FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927 PAGE TWO THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN University Daily Kansan Official Student, Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAW CENTER, Kansas Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Paul Porta Assoc Editor Colin Campbell Assoc Editor Candice Cook Commis Editor Josh Robertson Assoc Editor Bernice Palacio Alumni Editor Benzie Palacio Plain Tale Editor Garcia de Jesús Plain Tale Editor Richard Buckman Sports Editor Richard Buckman Franc Tiffany Joe M McElmurray Paul Burcham John Burke John Sparks Julian Bradley Peter Pierce Lawrence Peeper William George Business Staff Advertising Manager Lee Bochring Ast. Advertising Mgr. Laurie Reppert Foreign Advertising Mgr. William Clark Telephones Business Office . . . K. U. 04 News Room . . . K. U. 25 Published in the afternoon, five times a week, and on Sunday morning, by students in the Department of Journalism of the University of Kansai, from the Press of the University of Kansai. Entered as secondclass mail matter September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1887. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1927 THE CAP QUESTION AGAIN "In the nature of things, genuine traditions more or less enforce themselves. The actual tradition at K. U. is not the cap or attendance at rallies, and such; it is making the freshmen knuckle under," writes a reader of the Kanman concern the paddling of freshmen for failure to wear regulation caps. The point is evident. Traditions are practices habitually obeyed because of a genuine desire lack of them; if the practices are forced down one's throat, then only the force becomes a tradition. The wearing of the cap, we believe, is silly, but harmless. Most freshmen wear them willingly enough—without padding; for they see it as no more incongruous than the solemn concern of upperclassmen over traditions and "school spirit," or the chagrin of many alumni over the loss of a football game. But should they fail nicely to accept irrational conduct, we see no danger that the University or its worthy and rational traditions in speeding for the denomination bow-wows. The statement that they are early taught the moral value of law and order by paddling does not bear scrutiny. The Men's Student Council in 1925 declared itself as "opposed to violence in any form in the enforcement of University traditions" (Bill No. 18) and as far as we can ascertain the council has never officially repudiated this stand. Thus the freshmen are treated to the anonymous situation of having "law and order" unlawfully forced upon them. But we see back of the unquestioning acceptance of the practice a portentious significance. The freshmen are from the first inducted into a doble-mindedness which defends the purpose of education. Emphasis is upon "obedience" rather than upon self-thinking and questioning for cause. OUR CAMPUS CRAZY QUILT "The buildings of the campus form a regular crazy quilt." This statement has frequently been made by those who would prefer one common scheme of architecture fashioned out of the same materials. But we wonder. Would this add to the aesthetic value of the campus? Would not the introduction of perfect unity as suggested do violence to other qualities which must be considered? Take, for example, the Washington University campus at St. Louis. The entire system is part of one predetermined architectural whole. Each one of the buildings encircling the court yard is composed of one common substance of a human ouse. The result of it all may produce the sameness supposedly desired, but the atmosphere is one of a monastery, rather than that of a university. There are architects who will con- fere the Kansas plan. There are others who will praise its diverse laboratories to mobilize the typi- cal freedom of youth. Most of us are here for one purpose to learn. Our conceptions of learning, however, vary widely, and each works toward him or her own ideal. This self-reliance, this independence is characterized in the architectural plan of the University. THE CONSEQUENCES Probably the most dangerous control over the press in the editor's conception of what the public wants. This is the most difficult thing in the world to determine, and, consequently, editors often guess wrong. The current tendency is to guess that the public wants sports, "human interest stuff," and entertainment features—unconventional stuff. The public does want sensational stuff; we live by sensation. But there are things just as sensational as a 90-yard dish for a touchdown. An international treaty is sensational; but it is hard to make its consequences clear, hence it is sidestepped by the newspapers. It is in consequences humans are interested; and the news papermen who can make the consequences of an international treaty clear, i.e., translate them into their effects upon particular human beings, will have just as sensational a story as does the police reporter who tells of a murder. EQUALIZING THE BURDEN War is eternally with us—if not in actuality, at least in our discussion The following is discussion: There are many who hold that war will be fought as long as human nature maintains its status que, and that human nature is unchanging; there are others who hold that soon there will be no human nature, since war with its increasing destructiveness will wipe all human beings from the earth; and then, in a twilight zone between these two classes, is a variable group knowing the horrors of war and abhorring them, but willing to take up arms in case of another conflict. The majority of the American Legion is evidently in the latter class. Coming back from their recent good will mission to France, the eulogies of peace still ripening in their ears, the legionnaires made war one of the subjects of their first meeting on American soil. One of the ways to prevent war, they said, is to make the citizens of this nation fully realize what entering war will mean to them—what it will mean to their children and relatives. The second step is to equalize war's burden by making its execution a matter of those at home as well as