--- PAGE TWO SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1932 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS University Daily Kansan Official Student Payer of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWBENCE,KANSAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEP GORDON MARTIN Lela Hackney Associate Editors Ellen Penney MANAGING EDITOR STECY PICKLELL Make Up Editor Kieron Rowe Designer James D. Woolf Night Editor Elizabeth Mallinson Spot Editor Dan Hutchinson Telegraph Editor Marty Stern Administrator Dinah Huntley Alumnus Editor Brittany Ames Fashion Editor Jerry Price Bartender Betty Moore ADVERTISING MANAGER ROBERT REED Assistant Adm. Mgr. CHASEN E. SAYDE District Assistant JOEL A. HARTLEY District Assistant FERN GRAZIAN District Assistant MARGARET ICE Phil Keeler Robert Reeves Richard Whitman Gordon Maria Lara Glew Martha Lawerre Lucie Lindbergh Sarah Pincott Business Office K.U. 6 News Room K.U. 2 Night Connection, Business Office 2701K Night Connection, Business Office 2701K SUNDAY, JANUARY 24. 1931 Prafted in the afternoon, five times a week, and published in The Journal of Law, from the Association of the University of Texas, from the University of Houston, and from the University Lawyer (for 1913-1915) at 8:15 a.m., Simple Court, Forks, MN; at 1917-1920 at 8:45 a.m., Kissel, NW; at 1921-1926 at the last office of Lawyers, Kansas, until death. CONSOLATION It was quite a relief to see the results of the nation-wide poll among sport writers concerning public interest in sports. When tabulated they showed that baseball, king of sports for years, was yet to rule a little longer. Following baseball in order were football, golf, boxing, basketball, horse racing, fishing and hunting, track and field, ice hockey, and tennis. Somehow or other we couldn't quite believe that baseball, that game we used to play in sandlots when we were a-kid, could have given place to football or golf. We can't imagine playing football in a sand lot, and golf is entirely out of the question. After all baseball is that grand old game of American history, revered by children and ancients alike. Childhood memories bring nothing quite so pleasant as the corner lot baseball game, crude, it is true, but nevertheless complying with the spirit of the sport in every particular. For a time we were afraid that popular opinion would shift away from its old time favorite, but we should have known that, in spite of nationwide polls and would-be writers, no game as full of memories and thrill as baseball could ever be supplanted in the public mind by something "just as good." MINOR SPORTS Decreased receipts from football games this past fall have placed athletic directors of almost every school in this section of the country in the difficult position of carrying out sport programs of the usual magnitude on about half the necessary funds. Obviously with no money to fall back on and interest on stadium and field house notes failing due, it was necessary for them to embark upon a stringent program of retrenchment. In the Big Six conference this retrenchment is being effected largely at the expense of minor sports, including wrestling, swimming, baseball, and intramural activities. Such action, while probably necessary as an emergency measure, is regrettable. Admittedly minor sports do not bring in money to the athletic department coffers as do basketball and football, but they are equally essential as far as the physical education of students is concerned. That, primarily, is the raison d'etre for collegiate athletics. At least it was the theory on which they were first started although, now it is apparent that theory has been abandoned in favor of one which has made commercial exploitation the chief cause for existence. Minor sports are not spectaculariy, they do not draw spectators, and a great part of the time they are not self supporting. But they do attract a large number of students who would otherwise have no opportunity to participate in athletics, and it is not just that they should be made to bear the full burden of economy. Their chief crime seems to be that they fulfill the purpose for which all college sports were intended. If for no other reason than this they should be maintained. Let the retrenchment fall where it rightly belongs—on major sports. WHAT PRICE LIFE? The hanging of Joe Hershen in Kansas City last Friday for his part in the slaying of Charles H. Dingham, a patrolman, brings to public attention again the consideration of the value of capital punishment as penalty for major crimes. Is the commitment of a felony properly counter-balanced by death? Is the extreme penalty a cure or an antidebt against further criminal acts? Just how far does it stave off the evil intentions of a potential safe-cracker or deter the activities of a master trigger-puller? These and similar questions have been subjects of controversial discussion for many moons, prominent authorities arguing on each side. Those who favor capital punishment claim that it sets up a fear of the law in the hearts of other anti-social individuals and consequently decreases the amount of crime. On the other side it is held that the death penalty does no good, that states which use the gallows have no fewer crimes than states which employ imprisonment as the extreme penalty. It is further contended by the opponents to capital punishment that in most cases the criminal is a victim of circumstances and that he was not directly responsible for his act; that it is the social organization which is to blame and not one individual who happens to be caught as a peg in the wheel of uncivilized society. It is not a question now of whether Joe Hershson should have been killed. Joe Hershson is dead and the state as well as the kin of the slaughtered patrolman has been avenged. Revenge! Is that the recompense for which civilized man dies fatally with a member of society who strays from the golden rule? Is the state and are the men who govern it still so barbaric that they deem it just to take an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth? Is the twentieth century so near a primitive stage that the black sheep cannot be brought back into the fold by a scheme of education and a developed sense of moral responsibility? Isn't the state responsible for conducting its institutions and looking out for the welfare of its inhabitants that a member of the social order could not by verdict of his conscience pick up a gun and deprive another of life? Capital punishment is not the civilized way of caring for the