PAGE TWO . UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE, KANSAS EDITOR-IN-CHEIF PHIL KEFLER GPIO GPIO MANAGING EDITOR Jackson KNACK Business Editor Compete Editor Martha Lawrence Smart Editor Smart Editor Kristen Kruss Secret Editor Secret Editor Margaret Ine Chief Executive Exchange Editor Utility Manager ADVERTISING MANAGER ROBERT REID District Assistant Charles T. Svender Kenman Board Members Ahmann Board / Hammers Pill Ketler Robert Reed Robert Whitman Robert Lefkowitz Jacob林 Feeding Foam Mindful Currer Marsha Ward Lacie Hackney Lucile Laude Telephones Pasture Office K.U. 66 News Room K.U. 24 Night Connection, Business Office 2701K1 Night Connection, News Room 2701K3 Published in the afternoon, four times a week, and on Sunday morning, by students in the Department of Journalism of the University of Kansas, from the Department of the Journalism. Subscriptions by mail, by mail: 54.00; by carrier in Lawrences for 1913.12.33; $58.00. Signature copies, Inc. Entered as treasury office at Lawrence, Kans., under act 19 of the secretary at Lawrence, Kansas, under act 3 of March, 1879. WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 28,1931 DEATH, THE UNANSWERABLE Yesterday death, that dread spectre which respects no man, stalked into a hospital in New Haven. When it went out again it took with it the life of a young man, just in the prime of his existence, who had been batting bravely for forty-nine hours to keep that spectre from his doom. He went bravely, as bravely as he had fought to keep from going. This young man, Dick Sheridan, a cadet at West Point, suffered a broken neck in the Army-Yale football game Saturday, and since that time had waged a losing fight against death. At his bedside were representatives from Yale and West Point, watching tensely as the machine in which the boy lay beat out its rhyme in a vain attempt to nurse the flickering spark of life in his body. Dick Sheridan died from injuries received in a football game, a game in which he and 21 other youths were battling for the edification of thousands of spectators. It is inevitable that there will be those who will immediately cry out for the abolition of the game; that there will be those who will demand the blood of every football enthusiast in the country. True, the death of Dick Sheridan was a tragedy, both to his parents and his associates, but such a fact should not mean that the sport is an evil and should be abolished. Football is a rough and trying game. It demands adequate protection and caretaking for the participant before he can play with safety. But by some totally unforeseen freak turn in the game Dick Sheridan came off the field with a broken neck. There should be no hue and cry raised on the trail of college football. Instead, the authorities of our gridirons should take steps to see that such accidents as this one are cut off at their source. We cannot guard against the inevitable, but we can prevent the preventable. We note that the human body is composed of over 75 per cent water. That makes a lot of people almost complete washouts, doesn't it? AUTUMN Autumn is a season. It is sometimes called fall. It always comes between summer and winter. It generally starts with the World Series and ends with the Thanksgiving football game, when winter begins. Autumn is that time of the year when the ducks fly south; the trees get red; the nuts get ripe; and we can't go swimming any more, because the water is too cold. Some noted days in autumn are Halloween and Christmas. The front gates roost on telephone poles, door bells get rung, and the chief-of-police gives warnings about what is going to happen to people who do such things. Thanksgiving is a lovely day for everyone but the turkey. The worst feature about autumn is the law that makes boys and girls go to school just at the time when the nuts are ripe, the woods are keen, and to be outdoors is the desire of all the gang. Gee, wouldn't it be great to be a kid again and be able really to enjoy the beauty of nature? Wish a person could at least play hookeley in a while and forget about the terrible mid-semesters and all of those other bothersome cares for an hour or two of boyhood bliss and contentment! This "frost on the pumpkin" sort of thing may be all right, but what about the "frost on the zinna"? OUR LATEST TIDBIT One of the many glaring faults of which the modern newspaper has been accused is being very plainly brought to the public notice. That is