MAY 6,1918.
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Official student paper of the University
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The Daily Kansan aims to picture the undergraduate life of the class, so that students feel than merely printing the news by standing for the ideas, rather than simply printing the news as a favoriter; to be clean; to be cheerful; to be charitable; to be courageous; to be kind; to be wise; to be wiser heads; in all, to serve to the best of its ability the students of Kansan.
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1918.
The war; nothing else matters.
AMERICA WILL DO HER PART
AMERICA WILL DO THE PART
The launching of the 5,548-ton steel collier, Tuckkahoe, at Philadelphia in less than a month after the keel was laid sets a new world's record for rapid ship construction. This, in itself, is a remarkable achievement, but it holds a greater significance for America and the world than this.
America, the military experts say, must be the deciding factor in this war. She has the resources, the wealth, the men. Her only problem is transportation. And America has gone to work and is putting all her energy into the solution of this problem. She has increased the number and the capacity of her shipyards many times since the beginning of the war. She has increased the number of men at work in each yard and is increasing that number still more.
America is in the war to the end. She has her problems, but those problems are being solved, and the Allies from now on shall have no reason to blame America for failure to do her part in the great struggle.
The record time in which the Tuck-ahoe was launched proves that the Government's efforts are beginning to count. They will count more and more in the future. The record will be broken many more times before the war ends, and the rapidity with which ships will be turned out will be something not dreamed of in the past.
THAT ALIEN HERE
He is not the "alien enemy"—but just the plain, ordinary, exempted alien the American exemption boards had to see pass them by during those hard days of filling the first quota last summer. They had to listen to his plaintive, cringing, humble "Me alien," no have to fight.
—American fight for himself." They had to look into his broad, heavy, cowish countenance to see why his body was so possessed of a spine of putty instead of steel.
Three million more Americans now going out to die for a cause that knows no national bounds, and yet there is no order from Washington for an alien draft. One million aliens whose native lands as much as their newly chosen country are the inspiration of American arms and aims—a million of them are letting other men die for them.
This alien is a strong man, capable of bearing arms. He has rights throughout the world that are being defended by other men now. He has share in all that American ideals, institutions, and civic privileges give to one dwelling within the land. He
is willing to let other men die for him and his possessions.
Give that alien his choice; fight or go back where he came from. There can be no bad diplomatic precedent in this. No American in a forgeon iand would be injured by such a choice in any future war emergency. Alien draft must come now if it comes at all. And if it does not come at all—
Think of American young manhood fighting and dying while such dregs of clay and muck sit at their work benches back home; think of the martyred youth of America replaced in citizenship by the alien horse which stayed behind and saved itself.
And thinking these thoughts—Iay hold on that Congressman, and all those Congressmen from every district of every state. Compel them to do the equitable thing. If that alien here won't fight for what he got here and has here, send him home. America does not want him another minute.
OPPORTUNITY IN THE ARMY
One of the brigadier generals commanding fighting troops in France is a young man who joined the army last year as a private soldier.
His rapid promotion should be an inspiration for every man in the army and for every man who is registered and expects sooner or later to join the colors. It is concrete proof of what has been said so often before, that the American Army is the most democratic military organization in the world, and that every man who enters it stands at least as good a chance of having his merit recognized as he would in private life.
The rule works both ways. At the same time that a lot of privatees are being given commissions and advanced with unexamined rapidity, a lot of officers who held important commands before we entered the war are being relieved of their commands because they have failed to make good sense of the rules which means to the native American sense of liberacy and fair play.
Few Americans think of Army service as a "career." Whatever a man's place in the organization, he generally looks upon his work as a transient duty, to be discharged as well as possible in the shortest time possible, and then abandoned for civil pursuits. Nevertheless it adds immensely to the spirit of the Army for the soldier to realize that, while he is in the service, he is rated and rewarded at his real worth. -Greenville News.
MENTAL LAPSES
Echoes
Out of the mouths of babes—"
"Come some embarrassing family secrets in public."
Laudable Indeed
"I know a young actor with a laudable ambition."
"He wants to star in a service flag."
"What is it?"
Bravado!
Adam (as the fatal moment approach); (Ps. 1, 12) I confess I'm getting bored with the situation.
