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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, May 16, 1957
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KU Is Lawrence Asset
Another feather in the caps of the Lawrence Industrial Development Commission and the Chamber of Commerce was added Tuesday when plans were announced by the Hallmark Greeting Card Co. to build a $1 million plant near here.
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Such a disclosure always brings pleasure to industry-hungry Kansas towns. Coming from the company that Cares Enough To Send The Very Best, perhaps this announcement was even more pleasant than most.
This was the second announcement within a week that a major industrial firm planned to locate a plant in Lawrence. Last week the Callery Chemical Co. disclosed plans to build a plant north of Lawrence where rocket fuel components would be manufactured.
Lawrence is rapidly becoming a major Kansas industrial center. This is good for the town. It may be good for the University, too. A progressive Lawrence will be a pleasant place to study as well as work.
bers who participate in city affairs help supply the civic activity, too.
One of the primary reasons given by both companies for locating in Lawrence was the wide variety of cultural and civic activity here. It is obvious that the University supplies a large part of that cultural activity. Faculty and staff mem-
It was reported last week that Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy had pledged the full cooperation of the University in helping Callery Chemical Co. with technical problems.
Perhaps the fact that Chancellor Murphy is a member of the board of directors of the Hallmark Co. also had a part in that company's decision to come to Lawrence.
Lawrence citizens can be glad they have a university in their town which can make valuable cultural contributions. The town, as well as the University, is fortunate to have a Chancellor who is active in the business world.
With the University playing such a part in the development of Lawrence, it is time to toss out the old complaints by Lawrence citizens that they are saddled with a university and student body that doesn't carry its full weight of civic responsibility.
It would appear that a university which can supply culture, technical skill and able administrative leadership is one of the finest assets a town can have.
—Larry Boston
Why Not?
KU On Saving Time
Students take a hint from the cities! Want to know how to stretch each day, make classes seem shorter, and practically force the dean of women to extend closing hours?
Then, why not adopt daylight saving time at KU this summer? This would mean that classes would start in the early coolness of morning and even the latest classes would be dismissed in plenty of time for the noon-day picnic.
Every outing to the lake or swimming pool could start an hour earlier and the extra hour at that time of day is very important.
What are KU students, particularly girls, most interested in during the summer? Right, a good sun tan. The best tanning hours fall between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and under our regular schedule of classes, one of these precious hours is lost which could be saved! Certainly the publicity bureau could utilize this idea to entice some of the sun-seekers away from Florida U.
Another angle bears investigation, too. The dean of women would surely have to relent and extend closing hours an extra hour if we are to ever
get to a movie. Nice! 11:30 closing hours on Monday night!
You all know how hard it is to leave a good party just when it gets going good. But if closing hours were extended, we could all leave the party at 1:30 a.m. and make it back here by our 1 o'clock closing hours. (Confused?)
Professors are noted for being late, too. Many can hardly make it to their 8 o'clock classes in the winter. Just think how many times you wouldn't have class if they actually started at 6 a.m!
Egad! That's right! We'd have to get up an hour earlier in the morning! And after those 2 o'clock nights, too.
But just think of the wonderful discipline you would have by the end of the summer session. You could jump right up and get to your 8 o'clock classes by at least 7:30 during the winter. And anyway, here we ca inpractice what the professors have obviously been trying to inculcate in our minds all winter—that you really don't have to sleep!
Campus And Short-comings
—Joan Graham
There is nothing quite so unique as an American university campus in the springtime.
Where else do so many women—and men—roam around in strange get-ups ranging from Bermuda shorts to bathing suits with such freedom? And these sights can be found almost any hour of any day, including Sunday.
Where else do large aggregations of boys congregate on street corners (or in front of law buildings) for the single purpose of expressing their appreciation of the girls walking by in their bellowing skirts?
Where else is it as easy for so many people to abandon the cares and worries of work and school in favor of two or three energetic sets of tennis or nine holes of golf?
Where else, on the other hand, are there as many people, each with a goal for which they are giving their all, yet working together so that the university functions properly and in a set order?
Where else does the old love bug that comes with spring fever hit so hard, as evidenced by the great numbers of pinnings, engagements, and marriages?
Where else can a group of seemingly adult people revert to childish whims for a time, with unscheduled water fights and trophy raids?
Where else is the major topic of conversation whether or not the school's basketball star will or will not return next year?
There just isn't any place else!
Some of the things seem like
trivialities, but they all add up to
this unequaled situation known
as "college life." Even though frivolous, they must be of some value, because few people in the world enjoy life as much as the college student.
Perhaps it would be wise for the rest of the people to take note. A lesson in freedom to relax and enjoy what God has given you could be learned by others.
—Ardeth Nieman
I was really amazed to read in Mr. Pire's letter in Tuesday's University Daily Kansan that "the Union should be able to employ younger, cleaner, and more active help." Having gone through the cafeteria line two thousand or more times, I have always been impressed by the efficiency, cleanliness, patience, and courtesy of those who serve the food and drink and do the cashiering.
Some of us on the patrons' side of the counter, I fear, are not overly endowed with these qualities, especially the last.
Editor:
While ice kills other floating plants, duckweed "winter buds" lie on the bottom of a pond or hang suspended close to it. As ponds warm in the spring, the buds produce inter-cellular spaces filled with gas. Buoyancy increases, they rise in the water, and duckweeds appear on the surface.
George Herman Instructor of English
Prof Hunts Mosquitos
Dr. Barr, who has done extensive research on mosquito breedings, environment and life, is interested in finding out what factors are involved in hatching of eggs.
A search for mosquito eggs has sent Dr. Allan R. Barr, assistant professor of entomology, to Minnesota during May.
"If he can find out the factors controlling the hatching of the eggs, then he will be able to at least know how many mosquitoes will emerge," Dr. Charles Michener professor of entomology, said.
"It might even be possible to control the hatching of the eggs so that the mosquitoes will emerge in the fall and the cold weather will kill them."
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An interesting hobby, practiced by few, is to sit in a quiet place and worry about whether our contemporary arts will stand the test of time and other classics.
Will Arts Stand The Test Of Time
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Classics are determined by one of two things: either they are of benefit to mankind in any civilization or they honestly and clearly depict the times of which they are written.
We are living in a period of great change. The change has been, and in fact still is, coming about so fast that it is causing tension and unrest. People are struggling to get a foothold. Our art and music clearly show this struggle.
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Kent Thomas    Managing Editor
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Jerry Dawson    Editorial Editor
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Dale Bowers    Business Manager
The literature of our contemporary writers tells of the everyday problems that confront us. They give accurate pictures of people and of the world we live in.
Many men and women have made contributions of such worth that we may rest assured they will continue to be enjoyed and respected for centuries to come.
Stockton (Calif.) College Collegian
Tour Goetz Brewery
Delta Sigma Pi, international business fraternity, toured the M. K. Goetz Brewery plant and operating department in St. Joseph, Mo., Tuesday.
Yemen history tells of a 20-story palace at San'a 2,000 years ago. Tall stone buildings—in round or square tower form—still characterize town and city architecture. Many skyscrappers are scattered about the countryside in lonely, romantic splendor.
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