THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official student paper of the University
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Editor-in-Chief. Herbert Littl Associate Editor. Joe Beyt Campus Editor. Lucile Cleveland Telegraph Editor. Ray Runnion Sport Editor. Paul White Exchange Editor. Paul Shanker Exchange Editor. George Gage
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Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kananas, under the act of March 3, 1873.
Published in the afternoon five times a week by students in the Department of Journalism at Kansas University, the press of the Department of Journalism.
Address all communication to THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Lawrence, Kansas Phones, K. U. 25 and 66
The Daily Kannan aims to pique interest in the university of Kananai by going to the campus and by standing for them so they no favours; to be clean; to be courageous; to leave more serious all to serve to the best of their ability the university.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1921.
There are a number of angles to the many proposed "point systems" and regulations whereby students would be prevented from engaging in too many extra-classroom activities, and more of them would be drawn into the work of student government and enterprise.
A POINT SYSTEM
It is a fact that there are too few students at the head of the things carried on by the students in the University; it is also true that the students prominent in such affairs are usually so over-loaded, that they cannot do both classes and activities full justice.
But those who have gained such special honors and numerous offices are the most ambitious students. Past experience has shown that personality, ambition, and energy have been the prerequisites to positions in the student government, and other "outside" activities.
Social prestige, dress, and other fripperies count for nothing here: half of the W. S. G. A. members wear only the plainest clothes, and "split" tickets in recent student elections show that students judge their candidates by past performances, and what they think they can do. The possessors of more than one or two offices know best the way in which such offices can be handled efficiently, and will better administrate an office.
A point system may work out so that students would be reluctant to fake the less important offices, especially during the first year or two of the University, as it would, if very strict, prevent them from holding offices in junior or senior years.
Before any "point system" which would prevent students from holding more than one minor, or committee position, and one major position, careful investigation should be made of the possibilities of the system.
OUTSIDE WORK
Ignorance of the daily routine of his chosen profession or business nearly always puts the college man just starting out in the world at a disadvantage. He usually finds that before being even fairly well prepared for his life work he must take one more course of study—a course dealing with things so simple that they are not worth teaching in college, but so important they are essential to success. He must "learn the ropes" in whatever line of activity he has chosen. No text but actual experience is used in this course, and credits are not the keys to advancement.
This is, of course, less true in the case of the medic, for instance, than the lit, but it applies in some measure to men in almost every occupation. A certain amount of so-called practical experience is necessary before the fundamental and vital
ments learned in college can be made use of. The business world demands performance and cares little for theory for its own sake.
However, it is not decreed that the college man must be handicapped by a lack of knowledge of the commonplace routine. Before graduation, either during vacation or outside of class, he may, if he cares to get the practical experience that will cut to a minimum his apprenticeship after graduation.
The man who makes a first hand acquaintance with the occupation he has chosen by consistently working at it during his spare time or vacation will find that he has supplemented his college education in the best possible way.
DISARMAMENT
One of the important question that is occupying the attention of the powers of the world at present is concerned with disarmament. The New York World is conducting an extensive campaign to secure some degree of world disarmment with the result that many other papers, both American and foreign, are giving the question publicity. England and Japan have both advanced ideas on the subject.
The English opinion crystallized in its press in the following words is from the Outlook (of England): "The lesson of 1914 may not yet be fully understood, but month by month appreciation of its meaning spreads. Gradually powers and peoples are coming to see that war must sooner or later follow preparation for war, and this new conviction founded on experience, is being constantly strengthened by economic
pressure. The need for limitation a expenditure on arms is recognized by the public both in America and Europe. The root of the whole difficulties, through disarmament is an almost universal aspiration, no nation dares to act alone."
Japan denies that she is contemplating enormous naval increases, despite the current rumors to that effect. She maintains that her comparative poverty, as sized up with the resources of England and the United States, is a guarantee of good faith against suicidal competition in this field.
