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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1930
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
University Daily Kansan
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Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
EDITOR IN-CHIEP    FRANK McCLELAND
Associate Editor.   Jack MORRIS
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1930
THE LEGION AND PREPAREDNESS
When Private Post was here last year, he convinced most of us that the glorification of war and soldiery which begins in infancy is one of the major causes of war. As children, we play with lead soldiers; we read about heroic exploits of warriors in the post; we hear speeches extolling that patriotism which leads men to fight for their country. Even in Horace, that gentle poet, we write "Dales et decreum est pro patria mori."
We do not hear the futility of war, the sordidness of it, and the drudgery. We see dimly after a war its effects on human nature, its brutality, prejudice, arousing emotionalism. Sometimes some of us read "The Red Badge of Courage" or "Im Westen Nichts Nieues" or "Journey's End." and we see the conflict as it really is. But on the whole we are stirred with loyalty for our country and its soldier heroes.
The American Legion, meeting in Boston, urges preparedness and an increased army, encouragement of rifle practice and extension of military training in schools. The Legion still bases its hopes of security for this country in constant use of the more effective, surer methods of internationalism and good will.
We are sorry that soldiers should not yet be disillusioned about war. It threatens civilization, nothing less. We trust that in time the Legion and the public at large come to learn that our greatest security comes from our righteousness and justice, not from our belligerence.
In order that the business depression may be cured, thousands of men in New York are wearing blue buttons inscribed with "Business is Good." If this were in Chicago 75 per cent of them probably would be undertakers.
ORGANIZED SNOBBERY
Democracy is a word we hear practically every day. We think of ourselves as living in a great democratic country where everyone possesses equal rights. We consider our state a democratic western state where all are hale and hearty and friendly to the stranger.
However, dear freshman, disillusion yourself. One of the most important institutions of the state, our University, does not by any means stand as a grand and glorious symbol of that democracy. It is snobbish. Although it is a western school whose students come largely from the families known as "our great American people," it has some of the most rigid social distinctions of any institution in the country.
We have three separate and distinct castes on the hill; those belonging to Greek letter organizations that "rate," those belonging to organizations that do not "rate," and the lowly creatures belonging to no Greek letter social group at all.
In order to keep their social standing at its highest peak, the groups that "rate" find it often necessary to keep a list for their pledges of eligible sororalties and fraternities in which they can date. Anyone who dates below the black line is virtually a social failure and is no asset to his fraternity at all. On the other hand, that dates above the black line near the very top of the list, is in the eyes of the other sisters or brothers, a complete social success, and almost a fit subject to be presented at the royal court.
Truly great people are not snobs. As Individuals, the majority of us do not think we are so much better than
others. Our castes are due to the competition for status among our fraternities and sororites.
The man who was going to dream himself, decided not to because the water was too cold, and then proceeded to fall off the pier, us make its思 of the day we decided to cut class and then changed our mind and went and the professor gave a shotgun.
A TRAGEDY IN SCOTLAND
Scotland has had a major disaster; a stranger drove up to a river the older day and sleeveless threw his golf implementa into the stream. He then proceeded to a nearby religious revival. The only witness, an elder, made no protests, indeed was wordless, buoy fishing them out.
What strange incentive prompted such? Wan it religious? The fact that the golfer immediately proceeded to a revival would indicate that it was. But we besitate to blame the church when we have no proof. The gentleman might have considered his motive religious when, in fact, the church had nothing to do with it. We prefer that explanation.
Is there no modern Shakespeare to interpret this modern tragedy of Scotland, this newer Macbeth? Here is a crise; let the literary genius step forth to celebrate it. Here is, perhaps, avatism, reversion to type; some long unknown ancestor of this person must have had a strain of foreign blood in him.
Still, we know about how he felt. Perhaps the golf course he had tried to play on was about like our own campus affair. Potter Lake is, so far as we can see, provided just for such an emergency as the Scot was in. We should not be surprised to see an epidemic of club-throwing in the near future.
Margaret Johnson, who made $235 in a crp game, was given $15. Even at that she made enough for two to live on for awhile.
WHY DIEASE COLLEGE?
