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Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
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Address all communications to THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Lawrence, Kansas.
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The Days Naaman aims to picture the undergraduate to go or to go further than merely printing the news by standing for the ideals the University holds; to play no part in the students' life; to be charitable; to be courageous; to leave more serious problems to wiser heads; in all, to serve to the students of the University.
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1920
MAD RUSH CLOSES YEAR
During the last few weeks of each semester, instructors are in the habit of assigning long term papers. Also, at the end of the semester, especially of the spring term, all school organizations and activities are in full swing with all sorts of functions from banquets to petty committee meetings.
Is it any wonder then, that so many students find themselves at the end of the school year, worn out and nervous? Practically no student is left outside the mad vortex of the male-storm, and with the coming of warmer weather, many find their strength insufficient to meet the many demands made on them.
Would it not be possible for some of these long papers to be assigned and called for earlier in the term? Certainly, if there were some sort of division of work, all the instructors would be better satisfied with the quality of the papers, the students would have more time to concentrate on the particular subject, and they would derive greater benefits from their studies.
Then, too, initiations, organization dances, and banquets could just as well be scattered throughout the year, and would certainly be less strenuous both to those in charge, and those participating. Let us have a sane "distribution of labor" in the interest of the students of the University of Kansas.
FOR OURSELves AND COUNTRY
We are living today in a period of the greatest extension of bank and personal credit that the world has ever seen. As a corollary to this we find an extremely high level of prices.
In short, money is plentiful.
In the United States this sudden accumulation of purchasing power is due to the fact that for several years we have had a large favorable balance of trade with Europe. In settlement of that balance, Europe has transferred her gold to the United States. Placed in our banks cash reserves, this extra gold has come to support a much larger volume of credit than is normal, at least four times as great as the amount of gold. As a result money has become plentiful and cheap. Prices have risen.
Then, foo, the people of the United States have created an additional demand for goods, which boosts the price of these goods above the new mark set by the greater supply of purchasing power.
American citizens have purchased billions of dollars worth of Liberty Bonds. These are being used as a basis or collateral for new loans. We are贿赠 credit upon贷诚.
A tremendous amount of our pro
fuction is for goods to be used in luxurious consumption—motor cars, moving pictures, silks, and furs. There is a demand for these goods. People feel that they must have what they want, regardless of price. This false philosophy also is largely responsible for the maintenance of our top-heavy condition of business and credit.
Our duty is to be careful lest we continue this expansion until we burst the credit bubble, thereby thrusting panic and industrial chaos upon the country. We owe it to the common good of our country to reduce our luxurious and needless expenditures and to hold on to our Liberty Bonds. At present quotations they are literally one of the safest and best investment in the world.
The dollars saved now will be worth twice their present value when the period of readjustment does come. By accumulating the easy funds which come in a period of inflation, sensible people will build up their resources for careful investing when a period if depression comes.
NIGHTINGALE CENTENNIAL
One hundred years ago on May 11 Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, "perhaps the most famous woman of modern times" was born.
Preparations for the observation of the anniversary of her birth are under way, and are being sponsored by the national nursing associations. The Nightingale Centennial Committee, composed of representatives of these associations and prominent non-professional men and women interested in nursing, has charge of the preparation. This committee has appealed to local nursing associations, colleges, women's clubs, and churches throughout the country to aid in celebrating the centennial. Ministers are asked to mention the 9, and also to include in the services Florence Nightingale's favorite hymn "The Son of God Goes Forth to War."
It has been suggested that the anniversary be made the occasion for emphasizing the present urgent need for recruits in the nursing profession. Miss Adelaide Nutting, one of the few American nurses who was personally acquainted with Miss Nightingale quotes her appeal, and says it is just as applicable now as it was in 1868, when it was sent out. It reads: "Oh, my fellow country women, why do you hang back? nurses be best with offers for trained nurses and trained superintendents and we can not fill them. I would I could go into the highways and compel them to come in."
Florence Nightingale was the daughter of wealthy English parents who opposed her determination to become a nurse. Despite their opposition she spent the best years of her life in preparation for her "vocation" as she termed it. Her study of the subject consisted of snatches of schooling obtained while the members of her family were away on pleasure trips.
