PAGE TWO MONDAY, MAY 23, 1932 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS EDITOR IN CHIEF Robert Whiteman American Editors Dick Jones MANAGING EDITOR MARTINIA LAWRENCE Make Up Editor Ian McCarthy Designer Ivan Lovelace Sunday Edition Alfred Bradford Revision Brian O'Hare Sport Editor David Huber Skate Edition Daniel Javanic Skate Edition Jacob Garcia Almanac Edition Arndt Kevinersen ADVERTISING MANAGER CIME E. SWIENY Director Advertising Manager Advertising Manager Inc. Director Advertising Manager District Manager District Manager District Assistant Assistant Other 3 Temporaries Karman-Ahmad Shireen Poul Kuzler Joe Kuzler Michael Carson Robert Wiercinski Michael Carson Luke Hafeykorn Luke Hafeykorn Michael Carson Fred Sullivan Fred Sullivan Michael Carson Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan Telephone Business Office KU, 88 News Room KU, 23 Night Connection, Business Office 3701KU Night Connection, News Room 3701KU Published in the afternoon, five times a week and on Sundays morning, the book is an important resource to the Press of the Department of Internationale Studies. Single copies can be sold in all US locations. Single covers $12.00 each. September 17th *enter* Single copies (each) *Entered* at office at Harbor Street September 15 *issued* at Lawrence Kansas MONDAY, MAY 23.1932 SURPRISE! If someone were unkind enough to tell the average student that he did not know enough to take a final examination, such a statement would not be a surprise. But for the Kansan to print a story saying that a place on the campus called Prairie Acre was to be dignified by a stone marker was a shock. THE SURPLUS The average student thinks he knows the campus well, but few if any ever suspected the existence of Prairie Acre. Someone has been keeping a secret from the students. It is a good thing that a committee has been appointed to preserve the place while someone still knows where, why, and what it is. Peter B. Carey, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, said that he could appoint a committee from his organization that could dispose of all of the government wheat at a steadily advancing price. The government wheat has been a bear on the market. Its disposal would allow prices to readjust themselves easily and quickly. The American farmer, after his experiences with the farm board, is hesitant about entrusting his wheat to committees of any kind. Farmers are somewhat beery about all federal boards, commissions and committees. The economic law of supply and demand seems to them to be more safe. The board of trade and the stock exchange do perform legitimate and necessary functions for the American public, but without government supervision of a non-political nature, untold harm can be done. REPEAL Congress is being called on to re seal the eighteenth amendment Let us look this question in the face and see how it stands. The eighteenth amendment was not written to be repealed, but to make a change impossible. Before we begin repealing an amendment we must have a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress, and must get both of them at the same session. This two-thirds of Congress must give the states permission to vote on the matter. Thus far we have had much less than a one-third vote in the senate. There might be possible chances in the house, where members are elected from all over the country, according to population, but in the senate—never. The senators from seventeen states can prevent the submission to the states. The following seventeen are unquestionably dry Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota, North Dakota, Utah, Idaho, Nebraska, California, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Wyoming, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. These states alone have more than one-third of the whole membership of the senate. These states can prevent even the submission of the question to the states. Pennsylvania and New York have about three and one-half million more inhabitants than these seventeen states, but New York and Pennsylvania have four votes while the seventen states have thirty-four. But assume that the senators should submit the issue to the states; in that case the drys need to get only thirteen states, since three-fourths of the states must ratify the repeal before it can be effective. The annual Alumni dinner will be held in about two weeks and we wonder if the annual walkout will be staged? In the past about half the alumni have walked out as soon as the dinner is completed and before the program is begun. This shows lack of respect not only for those who have prepared the program but also for those who are presenting it. ALUMNI DINNER Such action by that group shows either a weakness on the part of the program committee or a lack of sense of duty on the part of the alumni—perhaps both. If the alumni are so nervous that they cannot stay throughout the entire program, it is better that they should not attend. If the fault lies with the program committee, they should find out what is wrong and correct it. This amendment cannot be repealed by Congress. A University alumni dinner should hold the attention and interest of those attending throughout the program. Better co-operation between the program committee and those attending is needed. PARDON? Lieutenant Thomas Massie is preparing to appeal to the governor of Kentucky for a pardon for the "hour slaying" of an Hawaiian in the recent case so prominent before the public mind. He had been judged and to clear up a situation which was assuming Frankenstein