War and college have probably been the subject of more unfortunate books and movies than any other institution in recorded history. Can has been clarified, the other debased. The men who actually fought in the trenches and the students who take an active part in college life retain the memories of those experiences as something never to be adequately shared with outsiders. Naturally the great masses of people who read the current novels and attend the movies have very distorted compressions of college life. Apparently even the few college people who make literary efforts have cramped their works with the immaterial things and apparently sought to deceive the character of college men and women in response to the public craving.
Philosophers tell us that good and evil are inseparable, and we realize that both elements are present on the college campus today; but it is time that someone pointed out a few of the real characteristics of the modern university before the public comes to the conclusion that its children would probably be better off to remain at home.
The list of things the government buys each year would fill a book of 600 pages. Some college coeds check books would make that list look rick.
THE CHURCH AND EUGENICS
Gloean Demy Isa, so called, stresses he need of the church to consider eunics as a method of improving humanity. It is a sin, he says, for knowledge to be available and yet to be overlooked because of indifference or das.
As religion becomes increasingly social, the churches who lead consider more and more such questions as birth control, social work, economic conditions, education, and heredity. The churches who lag, in defense, turn to the old time religion and try to effect a return of the times when Heaven and Hell and the Love of God were the only subjects, in addition to morals, prohibition, and politics, legitimately within their province.
But the tide rolls on and carries all churches who wish to survive into a consideration of the factors that cause social adjustment and maladjustment and into investigation of the ways and means to improve these factors for a better humanity.
Religion seems definitely to have turned from other-worldliness to this-worldliness. The idea of a gold crown in Paradise has been cast aside. The causes of crime, prejudice, poverty, vain ignorance and similar evils are the future concerns of the church.
*The founder of a new eagle*, I leave us.
Talkey Unable to Sing Here—headline.
Some have been so unkind to
suggest that she retired to her farm because she was also unable to sing in New York.
AUTUMN
The leaves are falling in great drifts. No matter what botany may say, it is pleasant to believe that summer is dripping them gently to protect the living things from chilling North Wind's fingers.
There's an old urge to scuff along in the yellow and brown blanket of leaves, and to hear them rattle and clatter against each other.
where walnuts or "kons" grow, and "they let you get 'em free." There's memory of climbing tall trunks, of throwing clubs, and of stripping the trees of their fruit while red squirrels sould from higher branches.
There's a hint of woodsmoke in the crisp breeze (or perhaps it is only imagination), and there's red and orange in the ivy leaves.
And with the thought of falling leaves comes the thought of nuts and of long trump to out a certain grove
CAMPUS BLOTCHES
We can't decide who lives the hardest life, Tarzan or Ella Cinders.
OLD SNOW
Old Snow is gay with the rest of us, or perhaps she is only putting up a brave front these cries Autumn days. She seems to stand like a bad woman, brave in her sorrow and sorrow, yet a little drooping and weary.
The leaves are falling in great drift of innumerable, indescribable tints.
Late at night, overhead someplace. geese honk on their way south.
The dull gray of her looks out through the red, yellow and orange of her autumnal lily finery, and she seems to be ready to comfort for a while in her memories.
Old Snow is gay for a day or two
The Men's Student Council is to be commended for its determination to remove signboards from the campus. They by no means beautify the Hill. Perhaps the most incongruous effect we have is the signboard of the School of Fine Arts which looms large upon the horizon as the secker after truth reaches the top of Fourteenth street. If the athletic department had erected a monstrosity, the Fine Arts department would shrug its shoulders if (a faculty has any shoulders), are
declare that aesthetics could not, of course, be expected to be found in an athletic office. But for the Fine Arts themselves to do such a thing -alain
We Americans destroy our scenery with little compaction if we can profifiably advertise our meetings, ourselves, or our goods. The beauty of our scenery is made more useful with such products of the postmaster's art as "Do-Funny Sings Toinie" or "There Will Be a Meeting of the Insignificants Sometimes or Other—You Are Invited" or "Rally Tomorrow" or other similar cappetiennes.
These signs could be taken down and stuck inside of buildings with little or no loss to anyone. In addition to their removal, we recommend again to the Men's Student Council that it destroy the Commons building as a nightmare extraordinary.
The radio station of WCFL, Chicago, operated by the Chicago Federation of Labor, is fighting not only for its own rights but for the rights of labor. It is trying to secure for itself the channel now occupied by WGN and for 50,090 watts power.