mal-adjusted individual than war is the proper vindication for national wretches. The relatives of the slain patrolman have no more of Charles H. Dingham's life than they would have if Joe Horchorn were living there, and he was by more blood in this modern day of culture and higher learning. Our Contemporaries Statistics released by the National Student Federation of America which convened in Toledo, Ohio, recently, indicate that a large number, probably over 40, students are newspapers in American colleges are censored by student or faculty From The Syracuse Daily Orange RESPONSIBILITY—NOT CENSORSHIP From The Syracuse Daily Orange During Finals-council's. Especially significant is the fact that 35 of the 58 colleges represented reported a faculty prohibition on dress codes, and members of the college administration. College freshmen and sophomores who expect to be excused from after-room classes or from their required exercise because of necessity and conflicting outside work must present the main work cards signed by their employers in person, as well as a completed resume, at the office office. Last semester's cards cannot be accepted for the spring semester. OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XXIX "Sunday, Jan. 24, 1922 No. 97 COLLEGE FEKSHMEN AND SOPHOMORES; When you get worn out with studying, and you need some new energy, try The way Rankin's make them. HONORS IN ENGLISH: PAUL B. LAWSON, Associate Dean. Rankin's Drug Store Office hours for students wishing to enrol in the course, special readings for honors in English, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. room 201 Fraser ball. Sophomores who are considering each enrollment for next year will have a well to prepare transcript. J. M. BURNIHAM, Chairman of Committee. Unfortunately, there are those whose resentment at any criticism of their individual policies or projects must be rewarded with the hope to bear 'on' the organs which are supposed to represent student opinion on the Hill. But these, happily, have neither been represented by students. Syracuse university, fortunately, has shown that it is willing to give student editors wide discretion, subject to present, upon demand, adequate proof to substantiate what may appear, on the surface, to be rash, unfounded statements. The experience of recent cases has shown the wisdom of this policy. An unfortunate idea has imbedded itself into the mind of the collegiate student. Apparently he believes that as long as he keeps occupied with subjects of any nature, he is doing better than if he were taking nothing at all. Of course, different ones, but such is not the case. For sit-better than none. "Handy for Students" Phone 678 From The Ohio State Lantern: OVEREMPHASIS The question, probably, is not so much a matter of the freedom of the press as it is a question of student responsibility. If there exists either the spirit or practice of faculty蓉e possessive attitude, then it can be induct to undergraduate into the satisfactory execution of responsibility through the medium of extra-curricular activities. and the existence of these activities are important to an developing in the student a rational understanding of how power should be exercised. It's not it rather difficult to avoid overemphasis when anybody knows that the mathematics of winning a team which results from a winning team? Of course the monetary consideration is negligible. When one considers the magnitude of the sums which are awarded in a game, it is not at all remarkable that it is generally conceded that football is overemphasized. Many universities can provide their students with education buildings and their appearances thereto which would not have materialized without the financial aid received. The activities of the alumni in doing unefficial proselyting of athletes and their willingness to furnish the financial assistance for them and attendance are additional factors in the overemphasis of football. Mr. Lippmann certainly has a genuine basis for criticism. However, we note that the university has no well-planned scheme Walter Lippmann delivers some pungent criticism of collegiate football as well as of the overemphasis. The blame is on the universities. The newspaper reflects and exaggerates the over-emblaze of the university's facilities, in the walls of the university. When universities decide to reduce the emphasis they can do it. It's no use passing judgment. "The older universities will have to set the example. The bad effects of this overemphasis are very widespread. A university should set standards for movies, books and schools, commercializing themselves, and going in for ballyhoo has had a bad effect upon students, alumni, and the general public because it sanctions with the prestige of the university name, numerous films which are extremely undesirable." From The Marquette Tribune WASTING TIME 11th & Mass A Thick Malted Milk A Sundae dents are waiting time with many of the subjects which they are now takin' on. In many cases, many of their studies are non-cultural and valueless, professionally. The lilac student sometimes canerfully forgo his education at university, and although not entirely disregarding his cultural or practical subjects, writes his effort on the trivial, mundane. Bacon, may have been responsible largely for this ecumenical idea that any subject is better than noun. His "read-transcribe" method makes him wise and poetry witty" may have resulted in the modern colloquialism "cause it generalizes. It is obviously unwise to read much of the literature that has been written practically some subjects are useless. Newman, however, claimed that a subject should be entitled for its own sake, an idea with which it is much more easy to agree. Metaphysics are very rich in such a good "good". For its own sake a thing may be worth-while, but altogether in this modern materialistic world with much of our time so completely involved, it seems appropriate to regard the subject of no consequence. The more immediate demands our attention. Read the Kansan Want Ads! Everybody Eats at the ONLY $1350 ONE WAY The Popular University Hangout Tickets good in coaches only. Correspondingly low fares to certain intermediate points Jayhawk Taxi PHONE When You're Weak On sale daily. From Finals And have to go somewhere Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo to For further information For further informa W. W. Burnett Agent Santa Fe Ry. Lawrence, Kai. Tel. 32 and tickets, apply to---id tickets, apply to --- J. H. 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