THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Entered as second-clasl mail matter September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kanaa, under the act of March 5, 1879.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921
The plans for the 1921 catalogue of the University, which were announced recently, are a welcomed change on the part of K. U. students. The new and prospective students as well, will find the new catalogue much more convenient and serviceable.
In the past, the catalogue has been been a large, bulky mass, as large as a young dictionary, which students found almost impossible to carry with them and thus proved of little value.
Moreover, the old catalogue was not in the best form when it was available. When a student desires information concerning certain courses, why should it be necessary to struggle through three or four hundred pages, in an effort to find the courses of a particular department? The new catalogue will remedy this difficulty, for under the new plan a separate section of the catalogue will be devoted entirely to a systematic presentation of the courses of the various departments. There have been, no doubt, prospective students who have been scared out of the idea of coming to K. U. through the complicated form of the old catalogue.
Further, the new plan will be a more economical system for the University. When students write to the registrar for a schedule of the courses offered, why should it be necessary to send three times as much material as was asked for? Under the new plan, inquiries can be answered specifically, which will save considerable expense of the old system.
Above all, the new catalogue will be what every student wants. The section containing the schedule of courses can be a continual guide for every student, and will be particularly useful to students in attendance. The new catalogue will be of greater interest to the students in every respect.
Financiers assure us that the in industrial depression has persisted. Now the profiters can begin to gain back what they have never lost.
MASTERY
Chancellor Lindley has struck the keynote of the development of modern man. It is justly accused that the present is characterized by the fact that so few men give a hang whether school keeps or not. It was upon this ground that Chancellor's early words were to get "the habit of mastery". He even went so far in encouraging us in the old adage that "well begin is half done" that he predicted no failures for those who keep their lessons up thirty consecutive days at the beginning of a term.
cellor is decidedly a practical psychologist, that man is merely a bundle of habits. In early life we have a great advantage in our opportunity to decide what those habits shall be, although we may ascertain good habits to a certain extent all through life. All this is a function of the will, of the mental effort part of man which controls his actions.
What better way can this effort be directed, than toward the formation of the habit of mastery, that is of tackling vigorously every problem, and mastering it in the best way for the good of ourselves and society? A life that is thus planned and directed toward such an ideal must in the end accomplish great things. It is only in the beginning normally that any habit is really difficult to form. Once begun, a habit will almost care for and strengthen itself. Therefore, now is the time, now the opportunity for everyone of college age to start with a clear recognition of this guiding principle in life. Each delay makes it harder to overcome old habits and begin the new, and most everyone recognizes that competition in these days of rapid flight is such that delay means loss.
It is not the man with the most opportunities who makes his mark in this old world, but it is the man who makes the most of one opportunity.
PATRIOT ARTISTS
The world has another example of an artist, this time a musician instead of a poet, who has sacrificed his best for country and humanity. Ignace Jain Faderowski, world-famous Polish pianist, returning to America for a visit, has announced his retirement from the concert stage.
The past five years have seen the distinguished musician giving himself unintentionally to the cause of freedom and independence in his native country. The Shelley and Flynn, he has
unjustified to the cause of freedom and independence in his native country. Like Shelley and Byron, he has responded the holy cause of emancipation of an afflicted people, and has striven tirelessly, with all the fire and enthusiasm of a sensitive temperament, to free his people from bondage and servitude.
During the war Paderewski acquired fame as a patriot and government leader of Poland, and was the representative chosen by the people of that new-found state to be their spokesman at the Peace Conference and League of Nations convention.
Now, with long, bushy hair, whitened through worry and age, with eyes dimmed, and face deep-lined from hard and ceaseless efforts, he has come back to the country where his art has pleased generations of music lovers, only to announce his retirement from 'he concert stage.
The great soul of gonius has again, through Powerewski, shown its loyalty and devotion to the cause of right, and democracy.
It is being charged that certain classes of motion pictures develop the criminal instincts. If this be true, these movie theater ushers must be tough cookies.
Many people have the opinion that college students have no time to devote to daily reading. The college student, as the supporters of such an idea think, spend all their spare moments in'reading novels, the magazines, or some other light material.
Psychologists tell us, and the Chan- enormous influence among the younger
What do college students read? Or do they read at all?
STUDENT READING
Whether such thinkers have any foundation for such belief, a recent investigation by Professor G. B. Hochschitz, of the New York University School of Journalism, gives an entirely different verdict. The investigation was made among 1,361 college students from Columbia University and New York University, for the purpose of determining whether or not students read the daily papers, how many papers they read, and what features attract their attention
The results show that practically ninety percent of all the students read two or more papers daily. This result shows conclusively the open-mindedness of the college student today. Moreover, it shows that the newspapers of the country are wielding an enormous influence among the younger
citizens of the nation, and are a great factor in molding public opinion. The results also show that the largest per cent of the students are interested in those features which will give them the greatest amount of information. In this respect, general news held first place, editorship, second politics and foreign news came third. Severity-five per cent of the students placed news features as the greatest attraction. Further, the investigation showed that the average student spends at least fifteen minutes each day in reading the daily papers. From such an investigation, students can draw conclusions as to what students in other schools read, and how much significance such students place upon the daily newspaper. Students would do well to take such conclusions and apply them to their own person, and carry out a minimum program in daily reading.