the habit of too much display of crime and nauseating content, dangerously evident in the exploitation of the so-called "trunk murders." The woman, Winnie Ruth Judd, who they claim killed her two roommates and shipped their bodies away in trunks, is being spread over the entire front page of all the collective newspapers in America. How she acted when her wounded hand was dressed, how she walks and talks, how she refuses to answer all questions has been handed to the public in overdoses. The gory details may be good news; they may attract readers, but what good newspaper wants readers at the expense of such a display of the lack of good taste? When so-called conservative papers spread such news over their front page it is high time that the newspapers accorded some recognition to the criticisms. "In the fall a young man's fancy still turns to thoughts of love. ANOTHER "STRANGE INTER LUDE" O'Neill, the irrepressible, again has blossomed forth with a play, this time one of "14 acts, which makes the "Strenge Interude" seem like a fifteen minute intermission. He starts this one at four o'clock in the afternoon and finishes it some time the next week, weather permitting. The versatile O'Neill uses neither aside speeches nor masks in his new drama, but to offset this obvious shortcoming he manages to kill off three of the four principals before the week is over. One of these killsings is accomplished by means of poison, but the other two are just simple suicides, although the means to the end in those cases may have been arsenic or strychnine. And the title! He calls his latest effort "Mourning Becomes Electra" for no good reason at all as far as we are able to see, and the fortunate Electra is the only one not dead at the end of the 14 acts. We'll have to hand it to O'Neill, he certainly has that old ballyhoy instinct that made the oldtime patent medicine salesmen such a wow. If he can pack them in for a fourteen-act play and make them like it he's little short of a genius. It must be good though, for the news dispatch says that three of the players received ovations from the afternoon-night audience. It would have to be good to get a response out of an audience which had been watching the same play for ten hours. When one's neighbor comes on the street waving a flag and declaring that "We want food," the fact that there is hunger and privation in the world becomes more than a bedtime story. The Sophisticated Sophomore remarks that these autumn leaves may look very well on the trees, but wait till you have to rake them up. On the other hand, it may be another manifestation of the gulibility of the American public. cold fact, which demands our soberest thinking. THE HUNGER MARCH The march to Jefferson City to demand relief measures by Governor Caulfield brings us face to face with the fact that these many charity drives which are starting are not something else which the Welfare League has started as a pastime, but a hard, The march which was named to Jefferson City may have been only a communistic outburst, but the fact still remains that people must have food and clothing and shelter. That march wasn't staged without a motive of some sort, and we are ready to believe that want was at least one motive. Next time one of the charity workers comes up to you for your seat, and think of the hunger burden to Jefferson City, and the fact that your neighbor might have been a participant in just such a march if it had been staged in your town. Campus Opinion Last year and the year before our team had what might be termed a winning game, a running game every game they go into their are the underdog. As Steve Hibsaw said a few evening ages ago: "they've been breaking their courage, their bones, and everything else; and instead of getting ready to fight, they need, they need, they get a kick on the shin." Editor Daily Kansan: --the membership committee of Quill club will meet this evening at 7 a.m. at 1101 Missouri street. CLINTON YOUNG. I am not saying all this without authority, because any Kansas team that holds Nebraska, who lost to the Chicago Bears, will have things they have. And what is done about all this, may I ask? Nothing much materially. Of course every Kansas is for the team in spirit, but why would you want to sacrifice the chance of that spirit, which will help the team, and go half way with them, as they are going more than half way with us, by giving one more cheer for those valiant Kansans called