UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
December 9,1918.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official student paper of the University
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The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate students so they go farther than merely printing the news by holding a conference. The University holds to play no fairest to be clean; to be cheerful; to be courageous; to leave more serious to wiser heads; in all, to serve to the beat of its university the students of Kansan.
--turn of some of the old school enthusiasm, K. U. students would surely wake up and take an interest in the organization of their classes. But it has no had effect at all on juniors, sophomores, or freshmen. Perhaps the freshmen are not to be criticised for their uninterestedness in the politics of the University, but after one or two years in the institution every junior and sophomore should have enough loyalty that a good hot competition would be shown for every class office.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918
TEACHING RUSSIAN AT K.U.
Winning a beauty contest is one percent perspiration and ninety-nine percent pull.
TEACHING RUSSIAN AT KUU
The announcement of Dean Elliott Templin's appointment as a member of a relief commission to be sent to Russia bears out the assertion made for several years by a few far-sighted educators in America, that the Russian language should be taught in American universities. Dean Templin, himself, urged its adoption two years ago as a part of the curriculum of the University of Kansas.
With the exception of Michigan, few universities include the Russian language in their curriculums. The University of Michigan sometime ago made its decision in regard to teaching this language. Its directors realized that in consequence of the increasing importance of Russia in intellectual, political and commercial activities, a practical acquaintance with the Russian language was rapidly becoming a necessity for English speaking people.
The problems of reconstruction now confronting this country make a study of this language imperative.
At the time Dean Templin urged the adoption of the Russian language here, few members of the faculty could see the necessity for the course and opposed it. Today, the need is apparent. With two years to its credit in the teaching of this language, the University of Kansas would be better prepared now to do its part in solving the problems confronting Russia in its struggle for democracy.
Dean Templin's suggestion was a practical one. If America is to carry on the great enterprise intruced to it, the Russian language so long withheld from American universities must become a part of the instruction offered at such institutions.
It is hoped that the University of Kansas will be among the first to meet this need.
Since the pictures of all K. U. companies are to be sent to the War Department, it will not be long now till some of our student students write home to say their photograph is being displayed in Washington.
REVIVE AND WAKE UP!
REVIVE AND WAKE UP!
Class spirit gt the University o.
Kansas has reached a deplorable
state. Class elections scheduled for
December 12, have been postponed
till after Christmas because only one
class, the senior class, has a ticket
out.
It was thought that, with the return of some of the old school enthusiasm, K. U. students would surely wake up and take an interest in the organization of their classes. But it has no had effect at all on juniors, sophomores, or freshmen. Perhaps the freshmen are not to be criticised for their uninterestedness in the politics of the University, but after one or two years in the institution every junior and sophomore should have enough loyalty that a good hot competition would be shown for every class office.
Juniors, wake up! And sophomores don't live up to your reputation of being incompetent and irresponsible. Get out that class ticket—two or three of them—and have the petitions in early.
Since finals will last only the class hour this quarter, students will be saved the tiresome task of sitting an hour or two after they have written all they know, just to make a good impression on the instructor.
THE K. U. BAND
The K. U. band this year, in spite of the interruption of military work and of enforced vacations, has been a real band. Director J. C. McCanless has met and successfully overcome even more handicaps than usual, and it is to be regretted that only one concert could be given this year instead of the series of other seasons.
The end of the S. A. T. C. will probably mean the end of the 1918 band because most of the men will leave school and the continuance of the organization will be impracticable because of the new material required. K. U. has seen little of its band this year, but enough to know that it could play "Boobl" and "Turkey in the Straw" with as much enthusiasm at football games as any that ever attended a football game.
The band of 1918 has made a place for itself in K. U. history, with every man a star on a service flag.
Merely Mental Lapses Jokes and Alleged Jokes
JOLLY WAR VICTIM
Pat had lost an eye in battle. When he got out of the hospital and went back to the front he got into an argument with an English soldier. "Till bet," he said, "that I can see more with my one eye than you can with your two."
"Prove it."
