UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Official student paper of the University EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF | EDITORIAL NAMES | | | :--- | :--- | | Don Davis | Editor-In-Chief | Herbert Howland | News Editor | E. N. Dyer | Editor | Mary L. Meyer | Society Editor | LARW | Plain Takes Editor | | NEWS STAFF Vernon A. Moore...Business Mgr. Fred. Rigby...Assistant Helen Patterson Wulbrun Fischer Robert H. Reed Alice Bowlby John Montgomery Alfred G. Hill Paul Flagg Mary Smith Subscription price $2.00 per year in advance; one term, $175. Entered as second-class mail matter September 17, 1910, at the post office at Lawrence, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Published in the afternoon five times a week, by students of the University of Kansas, from the press of the Department of Journalism. Address all communications to UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Lawrence, Kansas Phones, Bell K. U. 25 and 66 The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate education go further than merely printing the news or showing the variety of varsity holds; to play no favorites; to be clean; to be cheerful; to be helpful; to leave more serious problems wiser heads; in all, to serve the students of University. TUESDAY. MAY 29, 1917 "Bow to him who bows not to the fatterer,"—Lavater. "TILL WE MEET" To the men of the University there is something altogether pathetic in the good-byes that will soon be said as they lay down their books for the year and go our into a strange land of adventure. Never before in the history of the present generation has the outlook for a happy reunion seemed so dark and forbidding. A gigantic war-cloud obscures the future and none may know where September may find them. Already has it settled over the young lives of many of our number and the end is not yet. But, whether it be in a dug-out in Belgium, in a farmyard in France, in a German prison, on a ranch in Texas, on a battle-ship on the broad Atlantic, or back in the sacred halls of our Alma Mater, we know that the reunion will be hearty and friends will meet again in queer places and under strange conditions. Who knows but that a resounding Rock Chalk may not lead a victorious charge over a Vimy Ridge or echo from the palace of Kaiser Bill before the war is over? Who knows but that a second Funston may carry the glory of old K. U. to the four corners of the earth? Be optimistic and cheerful during these last few days which remain, but do not forget to make that parting hand-clasp one to be remembered. It may be the last, or it may be a solemn pledge of true K. U. brotherhood to be remembered with joy in the misty future. War is awfully inconvenient. It may interfere with the big league baseball schedules. THE TASK Those of us who return to the University next September have a big task before us. It is up to us to do the things that will make Kansas a bigger and better school; it is up to us to institute the many reforms which have been projected as panaceas for the University's ills. First of all, it is every one's job to get the real K. U. spirit—the spirit of loyalty; of helpfulness, of democracy, of sympathy—the spirit that is almost greater than the institution itself—the one thing that can carry the University triumphantly through the troubled seas ahead. Secondly, that spirit must be instilled into those alumni who do not have it. Disloyal alumni have done the University more harm than any other single thing, according to one of the speakers at the Student Day exercises last Friday. It is up to us to make our alumni loyal. One way of doing it is to see that every graduate who leaves the institution does so with a great love for K. U. in his heart. Thirdly, the faculty folks and the students have got to get together. The old spirit of aloofness, of "better-than-thou," must go. And the students must learn to meet their instructors as fellow human beings, not as tyrants nor as beings unworthy of contempt. Professors and pupils must be friends. The fourth task is that of putting the permanent income amendment safely past the people into the state constitution. It will require work, self-sacrifice, and ability to think and act. The students and the faculty must be willing to perform the task. Fifth, we must secure for the University a Commons. That cannot be done in one year. It may not be done in two. But surely, before the freshmen who enter Kansas next fall are graduated, the Commons must become a reality. The Men's Student Council will take steps next fall to eliminate graft from all student activities. The profits from parties, publications, dramatics, and other money-making enterprises could easily be placed in a trust fund to be used in the future in building a Commons. The money now spent by classes in erecting memorials could be used in the same cause. Every cent raised for public purposes on the campus—with the exception of those sums which will be donated to the Red Cross, to the soldier boys, and to relief work—could be placed in the Commons Fund. It's our job to see that such a fund is started, and that it is raised to the amount necessary to build the needed Commons. Sixth, we have the task of providing a dormitory for University women. With the income amendment in operation, this should be easy, as one of the first uses of the money that could be made would be to erect a Dorm. But it's up to us, just the same! Seventh, there are a lot of minor matters of equal importance that must be brought to pass. The solution of the freshman cap question must be found—Kansas cannot give up a tradition that has for so many years meant for democracy and for good-fellowship among her first year students. The "campus beautification" plans must be carried to completion; so that we may take full advantage of the University's wonderful site to improve it in every possible manner. Lastly, our athletics must be maintained, on a better scale, if possible, than ever before. "I would be sincerely sorry" says President Wilson in a recent letter to the New York Post, "to see the men and boys in our colleges and schools give up their athletic sports, and I hope most sincerely that the normal course of college sports will be continued, so far as possible, not only to afford a diversion for the American people in the days to come, when we shall no doubt have our share of mental depression, but as a real contribution to the national defense, for our young men must be made physically fit in order that later they may take the place of those who are of military age and exhibit the vigor and alertness which we are proud to believe to be characteristic of our young