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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official student paper of the University of Kansas
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Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1930, at the office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the rules of the law.
Published in the afternoon five times a week by students in the Department of Journalism of the University of Kansas, from the press of the Department of Journalism.
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The Daily Kanean aims to picture the undergraduate life of the University of Kansas; to go further than merely printing the news by standing for the values of a liberal arts college or to be clean, to be cheerful; to be charitable; to be courageous; to leave more serious problems to others; to lead the best of its ability the students of the University.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1921
A vaccination serves a multitude of excuses
AMERICA'S INDUSTRIAL SOUL
Amazing facts are disclosed by the census. For example, in 1919 there were 20,758 manufacturing establishments in the United States. These employed 5,163-209 wage earners, which is an especially interesting figure to the farmers supplying food.
These wage-emitters took $37,372,544,000 worth of materials and, by human labor, converted them into finished products that sold for $82,102,920,000.
THE COLLEGE DEBATE ILLUSION
When the great American novel is written, its background will be the romance and adventure involved in these statistics. They express the soul of America.
Countries that don't want a government usually wind up with a half a dozen.
The great illusion in college debate is that it does not train students to search for facts for the purpose of making up their minds upon an issue. It is conductive to making up one's mind on an issue and then looking for facts in support of the decision afterward.
An embryo-debater rushed into his room one night and announced to his roommate that his debate on the Irish question was due the following morning. When his roommate inquired concerning how much preparation had been made, he was answered something like this:
"Well, you see I have the affirmative side of the proposition: resolved that Ireland be given complete independence. It just occurred to me that if I can prove that Ireland is capable of supporting herself industrially I will have the whole thing cined. I believe the whole situation rests upon that one economic question and I am trying to find some way of proving that Ireland is economically sound."
So the student of debate started out to find that Ireland is on a firm economic basis. He was not seeking to find whether or not it was true; he was seeking sources that would tell him that it was true. In the course of his search he probably learned many things. The result of his search, no matter how he went into it, undoubtedly yielded him some valuable information bearing upon the subject.
His method of research, however, was a dangerous
one, and there lies the illusion. The student who works long on college debate soon develops the faculty of going in search of certain specific information for the purpose of proving certain specific points, a faculty which is dangerous for democracy if he carries it into his daily life after leaving college. The success of democracy rests largely upon the capability of we, the people, to form a sound public opinion on a new question. We must train ourselves to accept facts, all we can find, and make our judgements from them. We must not train our minds to twist every bit of information that comes to us into an angle that will appear favorable to our side of the question.
Such mental contortions are to be avoided by a people so dependent upon a clearly crystalized public opinion. We must learn to think straight through things, sharply and sincerely, in a manner that is not enhanced by the study of debate.
Student Opinion
To the Kansan:
Of all the poor attempts at a combination of wi-
ter and super-intelligence I ever saw in print, the leading
editorial in the Kansan for November 29th is the
worst. I would class it as a defense of the men who did
their best to help Germany win the War, by obstructing
the draft, and an attack on the men who fought
in World War II. It was the author of that editorial be­
american citizens, rather than subjects of the "Fatherland."
In the first place, there is no such thing as a political prisoner in the United States. A political prisoner is one who is in prison because of his political beliefs. Eugene V. Debs is a traitor, and is in prison because he preached sedition during the war. This dear, peace-loving brother has always been an advocate of direct action against the Government. The comparison of Eugene V. Debs to Sother and other serious and sincere reformers shows a remarkable insight into history and current events.
The constitution of the United States does not guarantee to anyone, the right to be a traitor or to preach sedition, nor does it provide that the Government shall sit by and watch itself destroyed.
The American Legion is an organization composed of two-fisted-he-men, who, whether they thought that our present system of Government was perfect or not, put aside political differences and fought to preserve their homes and institutions, as any person who de-legitified a person would do. It is not entitled to a voice in the affairs of the Nation, especially when it comes to the matter of free traintraining, then no one is. I am a member of the American Legion, and also of the department of Journalism, and I want it known that the editorial policies of the Kansas represent the opinions of a few of the members of the department, and not by any means the opinions of others.
My only regret is that I did not have the chance to the honor of being a member of the firing squad, which had orders to back Eugene V. Debs, and some of his co-workers up to the most convenient stone wall, and give the author the opportunity to change the fortune of the fortress he speaks of 50, its graves without having to wait for history to do it.
Mahlon S. Weed
Past Post Commander
Eli F. Dorsay Post
The American Legion.
Plain Tales from the Hill
Who walks home with a book from a reserve shelf in the library.
I'M THE GIRL
If I say anything about having the book some old possistim always says, "Why, that's stealing!" Well—it isn't—I always mean to take the book back as soon as I get through with it, and considering how many outside things I have to think of, really I very seldom forget to return the book.
Oh, yes. I know that those books should be left on the reserve but I would have to actually live in that old cold library if I read all my assignments up there, so I'm sure I can't see why I shouldn't take a few of the books home. Besides, I know my professors would have, because it helps me get my lessons much better.
“Oh, I take it that you have had your brains removed and can't think,” came the sarcastic remark from the instructor.
When silence greeted the asking of a question in a Newa II class the other day, one of the hope-to-be-wits spoke up in defense of the silent one by explaining that he had had his tonsils removed and couldn't talk.
"Then suppose you answer it for him." suggested the Professor.
TIT FOR+ TAT
No response.
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