UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate life of the students and their teachers than merely printing the news by standing for the idea of the University. Instead, it tries to be clean to be cheerful; to be charitable; to be courageous; to be wise; to be honest; to win lords; in all, to serve to the students; in all, to ability the students of the University.
TUESDAY, DEC. 2, 1919
FIRST THINGS FIRST
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Putting America first enabled this nation to attack the Islamic State two million miles in France in a fight with al-Assad, an agent of a common enemy.
The same spirit working today in Kansas is enabling the state to mine coal with which to relieve and prevent the suffering of thousands.
At the University the cry of "America First" has taken the place of the loyalty slogan "K. U. First," and our men have accepted the newer challenge. The men and women who populate the ill know now that there are some things greater than K. U's loyalty movement; that something comes ahead of the University of Kansas, and that something is America. They have come to realize the obvious fact that "K. U. First" has only local significance--that it is "America first" which is the ultimate goal of allvals.
Loyalty after all means putting first things first. At the University this means that, selfish personal interests must be subordinated to those of the institution. In the nation it means that the people's interests are paramount and must be upheld as against class interests.
Putting first things first means a combination of the American idea of law, order and government, and in such a scheme of things the University of Kansas is not going to be put out 'of the running.'
**NOW ABOUT FARM HAND POETS**
“This Richard Wattles, a Kansas poet of some renown, should be suppressed at once. He has offered a prize of $50 for the best poem on Kansas between now and next May. What knew needs is farm hands ask, not, poets.”—Osborne farmer.
Perhaps this prayer for suppression refers to William Wattles, whom University students know as a Kansas poet of some renown, and who has offered a $90 prize.
By all means let's suppress him. But let's wait until after next May when the prize will have been conferred. Yes, let's put off the suppression a little langer, wait until after harvest, and until after Willard Watties has again heartened to the call of the need of Kansas, as he has for many years past, by farm-handing it on the Brownlee ranch, west of Hutchinson.
KEEPING TOO FAR AHEAD
Luxuries were never higher. Their costs are attached not only to their buyers but to the purchasers of necessities as well, for the manufacture of luxuries is diverting man-power
from the manufacture of necessities.
The cost of a fancy pair of shoes raises the price of the ordinary pair because the principal item in making shoes is labor, and there is a shortage of it in every industry. High priced luxuries under these conditions make high priced necessities.
In spite of the cost we insist on the boot and create a demand for a continuation of the manufacture of luxuries. We have been taught to make price the principle basis for our shopping judgment, and we buy the articles with the highest priced label in preference to a similar article with a lower priced label. Whether men or women we are characteristically vain and each day we look into the mirror saying to ourselves we do not seem to be outdone in our luxurious tastes.
We need the old-fashioned economy of former days when twenty-five cents was enough for a rip-raising time at any Fourth of July celebration. Our tastes have run ahead of our products and we need to stop long enough for production to catch up again. While the war was being fought we ceased producing but we did not cease desiring and the usual balance was lost. The only way to resume the balance is to temporarily stop desiring and increase production.
THOSE LITTLE THINGS
When in doubt, speak. That would zee a good motto for every student to adopt. Between classes certain faces at once bring a cheery greeting while others are passed by with a questioning look. Oftentimes two persons well known to each other pass without as much as a nod.
What's the harm in speaking to every fellow student whose face bears the least mark of familiarity? To pass without speaking is to pass up an opportunity for practicing the democracy of which the University boasts. If a smile is added to the greeting so much the better.
It's a little thing to do but it often seans much.
Mental Lapses
A fashion expert is declaring that white shirt will come back soon, last. He doesn't know our laundry, London Opinion.
"If you can supply me with two rooms, I'll give you ten pounds a week."
"You're too late; a gentleman's promised to marry me for them two vooms."
London Blighty
"Anyhow," said the optimist, "we have made the Fourth of July safe and sane."
"Yes responded the pessimist; 'but there are three hundred and sixty four other days in the year still to be looked after.' — Washington Star
It is evident that people will never be satisfied in this country until everybody has more pay than everybody else. — Park City (Ky) News.
