PAGE TWO SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1928 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN University Daily Kansar Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas Editorial Staff Falkner-Child Chief Raul E. Striplem Associate Editor Dick Kane Sunday Editor Puffy Brunfey Sheet Editor Leroy Lumpert Sunday Staff Number Name Arthur Clutch Lena Mae Murine Mary Krewner Warren Filtlin Diah Alams Matte Tom Cummins Ma Cunnie Cambs Matt Judeade Hiriam Fignan Judeade Business Crowd Business Staff Advertising Manager...Louille Reppert Aust. Advertising Mgr...William Clark Aust. Advertising Mgr...R. W. Hershoff Telephonica Business Office K. U. 66 News Room K. U. 25 Night Connection 270183 Pollished in the afternoon, five times a week, and on Sunday morning, by students in the department of Journalism of the University from the Press of the Department of Journalism. Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1906, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the date of March 3, 1897. SUNDAY, JANUARY 8. 1928 A SANE APPRAISAL OF DIFFICULT QUESTION The article by Mrs. Maret Hacleman-Julius in the January number of the Haldeman-Julius Monthly summily up her impressions of the interracial situation at the state schools of Kansas is a same and intelligent presentation of facts which we cannot overlook, and deserves the careful perusal of the members of this University. The writer believes that the barring of Negroes from participation in any form of inter-collegiate athletics at the University has resulted in the rigid bars that now hold Negro students from taking part in any extracurricular activities on our campus. "The direct result of this policy in athletics is that the band is closed to Negroes. The glee club is closed to them. Dramatics are closed to them. The Reserve Officers' Training Corps is closed to Negroes. Although technically they have a voice in self-government, they are not permitted to exercise it. Their fraternities and sororites, tone of which, the Alpha Kappa Alpha, had the third best average in scholarship of all the sororites on the University campus this year) have no voice in the making of the sorority and fraternity regulations to which, as I understand it, they must all attend. The cafeteria is only partially open to them and then only as a favor. And although no white student can graduate from the University without knowing how to swim, no colored boy or girl can use the pool." Mrs. Haldeman-Jullus urges that courtesy be practiced toward colored students. She believes that there would be no serious results if Negroes were allowed equal athletic privileges with white students. "As it is, at K. U, our students are not going forward nor even maintaining the standards in dececy and humanity, much less good manners, set them by two generations—but are going backward along a road of misunderstanding and race antagonism that if pursued to its logical goal will lead to results which one scarcely dares to contemplate." The only important work of the Seventieth Congress, so far, has been the award of a congressional medal of honor to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Chief Justice Vinje of the Wisconsin Supreme court says, "That while the people do not always get the government they want, they get the government they deserve." GOOD GOVERNMENT A government of the people is predicated on its being by the people, and the responsibility is directly on them whether they participate in it or not. The citizen who calmly looks on while laws are being violated and crimes are being committed has no moral right to complain of the way in which his government is administered. So long as organized crime does not hit the particular individual and arouse his temper by striking at his sacred person or property, he seems to have no interest in the government." Consider if you will the bankers who are intensely interested in what society is doing to combat the automobile thieves' combination; the professional association jealously protesting against illegal assumption of its practice; the temperatures association which is around over any snugglery except that of liquor, and on through the numerous social, political and business associations and classes. Each is interested in the welfare of itself rather than in the general west or vice of society. If the government answers their purposes and suits their whims it is—say they—good government. A Nebraska was fixed $200 for needlessly risking his life when he was found asleep outdoors in sub-zero weather. We think this decision unfair. Anyone able to sleep outdoors in that sort of weather should be allowed to do so. INSANITY COMMISSIONS In an attempt to prove Mrs. Ruth Brown Stryler insane, the lunacy commission has taken charge, and tests are being made to prove whether or not she is insane. It would be a strange fact if they did not find her insane after the many weary months she has waited in her cell facing death. That she might have been temporarily insane at the time she and her lover, Henry Giddy, killed her husband is possible; but now it seems she would most certainly have lost her mind. Now, when in less than a week, she's to go to the electric chair, the unary commission steps in to find either or not she is insane. It is kind of them to do it, for as the old saying goes, better late than never! Whether she is found with less than normal mental capacity or not will matter little now, for it is certain that nothing could be worse than living with the daily knowledge that death is grimming at her from behind the electric chair. She has surely died a thousand deaths, and even if she lived—as a lunatic—the horror of it would live with her forever. The task of the lunary commission seems unless. If *n*'s death sentence is necessary, it should be carried out immediately, as is done in Mexico. A personal "ad" in the Kansas City Timee miss, "Miss Harden's pupils thank whoever to grade book, please burn." What an appropriate ad that would be for the Kansan. THE LAST STRAW FROM DARTMOUTH "A gay adventure," this college life, according to the Dartmouth alumni magazine, which proceeds to argue in favor of raising college fees to a point sufficiently high that only those may secure higher education who are willing to pay for it. An advance in tuition of about $50 per year, such as advocated by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., it believes, would not work hard in学业 on the student. All of which may be perfectly true—at Dartmouth. But take a look at our own campus, which seems to be fairly representative of mid-western campuses in general. Men and women wash dishes and infants, sweeps floors, hustle hash, tend furnaces, act as stenographers or clerks, peddle gasoline and men's clothing, or rock babies to sleep, day after day, night after night, in order to earn the cost of their higher education. College life is not such