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University Daily Kansan Thursday, January 3, 1957.
Former Student For Neutrality
(Editor's Note: The following is a reprint of an editorial which appeared recently in the Wellington Daily News. Stewart Newlin, a KU alumnus is editor.)
There has been somewhat of a tempest in a teapot at the University of Kansas because editors of the University Daily Kansan do not feel that they have enough freedom in their editorial expression. And the controversy has been prolonged by several Kansas newspapers who have automatically championed what they thought was a "liberal" cause.
It clearly appears that these few newspapers did not have the facts, and that the University actually grants to its student editors an unusual degree of individual freedom, with one very wise and necessary exception.
A statement from Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy puts the situation in its proper light:
"Not only can the newspaper discuss any and all subjects as they relate to the campus of the University of Kansas," it can also discuss any and all subjects as they relate to the affairs of government of this state, the nation, or any other nation. If the editors wish to attack the foreign
or any other policy of the national administration, they can—and do. If the editors wish to attack the tax, highway, educational or any other programs of a governor or the state of Kansas, they can and do.
"In other words, the student editors have all of the freedom enjoyed by any other editor except that officially, on behalf of The Daily Kansan itself, they cannot support specific candidates or specific political parties in state or national elections.
This seems to me to be an extremely fair policy with a sensible restriction. And I feel that a majority of Kansas taxpayers would agree that the school editors, while being given the privilege of commenting on government policy, should not involve the University in partisan politics. A further point is that editors are not chosen by the student body as a whole, and actually have no right to put either the student body or the University in the position of being for or against any candidate or party.
The present University policy gives the editors ample scope for practice and development in what is only one part of an entire newspaper operation. It is extremely fair and should be maintained.
Book Translated By KU Graduate
"Saxon Poet's Life of Charles the Great," translated by Miss Mary E. McKinney (Pagent Press, Inc., 118 pp: $2.50.)
It isn't often that a scholar tackles a Latin work written in the Middle Ages and translates it so that it is refreshing and instructive today as it was when originally written. Mary E. McKinney, recently professor of classics at Albion College, Mich. has translated the biography of Charles the Great as it was written by an obscure Saxon poet.
Seventy-four years after the death (814 A.D.) of Charlemagne, king of the Franks and later Holy Roman emperor, an unknown Saxon poet began writing in Latin verse a fascinating biography of the great ruler and his conquests.
The identity of the poet remains a mystery, but as Prof. McKinney points out, he reveals something of his personality in his writing: "He was a Saxon, a devout Catholic, and in an advantageous position to know the conditions of his day. He felt an undying loyalty toward Charles the Great to whom he owed his opportunity to embrace Christianity and acquire whatever learning he possessed. His greatest note of thankfulness was that Charles conquered the Saxons thereby introducing them to Christianity and to secular writings which would teach them the way of eternal life."
From her translation emerges the poet's history of the building of a mighty Christian empire extending from the Atlantic to the eastern boundaries of Hungary. The heroic battle campaigns, marches which took the Frankish troops across the treacherous Pyrenees and Alps, court intrigues and marriages for reasons of state and Charles' coronation come to life in Prof. McKinney's English translation.
To the poem, which she aptly describes as 'unisue, sincere and deserving of some attention as a piece of medieval literature,' Prof McKinney has annexed a series of illuminating notes and an essay attempting to identify the Saxon poet.
Mary E. McKinney was born in Iola, Kansas. She majored in classics at KU where she received her A.B. in 1917 and her A.M. in 1921. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1930 for graduate work in Latin and Greek. She has also studied at the American Academy in Rome, the Rocky Mountain Language School and at Baker University, Baldwin.
In June, 1955, Prof. McKinney retired as professor of classics at Albion College. Having recently completed one year of private research in the Library of Congress, she will shortly be a Whitney visiting professor to Austin College.
A 14th-century covered bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland, is an art gallery. It shelters 112 triangular panels painted about 1600 by Hans Wagmann and his son.
Just Browsing . . .
Well, welcome back to the old grind, and a happy, new year to each and every one of you.
