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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, Nov.17, 1964
Coed Complaints
THERE'S DUST under my bed; I've had a headache since yesterday morning; I have on my last clean pair of socks; the philodendron on my bookcase is dying from lack of water.
There are three books on my desk I should have read last week; my polisci term paper is due in 12 days; I can't remember the last time I wrote my parents a letter; I haven't talked to one of my best friends since last month.
THERE'S A CARAVAN of Vox candidates driving by honking car horns and blowing those despicable plastic trumpets; the girl next door is plaintively plinging her guitar; the humming heating system joins the serenade.
I'm president of one group that resents its required meetings; secretary of another organization that has no function; automatically a member of another group whose activities I think futile.
THE MAN AT THE GUIDANCE BUREAU would say I haven't achieved a satisfactory level of interpersonal relations with my peer group.
My boy friend would say I haven't had enough sleep.
My mother and the girl who keeps bugging me about Campus Crusade would say I have failed to find a personal relationship with God and His Son.
THE WATKINS SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEe would say I'm thinking too much about marriage and not enough about dedicating myself to scholarly research.
My roommate would say shut up, she feels the same way I do.
An old song would say I ought to count my blessings. Does that really help? My blessings:
THAT TOMORROW is clean-sheet day.
That Barry Goldwater didn't get elected.
That I have only one 7:30 class each week.
That I have a phone in my room.
THAT THANKSGIVING VACATION is coming soon.
That I find my courses challenging and worthwhile this semester and that I have finally decided what to do with my future.
That I have several good friends, one especially, who will always listen and sympathize and care for me.
THAT EVERYONE I KNOW has some of the same and just as many gripes and frustrations as I do.
There.
I feel better already.
-Margaret Hughes
Berlin: Divided--Yet United
WELL-DRESSED WOMEN sit at sidewalk cafes heated in winter by infra-red lamps. At their feet primarily trimmed French poodles doze contentedly.
Men in business suits of the latest cut hurry to offices in modern skyscrapers. They may stop in some coffee house or beer "stube" to discuss the events of the day with colleagues.
Young people, with the ruddy complexions of the Germanic nationality carry satchels of books to one of several local universities or academies.
CHILDREN PLAY on grassy patches in large parks. They have bright toys, and raise happy, excited voices to elders sitting near-by.
This is the image of West Berlin, yet not even one mile from where this environment is accepted as everyday life, women wear long, drab dresses. They can barely afford to provide their family with food, much less a family pet.
Men walk sullenly to their jobs. Business suits still have the wide-lapel cut, and the general appearance in bagginess, sloppiness.
THE RESULT OF THIS POLITICAL phenomenon is a struggle so deep that at present the two cities have separate governments, separate currencies, and separate attitudes.
YOUNG PEOPLE are not often seen, unless in the navyblue uniform of a "Volkspolizei" (East German People's Police).
And the children merely trail along after adults.
Since July, 1945, this city has bottled up these contrasts and their origins. The two major forces of the world are sealed in a city deep in the heart of East Germany.
THE WORLD-famous German "Hauptstadt" was divided into four sectors, to be occupied and governed by members of the victorious Allied powers France,Britain,Russia,and the U.S.
This four-power rule was condensed to two-power rule in 1948 when the Soviet government threatened West Berlin
freedom by blockading the supply lines from West Germany.
Following the Berlin "airlift" of 1948, the contrasts between the East and West sectors became more and more evident.
THE WEST RECOGNIZED Berlin as the pivotal point around which the preservation of a free Europe seemed to revolve. This realization led to an incessant drive on the part of the West and Berliners to make their city an ideal of free government, free society, and free economy.
Later the Communists picked up this idea, but they were clumsy and inefficient at making a model city out of the rubble of war. This is quickly seen in a comparative look at both sectors.
West Berlin today can be compared to any modern metropolis in either the United States or Europe.
ON FIRST APPRAISAL, West Berlin has all the characteristics of a thriving city. Traffic, both pedestrian and automotive, is heavy, especially in the business sections. Tall, modern buildings line broad avenues, and everywhere more construction is in sight.
Even the infamous Wall, constructed in 1961 to split even more deeply the East and West sectors, has been turned into a city memorial with the addition of solemn memorial markers and wreaths. The wall has become a symbol, in a sense, to the people of Berlin of what they have, and why they must protect it.
THE ECONOMY OF WEST Berlin is one of the fastest growing in the world. As of November a year ago, corporate taxes were 20 per cent lower than in West Germany, and personal
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The buildings, the streets, and the people all blend together in varying shades of gray. The picture is one of bleakness, drabness, and poverty.
taxes were 30 per cent lower. Industry was encouraged, people were enticed to move into Berlin.
