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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE. KANSAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1921
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1931
TWO GLOBE-TROTTERS HALT FOR THE EVENING
Two American itineraries are with us today. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd has conquered more exploratory than any other living man; not content with an expedition that was the first to examine the North Pole authentically, he later penetrated the fastnesses of the South Pole, and despite the divergence in geography, he found the weather much the same in both places.
Knute K. Rocke, our other guest,
has confined his traveling to more temperate zones, but with a band of young men who represent Notre Dame in intercollegiate football, he has journeyed east and west, north and south. Like Rear Admiral Byrd, his success has been phenomenal. He has gathered no moss, but the sound trouncings his proteges have administered to opponents has been so thoroughly exploited that no repetition is needed here.
For his services to humanity, Rear Admiral Byrd has received numerous distinguished medals. In recognition of his coaching prowess, Mr. Rocke has been presented with many cups and plaques. Tonight, here, in Lawrence, we shall be given the chance to hear both men speak.
AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The two will pursue their journey following their respective lectures.
Pickpockets were also hung at that time for their evilidols, for the sake of deterrence, as a terrible warning to other pickpockets. But somehow or other, the hanging of a pickpocket on the public gibbet—a spectacle which always attracted a large crowd—failed to deter pickpockets at all, and lucky was the man who watched the hanging of a notorious rogue without having the contents of his own pockets removed during the excitement of the execution.
A hundred years or so ago England exacted the penalty of death by hanging for anyone who stole a haf of bread. This measure, it was explained by the upholders of the status quo, prevented the stealing of bread—it deterred crime, so they urged, by presenting to the minds of criminals vivid pictures of what would happen to them if they acted contrary to the laws of England.
The appeal to fear as a basis of living rightfully is a symptom of a barbary society. Jonathan Edwards used the same theme almost 200 years ago in the field of religion when he described the tortures the unbelievers and infidels would suffer in Hell after their deaths. His sermon, "Simmers in the Hands of an Angry God," which called on his flock to repent of its disbeliefs, is a terrible description of what would happen to his followers if they continued in their old evil ways.
But somehow Jonathan Edwards and his ideas have been discarded. Pick-pockets are no longer hanged. Society has progressed beyond the point of appealing to a man's fears. "Be good, you will suffer," is not our modern idea of correction. It is an idea that has never really worked.
For these reasons, it is to be sincerely hoped that the Senate will not pass or the Governor will not sign the bills to restore capital punishment to this state. Kansas has been a humane and civilized state for 60 years. There is no reason to return to barbarism.
THE CIRCUS THAT IS CONGRESS
In Big Bill Thompson's political machine Chicago is assured its menagerie, while on a national scale the American people have arena seats for their Congress. Right now Congress is engaged in a terrific squubble—whether it should make appropriations to the extent of 25 million dollars for relief of its drought sufferers.
President Hoover and the house republicans are against appropriating federal funds for that purpose; nor do they want to compromise. On the other hand the Democrat-insurgent group is becoming so belligerent as to make an extra session almost inevitable. Hoover is dubbed by his opponents a humanitarian imposter, while they themselves shout their pity for our starving people. Startling and brave sputterings of "You're a liar," and the echo, "Did you mean me?" abound in the show.
Despite governmental excuses for the existence of Congress, that organization has long been the source of much amusement to its spectators. In atmosphere it varies really from that of a tent show to a race track. There evolution has received its greatest impetus, with a colorful display of horrtory monkeys, blinding elephants, and mules in the offering wait for an opportunity to put on a few kicks of their own. There is a dish and a sense of sawdust about it all that makes it the most intriguing of political games. For the race track parallel there is the side betting that goes on, the rumors of unfairness, poor sportsmanship, and the sight of hostlers grooming their best allies for finals.
And although it has many markings of the circus, our Congress never has had the word "tigerish" applied to it or any of its members. There is nothing fierce about it despite beckling speeches, flying recriminations, and threats of fist-fights. As our friend George Bundle would say, "Him, the only thing tigerish about that baby is the yellow streak down his back."
It would not be fair to say that Congress shouldn't be. For it does purport to represent a government that is democratic—a form that has always appealed to Americans. And, if it sometimes is only a good circus or side show, we still have our state legislatures, which right now are helping to solve the national wrangle by putting through appropriation bills for the relief of their own drought sufferers.
According to Representative Hamilton Fish, Jr., there are 500,000 red sympathizers in this country. But fashion experts still decree slate greys and cocoa browns.
B. AND G.
How spick and span campus is looking. Now that nothing really has to be, hope it's time to stroll around and see the stuff at the Hill that are being made on the Hill.
