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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 8, 1958
2016-04-23 17:20:50
These Long Vacations
Now we're back at the old grind after heading home for a few (very few) days of much-needed vacation time.
The brief respite from the daily routine of books and classes was officially known as spring vacation. Most students called it Easter vacation. In reality is was just a long weekend; three days of vacation forced upon us by the administration.
Since we had such a long vacation, everyone planned on having a wonderful time. With all the time allowed it was possible to take extended trips to Kansas City, Tonganoxie, and other similar exotic vacation spots. With a little luck, some of us were even able to get home in time for Mom to get our laundry ready to take back.
Some students might have gotten so bored with all the time they had on their hands, that they resorted to studying. This seems rather improbable, but with time so abundant, some students might have taken drastic steps to relieve the boredom.
Seriously, this spring vacation seemed exceptionally short. Since it was the only vacation during the spring semester, it seems that the administration could have been a little more generous with the time allowed.
A student who lives on either coast and drove home, probably got home just in time to start back. Of course not all students live that far away, but plenty do live a considerable distance. If they were lucky, they were able to spend a three-day weekend at home.
Such a short vacation has a few side effects. It caused students to cut classes to get a little more time. It caused people driving long distances to drive straight through, without rest, which is not the safest driving practice in the world.
In former years spring vacation has extended over a complete week of classes, giving the students two weekends, or nine days. This year it was supposedly cut down so that the school year would be shorter. And the school year is shorter, one day shorter. And that couldn't be avoided; because the first Sunday after finals is on June 1 instead of June 2 this year.
—Del Haley
Another Fast Move
The Russians have managed to pull another fast one on the United States. The announcement April 1, by Foreign Minister Gromyko that the Soviet Union is halting all hydrogen and atomic tests really put us on a spot.
Even though we have dismissed the proposal as "mere words," this announcement will give the Russians plenty of propaganda material. The Soviet Union also gave itself future propaganda material when it warned that it will be free to resume its tests if the West does not follow suit in stopping tests.
Of course, educated people should be able to see through this plan and realize that it is nothing but propaganda. But the Russians aren't aiming this latest fallacy at educated people. They aimed it at the uneducated millions who are still susceptible to the lure of Communism.
To these people Russia hopes to look like the
one peaceful nation among nations of warmongers. They will say, "Look at us, we are the first nation to stop nuclear tests. We are the only nation that really wants peace." And it is not impossible that a few, maybe many, people will be convinced.
Maybe the United States would have been ahead to have been the first to ban nuclear tests. But of course we had no assurance that Russia would follow suit, and we hesitated to take chances with the national security. And even now we have no assurance that Russia will stop tests, only their word. We will stop tests only if the ban is supervised.
The United States seems to be waiting for a perfect situation before it will commit itself. If we haggle long enough, we may get the perfect situation, and we may end up with nothing at all.
—Del Haley
Sorry
Letters To The Editor
On March 27 the twenty-second annual Noble P. Sherwood honorary lecture was given by Dr. Heinrich Necheles in Bailey Auditorium. Approximately sixty-five people heard Dr. Necheles tell of some startling experimental discoveries, involving, among other things, a suspected nutritive function of human nerves.
We are extremely sorry that more people who would have been vitally interested in this lecture were not appraised of it. For some season, known only to some staff members of The Daily Kansan, you chose to publish no story of the lecture whatsoever, except for a brief announcement of all places, the society column.
This in spite of a well-organized publicity committee which spent many hours working together and
with your reporters explaining the purpose of the lecture, the honors Dr. Sherwood has brought the university, the high esteem in which the medical profession and the world's physiological societies hold Dr. Necheles. The Lawrence Daily Journal-World, the Topeka State Capital, and the Kansas City Star realized the stature of these two men and each ran a well-written, factual story on the lecture, including a borrowed picture which the publicity committee had furnished The Daily Kansan, and they had not used.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
"JUST IN TIME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BEAM—HE TEACHES A WONDERFUL CLASS I KNOW YOU'LL WANT TO TAKE."
If you will not, we would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the many people who would have liked to have been there, if they had known it. For the benefit of these people, there is a recording of Dr. Nechecles' talk available at the Phi Beta Pi fraternity.
Donald A. Potts, Lawrence
Don H. Berkely, Tescott
James D. Sawyer, Dresden
David Auchard, Lawrence
Freshmen, School of Medicine
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Quotes From The News
WASHINGTON—Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles, in a CBS radio interview:
"I would be surprised if the Soviets in the last few months haven't tested the possibility of an atomic warhead on long-range missiles."
LOS ANGELES — Ex-mobster Mickey Cohen's attorney, Cornell Ridley, in closing argument to a jury which convicted Cohen of misdemeanor charges in a fight with a nightclub waiter:
"People love Mickey. He is a fine and generous man."
BRUSSELS — A Russian Embassy Spokesman on the death of a guard at the Soviet world's fair pavilion:
"The man died from a heart attack while at work."
"I know what a bullet wound looks like and also what a bullet looks like. Solotowski was wounded by a bullet."
A Belgian doctor, who treated Nicolai Solotowski at Bruggman Hospital:
NEW YORK — Former President Truman saying he wouldn't take a walk before catching an 8 a.m. train for New Haven, Conn:
"In giving the reporters a break as I feel it would be too early for them to get up."
"If you know anyone who wants armaments, we'll exchange them for tractors."
LOS ANGELES — Costa Rica's President-elect Mario Echandi jokingly explaining to newsmen his country's economic problems and the illegal stockpiling of arms by his predecessor;
The total population of Chile, estimated in 1950, is 5,800,000.
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