PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1932 University Daily Kansap Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS EDITOR-IN-CHEF FRED PLEMING- Associate Editors Lily Hackner Elliot Penna MANAGING EDITOR STUCKY PICKLEK Make Up Editor Sibyane Krom Campus Editors Nikki Brown Pugh Elizabeth Milletton Tollerman Editors Margaret Jones Tollerman Editor Michelle Jones Almon Editor Jane St. Clair Evansville Editors Betty Pinto Bertie ADVERTISING MANAGER, CHAE, E: SYNDER District Manager District Manager District Manager District Assistant Fern Gibson Business Office KU. 6 News Room KU. 2 Night Connection, Business Office 2701K Night Connection, News Room 2701K Phil Kelter Robert Reed Whitmanism Gordon Martin Lieh Hackers Lieh Hackers Martin Langer Lieh Linder McFarlane McFarlane Published in the afternoon, five times a week, a book on the history of the University of Kansas, from the Association of University Libraries of Kansas, from the Subscriptions Bureau, to mark $450; by charter members of the Association, and by charter members of the second class semester September 17. Edited by the University of Kansas. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1932 MELLON'S APPOINTMENT President Hoover's appointment of Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury, as United States ambassador to the court of St. James to take the place vacated by Charles G. Dawes is a matter of keen interest and great importance. Mr. Mellon is assuming his duties at a time when the affairs of the United States and Great Britain are of the greatest importance with regard to the critical international situation. His position as official representative of the United States in its dealings with England place him under a tremendous responsibility. To a large extent the future developments in world affairs as well as the continuation of the present friendly Anglo-American feeling are dependent upon the manner in which he discharges his duties. Such an enormous burden as he must shoulder would tax all the skill and tact of a trained diplomat. And in the popular mind at least, there is a doubt as to Mr. Mellon's diplomatic abilities. The former secretary of the treasury rose to fame and established his reputation as a business man and executive. And although he has experienced official life in many of its varied phases, Mellon is still most convincing in his role as an industrial leader. Whether he can fulfill his new duties gracefully and competency is a matter for vide conjecture. In any event it is to be hoped that his appointment will be received as favorably in this country as reports indicate it has been in London. "G. K. Chesterton says there are only three things in the world that women do not understand and they are liberty, equality, and fraternity."—Starbeams. If Mr. Chesterton will visit Mt. Oread, perhaps he will change his mind about women not understanding fraternities. WILD BILL HICKOK After shooting five of the ten men known as the McKandles gang, Wild Bill Hickok, marshal of Abilene, paused to offer opportunity for the remaining five to surrender peaceably. But as one man, the five rushed Wild Bill, hurled him upon a bed, and began to deal smashing blows. "Then," Bill explained as he cut ten notches on his six-gun, "I got ugly." The thoughtful senior, after four years of observation, ventures the suggestion that as long as a semester's work is to be done in one night anyhow, who not read the entire text on the first night of classes instead of the last night before finals? KU. needs a man similar to Wild Bill. He would need a revolver. He would not deal with bad men or real criminals. But he would be busy, earn his salary, and save hundreds of dollars for the students by apprehending the sticky fingered, spineless, petty thieves who cannot pass by an unguarded text book. THOSE RUSSIANS! The Russians have at one stroke proved themselves the most resourceful of all the various nationalities inhabiting this dull sphere. Instead of lying back and abandoning themselves to abysmal depths of despair on finding the country faced with an unexpected shortage of corkscrews, these voikadrinking enthusiasts did quite the contrary. Soaring above the limitations imposed by their environment and urged on by a desire to keep the national drink in circulation, they faced the problem of finding some manner in which the corks can be removed from the vodka bottles without benefit of corkscrew. And presto—a solution was forthcoming. They found the corks could be removed if the bottoms of the bottles were hit sharply on the palm of the hand. Now it is safe to assume that the vodka is flowing as freely and as frequently as ever. The probability of a similar condition ever arising in the United States is exceedingly small, but if such a thing had happened twenty-five years ago a national crisis would have resulted. Think of the handiway have a bottle of Old Tom in the cupboard and no way to get out