Guest editorial
Joe College takes a vacation
"Tests? So what?" . . . and so Joe College, Big Man on Campus, packs his bags "to blow this place as soon as that last class is over (or sooner)." Thus Joe sets out on his annual pilgrimage to honor the man whose birthday made the vacation possible . . . Jesus.
That guy walked around Nazareth and vicinity talking about brotherhood. And since coming to college, Joe's found out what it's all about. He's hung around with Negroes, Orientals, and Indians. He's tipped a few with them. He's sat around shooting the bull with them. And he's found them to be just as human as he is. He's getting an apartment with a colored fellow. He hasn't told the folks. They wouldn't understand.
JOE GOES HOME to celebrate the birthday of that guy who talked about brotherhood. And, while sitting around at home, Dad asks about "all them niggers up at that college." But Joe assures him that "they haven't bothered me too much."
That same guy from Nazareth talked about peace. In fact, they say that, when he was born, there were angels talking about "Peace on Earth." Now at school, Joe's in the Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Peace Union, and a hundred and one "ad hoc committees." He's come to the conclusion that wars are futile. He thinks he knows what that guy from Nazareth was talking about. And, while he thinks angels are a bunch of hogwash, he, too, has joined in the chorus of "Peace on Earth."
He goes home—to celebrate this guy's birthday. He helps trim the tree. And since he's six-fect-two, he reaches up to put the angel at the
top of the tree. Then he sits down with Dad to watch "Combat." He beams with glee as those dirty Krauts get mowed down. Afterwards, Joe's Dad breaks out his old uniform and proudly displays his battle ribbons. Approvingly, Joe says, "You really showed those Japs, didn't you, Dad?"
AND THAT NAZARENE with the sandals and robe talked about generosity, compassion and all. Joe's Soc prof has talked about the plight of the Negro, and that Negro he's going to room with has assured him it's all true. His Anthro prof has mentioned how some of the Indians have it even worse. And this stuff has really grabbed him. Joe's said to himself, "Man, something's got to be done about this."
Joe goes home—to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. He goes back to his comfortable ranch house in Suburbia. He goes out shopping and blows $50.00 on gifts for the folks. This cleans him out, but it's worth it. They'll give him a hundred bucks worth back.
Each day during the vacation, he's in the sack. And each night, he's out with a nice girl from the neighborhood. He takes her to all the bright spots in town . . . except those down in "Boon Town." Why risk trouble? Right?
AND WHAT ABOUT THAT PAPER due in January? "That'll wait 'til I get back. Besides, I left my books at school."
And so, Joe goes home to celebrate Jesus' birthday. Back at college, he leaves his books and everything else he's learned.
Nice way to spend Christmas!
- Don Shorock
POSTCARDS TO THE EDITOR DEPT.
Today's chuckle is an exact engraving of a postcard received at the Kansan office yesterday. The card bore a Junction City postmark and the lene signature as shown above, with no further identification. Who Todd White is remains a mystery.
Other papers on the Mitchell contract
FOR DOING NOTHING — $66,000
No friends, that rosy glow you noticed in the East this morning did not come from the rising sun!
It must have come from the faces of the K.U. athletic board members who maneuvered themselves into such a hopeless position they were forced to agree to pay an ex-football coach $66,000 over a 4-year period to get out from under a 10-year contract.
How, it must be asked, could the representatives of a great university get themselves tied up in such a contract?
HOW AGAIN, COULD THIS HAPPEN in a great institution which prides itself on its fine Schools of Business Administration and its School of Law?
It is understandable that the State Board of Regents was not particularly involved in the original 10-year contract entered into with Coach Jack Mitchell. Such things are handled by the Athletic Board under a set-up somewhat mystifying to the average layman. Particularly mystifying is the statements attributed to Mitchell and Athletic Director Wade Stinson in this morning's Kansas City Times. The Times said:
"Neither Mitchell nor Wade Stinson, K. U. athletic director, would comment on terms of the agreement that ended in the termination of the contract that would have run through June 30,1971.