Her great opportunity came during the Crimean War. The situation was terrible, and when a call was sent out for nurses, she with her band of forty trained women responded and worked unceasingly during the war. She had many difficulties and prejudices to overcome, in which sectarian jealousies played an important part. She was a great joy to the soldiers with her odd fancies and original expressions.
After her return from the Crimean War, Miss Nightingale reboubled her efforts toward the improvement of conditions in the British army and of health conditions in general. She wrote several valuable books and pamphlets, some of which are in use today.
Owing to her excessive exertion her health failed and much of her work during the later years of her life was directed from her bed.
Miss Nightingale's title, "The Lady with the Lamp" was acquired during the Crimean War when she used to go about the hospital wards with a lamp in her hand. The title clung and today the figure of "The Lady with the Lamp" appears on the medals of the Red Cross Society.
A great many interesting and quarrelsome men are made dull and placid by a happy marriage...Life.
Campus Opinion
That "Sophomore" whose communication was in last Friday's Kansas, has small grounds to support sophomore pledging, is easily seen in that he presented few arguments in favor of it.
Answering "Sophomore"
Editor Daily Kansan
The fact that many students are pledged at the ear of the first week of school is no reason that they are pledged "blindly." Most of them have been known and watched for months, but they haven't had high school records afford as good as basis for judging them as would one year in the University.
The writer of the first article in favor of sophomore pledging certainly would not argue that since there is no modern stadium here that sophomores choose without a period of training and try-outs. Nevertheless, neither would he argue that regardless of a new stadium periods for athletic training and try-outs should undergo such a change three to thirty-six times. That it would be possible to overtrain freshmen is as likely as it is to overtrain athletes. Sophomore pledging would amount to nothing less than a year's rushing end and not only in wearing the freshman but also the upper classmen.
If parents have expressed their desire for sophomore pleiding, it is not widely known on the Hill and the conservative powers over the University who wish such a change may not be as great in number as those interested with it. A present method of plogging. The suggestion of a few people should not be accepted over the opinions of many.
The reference made by "Sophomore" to the "hoodwinking" of the freshmen on the part of the fraternity should be objected to, for the fraternity does not make practice of pledging under false pretences. Fraternity standards demand a square deal and as a rule the standards have been maintained under the old methods. Rushweake.
Editor, Daily Kansan:
The article which appeared is the Kansan recently, recommending the Inter-church World Movement, written by Roger W. B. Wabson, one of America's leading economists, had a bryonic economist, a bryonic economist. It brought home to me the fact that this movement is not a haphazard affair managed by a bunch of religious fanatics, but a campaign of considerble economic importance and one that is backed up organized by hard-hearted businessmen.
"This campaign should appeal to every business (and college) man and women, whatever church he is connected with or even if he is connected with no church," writes Mr. Carpenter, who said the efficient campaign in the interests of better conditions at home and abroad."
"Out of the 1,640,000,000 people of the world, over 1,000,000,000 are following beliefs and customs which are destructive to civilization and progress. In the United States we have 5,500,000 illiterates, 8,000,000 professed atheists and Sufiists, 250,000 Muslims. To remedy these facts and conditions thirty denominations have combined resources for a辨air for more men and money."
The American nation is today facing one of the most critical and intensely interesting political situations in its history. In making this statement, we are not taken by a hint from him, but by his marriage to find a "present crisis" for each issue, but we are admitting that the situation which will face this country in the next presidential election is one which should command the attention of every American man, woman or child, whether professional or layman, whether student or not.
By co-operating in this great campaign, we college students can partially repay the state and country for the costs of war and at the same time serve humanity.
A Convert
International relations, the part we will play in European politics, tariff, soldiers' bonus, nation-wide military training, government owner of the airport, a few of the questions on which the big fight will hinge. It is truly a national crisis; nothing could be more personal to every American, nothing could be more gripping in America than test the intellect more severely.
BECOME INTERESTED
Particularly are we interested in the student viewpoint. **I** is the duty of every student not held to keep posted on the events that will be fought this fall at the polls.
When you go home this vacation, people will want to know your opinion on the political situation. They
have a right to expect an answer to their questions, for as a college student, you are expected to know the politics and affairs of the day.
