PAGE TWO UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1900 University Daily Kansan Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas EDITOR-IN-CHIEF__PRANK McCLELLANI MANAGING EDITOR...WILLIAM NICHOLE ADV. MANAGER ROBERT PIERSON Administrator Justin PIRISHMAN District Assistant District Solicitor District Solicitor District Solicitor James Kluwer Hospital Manager District Solicutor Pearl Reynolds District Solicutor Girland Management Jack Martinez Telephones Business Office K. U. 64 News Room K. U. 25 Night Connection 2701K3 Published in the afternoon, five times a week, and on Sunday morning, by students in the Department of Journalism of the University of Texas at Austin, the Fees of the Department of Journalism. Subscriptions prices, 14.00 per year, payable in advance. Single copies, to each. Entireed as second-class manuals at Lawncrest at Lawncrest, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS The significance of the recent announcement that Senators Borah and LaFollette, Republicans, would go to Montana to speak in behalf of Senator Walsh, Democrat, is not to be minimized. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1930 Borah has three denied his intention to participate, **e** campaign; but he has also **e** **d** his great sympathy and friendship for Wash. When Senator Norris, Republican, supported Al Smith, Democrat, for President two years ago, he may have be a foremeror of a realignment between our national parties. The existence of the farm bloc since about 1920 or even before has, of course, been a thrion in the side of the succeeding Republican administrations. Its members have been recruited from both Democrats and Republicans, and it has been consistently in opposition to regularism—except at election times. Now perhaps its members will desert their parties even at elections. Perhaps we shall see a new trend after these fall campaigns. Or perhaps what we shall have will only be an increased protest vote against the financial depression which has appeared under the present government. At any rate, it is unusual indeed to have Republicans support a Democrat, openly and the results may have great effect on our future political history. M. & F. Why do women always averag higher in their grades than men? The averages for the last year have not been announced yet, but women always do rank materially higher, and there is no reason to suppose that they will have failed this time. It's disturbing to us males—even to the most ardent feminists among us. We grant full equality to women; we can see with our own eyes that they function as efficiently as men in a field so thoroughly masculine as our own—journalism. We grant them full equality—but no more. And yet they always lead. Disgruntled gentlemen protest frequently that the dangerous sex are good only at book larkin'; like parrots, they say, women repeat what they read with no power to apply it. But that isn't it. We know the real reason women get better grades: it's because the great majority of instructors are men. Now if you were professoring, masculine reader, and the question of giving a grade to what little boulden came up, just what would you give her? Why, anything less than a E would be sacrilege. We don't protect. "The ladies—Goddess bless 'em!" Thackeray or some equally the gentleman proposed—that's our ..osopery, too, and we sit back in the shadows content to let them show us how. AN ANSWER TO UNAEMPLOYMENT One question of national importance requiring serious consideration is how to take care of the great number of unemployed without resorting to charity. The building of public works in slack times, like the present, would help to relieve the situation. Senator Wagner's suggestion that a fund be created for the construction of national projects in slack times would take care of many who are out of work. This policy has been tried and proven. In Roman history when the crops failed and the inhabitants flocked to the cities, the state opened its granaries and put the people to work on roads, on aqueducts, and on numerous public buildings. The Canadian government intends it do practically the same thing. It proposes to release 20 million dollars for public buildings and improvements of various sorts. President Hoover advocated the same policy but has done nothing about it to relieve the situation. The party in power is not responsible for the present condition but it is responsible if it continues. Drastic action is necessary immediately. A private concern, the Great Lakes Pipeline Company, is building a 1350 mile gasoline line from Oklahoma to Chicago, which will provide employment for 5000 men until the middle of next summer. Local labor is to be given preference. National projects of a similar nature are needed and, if provided, will help to solve the problem. Our national government is the only institution large enough to promote these projects and the cost will be divided among so great a number of taxpayers that it will hardly be noticed. In their present state, laborers are in danger of becoming public dependents. A policy of this nature, one of construction of public works in slack times, is part of a solution. THE BOY WHO DIDN'T MAKE GOOD Johnny freshman is sitting around twiddling his respective thumbs these days and gaging out the window with melancholy eyes. For him the flavor of the first few days of college life has gone. He is considering heading back to the farm and leaving the University to flounder along as best it may. For he has been disappointed, bitterly. The male Venus of Kansas University has been picked. And they overlooked Johnny. The perfect man! There lay Johnny's chance to set feminine hearts to somersaulting, femine eyes to widening in unadulterated ectasy, feminine tips to parting in open-mouthed wondement. Johnny would cut off his right arm to be the man he man, providing, course that, he could be perfect and have only one arm. Yes, it's a tough game. Some follows just naturally get the breaks and others don't. Perhaps the male venu that scored ahead of Johnny had his Grape-Nuts regularly every morning and Johnny didn't. Perhaps his mother allowed him to drink nothing but Postum after his tenth birthday. Perhaps he spent his vacations in Colorado where he had all the mineral water he could drink. Oh, well, such fickle