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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1957
Brotherhood's Seven Days
This is Brotherhood Week.
It's a shame, too.
It's a shame that a special 7 days has to be set aside out of the 365 to remind folks "that people shall live as one family of man."
But they do.
Thinking people don't like trite phrases. Thinking people shouldn't like trite attitudes.
At least the prevalence of one trite attitude discrimination—gives us to believe that because of its very prevalence people must think it's all right.
It's a political rule of thumb that a Catholic will never be elected president of the United States. Neither will a Jew. Nor a Christian Scientist.
Yet what man of an "unacceptable" religion has never felt that people might be against him because of it.
But it's not.
What Negro can ever aspire to the nation's highest office?
This is Brotherhood Week.
It's a shame next week isn't.
—Jerry Dawson
Talented 'Sally' Schroeder Exhibits Her Work
An impressive exhibit of the work of talented young artist Sara Ann Schroeder is on display in the Art Museum. The work will be on display until March 31.
Miss Schroeder is a 1955 graduate of drawing and painting and has studied in Mexico at the Instituto Allende at San Miguel de Allende in the state of Guanajuato where most of this exhibit's paintings and drawings were produced.
The exhibit, which includes 28 paintings in lacquer and 4 drawings in india ink, clearly shows a period of experimentation in which the artist seeks her most significant means of expression. Although there are subtle variations, the style is fairly consistent throughout the work.
In at least 26 of the paintings a strong angular motion is prominent; geometric design dominates.
However, in "El Capote" (The Cape), a painting of a matador and bull, an interesting circular movement creates a pleasant contrast in background to the sharp angularity of the main figures. This circular movement which was not repeated in other works of the exhibit suggests the motion of works of Miguel Covarrubias. Coupled with the design of today's mode d'arte and Miss Schroeder's genius for depicting fantasy, it is an interesting work
"Hermanos en Azul" (Brothers in
World)
In "Buddha Mexicana" Miss Schroeder has captured the flavor of one of Mexico's many moods. The piteous child portrayed might be titled "Epitome of Pathos."
Blue) and "A la Luz de la Luna"
(In the Moonlight) show the artist's
interest in blues and greens. ("Hermanos en Azul") is owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Kelvin Hoover of Lawrence and was lent for the exhibit.)
One of Miss Schroeder's best works is "Paloma Blanca" (White Dove) which shows a tragic dark figure with large soft eyes dressed in a white veil. Perhaps this figure is the Mexican counterpart of the Miss Haversham in Dickens' "Great Expectations."
The only portrait in the group is entitled "El Novillaro" (Portrait of a Young Man) which is a work of deep feeling. The technique on the face is remarkable. Upon close examination it is like looking at the texture of an actual human face.
Miss Schroeder seems to revel in the manipulation of color and paints with a directness in most of her works that never grows monotonous or facile. Some of the enjoyment in Miss Schroeder's work is derived from the artist's own enjoyment in her effort.
"La Misa" gives an impression of the Mass which both Catholics and non-Catholics can understand. It is somber and tells the story well
Jim Tice
Kansas Water
More Dam Foolishness?
Only after construction on the Tuttle Creek Dam was under way and much money had already been spent did Kansans sit up and ask "what happened — what're they trying to do to us?"
Unless this generation of Kansans asserts itself and shows some foresight and sporting blood there may well be situations arise comparable to the Tuttle Creek multi-million dollar pile of dirt.
But are big dams really the answer to Kansas' water problem NOW?
Advocates of "big dam foolishness" (as their opponents have dubbed them) through continued effort, saw to it that legislation to spend millions of taxpayers dollars on a big dam project (of which the outcome is yet uncertain) was railroaded through.
For their "do-something-now" attitude the "big dammers" are to be commended.
The Army Corps of Engineers haven't consistently agreed on this question. Admittedly, if a flood situation (like the one in 1951) arose after completion of the big dam on Tuttle Creek it probably wouldn't be sufficient to keep the water in check. Water would back up behind the dam and flood areas which weren't previously flooded
A plan to speed up water conservation, erosion prevention and tributary control programs has been heralded as the best means to solve the problem of "always too much or not enough."
and then go around the dam and flood the other areas.
What is the answer?
But again, this involves—taxpayers' money. Only recently have Kansans begun to show signs of sporting blood in solving their water problem.
