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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 1, 1956
Autumn, Reflection, Hope And Regret
Autumn is a peculiar season that occasions mixed emotions with its arrival.
Thermometer-wise it is that time of year when Indian Summer, still hanging on tenaciously for a last fling, can push the temperatures up into the 90's or a cool spell can bring wool slacks and skirts out of mothballs.
For the college student it closes the book on free summer devoted to roaming but swimming, fishing and Scouting homes. For his mother it brings weekday relax at least during school hours.
For the college student it closes the book on that wonderful summertime romance and unburdened evenings. For his father it means a little extra digging each month to meet university expenses.
For all those in search of knowledge it signals a return to the classroom where summer tans, often painstakingly acquired, soon fade and blend in with the academic pallor of the classroom. Heavy texts and notebooks replace baseball bats and water skis, discarded tools of the summer idle.
For the avid baseball fan it signals a renaissance in barbershop conversations. It is that time of year when tonsorial talk becomes as important as an international conference when the question of who will win the World Series is raised.
But the tolerant or casual baseball fan is not discouraged by this baseball talk. e knows that the big headlines devoted to the baseball idols only herald the death of the national pastime for another year and the approach of the much more interesting football season.
On college campuses, brawny tackles and full-baks, who masqueraded as life-guards or construction workers during the summer don shoulder pads, traditional battle armor, and begin the long battle toward a New Year's day in a sunny city or mention on an all-American football team. Coaches enthused by spring drills now recite their
own death dirges.
For that one man in the office who worked during the hot summer while his fellows hit the vacation trail it means two or three full weeks of long awaited rest while the rest curse themselves for taking their own yearly respite during the hottest part of the year.
Every four years autumn brings the cry of "throw the rascals out" and the perennial answer. "Why change horses in the middle of the stream?"
Fifty and 60-year-old men whose general form of exercise is puffing on a cigar in a conference room hit the election trail to meet the common man and arouse the grass roots. But they know the value of the personal touch. So they force smiles while riding a ferris wheel, kiss beauty queens, check the growth of crops, or smile indulgently at the hardly recognizable, let alone cognizant offspring of a precinct worker.
In the cities, autumn brings a rebirth of all things. Fraternal and business organizations wilted by the summer heat again start membership drives nual fairs and the farmer waits for the rain that somehow died when the chairman went to California early in July.
In the country 4-H clubs prepare for the annual fairs an dthe farmer waits for the rain that threatens never to fall.
Autumn is the time of year when living things begin to die yet it is the period when nature shows her brightest colors to paint a landscape unequaled by any season and available for all who care to admire its subtle hues.
Spring is the time of year when all things begin. Summer is an interim period, winter a stationary period.
But autumn is the time for perspective-the time to plan and hope, review and regret. It is an awakening.
—Bob Lyle
Memories Of Babe Will Not Die
Sports followers everywhere are mourning the death of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, the greatest woman athlete the world has ever known. The Babe fought this last battle as stubbornly as she could, but the competition—cancer—was too stiff, even for her.
Cancer first struck her in 1953 and she underwent surgery. But she refused to quit and came back to win seven golf tournaments.
The cancer continued, but so did Babe. Her life became a succession of operations, yet her courage and determination refused to succumb. It wasn't until last Sunday that doctors reported the end to be inevitable and near.
Most fans thought of Babe as the top woman
golfer. She was, as her 82 tournament championships testify, but she was more than that. At 17 she was the top woman track and field star in the country and one of the better woman basketball players in the AAU.
Let's not forget, however, that she also was a woman, and a wife with a loving husband who stood faithfully by her whether she was winning a golf tournament or losing to cancer.
The Babe was 42 when she died. Yet even in that relatively short span of life she has established herself, through her abilities and courage, into the thoughts of those who knew her, directly or indirectly.
She will not be forgotten.
—Kent Thomas
Pedestrians Could Use Some Help
The city of Lawrence has installed a "Stop When Pedestrian In Lane" sign midway between 8th and 9th streets on Massachusetts, and from what we have observed, it seems to be working very well.