“Well, I can see two eyes in your face and you can only see one in mine”—Boston Evening Transcript.
COULD DO IT WITH PLEASURE
"Doctor," said a prima donna, "I don't care to appear tonight." "Yes?" "And I want you to give me a certificate that I can't sing." "I'll do that cheerfully, madam. I heard you trying to last night."-Kansas City Journal.
"All I am afraid of is that posterity will look at the crown prince's face and make the mistake of believing his chin was shot off in the last great war."—New York Telegraph.
Yvette a conductorette,
Marine a marine;
Jeanette's a farmerette,
the saintest ever seen.
Margaretette a suffragette—
and militant Irene.
Babette smoked a cigarette
To show that she was queen.
But they will all be married yet-
And housewives of meekest mien.
Yvette's a conductorette,
Amy B.
BLIGHTS THE SOUL
"Here is a preacher who announces that the automobile is a menace to real life."
"Maybe the poor fellow bought a second-hand cat." - Charlotte Obj.
President Wilson is fond of telling a story about an old teamster. This old fellow said to the treasurer of the concern one day:
DISCRIMINATION
"Just so," Winterbottom, just so," said the treasurer, and he cleared his throat and added: "Both treated well, I hope?"
Tubby's Weekly Letter
"Me and that off-horea has been workin' for the company seventeen years."
"Well," he said, "we wus both took down sick last month and they got a doctor for the boss, while they docked my pay." Pittaugh Sun.
The old teamster looked dubious.
Dear Old Scout:
Clip This Out and Send it to the K. U. Boy in France
Well, the football season is over, the S. A. T. C. will soon be demobilized and again K. U. will settle down to a life of hard work, just as you remember it. At least our instructors hope so. You know we haven't had much chance to study this year. That's an awful thing to admit when finals are only two weeks away, isn't it? But the university is going to quarter it are last only the class hour. This University is getting sensible about lots of things, isn't it?
Of course the girls are enjoying them and we take in a few of them ourselves, but there is one objection. If they don't stop polishing the Gym floor pretty soon, our basketball team is going to be out of luck. After Christmas holidays they expect to get some real practice, and prospects for a crack team are good. Matthews and Bunn are back again and there is a chance that "Dutch" Lonburg will get back in time for the season.
Just now we are having a series of Gobi-Trouts and Khaki-Hops, which are only military terms for farewell dances for the sailors and soldiers.
We've had some mighty welcome visitors this week, just as welcome as you will be when you come back. Lieut. Ennis Whitehead was on the Hill a few days. He is in the United States as a tester of planes and expects to return to France soon. Tom Pringle, too late for the football season, come up from a training camp in Jacksonville, Fla. He will be in school again next fall. Don Davis is here for a short visit.
Lieut. Frank Russell, a former K. U. man dropped in on the campus yesterday in his airplane, from Barron Field, Texas. Even the pros took time out to watch his exhibition flight over the University grounds.
K. U. will he represent in reconstruction work in Europe, too. Dean Olin Templain has been appointed a member of a relief commission to go to the University has extended his leave of absence to make the trip possible.
Say, if you fellows don't get back pretty soon, it looks like the women are going to clean up in politics this year. A woman has even been nominated for president of the senior class. Can you beat that? Wouldn't you like to mix up in a good old politician row once more? Finish up your work and hurry back, and we'll plan a regular campaign for next fall.
Yours,
LET EM FIGHT
The news comes from Europe that Bavarian and Prussian soldiers are in a row as to who was responsible for the Huns losing.
If they will leave it to us we can settle it. The British, French, Italian, Belgian and United States soldiers were most to blame. If they were not present, they would be one responsible man, we should say General Foch was the man.
Tubby.
Holton Record.
All thru the war we've been told to save the little things—the peach stones and the cherry pits and the old scraps of rubber and iron and table leavings and so on. We've been told to save food by utilizing weeds as substitutes—as pigweed greens, for example.
