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THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

The Kentucky Kernel
The Kentucky Kernel is the official newspaper of the
students and alumni of the University of Kentucky.
Published every Friday throughout the college year
by the student body of the university.
Snhsrrintlon One Dollar and Fifty Cents a Year Five
Cents the Copy. Entered at Lexington Postoffice
as second class mail matter.

EDITORIAL
MANAGING EDITOR
F
Niel Plummer
John R. Bullock, Jr.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Helen Shelton
A. P. Robertson
Llewellvn Jones
Frances Cregor
Joe Palmer
EDITOR-IN-CHIE-

NEWS

David Alexander

Catherine Carey
REPORTERS
Byron Pumphrey
Rebecca Edwards
FTank Davidson
Martha Connell
Beecher Adams
Virginia Baker
J. C. Finley
Betty Reganstein
Ethel Stamper
Louise Jefferson
Elizabeth Strossman Kathleen Lowry
E. M. Sargent
Henry Mortimer
Evalee Featherston Dorothy Darnell
William Glanz
Harry McChesney
Catherine Redmond

SOCIETY

SPECIAL WRITERS
Lydia Roberts, Exchanges
Kathleen PefFley, Feature
Dorothy Stebbins, Feature
Lucile Cook, Squirrel Food
Virginia Boyd, Literary
P. P. Baker, Cartoonist

abode.

In the class of 192G among other outstanding journalists, was Ted McDowell. In his undergraduate days
Ted was one of the most prominent men on the campus
and his list of achievements in college reads like a
catalogue of
activities offered at the
university. Since his graduation Ted has been connected
in a responsible position with the Harlan Enterprise.
The Kernel notes with a great deal of pleasure the
influence that the Enterprise, under McDowell's guidance,
is wielding in the mountain section. The Harlan paper
consistently boosted the bond issues for the election
held last Tuesday and it also performed a notable
service for its party in the senatorial race.
It is also gratifying to note the good work being done
by other graduates of recent years in journalistic fields.
Sterling Towles of the class of 1925 is city editor of
the Danville Messenger and Arthur Morris of last year's
of the Corbin
class is managing-edito- r
Towles in Danville and Morris in Corbin possess the
same respect and esteem of their townspeople that
McDowell does in Harlan, and all are recognized as
leaders in civic affairs in their respective communities.
extra-curricul-

Times-Tribun- e.

NEWS EDITOR
Virginia King Conroy
ASSISTANTS

EDITOR
Thelma Snyder
ASSISTANTS
Martha Minnehan
George Moore Jameson

forces for civic progress in the various cities and communities in the state in which they make their permanent

Leida Keyes
Ann Williams
Jewell Hayes
Mildred

Kidd

Virginia Early
W. D. Scott
Newt Combs
J. B. Rhody
Martin Glenn

SPORT EDITOR

Frank K. Hoover
ASSISTANTS
Warren Price
James Miller
Wayman Thomasson
Ralph Connell
John W. Dundon, Jr.

Next to the referee's whistle at the close of a game
when the 'Cats are behind, we think that the "mournful-est- "
sound we have heard for some time is an ambitious
cornetist playing "All Alone" on the third floor of a
fraternity house.
After "attending" a pep meeting in answer to a
summons which some one had posted the week before
and failed to remove after the yell fest, we're in favor
of making it a penal offense for those who do not take
their posters off the bill boards after their purpose has
been accomplished.

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FOREMAN
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ASSISTANTS
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Balanced
On his nose. . .
An autumn rose. . .

Last week university students called on Frank
Smith nnd his cohorts to "Wreck Tech." Nor was the
unnnorod. for while V. P. I. did manage to
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tie. the hones and dreams of the
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Virginians were greatly bent if not technically

His studied grace and gaudy garb
And flippant gaiety
Deride
His wistful eye
The while
Beneath
His painted grin, his sprightly smile
There lurks
The smirk

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wrecked.
This week the campus echoes to another plea of the
student body to the football team, a plea to "Turn The
Early in the season sport critics prophesied that if
AinTmn wore to be beaten. Kentucky would be tne
team to do the job. Nor do their predictions seem very
wrong for the great Crimson tide has swept over ana
pntnilfpd nil onDosition encountered so far this season
The blue and white clad warriors enter the fray
tomorrow with the "dope" all against them. Alabama,
leading the Southern Conference race, is reputed to have
nnf of the strongest elevens in the whole country. Ken
tucky's record is not quite so imposing, having won
one. lost one. and tied one game in the Southern Con
ference race. But there is one thing that "dope" does
not take into consideration in its calculations and tnat
is the Kentucky spirit.
University students rely on the fighting,
spirit that the Wildcats have shown in all their
mmes this vear. to throw all obstacles, "dope" and the
like into the trash barrel tomorrow, and to turn Alavictory into a glorious victory for
bama's
the University of Kentucky.
Today the Blue and White team rests on Alabama
soil. With them are members of the band, loyal alumni, and students who were able to make the trip. But
greater than all these there is with them the hope and
backing of the entire student body.
The Kernel does not claim any clairvoyant powers
which would enable it to predict the exact outcome of
the game tomorrow. But it does know, as does every
student in the institution that the Wildcats will put up
a glorious fight tomorrow, win or lose and one that will
be a credit to them and to their institution.
And the team will fight all the harder because of
the knowledge that with them is every student, in spirit if not in person.
never-say-d-

