PAGE TWO THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925 UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas Editor-in-Chief Carmen Cairns Carmen Cairns Garden Editor Chris Brooks John Street Chris Brooks News Editor Francesco Sporti New Media Editor Rosanna Simmon Rosanna Simmon Edith Ehlers Renewal Manager Renewal Manager Alameda Editor Joseph Diklamban Mary McDermott Editor Sport Editor Marie Merli Other Board Members Board Members Francis Clarke Vicki Van Camm Christopher M. Kerns Tate Vincent Mindred Gutter Travis Mathison Josephine Miller Ritwin Robinson Louis Leung Brendan Leng May Lee Hurstitual Crane Mary Olsen Business Manager John Floyd McComb Assist, Hus. Mara, Carl Coffelt, Robert Hill Entered an second-class mail matter Mr. Gunderson wrote to the State Department, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1957, and on Sunday morning by telephone with an office in Denver, Colorado, where he verified the identity of Kumara from the Press of the state of Kansas. Address all communications to THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Lawrence, Kansas INVESTMENTS Editorial department K. U. 25 Business department K. U. 66 THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925 WHAT OF CAMPUS DAY? So far the campus year has been crowded with days and movements of various import and description, but one of the most important days in the year has been totally neglected. Net long ago it was the custom for all students, and some faculty members, to turn out on a certain day and devote their energies toward cleaning up and beautifying the buildings and grounds. For the past two or three years that custom has been neglected, and it seems that the campus is showing the effects of the neglect. It is impossible for the force at present working on the campus to keep it in the best possible shape. Daedalium are flourishing, scraps of paper and bits of wood mark the lawns and edges of buildings, and paint lavently applied by political and other organizations mars the approaches and sidewalks. A little wholehearted and concentrated work on the part of the student body would eliminate these weeds and bites in a little time. There is another side to the question of campus day other than the more cleaning up of the grounds. $16$ students were to work awake toward getting things in shape they would no doubt think twice before taking some step that would cause them to revert to their present condition. If interest were developed, an occasion made out of the cleanup, and the students and faculty members were impressed with the idea of seeing ourselves as others see us, more work would be done toward keeping the lawns beautiful, the approach clear of paint and cigaret butts, than could be accomplished by reams of editorial comment or official requests. K. U. should have a cleanup day that would become traditional—the beautiful campus will follow. We had a hunch that something useful would grow out of that raid on the Little Theater. It did. That fine excuse which one unfortunate was by saying he thought the show was a part of a lodge initiation. JINGOISM The anti-Japanese immigration law passed last year, the anti-Japanese legislation in many states, the fleet maneuvers in the Pacific, are all tending to keep alive and foster the war spirit and the hostility* toward Japan in this country. Of all the follies in modern years, this talk about an impending war with Japan is the greatest. Why the two countries should fight is difficult to say. There is practically no interest. But the jingles in this country and in Japan are constantly native to breed the spirit; they are trying to make a case for the inviolability of such a conflict. America is large and powerful and materially self-sufficient. If she engaged in a struggle with Japan, and made no other blunder, the outcome would not be difficult to guess, because the Asian nation is poor in resources, and a few month's warfare would impoverish it. On the other hand, Japan would not be easy to over-run if she maintained a defensive war. It is time the two countries cleared the little misunderstanding between them, and raised the fog which is setting down to cloud people's minds and deduling them. A war, if it should come about, would be the work of the military offices of both countries, and of those who would most profit by it. And of course, the common people, pallet, would pay for the luxury and folly. HIGH FLIERS People talk in big numbers nowadays. Small children have to have electric toys instead of the old rag dolls and homemade playhouses that we used to have. People buy automobiles and let the grocery bill go bang if it wants to. Governments go in for the big things. States vote great salaries and pave fine cement highways across cheap lands. Universities build stadiums and Union buildings and send teams in fine uniforms to faraway places. Young salaried men talk to each other in "terms of millions." And everyone is happy. And everyone is happy. Everyone belongs to a lodge. a chamber of commerce or some booster club. Right here one million dollars is going to be spent on a stadium and a Union building. The University has been pleading for a hospital for several years. This year there have already been 9800 calls at the student dispensary and 460 bed patients in the student hospital. The old wooden house that the hospital now uses costs $1500 a year in rent. It is not convenient and it is not what any modern hospital should be. Deans say that a fine hospital could be built and equipped for $120,000. It would have some place for contagious disease patients. The $21,500 that the present hospital uses to run itself for a year is all furnished by the students by their 6 fee. This same amount could just as well be going to run a new hospital—if we had it. This is an age of high fliers. An African patientate after being received by the prince and his party hurried ahead of them and was recelled again at the next village. Which showed that he had some ideas in common with the men who march in the annual Night Shirt parade. Cupid fans once on of every two trips to the plate says a Kansas City paper. Interesting, but how often is he on deck and never gets to the plate? Ping-pong, says an Associated Press dispatch, is becoming very popular in Berlin. And not very long ago we thought the Germans were war-like. Campus Opinion Campus opinion "Let's keep Wrinkle up the phi- phala." She printed her editi- cial was printed demon冲 gum chewing in chas room and on the campus. It was referred to as a "cow chewing her cowl". What a creature she is! And then to have it no mairteated. Is chewing gum a disgusting habit? We have seen farmers chew gum, but not everyone hints huge bites of tobacco, cows chew cuts and women chew the "ring" and on indefinitely until but one conclusion is reached. Gum chewing is reached. It is not to be classed with worms and their cuds, because they have no sense of start and stop. Gam courses and instructors "hearable." Let's keep Wrigley wriggling. It has kept us awake, where we would have quickly been wrapped in the arms of Morpheus until the next whistle. It is companionable; it gives the jaw exercise that most professors deny. Gum chewing is an art and a necessity in these days of common things. If we are to take history as an indicator, the next generation of the followers of "Aumy Blue" will hang the body of Wrigley to a lamp post for inventing chewing gum and thongs who chew it, will be jailed. J. L. C. Someone will always be crying and wringing his hands over the morbid condition of his wife. But to me the alleged lowly "P.K." makes life really more enjoyable and worthwhile and judging from the number on the album, as usual, a gem, I am not alone in my contention that chewing gum is an art. Plain Tales From the Hill A man may he known by the good deeds he does—but many a man has left school (by request) for too many of the name. Once there was a student at the University who would not take State Government because it was 48 times as hard as American Government. --bid to the "Place ourselves on either side of a lighted keg of gun powder" was the answer of a man to a challenge when he was asked to choose his weapons. The trouble was that one has called the other a liar. The professor then asked if the class thought that this duel had proved which was the liar. The student answered, "Neither." The student answered, "Neither will lie again." "I received a schedule of all trains out, from the administration this morning," said a professor recently, and he noted that not regarded it as an of omnibus port. One poor student lost a lot of sleep the other night because, to rest his nerves, he go up and played cards during the wind and rain storm. "Sit down," boomed a hanky voice in the stadium at the Kansas being. It was directed toward those inconsiderates in front who insisted on rising to their feet at the start or every event. When numerous ones of the neon adderates cast menacingly searchin- glines in the direction of the violet stream, they are suddenly and growled. "Who said that?" 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