Eve: Nonsense! Be a sport. Don't let the Lord know you care!
Brent: Old chap, I've been duck shooting, don't you know.
"Well, boss," answered the chap "everywhere Ah goes dey gibs me a new name, but mah mademen name was Moses."-Grit.
Sanderson: Duck shooting? Why, you don't know a wild duck from a taxidermy animal.
"What is your name?" a Kentucky
in asked of a small nebru boy.
Brent: Oh, yes. I do—the wild begs
gets away.
"Well, after all," remarked Tommy, who had lost a leg at the war, "there's one advantage in 'aving a wooden leg."
His "Maiden Name"
"What's that?" asked his friend.
"I don't," replied the other man. "I think there's a temperance lesson in it."
"I, said the temperance man,
"strongly object to the custom of
courtesaying."
"What's that??" asked his friend. "You can hold up yer bloomin' sock with a tin-tack!" chuckled the hero. —Tit-Bits.
No Danger
"Well, immediately after the first bottle of wine the ship takes to water and sticks to it ever after."—New York Globe.
"How can that be?"
--have you caught a bloomin' bad cold,
in the swing
Now the fat men are charged with being unpatriotic. Some one has accused them of attempting to corner beef.
It remains to be seen whether the University Senate can abolish the Laws' League to Enforce Caps.
Money talks. The Liberty Loan just now is delivering a rebuttal in refutation of "the last argument of kings."
Men have been falling for women ever since Adam took a head-over-tumble out of Paradise on Eve's account.
Now that spring is here, someone has observed that it is about time for he fly mathematicians to begin their ignuring.
Students are beginning to prepare for the great offensive that will start in three weeks. The profs are expected to use their heavy artillery. Just now many students are considering what use may be made of camouflage.
It is remarkable how a man's self-esteem is increased by the remark of the man who introduces him to make a speech.
Weather note: Most of the freshman caps on the hill need pressing.
School is a place where one learns to be bored without showing it.
The Allies will never be able to understand the aKiser's peace talk until he ceases to speak in the imperative mood.
KANSAN PRIZE POEM CONTEST
Every One Deserves Something
IN THE SPRING By A. J. Miller
(With apologies to Martin's "Apple
In your head and neighborin' thereto in the spring?
Got it from a room too breezy.
Makes your pipes all stopped and ...
Everything you eat tastes cheesey,
in the spring?
Have you lost out in your studyin'
In the class-rooms and old Spooner in the spring?
That you really didn't mind, in the spring?
To your books your eyes were blind,
Got so dad-eum far behind
The one you thought so much of,
in the spring?
Have you lost that dear old girllie
in the rainy day.
Lots of others everywhere, in the spring.
With the blond or auburn hair? There's no reason for dispair.
If you have not, then you know not
Half the beauty, wonder, sorrow of
"What are the twins called?" "Henrietta."
spring.
It's a treach'rous time of year,
The practice of compelling persons charged with disloyalty to kiss the Stars and Stripes is a silly display of patriotism insulting to the flag.
The kiss is the salute of affection. It is a travesty to enforce it from those who have no real love for Old Glory in their hearts and whose lips have spoken words that awakened the anger of loyal men. If the kiss is required as a punishment than the kiss is put into jail but is wholly wrong. You would not punish a man who had insulted your wife by compelling him to kiss her.
A STUPID PRACTICE
Let the offender be made to apoio gize publicly and humbly in the presence of the flag, but reserve the salute of affection for those who really love it and whose love has been proved by service—Chicago Evening Post.
in the spring.
"Not both the same name?"
"Certainly not. One Hancock and the other, the first."
"Not both the same name?"
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Pictures and picture framing. Agency
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HALEY (himself) and his four piece orchestra.
ROBINSON GYM
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Typewriter Supplies, Stationery
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Dance 8 to 12
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Tickets for sale by members of W.A.A.
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Reduce the foot strain by attaching O'Sullivan's heels of wet rubber to your shoes. Our repair depart-ment will put them on, while you wait.
We now know that headaches are often caused by the constant shock of the hard pavement upon our feet.
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A typewriter is mighty useful to the student. Typewritten term papers and note books, help your grades a lot and they will be valuable for future reference.
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