If you are not prepared to answer these questions intelligently, if your convictions are not well founded, on what do you base your claim that the college educated are better equipped for life than the high school edu-
In a wide-awake college such as Allegheny, political clubs should be formed to boost the favorite sons of the nation, and to seriously study national politics. Hoover Clubs, national colleges. In other colleges, We are behind the schedule; how soon we will catch up? Allegheny College Campus.
"Sweed" Nelson, A. B. 18," former varsity football captain, is geologist in the oil district in Mexico. Mr. Weiner is member of Fiji Delta Thera fraternity.
Jayhawks Flown
Herbert Mee, A. B. '19, is in the Security National Bank of Oklahoma City, Okla. William Mee, ex-'18, is connected with this bank also. Both were members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Milward Idol, L. L. B. "18, of Robinson, Kansas, spent last week end at the Kappa Sigma house. Mr. Idol was a "K" man, and a member of Phi Alpha Deita and Kappa Sigma fraternities.
J. W. Jenkins III, A. B. '16, is in the Piano Department of the J. W. Jenkins Music Company of Kansas City.
W. S. Kinear, B. S. '07, has become famous as a Civil Engineer. His first construction work occurred on railroads in the Middle West and also construction work in South America. He completed his apprenticeship at Michigan Railroad Company, and projected the building of an electrically operated tunnel across the Detroit River between the cities of Detroit and Winsor, Canada. The tunnel which was one and three fourths of a mile in length, had the disastrous effect of cutting section area of any sub-aquous tunnel in the world.
Mr. Kinewar now lives in New York where he has offices on Broadway with a home on the famous New York Riverside Drive. He is a director of several large corporations and a member of many famous New York Clubs, such as Metropolitan Sleepy Hollow, and Country Club 129
Another local alumnus is Charles S. Gleed of Topeka, a corporation lawyer and director in bank and public service corporations. He $j_{2}$ a director in the cents Fa railroad and in the Central Pacific Railroad of the Southwest Bell Telephone Group in Missouri and Kansas. The banks with which he is connected as a director include the Pioneer Trust Company and the Guaranty Trust Company of Kansas City, and the Central Railroad Company. Gleed served for years as one of the members of the Board of Regents.
George M. Devore, E. S. 19, is with Stone-Webster Structural Steel Company of Boston. He writes Prof. C. C. Williams of the University that he is enjoying his work and his groundings. His work is exclusively structural steel design for electrical power plants. He is present within yards of the Harvard campus and says that he has seen a number of old students of the University of Kansas who are attending school there.
Mental Lapses
"Let us hope for the best," rejoined Miss Cayenne. "Perhaps some of the society lads who are putting on overalls will be psychologically influenced to attempt a regular day's work." Washington Star.
A Faint Hope—"Clothes do not make the man," remarked the ready-made philosopher.
Where Is She?...A man was arrested for speeding his motor in Youngstown, Ohio. He admitted and said it was because he had just heard of a house for rent and he wanted to get there first.
Query...How fast would a fellow be allowed to drive if he was on his way to interview a good servant-girl who had a job? Richmond Times-Daily.
Fish Coster..."Fresh! Wy, mum,
it breathed its last when it saw you
coming."
Acquitted.
Customer (sniffing)..."And wot breath it had!"...London Blighty.
Those Irish revolutionists have the right idea. They burned the income tax records in Dublin...The Stars and Stripes.
On Other Hills
DePauw chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has elected 13 members from the class of 1920. The 13 chosen from the class of 132 were those who had the highest scholarship during their four years' work. Of the number chosen eight were women and five men.
Brigadier-General Denis E. Nolan who at present is in charge of intelligence instruction at the Army War college in Washington, D. C. will be the guest of honor and principal speaker at a meeting of the members of the Shannon Post of the American Legion to be held May 12. During the war General Nolen was attached to the general staff holding a group of assistant chief of staff G-2 to General Pershing. At this same time the election of officers of the Post for next year will take place.
An epidemic of petty thievery is infesting the campus of the University of Colorado. The Athletic Manager's office was broken into recently and two athletic sweaters were stolen. On another occasion, a package of examination papers were stolen from the same place. Other thefts from the campus include an automobile and a contest ballot box.
You've heard about the rasin With the kick of 10 per cent. But the rasin' inth the wallop Is the rain' in the rent.
..Columbus Dispatch
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