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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. Sept. 26, 1956
Conforming Has Positive As Well As Negative Side
Too often new students feel they have to be "different" to excel or achieve recognition. But why? What's wrong with conforming?
Going against the grain can be fatal in college society, for doing so brands one as either "green" or eccentric.
Let's look at a few minor traditions that prevail.
1. Women sutdents wear nothing but white anklets if they wear socks of any kind. At first glance this may seem silly, but there must be some good reason for it. It's simple. White anklets "go" with anything the coed may wish to wear—white blouse and dark skirt, pastel sweater and light skirt, or for that matter shirttails and jeans. There's one less problem of choosing involved. If a girl has nothing but white socks to wear, she will wear white socks.
3. For everyday wear, a girl normally will be outfitted very simply in either blouse or sweater and skirt, or a print dress. The key word here is simplicity. Again there is no problem as to what to wear if it's established that the other girls undoubtedly will wear a blouse and skirt.
2 A law student who attended a small college transferred to KU, and on the first day of class was chagrined to find that he was the only student in his classes wearing a coat and tie. He solved this neatly. Next day he wore slacks and a sport shirt. Perhaps we're too casual at KU, but at least we're comfortable.
4. Long-sleeved shirts are not worn with the sleeves buttoned. They are rolled twice or three times and that's that. Why? Because (1) buttoned
sleeves tend to hamper typing or working over a drawing board, and (2) writing a test or paper longhand with the wrist brushing against the desk or paper soils the shirt cuffs.
5. Coke dates. Heaven knows how the custom started, but it's very practical. If a male wishes to "investigate" a female, he will ask her out for a coke. Now cokes are inexpensive and don't cost much, and if it turns out that the girl is a loser, then all the guy has lost is ten cents. On the other hand, if the girl is a winner, then all's well, for custom has been followed.
6. Organized living. Why pledge, why live in a dorm? For one reason, being "in" with a group has many social advantages. For another, the old wheeze about two heads being better than one is nonetheless true, particularly if you're having trouble with that Double-E ll problem, or don't know where to begin on that 2,000-word report for your own Prof. Snarf.
If you're going to be a college student, you might as well dress and act like one. The college uniform is subject to change, but not such a radical change as when you go to your new job after graduation and find that a coat and a tie are required. And seldom, if ever, after graduation, will you have the opportunity to behave as you do now, with so few restrictions.
And you might as well learn to conform now. If the Supreme Court has trouble changing society to acceptance of something "unusual," what chance will insignificant you have?
—Jerry Dawson
Users Association Outlined; Suez Canal Evaluated
When the United Nations Security Council meets Wednesday it will begin discussion of the British-French demand for U.N. endorsement of the plan proposed at the London conference for international control of the Suez Canal.
For the second time in two months, the Western powers met last week to discuss the international Suez crises and to study the plan proposed by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for a Western users association.
Present plans for the association, which would be composed of nations using the canal, call for a shipping chief, a board of governors, traffic co-ordinators and planners, and the association's own pilots who would board ships from "depot" vessels at either end of the 105-mile-long canal. Tolls would be paid to the association which, in turn, would pay rent to Egypt for the use of the canal.
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt's 38-year-old president who nationalized the canal July 26 for "the grandeur of Egypt." is as opposed to this project as he was to the plan suggested by the 5-nation committee which met with him in Cairo following the first London conference a few weeks ago.
When he seized the canal, Nasser, the former lieutenant colonel of the Egyptian army, violated the Constantinople Treaty of 1888 which provided an "international system" to guarantee passage through the canal "at all times to all powers."
The nationalization came after the United States and Great Britain withdrew their offers to help Nasser build the Aswan Dam on the Nile River because Egypt was buying arms from Russia. The move was designed to give overcrowded Egyptians more farm land.
Because Russia also refused to aid Nasser in his attempt to build the high dam, President Nasser seized the canal and plans to use the annual revenue of 100 million dollars to pay for building the dam.
Egypt has promised to pay each of the stockholders of the Suez Canal Co., the international owners of the "Big Ditch," $262.85 per share for the 800.000 shares. In the company, which has headquarters in Paris and was formed under an Egyptian charter, the British own 44 per cent of the stock, and 78 per cent of the remainder is owned privately in France.
Following the 22-nation London conference in mid-August, a 5-nation committee, composed of representatives from Australia, Iran, Sweden, Ethiopia, and the United States, went to Cairo to present to Nasser the plan proposed by Dulles
for establishment of an international "Suez Canal Board." After Pres. Nasser rejected this proposal, which he called "a declaration of war," Egypt suggested establishment of a special negotiating body to work out settlement.
The nationalization of the Suez Canal, the world's main trade route between the East and West, is important to the U.S. and other countries of the world for many reasons, but primarily because our European allies obtain oil from the Middle East through the canal. If a solution cannot be worked out, the West's alternate plans are to reroute the oil imports around the Cape of Good Hope or obtain more oil from Venezuela and the United States.
If these alternate plans are begun, there are three possible outcomes: (1) the cost of detouring would be expensive, and prices on these imports would increase; (2) the canal, which is the world's largest handling 115 million tons of shipping a year, would begin deteriorating; (3) Pres. Nasser might call on Russia for assistance.
The Soviet Union has always wanted a foothold in the Middle East, and it began by selling arms to Egypt. Should an international authority be organized, Russia could become a part of it, and soon have her men in the country.
In order to keep the canal open, about 250 qualified and competent pilots must be employed. The shifting, sandy banks and the uncertain currents of the canal make it a necessity that the pilots be experienced. The canal company on Sept. 12 authorized that the 210 non-Egyptian pilots could leave their work, and some did. Pres. Nasser sent out a call to all parts of the world to obtain more pilots, and raised salaries and working conditions.
There is little fear that Pres. Nasser will intentionally close the canal because he seized it to get revenue, However, mismanagement could cause it to be closed.
Leaders in the capitals of the world will be watching closely for new developments in this crisis. while the Security Council studies carefully the resolution of the proposed users association before final action is taken.
Jane Pecinovsky
To keep both the grass lovers and the car lovers happy on this auto-plugged campus, how about filling in the old grounds with an as yet undeveloped grass that is hardy enough to withstand grease drippings as well as local hot-rodders who would get some sort of pleasure out of peeling their tires to an enchanting green color.
Houston Daily Ups Ex-Kansan Adviser
HOUSTON, Tex.—(UP) — Richard H. Boyce, former Kansas City, Mo., newspaperman, has been appointed city editor of the Scripps-Howard Houston Press. He had been assistant city editor.
(Mr. Boyce was graduated from the old department of journalism of the University of Kansas in 1940 and was news supervisor of the University Daily Kansan in 1941-42.)
He received his early training on the Kansas City Kansan and the Kansas City Star, and was college correspondent for the United Press.
How About The Pony Express?
BRISTOL, England. — (UP ) P Nolan is sure the mail here is delivered at a snail's pace. Yesterday he received an apology for tardiness from the postmaster because snails had gnawed holes in a letter addressed to him.
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