of those on the field. Based upon these two underlying principles has come the argument for universal conscription, not only of man power, but of labor and capital as well. Edward E. Spafford, new Legion commander, sets forth the beliefs of the Legion in the following words: "The Legion believes in pence. But we believe that one of the best preventives of war is the enactment of a bill which shall place the burden of war—if it must come— upon all. Let A tip... ladies like the aroma of Edgeworth The Mathematics club will hold its first social meeting Monday, Oct. 24, at 4:30 p.m. in room 291 cast Administration building. New and old members are urged to be present. Dean Stouffer will speak on his trip to Italy. Leille McKeen, president. OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Vol. IX Friday, 2014; 19, 177 No. 36 MATHEMATIC'S CLUB Square and Company" October social evening has been changed to Monday, Oct. 24, instead of Tuesday as previously arranged. Meet at the Thimble Inn on Monday. SQUARE AND COMPASS: UNIVERSITY CLUB RECEPTION: In respect to the memory of Dean Walker, long an active member of the University club, the annual reception of the club, announced for the evening of Oct. 29, has been postponed. Guy W. Smith, secretary. SOUSA CONCERT: The concert of Souza's Band is scheduled for three o'clock on Thursday, Oct. 27, in the new auditorium. Absences from classes after 2:30 will be permitted on presentation of satisfactory evidence for this purpose. labor and capital be conscript as a sacrifice as well as men." A universal draft set of this nature will be urged upon congress by the Legion during the coming year. NOMAN'S CROWN OF GLORY versal," was the decision of the International Hairdresser's convention at Vienna, recently. Even Turkish women who we Amer- E. H. Lindley. TEN WORLD women who we Americans like to believe belong to the mysteries, veiled past, are in step. Efendi Halma, one of their spokesmen at the convention, told the representatives from other parts of the world that their slogan now is, "Of with the veil and the long hair." All of which once again sets us to unsing on the controversial subject biblically known as "woman's crown of glory". It takes us back to the time when babbling first became a common practice in this country. The pioneers in this field were looked upon with a good deal of akance. Such tactics were too characteristic of the underworld. Then the movie queens, seeing that a likeness of themselves in the papers of the country showing the new creation would "make good advertising," did the unforgivable. The more daring "unfragists" followed the mode and finally bobbing entered the ranks of "good society". Send the Daily Kansan home. The irony of the situation has been that when the original leaders turned about face, their illicitors did not "clob" know no bounds and no race. Seeing the Shows By Jack Stokesberg Bowerseck "Camo KIRY" starring John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead was a triumphant conclusion of the old crinoline days. Interesting and entertaining with good acting and chemistry. --only The Hill in Its Beauty Garb Thick foliated hydrangeas, whose stiffly attached branches are bent to the ground by the weight of the rusty red blossoms, grow banked against the wall. Administration building. The coarse leaves hang away from the branches leaving them exposed in partial silicone against the white wall, and in front of the wall, yellow grass which is littered with scattered petals. Above the wall a collinette is thrown into relief by the background of Administration building. Special rates now on for your Jayhawk gloves. Make appointments easily. Lawrence Studio, ground floor, 727 Mesa, St. Phone 451—Adv. --only We invite comparison Quality — Finish — Comfort Prices no higher J. B. Lowell Shoe Shop 17 West 9th Hertz Drivurself System Chevrolet Coupes, Coaches Chevrolet Coupes, Coaches and Hertz Sedans 624 Men Phone 88 624 Mass Masquerade Costumes For Rent 118 East 111th St. Phone 1866 Red LeOra Andersen Special Offering to K. U. Students These Indian Summer Days— LeOra Anderson Were meant for the hunter and out-of-door man. A Winchester shotgun is your best companion for the fall hunting trip. We'll sell you anything in the line of hunting equipment from shotgun shells, to knives, and hunting jackets. GREEN BROTHERS HARDWARE 633 Mass. $38 Styled by Bart Murray The Shelley Oxford Grey Suit Plain Tales From the Hill Tower's black varsity slickers to go with them SkofStadS 38th Anniversary A freshman woman thought that the Ku Ku party was a Delta Tau party because a Delta Tau asked her to it. A homeschool new student, whose home is in Massachusetts, saw a nanny little ciz down town the other day when her mother wanted for her home state welled up in her, and she rushed up to the person she met, who asked, "Are you from Massachusetts?" "No," the individual answered curtly and walked into the drug store and slammed the door. In one of the intramural games, for want of a central mime, a prominent law student was dragged, but he was unaware that he was playing. And when the game ended his fraternity was the losing team. "Ah, heck," remarked a brother, "what was the use of having an unhappy fraternity if he couldn't win for us." People are never too old to learn, according to educators at Columbia University who have experimented with adult capacities for learning new subjects. Up to the age of 50 everyone has an equal chance to master a subject. As students grow, the learning capacity is and decrease about 1 per cent a year. The total number of students American colleges and universities this year has been estimated to about 800,000. The New Cafeteria (Memorial Building) will not be open Saturday night for dinner It recpens Monday morning at 7:30 LAWRENCE Business College LAWRENCE KOREA Lawrence, Kansas. A specializing School in Shorhand, Typewriting Accounting, Banking Secretarial Training DR. H. H. LEWIS Optometrist Now in Session Ask for Catalog Practice limited to examination of Eyes without dilating, and Fitting of Glasses. 801 Mass. St... 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