Editorials
Hoaxing, old hat
Bomb scares have become such old hat at KU that few people, except those who are inconvenienced by them, give them much thought.
They always seem to occur when some class is having an exam or during the hours when there is little doubt that girls will be in bedtime apparel.
THE WHOLE PHENOMENON has even passed the time when lectures or hand slapping would make much difference. Whoever originates this extremely clever little game obviously couldn't care less about anyone else's feelings on the matter.
It would seem whoever originates the scares must be a student or students, because no one else would have anything to gain from it. Perhaps they do not realize how much trouble this causes, or just plain don't care.
Even if the campus police are certain the scare is a hoax, there is always the chance that the bomb might be there. The whole building must be checked, a very time consuming process.
PERHAPS, BY CANCELLING an hour exam, the hoaxer thinks he or she is doing everyone a big favor. It's doubtful. After all, some students do prepare for exams. Not very many women in the dorms appreciate taking an early morning trek across Daisy Hill and giving up a few more hours of sleep, an already scarce commodity here.
There certainly must be a more mature way to make up for being unprepared for an exam or of seeing co-eds in all degrees of undress.
— Janet Hamilton
Neo-jingoism
Medley from the Cause-of-the-Month Club songbook (words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Richard Wagner)
Oh we don't want to fight no war,
But, by Jingo, if'n we do—
We'll wave signs and we'll play sick—
We'll burn our draft cards too!
So...
Take up the protest burden,
And reap your own reward—
The praise of foreign voices,
The hate of those who guard.
For . .
It's Joe do this and Joe do that,
"And "Burn that village down!"
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
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And...
He's a killer for his country— There's no enemy around.
Founded 1889
EXECUTIVE STAFF
And . . .
By an old Saigon pagoda,
Looking lazy from the sea.
There's a peasant girl a'waiting,
And I know she thinks of me.
As the wind blows through the smoke-
clouds—
Back at home they hear her say:
"I would rather be a Marxist—
Yankee, please do go away." — Terry Leolin
(the people shooting at American soldiers are simply dis-satisfied peasants who happened to acquire Chinese machineguns)
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By Dorothy Elliott Nov.16,1915
It Used to be...
Dress warmly to conserve mental and physical energy, to attain the maximum intellectual and physical power from the food supplying the body and to avert chronic disorders, advises the faculty of the School of Medicine.
Only two freshmen have been dropped from KU because of low grades this year.
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Tuesday, November 16, 1965
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Paperbacks focus on thrills. memories
The paperback focus this week is on thrillers and personal recollection. The former will be forgotten in two weeks. The latter will survive for some time beyond that, on library shelves at least. There's also a handy new volume called World-Wide French Dictionary (Premier, 95 cents), which might bring joy to some students who have been looking for something like this.
Now, about the personal recollection. First of all, Dawn, which is Volume I, and A Book About Myself, which is Volume II, both constituting the autobiography of Theodore Dreiser (Premier, 95 cents each). It would be stretching something or other to say that these are enjoyable reading. Important, yes. The author composed these back in the twenties, and he focuses on his early life and his newspaper days.
In so doing he writes in the same forthright, blunt, and frequently plodding manner that characterizes the novels. He was not a stylist. Grammart eluded him. So did the exact word. But this story of an Indian boy who becomes a newspaper man of some consequence and a naturalistic novelist of considerable consequence is an absorbing pair of books.
The other recollections are those of Douglas MacArthur, Reminiscences (Crest, 95 cents). No figure of our time has been more controversial, and few people feel about MacArthur in any but a partisan way.
KU students display patriotism
KU students do not need to be censured or praised. What they are stands by itself. Their character, their ambition, their scholarship, are generally acknowledged by all observers to be of high quality.
But the extra effort put forth by the Young Americans for Freedom and by Gus Weiss, Augusta junior, in their recent letter campaigns to boost morale of the troops in Viet Nam is especially noteworthy for the patriotism invoked and for the timeliness of the campaign.
After university students across the nation held their anti-Viet Nam foreign policy demonstrations on Oct. 9, they were promptly accused of many vile things. Antagonism in the press was shown when government and national leaders, editorial writers and cartoonists, housewives, veterans, and Viet Nam servicemen issued statements of shame and dismay.
THEY SPOKE OF HOW the protests gave stimulus to the Communists to keep the Vietnamese War going longer, of how the protests might be Communist-backed, and of the possibility of an FBI investigation. The demonstrators were called draft dodgers, hypocrites, and unknowing American youths who were being misled by people not having the best interests of the nation at heart. One editorial writer suggested strongly that the universities investigate these students and put an end to the movements that were giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
The Associated Press polled college officials from coast to coast and found what we at KU already knew.
that the demonstrators were a small minority group composing less than 1 per cent of the total college enrollment. At KU it was about two-tenths of one per cent.
Soon the tide of critical publicity turned to stories of concrete displays of belief in the government's foreign policy and appreciation of the effort of the U.S. troops in Viet Nam.
YALE HAD A MASS RALLY to show its backing for American foreign policy. The campus senate at the University of Mississippi adopted a strong resolution of support of administration policy and condemned demonstrations against it. In Oklahoma City, 500 students from the University of Oklahoma marched in support of the present foreign policy. A block bank for U.S. troops in Viet Nam was organized at New Mexico State University. Pittsburgh University students had a rally for 1,500 students, who chanted their backing of American forces in Viet Nam, and the rally ended with the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner." At Stanford, a new group was organized called Committee on National Student Citizenship in Every Case of Emergency (Conscience). Its stated purpose was to back American action in Viet Nam, and one of its proposed projects is a national lecture-in Nov. 22.
Other universities and even nigh scnois contributed to this movement designed to show the opposite view of the demonstrators. KU was no exception.
Two letter campaigns were begun, one independently, by Jay Weiss, Augusta junior, and the other through the combined effort of the Collegiate Young
Democrats and Republicans and the Young Americans for Freedom. Chairmen of these groups are George Groneman. Kansas City senior; Bob Miner, Great Bend sophmore, and Gus diZerega, Wichita freshman, respectively.
THEIR LETTERS expressing support of American foreign policy and appreciation for the war effort are to be sent to Gen. W.C.Westmoreland, commander of U.S. Forces in South Viet Nam.
Signing the letters gives the majority of KU students a way to express collectively what each thought individually. At the same time, it also gives the state and the nation a better image of KU students. This is important anytime, but especially during a Centennial year when the public is already focusing its attention on the accomplishments of its largest educational institution. It is important when the Council for Progress is undertaking the task of raising funds for improved buildings and programs here. And it is important because Congress has just passed a 2.6 billion dollar aid-to-higher-education bill to provide money for scholarships, libraries, and research.
TAXPAYERS AND THOSE in a position to donate large gifts of money are likely to be relieved to hear that KU does have the kind of students in its majority who are typified by the works of the letter writing groups. Now that they have a good start in this direction, may we hope their patriotism will continue all year.
Dorothy Elliott