"Father please let me marry Jim. He's so neat—why, when he was in France he took two medals for cleaning out dugouts and mopping up."
The man who used to spend all his time perfecting perpetual motion has a new diversion; he's trying to cross airplanes so they'll lay eggs.
Artist (to patron): "Yes, sir, I am wedded to my art."
Chloe— "I would only marry a man who has lived and suffered."
George-"I suppose what you want is a widower."—London Blighty.
Buffalo "News."
Miss Penny Pyetin, who affects preface of speech, refers to the Balkans as "the Balkins." And maybe she's right, at that—Washington "Star."
Patron: "Well, you certainly didn't marry for money."—London "Mail."
"Ian't your wife digmatically?"
"She was when Pomeranian pups were the style, but now she's automatic."
"Baltimore "American."
—Boston "Transcript.'
Concerning college football teams,
Too oft it comes to pass,
The man who's halfback in the field
Is 'way back in his class.
"The men who make the best husbands," says a writer, "are those who possess the knotty type of foot with square toes." But a young friend of Mr. Covington and his father they make the worst kind of prospective father-in-law.-London "Opinion."
Dippin' her bows in the scud as
Wonderin' will my lad come home
foam.
In toward Dingle a boat comes
THE WATCHER
Out he went in the gay spring weather
Fro near a blossom was on th
weather
Ere ever a blossom was on the earth.
weather Watchin' to see his boat come in
wish.
Many a day have I sought the
Will it be to-day, will it be tomorrow.
An' at what turn of the creamin tide?
An' still my heart ores out in
morrow—
"Where do ye bide? oh, where do ye bide?"
But ever the wind flings back my sighin'
In a plaintive, pitiful, keenin' way
So here I sit with the daylight dyn'
Likely, but not Diana. Run
Lookin' out over Dingle Bay,
—Clinton Scollar in the Literary Disject
Jayhawks Flown
Alfred G. Hill, A. B.17, in leaving the Topeka Daily Capital to take a position on the reporting staff of the Public Ledger, Public Delphina, Pennsylvania.
Martin Goldsworthy, LLB.14, it the mayor of Hancock, Michigan.
John E. Frisselle, A. B.'98, is now nayor of the city of Larned.
A1. eq(Nusumt1 and Former Students)
Deane Ackers, ce17, is now connected with the Rocky Ford Light & Power Company at Manhattan. Mr. Ackers recently received his discharge from the army, in which he served overseas as a captain.
George Fair, e17, was here for the Kansas-Missouri game Thanksgiving. Mr. Fair is working for C. A Shocley in Kansas City, Mp.
Arthur Templem, c'16, who is working in Oklahoma City, was here for he game Thursday.
Eugene L. Rolfz, e17, is at the head of the construction department of the Standard Oil Company, Sugar Creek, Mo.
Fred Deardoff, e17, is with Wadell & Company Engineers in Kansas City Mo.
Ernest Pickerling, c19, is with the J. W. Boyer, Architectural Engineering Company in Urbana, III. He also taking graduate work in architectural design in the University of Illinois.
Homer Blincoe, A. B. 176, is assistant instructor of Anatomy in the Tulane College of Medicine in New Orleans. He is also taking work toward an M. D. which he will receive this spring.
Helen Metcalf, A. B., who taught English in Lawrence High School for a number of years and who is teaching in Wichita High School has given position because of ill-health and will return to her home in Lawrence.
Miss Grace Wilkie, c12, assistant registrar of the University for a short time, sailed November 21 for a 6 month's trip as Chi Omega representative under the American Committee for Devastated France, according to a letter received by Mrs. Charles Estorly.
George D. Bromell, student in the graduate school, will spend Saturday and Sunday at his home in Kansas City.
Miss Wilkie's work will be to drive a Ford camion and distribute supplies to the devastated areas.
A SLAP ON THE WRIST
Harold D. Smith, ex'19, of Kansas City, Mo., will be the guest of the Sigma Chi, Saturday, and Sunday.