a "gray adventure" for those students. Fifty dollars—at the most expensive student restaurant in Lawrences can be stretched by an economically-minded student into two months' board. If one is earning his board from four to six hours of work per day, that "insignificant sum" could stave off the landlady from four to five additional months. The fact that John D. Jr., feels that such an increase in fees would matter little to college students who are willing to pay for their education causes one to doubt that Johnie has ever really, seriously tried to see just how far $50 can be stretched. The most earnest student is the one who works for his education. But part-time work, such as is available to students at the University of Kansas, does not pay well as a rule. Fifty dollars, compared to the average rate-per-hour for part-time work in Lawrence, looks like a small fortune— OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. IX Sunday, January 8, 1928 No. 48 Student Volunteers and others interested in missionary or other work in foreign countries will meet at Westminster Hall Sunday, Jan. 8, at 4:30 p.m. (1195) 727-6522. Students flock to the library before finals, as people fill the churches in the eleventh hour of life. It's all a matter of hope for salvation. STUDENT NOT UNEMPLOYED. KATHERINE D. SUTTON. For the deliver into history reads in the dim pages account after account of the then common custom of students going from one university to another in order to accept the benevolence of their teacher, the fessor, Goliards, these intellectual vagabonds were called. Great value was attached to this practice of the roving student and it was alleged, in a word, that breadth, and depth of mind The couple that chose a cage of three lions for the scene of their wedding yesterday in Paris certainly got off on a roaring start. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS: When one dives into history of the early universities, he, if he is a romantic soul and situations, is struck by a pang of envy and despair. Those who have not been finding their way regularly to the exhibition rooms will make no mistake by beginning the practice this month. Our Contemporaries MEN'S GLEE CLUB: Regular rehearsal Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the Engineering auditorium. Full attendance is expected, including new members. Tentative announcements regarding contest squad will be made Sunday afternoon. T A L A F R E N O B E. Director Just now the latest water colors of Prof. Krat Matter are on exhibition. Those who make the exhibit one of their points of call this month will have an opportunity to view the work of one of the best contemporary water color artist in America. The fact that he is a member of our faculty gives his work added local interest. MATHEMATICS CLUB; The Mathematics Club will meet on Monday afternoon, Jan. 9, at 4:30 dr. Edmond Till will talk on "Clocks and Time Pieces." The printed programs are ready for distribution. SHIRDLUFWY1 grams are ready for distribution LESLIE MCKENNIS Program the potted terminal to a one-way trip on the Rainbdw Special. Vagabonds A recent survey made by the subcommittee of the prisons at Anderson and Leavenworth, report that women cost the United States almost ten times as much as men. We didn't know that they let women use cosmetics in the prisons. THE JANUARY EXHIBIT An increase in fees such as the Dartmouth editor proposes would be the last starch on the land of many a working student, even now closed-pressed by such necessities as decent living and respectable clothing in an community where prices too often tend toward an unnatural high level. On the third floor of Central Administration building, just east of the auditorium, are two rooms that are of peculiar significance to the students of the University. There are shown each year some of the best contemporary works of art—paintings, water colors, etchings, and prints. Fallings and foibles of professor, we never so evident as just after a lecture. In their claims of their methods are one of the most popular topics of conversation were greatly enhanced by the custom, Today, with all the complexities of mortal life, students can no longer twice as old and strike out for some distant college. But there is a "second best" way to do this, who are坠 down vard and other colleges with telling effects. This "second best" method is for those who are坠 down vard sortment of colleges an assortment of professors. Professors on the campus publish, through the college newspaper, the week that they might be offering. Students are thus given the opportunity to fill their vacant hours with professors and get to know them The Wrong Bias Perhaps no practice of members of the faculty has been so condemned in the tendency on the part of various instructors to be lenient with old students and at the same time tighter controls for new students, nor had it in their classes before. This has a had effect on both type it makes the former too coarse an helps them backslide to a certain extent. It dishintheirs new student often beyond all justification. It is the freshman who need encouragement to stay up to date and it is they who receive the heart of it.—California Daily Brain. Monday in a group in to start an investigation in Green Hall to determine whether or not the law library books under strain on the floor supports. Investigation To Completed Proof. A, M. Ockerdin has finished an investigation of the screws on the floor of the engineering library and the building where the beams are placed to brace the floor from underneath. Steel beams have been ordered and will be put into place as soon as possible. The Perfect Cleaning Service— Of course we won the game Girls—This is the season of formal parties. and— We give careful, prompt service in refreshing party frocks, cloaks and slippers. has won its place in the minds of all Students as The Place to Eat Phone 101 The Cafeteria The New Cafeteria (Memorial Building) Advance Cleaners N.C. LINDSTROM SERVICE M.E. LINDSTROM M E N, this is News! You know the old saying among newspaper men that it's not news if a dog bites a man—but if a man bites a dog—that's news. If we were to say— clearance of fall clothing at reduced prices — that would not be news. But instead we say— Just received 18 new spring suits in five distinctive patterns of the new "Nottingham Fabrics." New two and three button models priced so that any man can afford to own one. Also 10 new spring tocoats in four beautiful patterns of the new "Nottingham Fabrics," 48-inch single breasted three button model. That's news for sure! New Spring Topcoats $35 New Spring Suits $33 and $38 UNIVERSITY CONCERT COURSE 1927-28 Seats Now Selling $2.00 - $1.50 - $1.00 University Auditorium Monday Eve.- Jan. 9th - 8:20 o'clock ALBERT SPALDING, Violinist America's Most Distinguished Violin Virtuoso School of Fine Arts Office Round Corner Drug Store Bells Music Store