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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Sept. 18, 1958
Know Traditions
At one time, many years ago, the mention of college brought to people thoughts of gaiety, learned students, a surplus of tradition-in-action and a few bars of "Gaudeamus Igitur."
Here in the mechanical present, the gaiety is omni-important, learned students are spotty on campus, "Gaudeamus Igitur" is as obscure as one of Stephen Foster's rare, little-know melodies, and traditions are a laugh.
Recently, a number of individuals accurately realized that students know little, if anything, about the history and legends of their University. A traditions committee was established and plans were formulated to awaken students to facts they should have learned in the early stages of their initial semester at KU.
Friday evening the first of a new brand of
traditions convocations will be held in Hoch Auditorium at 7:15. The football team will be there, possibly a band and those concerned about promoting school spirit in general.
Legend has established many traditions around here, but most traditions have simply become legend. Friday night many of these traditions will be resurrected and presented to the observers in the form of a skit.
It would be most satisfying to have some interested students show up.
It is essential that KU residents know something of the heritage in which they live—be it campus or otherwise. Therefore all students should be encouraged to attend this function. There is a good chance that they will find out something of the atmosphere in which they live.
John Husar
A Pat on the Back
We think a word of praise is in order for the University Theatre.
The theater has announced its schedule of plays for this season, and the selection seems to be outstanding.
Whoever is in charge of scheduling has selected drama from all fields of the theater, from Shakespeare to Williams, and picked only outstanding material.
The major productions are "Summer and Smoke," by Tennessee Williams; "The King and I," by Rodgers and Hanmerstein; "An Italian Straw Hat," a French farce; "Carmen"; and Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale."
In the Experimental Theatre series, there is "Under Milk Wood," a poetic drama by the late Dylan Thomas; "Naked," by Luigi Pirandello;
"The Great God Brown," by O'Neill; and two other plays as yet unselected. The two will be the University Players' melodrama and an original prize play, to be selected from submitted manuscripts in March.
The Children's Theatre series will present two plays, "Treasure Island," by Dorothy Drew, and "The Elves and the Shoemaker," by Nora Tully and Charlotte Chorpenning.
In this list of plays, there should be something to please everyone, a difficult thing to accomplish. Nearly everyone has heard of four of the five major productions, and the farce should be fun along the lines of the "Bread, Love, and..." Italian movie series.
You want culture? This is a painless way to get it. —A. J.
A Fair Idea
Well, the All Student Council met Tuesday night, it is officially open season on campus politics.
One new bill showed up with some good ideas incorporated, aimed at easing the eligibility requirements for candidates for student body president. Under the present constitution, candidates for president and veep must have served a year on the ASC. This restricts us to about 40 of our 7,500 students, and we never heard of a group yet that was that short of ability.
Part one of the new proposal changes the tenure requirement to one semester, a quibble that may lead to mass replacement of ASC members at semester's end.
Part two is the heart of the bill, and works
this way: Students planning to run for president must apply to the Council in December, and then attend ASC meetings until election time. Then before the filing deadline (this is tricky) the ASC votes on a motion for each candidate that he be considered ineligible to run. The motion requires a $ _{3/4} $ majority; so if 7 of the 24 members vote for a candidate, he can file his candidacy.
If the bill passes, it means that candidates will have some experience before taking office, and at the same time may break up the little clique that has run student government in the past.
While we still contend that any eligibility requirement (except scholastic) is an insult to the voter's intelligence, this bill is a step toward relieving 99 per cent of the student body from disfranchisement. —Al Jones
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
"BUT HE TOLD ME IT WOULD LEAVE A SCAR!"
Short Ones
The theme song for pedestrians and drivers during the 10-minute class breaks seems to be "Come Closer to Me," and the white lines just mark preferred dodging zones.
Vanguard sputters again, and there's talk the team may bring in a new manager from the other league.
White shirts may be required to get into the stadium Saturday— if it rains, maybe a white raincoat would be OK.
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It Looks This Way...
It looks to me as if the Republicans have cooked their own goose on the recent uproar over presidential assistant Sherman Adams and his acceptance of gifts from Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine. First, let me say that my party affiliation is such that at times I have seriously thought of trying to get school officials to change the KU mascot to an elephant. There's about as much chance of my becoming a Democrat as there is of Orval Faubus yielding ground on integration.
By Bob Macy
But after a careful analysis of the past six months I can see only one answer to the growing Democratic majority in many states—the Grand Old Party goofed.
The Republican party forgot one of the most important lessons you learn in the ageless game of politics—never let yourself be put on the defensive. This is one of the basic principles learned in any beginning course of American politics. Because the Republicans shifted to the defensive side on the Adams question, they have no one but themselves to blame for the position the party is in today. Instead of disposing quickly of the Adams case and shifting the spotlight to someone else, it has been the Republicans themselves that have kept the incident from dying down. Instead of trying to smother the fire, they have only thrown on more fuel by repeatedly calling for Adams' resignation.
It would also have been comparatively simple to convince the public that gift-giving is an accepted practice on the American political scene. Figures show that more than $228,000 was spent by the two candidates for senator in the state of Oregon alone. Figures show that even more was spent on contests in other states. To get senators and representatives elected to their respective posts in 1954, more than 13 million dollars was spent. This makes the gifts to Sherman Adams seem like peanuts.
Republican and Democratic candidates receive anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000 apiece when they run for office, according to the Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report of 1954. How can these same men stand up and cry shame, wave a flag and shout for fair principles when many times they receive several times what Adams got.
These good men of both parties stand and point with the right hand while holding the left hand behind them to make sure they don't miss any "contributions." It's almost comical to see a politician condemn someone for accepting $15,000 or $20,000 in gifts when he himself was given up to $100,000 to assure his election. It's a sure thing these gifts don't come from individuals or groups whose only interest is to see that the good guy licks the bad guy. No man can receive that amount of money without having some friends to be remembered.
It looks to me like the Republicans have made a grave mistake by letting themselves be backed into a corner when it could have been averted. They've got enough troubles as it is.
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