants it thus anyway? It would be a menace. We must have our glorious illusions, for they are an integral part of our culture.
T. C. LAWRENCE, Secretary.
We would not say, "Oh, must you go so soon?" We would shout, "Hooray," and kick our guests out jovially with the aid of a lead pipe.
For "Truth in Democracy" the line "All men are created equal" should be scratched out immediately. Then we would also erase: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people."
If we really wanted the truth behind the news, the bare, undarned facts, dull character would not be dramatized nor should details be glamorized. A Midnight Moll would become the drab prestitute, and the Thrill Bandit—a young girl or boy who packed a gun. A Torch Flead—a tired old man, befuddled with dope, who murdered his bigamous second wife and burned her body to hide it. The police would really be a pinched, shapeless, toothless, homely woman of 45. The Scarlet Woman would fade into a drab little taxi-dancer of mourn mentality.
"Truth in Advertising" has never been realized fully. A correspondence course might advertise: "You'll Never Amount to Much! Success comes only to one
Campus Opinion
Editor Daily Kansan:
On a page which is supposed to present the best thought of a newspaper's intelligence and to strive for the high journalistic ideal of directing public opinion, why should we have a column devoted to the idle pleasures of movie reviews?
As its only worthwhile excuse for existence, the column might hope to help movie-goers in selecting the better show, but the reviewer must first see the show here, and before his estimation of it is printed the picture is quite often discontinued or has only one or two more appearances.
Perhaps the readers scan the column to see if its opinion agrees with their. But what in the world is so important about a moving picture as to warrant space for it at all? It is a well-established fact that people are lazy and don't like to exert their brains, and when that they want recreation or entertainment they seek the easiest means. They hen go to a movie palace which offers them complete escape from mental exertion. Pictures which have something to present that is worthy of retention are woefully few.
If, on the other hand, the column is carried to give the reviewers practice in an activity which will have monetary value later on, why use the editorial page as a practice ground? Cut it out and confine it to the classroom, or better still, just cut it out - R.B.H.
Now or Never
We offer the balance of our winter
OVERCOATS at 1-2 Price
Lucky if you find your size. So you had better hurry as we sold 7 winter overcoats today.
Spring Suits ready
DICKINSON
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She wanted a chance to live and love—with no "Mother" to guide her!
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The Show You'll Want to Bring Her to! . . .
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