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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY NOV. 4, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Official Student Paper of THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas
Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Bobbie Editor
Bobbie Editor
Campus Editor
Nikki Editor
Nikki Editor
Plate Titles Editor
G. Hathaway Crusie
Rochas Editor
Rochas Editor
George Rocco
Business Staff
Advertising Manager - Wm. Eden Rennerer
Anti Advertising Mgr. - Marlene E. Mundoe
Anti Advertising Mgr. - W. Morgan Co.
Foreign Ad Mgr. - Monte C. Morone
BROADCASTERS
George Alden
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Wendy Burrow
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Gertrude Phlox
David Grayson
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Robert Silman
Telephone Business Office K, U. 66
News Room K, U. 23
Pollished in the afternoon, five times at
the department's library. The department of Journalism of the University,
with the journal "Journalism of Journalism," will matter next
month. It 19th at the post office at Lawson
Hill.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3, 1926
LOGIC VERSUS WIT
Two styles of debate were quite clearly illustrated in the contest last night between the University of Sidney and the University of Kansas. The logical, well built, narrowly outlined attack was pitied against the clever, pointed type of debate. Probably most persons in the audience would concide the victory to the Kansas team, which used the former style. Yet if those same persons were asked to say what would draw them back to the debate a second time, if the two teams were to meet again, they would probably admit that they would come back to hear the Australians.
From the beginning, the Kansas case was built upon clearly outlined and well made points. Each speaker contributed his share to the finished whole and reinforced the arguments of his predecessors. Sidney depended after the first speech on rebuttal of points made by the Kansas team, re-emphasizing points made by their first speaker, and on further display.
Each Australian speaker was more clever than the one of his colleagues who preceded him. The climax of the evening was reached in the first speech by Mr. Godshall, who showed a really remarkable ability to seize upon the statements of his opponents and turn them to his own satirical purposes. His wit was clever and served to give him instantly the sympathy of the audience.
Strange to say, in both this debate and the one two years ago with Oxford, it has been the Englishmen who have shown the wit and the Americans who have triumphed with clear logic. We usually think of an Englishman as being slow of wit and we pride ourselves upon our humor. But here upon our campus the opposite has proved true. Our friends from across the seas have in both classes carried off the honors for cleverness and made an impression upon the audience that will remain after logical arguments are forgotten.
The Australians seem to know the American public better than the Americans.
INTERESTING PRODUCTIONS
A hundred years ago the Indians hereabouts would come far and wide to see a white man.
Getting the right kind of read shows for this size of town is always a topic that receives considerable comment when the show season opens. People are constantly clamoring for something new and up-to-date, and the majority of students will not attend a show unless it is advertised as being straight from New York.
Last spring the Kansas players were organized under the direction of Prof. Allen Crafton and plays were presented during the summer months. They played before a packed house each night and the audiences were more than pleased with the acting and the type of plays presented. The support received came from the instructors and their wives along with the town people. Most of the students did not avail themselves of the opportunity to witness the high class plays.
It seems that the only way to receive the student support is to adver-
lise shown such as "applesauce." "U"
in Mabie's Room, or some other frivolous type of production. After attending a show of this the nature is not pleased since he chooses for better entertainment.
This winter it will be possible to see the Kansas Players present such shows as "Candida," "The Jest," "The Show Off," all of which are cultured enjoyment and they are productions that appear only in larger cities. Students should avoid themselves of the opportunity to attend these shows this winter as they are of the highest class. It is a chance for the student to familiarize himself with leading plays of the day and in that way become better educated.
If Ursie Cleman is to pay the European war debt, as one Australian debtor said, poor Chester will get less "bones" in next Sunday's papers.
STUDENTS READ LITTLE
Hns the day of the reading student passed 7
History loves to relate how Abraham Lincoln cherished a single book in his early youth. The incident of his borrowed "Life of George Washington" belongs to American tradition
But Lincoln was not distracted from his reading by the auto, the radio the movie, and all the myriad encumbrances of modern life. Today, it is changed.
A report by a member of the University faculty tends to show that as students progress their desire for books and rending outside of school work decreases; that the older a student grows the less he reads "for fun."
The reduction of reading has not come in proportion to the increase of extraneous interests alone. It would be nearer the truth, perhaps, to say that the decrease in leisurely reading has been in proportion to the increase of these distractions plus the increase in diversified reading material plus the ineffectiveness of present methods.
Distractions are innumerable. Long winter nights once spent at reading are more enjoyable spent at the movie, in can rides, or at the "varsity." These will remain with us. Current reading material is mountainous in bulk. It would astound the browser of books of a few decades back to know how much time is required in perusing the daily newspapers, not to speak of the many popular periodicals and publications. Students do read much of this diversified material; perhaps many read too much through lack of ability to select properly. Most students could be better informed on current news than they are yet at the same time they do admirably considering the training they have had in following the continuous threads through the mass of material reeled off the presses day after day.
Thus a two fold duty falls upon the modern instructor in literary appreciation. No student should have finished his literature courses without obtaining a love for modern literature or without an ability to glean the grain from the clairf in the current news.
Courses in literature hold too much respect for the "classics"; for anything back of Browning and Dickens and too little for Hergesheimer and Dreiser and Wells. Instructors in English warn us away from modern literature saying we cannot safely judge it. How then will it be judged if not by those who read it? We cannot afford to wait n century and then read it, and the chances are we can judge it safely now if given the impetus in literary appreciation that will turn us toward modern books instead from all books.
