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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1956
Blessings On YOU, Little Man
We're tired of seeing the same names in the news all the time.
We're tired of reading about Russell Kibitz, whose name is on the dean's honor roll consistently, member of Phi Beta Kappa, chairman of the fund drive for relief to Pomerania.
We're tired of seeing the name Susie Shlunk, on the honor roll consistently, member of Rho Omicron Tau, Fulbright second-best, and secretary-general of the women's suffragettes.
Therefore, we dedicate this editorial to the majority of students whose names never seem to make the printed page.
Here's to:
Isaac Muggs, who is not very good looking, is not president of anything but Gamma Delta Iota, and whose combo is not good enough to play ping pong, let alone dances in the Student Union.
Hortense Blunderbuss, who is short, plump, not very good looking, never dates, but only goes to class every day and hands in assignments when due.
Charles Adonis, who is muscular, good-looking, but isn't out for football, takes modern dance, and says "good morning" to everyone.
Grace Less, who has never been a queen candidate, has never played women's intramural basketball, has never made over a 1.9 grade average, who dates Isaac Muggs occasionally, and otherwise has never been pinned, engaged, nor considered.
Buford Bodkin, who works 30 hours a week for expense money, is not on the GI Bill, has never been given a scholarship, has never been cadet captain of the local militia, and who writes home regularly.
Nancy Badbreth, who is a second-semester sophomore, is six feet tall, weighs 106, doesn't live in a sorority, whose dorm room number is 137, whose father recaps tires for a living, who gets $23.18 a month for twisting leaves at the Museum of Natural History, and who otherwise is an above-average girl.
Bert Gixard, whose homecoming -decorations didn't even place, whose D- theme was read aloud in class, who doesn't live in East Orange, N.J., who waits tables at a co-op, and whose greatest claim to fame lies in the fact that a great-great-great-great-something ancestor fought in the Boer War.
—Jerry Dawson
Presley Fans Not Corrupt
The controversial Elvis Presley has been enjoying a popularity boom apparently initially supported by high school students. But others have shown a curiosity about the singer's uninhibited delivery and his audience effect.And this curiosity has been prominent in keeping Presley in the limelight.
Of course the exorbitant sums Ed Sullivan and others have paid the singer for his appearances and the flood of publicity he has been getting have helped sustain the public's interest.
But aside from being interested, the public seems to be more upset over this gyrating singer than anyone since Joe McCarthy.
It has heard religious leaders condemn the "menace" of "this immoral person." It has seen them organize youth group meetings so that youth will be subject to a wholesome atmosphere. It has seen them lead prayer meetings.
It has heard high school principals forbidding that students wear Presley-type haircuts. It has
seen school dance chaperones cocking inquisitive eyes to ferret out any trace of rock and roll.
And it has seen all this because some of the national press is apparently disturbed by Presley, too. Several magazines have published articles without even an attempt at impartiality. One said that Presley had brought "a new low" to popular music.
Does it not seem silly that, because a singer uses one of the oldest theatrical tricks in the business—bumps and grinds—and attracts a following composed mainly of adolescent girls, a nation's concern ought to be aroused?
It we fear the morality of youth can be dissipated quite so easily we are not putting much faith in youth—the supposed hope of the future. It seems doubtful that any relationship exists between Elvis and becoming a juvenile delinquent.
No one would assert that the singer's influence is even remotely desirable. But it does seem to be true that too often when the public gets aroused, it gets too aroused.
Ho hum.
—Minnesota Daily
Just Browsing ...
What with nothing to do on the campus except study, go to class, take tests, get into bull sessions, worry, eat, and sleep, there's very little to keep KU students busy these days.
And with only a week to go before the long-anticipated Thanksgiving holiday gets underway, things are better than ever. More tests, but less studying, if you care to follow the normal philosophy.
The average student now seems to feel that he can delay his studies now, catch up on his sleep, and then spend the vacation catching up on his class work.
But as we were saying, hardly anyone does any studying during the last week or two before vacation indulging instead in such pastimes as counting the number of hours of class before vacation, packing summer clothes, arranging for parties during the vacation, etc., etc.
The reason for the decreased amount of study is the fact that the proximity of the upcoming holiday tends to lull students into advanced state of lethargy. (And how about that last one for a genuine two-bit sentence.)
But, as always, the major emphasis is on sleep, sleep, and more sleep.
But let the voice of experience issue a warning.
No matter how strong your will power is, you just aren't going to get all that studying done over the vacation. If lucky, you may get enough sleep, but that's doubtful too.
So the only thing to do is study enough to get by now, leave your books on your desk when you go
home for vacation, and concentrate on sleeping over the vacation.
For sleep is more precious than anything in the world, and if you don't believe us, just try doing without it for several days in a row.
The fellow over at the next desk, whose highest aim is to become poet laureate of the University, has even composed a work of art to accompany this blather. He calls it "Rock Out, Sack Out, You Too."
The complete text of the poem:
If I could get a little more to sleep.
From the top of the campanile I'd gladly leap.
And as we were saying, ho hum.
Diah Walh
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Ballroom Size Not Adequate
This crowded condition at allschool dances points up a problem. If an unlimited number of tickets are going to be sold to a name band dance, then adequate facilities should be provided for dancing—and apparently the ballroom is not adequate.
At least this was our experience. We literally ran into more people on the dance floor Saturday night than we've met in our three years at KU. The ballroom had all the characteristics of a Chicago stockyard on a heavy trading day.
It's amazing how many people you can rub elbows with at a Homecoming dance-particularly if Frankie Carle's band is playing in the Student Union Ballroom.
All that would be required would be a floor (the special floor used for basketball games, being a rather expensive item, would not be available for use). We think it's worth a try.
So, why not have big dances in the field house?
Russian treachery in Hungary has compounded the world's disillusionment and danger that were created by the moves of Israel, Great Britain and France against Egypt. Who is going to separate the two maneuvers in a sequence of cause and effect, or in fatefulness for our times?
Two Taking Part In Politics Panel
—Jerry Dawson
Middle East Action Provides Right Moment For Russia
Two members of the political science department are taking part in a panel discussion on "Education for Political Participation" at the National Conference on Government in Memphis, Tenn. The conference began Sunday and will end Wednesday.
Edwin O. Stene, professor, and Rhoten A. Smith, assistant professor, are representing the University.
Soviet troops had been leaving Hungary, not entering. And Moscow had been proclaiming readiness to emancipate not merely Hungary and Poland but all her satellites
Moscow's spokesmen held that dispatch of the two new divisions was only a "regrouping" of Soviet forces in Hungary. But those forces had been invited out, by bullets and words.
What the outcome in Eastern Europe will be remains to be seen. But the current indication is that the world may be paying an extra
bitter price indeed for the Anglo-French-Israeli misadventure in Egypt. The timing of that misadventure was calculated to take advantage of Moscow's embroilment and apparent retreat from the wrath of her satellites.
But it pushed the Arab and anticolonial world more firmly toward a Russian embrace that can be tightened with later leisure. It bogged down two of the strongest Western nations in a Middle Eastern battlefield, and insured a strategically disastrous oil shortage for the West in case of major war. What better time for the Kremlin to decide that Stalin's iron-fist theory was sound after all, and test it anew on Hungary? — Louisville Courier-Journal.
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