PAGE TWO --- TUESDAY. JANUARY 5, 1932 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS University Daily Kansan Official Student Picture of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANAS EDITOR-IN-CHEF GORDON MARTI Associate Editors MURPHY ROBERTS EDITOR IN CHIEF GORDON MARTI MANAGING EDITOR STERCY PICKLE Make Up Editor Silkie Kurtz Campaign Editor Maurice Lavengue Director/Writer Tina Hardwicke Spirit Edition Bob Hordnicke Brewery Manager Brendan Hummerson Smarty Editor Dennis Davis Dance Editor Counsellor Exchange Editor Karman Board Members ADVERTISING MANAGER ROBERT REED Associate, Apt. Mp. Chadne E. Sawyer District Assistant Sibber Jenny District Assistant Faye Gulce District Assistant Margaret Jewer Phil Kester Robert Read Robin Wheatley Milton Wood Gordon Martin Martina Lurie Lara Hearn Stacy Pickett Airlines Business Office KU. 66 News Room KU. 29 Night Connection, Business Office 270K/18K Night Connection, Business Room 270K/18K Published in the afternoon, by nine a week, and on Saturday night, by student in the Department of Journalism of the University of Khabar, from the Press of the Department of Journalism. Subpoena request, by wield. $40 (7). By counsel in Lawrence for 1913. 52.13, S. Single suit, copies. Entrued at second class murder from September 17, 1873. Exonerated from Ransom, Russo, and act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5.1932 LIFE It's a great life. Yesterday a horse was hanged in Kansas City at 4 o'clock in the morning the windows in Merton College chapel, Oxford, are being cleaned for the first time since 1700, and Muhtama Gandhi is in jail again. In Kansas City also the front part of a motion picture theater was blasted out into the street, in Springfield, Missouri, three men killed six others trying to arrest them, and in the east, two men were killed by bombs sent through the United States mail. What is the significance of all this stirring about, anyway? Such things have always gone on, and probably will. A boy nineteen years old from Lawrence, a genius in electrical work and one endowed with great energy, has just committed suicide in Baltimore. It is impossible to judge how a genius shall be directed. Something was wrong when this boy was caused to die. No one will ever know what he would have accomplished had he lived. Perhaps we know too much already. Perhaps we don't know anything yet. Is there no way that life can be conducted more peacefully, less tragically? But would a more quiet way be better? but after all, we always have the funny papers to fail back upon when we get too much interested in other people's troubles. These include preparing for that Erkeloen, Final Examinations, which generally end the sweet reflective epoch known as the first semester when football, college dances and two vacations seriously interfere with scholastic endeavors. THE WEEK AFTER Now that all the stomach and head aches from Christmas cheer are only a memory, students of this university come to a realization of the serious things of life. But now other scholastic endeavor or marvellous "apple polishing" is necessary to evade the prim warning of the dean's office. The dean has a peculiarly fitting technique for telling students in a nice way that their grades through some unaccountable error show failures in more than forty percent of their work. He is properly thoughtful and sympathetic on such occasions; but at the same time his reactions towards petitions for reinstatement are like those of a Chicago gangster who has been asked to pay an income tax of two or three million dollars. Consequently "tempsu fugitis" and in lieu of a great deal of influence with the professorial staff, it might be well even to buy a book in some of the courses which to date have been handled by an expansive demonstration of bluff. INSIDE INFORMATION Quaintly, to the fanfare of trumpets slightly muted by the shadow of the depression, the young gentleman 1932 slipped into our mids with a handling full of optimistic promises and not even a suit of clothes to cover his nakedness. Coincident with his coming several of our more cheerful representatives of the press and otherwise, took occasion to give us the low down on the new year. Mr. Babb tells us, with an admirable pose of assurance, that the well-known good times are just around the corner. Just to counteract whatever favorable influence that statement may have exercised, our economists tell us that there can be no revival of good times until the existing evils of the world are cured, and such a thing is at present impossible. All in it all looks as if Mr. 1922 has given us all the inside door to just what to expect in the next twelve months. We can look for either good times or a continuance of the depression. We can either cheerfully invest all our money in stocks and bonds or wrap it up in an old sock for safe keeping. We're right back where 1931 left us. About the only thing we can be sure of is the prospect of another New Year just as dizzy as this one. JUST AN EXCUSE American people are funny. They do queer things; things which foreigners are inclined to wonder about. To be sure, American people are themselves hard-pressed to understand the so-called antics of other nations, but all in all, there is no race quite so extraordinary as the denizens of North America. All an American needs to go off on a wild tangent is an excuse of some sort. It may be the feelest of feeble efforts at justification, but that’s plenty of reason for this great race to do anything. It may be the American’s birthday. It may be that he is a father of