This thriving picture of West Berlin is an almost direct opposite to the Communist regime in East Berlin.
EAST BERLIN IS STILL, in many sections, a heap of rubble which has been left since 1945. The streets are empty and bleak. With the exception of Karl-Marx Allee, and the "Unter den Linden" streets, there are no trees lining the avenues, and no bright cafes. People are slow, dejected, and seemingly disinterested in things around them. Perhaps one reason for this disinterest is the rules imposed by the Communist government which forbids any recognition of people from free Berlin or from tourists. The penalty for this recognition is known to the East Berliners only, and, in consideration of their behavior, must be quite severe.
ONE PARK IS PROMINENT in East Berlin — the Russian Memorial to World War II soldiers. Otherwise, stone courts and gravel playgrounds are the only recreation areas. The architecture is typical of the decade before World War II, mostly because the buildings still standing are the same buildings with perhaps a new face.
The industry of East Berlin is not evident. The atmosphere of production is stymied or nonexistent. The workers seen to the public are those men, mostly masons or carpenters, whose job it is to see that the Wall is kept in good repair.
THE CONTRASTS FOUND within this one city are greater than have ever before been found in a city. Yet the contrasts are surpassed by the feeling that the people, whether they live on the East side or in the West section, are Berliners first, Germans second, and for the East Berliners, citizens of a Communist regime last.
- Bobbetta Bartelt
The Visit
Submarine's Birth
THE CREW MEMBERS of the small warship were having an uneventful cruise. They were off the coast of Charleston, S.C., enjoying a balmy winter day. Not a ship was in sight.
In this third year of the Civil War, 1864, the serenity of a day was almost assured when no ships could be sighted. The speed of a ship was far from that of today, and contact with the enemy was not probable.
THE UNION ARMY WAS enjoying a slight change in the fighting of this war. It now had an edge which seemed to grow with each battle. It was a day of rest.
One of the crew members of the Union warship, the Housatonic, was gazing on the icy water of the Atlantic when he noticed some kind of fish streaking toward the ship. He turned to yell to the captain . . . just as the fish exploded into the hull of the warship. In minutes, the ocean showed no signs of the wrecked ship.
THE SUBMARINE at that time was not new, but 244 years old. The torpedo was 88 years old but the two combined were far from perfect. No one had yet developed an adequate form of propelling machinery. Thirty-four years later the problem was solved by using a gasoline engine on the surface and an electric motor when submerged. Now our nation could develop a weapon which would come from nowhere to attack and would simply dive under the water when on the defensive. Unfortunately, we were not the only ones to utilize this ship nor were we the most advanced.
World War I saw the advent of this new weapon by the German forces. England was struck hard on its merchant marine routes by German subs or U-boats. To even the surface strength between the two nations, the German U-boats would pick off English ships, hoping in time to deplete England's naval power to the size of Germany's.
At the start of World War II, underwater vessels were utilized by all navies, yet the Germans
still had an advantage. These subs could travel 12,000 miles at speeds up to 20 miles an hour. They were responsible for hundreds of sinks and the loss of thousands of lives.
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REALIZING THE DISADVantage of having to surface to recharge batteries for the electric motors, experts combined nuclear power with the submarine, and in January of 1954 the Nautilus, the first atomic-powered submarine, was launched at Groton, Conn. A sister ship of the Nautilus, the U.S.S. Triton, proved the assets of this new type of power when it surfaced in 1960 after traveling around the world submerged for 84 days. Later that year, the George Washington fired a ballistic missile from its decks while submerged.
THE MEANING OF THE POLARIS missile submarines was recognized in 1963 when the U.S. replaced its ring of Jupiter missile sites in Italy and Turkey with Polaris submarines in the Mediterranean. Submarines from the United States and Russia encircle the world, many carrying atomic weapons and ready for war. These ships, because of international water laws, are close enough to enemy shores in many cases to see land with the naked eye. They also are the safest from nuclear attack.
THIS USE OF underwater ships in war has been beneficial to many countries since the Hunley 100 years ago. Yet more developments should be expected and peace-time uses will be expanded for submarines. As good as they are, submarines still have a long way to go. Just as they were not perfect 100 years ago, when the nine crew members of the Hunley were lost, they showed imperfection again last year when the 129 aboard the atomic-powered Thresher disappeared. Submarines may be a much needed and beneficial weapon but they have been behind the loss of many lives since a sailor on a warship in 1864 looked out and saw a fish streaking toward his ship.
Van L. Moe