Finally, such an investigation shows that students do not differ greatly from the ordinary man or woman who is out of school and employed daily in reading habits. Students are thus forming reading habits that will be of benefit to them when they are past the schoolroom stage. And such habits are decided assets to any individual.
Editor. Daily Kansan:
Campus Opinions
"A Pinkish Red" who communicated this column on the University regulation of dancing had some very fascinating ideas. At least, that is what I thought. Yet I fail to agree with many of them.
In the first place, the writer claims that the University authorities are stifling initiative in every possible way. But he fails to take into consideration the fact that there are two initiatives and the thing called "initiative" may take.
Initiative defined is "the right or power to take a new course of action." If that course of action is along lines that can be proven beneficial, along lines that bring about social betterment, I do not want organizations that would in any way suppress it. However, if that action is along lines that in any way seek to lower the high American standards of morality, if it is likely to have a deteriorating effect on the future generations of our nation, it may be that every person has the right to develop his initiative. It was Emma Goldman's initiative that earned her a ticket to Russia. A "Pinkish Red" says "the regulations and restrictions of the University remind one of our course, but if students have prep school minds they should be ruled by such regulations. The thing for such students to do is to show that they are men and women with the ability to consider and intelligently analyze both sides of a ques-
Near the end of his communication
"A Pinkish Red" asserts that faculty
the young people outside their class
rooms. Well, I do not know what
In speaking of the campaign against immodest dancing, "A Pinkish Red" asserts that opposition to dances has made disobedience a thing to be desired. In other words, the breaking of the laws and regulations of our institution is sanctioned. And all this because a few students have gone to college, in the dances that had their origin in the glided. Apache dives of Paris.
It seems that the socialist has had his view and that the followers of Lizzie have cast their bit, so let me express the view of the middleman.
type of a guardian a professor would make. I never was adopted by one, but I feel that if I had been blessed with a teacher, I would not have wasted so much time playing penny-ante. In conclusion, I feel compelled to give a little advice. All of you who were young and in school morality are too high and that we have too much false modesty, go to France. And if you are longing to revolutionize customs and laws, go to Russia. Red, White, and Blue.
The challenge has been fung and there is no other answer than—All loyal students will support the stand of our Chancellor. However a little analysis of the question would set at ease "Pinkish Red," who is losing his blood and "Blue" and "A Squirt" who will afford it to the bad before he badds here.
We who attend the dances ask—What is the proper舞法?—The chaperones cannot tell us, as they admit that they do not know one form of dance. The musicians make menkers not tell us since they don't seem to realize that the "Shimmie" or "Toddle" has ever been danced on a K, U. floor, unless by some extremist who immediately subsided to demands of deconey. Our "tard shark's" performance of *Tootsie* is terrible here although considered good form anywhere else.
Let “True Blue” go with me to Kansas City, St. Louis, or Chicago, or be Kansans and to go Topeka or Wichita and see the form of dances that are permitted and are really objectionable. He will then see that the dance as we do it is mild and tame. “Blue” makes a poor attempt at sarcasm in personal with “Pinkish” but I believe that I have attended as many dances as either “Blue” or “Pinkish.” I should not student body when I say—cheek dancing is not demanded by the student body and can well be enspired with, but why can we not dance decently and be allowed to go on?
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We as a whole are willing to follow student rule, but why be narrow-minded. How were the representatives of organizations chosen who spoke for us without our knowing it when the rules were passed? If the rules were followed in calling on the "Voice of the Student Body," it should not try to railroad rules through before the organizations met and, after thorough discussion, sent legitimate representatives to the meeting. But in spite of this we will not try to revolt but only ask—"How may we dance?" We cannot舞 the old square dance, as our teacher would say. "There shall be no stamping of feet or callout." All other dances but the waltz seem to be discarded and you can waitn’t well to popular music. To sum it up let us have both sides of the question shown, tell what is good form as well as bad. No set of rules is so perfect in the making that it cannot be revised and justice be given to all. If this is done we may learn from it what we want the body will back the regulations and see that they are carried out without the aid of picture-cards and bounceers. We are at a crisis and sensational articles, by "professed loyal students" small trouble and make them look dangerous, to be discussed by legislators and advertised by papers throughout the university, should be stained out*
tors and advertised by jabers throughout the state to the detriment of the University, should be stamped out. Yours for Fair Play. Square Deal.
Tulane University's student body used a novel plan to raise money for the European Students' Relief Fund, a dancing contest was staged, in which a small admission fee was charged, and small prizes given to the best dancers. The different classes were taught by two teachers and by a process of elimination chose representatives to defend the honor of each class in the "finals."
A "regues" gallery at Stanford University contains the photographs and signatures of all freshmen at that institution.
above mentioned persons cannot dance with the rest of us and have a clear conscience, let them go to halls where they can dance. They are determined by the "honorer" also named
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