the contents! The country would have become as dry as the Sahara without the necessity of passing a single law. Of course, some bright soul might have thought of the Russian plan under such distressing pressure, but that possibility is negligible. The only person who would have had a chance under these conditions was the professional glass eater, who could bite the bottle off at the neck. But this bottle "spanking" idea is a good one—another triumph of mind over matter. Darn smart, those Russians. "Can't Make Homebrew Legal" —Headline from Kansas City Times. Someway we're going to have prohibition in this country. A WISE MOVE The decision of the Men's Student Council to investigate exemptions from various activity fees and the methods necessary to obtain them is a laudable one. For some time there has been a growing attitude of student resentment against the practice of requiring exemptions to be secured in order to avoid payment of activity fees. The difficulty and inconvenience experienced in obtaining the exemptions has further added to the feeling until it is high time the matter should be settled once and for all. The merit of the system which makes the securing of exemptions compulsory in order to avoid payment of fees is debatable. There may be cited in its favor the fact that it helps the student in making a wise choice of those activities in which he wishes to participate by calling them forebly to his attention. On the other hand, it sometimes appears that the difficulty of obtaining the exemptions places an unnecessary and needless burden on the person seeking them. The main trouble, however, seems to be that students feel that they are being indirectly forced into buying the various activity tickets because they would rather pay the extra dollars involved than spend the time and energy necessary to secure the exemptions. Such a feeling is an unhealthy state of affairs for the University and one that should be corrected before another period of enrollment comes. If the Council will only make a complete and sincere investigation of the matter it will go a long way toward clearing the situation, in addition to creating a better spirit among University students. If the fraternities lose their fight against the county on the tax situation will they have to mortgage their houses to pay the court costs? OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XIXI Friday, f. 3, 1932 No. 162 Latin America 169-10:30 - 104 Administration Political Science Political Science: American Government 10A—8:30—119 Administration. Municipal Administration 151—8:30—104 Administration. Political Parties 153—10:30—104 Administration. American Government 100—10:30—110 Administration. History: CHANGE IN CLASSROOMS: MATHEMATICS CLUB: East Administration. The Mathematics club will meet Monday, Feb. 8, at 4:30 p.m. in room 211 HOWARD ABBEY III, Vice President. F. H. GUILD. F. H. HODDER PSI CHI: Pa Chi will meet Monday at 4 p. m. in room 21, East Administration. Professor Guild will present a program of magic and tell something of the psychology of the magician. ROBERT L. BRIGDEN, President. QUACK CLUB: If the perpetrators of the Kanran arriving to emulate its big brothers, such as the Chicago Tribune, except WOMEN'S RIFLE TEAM: There will be Quack club tryouts Saturday morning. Feb 6, at 10 o'clock LILLIAN PETERSON. Members please sign up immediately for two practice periods a week. NEIL, REAC, Cautain. Portland, Ore., Feb. 2—(UP)-William Shakespeare made one serious mistake —he died too soon. Had he lived longer in a later era, the royalties he would have received through his donations would have made him the richest man in America. Shakespeare Would Have Been Rich Had He Lived to Reap His Reward According to Dr. Banijan Harrison Lehman, professor of English at the University of California, who recently made a speaking appearance in New York, Shakespeare's works included, but are out-selling the best sellers. "One can take any given year in the past two decades and it will be found that more Bibles have been sold n this country than books by Harold "Every classic in the long run will become a best seller," he avers. After a nontrusted discussion on the "territorial integrity" of China, the editor turns bogeman. Mars is represented as an iron fisted abstraction, prowling about hurting thunderbirds, and shouting at the paucity of kings and diplomats to banish him." Such a supernatural conception of international politics at least possesses the novelty of being obsolete by a matter of a century or so. Campus Opinion Editor Daily Kansan: The nurse's tale first presents a dramatic picture of Japan posing as a ruthless and calmly deliberative murderer. There is nothing wrong about the pose, but it poses but a bloody, little bunch of Asiatic Huns anyway. And there is nothing uncommondable about the tender coronation ceremony from which Uncle Sam emerges with a glowing halo and a dove of peace resting on his shoulder. The