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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 14, 1957
The Water Problem
Always Too Much Or Too Little
Editor's note: Following is the first of a series of three editorials on one of Kansas' greatest problems - water.
Farsighted and thinking people are saying that the nation, and especially the trans-Mississippi West will see a tremendous industrial boom in the coming years. It is necessary for Kansas. If our population continues to grow, as it surely will, we will not be able to rely wholly upon the agricultural economy. We must develop the industries we have now, and we must create new ones.
But before Kansas will be able to develop or create, it must have an adequate and controlled supply of water. To expect an industry to settle in a dust bowl is like expecting rain. It doesn't happen. Before an industry would even begin to consider population trends, markets, transportation, or other important factors, it would have to be assured of an adequate water supply. Likewise, an area frequented by the flood specter is not economically sound.
The Kansas Water Resources Board has estimated that by 1975 Kansas industries will be using approximately 803 billion gallons of water a year. Compared to the amount used annually by the entire state, that is only a drop in the bucket. We must have water for agriculture, municipalities, waste disposal, recreation, and hydroelectric power.
Putting the demand on a per capita basis, the board reported that each person in Kansas uses about 155 gallons a day—56,575 gallons a year. That is only a drop in the bucket, too.
Per capita use of water has increased phormonely during the past century, and it will
continue to increase with the growth of industry and population. But even now the fresh water supply available for use in Kansas is insufficient to meet the needs of the growing state. It is limited by inflow and outflow, by runoff within the state, by lack of storage space, and by the quality of the water itself. These are some of the problem areas of water deficiency.
But there is another extreme. The present problem—that of too little water—is only half of it. The other half which the citizens of Kansas have faced before, and undoubtedly will face again, is that of too much water".
The cost of floods in Kansas since 1926 has been almost 35 million dollars a year. The chronic problem of water standing on farm land is being solved gradually by artificial drainage. The more acute problem of excess water is caused by floods. It is a problem bearing directly on both the urban and rural populations in potential flood areas, but the urban areas suffer most from the big floods. Cities in the Kansas River basin were damaged some 550 million dollars during the 1951 floods.
At the core of the Kansas problem is the uneven distribution of water in the state. In both time and place, there is either too much or too little. Attempting to minimize this uneven distribution, in 1954 about 29 thousand Kansas farmers hauled water to their farms at a cost of over seven million dollars. Many cities, particularly in the eastern half of the state, began voluntary conservation. Some cities were even required to haul water for domestic use. Meanwhile, beneath the cloudless sky and scorching sun, the supply diminished.
... Painting
Campus Artists' Exhibit Is Best In Several Years
The painting exhibit in the south lounge of the Student Union is one of the best college shows the Union has had in several years. This comparison includes work from traveling shows from various parts of the country.
All work in the show is by members of the Painting Workshop class in the'drawing and painting department.
A painter has a two-fold purpose—to satisfy his need of self-expression and to communicate. The painter's ability to tell his story clearly is his only tool for building a bridge of expression or emotion between his work and the viewer.
As a whole the show in the Union excellently creates this delicate bond.
It is a painting of a dead plant in semi-abstract form. Even though it is in indefinite form, its strength of line and its simplicity, both in composition and meaning, creates perfectly that bridge between work and viewer.
—Dale Morsch
One of the best paintings in the show is excellent for its quality of simplicity. It is "Still Life No. 3" by Robert Edmonds, Kansas City, Kan., senior.
Two paintings by Joan Marsh Smith, Lawrence senior, are also excellent. Her use of color and texture are the best in the show.
"Study in Scrapiron" is another excellent work by Edmonds.
Color Is Rich
"Portrait of a Chair" is her best work. The color is rich and varied. The total effect is almost abstract but the colors are handled so well that they make both the lines and the composition strong and definite.
Her "abstraction" is of value not so much for its expression but for its color and the way that that color is applied.
Two other paintings by Mrs. Smith are excellent for color but the combination of an abstract design and abstraction in color weaken the total effect. These paintings are "Brilliance" and "Steamshovel."
"Skylight" by E. E. Nichols, Lawrence senior, has strong emotional impact. Its style reminds one of the Ashcan school (not a derogatory term). The flat effect, the use of black, grey, and white, in definite pattern, the subject matter, and the view of the subject matter makes one compare it favorably with one of the classics of the Ashean school, "Nighthawks." Nichols' painting is abstract, however, not realistic.