Ineffective teaching of literary appreciation is seriously to be blamed for the reduction in reading. It is not alone at fault, for other reasons have been definitely stated. But chiefly in the revised methods of teaching appreciation for modern literature will reading cease to become a lost art. It must teach us a genuine love for literary values of today and give us means to find our way safely through the mass of material set before us.
An illustrated talk on the biology of Dougha late, Michigan, will be tonight, Wednesday, at 7:30 o'clock at 121 Lodi Library arboretum. (866) 435-7900.
WILLARD F. CROSIER, President.
OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN
BOTANY CLUB:
PI LAMBDA THETA:
Pi Lambda Theta will meet at Hendy House tonight, Wednesday, at 7:30 o'clock.
**TWILA SHOEHAMER**, Secretary.
MEN'S STUDENT COUNCIL:
The regular meeting of the Men's Student Council will be held on a night, Wednesday, in Green hall, HALI PETERSON, President.
MEN'S GLEE CLUB;
The Men's Glee Club will hold regular rehearsal tonight, at 7:30 clock in room 362, central administration building.
T. A. LABREMORE, Director.
All activities and photos of Abha Phi Digma will meet tonight, Wednesday, at 8:15 a.m., at the Abha Phi Digma honor, 115 Indiana Street.
ALPHA DELTA SIGMA:
El Atenco se encaima a 105 E. Ad, jueves a las 13:30 para amar jíres. miembros reccion—debetes entonces асista a esta función, y se quiera que totes los miembros del año pasando este presenten. Los que no pueden venir, deben e ver o telefémar al Sr. Rolles. R. M. CULVER, President.
MacDowell initiation will be held Thursday, Nov. 4, at 8:29 oclock in the rest room of central Administration building.
E1. ATENEO:
MACDOWELL:
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
ANNA LOIS VOIGTS, President.
There will be a meeting of the A. L. E. K. Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:00 p.m. in Minneapolis auditorium. Paul Dunkelberg, an electrical engineer of the U.S. Central Central, will give an illustrated talk on the electrification of the I. C. Campus. Civil, mechanical and computer engineering students are invited to attend. W. L. IMMR, Chitman.
Miss Sarah Laird will deliver a lecture Thursday afternoon, Nov. 1, at 4:30 o'clock, in 265 Fresnell hall, on "George Merridell." This is the first of a series of lectures to be given this year on contemporary literature by members of the rhetoric department.
LECTURE, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT;
ALICE WINSTON, Chairman of the Committee.
Suiting You—That's My Business
SCHULZ THE TA1LOR
The geology department of Princeton University gave what is believed to be the first university course on wheels at mid暑. A party of professors and students traveled about ten thousand miles in a Pullman car to study geology and the natural resources of the United States.
The University of Wyoming is the only institution in the United States to have twelve virality debating teams which are practically equal to each other. We have an interdisciplinary debate to decide the superior team of the University.
In the university library at Austin,
Texas, are found some of the oldest
books in the world. The books are
hand printed and hand bound. One
of the first book ever printed
from movable type is among the
collections.
Women's HOSE
High grade guaranteed silk ind silken wool hose at values from
Women's oxford in various patterns
95c to 81.95
$3.25 to $4.50
Young men's oxford in black and tan
$83.15 to $5.00
Of the $22 freshmen at the University of Oregon who took the psychological tests, 253 came out and over 100 in classes three and four.
We Specialize in Fraternity Financing
Watkins National Bank
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On Other Hills
Its been WIEDIE'S for over fifty years
Amaryllis Face Powder
Rankin's Drug Store
Perfume and Toilet Water One of few brands made and bottled in Paris
THE BUCKET-SHOP
Headquarters for buying votes were established in New Bedford, the former home of Senator Butler, according to the charges. Names of the voters were taken, it is alleged, and a certain amount was paid to them in advance, the balance to be paid after election. This system is called booking and the men engaged in it are known as bookers.
[110] Mass. Handy for Students
Step in on your way home.
Prices of votes in Massachusetts are claiming, if the charges made by exonerator David Walch are true. The prevailing price, which he claimed was $7 last Saturday, is now $10, he is quoted as saying.
The increase in cost of votes, supposing the charges to be substantiated, would indicate that the electors are at last asserting their independence. No longer are they content with the pitys sum offered by the workers. Voters, it seems, now set their own price. If the buyers refuse to meet this价 the people vote as they feel inclined. Could this be another case of collective bargaining? The alleged increase would signify as much.
With a similar method being used in Pennsylvania and other states, a vote exchange might well be formed. Newi items then might read, "Closing Saturday at $7, the price of votes opened this morning at $9. Closing quotation of the Massachusetts market was $10." Uniform in price might be established by such a method, at least.
UNIVERSITY CONCERT COURSE
Alfred Cortot
Foremost French Pianist
One of the most famous keyboard masters of all time
ROBINSON GYMNASIUM
Monday Evening, November 8th
8 o'clock sharp
(Note that concert will begin 30 minutes earlier than other attractions in the series.)
Reduced Price on Season Tickets
Six Remaining Concerts at $5.50 and $4.50
According to location
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Single Admissions at 81 and 81.50
On Sale at
Round Corner Drug Store
Bell's Music Store
School of Fine Arts Office
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