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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Sept. 25, 1956
Students Gain But Don't Give
Take a look around the campus or in the Student Union and you will see signs and posters inviting students to join this-or-that club or organization. The time of year has come when the membership chairmen are ready to grab any student they believe is a possible member.
Clubs and campus organizations are a necessary part of college life, because to have a wellrounded education, one must consider extra-curricular activities as well as class assignments.
However, too many students join too may activities because they believe "it is the thing to do." There are many reasons why persons join a particular club—they like the name, their best friend is a member, they believe important campus figures are members and they can help themselves by joining, or they like the idea of having the club listed after their names in the senior summary in the Jayhawker.
This type of person is never a credit to the organization. About all that can be said for him is that his name is included on the membership roll. He hardly ever finds time to attend the meetings, and probably never does any "dirty work"—he leaves that entirely to the officers and the few souls who have enough interest in the club to work for it.
If a person will join only one or two clubs in which he has especial interest, attend the meetings, and become interested in the functions of the organization—give it his full support—he will contribute much more to the clubs than if he joins several.
Choose carefully this fall when selecting organizations to join, and be ready to work. Do not be just a "joiner"—be an active member.
—Jane Pecinovsky
At Last
To The Council We Will Go
Reports indicate the 18-member Suez Canal users' association is going to take the Suez dispute to the Security Council of the United Nations. To those without faith in what the council might do to relieve this international congestion, the step is merely one of formality and one which will apply moral pressure upon Egypt.
Britain and France, the two nations which depend highly upon the canal, are reserving themselves freedom by not committing themselves wholly to the users' association or to the council. Of the two, France is the more reluctant.
Since the ways of diplomats are numerous, watching the outcome of placing the crisis before the council will be educational. At first glance at the council's organization, one wonders how the West is going to gain one kopeck by referring Suez to this international board.
Permanent members of the council are China, or what's left of it; France, the reluctant one; Russia, who is pro-Egypt; Britain, a country far from agreed on taking the matter before the Council; and the United States. a country whose Suez policy is negotiation. Non-permanent members are Belgium, Iran, Peru, Australia and Cuba
On the pessimistic side, Russia can and would veto any measure not acceptable to itself or to Egypt. However, should Britain, France and the United States come up with a program acceptable to Egypt, then progress could be made. There is some indication of this in reports that the users' association is approaching terms which Egypt might favor.
Either way, it will be interesting to see how the diplomats bat this issue back and forth before the council. As mentioned before, their ways are numerous and they might possibly come up with some workable plan for an international Suez that will satisfy, maybe grudgingly, all concerned.
After all, diplomats are sort of like horse traders at work. After each feels the other out, as Britain and France have been feeling out Egypt, they finally work around to an area on which everyone will agree to consider. Perhaps the nations concerned have come to this point. A few more days of time will tell.
Just Browsing
The fellow at the next desk, whom we classify as our "expert on various matters of trivial importance" has offered his apologies for the tip about fall arriving Saturday.
We were out at the game, and after a great deal of observation, the only thing we could see falling were some of the KU backs. But as far as the weather goes, it was great, if you like sunburn.
But all kidding aside, this weather is really great. The leaves on the trees are still green, the grass is green, and the little dollies are still wearing summer clothes.
And as if all these blessings weren't enough, the warm weather makes it possible for the various campus factions to sit on the grass—or steps—in front of their respective buildings and admire and comment upon the hourly parade of beauty.
We were over in front of Green Hall the other day, and it's nice to see that this year's batch of lawyers has picked up the old tradition right where the class of '56 left off.
We stopped during our stroll to watch the lawyers in action, and we were fortunate enough to watch a couple of pretty girls walk by. Tearing our gaze from the girls, we observed that the lawyers were giving the two beauties the usual treatment, complete with applause, waving canes, wolf whistles, and appropriate comments.
Continuing our tour of the campus, we made our way to Strong Hall, where a large gallery was assembled. The crowd here was also in good spirits. The comments were of a more under-the-breath nature, and there was no cheering or aplause. But we got the feeling that the spirit of the crowd was strong enough to produce mad cheering if the legendary Miss Gavin would return for one last stroll.
And it's like this everywhere.
Probe Of Liner Crash Ends Today
NEW YORK—(UP) Italian line attorney expect to finish cross-examination today of the Stockholm's third officer who nisists there would have been no collision if the Andrea Doria had not turned left a few minutes before the crash.
Attorneys for other litigants claiming more than ten million dollars damages were scheduled to question Carstens-Johansen after the Italian line completes its cross-examination.
Capt. Piero Calamai, master of the sunken Andrea Doria, will be the next witness to testify at the pre-trial hearings in U. S. Federal Court. The hearings will be followed by a trial to fix the blame for the sea disaster and settle damage suits totaling more than thrity-six million dollars.
And this urge must be conquered. We cannot afford to fall behind in our studies this early in the year, or the results could prove disasterous.
Third officer Ernest Carstens-Johansen, 26, in command of the Stockholm's bridge when the vessels collided, testified yesterday he had sighted the Andrea Doria's port (left) side only a few minutes before and assumed there was no danger.
—Ray A. Wingerson
The warm weather has put the students in a spring-like mood, complete with the urge to go to Lone Star, the Sandbar, or other picnic grounds.
We must force ourselves to study. After all, midsemesters are coming up in about five more weeks.
So remember, there are only nine more weeks until Thanksgiving vacation, and besides that, we hear the mosquitoes out at Lone Star are really vicious.
But we've got to bring this to a screeching halt and rush downtown. They're having a sale on insect repellent.
Dick Walt
He's Riding Shotgun
LODI, Calif.—(UP)—Herman Morris bought a shotgun and moved his bed to a front room of his home. Morris, who parks his car under a street light in front of his house, said six complete sets of hubsaps were stolen from it in less than a year.
Texans Prefer Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS - (UP) Texas boast about Texas, but they visit Colorado. More Texas than Colorado cars made the trip up the Pike's Peak highway near here during July. There were 2,305 Texas cars counted on the road, compared with 2,109 Colorado vehicles.
Trucks make up 17 per cent of the motor vehicles in the United States.
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