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The Kentucky Kernel
Published every Thursday throughout the College year by ho student body of
the University of Kentucky, for the benefit of the students,
alumni and faculty of the institution.
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EDITORIAL STAFF.
William Shlnnick
Dlllard Turner
Wayne Cottingham
J. Franklin Com
Miss Eliza Piggott
Thomas Underwood
J. R. Marsh
Miss Mildred Graham
Eugene Elder
Herbert Schaber
Harry Cottrell
John S. Sherwood.

EDITOR-IN-CHIE-

Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
"Squirrel Food"

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Athletic Editor
Exchango Editor
Y. W. C. A.

Mining
Literary
Agriculture
REPORTERS.
Thornton Council.
W. C. Draddy.
BUSINESS STAFF.

Byron Bacon Black

KERNEL.

not clean and able the editor of the Alumnus owes it to
the student body to expose them.
The third section of the Alumnus' plan is but
"sound and fury" unless it comes down to cases. The
sentence needs clarification. It may be true that there
are individuals who do not respect the administration,
but in general the faculty and that part of the student
boo'y which is not swayed by prejudices are satisfied
with the manner in which administrative affairs are

conducted.
The Kernel feels that the Alumnus should name
the persons who are guicbd by selfish interests and are
receivers of spoils; that he should accuse directly those
who are not clean and above suspicion and that he
should point out specific evils due to inofficiency. Vague
charges do the University no good and give an unfriendly press opportunity to sprea'1 broadcast the
seed's of dissatisfaction and misinfC' mation. If the
editor of the Alumnus frunishes proof and quotes instances he will render the University a great service;
if he cannot do this he has done an injustice to many excellent men and women, both in the faculty and the student body. The Kernel insists that tin- charges be substantiated with facts or retracted.
The columns of this paper are op i n to the editors
of the Alumnus at any time they desire to write further
on the subject treated in their leading editorial. We
respectfully suggest that it would be well to let us have
this material in time for the next issue of the Kernel.

Business Manager

Joe M. Robinson

Jour-nallnt- s

1.

If a Democratic paper contends
is duo to Democracy,

that prosperity

and high prices to tho war in Europe;
If a Republican paper, that prosperity i4 duo to tho war in Europo and
high prices to Democracy.
2.

Alwnys refer to the popularity of
as "growing by leaps

you;' candidate

and hounds." Remember, also, that
"the trend is townrd him." Abovo all,
do not fall to incorporate tho phrase,
"It may well ho said.' "No jot or title,"
is a very elegant little string of words
thnt is always useful.
3. State unequivocally
that your
man Is exactly akin to Lincoln in his
idens.
4. Refer to your opponents as
politicians"
and your own
men as statesmen inspired by the one
desire to save tho country.
fi.
Always givo hyphenates a black-eye- .
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If these few simple rules are closely
observed, the editorial will of necessity be clear and forceful and confidence will be aroused in your readers.

Let Us Have the Facts.
publication
The Kentucky Alumnus, the
issued by the graduates of the University, had in its last
two issues editorials demanding that a complete
of the University be made, giving reasons
why this
was necessary. In the last
the editorial, supposedly written by Mr. Harry
Staples, the editor, contained the following paragraphs:
The general pla'n it appears necessary to
effective, construcmake the
tive and of permanent benefit that the University may be free and unshackled by those
things that are throttling it, may be summarized as follows :
1. The University must be rid of the
blight of politics, selfish interest and the spoils
system. This can only be done by a complete
of the board of trustees and
the University by placing men in charge who
have University ideas and will put the University above politics and selfish interest.
2. There must be a better moral atmosphere and University spirit in and around the
University and the professors themselves must
be clean, able men and above suspicion.
3. Efficiency in the administrative affairs
of the University must be such as to command
the respect, not only of the students, but the
respect and active
of every professor, assistant and employe of the institution.
The Kernel does not wish to quarrel with anyone
who really wants to see the University prosper and become greater, neither does it feel that there is not room
for improvement about the campus, as is doubtless the
case with many other universities. But we believe that
the editor of the Alumnus should be more specific in his
charges. If the "spoils system" exists here, some one
must be getting the spoils whatever they are and we
presume that the Alumnus knows who the beneficiaries
are, or it would not have made so serious a statement.
We believe the public would like to have this information.
That a better moral atmosphere and a better University spirit are desirable no one will contradict, but
the implication that the morals of the student body are
bad, or worse than the average, is not just or true. The
University spirit, we are informed by men who have
visited other colleges, is as healthy at the University of
Kentucky as it is at the average university not much
better and not much worse.
Perhaps the most striking statement in the editorial of the Alumnus, and the one requiring most explanation, is that "the professors themselves must be clean,
able men and above suspicion." It may be that there
are men in our faculty who are not clean; it may be
true that some of them are not able, and certainly it
seems there are some who are held under suspicion by
the Alumnus. But the editor of the Kernel, and the remainder of the staff, wish to know who these men are,
that they may avoid courses which would place them
under such instructors. If there are men here who are