Buildings and Grounds is busty at work on the rope by the Union building—half a dozen men with a plow arrange to a tractor, and two horse shovels. Squares of sod are stacked up nearby to be laid when the ground is ready. Down in the basement of the Union building they're sifting and cementing hollow tiles for a new room.
At spooner-Thayer a workman high on a scaffolding is viewing concrete in the cracks between the stones of the outside wall. At the back of the chemistry building the negro jason is polishing windows until they glisten "Jantors get cold washing windows in winter, like anybody else," he says, "but these spring days are fine."
What an energetic person B. and G has been. It's put in new street lights, mended the roads and the wide sidewalks, prumed the trees and the spiny leaves, painted the orange space-markers or automobiles lined on the terrace. In green Hall, swept Marvin's growl in short, it's made all outside shipbuilding.
Inside it been housecleaning—mopping floor—dusting, washing black-faced furniture.
Inside it's been housecleaning-mopping floors, dusting, washing blackboards, mending broken chairs, fixing windowpanes and door handles.
Buildings and Grounds is garder, electrician, plumber, gas man, express man, engineer, and housekeeper all in one. It pumps water, it produces electric light, it trucks in supplies. It does almost everything that ever was heard of. It oils the wheels of the University and makes them go 'round.
JAY JANES;
there will be a meeting of Jay Jones Monday at 4:30 in the rest room of central Administration building. SHIRELLE CASEYER, President
OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN
Vol XXVII
Friday, Feb. 6, 1931
No. 100
SPECIAL TAX PROBLEMS CLASS:
Students who are enrolled in special tax problem will meet Tuesd, Feb.
10, at 2:30 in room 118 Administration building. D. J. TEVIOTDALE.
Y. M.-Y.W. MIXER;
The all-University mixer will not be held because of the conflict with Admiral Byrd's lecture.
MERRILL, HAAS and
MERRILL HAAS and JOSEPHINE MAXWELL, Chairmen.
Y. W.C.A.；
A very important meeting of all Y.W.C.A. members will be held Tuesday
Feb. 10, at 2:30 in Fraser Theater.
Next Flu Epidemic Year May Be 1932, Life Insurance Company Prophesies
ESTHER CONGER, Chairman Meetings Committee
New York-A slight increase in influenza this year over last year, with no big outbreak until 1632, is the probable forecast for this disease based on a survey of the past 10 years made by Metropolitan Life Insurance company.
The statisticians of the company poln
REVIVAL FOR "DRAMMER"
With revivals of "drammer" seemingly definitely established as an annual event on the campus, there remain only one thing to make the affair complete. That thing is a "revival" audience.
Some efforts along these lines were made last night when the super-villain David Carter, was hissed. The intensity of this hostility on the part of the audience became greater as the play progressed, but unfortunately the sophistication of a University group was too great to permit this to be particularly genuine.
Joe Carson--ah, there was a villain—escaped with a hiss. Now what did he deserve if not strong indications of disapproval as began to torment the 'air Bertha Banscome as she lay tied to the railroad tracks in her seemingly final moments of life?
And what, if not appause (including cheers), would have been appropriate when the fair young hero, Philip Hamilton, appeared from behind a rock—when a few minutes before he had evidently bit all track of his darling—foiled the villainy and rescued her by stopping the fast mail–or was it the express—just before it reached her?
Now we enjoyed chuckling, and occasionally laughing outright, last night, but how much more fun it would have been had we been able to shout, cheer and applaud as the plot unfolded itself. Perhaps we should have been so far able to forget ourselves as to grip the armrests of our seats as the denouncement continued.
"Let's reive" the audience in a big
The Kansas Legislature content
agree on the recent "branding iron"
bill, and promptly laid it aside. Perhaps
they were heeding that old saying
that a man could have too many irons in the fire at the same time.
Let's "revive" the audience in a big way.
just that because 10 years is not a very long time in the history of the disease, it doesn't necessarily do not exactly fit into the picture of a three-year cycle, no debacle predicts. But as a rule of thumb, COPD shows that every three years since 1920 has seen a big increase in the cases
The big years, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1928, were followed by two years of comparatively two cases of the disease. The year 1925 was the year your cycle, which indicates that it may stand alone as an exception to the rule.
“If the general character of the tripsions of annual waves observed in the park is one that indicates itself in the future, then the year 1920 with its low death rate from influenza would be typical in its position immediately following that high crest of 1923 when most of the floods would be followed in 1931 by a wave of somewhat higher but still moderate crest; and the year 1932 would then follow with another maximum dearthrate, not unaffected again for two years thereafter.”
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