"WHEN ASKED TO CONFIRM the settlement figure of $66,000 Mitchell said, 'There undoubtedly is going to be a lot of financial speculation. However, I feel that this is our own personal business and not for public information.'
"Stinson again declined to get into any discussion on terms of the settlement, but did comment in reply to a question, 'If any financial terms were involved they certainly would be taken care of by the athletic corporation.'"
And all this from K. U. representatives responsible to the public and paid in part, at least, from state tax funds and using many of the facilities of a state built and state supported institution.
We repeat, the State Board of regents wasn't involved. But we think it should get involved—and quickly!
The Junction City Daily Union
NEW BOOKS
Another writer who usually achieves with the trashily popular is Niven Busch, well known since "Duel in the Sun." His book this time is about politics, with the topical title of The Gentleman from California (Dell, 75 cents). This gentleman from California is a senator whose ethics are minimal and who is bound for the White House unless somebody stops him. My, how the political novel prospers these days! More people read these books than understand the issues of national affairs.
World War II, too. Soon it will be 25 years since the war ended, and Steven Linakis has written one called In the Spring the War Ended (Dell, 75 cents). Tough talk, even dirty, plenty of sex, brutality—all the things that have made this genre prosper since Mailer and Jones busted out with "The Naked and the Dead" and "From Here to Eternity" more than 15 years ago.
And these goodies for the mystery fans:
Robert Sheckley's The Game of X (Dell, 60 cents)—spy stuff, what else? Now we're all Maxwell Smarts, instead of James Bonds, but Bond was really as funny as get Smart all along. Funnier sometimes.
Official Bulletin
This Week is Peace Corps Week at
Office 305, Kansas Union UN 1-
3774.
Foreign Students: People-to-People tour to Truman Library-Museum & Leaf Union at 12:20 PM Saturday Leave Union at 12:20 PM last day to sign up for free field trip.
TODAY
Principal-Freshman-Counselor Conference. All Day.
Lecture, 7.30 p.m. Prof. Donald Gustafson U. of Colorado. Monomary University. Sponsored by Philosophy dent.
Experimental Theatre, 8.20 p.m.
TOMORROW
College Life, 9 p.m. Phi Gamma
Delta, 1540 La.
Muslim Society. 1 p.m. Friday prayers held at Kansas Union.
Popular Film, 7 & 9:30 p.m. "The Wheeler Dealers," Dyehe Aud.
Sunflower Doubleheader at Man-
hattan 30 p.m. Florida
State-KU at 7:05 p.m.
Experimental Theatre. 8:20 p.m.
"The Rover's Trial."
4th, a rideside Discussion, 8 p.m.
1538 New Hampshire public
course, 20 p.m. Jeanne-
Marie Darre, pianist. University
Theatre.
Baha'i Fireside Discussion, 8 p.m.
1535 New Hammastre, Public invited.
The people say...
To the Editors:
Though Mr. Harry Euchholz's warning to the faculty (and others) not to seal Christmas decorations (UKD, Dec. 1) seems lucid
FRESNO, Calif. — (UPI)— Cab driver Harold Davis has some good advice for his fellow cabies: "Don't pick up a butter-fingered man with a four-foot snake."
STICKS PASSENGER
It took Davis, his boss and a Humane Society officer nearly an hour Sunday night to pry loose a young boa constrictor which slipped out of its owner's hands and wound itself around the front seat springs in the cab.
enough, the motives for it are not perfectly clear. Is he challenging us to take the bulbs and pile them on his lawn? And how should we arrange them? Spell out the Berkeley word? Sort them by racial code? Or does Mr. Buchholz plan to stage an all-campus blackout himself, abduct the Chancellor, blame the bulb-natchers, and assume sole power? Please, Mr. Euchholz, enlighten us.
William O. Scott
Associate Professor of English
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