Editorials
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Fleecing the unaware
The phone rings. A graduate student from Asia lifts the receiver to hear a soft friendly voice begin a sales pitch for a magazine company. He is told he can receive ten magazines for one full year and so many others free for two years for a mere $120.
A student from Africa stops at the local used car dealer and meets with a friendly welcome. He is urged to buy all sorts of unnecessary extras to make the car run better.
TWO SUAVE GENTLEMEN stop a Latin American student as he leaves his apartment for a 1:30 class and inform him of an important international symposium in Topeka. They tell him of all the important personages who plan to attend. He can be a part of this informative event for the nominal price of $3.50. The dinner never takes place.
This disgusting group of con men use the oldest sales line, it's the same pitch they use when they take in some of their more naive
fellow countrymen. But to make the whole process dessicant, they play on the good will theme.
They assure the foreign students they are honored to have them studying in their country. They want to make sure the foreign students have the best that America has to offer while they are here.
Few foreign students are narrow enough to hold the entire "American community" responsible. After a year or so they may even ignore it. There are con men everywhere and they know this. But, this does not in any way excuse the annual practice in Kansas. In America there is probably less need for this means of "earning a living" than anywhere else.
STUPIDITY SPEAKS for itself. It usually requires no comment to be recognized. But, in a situation of this nature, we feel compelled to say that we are sincerely glad to have the large foreign student population studying on our campus.
— Janet Hamilton
Spurious spirit boosters
Morale boosters are good for the football team. But what good are they if they are not honest and valid?
Two weeks ago the merchants of Lawrence initiated a "Beat K-State" campaign to boost the spirits of KU's football squad and student body. Students and Lawrence residents were asked to answer their telephones with "Beat K-State."
IF THE TELEPHONE was answered in this way and the caller was a Lawrence merchant, the answeree was awarded either a monetary prize or a gift certificate.
The "Beat K-State" drive was to serve two purposes. First, the students would "get in the spirit" for the traditional Wildcat battle, and second, the business firms would reap benefits and publicity.
"I'm Beginning To Think They Don't Want Us"
Publicity for the local merchants? For some, yes; for others, no.
As a morale booster the campaign was a success. Students were ready for the Homecoming contest. The football team was ready too. The outcome? KU trampled the Wildcats 34-0.
AT LEAST ONE living group on the Hill received a call the evening the campaign started. The phone girl answered the phone with "Beat K-State." The caller identified himself as a local car dealer. He asked the woman her name and told her a photographer would take her picture
the next day and she would receive her $25.
Two days later another phone girl answered the telephone with "Beat K-State." From the other end of the line came a vibrant "Congratulations."
The caller identified himself as a salesman for a local business firm in downtown Lawrence. He asked the woman her name, told her to come into his shop, ask for a specific person and pick up her $25 gift certificate.
There is a parallel in the two events. Both amounted to $25 and both were a **HOAX**.
THE FIRST WOMAN waited for the photographer to arrive but he did not and she never received her check. The second woman went downtown the morning of Homecoming. She said she went into the shop to pick up her gift certificate but it was not there.
The proprietor apologized, but for what? He did not make the phone call. It was not his fault there was no gift certificate.
The manager of the store offered the woman a small gift but she refused. After all, she said, he did not actually owe her anything.
Lawrence merchants are to be hailed for the part they played in KU's triumph. But what about the crackpots who toyed with the honest efforts of the merchants?
Nancy Scott
LITTLE MAN ON.CAMPUS
*NO YOU CAN'T TAKE ENGLISH AS FULFILMENT OF YOUR
  'FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT"
It Used to be...
By Dorothy Elliott Nov. 10, 1915
Grant Mull, the KU mail carrier, brings mail by cart with Mollie, the old horse. A collie dog, Rex, helps by barking Mollie on to the next building after the mail carrier has delivered the mail in one building.
There are 21 KU students teaching Bible Study classes on Sunday at Haskell Institute, which has an enrollment of more than 800 young Indian boys and girls.
Larry Clinton "The Dipsy Doodler," has been signed to play here for the Sophomore Hop Dec. 14. He is the composer of "My Reverie" and "The Dipsy Doodle," and was elected America's best arranger in 1939 in the Downbeat poll. Clinton predicts that in the future there will be less noise and more beauty, less stomping and more lift to swing.
Nov. 10. 1940
KU is continuing its system of vocational guidance for rohomores and freshmen. Begun this fall, the program helps these students arrange their courses and plan their life's work. Lawrence businessmen are assisting this project.
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Wednesday, November 10, 1963
Daily Kansan
Wednesday, November 10, 1965
University Forum
Joe College Flunks
There I was. Face to face with a high school friend for the first time since I started to KU. Wide-eyed and anxious, he breathlessly awaited the real low-down on college life. . . From me?
A cold sweat broke out on my forehead; this guy was a wild child and was sure to find out that I was not the Ice College he was hoping for, just Freddy Freshman.
"Hey, man," said High School Harry with a long, cool drag,
"Is that wild college life really as much fun as I've heard?"
I CLUTCHED, REMEMBERING last Thursday afternoon when I had so much fun going through the Art Museum and looking at all the nice paintings. Some inner sense warned me that this wasn't exactly what he wanted to hear, so I decided to punt.
"Well . . . uh, yeah, it's really wild, all right."
"Oh," commented my listener with a blank look that showed me that he was disappointed but not yet discouraged, darn it. He leaned forward and, with a more confidential air, continued:
"Look. You're Joe College now—do you really do a lot of drinking?"
"YEAH, WE SURE DO. Just last Friday, a bunch of us stopped off before going to the show and I had three or four bottles." I nonchalantly replied, noting the impressed look on High School Harry's face. I told the truth for once; that Dr. Pepper goes down awfully easy but it lands kinda heavy after three or four bottles of it.
"Now listen," he sneered, with an evil look in his eye, "is the night life at Campanile really as wild as they say?"
He had me there. I couldn't even remember what a Campanile was. Oh well, I had an image to try and keep up and couldn't admit defeat, so I tried to fake it.
"UH, JUST HOW wild do they say it is?" I cautiously ventured.
"Ah, you know!" he exclaimed loudly and winked leeringly and dug his elbow into my ribs, breaking three. I still didn't know. I began to panic since this was the big question of the discussion and I still didn't know what he was talking about. Let's see, I thought frantically to myself, Campanile . . . Campanile . . .
Wasn't that a brand of soup?
"Uh, yeah, that's right. Good ol' Chicken Gumbe—that's my favorite." I blurted cut and watched my listener walk away in complete despair.
John Hill Prairie Village freshman
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