THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1920.
THEY DESERVE SUPPORT
A deserving, yet much neglected student activity of the University is again up for consideration in the busy routine of Mt. Life Road. Friday night three of the best debaters in school, will defend the name of the University as the producer of argumentative talent, while three other equally good men will go to Boulder, Colorado, for the same purpose. This display is the annual triangular debate held between Oklahoma University, Colorado University and Kansas University.
In the past, Kansas debate teams have labored hard for perhaps three months upon an inter-collegiate debate. When the final day came possibly fifty persons including the judges were in the audience. Is this a fitting tribute for the great amount of time in preparation? If the football team received no more support than does the debate teams at this school you suppose men would undergo physical hardship, and gruelling work as they do? Is it fair then to the debates?
Come out and support the team!
Of course, the debaters are entitled to reward for their services. There has not been a debate at the University in the past three years where the Rock Chalk has been given. This sad state of affairs must be remedied this year.
We hear that in Chicago eggs have dropped from 1 to 6 cents a dozen. But the cost of everything also has also dropped in inverse proportion.
MOVIES AS A MEMORIAL
The suggestion that the senior class use the funds at their disposal for a memorial to have motion pictures of campus life and commencement activities made in place of building a seat on the campus which no one ever sits on or a fountain which is beautiful for a few years and then becomes neglected and a disgagement to the campus.
At first sight the suggestion seems to be for something that the extension division should take care of. The pictures could be used in the various high schools of the state to picture the real life of the school. It would be a great means of advertising the University. If the pictures are taken they could certainly be used for this purpose. They would be of great value to the extension division but the primary purpose of taking the pictures would be to use them at a reunion of the class of 1920 twenty years from now. By that time the seniors of this year will be getting well along to mid- dale age. If they could be shown life like pictures of their activities when
they were in school they would be brought closer to the University students. It would keep them from forgetting what they were interested in while in school and would make them more considerate of some of the things they would otherwise be apt to misunderstand and regard as non-essential in the life of the students.
The suggestion to have the pictures made is worth considering and should be investigated by those in charge of selecting a memorial.
FORMERLY OF KANSAS
A formerly of Kansas author has just issued a very beautiful book of Japanese poems called "Moons of Nippon." Her name is Miss Edna Worthy Underwood. Arkansas City was the home of her youth, and a course in Garfield College, Wichita, prepared her for more thorough study at the University of Michigan.
Her mother taught her Latin, a young Swiss who lived with the family, taught her several modern languages, and she has become past mistress of ten of these. She is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, and the Modern Language Research Association or England. Much of her work has been in the field of Slavic study and interpretation, and her "Short Stories from the Balkans," was published last fall voted by the National Arts Committee one of the best books of the year. She has written a novel called "The Whirlwind" depicting Russian life in the eighteenth century, commended by the American Historical Society for original research, and "Letters from a Prairie Garden" is at once a delightful exposition on art and literature and a thoroughly atmospheric picture of western Kansas. She is now engaged upon another long novel and a huge anthology of Russian verse in conjunction with an eminent Slavic scholar.
This little book of Japanese verse covers the golden period of Japanese literature, "the seventh to the eleventh century, unique in the history of mankind." There are three English translations of the Chinese poetry of this period, but this is the first one in Japanese. It has required many years to make the typical selections, and Miss Underwood's books of original verse reveal the insight and appreciation essential to such a task. Each perfect little poem is like an exquisite Japanese print or bit of precious embroidery. There is also an illuminating biographical paragraph about each of the authors, and the Foreword is especially noteworthy.
The book comes from the Seymour press, Chicago, and the cover design is exceedingly appropriate in its Japanese coloring and suggestion.
A RULE FOR BUYING
The suggestion of the Kansas fair price commissioner, Mr. Hackney, sounds like sense. He wants people to wear old clothes. He points out that the supply of clothing is unequal to the demand and that a great deal of it is now being produced on overtime at excessive expense
This is very different advice from that given by one of the hat trade journals in the summer. This journal had a scheme to sell more hats- or presumably if there were not more hats, the demand would increase, case, to increase the demand for hats, which naturally would push up the price.
Here is the scheme that the journal proposed. The manufacturers make both soft and rubber hats. Retail merchants were to sell soft hats in retail stores, but they were to keep the figure—the fact that derbies would be offered for sale at all. Then, when everybody had bought new soft hats, the retailers were to sell them.