LABOR'S SHARES
In Chicago, six big stations are operating on cleared channels. They are controlled by a group of capitalists whose chief thought is getting certain advertised products on the air. The mouthpiece of organized labor is reinforced by a loud power, while the public is fed much power, while the high-powered stations, t
It seems reasonable that a station representing the organized labor of the country should be of more importance and of importance to a larger number of people than a station whose chief function is to spread such knowledge as "Reach for a Lucky Instead of a Sweet," or, "You need no longbe to-old you have an expensive foot."
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Campus Opinion
Wil "J.-F. C, K. U.," convey to the "personal attention" of the editor-in-chief of the Kansan his name? It will be hold absolutely secret, but without it his communication cannot be printed in the rules of the Campus Opinion column.
The Kansas
Editor Daily Kansan;
The word "Tradition" always causes us to become suspicious. Its many fine connotations are so daftened by its use that they are often used by those they are that we begin to look for further motives when the word is used in conversation, justify freshman hearing on the Hill.
We are told that the cap tradition is a fine thing in that it imbues the newcomers with a class unity and loyalty to the University. We are led to be encouraged by authorized upperchaperons is thus aptitude as well as hilariously funny.
It is to uphold noble traditions or to catch a forgetful freshman that ribbons are required only on the days before and of football games?
And yet we wonder—
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OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN
Vol. XXVII 庆, Oct. 10, 1930 No. 24
All women interested in the Women's Rifle Team register in Powder Shop Oct. 13, 14 and 15. WILMA BRINK, Captain.
WOMEN'S RIFLE TEAM:
MACDOWELL FRATERNITY
The first month of the year will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 8:15 in room 3B west Administration building. Attendance is required. There will be no rehearsal or training on Thursday.
Is it with the desire to imbue loyalty that first-year men are required to礼娶 the K. U. colora when they are displayed or is it with the hope that some freemain may not see the flag in its conspicuously inconspicuous place or may step over the deadling unobscured along a crack in the edewalk?
And finally, how strong is the flag tradition which permits the colors to which freshmen have been so careful to give due obeisance, to wave in the open long after the paddlers have disposed their weapons for the night?
Our Contemporaries
The Paddle at Kansas
We are glad that the upper classen at the University of Kansas are not to be intimidated by an anonymous letter. They have been invited to the "committee of 31" and suspended the paddling of first-year men, the effect upon undergraduate discipline has been established. One who has ever gone to college is aware, freshmen are just naturally objectionable. They come from home in a different state than their elders. They always have an exaggerated sense of, their own importance and their ignorance is incredible. At least that is the tradition in precisely every college. so it must be
Campus Comment
If there are any people that have the impression that K. U. students drive big cars and put on airstrikes arctic air, Lawrence is not there. Lawrence when some of these wealthy Indians are here.
HUNSINGER
TAXI
Chester Agency PHONE 12
If life is to be bearable for the rest of the undergraduate body, it is essential that students place each year as quickly as possible. That is the humane purpose of such rules as those governing the teaching and learning process, nothing, without some means of enforcing them, and freshmen are impassioned to reasoning. They require more training and discipline thanangible. Properly wielded, in fact, might be called the essence of timelessness; this is perhaps past has thereby acquired the moral beauties of humility and obedience. Obviously the "commission of M.D." does not call for a student to paddle, but that is no reason why the student council should deactivate the great character-building exercise.
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OPENING CONCERT University Concert Course
CLAUDIA MUZIO
One of the great dramatic sopranos of the world today
UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM Monday Evening, October 13, 1930 8:20 o'clock
Single Admissions Now Selling at $2.00, $1.50, and $1.00
Round Corner Drug Store - Bells Music Store - School of Fine Arts Office. K. U.
For but $3.75, $5.00, or $6.00, according to location a SEASON TICKET may be purchased to hear the world's great musical talent, including Albert Spalding, violinist, Myra Hess, pianist, Van Vliet, cellist, Maier and Partition, two-piano recital and the Tipica Mexican Orchestra. Good seats are yet available.
the Student Activity Ticket admits to these great concerts. Reservations should be made at once, however, at the Fine Arts Office.
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