proportions, allowed with his mother-in-law partner in the affair, to serve a sentence of an hour. A pardon, under the circumstances, seems unjustifiable. jority of the American audience was in sympathy with his side because of the first offense and because the killed offender was of a different race. That is not the point, however. If a pardon is the proper thing in this case, then our whole legal structure should be changed. Leniency because of extenuating circumstances is one thing and pardon for murder is another. Regardless of the motivation of the slaying, he was adjudged guilty of murder. Probably a mae CRIME CORRELATED WITH POLITICS The year of 1932 is dominated by politics and crime. Strange as it may appear, there is a high degree of correlation between the two. A small group of intelligent persons in each city are banded together for the improvement of local and national government. They lack power to interest their fellow citizens chiefly because they are insufficient in number and because good government shows no immediate reward in dollars and cents. Law enforcement begins at the voting booth. It begins where citizens select public officials. The disgraceful state of law enforcement in America today is due to the fact that intelligent voters have failed to vote and thus give the power of election to organized crime, which elects officers who will follow the dictates of crime leaders. Fathers and mothers who fear for the safety of their children while playing on the streets or in the yards of homes would be aghast at the suggestion that they further the existence of crime. But when they fail to vote intelligently, they lose their opportunity to aid in law enforcement. American voters have a chance to deal a death blow to crime this year. Will they not only vote but also vote for strong candidates, men above greed, graft, and bribery? LAST MINUTE GLORIES Why is it that just at the end of the year when there is much to do honorary societies from Alpha to Omega flood the campus with their announcements of new honors? Great note is given these announcements, and brothers and sisters of all the worthy comrades flock around in high spirits with much of the old-back-slapping and arm-pumping, since good old Beta Upsilon Tau has now two or three more rushing points. Yeah. It's great to be invited to become a member of this and that honorary society until— The night of initiation into this honorary society arrives and the first person to greet the newly honored is the treasurer. Now the greeting he gives varies only in the amount of the fee he asks. It may be thirteen dollars, if you're a Phi Beta Kappa, or it may be any amount up to fifty dollars, if the gang you are joining is one of these national affairs with dues to pay into the grand lodge back cast. The idea is it costs you, and after your first coat of enthusiasm is brushed away, having lined the coffers of the honorary fraternity, you proceed on your journey of initiation. In some clubs the service is elaborate and secret in others just an explanation of the history and ideals. With your only clean handkerchief tied over your eyes you stumble around the darkened room in lock-step to the tune of "Let Me In, Let Me In" or some other sacred air, are vouched for by an old alumni who never saw you before, repeat after some tongue-tied guy an outh of do or kill-me-quick, and are duly welcomed as "Brother." SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION All of which rather wipes away the pain of paying, until some senior in his shuffle to make the door in a hurry lets fall the tasty words "Well, we've got enough for next year, now,"—and about then you begin to wonder, what the—the? Last minute glories! You've read about them, you've heard about them, and now you've seen them given out. And what do some of them amount to? Will somebody tell us? Governor Roosevelt in a speech which he made yesterday advised the American people to experiment boldly and persistently toward readjustment. This is not a new idea, but it is one which has not been applied. Physical sciences and experimentation go hand in hand. Experimentation in social sciences, however, is relatively rare—usually taboo. People are afraid to try new social developments and ideas. That is why physical sciences have advanced so far ahead of the social sciences. We worship old documents and say, "What was good enough for my father is good enough for me." We revere our forefathers, who were rebels and revolters, but rear back in horror when any modern social change is proposed. Although the Alumni Association does not seem to be a personal thing to the seniors, next year their outlook will change. Perhaps Marie will be teaching in a small town in the western part of the United States; and maybe John will be working for a fruit company in South America; or Jim will be out in Idaho stringing telephone wires over the state; and then when they see the Graduate Magazine, a new song will be sung. Our minds should be open to social experimentation and changes, if we plan to keep pace with our physical world, and unless we do drastic retrogression in all lines of human endeavor is inevitable. NEXT YEAR There are other reasons besides There's no place like home, or school. When a fellow is lonely and tired, just to see a familiar name in print means the difference between courage and despair. The alumni magazine will be about the only meant of contact which seniors will have with the University next year. sentiment for keeping interest in the Alumni Association. The resident students alone do not make