Years ago on the barren wastes of Southern California there were gamblers — not the slick-talking, card-dealing kind, but the hard-working, farsighted kind — with sporting blood in their veins. They took a veritable desert with no natural watershed of its own and turned it into what has been called a garden spot of the world.
Kansas has a natural watershed. It needn't rely on water from elsewhere to supply its needs to produce one-fifth of the nation's wheat.
More conservation of water, control of tributaries and prevention of soil erosion are what Kansas needs now. Let's see it done.
Only then, perhaps, can a system of major dams make Kansas a garden spot instead of a dust bowl.
Jim Tice
Poor Sarge!
Fellow Jayhawkers attention! We must take notice of what lies before our eyes. It is a relatively new problem, but it is rapidly surmounting as the days pass by.
What's this? You didn't realize that we had any problem? Well, we sure do. And it (the problem) is one that lies very near and dear to our collective hearts.
What About It. People?
People! What are we going to do about Sarge? As you know, Sarge isn't getting any younger, and he still appears to be without a home. The boys down at the Sigma Nu manse claim some attachment with him, but he constantly tends to seek refuge here on campus.
Sarge is way past the prime of life. As a matter of fact, so are his children. He is in the stage where he merely wanders around campus looking very old and (let's face it) . . . very fat.
I have a plan now, which is the reason for my calling Sarge's plight to your attention.
If every warm-hearted individual on campus made a small contribution to the "Sarge Foundation," it would be a short time, indeed, until we could outfit Ol' Sarge securely for the rest of his illustrious life.
Picture our campus watchdog lounging comfortably in his crimson and blue, all weather-proof, heat-insulated dog house; situated in front of picturesque Flint Hall. It would be complete with a campus police guard to protect him from over ambitious zoology students.
Now isn't that a wonderful plan? And YOU can make it possible. YOU can make Sarge the happiest campus dog who ever bothered to retire. Just drop your contributions into an envelope and mail it to "Sarge Foundation"—University of Kansas.
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Mentally Speaking Are You 1 In 16?
Many charities compete for the time and money of the college student. In fact, there are so many that the average student groans and reaches for his wallet whenever he hears the word charity. But there is one way KU students can help those less fortunate than themselves without expending a great deal of either time or money. This is by participating in the visitation and entertainment programs for Winter General Hospital in Topeka.
Statistics, such as the famed "1 in 16," are rather startling, but as Dr. William Menninger said, "they don't go far enough." Although about one person in every 16 will be treated for mental illness, there are thousands more who suffer disabling emotional disturbances, thus raising the ratio dramatically. In fact, Dr. Menninger said a ratio
We, as a generation, are probably more conscious of mental illness as a threat to our own lives than any previous generation has been. We realize that with more than 750,000 patients under actual hospital care, mental illness is one of our nation's greatest problems.
of "one in one" would not be too far amiss.
But statistics are too easily ignored. One actual visit to a mental hospital and you will never again be oblivious of the need for increased treating facilities and more psychiatrists. You gain, perhaps for the first time, a small idea of the way the hours must drag for the patients. This is where we, as students, can help.
There are many groups, such as church groups or the KU "Y," which sponsor visitation programs. And individual groups are always seeking talent for entertainment visits.
But there will always be the students who demur and say, "Oh you couldn't pay me to perform in an insane asylum." These students are being not only very selfish and stupid, but very unfair to themselves and missing a great experience. There is something very gratifying in seeing a glimmer of recognition come into a usually blank face when you sing an old familiar song. Or to see tears come into the eyes of patients who get their only contact with the normal world through you.
Seldom will you find an audience so receptive, but you have no chance to get conceited. It's a strange feeling to have your listeners turn over, pull the covers up over their heads and go to sleep. But the lump in your throat is hard to swallow when the ones who plainly don't remember what in the world you are doing there; smile and try to be friendly.
Many of the wards which are opened to students on these various trips are normally closed wards. But you needn't feel afraid. Few of the patients are actually dangerous. If you take normal precautions, the reward gained by knowing you've helped just a little far outweighs any uncertainty you may have felt.
But, you say, "I don't have any talents. I can't play a hot trumpet, pull a rabbit out of a hat or sing a note." These patients don't demand that you be a Houdini or even belong to the Musicians' Union. You can surely play checkers, can't you? Or read the comics page? Then you can help, and in doing so, gain a valuable experience and a clearer insight into one of our nation's most important problems—the care of the mentally ill. —Joan Graham
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
"THAT DON'T TAKE LONG—HOW'D HE LIKE YOUR TEAMMAPER?"