nurse responds that, upon promotion time, he will displace St. Peter at the portal. May we suggest that it was not until Japan adopted the western civilization, with its bastard offspring, nationalism, that she has been engaged in this struggle with the Japanese, which determines the standard of virility mong the western powers. The inferiority and inaccuracy of the daily editorial on foreign affairs might be excused by the Kansan's enthusiasm for making it seem that he is a mistaken presumption on the simplicity and good naturedness of the student body that prompts it to offer such a wordless lot of entreaties, or soothes and warms "and War" for authoritative opinion. But somehow the interpretation of the situation does not savor of the experience. I spent a long time spawning his sturke trumpet into the foosbob, probably did so with dilated nostrils and high-minded conviction of what does not make it more authenticate. Perhaps the editor has gained his paltry information from headlines and news articles, but not from ware that the United States, up until recent date, has been exporting great quantities of explosives and munitions into two-faced policy on the part of the United States that prevented the League of Nations from taking effective action to curb this crisis. Thus the League cannot be stigmatized for fearing lack of co-operation from such a nation and one that is under consideration of the variety under consideration. Bell Wright, Sinclair Lewis, or other popular authors. ry classes. I mean books in which with a literaryian has summed up the wisdom of his eru. It is not merely a load of facts, but a force to read. When they are really great books, they usually are much greater than any teacher makes them seem to students, because great books take great读 Doctor Lehman gave a lecture on The Bible, in which he approached the book slip from the collection for the purpose of my lecture I regard the Old Testament as a collection of the best literature which was from the great days of the Hebrew race. ABE WOLESON that they substitute a pictorial history of the World war for the R. O. T. C. manual on their textbook on foreign relations, I have nothing more to say. It would be neoclassical, uncompromis- tary, and what is more, unpatriotic. Our Contemporaries --for only 10c > Money to loan on valuables Cables from Bombay report that Mahatma Gandhi, speaking to 50,000 white-capped nationalists gathered in Mumbai on Sunday, insisted his return from London, said that he would not flinch in sarcasticizing the lives of a million to win in India. "If the first is inevitable," he declared, "I will expect every son and every daughter of Mother India to contribute his mite . . . If there is no single ray of hope I must not hesitate to call upon you to endure any amount of hardship." He had to face staves, and in this fight we will have to face bullets. Guns and Revolvers — Watches and Jewelry columbia Missourian: THE NATERIAL MARATMA This strong language shows that the malaria pondered much on the voyage home from England, hardly in line with what has been happening to points to the logic of the British overviews in putting him again in jail. What else were they to do? Some future tourists will be going there was another course. 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It sounds like a paradox, but it is true, that greatly as Gandhi has impressed the Western world with his spirit, and his seal, he has suffered a loss of support for Indian independence. Minnesota Daily Minnesota Daily: MILLIONS FOR WAR EXPENSES, NOTHING FOR PEACE Out of the turbulence of air raids, bursting shells, fire pillage, comes the small thin voice ofoes to say, "Please sir," they ask of Congress, "may we have $450,000 to cover the expenses of our war?" They expend the money. The expenditures that we make at this time will stand all in good stead in years to come. Think, size, if we have been waited for millions of dollars that would otherwise have been waited in the uselessness of war could be saved and the people as a result would be both happier and stronger. Congress listens to the amusing naivete of the delegation, ponders in its own leisurely, imminible fashion, decides that in the face of persistent rain the naivete would be decidedly unwise to lavish too much money on the puny efforts of mild, ineffective Utopians. So they limit the expenditures of the Delegation to "And the bifaceted dishears cry." And she swai across the Atlantic" Thus while veritably thousands of dollars are spent with every volley of合围 that the Navy is enjoyng in its hay-day of sham battle off the Hawaiian islands, Congress raises a long waging finger. With the conference Conference delegation, "Naughty, naughty, don't you know it's a sin to waste money?" Such Good Food and the cutest new place to eat. Read the Kansan want-ads. Next door to Carter's Service George Hunter's 1008 Mass. 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