up the University; there are thousands of people associated with it by means of the Packet Library service, by means of correspondence work, by the bureau of visual instruction, and by many other divisions of the institution. The seniors know the distressing financial circumstances in which the Alumni Association finds itself this year, and if the outgoing seniors cannot help now, at least there is hope that they will see the need for an organization to hold brochures of groups together. Gift Food Makes Men Sick—Headline. Must have worked like the green apples we used to borrow. A girl won the ninth annual oratory contest. That was to be expected, says the wise husband. Our Contemporaries FACULTY CONTACT? How many of the professors of Tufts University take time to know their students, and have lecture hours in chath to clt with them? If they have contact with them they are depriving their students of an opportunity. At least his is the sentiment expressed at the first session of the Eastern States Association of Professors' Schools in York on April 14, 2016, returning graduate students. "The greatest single factor in the advancement of university graduate students on the selection of educational career objectives is full and free perseverance. The more students who "study body" was the unanimous statement of this meeting. About 2,000 administrative officers, faculty members and students from 100 teacher training institutions in New England and across Atlantic states attended the meeting. That the vital need in graduate schools is easy accessibility of the faculty for infiltrated discussion was the agreement of graduate students from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, New York University, Purdue University, Hamilton and the University of Maine, in outlining the practices and policies of their respective institutions. Although Tulane University was not represented in this meeting, it is wounded if its student body has students just mentioned. Dr. Ambrose L. Shrubier, president of the Association, declares that progress in graduate study will aid to solve "the paramount problem in public education of securing for every element of our country a companion, a foreman who can improve ideas, right attitudes, and permanent life interests." What is true of graduates is applicable to undergraduate students, Perahu they need the contact more—The Tu 15 On the Hill Years Ago May 23,1917 More co-operation between the University faculty and students, more room for the School of Medicine, lack of support of the University by the alumni, and abdulism of senior examinations were some of the things advocated and asked for in the annual Student Day speeches given yesterday. At the Bowersock—Ethel Barrymore in "The Call of Her People." HAULED ROPED SHIPPED Speedy Service PHONE OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Notice due at Chaterman's office on a non regular afternoon publication days and 11:30 a.m. Saturday for Sunday hours. Vol. XXIX Monday, May 23, 1932 No. 188 Trunks Students who are still enrolled in the University are discovering that the withdrawal of 500 men hasn't made their lot any easier. With fewer in the classes, recitations roll around all too rapidly. GEORGE O. FOSTER, Registrar. Lady, to boy of military age milking cow: "Why are you not at the front, young man?" On recommendation of the Chancellor and approval of the Regents, the diploma fee is reduced to $9 for the current year. Candidates for graduation in June and at the close of Summer Session will be expected to play this fee before May 25, without further notice from the registrar's office. 65 DIPLOMA FEE: Jayhawk Taxi 343 Purchasing and important meeting at 4:30 Tuesday in Central Administration rest room. HARRIETT SHAW, President. Boy: "No milk at that end." KAYHAWK CLUB The Kayhawk club will meet this evening in room 10 Union building. CONYERS HIERPING, Vice President. W. S.G.A. BOOK EXCHANGE KAYHAWK CLUB EDITH BORDEN, Manager. SUITING YOU That's My Business Schulz the Tailor The W.S.G.A. Book Exchange will start paying calls for used books Friday, May 7, at 9 e-book. Bring your books to the Book Exchange. 00 Brings you the Daily Kansas, six times each week, school year, by carrier or by mail. Send a subscript to Dad. It's literally better letter bombs. UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Always Biggest and Best for Less Wednesday - Thursday Bring Your Pal Free ACROSS FRIENDLY COUNTERS No doubt you can remember the general store- keeper in some country village. A call on him was an experience in pleasant human relationship, in honesty and neighborliness. He discussed politics and crops with vigor and shrewdness. He told the truth about groceries and dress goods. His was a friendly counter, a comfortable place to trade. But the fact is that today in towns and villages and cities everywhere hundreds of thousands of counters are honest and friendly in a way his could never be. They offer advertised merchandise! A manufacturer stands sponsor for this merchandise. On it he has put his name and brand. So sure is he of its usefulness, its purity and correct weight, or size, or strength, or delicacy, that he talks to you about it on the pages of magazines and newspapers. From coast to coast you can buy his product with confidence. Wherever you find it and whoever sells it, you have the assurance that its quality will be what you expect and that the price you pay is fair. In your home town and wherever you travel on business or pleasure,you may trade at friendly counters! You may buy advertised merchandise!