the footsies. Edwin C. Jeffries. "Philippine Freedom Must Wail" Washington, Oct. 27 - (UP) - President Hoover, talking to newspaper men at his regular bi-weekly press conference, said the Philippine dependence cannot be granted until economic independence and governmental stability of the islands can be insured. Even ads carry news, read them. The advanced standing commission will meet Thursday at Henley house at 4.30. Alfreda Birolla Batmanite will speak. JOSEPHINE MAXELL, Chairman. ADVANCED STANDING AND UPPER-CLASS WOMEN: OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XIX Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1931 No. 41 There will be an all-University convention Thursday at 16 o'clock in the University auditorium. E. H. LINDLEY, ALL-UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION: All members are asked to be at the Frerking Studio, 1023 Massachusetts street, at 6:30. Thursday, evening. A. S.M.E.： M. W. Voughtlander of the Union Wire Rope corporation will give an interesting illustrated lecture at the regular meeting Thursday evening at 7:35 p.m. in Room 1024 of the University Library. EL ATENEO: Habra una zsession del E Alteo el juves, 21 29 de octubre, a las cuatro o media de la cadena en 113 Administration building. W. CURNUTT, Secretaria. KU KU MEETING: There will be a short meeting Thursday evening in the Union building at 7:30. All members are required to attend. DAVE NEWCOMER KAYHAWK CLUB: There will be a special meeting of the Kaybay club immediately following the vanity this evening, in room 5. Union building. MANIAMUS President PATRICK L. MCMANUS, President. MEN'S PHYSICAL ABILITY TEST: First make up period of morn's physical ability test will be conducted Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 a.m. in room 101 Robinson gymnasium. L EDUCATION FOR MEN. By HERBERT G. ALLPHIN. NOON LUNCHEON FORUM: Thursday room Dr. George A. Coe, Columbia University, will speak on the topic, "War, Peace, and the Religion of the Churches" in the university cafeteria dining room: Tickets to the luncheon may be arranged for at 121 Friar hall, or by telephone 380. WALTER TROMBOLD, Chairman. QUILL MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: QUILL CLUB: LA CLEVELAND There will be no regular general meeting this week. CLINTON YOUNG CLINTON YOUNG. TALKS ON LITERATURE FOR FRESHMEN Miss Myra Hall will give a lecture on 'The Pioneer Theme in Contemporary American fiction' at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 28, in room F904 Froner Hall. NELLIE BARNES, Chairman. WEDNESDAY NIGHT VARSITY: Regular Wednesday night variety will be held in the Union building this evening from 7 to 8 o'clock. NEWMAN JFEFFEY. WHY CLUB: Dr. George Albert Coe will speak on "What Can the Colleges Contribute to Permanent World Peace?" in central Administration auditorium, Thursday at 10 a.m., The University of Iowa. For more information, visit iu.edu/college. NOTICE to Campus Politicians Reservations of space for political advertising in the Daily Kansan should be made at the Kansan business office before 5 p.m. of the day before publication and before 5 p.m. Friday for Sunday's paper. Unless such reservation is made, acceptance of the advertising is subject to space limitations and volume of advertising already ordered by regular advertisers. Complete copy must be in the Kansan business office not later than 8:20 a. m. of the day of publication or 8:20 a. m. Saturday for Sunday's paper. All political advertising in the Kansan must be paid for in advance at the time the space is reserved. University Daily Kansan Mat. 25c Nite 35c Kiddies 10c PATEE WHERE FIG PICTURES PLAY Shows 3-7-9 ENDS TONITE "PAGAN LADY" with Evelyn Brent - Conrad Nagel - Charles Bickford ADDED Wheeler and Woolsey in "OH! OH! CLEOPATRA" To-Morrow! and Friday Hit After Hit and Still They Come! This Otavus Roy Cohen Story Has Everything. Nuf Shed. Bill Boyd in "THE BIG GAMBLE" Have You Ever Earn a Mightier Cast of Favorites? Warner Oland-Dorothy Sebastain-James Gleason Zuran Plits - William Collier Jr. Added-Coomby - Cartoon - Novelty - News Events Starts Monday Ann Harding Devotion Don't Miss. Our Big Halloween Midnite Frolic Here's a Distinctively COLLEGE Type of TOPCOAT It's the Coat that will be prominently popular among college men this Fall and consequently adopted by the younger dressers everywhere. It's in single or double-breasted models of the box coat order with belt back. $30 Others $18.50 to $45