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University Daily Kansan
Monday. April 4. 1960
Review Day
The University Senate votes on the "review day" proposal tomorrow.
THIS PROPOSAL has elements which are worthy of commendation. First, it is one of the constructive steps the All Student Council has taken this year, and second, it will give the student the needed break between classes and final examinations.
Dean Kenneth Anderson of the School of Education, expressed the feelings of many when he said, "If we do have a review day and the students use it in the terms of which it was established, I think it will be a good thing."
Of course, the ever-present skeptics of new
innovations have their doubts. Several faculty members have said that they do not believe that the students will take advantage of the day to prepare for finals.
WE HAVE LITTLE doubt that a review day can be of value to students. If the day is used consciently, as the ASC feels it will be, then it is indeed worthy of adoption.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy has endorsed the idea as a sound proposal and said he hopes the University Senate passes the measure. The students and many faculty members have added their endorsement. We hope the University Senate makes the proposal a reality tomorrow.
- John Peterson
Those Socks Again
Editor:
If we may regress a trifle, I am certain those literate ones among you will recall an annoyingly vehement bit of propagandizing by a Miss Hoover of Wichita. She, apparently, was engaged in an informal sort of a row with some young lady who had the affrontery to suggest the white sock, that most venerable member of the hosiery family, might not be the ultimate in contemporary footwear for women. I know not the contents of the original criticism, however, the retaliation was discernibly directed to the previous generalization.
IT WOULD APPEAR that Miss Hoover has not the faintest conception of where one might most judiciously draw the line between casual anomaly and obnoxious indecorum. However, I am reasonably sure she will, undoubtedly, acquire this necessary element of propriety in due time; or perish socially.
White socks, or for that matter any similar article which is clearly indicative of slatternly propensity, seem to have captured the fancy of native females, not only in this locale, but nationally as well. All right, here is the indisputable argument I proffer. You claim the white sock is both more comfortable and functional in regards to daily use. This truism I shall not refute. I will say that there are other qualities of a white sock which far overshadow the conventional ones. They tend to glaringly detract the most infinitimal measure of femininity which even a homely woman may possess. In a beautiful woman.
they all but destroy the continuity and graceful elegance of a finely tapered leg.
THEY MAKE the slimmost and most delicately formed ankle appear offishly deformed. This, particularly, has always posed somewhat of a riddle to me. Why do women, who pride themselves on their fastidiously chic appearance, incongruously condescend to willingly slur their own good names? White socks are incredibly slovenly in their own right as a garment. Perhaps the answer lies with the running mate and constant companion of the white sock. I speak, of course, of filthy, mud - spattered, impossible - to clean, and shamefully inexpensive tennis shoes. These two monostrosities deserve each other; hence they are mutually complementary, though equally despicable.
herbert "The White Prince" Bridges Clarendon Hills, Ill. freshman
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A Pity if She Fails
Editor:
Pity the poor white-socked MRS degree seeker who fails in her mission. Who will impose her closing hours? Or will she mature by then?
Kenneth C. King
Junction City junior
Correction
The author of the poem, "Why I Wear White Socks?", which appeared in Friday's Daily Kansan, was Jasbir Singh, teaching assistant in the School of Pharmacy, and not Dilbagh Singh Bariana.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
No Choice
Editor:
Liberal Christianity is a 'Way of Life' and religion all in one, that believes Mankind should understand, not forgive—for forgiving involves judging others — have faith in, hope in, and love for all our neighbors.
Liberal Christians believe that mankind has a finite mind that never has been fully used to meet the everyday problems. The person who lives uses also the infinite wisdom of prayer to God as every great prophet has at one time or another.
"I just heard a horrible rumor — that the new Chancellor will require all professors to pass th' entrance exam."
Here is a 'Way of Life' and religion that says: Christ was a great prophet of the western world. He wanted us to understand your ways and to help you help yourselves have a better life. He had faith that we would learn something from you and perhaps you would want to learn something from us. He could see in your culture a hope not only for you but for us also. He felt that all people want to be loved and to love in a positive program for all mankind.