The average retailer—at least in towns of the size that we have in Kansas—did not warm up to the scheme apparently. The average接待 interest in the welfare of his customers. He is willing to do what he can to make conditions normal again. Both soft hats and derbies can be bought in store today, but no merchant is try-able to create an artificial demand for equipment.
and try to sell every man a new derby--relying on the fact that the average man is willing to look like a nitzs fighter or an East Side padder.
Merchants and customers in the average Kansas town would agree on his advice. Don't buy for silly, artful people, what you need—Canaas Industrialist.
Ye Good Old Days
"The reference in the 'Good Old Days' column the other night of what went on at the library before Miss Carrie Watson took charge there caused me to do some thinking on the subject," said the old Time Prof. "I have now remembered that I was a time when Miss Watson wasn't at the library, so the 'Good Old Days' man was in error on that point." Then he told this story of how Miss
Miss Watson was a graduate of the class of 1877. She was away from the University during the next year, and returned in 1878, at enrollment time. The University was a small one in those days, and she found Chancellor Marvin himself enrolling the students.
Then he told this story of how Miss Watson came to Spooner;
The Chancellor laughs.
"I'll be through enrolling at ten o'clock," he said, "Come around then and I'll talk to you."
"Id like to enroll again," said Miss Watson.
The Chancellor laughed.
When Miss Watson later in the morning, he offered her the job oitting in the library and keeping order. Prof. E. Miller was officia librarian, but did not have the time to spend at the library, so someone was needed to keep the students in order. Thus, in 1878, begun Miss Watson's term as librarian, which has now lasted 42 years.
The library of 1878 was in what is now the back part of the Chancellor's office. It consisted of between two and three hundred books which the Old Time Prof. described as "hargely unreadable." Later on shelves were put in the present museum's rest room, and this was used till Spooner Library in 1894. In 1904 Watson has been head librarian during its entire history.
"The use of blue and yellow in the library curtains mentioned was not because those were the school colors, either," continue the Old Time Prof. Emmett Crimson and the crimson and blue had come in in 1838 or previous. The alcoves in the library were not built until fully a year after the building was completed, so the use of these colors in the curtains had nothing to do with the University college.
"So far as I know," concluded the Old Time Pfur. "no one has ever gotten the correct facts as to when the crimson and blue came into use. An entspiring historian should get busy and dig up the facts in this matter."
The Soviet Call
Note.—The following article was written by Frank P. Petzelti, a special student in the School of Engineering. Petzelti is a native of Czecho-Slavia and has been in Americer since 1914.
Russia signed the peace of Brest-Litovsk. We read about two men, selling to Germany this nation of hundred and sixty millions; we read about the almost unbelievable rotten conditions that were brought upon this nation through this deal. Natur-men; women; and hated them ever since. Couldn't keep from hitting them. Sellers of their people, pro-Germans.
These things, which we read an ear, set us thinking. Was all of that which in the past two years was safe to believe in, the government, was all of that true? We were daring; What are the next few months bringing, to enlighten us on this important question? Are we going to find out that the Soviet Government is all right after all? That we will be able to remember the recent years would happen in every country, after an overthrow of a tyrannical government? Are we going to find out that the only offence of Russia was her destruction of the
But somehow, the tone of the press, of this and other allied countries, especially of the latter, seems to be much more friendly to the Soviet Government of Russia. We are beginning to read and hear that this government is doing things worth doing; that it works hard in establishing and maintaining of order and peace; that it tries its best to give that unhappy nation a start and push toward a better and brighter future. People come from Europe and have a chance to look and see and will help with their exaggeration, over- and discoloration that made Russia appears as the most barbarous country under the sun. Brothers, who for a year or two were soldiers, perhaps war prisoners in Russia, they too, will come and tell us that the Russian government is as much pro-German as is American. The United States that it does try to help plan centuries old slave of the exardium—to its feet.
her crimes. — the unusual disorder,
murder, barbarism, immorality, etc.
was just a "bune"? Are we going to
the Germans' war machine?
