University Daily Kansan
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Smiles Are Tonics to Janitors
By Kelly Smith
Who is this man who picks up the crumpled papers you throw at an overflowing wastebasket, who rearranges the chairs for discussion circles, who continually sweeps and mops and dusts and cleans?
The answer would seem to be fairly obvious—the janitor. But what about the janitor? Have you ever wondered what he thinks of the swirl of bodies that surrounds him daily or ever given a thought to the man with the dust rag in his hip pocket pushing a mop?
Perhaps you have not taken time to notice these faithful workers, but without a doubt they have noticed you.
--with the exception that dust pam take the place of books.
"Students? Lawsy! we wouldn't have any jobs without them." one grey haired man replied. "Doubt if they know I'm alive, but I sure know a lot about some of them.
Another contemporary of the dust mop added his observations. "Some are good, some are bad. I've been here seven years now, and none of them have done me any harm. Of course, none of 'em have done anything particularly good either."
"Nope, not too friendly," a man in the process of cleaning Snow Hall observed. "They're pretty well wrapped up in their own business. Some of them never smile—like they're mad at the world or something."
--with the exception that dust pam take the place of books.
A janitor cleaning tables in Watson Library stopped to say, "Wish sometimes that students were a little friendler. I have kids of my own, and we all have our problems
I guess, but that's no excuse for not being able to say 'hello' to the guy next to you."
"Eleven years I've been sweeping floors and closing windows," a sprite janitor in Strong Hall said "and I've seen thousands of students pass through these halls. I don't really think they've changed much over the years. One thing is more obvious now with the world situation—the future rests in their hands. Guess we old folks can forgive them for about anything."
"I like them," was the optimistic reply by a Frazer Hall janitor. "Sure students have as many bad points as anyone else does, and there's always bad apples, but on the whole they're a good group of kids. I like working here, and I miss them during the summer."
These janitors each spend eight hours a day keeping classrooms, lecture rooms and laboratories neat and clean. They walk through the halls between classes like students.
Speaker Set for Dedication
The Rev. E. Fay Campbell will deliver the dedication sermon for Westminster Center at 11 a.m. Sunday in the Center Chapel.
He is the Executive Secretary of the General Division of Higher Education of the Board of Christian Education of the United Presbyterian Church.
"Existentialism" Talk Set
Paul Weiss, Yale humanities lecturer, will speak on "Criticizing Existentialism" before the Philosophy Club at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
They are concerned about the student's welfare and a few have an almost parental attitude over the unknown, unnamed students using their facilities. And what pay do they receive?
Friday. Nov. 11. 1960
"I like to consider myself a godfather to service," another replied. "A smile a day from just one student is the best reward I get," an elderly white-haired man said.
"There's one little girl that always says hello—don't know her name, maybe I never will.
"But she's the best medicine any old man like me could have."
RAF Speaker to Give Talk
Jochim to Speak Sunday
Air Vice Marshal W. S. Sheen Royal Air Force, will speak on "Need for Military Cooperation in the Free World" at 4:15 p.m. Monday in the University Theatre.
Kenneth Jochim, professor of physiology, will speak at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Faculty Club. A buffet supper will follow.
Keep up appearances whatever you do — Charles Dickens
Future barristers cheered their new Law Queen, Nancy Borel, Falls Church, Va., sophomore, before the annual homecoming football game between the medical students and law students.
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other—Charles Dickens
The law team lost to the medical students, however.
The candidates paraded singly into the courtroom of Green Hall Nov. 3 before four professors who served as judges, and the law students in the gallery. Each contestant was presented with a silver plate, and the queen was given a silver cup and a white rose corsage.
"The queen is chosen each year to pay homage to the young ladies" ragged from the steps of Green Hall." Dan Jackson, second year law student explained.
Nancy Borel Is Law Queen
Miss Borel, who represented Lewis Hall, was one of 14 candidates chosen from women's living groups to compete for the honor of Jim Beam Dream Queen.
Nancy Borel
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