M. , R. R. L. Berlin of Sedan and Brooks Berlin, a former student of the University spent Thanksgiving with Armena Numberger, c'22.
The following Kansas City, Mo.
m alumni were Thanksgiving visitors at
the Sigma Chi house; Harold N. H
hart, c'18, Harald Smith, c'18, Gage
Frick, c'18, Ralph Metcalf, c'18,
Mike Woodbury, c'18, Arthur D, Fulton
c'12, Cady Daniels, c'10, and Logan
Abernathy, c'10.
Ethelyn Green, c19, who is teaching Modern Languages and English at Camden Point College, Camden Point, M., attended the Kansas-Missouri game Thanksgiving. She was accompanied by Hateo Godwin, math teacher at Camden Point, Camden and Viva Oma to St. Joseph, M., from the Board of Education.
A New York candy manufacturer was fired $100 after being found guilty on a charge of coating "moldy, musty, sour almonds with candy and coloring matter." The man on a million-pound contract order.
H. W. Shepherd was a guest at the Phi Pi house Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Shepherd was in school here until the first Office Training Corps when he went to Fort Riley, after which he was an instructor in acrobatic Flying at Mather Field, Sacramento, Cal., until last January.
At present candy prices surely a manufacturer can be honest with his customers and still turn a fair-sized profit.
But that isn't the point we wish to make. The punishment was wholly a punishment, not a punishment, manufacturer a trifle at $100 when convicted of adulterating food is as foreign to justice as tapping a gun with a ruler by way of punishment.
A good, stiff dose of prison might effect a cure; no $100 fine will.
-Cleveland Press
AMERICAN PRIDE
To Canadians the frezy of Americans over their baseball team is difficult to understand. Would we rave thus if we happened to have a world champion team in Toronto? Is it that the grapes are different from their onusse are different or that Saeedan's that strange gift of abruptly taking leave of their senses when a baseball crisis approached. Can we imagine Toronto clergyman praying for the success of the Toronto baseball team, as a Cincinnati clergyman prayed for the success of the Cincinnati team, or imagine the owner of the Toronto team resenting such partisan petitions?
At any rate, we cannot sneer at the Americans as being hero worshipers with regard to athletic prowess and dull and unemotional with regard to their citizens who have attained eminence in other walks of life. The people of Indiana, we believe, would take up arms in defense of the claims that Mr. Edison was the inventor of the writer than John Galloway, and that James Whitcomb Riley's "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" will be remembered when Kensa's "Lines on a Greek Urn" are forgiven. This, we take it, is the essence of Americanism, an absolute belief in the superiority of all American art and all American business to every other. They think Edison was the inventor of electricity that ever lived; that Sergeant York was the greatest soldier in the late war, and that the Woolworth building is a mighty sight more interesting that the Pyramids. As an American writer put it not long ago when giving a definition of the average American, he is one who thinks that the average American is better than the average citizen. In some respects living in Canada has all the advantages and drawbacks of living next door to a circus.-Toronto Mail & Press.
"We tried to buy some rope to hang a profiteer."
"We love it."
"But the dealer wanted too much for it."—Dallas "News."
Conductor—This car goes through without any change.
Passenger—That's why I boarded it. I'm in the same predicament myself —Depauw Daily.
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"Why is it, Bob," asked George of a very stout friend, "that you fat fellows are always good natured?"
"We have to be," answered Bob,
"You see, we can't either fight or run."
—London "Brighty."
The magazine printers "vacationing" went.
Left their cases all stacked in the shelves;
But typewriter, camera, got on the job.—
—Boston "News Bureau."
The height of laziness is to miss 11:30 o'clock class.
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in
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"Luck in Pawn" By Marvin Taylor
She had shipped on fortunes sea and wrecked her boat. She had pawned her lunch and lost her ticket
But she found one pawnbroker with a heart—And what did he do but become her "Uncle" and move her into love and society.
Some Little "FLIER" you'll say!
AN old painter used to give this advice—"If you want your house green, use green paint." Obvious of course;so is this advice:"If you want a Christmas gift for a man, go to a man's store."
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