twins. It may be that he just found fifty bucks. It may be that he hates his mother-in-law. It may be that his dandruff bothers him, or it may be that people just don't understand him. Any or all of the aforementioned excuses are ample cause for a full-fledged American to get deep in his cups, beat his wife, start a race riot or refuse to pay the last installment on the radio. Anyway you take it, all an American needs is just an excuse. But, no matter how flimsy, the American figures that he must have something upon which to hinge his well-directed or misguided steps. All of which makes us wonder if this University system of classroom excuses hasn't started something. A few days ago the papers were full of cartoons showing a cherie little fellow called "1032" chasing away a gravel, bent old veteran with a scythe over his shoulder. It was the eve of a new year. Americans immediately decided that such an event was an excuse for anything, and anyone who was about during the wee hours of New Year's morning will agree. It's a safe bet that New Year's Day, ushered in by all manner of orgies and—to use a modern expression—whingdings, saw untold sorrows, heartbreaks, joy, happiness, despair, remorse and any other by-product of whatever we all did on New Year's Eve. It's just been a week and a half since the world sang lustily "Peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward Men." What a faa! Every day the newspapers are filled with stories and pictures of the Manchurian war and the Anglo-Indian strife. Other countries more peace-minded are content with mere internal strite and uprisings. At war, or in the throes of the depression, the whole world seems to be in a chaos. JUST ANOTHER THEORY Every day new peace measures are brought into the limelight. They all seem excellent, until they are put into actual practice. Speeches, theories, pacts, ideas—are these going to bring peace? The answer seems no, because they have been tried time and again and have failed dismally. OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XXIX Tuesdays, Jan. 5, 1982 No. 82 ADVANCED TAP DANING CLASS! There will be no more meetings of the advanced tap dancing class at 4:30 in the afternoon, except on the second semester. I A N D : The Bad will play for the basketball game tonight. Behairst will be held overnight at 7:30 in the Administration building. BAND: ADVANCED TAP DANCING CLASS: on Wednesday and Thursday until the second semester. ELIZADETH DUNKEL. J. C. McCANLES, Director. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: Weekly meeting will be held in room 10 sub-basement of Union building on Wednesday at 4:45 p. m. All interested are invited to attend. HELENDOHS FEAR, President. EL ATENEO: Reunion extraordinaria. Palicula de sesiones undaméricas crenada por un vienjeto de Kawasaki City. Tunjou la bonita de estar presentes. KAPPA PHI: The regular supper meeting of Kappa Phi will be at the cafeteria at 5:30 Tuesday, followed by the meeting at Myers牢房. **ARCE SHOP Shortly** CLARICE SHORT, Publicity. F. AND SCROLL. Tern and Scroll will hold its regular meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the rest of central Administration building. PEN AND SCROLL: VIRGINIA RUFI, President. CLYTICE W. NICHOLS, Secretary. PI LAMBDA THETA: LAMIDA THEETA Pl Lamida Theta will meet at 6:45 Tuesday in room 119 Fraser. Following a short business meeting, Prof. C. S. Skillton will give an address on "The Story of Indian Music." Members may bring friends. CLOB There will be a meeting of the club at 8 o'clock Thursday evening, Jan. 7. this will be the last meeting of the semester, and all members are asked to be absent. CLINTON YOUNG. )UILL, CLUB: SNOW ZOOLOGY CLUB; Conditions seem to be getting worse instead of better. **SNOW ZOLOGY CLUB** Snow Zoology club will meet Wednesday night, Jan. 6, at 6 clock in room 201 Snow hall. Doctor Baumgartner will speak on "Prominent Men and Women" from the Zoology Department." A. B. LEONARD. Wouldn't perhaps a solution to the crisis be for man to think, "Peace on Earth, Goodwill Tooward Men," 365 days each year, instead of just one day? 15 On the Hill Years Ago Jan. 5, 1917 The present grading system was changed by the University Senate today. The marks for A, B, C and D were marked for the 1,2, and 3 in use. Dean and Mrs. Olin Tempilin will return Monday from Florida, where they have been on a six weeks' vacation. The Junior Prom, the greatest party of the year, is on sight. Spectator tickets may be purchased for 25c. The new $290,000 Kaw River bridge will be formally opened today. Ex-Governor George H. Hodes will speak average in the last term is 2 (B) or above. The Kaman suggests that a senior be excused from his last fall in all "30" or above, subjects, provided his daily autumners are urged to go to the student hospital to be vaccinated for small pox, which is now spreading over the state. Prof. D. L. Patterson purchased department while the history department was being built. These books arrived during the holidays, and will be ready for use in classrooms. The men's and women's club of the University will present "The Chimes of Normandy" at the Bowersock theater next Monday. TAXI 25c 12 TAXI HUNSINGER HILLSIDE PHARMACY 35c --- Wednesday Menu --- 35c 9th Ind. Roast Beef with Brown Gravy Roast Perk with Apple Sauce Vegetable soup **Main Potatoes** Hot Bain Marie or Crust Bread Stacks Dessert - Baked Apple or Ice Cream Milk Shake I'll Say We Are Glad to See U Back 1017 Mass. 11 W. 9th Also will be glad to fix your shoes for bad weather. 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