1 PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1931 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSA LAWRENCE, KANAS EDITOR-IN-CHEEP PHIL KEELER MANAGING EDITOR JOE NACHAN Make Up Editor Bob Whitman Computer Editor Dana Stewart Image Editor Larry Steinberg Night Edition Doug Liebert Story Editor David Wagner Tellagger Laurent White Alumni Edition Melissa Brown Alumni Editorial Allen Coffey ADVERTISING MANAGER...ROBERT REEL Phill Kuster Jon Kusch Robert Reed Fred Flaming Robert Whitman Mildred Curtis Mary Warren Melissa Ward Lake Hatcher Lucille Bluestone Business Office KU. 66 News Room KU. 25 Night Connection, Business Office 1701K Night Connection, News Room 1701K Published in the afternoon, for times a work, and on Sunday morning, by students in the Department of Journalism of the University of Kawai, from the Press of the Department of Journalism. Lawrence price by mail $40.00 by caro. Lawrence for 1913.12, $1.50. Single app. $6. Entered as second-class master September 18, 1913.12, at Lawrence Kramer, Kansas,贴 of March 3. 1879. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1931 U. S. MAKES PEACE MOVE Recently Secretary Stimson sent notes to Japan and China, urging cessation of hostilities, withdrawal of troops, and avoidance of acts which might interfere with attempts to settle the dispute peacefully. The situation is complicated and loaded with dynamite. Both Japan and China have a right, under treaty powers, to keep troops in Manchuria; and the most recent complication is the agitation, by Mongolia and China, for a split Manchuria, to which Japan has turned a daef ear. Japan has ostensibly accepted the urges of the League of Nations and the United States to cease hostilities, but reports of fighting continue. It seems to desire a peaceful settlement by negotiation between the two countries rather than by a neutral commission appointed by the League, as desired by China. The League officials are optimistic despite many criticisms, especially from Russia. They said missions were moving slowly to a peaceful settlement under the watchful eye of the United States and the League. Unless the matter is settled promptly the disarmament conference, which will meet at Geneva next February, will very likely be of little or no value. Secretary Stimson's note has been very widely interpreted. Some regard it as a stern rebuke to Japan; others as just the influence needed to bring about a prompt, peaceful settlement. Some international leaders feel that in any future disturbance threatening peace, the tremendous influence of the United States would be thrown unfitly for pacific settlement. Stimson's note will make the American people realize, if they have not already done so, that the day of American isolation is past. Modern economic and industrial developments have intimately bound the whole world together, and for one part to try to remain isolated and foster chauvinism is likely to prove fatal. Secretary Stimson, after an honest and at least partly successful attempt to clean up our own doorstep, in the case of Nicaragua and other Central American countries, is showing that the United States can be a positive, constructive force toward international peace and good will. "The regret and very deep concern" of the American people at the Manchurian trouble, which the Secretary of State expressed in the notes to China and Japan, shows that Americans are waking up to the fact that they have tremendous international responsibilities and powers. In order to solve international problems, and a great number of our national problems, the futility of individual isolation and material aggrandizement will have to be recognized. HOW CIVILIZED? A man who escaped the death penalty for murder ten years ago in Savannah, Georgia, because he was adjudged insane, and was sent to an asylum, was declared sane by the courts recently and then sentenced to die Oct. 23. In returning a first degree湿诉 against the slayer in 1921, the jury found that he was insane but specified that the death sentences should be carried out if he ever regained sanity. What kind of judicial system do we have that will countermeasure and actually sanction such collusion and misguided errors in criminal procedure? Not only does action like that contemptulated in this case make a mockery of justice; it a and commentary on the moral judgment of the jury that originally made such a state of affairs possible and the judge who upholds so apparent an injustice. The condemned man has been cared for and nurtured by the state for the past ten years. His health has been restored and he is now, at least supposedly, a normal citizen, capable of competently discharging his duties as such. But, paradoxical as it may seem, the state is now asking that he surrender his life for a crime he committed when possessed of an unhealthy mind. Even the Romans, stern and carylous as they were, did not make such an effort to