Well enough, in fact, that a similar type of sign might be installed on the KU campus.
Two places in particular come to mind when such signs are discussed. They are the busy crosswalk between Green and Fraser Halls, and the always-crowded area which runs for the entire length of Strong Hall.
of these locations. There is an officer on duty at the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road during most rush periods, but pedestrians at other locations are without this protection.
During the period while classes are changing, a student takes his life in his own hands in attempting to cross Jayhawk Boulevard at either
Of course, such a measure would depend a great deal upon the courtesy of the motorists, but signs would at least give the pedestrian a feeling of partial protection.
There is no guarantee that such a measure would be successful, because of the previously-mentioned need for co-operation on both parts. However, it appears to be an idea well worth trying.
Last evening I participated in a bit of conformity that I exceedingly regret, by remaining seated and silent during the interval allotted to audience examination of the English style debaters. The question that I wanted to ask seemed as despairingly superfluous as the topic of the debate, Resolved: that the student must conform to survive.
Greek Statuettes, Necklace Added To Wilcox Collection
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—Dick Walt
Grecian statuettes, an original Greek necklace, and assorted pieces of sculpture from the Dynastic Period are now being displayed at Wilcox Museum in Fraser Hall.
Obviously, those who seriously considered the proposal least needed a debate to convince them of their stand. One might rather be concerned with the too-conventional patterns of nonconformity.
This Greek art dates from 300 B.C. to 1450. The original objects were made of bronze, alabaster, faience, and sandstone.
one of the most prized possessions of the museum."
The Grecian statuettes are cast made the same size as the originals, and were obtained from the Metropolitan Museum of New York in 1948, Mary Grant, curator of the museum said.
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One of the interesting statuettes on display is a cast of a shawabti of the priest Har-Nakhte.
A shawabti is a mummy-like figure deposited in the tomb with the mummy, generally bearing inscriptions from the book of the dead. They were expected to do certain agricultural labors required in the land of the dead.
The Greek necklace, an origina from the time of Cleopatra, is made of delicate blown glass beads and faince tubes. It was found in Egypt and was purchased in the spring of 1956, Miss Grant added. "Now it is
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However, the large number of students present, I think, indicated more than an interest in an evening out, more than the annual fall joining-bug, more than an interest in the KU-Y, more even than the first opportunity for many to see a K.U. legend in the flesh. I think it even conceivable that some were there to hear the topic under discussion treated with some pertinence.
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The question that I would raise is: Could one not consider the traditional devity accorded to this and similar subjects before a student audience a most degrading conformity?
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Theta Sigma Phi Outlines Program
Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary fraternity for women in journalism, held a get-acquainted party Sunday at Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall. Thirty-two women attended.
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Ray A. Jackson
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The ruby McIntosh inspires a unique cocktail—fun for all. Just hollow out the center of each large apple beauty to form a cup and place on galax or grape leaves. Fill with a pungent mulled cider, well chilled and sip with short drinking straws in a fitting toast to apple-harvest time—a season which is full of good cheer.
"The Elephant Ready, Al?"
Ah, good evening neighbors. Are we all set for the evening circus? You've added an elephant? That's simply ducky. Say, keep off that rug! You can't make the noise on it that you can on the floor. O, do be careful. You shouldn't try to throw the davenport across the room. You might break your neck. I hope. What a novel idea—doing the Lambeth with a chair for a partner! Hoi!
Guests were pre-journalism majors and women in other schools who are interested in journalism. Jane Pecinovsky, Leawood senior, president, explained the history of Theta Sigma Phi and told of activities scheduled this year by the KU chapter.
—The Duncanno (Pa.) Record
Now for the windows. That's right. Just slam them up and down until you have them exactly right. Would you mind tuning up the TV just a bit louder? I can't hear all those wonderful commercials. Why, you're not going to bed early? Not with that beautiful sunrise coming up over the roofs? Well, if you must, but don't forget to swing on the chandelier while you are taking off your shoes. They thud so much more effectively that way. There-I just knew you wouldn't fail me.
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