The English press suggests, since America cannot be reached through the League of Nations, that representatives from England, America and Japan hold a naval conference in the near future. Japan seems welcome to accept such a proposal, even though she is preserving a discreet silence on the question. Admitting that such conferences and consequent agreements are easily invalidated by breaking treaties and agreements, nevertheless such a meeting would be a step in the right direction, an advance toward better understanding between nations. The United States has not shown a spirit of aloofness in remaining out of the League of Nations, but only the general public opinion that exists regarding such a course of action. The majority of the people of the country do not like the League in its present form. They want something more definite.
A meeting of delegates from the three powers mentioned would accomplish a great deal in determining the future expenditures of the several nations on preparedness for war. If it would reduce the several accounts and also tend to produce harmony and agreement between the powers involved and the rest of the world, it would take a giant stride toward better international relations in the near future. The spirit of the time calls for the development of international spirit, and the thwarting or repressing of selfish national designs that cause jealousy and competition on the part of competing nations.
Campus Opinions
In the Daily Kansas of January 14, I read with interest, your reporter's transcription of our interview. Probably due to the shortness of time, I am able and my random use of such words as bourgeoisie and proletariat, there were several
Editor. Daily Kansan.
errors which I ask the courtesy of your columns to correct.
your bohins to be outfitted. Probably he is bestplevel to recount the picturesque town of Simbirak, which I mentioned in the interview, is certainly situated on a hill, but five hundred, rather than "thousands" of feet above the level of the river Volga. This is incidentally, one of the best views of the Volga to be found in all Russia. A description of the surrounding country, which is fertile and luxuriant, rather than "snowbound," can be found in one of Goncharov's books. The same author, Simbirak, is the same that is described in his most famous novel, "Obolomov." During the years 1917 and 18, under the revolution, Simbirak with the surrounding country was the scene of constant fighting between the Bolshevik and was continual advance and retreat of both sides, and the situation was the same in the Lithuanian Swamps. But this all occurred subsequent to the war with Germany, which was in its final engagement, and which he came out of, but happily not killed. The deaths I mentioned to your reporter were those of near relatives.
The term "inconsistency," as applied to the educational program of the Soviet government, is one which I don't feel myself in a position to use. Any period following the revolution is, in itself, abnormal, and offers no basis of comparison. The grading down of previous high academic standard was probably due, not so much to the influence of any government, as to the fact that the war had taken into the ranks of its officers the greater number of the young men of the intelligent class leaving only the few trained from other groups to present student group. But to call members of this group "serfa" is something of an anachronism, since "serfa," as such disappeared entirely from Russia as far back as 1861.
As **to Professor Reformatky**, he is an authority in chemistry, not civic engineering; and that chemistry can be more mono-ylablates" is extremely doubtful.
It is also very questionable whether members of the fraternities there are "punishable by death." Certainly it is. But it might be that the slightest authority for making
If I have been insistent about these mistakes, it is because I regard any misinformation about Russia as of such vital importance right now.
Yours sincerely,
George A. Moshchansky
THE PRESIDENT'S PERQUISITES
When the voters elect a man for the presidency of the United States many do not know what Ucsc伞 gives to the presidents. You follow them in following things:
A salary of $75,000 a year.
$25,000 for traveling expenses.
Complete furnishings and main
tenture for his house.
A private room in the capitol building.
A flock of the finest automobiles that America can make.
a force of fifty policemen to guard the house and grounds.
A score of greenhouses to keep the white house decorated.
a private train—whenever the president wants it.
A daily newspaper prepared for im alone.
The best brass band in the world.
A flag that no one else may use.
A personal physician.
Naval and military personal aids,
The best private secretary he can
ind.
A private room at the railway station at Washington.
A private art gallery.
A historic library.
A private box at the theatre.
A special pew in any church he prefers.
MORE "COLLEGE" PEOPLE.
An intercollegiate news service has been conducting an investigation of the number of students in American colleges and universities and the attendance as compared with two years ago and one year ago. Correspondence dues to the university led to institutions of the country. 136 furnished adequate statistics.
