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University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 10. 1957
Mostly Cons
Union Cafeteria Pros And Cons
Hats off to the Student Union cafeteria!
Even though support like this is looked upon in about the same light as a faculty member who champions Karl Marx we think we can justify it. After all, the cafeteria exists for the benefit of the student. It must be providing adequate services for money paid
There is no doubt in our minds that if we were to put down the bad points and then the good points of the cafeteria it would come out a true student friend instead of the place it is reputed to be. We are so sure of it that that is what we propose to do.
It is granted that the quality of the food isn't outstanding. We also agree that the quantity is worthy of comment only because of the large amount of food that isn't there.
We cannot argue when someone says that .18 for a pint of milk is just plain silly.
It is true that the cafeteria seems to cater to townspeople and visitors. Food is more expensive on weekends and when there are events going on that attract a large group of visitors.
We cannot argue when someone points out that cafeteria labor costs should not be too great since the employees are high school students, college students, and elderly women.
Finally, we have to agree with those who say that the cafeteria has a captive audience and if it weren't handy it would not do nearly as much business as it does.
However, that's only half the picture. Now for the good points.
Well ... it's handy.
On second thought we don't take our hats off to the Student Union cafeteria.
Jerry Thomas
Exhibit - Don't Miss It
Don't miss it! Whatever you do, don't miss the exhibition of the paintings of John Steuart Curry on display at the Museum of Art until May 24.
The exhibition is the largest ever to be held in Mr. Curry's native state and the majority of his most famous works have been loaned to the Museum for this tribute to a man Kansans should be very proud of.
Mr. Curry was born and brought up on a farm near Dunavant in northeast Kansas. This Midwest background is a subject for many of his paintings such as "Hegs Killing a Rattlesnake," "Kansas Threshing" and "Kansas Wheat Ranch," which are included in the exhibit.
Also in the display are a number of sketches and preliminary drawings of the murals in the Kansas State House Mr. Curry was commissioned to do. The murals, which were to depict scenes of the history and life of Kansas, were never finished. A great controversy arose over them and Mr. Curry left them . . . unfinished.
Today Kansas is very proud of these murals, however. According to Laurence Schneckebier of Syracuse University they are "a heroic combination of terror and hope, war and peace . . . they reveal a basic conviction that war and tragedy are but a prelude to peace and human dignity."
Mr. Schmeekebier, a close friend of the artist, says Mr. Curry was "fascinated by the terror and display wrought by unseen powers, both the natural phenomena' of
storm and flood as well as human tragedies of war and mass hysteria."
This fascination for natural phenomena is depicted in some paintings of Kansas tornadoes. "The Tornado" shows a family hurrying to safety as a twister looms in the background. "After the Tornado" shows the remains of a home, a chair with a doll in it.
Especially noteworthy is a large painting of John Brown. He is shown wild eyed and overpowering, surrounded by a Negro and covered wagons with a tornado in the sky behind him. A very vivid picture.
Stepology
Required Course, Of Course
Every hour just ten minutes before the hour, the whistle blows to notify students that this is the time for class change. To at least one group of students this blast of the gigantic fog horn which lifts us from our seats means a little more.
To the law students, who are above reproach on all subjects, authorities on all the arts and fine critics of the female anatomy, it means that it is time for them to plow as fast as their little round bodies and short legs will carry them to the steps of Green to apply some of their fine court room technique to campus situations.
This writer at least, feels that this is a fine thing. While the mock trials, held once a semester, give the students some application of their book learning, this step-type mockery gives them daily practice, and will undoubtedly prove to be invaluable experience to them in future years.
The farm and the Midwest are not his only subjects. In the exhibit there are also several paintings of circus life, upper New York landscapes and still life. There are also three self portraits of Mr. Curry.
If any of the non-law type students get an uncontrollable urge to toss peanuts at these zoo-like creatures, as they bray and harass, they shouldn't. It's all a part of being a lawyer.
—Evelyn Hall
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
"WHATSMELL? YOU KNOW TH'RULES ABOUT HAVING FOOD IN TH' ROOMS!"
The drawings in the exhibit are in the upper northwest gallery of the Museum and the oils and watercolors are in the large central gallery.
Catalogues containing a forward by Edward A. Maser, director of the Museum, a biographical sketch of Mr. Curry by Mr. Schmeekebier, a catalogue of the paintings on exhibit, some pictures and excerpts from Thomas Hart Benton's article, "John Curry," may be obtained by students showing their ID cards.
-Betty Edwards
But Do The Ends Justify The Shorts?
NORMAN, Okla.—ACP)—Spring fever hit the University of Oklahoma campus in a legislative way last month. The student senate passed a resolution 23-5 asking university officials to allow the wearing of Bermuda shorts at certain meals in the women's Quadrangle cafeteria.
The students asked that the shorts be allowed at breakfasts, to Friday and Saturday suppers and Saturday lunches on non-football days.
They argued that shorts are accepted as proper wearing apparel for women, that the approach of warm weather increases the comfort problem for Quad residents, and that shorts are more convenient and comfortable than dresses.
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Children --- .50
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Incidentally, Saturday is always College Day at TIVOL for engaged and about-to-be-engaged couples, so stop by and let us show you our unusual collection of wedding rings.
If you and your fiancee would like to make an appointment for a private showing, please write or call Mr. Harold Tivol, TIVOL on the Plaza, 220 Nichols road, westport 1-5333, Kansas City 12, Missouri.