I personally feel that mankind should realize that individuals had no choice as to their parents, the color of their skin, or the economic or social position they inherit at birth.
Henry P. Cleaver Jr.
909 Tennessee
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Editor:
Spy Television
I know that Vice President Nixon has gone to great pains to make sure that both state and county Republican leaders stay in line, but I never thought that he would have a spy television station put into the sky so as to be sure they keep busy in his behalf.
Henry P. Cleaver, Jr.
909 Tennessee
Frankness
By Jasbir Singh Indian graduate student
Most of the people,
In this world.
Just,
Contaminate their minds.
Because,
They are not frank.
Frankness . . . . . . . . ?!
And only the frankness,
Will give,
Stability to the mind.
It's true.
Frankness is bitter.
Nobody likes,
Because it bites.
But keeps the mind clean.
How many people realize?
Not many.
I Like to Quote
I like to quote the fragrant lines of Keats
I may quote the fragrant miles of Keats
And often I am caught by Shelley's tone.
And yet for clever thoughts and
quaint conceits
Give me some little lyric of my own.
Mitchell D. Fallenshee
—Mitchell D. Follansbee.
By M. K. McKinney Assistant Instructor of English
GOOD READING. J. Sherwood Weber, editor. Prepared by the Committee on College Reading. A Mentor Book, 75 cents.
This is the 18th edition of a book first put out in 1922. It is sponsored by College English Assn. and endorsed by Adult Education Association, American Library Association, and others. "Good Reading," according to the editor, "is a descriptive bibliography of about 2,000 titles organized in meaningful subject areas. . . ." Some of the twenty-seven areas are "Greece," "The Renaissance," "The Novel," "Fine Arts," "History," "Biological Sciences," and "Geography."
ATWOOD H. TOWNSEND, one of the subeditors, has an introductory essay on how to use the book. I gather that this book is for anyone who is intellectually curious and who wants to educate himself through systematic reading. Townsend makes a good point when he writes that "creative intelligence is correlation of facts and ideas, not mere memorizing. . . . In everything you read, keep in the back of your mind what it means to your life here and now, how it affirms or challenges the things you were taught at home, in school, and in church, and how the wisdom you get from books can guide you in your thinking, in your career, in your duties as a citizen, and in your personal values and morals."
A subeditor has prefaced each area with a short critical essay on the subject at hand. I found that, generally speaking, these essays are informative and challenging, but I am not sure that all the writers are experts in the fields covered. For instance, Daniel H. Thomas wrote the essay on "History." All I can find in this book about him is that he is at the University of Rhode Island. Professor John Hankins wrote the essay on "Greece," and since he is the Head of the English Department of the University of Maine, I wonder whether an essay by a specialist would not be more to the point.
THE BOOK LOSES some of its value because parts of pages 226 through 249 are poorly inked. In fact some of the information is completely unintelligible. I was struck, too, by the fact that there is no section on "Geology." I find in the index that if I wanted to read into that field I would have to look under "Physical Sciences" or "Geography."
This is a good book for a university student or nonuniversity student to use if he wants to read in a field that he is unfamiliar with. He will find much to help him here, and the other aids listed in the section on "Reference Books" will help him go deeper than the regular list allows.
Tougher Requirements
1. Quality colleges will soon accept only those students who have completed in high school the equivalent of what is now the college freshman year. If high schools want to get their qualified students into colleges of this type they will have to revamp curricula to make room for that extra year's work. Junior high and elementary schools, too, will feel the pressure from above.
"2. Almost all college-bound high school students will be tested before entrance. This compares to about one third to one half now. Within two or three years from now, some two thirds of all would-be collegians will be tested. Not all tests will be used for selection; some will be used for placing students in special sections and programs.
"3. Quality colleges will look more than ever before for "intangibles" in picking candidates for admission, especially when deciding between high school students with the same high academic standings. They will search out excellence in a particular field—some special talent that a student can hang onto when the pressures of college might otherwise cause a serious letdown in morale."
(These predictions were made at a recent College Entrance Examination Conference.)
Daily Hansam UNIVERSITY
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