The Campaign Editorial.
Squirrel Food hns been nsked to
give a sot of rules for writing cam
paign editorials, that Freshman
and others nmy heed and grow
wise. Hero they nre:

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STOCK JUDGING TEAM
LEAVES 20TH FOR CHI.

FOOD

The Kentucky Colonel Says:
Deeper Still.
The amateur actor, suh, is like the
He: Smythe has bought him an Air- bean the more you roast dale.
him, suh, the bcttah he becomes.
She: The very idea! He'll have
to mortgage his home to buy gasoline.
Lykelle Pomes No. 9.
He lent his friend a twenty-spot- ,
The Mean Thing.
'Twas all the coin he had.
An evangelist who was in Lexington
Friend vowed to pay within a week-H- e
last week declared the last time he
was an honest lad.
s
preached that
of the citHe came the following day
izens of the city were moving
twenty back to pay.
The
Then he packed his grip, took
$1,000 of their money and left 'em to
After That, What?
their fate.
(News Journal, Campbells ville.)
three-fourth-

hell-war-

Mr. Montfort Prescott,
who has
been a genius from childhood and
finding better inducements at another
point, has recently gone to Sharon,
Pennsylvania, to accept a position
paying him $4.80 for nine hours' labor.

For the benefit of those who heard
Wilson
was shot, Squirrel Food wishes to
state that the President was not even
half shot, in spite of the fact that his
election was assured.

last Sunday that President

In Hlckvllle.
The University of Kentucky could
Hick: Seen our police force?
Quick: Nope. What does he look have given Wilson and Hughes some
campaign pointers. Neither side relike?
membered to compare college grades.
As It Really Happened.

Little Jack Horner
Sat in tho corner
Eating some stolen jam
As into his mug
Ho crannne:l a June-buHo said: "How lucky I am."
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B.

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A.:
H.:

A.:

In a Hardware Store.
"How do you sell your bits?'
"Two bits."
"I only wanted one."
"We got two bits for one bit.'
"Alright, gimmo one."

Get This Deep One.
"What caused tho falling' out?"
"Her parrot squawked 'quit Jim,
when ho kissed her."
"Well?"
"His name is Archibald."

Lykelle Prose.
(Paintsvillo Post.)
Somo of the most Interesting recitations in S. V. S. now, are chomistry
and botany. Of course literature, algebra, und latin are always

The "peace conference" at Cardiff,
Wales, broke up in a general fight
last week. We hope the December
prohibition meetings In Lexington will
not follow precedent and end In a
hilarious pifflicatlon.

The team which will represent the
University at the International Live
Stock Show to be held in Chicago the
week of December
has been busy
tho past several days in an effort to
become as proficient as possible for
the big event in which they are entered. They have visited in turn
many of the larger stock farms in this
section and will continue this preliminary judging until the time of their
departure, which has been set for
Monday, November 20.
The members of tho team are: J.
T. Campbell, T. C. McCown, W. D.
Sutton, Curtis Park, Jr., and R. B.
Rankin, and C. L. Morgan, alternate.
These men won their places over all
other students in the College of Agriculture in competitive
contests held by animal husbandry
professors at the Experiment Station.
Tho team will be accompanied by
Professors J. J. Hooper, E. S. Good
and Mark J. Smith and will stop over
at Purdue and Illinois Universities
and other points of interest on their
trip.
stock-judgin- g

Ditty.
There are meters iambic,
And meters trochaic,
And meters of all sorts and tone;
But the meter that's sweeter,
Neater, completer,
Is to mot'er by moonlight alone.
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