Germany, but that the Raus-German
peace was only an inevitable result of the revolution, which weakened the nation's unity and made it impossible to keep on with the war causing a slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people. But even without being whipped in the end after all? That all what was said about the pro-Germanism, and barbarianism or Russian government was a blackmail, originating among the remainder of the czar's regime, among those who could not forget the happy days when they were living in luxuries, when they had everything they needed when they could send to Siberian exiles anyone who wasn't satisfied with their doings?
This Russian question, a question of a hundred and sixty million people, is of a tremendous importance to the world. We must not answer it lightly. The future of all civilization may be dependent on the way we answer it. A few days ago we read a call from the Soviet Government. A call to the United States asks them to ask their Russia, and promises to pay for it liberally. They say, they have all the securities any nation could ask for.
those nine and a half square miles of land? We, a half millions go under the Siberia. All, most of us knew, at Siberia was, that it was czar's place to send those he didn't like; that it was the last stop in the Russian civil system; nothing but ice and snow; and even when we are it is really a promise land, such as America was a century ago. It is the Mokka of the immigrants of the future. Its climate varies from cold in the north to warm in the south. It has everything imaginable: Soil, that has not equal; all desirable vegetation; grain of all kinds; forests as long as fifteen hundred miles, with rivers flowing in them; can uncomparable riches in minerals of all kinds—platinum, gold, silver, iron, all other metals, coal oil; it has many large rivers that are going to be the most important means of transportation of that country. Billions of billions of dollars are lying there, waiting for money, brain, and labor to come and get him into circulation. And then we imagine what it will mean for those who will answer the call?
Amerika, investigate!
"23—Do you think I have enough imagination to be a writer, Professor? Prof. Do you think you are going
to pass this year?
Prof—Do you think you are going to pass this year?
Prof.—You have.
to pass this year?
"Is pickled cabbage all right under the dry law?"
PREP. - You have. —McGill Daily
"How about soused mackerel."—K. C. Journal.
"I am particularly liable to seabla-sickness," a young sailor recruit to the office in charge. "Could you explain what to do in case of an attack."
"Tain't necessary, my boy, you'll do it," replied the officer.
Jayhawks Flown
Cecil Burdier, of Hutchinson, a former student, who has been visiting at the Alpha Tau house has gone to Selma Alabama, where he has a position.
Miss G. Cobbs, fa22, and Glen Ayers, c12, were married Wednesday March 10, in Almenea, Kanna, Maura. Ayers is a member of Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha, and Alpha. They will make their home on a fruit ranch in Lodi, California.
Miss Ruth Hodgson, A. B. 11, plays in the musical comedy of the Fanchon and Marco Revue at the Grand Theater in Kansas City last week. While at K. U. Miss Hodgson majores in mathematics and was made PhBeta Kappa at the time of her graduation.
She taught mathematics in the high school at Elko, Nevada, and each summer went to San Francisco to attend Akiyos Petrus Wright's School of Dancing. Last September, just as she was preparing to return to her professional duties, a place was offered her with the Fanbon and Marco revue at a much smaller studio. She paid her and she accepted. Mia Hodgson was very active in school activities while at K. U. and is a member of the Chi Omega sorority.
Louis LaCross, A. B. '11, who has been assistant correspondent of the associated press in Mexico City, has been called to the New York office of Mr. LaCross, as press. Mr. LaCross stopped off in Lawrence on the way to New York.
John A. Edward, banker and stockman of Eureka, is candidate for United States senator, subject to the primary vote of his party. The graduate of the University, A. B. 95.
On Other Hills
The McPherson College Spectator runs a "worth reading" column. Editors appear in the college paper weekly, and write worth while. (That is, most of them.)
An exchange recommends several cups of black coffee for those of you, who are trying to find a "snore-preventive".
Emporia college women, who recently violated an anti-flu ban order by leaving the dorsotriton a la fire escape, and two home black were still reading the papers.
They Will Learn
The Ark Light of the Arkansas City high school inincessly asks, "What is the matter with the Winfield h. s. paper. The front page is the only parv with any news, the rest being taken up with advertising."
Bankers in the state of Oklahoma hold their annual convention last week at Norman. University students assisted in the entertainment of the financiers by acting as guides about the campus.
Students in the French department at Oklahoma University recently produced the play, "Le Modène Malgré The Doctor in spite of Hireself."
An old fashioned spelling match between the students and townpeople has been arranged for at the University of South Dakota.
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