"Sun Bather," "Hagar," and "Shrine" by W. Kemper III, St. Louis, Mo. graduate student, have good color and good composition. "Shrine" has foliage so real looking that one can almost pull himself into the dense shade of the picture. The symbolism in all three pictures is too heavy.
Floyd Smith, Lawrence graduate student, however, uses heavy symbolism in his "Book Illustration for Reluctance by Robert Frost" and leaves a favorable impression. His type of composition and color tone create a symbolic mood and not a symbol.
Attempt Falls Short
In "Still Life With Plaster Statue" Smith uses different methods to attempt almost the same effect as in "Book Illustration." The attempt falls short and the painting's mood is greatly weakened.
The work of Derald Eastman, Garden City senior, lacks the necessary refinement in color to balance his indefinite lines. An exception to this is his "Deceased Calf." In it he has expressed himself perfectly.
Vernon Rickman, Newton senior, in his "Speakeasy" and Shirley Pemberton, Muncie senior, in her "Figure Composition" offer studies in cafe life. Neither offer anything new, however, in an overworked area.
The artist's choice of frames for the paintings is excellent. Each frame lives up to the credo of the Impressionist—a frame is a part of the work.
Jerry Thomas
Anyone who enjoys art can spend a profitable and enjoyable time at this excellent show.
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We have been accused of saying nothing in this column.
With those who have voiced and thought this, we must agree. But "something" is being said in a lot of other publications—books, magazines, newspapers, tracts, reviews, Bibles, prayer books, congressional
acts, treaties, declarations,
conferences,
testaments, letters,
and court orders.
Therefore, we thought it would be nice to say nothing. It is our hope that this will partially slake the thirst for nothing that is prevalent among sleepers.
bums, filthy rich, no-goods, lobsie-by-the-fire, college students, and our good friend Elrod.
Dawson
A headline in Wednesday's Daily Kansas said "KU Debaters To Meet Army." Whaissa matter? Having trouble with their draft boards?
We cannot see the justice in allowing married students to compete with unmarried students in "Marriage and the Family." Perhaps an arrangement could be made where the unsingles would not be asked to come to class until the second half of the subject matter is taught.
Placed in its proper perspective, fee payment is a good thing. But our sorely pressed bank account, if it could think, would probably wonder why, after all this education, more isn't coming in than is going out.
Today is Valentine's Day. As Sam L. Jones might have said: "Bah! Humbug!"
Ad booki.
Jerry Dawson
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First Valentine's Day Wasn't Too Happy For Saint
Florists will spend today delivering bouquets of red roses. Candy stores will have a last-minute rush on heart-shaped boxes. Mailmen will have an extra load with all the greetings it has become customary to send on St. Valentine's Day—to parents, relatives and friends, as well as to sweethearts.
But St. Valentine's Day is not only a day for sweethearts to celebrate. It also is observed as the saint's day of seven "Valentines," according to the Acta Sanctorum, a collection of documents containing the biographies of saints and martyrrs. The most famous of the seven was a Roman bishop who was martyred on Feb. 14, 271 A. D.
One story about his death relates that Claudius had abolished marriage, and this St. Valentine was secretly officiating at weddings. He was burned at the stake at the request of a Roman senator, who objected to his marrying the senator's son to the daughter of an impoverished miller.
Webster says that the origin of the lover's festival had no connection with the saints, however. It is thought that the celebration is a survival of the pagan Roman festival, Lupercalia.
At this festival it was the custom to place the names of all the young men and women in boxes and to draw them in pairs. Those whose names were drawn together had to exchange presents and be
each other's valentines for the following year.
During the Middle Ages, the day was observed particularly in England, and mention of it is found in Geoffrey Chaucer's writings. Love lotteries were the rage at that time.
In the 1400's the first written valentines appeared. During the 1600's, a girl declared her choice of sweethearts in the morning on Feb. 14, and she received a gift later in the day. A helpful best seller on the book list of 1797 was "The Young Man's Valentine Writer."
By the 19th century valentines had become so ornate and costly, that to receive one was almost equivalent to getting a proposal. In America valentines were imported until local manufacture began about 1840.
There are some interesting applications of the word valentine. In prisoner's slang a valentine is a jail sentence, a carry-over from the old thriller, "Alias Jimmy Valentine." Arizona is often called the Valentine State, having been admitted to the Union on Feb. 14, 1912.
St. Valentine's Day, with a history that began over 2,000 years ago at a pagan Roman festival, is one of the oldest holidays on record that we celebrate now. And why not? Love is as good an excuse as any for a celebration and better than many.
Peggy Armstrong
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