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I had hoped that just such a reply would come from my comment, because this reply, in my estimation, is typical of that of most people who are caught up in a reform or revolutionary bandwagon. They originally have a distinct, well-defined goal that may be desirable and even practical, but they lose sight of this goal in all their hullabaloo. I don't want to pick on Ragsdale personally, but his letter serves as a good example of propaganda technique versus logic.
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Ragdale immediately identifies me as Greek (this puts me in the out group). Doesn't he feel that he can support his argument if I were not Greek? (Incidentally, I have lived as an independent at another university, so I have no bones to pick.) Next, Ragdale states that I misunderstood Coffman's editorial, but he doesn't say how. In fact I believe he misunderstood the point of my letter, which was to get people to think of the consequences of the measures they propose before they make any drastic mistakes.
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Then Ragsdale cleverly uses the technique of association, when he introduces the paddle, which as far as I know is not used any more by any fraternity at KU; however, its propaganda value still lingers on. Finally, Ragsdale attacks the fact that fraternities are private organizations (a fact which still entitles them to select whoever they please, be it colored, white, red, Hebrew, Catholic, or Protestant) by some sort of mumble-jumble, which in essence says that because private organizations sometimes use public facilities, they are not private any longer. Everybody to his own definition, I guess! However, if the bandvagon is still rolling, why not let it also integrate the Black Muslims, or is that against the rules these days?
My only plea is that we, as college students and potential leaders of the nation, take the time to reason things out and select the best possible courses of action before we go off the deep end.
Let us not lose sight of our goals of individual freedom and democracy by following blindly what we are told to do. Let's always take time to analyze our actions to see if they are accomplishing the goal they are supposed to be accomplishing.
University Daily Kansan Page 3
David Newcomer Shawnee Mission senior
from the morgue
Noble P. Sherwood, chairman of the department of health, outlined on Dec. 6, 1927, a short history of health movements over the world.
The "gymnasium age" was brought to the U.S. in the 19th century in response to the plea that college graduates had poor health. In 1829 the first board of health was organized in Massachusetts.
Presenting the outline as a background, Prof. Sherwood supported the idea of observing a Health Week on the campus.
He emphasized three types of health habits (mental, physical, and social) which should be cultivated by the students. Regularity in sleep and food, the necessity of relaxation and play were stressed.
White Man's Disease
SAN FRANCISCO—(UPI) Suicide is almost exclusively a "white man's disease" in San Francisco, according to statistics gathered by the city's health director.
Among Negroes the suicide death rate was 2.6 per 100,000 population while among whites it was 33.5 per 100,000.
Thursday, Feb. 20, 1964
Doubled-Up
ST. LOUIS—(UPI)—Dr. Marshall Eidex and Dr. Max Eidex are twin brothers, and Roberta Leistner and Teddy Leistner are twin sisters, senior nursing students. The two pairs of twins are at St. Louis Jewish hospital where the doctors are first year residents in medicine.
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