WEEDS
Now that the war is ended in one phase, this type of counsel is likely to vanish from among us. And it's a pity, too. For if we don't eat it or otherwise use up our abundant weed crop it will go on causing us no end of economic waste in destroying soil fertility and food-crop hindrance.
There seems much good sense in the action of the government in seeking to provide a continuance of war insurance after demobilization. It is reported from Washington that 95 per cent of the men in service are policy holders.
Weeds might be made into paper if some scientist were to take time to deal with the problem of ways and means. And in that event there'd never be another paper shortage. Poor conditions is ever with us—Cleveland Press.
CONTINUE THE WAR INSURANCE
We must keep in mind that the sacrifices of this war will not disappear with the conclusion of peace. There will be echoes of its misfortunes for many years to come. No census could be complete enough to tabulate the twinges of pain that will occur in remote places in the future; all attributable in some degree to the great conflict.
Day by day we have been learning the lessons of preparation and economy and prudence. One of the greatest of these lessons will be that of suitably providing for the heroes of this greatest of all struggles. It would seem the part of wisdom for the government to urge upon all alike a course of financial forewarnings, budgetary equipment carried with small premiums, will mature in twenty years, under one of the plans suggested. Most of our soldiers are youthful. Before old age is upon them they will find themselves in possession of a comfortable sum—Chicago Tribune.
Readable Verse
Inscovered by Readers of the University Dally Kansan
She had a quilt all cut for her to piece
in tiny, even squares of white and
dark.
BLUE AND WHITE
it was all planned, all cut, all ready there.
And very little left for her to do.
But all her life was made in blue and white
And every block exactly like the reat, she knew just how the quilt was meant
There never was a puzzle to be guessed.
And she came to look, half envious.
At those who cut their own blocks without plan,
she longed to put in reds and greens and blacks.
and backs.
To slash and slay the quilt that she began.
he made a quilt that all the world admired.
All tiny, even squares of blue and white
white,
When all her life she wanted crazy.
When all her life she wanted crazy quilts
Mary Willis Shuey, in Midland Magazine.
But never could be sure that they were right.
--diamonds, watches and cut glass. Repairing and engraving
Campus Opinion
This Column is Open to all Students of the University
Editor of the Kansan:
The presence of the influenza among us has caused a good deal of conversation, and it is not unusual to hear some one say of another that "he feels badly." May I suggest that our grammars tell us that an adjective, not an noun, should be followed after the word "feel" when used in the sense in which it is used in that expression. I suppose no one would say "he feels comfortably" or "he feels uncertain." Nor should we say "he feels badly," but "he feels bad."
A. M. Wilcox
To the Kansan:
It was with indignation that I reca-
n in Wednesday's Kansan the story of
little motherless Billy, whose pet dog,
Jiggins, was sacrificed to science, without Billy's knowledge or consent.
Why should the medics feel free to go about the streets of Lawrence and coax away some child's pet and companion? Why should overdosages of anaesthetic be administered, causing the sacrifice of more dogs than necessary? Why should these innocent creatures be made to suffer torture for hours while some bungling undergraduate seeks to "aid" science?
To quote from the Jiggins article:
"I's an old story—almost a joke. These animals must be sacrificed for the good of science. It's all right and nobody snivels about it except the ignorant and the chicken hearted."
I am neither ignorant nor chicken-hearted and I most heartily object to this useless and fruitless slaughtering of birds. But it is better suited selections! But the cutting up of dogs is class-work, routine, or—quite often—amusement.
Let these butchers prove that they Let these butchers "prove" that they are really aiding mankind and contributing to science and not merely "hiding behind science" in gratifying brutal instinct.
—A.R.'19
CAN'T END TOO SOON
Lawrence Journal--World: Another serial story, whose last chapter will be hailed with thankfulness and relief is "The Casualty List," which has been running an interminably long time.
A CASE OF HEREDITY
"No one understands me."
That is not to be wondered at, girlle. Your mother was a telephone girl before she married, and your father was a train announcer."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"How earless of you," she remy money."
"How careless of you," she replied. "The next thing you know you'll be losing me." Detroit Free Press.
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