State universities, 32; attendance,
1918, 60,304, attendance in 1919,
83,907; attendance in 1920, 95,718;
Other universities, 10; 2018, 56,803;
83,115; 1920, 87,159, State
agricultural and teachers colleges,
1918, 1919; 1920, 95,718.
New England colleges,
Eastern colleges, Mississippi, Pacific
coast colleges, and Southern colleges
all showed a gain.
A private box at the theatre.
The percentage of gain is much smaller for 1920 over 1919 than it is for the gain of 1919 over 1918. Eastern colleges show the smallest gain. The institution showing the largest gain this year over the attendance last year is Kansas State University, 96 per cent.
The amount of profiteering done by the manufacturers and the retail merchants in the men's collar industry is shown in a report made by the Philadelphia Ledger. In them five cents before the war advanced to as high as twenty-five and thirty-five cents during the war.
"PROFITEERING."
Retailers are requested to sell at the latter price and if they do not do this he is told that the factory is "just out of the styles and sizes" and 17% cents apiece for the collars. The material in one collar costs the man-factory a little more than three cents. The cost of labor and other overheads may not advanced but have declined since the price in cotton began to slump.
BLUE SKY STUFF.
Blue sky laws are gaining in popularity according to news receives from Nashville, Tennessee, in whose senate a bill has been introduced recommending that the following be recommended on Sundays:
Operation of freight and passenger trains.
Playing of baseball.
Operation of theatres and motion picture houses.
Publication of Sunday newspapers. Opening of drug stores and soda fountains.
Tennessee, as we will remember,
has a reputation of being a conservative state.
Selling, buying, or trading.
On Other Hills
At the University of Washington the junior men have adopted old clothes and Stetson hats as the distinctive garb for their class. The hats will be worn for two years with the addition of a leather band next
The women have chosen purple ribbons for fountain pens, with gold filled "22" claps as their distinctive feature of "dress."
Cornell University is reviving the game of ice hockey, the University has been without a team since the war broke up sporting activities. Cornell
The enrollment in professional courses in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri
opportunity for team play.
shows an increase of 15 per cent over the enrollment for the fall term. Of women, 60 are in the second half of the school and is the largest enrollment in a single院系 for the school.
To stop the theft of student wraps left in the halls of the different buildings on Ohio State University campuses, the walls have been taken down.
The University of Utah has a court to try all sorts of cases involving the student body. Recently the court probed the stuffing of ballot boxes in a student election, with authority to unnish offenders.
Students at Washington Square College of New York university have changed the name of their weekly paper, "The Washington Square Dealer," to the "New York University News," with the purpose of making the publication representative of the entire university.
In the absence of adequate chemical fire-fighting apparatus, the University of Texas cafeteria was nearly demolished by fire last week. Hundreds of students now are hunting new boarding places.
One of the first steps of the re-organized journal was to start agitation for a student council.
McGill University and University of Toronto each received a million dollars from the Rockefeller Foundation for the aid of medical education in Canada. Dahlhoue University, Witfax, and University of Ottawa each received a half million, and a quarter million apiece went to the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the University of Montreal. The Foundation has set aside five millions for the purpose. The university will be used toward current expenses, fellowships and other forms of medical student help.
Students at Baylor University, Texas, cannot have a vote in the Student Government Association unless they pay a poll tax and have a receipt to show. The income thus derived is spent in booster activities carried on
spent in booster activities carried on by the Student Association.
Forty students were examined for entrance to the University at its opening, September 12, 1866. None was prepared for the work.
The University closed its first year 1866-67 with twenty-two students.
There are 1,176 higher institutions of learning in the United States. This list includes all the universities, colleges, professional schools, schools of agriculture, mechanical, technological and mining science, normal schools, theological seminaries, and junior collegeg
As long ago as 1884, college papers lamented the lack of college spirit among students.
WANT ADS
ROOMS for boys for rent. 1001 Me.