men." The Missouri Valley Conference has decided to continue athletics during the coming school year, and it's our job to see that K. U. gets the cream of the athletes who have this spring graduated from Kansas high schools. Winning teams and big enrollments go hand in hand. We're going to be mighty busy folks next year. The fellows who have gone off to do the country's fighting have left some pretty big jobs behind. It will require pretty much the same courage to put the permanent income bill across that it does to take a line of trenches. The same sort of perservance will be required to make the Commons and the Women's Dorm a reality as that which will finally win a democratic form of government for Germany. Honolulu had a foot of rain in one ay. That ought to help the new crop f grass skirts immensely. It is altogether right and proper that we take a few moments at this closing of the year to remember the many kindnesses shown us by the merchants of Lawrence. The drygoods stores have let us run charge accounts without questioning our financial basis. The banks have given us more time when we have overdrawn our account and had no money to reimburse it and in many cases they have forwarded us funds when we wanted to go to Kansas City for the week-end and the folks did not come across with the usual check. OUR MERCHANT FRIENDS And there has been hardly a store that sometime or other has not been called upon to cash a check when we needed money. They have all been mighty good to us and we appreciate it. And the K. U. folks who don't go to war will try to win just as many battles as those who do! The merchants believe in us and trust us. "We never lose money on our students," one store says, "Sometimes the checks are turned back because of insufficient funds but a check from home straightens every thing out." That is a good record, and we should be proud of the confidence they place in us. By intensive gardening we expect to be able to raise more dandelions this year than ever before. AT OTHER SCHOOLS MORE CARE NEEDED Canoeing has started in strong again on the Iowa river and jolly groups of students and others are enjoying the excellent recreation which this sport affords. For the most part students who spend much time canoeing are aware of the necessity of care of safety, and more of the men and women are well trained in the use of canoes. However, there are some who seem to have not been educated so that they understand the needs of safety and like to display a sort of recklessness and have a few nights ago, one of the members of the stuff of the Daily Iowan was dancing at a boat house up the river and witnessed an exhibition by some rattle-brained freshmen who seemed to think they were having the time of their life. They were friends in the boat with them and were seeing how much they could rock it, at the same time testing the lung power of their friends. According to the witness of the affair, they were a "miracle" that prevented a disaster. POET'S CORNER Students who have been in the University for some time know what carelessness and recklessness has cost students in the University in the past. The Daily Iowan believes that the students may get much good exercise and enjoyment out of canoeing, but some means should be adopted at once to make any who fail to recognize the hazards of carelessness Lashing our spirits out of sleep to life Great window of the year through April) that window in the year of earth, opened by March through which the storm passes. THE VISION And June! oh jargon that I try to put That rich, ecstatic fullness into them The meaning of the very soul of life— And May, that lovely picture of the And May—that lovely picture of the soul in flower God is burst in bloom and is freed in bloom. That solitude of the patient soul of earth earth in its long path around the weary year When every bird has found its mate When every bird has found its mate and love Beats in warm rapture for the nest it loves. When flowers bloom they reprise its pet. When every flower has raised its pet alice fled to the mellow sunlight to be kissed into a fuller beauty. And in the heart of man a wonder His soul comes into blossom like the flowers; HeGod breathes of God upon the breeze; HeGod breathes in the clear blue sky. The flowers and birds the token of his love, and his side, heart opening to heart, the one who shares with him this joy. Then God in man is face to face With God in Nature, and their souls In one grand harmony of ecstasy, And like the lark sours up to purer O May and June! how can we name it? Except through thee! Except through these. —Gertrude O. Palmer, '15. pay attention to their conduct on the river. If some students fail to recognize the danger for themselves they should at least realize that friends are in their care and special care when possible, it for no other reason—Daily lowan, ON REING ALONE The great criticism that is raised against college men as a class is that they are hasty and emotional to such an excessive degree that their very enthusiasm becomes a weakness. There is not enough of that quiet, unimpassioned thinking which, in the end, of the most permissive students, seems to be of duty to our country. He is utterly alien to the spirit of the hour who has not felt the demands of national service in this time of national need. We shall not, however, make intelligent and satisfactory decisions if we adopt as our sole criterion our emotions when raised to the highest point of artificial stimulation. Every man who seeks the best ever nowadays—how Best can I serve my country?—should go apart from his fellows and be alone for a time. We make a plea for that solitude that is devoted to serious thought. Those who are borne forward on the topmost wave of popular enthusiasm to a decision they know not what, and to a course of action with which they have no acquire sympathy at all. In serious difficulties and cannot retrieve their steps without great humiliation to themselves and embarrassment to the guardians of the interests for which they profess a false and inflated loyalty.-Colgate Maroon. LaCoss Is Promoted Louis LaCosse, first editor of the Daily Kansan, who has been with the Associated Press at Omaha, Nebr., has been transferred to Fargo, North Dakota and made manager of the A. P. office there. Mr. LaCosse was chief of the Kansan when it began its career as a daily, January 16, 1912. Send the Daily Kansan home. Trunks Suit Cases Bags For those who are to travel we show a most complete line of baggage on our third floor. Trunks of every kind and size. Wardrobe, Steamer and Hat Trunks Bags for men or women. 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