Coming back to school after such a lengthy vacation always is a fine experience, what with everyone having all those exciting adventures to report. Also you can finally get back to class and find out what you got on that hour exam you flunked the last day before you went home.
Also, students can spend these first few days sympathizing with
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other students over how much homework they didn't get done, although a few nasty ones will brag about the term papers they wrote and the books they read.
Some probably will attempt to impress others with their proud
new resolutions, but this is bound to be a temporary phase. After all, no student is going to go more than a week without cutting a class no matter how firm a resolution may be.
We would like to take some of this space; to tell you of our vacation.
We read two books — "I, The
Jury," and "Tom Swift and His Electric Watchimaxcallit.
We attended several open houses, parties, and other social events.
We had a very merry Christmas, and a very happy New Year. The food was great.
Our most exciting experience took place when we went to magazine store to buy our best friend—the guy at the next desk, who else?—a pin-up calendar for his Christmas present. They didn't have the calendar, but, to our great surprise, we found a movie-type magazine that didn't have a picture of Elvis Presley, James Dean, or Elizabeth Taylor on the cover. Some unknown named Jayne Mansfield who's a singer or something.
And so, here we are again, with term papers due all over the place, and finals only two weeks away, and isn't it just wonderful to be a student at the University of Kansas?
But we're tired. Anyone counted the days until Easter vacation?
—Dick Walt
The Navajo Indians, whose population sank to fewer than 10,000 after their defeat by Kit Carson in 1863, are today the largest tribe in America, with an estimated population of 75,000. They live on the country's largest Indian reservation in New Mexico and Arizona.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
- SO TIRED TODAY I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP IN CLASS.
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EAT, DRINK, AND BE MARRIED
On a recent tour of seven million American colleges, I was struck by two outstanding facts: first, the great number of students who smoke Philip Morris; and second, the great number of students who are married.
The first phenomenon - the vast multitude of Philip Morris smokers - comes as no surprise, for what could be more intelligent than to smoke Philip Morris? After all, pleasure is what you smoke for, and pleasure is what Philip Morris delivers. Try one. Light up and see for yourself... Or, if you like, don't light up. Just take a Philip Morris, unlighted, and puff a couple of times. Get that wonderful flavor? You bet you do! Even without lighting you can taste Philip Morris's fine natural tobacco. Also, you can make your package of Philip Morris last practically forever.
No, I say, it was not the great number of Philip Morris smokers that astounded me; it was the great number of married students. Latest statistics show that at some coeducational colleges, the proportion of married undergraduates runs as high as twenty per cent! And, what is even more startling, fully one-quarter of these marriages have been blessed with issue!
Now, to the young campus couple who are parents for the first time, the baby is likely to be a source of considerable worry. Therefore, let me devote today's column to a few helpful hints on the care of babies.
First of all, we will take up the matter of diet. In the past, babies were raised largely on table scraps. This, however, was outlawed by the Smoot-Hawley Act, and today babies are fed a scientific formula consisting of dextrose, maltose, distilled water, evaporated milk, and a twist of lemon peel.
After eating, the baby tends to grow sleepy. A lullaby is very useful to help it fall asleep. In case you don't know any lullabies, make one up. For example:
Go to sleep, my little infant,
Goo-goo moo-moo poo-poo binfant.
A baby sleeps on its stomach, so place it that way in its crib. Then to make sure it will not turn itself over during the night, lay a soft but fairly heavy object on its back - another baby, for instance.
"All you need is a little patience that looks like love."
So, as you see, raising a baby is no great problem. All you need is a little patience and a lot of love. Also diapers, rompers, soakers, crib, mattress, sheets, bumpers, blankets, high chair, diapers, talcum, baby oil, fish liver oil, paregoric, diapers, safety pins, cotton, cotton covered toothpicks, bottles, diapers, nipples, diapers, bottle brushes, booties, diapers, nightties, wrappers, diapers, rattles, teething rings, pacifiers, diapers, and unlimited funds.
When Baby is fast asleep—the little angel!—why not relax and give yourself a treat? With Philip Morris, of corris! Made in long size and regular by the sponsors of this column.