Phone 1599 Black. 75-5-264
A New Cooperative house will be opened next semester. Rates will be lower than those to Mrs. Bryant, 118 Brasson-Adv. 77-f-72F0
FOR RENT- One large furnished room in modern home. For boys Call 1968 Black. 77-5-288
ROOMS FOR BOYS- Strictly modern house. 1319 Tenn. 1243 Red. 77-5-29
PIANO TUNING—For high class piano tuning, player work and repairing. A.C. Wheeler, practical teacher in St. Louis, Kansas, Phone 644-68-436-
FOR RENT- Room for girls. Also
garage. 308 West 16th. Phone 2381
Blue. 75-5-261
BOARD on the Hill. Where quanty
rules. Women only. 1231 Oread.
78.9.279
TO RENT: One or two rooms for girls. Strictly modern, one block from campus. Convenient to hill, South and west exposure. Call 2599. 78-5-217
BOARD and ROOM for girls midway between University and business section of town. House strictly modern, water heat. 1252 Kg. Water Red. Tp-93-7-277
FOR RENT: One double room for girls at 914 Ky. St. Phone 2464 Black. 75-89-256
FOR SALE: Musical instruments—one flute, one piccolo, one mandolin, one guitar Two pairs aruy shoes, two dresses Evening only 79-3-275 2217 White, Evening only 79-3-275
WANTED TO BUY: A bookcase,1216
Tenn. Call 2531 White. 78 5-274
FOR RENT: Unfurnished apartment in modern home, Will be vacant Feb. 13 or sooner. 1216 Tenn. or 2531 White. 78-5-273
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DALE PRINT SHOP, 1627 Mass. St.
Phone 22%
LAWRENCE OPTICAL COMPANY (Exclusive Optometrist) Eyes examined; glazes made. Office 1025 Mass.
DR. H. L. CHAMBERS. Suite 2, Jackson Building. dental practice. Special attention to nose, throat and ear. Phone 217.
FR. FLORENCE J. B. ARBORNS-Ost-
roptile, Physician. Office hour
8:30:12-10:10; 11:30-5:30. Phone 2337, 909
Mast. Street
DR. H. REDING—F. A. U. Building,
Eye, nose, eye, nose and throat. Special
attention to fitting glasses and tonal
phone. Phone 513.
VANITY SHOP—Marcelling, manicuring, shampooing—Mrs. Anna Johnson, Phone 1372, Stubba Bldg.
C. T. ORELUP, M. D.—Specialist. Eye,
ear, nose, and throat. Glass work
guaranteed—Dick Boss. Bldg.
DR. G. W. JONES, A. M., M. D. Dis-
cause of stomach, surgery and gynaecology
office 35, Residence 5K2, Hospital
office 35, Residence 5K2, Hospital
CHRISTIACTORS
DRS. WELCH AND WELCH-PALMER
DRI. J. R. BECHETT, Rooms 3 and 4
office McCulloch's Drug Store. Office
phone, Office 115, Residence 115K
Bowersock Theatre
ONE NIGHT ONLY
TONIGHT
A. H. Woods, Presents THE PEPPERY FARCE
With
By Wilson Collison nd Avery Hopwood
The Girl in The Limousine
EMMA BUNTING
PRICES—75c TO $2.00-PLUS TAX
LATE STAR OF "SCANDAL"
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Seats Now on Sale
Round Corner Drug Store
"All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy”—Go to a Show
VARSITY TONIGHT Lionel Barrymore in "The Copperhead"
also
Burton Holmes Travels
Tomorrow and Thursday Tomorrow Only
Varsity—Bowersock Tomorrow and Thursday Tomorrow Only
George Melford's
"BEHOLD MY WIFE"
Admission 11c and 33e Including Tax
'Behold My Wife'
A screen version of Sir Gilbert Parker's famous novel, "The Translation of a Savage"
Filled with the music of singing streams; Breathing the fragrance of primeval forest, Leading us into a kingdom of dreams—where Love strikes the forgotten chords Within the heart.
Cast includes— Mabel Julienne Scott Elliot Dexter Milton Sills
The Picture that Takes you an hour and a half to see and a year and a half to forget
Varsity - Bowersock
Tomorrow and Thursday | Tomorrow only Admission 11c and 33c including tax