restore the health of those they had condemned to die, only to "brown them to the lions." Such a blunder is possible only in a civilized nation like our own. When the state spends time and money to build up with the purpose in view of ultimately tearing down and destroying that which it has accomplished, it should make one pause a moment to wonder how civilized a people we really are, especially when the object for destruction is a human life. IS IT WORTH WHILE? Last evening our wonderful popeat squad, the Ku Ku's, rejuvenated their membership by joyfully beating seven new pledges into submission. As in the past this group, which is made up of two members from each organization, prepare for the future sport activities by filling its ranks with men who can stand the punishment. This initiation which we understand, is very impressive both physically and mentally, is a sight not only for the hopeful but also for those living within several blocks of the well known paddle trail on and near the Hill. These new men are paddled almost continuously until either the activities become exhausted or the new paddles' endurance proves insufficient to stand the ordal. The concluding ceremony is one of which any organization may be proud, but to have a group of new men so fatigued that they are hardly able to stand up is hardly calculated to promote respect for the ritual. A little fun is a very good thing; br A little fun is a very good thing; but sheer brutality is another matter. NOW IS THE TIME . Now is the time for every good man to come to the aid of his fire. If all the type writers on which that line has been written were placed end to end they would reach from here to Hokoken, with enough left over to supply copy for the latest edition of Weslater's immortal classic. If all were placed in one pile the monument thus erected would put to shame the historic tower of Babel. And now that that's settled can any one tell us why those particular lines were chosen to be immoralized by generations of typists? Is there any wise one among us who can step forward and say, "Yes, I know. I have delved into history and discerned the secret. It goes like this -- -" We confess that we are groping in the dark, striking a blind alley at every turn. It's staggering to think of the immerity of the thing. Almost impossible to visualize the thousands and thousands of persons who commence the day with those immortal words; now is the time. Some statistician should take it upon himself to investigate the phenomenon and give the facts to a painting world. But then he turns on him grim, glaly, but also undying gratitude of thousands like ourselves, who are seeking for the truth in a maze of ignorance. So we make a last pathetic appeal. Can anyone help us? Will anyone come to our rescue? Now is the time for you. Is it safe and true-to-ob, or, ok, barn it all anyway? Our Contemporaries Having started at the very beginning of American colleges. Education was a focus of our work. The Greek was the basis then of the curriculum and most students were pre-graduate. An American university, tradition, hazing, is disappearing. It is with a tinge of regret that collegians watch this one unquestioned institution fade into reality. AS HAZING DISAPPEARS Students were young—much younger than today's collegians. Horsesplay design started in 1958, thus started the childish pranks which new mature men administer and call it *bucking*. The K. U. band will meet at the stadium at 7:15 Wednesday evening in full uniform to play for the freshman invitation. The band will also rehearse Thursday night. OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XXIX Monday, September 28, 1931 No. 15 El Atenece celebraba un reunion los proximos, el I de octubre, a las cuatro y media en la sailla del A3 del Acud. Todos los miembros del dia invitados han sido presentados. EL ATENEO: BAND: There will be an important meeting of the Knights and Squires at 4:30 Tuesday. Please be present. CLINTON YOUNG. FENCING CLUB: WILLELLA CURNUTT Pledges and activities of Kappa Phi are requested to meet for a hike at o'clock Tuesday evening in front of Robinson gymnasium. KAPPA PHI: An important meeting of the K club will be held in the Union building a 30 Tuesday evening. All K men please be present. K CLUB: PAUL BEARDSLEE, President Pro Tem. KAYHAWK CLUB: CLARICE SHORT. The Kayhawk club will meet tonight at 7:30 in room 5. Union building Athletics will be stressed. All non-fraternity men are welcome. PI LAMBDA THETA: Organization meeting of Pi Lambi Theta will be held Tuesday evening, Sept. 29, at 8 o'clock, in room 119 Fraser hall. All members are urged to attend. PAT McMANUS. The first meeting of the year will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the rest room of central Administration building. All members please be present. QUILL CLUB: MAC DOWELL CLUB: The first meeting of the year will be held Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 