stuff as success is made off! Police get a steer—headline. And was it a hum one? RECENT ROBBERIES It's a lowdow thief who would rob a dormitory for women working their ways through college. If there are kinds of thevery which are worse than other kinds, sneak thevery of the sort that was used to enter Watkins hall is the lowest. The "stunt" put on at Watkins hall the other night—which the old members performed a fake robbery for the entertainment of the new members—was, however, almost a deliberate invitation to the light-fingered gentry to repeat the act seriously. We seen to have heard a story once a boy who cried, "Wolf!" too often—a story which might be taken seriously to heart. Dormitories and fraternity and sorority houses are shining prospects for burglar anyway. The occupants usually sleep all together on a porch or something, and the doors are generally left open with lights conveniently left burning to guide the intruders about. A little more carefulness in locking up, perhaps the installation of burglar alarms, which should at least be put into the state-owned dormitories, and general commonsense would very probably entrap most of the thieves who work out the apprenticeship to their trade among our students. ARE "MA" and "JIM" SQUEECHED? The Ferguson family lost the Democratic primary run-off for governor in Texas to Ross Sterling, millionaire publisher, but their defeat was by no means blaming it to them. If past history is to be any judge, it will take more than a mere 95,000 majority for their opponent to discourage "Ma" and her "friend husband adviser, Jim." It is just a question as to whether or not Texas has definitely decided that it can get along very well without the Fergusons. Certainly it is not the fault of the Fergusons if people do not know their qualifications as executives by now, they have run every two years since 1914. First, Ferguson ran on the platform of "the farmers' friend" and was elected. He was nominated again in 1916, and in 1917 he was impeached. He his temper got the best of him in an argument over current appropriations for the state university and vetoed the whole appropriation for the university for that year. An investigation of his private affairs revealed that he had "borrowed" money from brewers who were interested in the non-enforcement of the state prohibition law. In 1918 he ran to vindicate his name but was defeated. In 1924 he ran his wife for governor of Texas, again to vindicate the dear old family name. She was elected simply because the majority favored her in preference to her Ku Klux Klan opponent. Nobody, not even the Fergusons, pretended that "Ma" was governor. Jim was the governor and "Ma" signed the papers. In her term she was accused of wholesale pardoning of prisoners in the state penitentiaries and reformatories. It was of course quite convenient that Jim could act as the lawyer in the cases and incidentally collect trifling fees of $5,000 and other sums. Yes, "Ma" and "Jim" made a fine team and together fixed things up quite nearly themselves. It is most certainly nothing to the credit of Texas people that they were not defeated more overwhelmingly. Owns Old Bible Rochester, N. Y. — (UP) — A copy of the Martin Luther edition of the Bible, printed in 1633 at Nuremberg, Germany, has been stolen this city. The book weighs 20 pounds and is fastened by hand made brass knobs. He brought it from Germany in 1870. Whose Million Albany, N.Y. —(U-SP) Some bank depositors in New York state have overlooked an aggregate balance of $1,090 million in the account of Edward J. Flynn. In announcing the banks of the state that have amount on deposit with no claims, Secretary Flynn said many clubs, societies and corporations never forget money and then forget about it. Pilot's Close Shave Herkimer, N. Y.-(UP)-Dilf "Bard" Bartholomew narrowly escaped serious injury when the propeller of his plane suddenly started while he was turning it over at Seymour field, near here. The plafless plane carved down the field, and then overturned. It was believed the throttle was accidentally left open. Weddings Quieted Newburgh, N. Y. — (UP) — No longer may wedding ceremonies be heralded by tooting horns and rattling tin cans in this city, on Sundays. Following the tradition of the Oldenburg Sabbath, City Manager McKay has instructed police to curb the practice. WITH HER EYES SHUT She is Safe in Choosing HER JEWELRY at Located on Massachusetts Street in Hotel Eldridge There will be a meeting of the K. U. Dramatic Club at 8 o'clock Thursday evening, Sept. 25, in Green hall. OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. XVIII Thursday, 25 September, 1930 No. 11 **TU MEEING** Kai will be a Ku Ku meeting Thursday night at 7:30 /clock in room 200 Fraser Hall ROBERT HAIG, President. K. U. DRAMATIC CLUB; OZWIN RUTLEDGE, President. BAND REHEARSAL: The K. U. Band will rehearse at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in the University Auditorium. Those whose names were listed as members must appear for this rehearsal or their names will be cancelled, and positions filled from reserve list may have measurements for uniforms. Computerized measurements are available and inside leg. READING FOR HONORS IN ENGLISH: Candidates for Honors in English may consult Miss Burnham, chairman of the committee, on Friday of this week, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in room 201, Fraser ball. If unable to come at that time please arrange another appointment. J. M. BURNHAM Compliation of the student directory is under way. If you have changed your address or telephone number since your arrival in Loveland, make the necessary changes. STUDENT DIRECTORY: PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS: GEORGE O. POSTER, Registrar. GEORGE O. FOSTER, Registrar. PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS: Psychological examinations for late students who have not yet taken the examination will be given Saturday morning, Sept. 27, at 9 a.m., in room 9, east Administration building. R. H. WHEELER. You Are Cordially Invited to attend our informal Open House This evening from 7:30 to 10:00 THE BOOK NOOK 1021 Massachusetts ARE YOU READING YOUR OWN KANSAN Guilty or Not Guilty The Verdict Is —that the Daily Kansan should be read by every K. 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