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University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Oct. 15. 1957
Needed-A Shot In The Arm
Campus politics at KU have never been something to be pointed to as a shining example. And the last few years the situation has gotten worse instead of better.
One big trouble has seemed to be the lack of two good parties at the same time, or maybe of any good parties at all. Without organization, the students' interest is much harder to arouse. A party which tries to interest everyone will naturally have a larger following. And a party which caters only to one group will have a hard time surviving, as has been shown by the party which recently folded.
Even though AGI has remained alive while other parties have come and gone, they alone cannot make campus politics come alive. The addition of the new Vox party will help matters, but it will take some time, maybe the entire school year, before it can contribute very much to the political scene.
The campus elections in no way make any contribution to the betterment of campus politics. Most of the elections fall far short of arousing enough interest to get even fifty per cent of the students to vote. There seems to be a lack of any real issues which the candidates can support or condemn.
With 8,000 or so students, a candidate running on his personality and charm alone is only going to get the votes of people that know him, or of him. It stands to reason that few people know even half of the students on the campus, and it would be more reasonable to assume that one-tenth would be abnormally large.
A political system with only one well-founded party, few if any issues, and no colorful candidates is well on its way to decay. Let's hope that something or someone comes along to rescue it.
—Del Haley
Subs And Missiles- Deadly Duo
With all the recent publicity about Russia launching the first satellite, another Russian advance has gone almost unnoticed.
Second only to the U.S., Russia's Navy now maintains four fleets—in the Arctic, Baltic and Black seas and in the Pacific Ocean.
Russia's chief striking force is its submarine fleet, by far the world's largest. It includes more than 450 undersea craft, many of them long-range ships developed with the help of German technicians captured in World War II.
Recently, Russia's long-range submarines have been spotted off California, Newfoundland, the Bahamas, Japan and South Africa and in the Mediterranean.
Although great secrecy surrounded Russia's naval buildup in recent years, Moscow is now taking off the wraps, giving wide publicity to the Red Navy and its maneuvers. Russian warships have been making "courtesy" calls at Western ports.
Why the sudden publicizing of Russian naval might? Why has Russia built a powerful navy when she has very little coast to defend and very little oceanic shipping that needs to be protected? The recent announcement that Russia possesses an intermediate range missile capable of firing 1,500 miles could be part of the reason for a growth in the submarine fleet.
With the long range submarines, Russia can strike anywhere in the world with a guided missile launched from a sub. Evidently the Russia military
master men knew several years ago that missiles would be a prime factor in any war effort and they began preparing subs for the launching of the missiles.
In the last 50 years the U. S. has sent fleets to the Far East and the Mediterranean areas several times when there appeared to be danger of outbreaks. The mighty fleets stood for a symbol of the power of the U. S. forces and greatly relieved distress in the areas. At the same time, Russia has had almost no navy in the area.
This has been a blow to the Russians' fast-rising military prestige. However, with the continued display of naval might, Russia has shown she can compete in any phase of the military buildup. She has gained respect among many European and Middle East countries.
Then too, by keeping a fleet near the Middle East, Russia has kept a steadying influence on Syria, upon whom she exerts considerable influence. Russia has been sending arms and military experts to Syria. A fleet close by insures these investments.
The first charter to operate a telephone company in Michigan was granted in October, 1879, to the Ontonagon Telegraph Co. It consisted of wires strung among four farm homes in Ontonagon.
With Russian boss Khrushchev's latest word that the airplane is no longer important in modern warfare, perhaps the Soviet Union is going to concentrate instead on a naval force. Perhaps it believes that a huge fleet of submarines for launching missiles is the desired weapon for the next world war.
—Dick Brown
The U. S. Department of Agriculture estimates that by 1975 total consumption of frozen desserts will be 1,200,000,000 (billion) gallons, a 60 per cent jump over the 1953 production.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
Neither weather nor time has any effect on the personal habits of a mink. When hungry, the mink kills and eats; when tired, it sleeps regardless of weather conditions or time of day.
American motorists used 10,500,-000 gallons of hydraulic brake fluid in 1955, an increase of 2,500,000 gallons over the previous year.
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France: On Her Way Down
Bob Lyle Managing Editor
Marilyn Mermis, Jim Banman, Richard Brown, Ray Wingerson, Assistant Mangling Editors; Bob Hartley, City Editor; Patricia Swanson, Lee Lord, Assistant City Editors; Leroy Zimmerman, Telegraph Editors; Gale Harmon, Assistant Telegraph Editor; Geoffrey Colm Applegate, Sports Editors; Mary Beth Noyes, Society Editor; Martha Crosier, Assistant Society Editor.
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France, the world's fourth ranking power shortly before World War II, is about to tumble into the ranks of obscurity.
Harry Turner...Business Manager
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Assesss, Editors
Currently seeking her 21th government in 13 years since the war and torn with internal labor and former strikes, France watched Premier Maurice Bourges-Manouey's coalition fail after only three and a half months.
His government fell when 80 conservatives voted with the Communist and far-right-wing opposition blocs to defeat his watered-down law for Algerian reform.
The French people meanwhile see the situation as no worse than past government reorganization periods.
Little do they realize that their once proud country, which once sent Napoleon out to conquer all of Europe, has fallen into a third-rate power.
he said, "we know very well what regime will finally succeed the present one."
How does a nation go downhill in such a short time? The instability of the government is apparent in the numerous changes of government that show France is no longer capable of taking her place with the world's powers.
Paul Reynaud, French statesman for nearly half a century, has warned France it must reform or face a dictatorship. "If we do not act now,"
The Communists have been watching with interest the yo-yo antics of the French government. With the unrest in the country coupled with almost complete apathy among the populace concerning government, the Communists are in a good position to move into inner - government circles.
In order to get the government back on its feet, France must shed its fears of a strong man ruling the country. France can give more power to the central government and put complete trust behind it or continue with its shaky, short-lived minority coalitions and invite eventual dictatorship. It is an important decision not only to France but to the entire Free World. If France should become Communist by choice, it might strike the death blow for democracy in Europe.
—Dick Brown
A wood duck makes a whistling sound as it flies, but it doesn't come from the throat. The whistling is caused by the wind passing through the small feathers on the tips of the duck's wings.
College students usually settle down in their old neighborhoods after graduation.
TRUE
FALSE
False. Statistically, there's only a 50- 50 chance that you will return to your home area. If you left your home State to go to school, the odds are 2 out of 3 that you will settle down in a different State after you get your degree.
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Students who engage in many campus activities tend to earn more money in later years.
TRUE FALSE
False. A recent survey of college grads showed that the BMOC's do not earn more than students who avoid campus activities. Thus, campus activities should be considered as their own broadening reward, not as stepping stones to wealth.
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The vital part of Jockey underwear lasts longer than the rest of the garment.
TRUE FALSE
True. The waistband is usually the weak point of most underwear, but Jockey developed a special, long-wearing, heat-resistant elastic (with U.S. Rubber and the American Institute of Laundering) that actually outwears the garment itself.
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