8 o'clock in the rest room of the central administration building. A discussion of business matters will be followed by a short program and refreshments. Attendance is required. RUDOLPH WENDELIN, President. MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES: Petitions to fill vacancies of representative from School of Education, representative from School of Pharmacy, and junior prom manager must be filled with the secretary of the Student Council by 12 o'clock noon Wednesday, Oct. 7, together with the usual filing fee of $1.00. Y. W.C.A. VESPER SERVICE: RUSSELL STROBEL President. Vesper musical service will be held in central Administration auditorium at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. All University women are invited. The practice is puerile as well as brutal. Is the ability to endure pain—even blistered feet—a criterion, or test a skill? Entering an institution of learning? Many an old graduate will shake his head over present day regulations and recall the good old days when freshman glorified in the ordeal of haining and cherished memories of their first year. The most famous line of late boss man is effeminate—lacking in color. Might Be Ten Years Ago Then, as now, causes of the depression were apparently a mystery, with 'little unanimity on the question. Railroads were targets for severe criticism, freight rates often being blamed for trade decreases; the high price of steel and other building construction materials was frequently declared a fundamental cause of the depression. There seems to be a tinge of regret prevalent among the student body as these students are often the ones there. There were also tings of regret when automobiles began to replace horses. The glamour of university life dies in the extra-curricular activities of college students, and it is unusual. Perhaps the day will come when universities and business schools will be identical—a day when traditions become a new institution; an efficiency becomes a new campus god. The then secretary of labor, James Davis, estimated that there were 5.7 million losses to the nation for the year ending Aug. 31, 1921, were estimated to be $6,500,000. Exports were declared fallen and should be reached with the vanishing point. San Francisco, Sept. 27 - (UP)—"Destitution, distress, bread and, soup kitchens in our larger cities are preyed on by employers of the unprecedented unemployment situation which the country now faces," said the report, in reading diaries said — just ten years ago. Depression Conditions at Present Identical to Those of 1921 ETHEL HORNBUCKLE, President. FIBBING JUSTIFIABLE ON FOUR OCCASIONS, SAYS BUTLER Boston—(IP) - Major-General Smedel D. Butler believes there are four occasions when a man is justified in telling a fib. "The first," he explained in a speech here, "is speaking of the deceased; the second, when speaking to, or of, a woman; the third, when introducing a speaker; and the fourth, when repre- senting your nation in a diplomatic contest." Arkansas City—Governor Woodring has indicated that a state lake, built by the state of Kansas for the benefit of residents of other nearby counties, will be recommended for that county if enough in-person signs are shown by the people of that county. May Secure State Lake Send the Daily Kansan home. Finger Waves 50c Also Marcelling Permanent Manicuring Manicuring A dainty purse pocket with puff and mirror given away free with a 50c box of Day Dream Powder. VANITY BEAUTY SHOP 7 W. 11th Phone 1372 Two Real Specials for Tuesday Also, 45c couettes. 2 for 54c. Subscribe for Rankin's Drug Store 11th Mass Handy for Students Phone 678 Subscribe for THE KANSAS CITY STAR "Handy for Students" Headquarters 723 Mass. H. L. Nevin Distributor PHONE 17 13 papers — 15c per week Announcement... Mr. Herbert Lohr Representing the Manufacturer Representing the Manufacturer SHAGMOOR COATS Will be in our Ready-to-Wear Department One Day Only— Tuesday, Sept. 29th With a special showing of New Fall and Winter Shagmoors. You are invited to see this interesting exhibit of high quality coats. Special orders given prompt and careful attention. APPAREL—SECOND FLOOR A 10 O'CLOCK SCHOLAR with a dime or a dollar can always gain ADMISSION TO THE "BAR" AT 10-2 & 4 O'CLOCK --at The Cafeteria Campus Comment Come in and see how easily they slip onto your shoulders, and how lightly they rest on your pocket-book! A good showing at— $25 Headline: "Lawrence citizenz learn new pajama styles at shirt-tail parade." Where have they been all summer? The New Griffon TOPCOATS Are Proof Against Chills and Criticism TAXI Others $18.50 to $35 The Best Place to Eat Is Where The Crowd Is. Because: Nothing is good enough but the best. You will find all these The food must be excellent The place clean The prices right STARTING TODAY 3 DAYS DICKINSON FIVE STAR FINAL Edward G. ROBINSON and H. B. WARNER MARION MARSH NEXT WEEK Booth Tarkington's "PENROD and SAM"