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APPRECIATED COOPERATION
Tomorrow when the Wildcats step out on the
gridiron and strive to turn the Crimson tide,
they will be spurred on to nobler efforts by the inspiring
n
line.'
music of the "best band south of the
The University R. 0. T. C. band is being sent to
Birmingham through the kindness and generosity of a
d
individuals and firms of Lexnumber of
ington who are defraying the costs of the musicians on
the southern trip.
On innumerable occasions the student body has
had occasion to express its gratitude to these friends
and "backers" who have always responded willingly to
y
Many
any call made by the university.
ventures 'of the university, such as the building of the
basketball building and stadium, have been accomplished
largely through the spirit of cooperation and assistance
of the same parties who are now sending the band to
Alabama.
Elsewhere in this issue is printed a list of names of
those whose contributions made it possible for the band-tmake the Birmingham trip. On behalf of the student
body, the SuKy circle and the whole university, The
Kernel extends thanks to these persons and assures
them of the deep gratitude of the institution.
Especially does The Kernel think praise should be
extended to Mr. Wallace Muir and others who on this
occasion, as on many others, cooperated with the SuKy
circle in raising money for this trip.
Mason-Dixo-

public-spirite-

praise-worth-

SERVICE
Every year the university graduates a goodly
of young men and women who within the period of

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Uni-ersi- ty

TYPEWRITERS

STANDARD

E. K. S.

"NIGGER HEAVEN"
White blood boils and white flesh cringes beneath
the searing lash of savage passion and primitive
that writhes through parts of "Nigger Heaven,"
Cari Van Vechten's vivid penetration of the Alfro-NeYork mysteries. White minds recoil and white eyes
glaze with the startling revulsion over its revelations.
Few white hearts can be even partially in sympathy
with it.
And yet Van Vechten has given us perhaps the most
comprehensive, most realistic insight yet attempted
into a civilization about which, until recently, we have
been blissfully and almost totally unaware.
An exclusive negro society, a negro "fast set" corresponding identically, but for color, with our Long
Island fast set, negro intellectuals, geniuses, above all
the growing menace of negro "passing" realities which
we whisper about, those of us who are cognizant of
them. Van Vechten flings them in our faces.
These negro writers, Countee Cullen who poetizes
about his downtrodden brother,
"All day long and all night through,
One thing only must I do:
Quench my pride and cool my blood,
Lest I perish in the flood.",
Van Vechten confronts us with them, boldly.
The
author hypnotises his audience. "Nigger Heaven" acts
like a snake charmer upon the emotions of its readers,
fascinating and repelling in turn. We are conscious of
distaste, physical revulsion even, yet few will leave the
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book unfinished.
Van Vechten is obviously well informed. He weaves
fabric of ugly dreams for us to contemplate. His treatment of the situation reveals an obvious sympathy for
the hoplessness of the conditions his investigation has
laid bare. Yet, in his story, he elicits only our pity,
perhaps, if we can transcend to revolting depravity and
otscenity of his picturization. We are sorry for Mary
and Howard, even Dick Sill who "passes," and others
like them who struggle hoplessly to win ahead against
the prequdice of white power and control. We would
reject any solutions Van Vechten suggests, either tolerance of the negro in business or the absorption of the

black race into the white.
Van Vechten adds but another number to the list
of sins that have lately been committed in the name of
"realism." Of all his books, "Nigger Heaven" has a
more evident theme than any other, but his motive, if it
was to perpetrate more atrocities of ugliness, is fully
realized. If any good was intended it has lost itself in
the filth and hideousness of the materials he employs.
The opening chapter of the book, which tells the story
of the Eastman, and the scene at the Black Mass with
Lasca and Byron are revolting in the extreme.
It is true that Van Vechten's style depends much
upon his power of suggestion, but even that suggestion
and obviously intended to be understood.
is
"Nigger Heaven," granting its authenticity, is life.
It is realism. As a novel it lacks what all our modern
novels lack; namely, the power to express beauty, even
in ugliness. As realistic fiction it may be great and
powerful, but it is certainly an unlovely piece of work.
Dorothy Stebbins.

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"At Forty" the housewife in some sections
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the end of her youth. A quaint custom you
say-- but it usually signifies a fact Heavy
tasks, indoors and out, have made her old
at forty.

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Under a pale gold moon
In a faraway foreign clime,
On a
wooden lute,
I played one time.
Before her clearf dark eyes
In a faraway foreign clime,
As I knew the pain of bliss,
I. sang a rhyme.

TKS

LEXINGTON

With jaunty jesture stoops to pick

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In dominoe
Of spotted red,
Amber splotches, purple patches
Fantastic, struttingHarlequin.
With dainty step and jaunty bow,
Scattering
Red and yellow leaves like confetti
Swirling
Down the wind. . .
Then
Twinkling on nimble toes
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VIRGINIA BOYD, Editor

BUSINESS MANAGER
James Shropshire
Univ.
Phones 6800

DISCUSSION

for

LITERARY SECTION

BUSINESS

heritage? Are be building a golden! in almost human fashion.
calf, looking with longing eyes to the
The headquarters of a California
fleshpots of Egypt, or are, we bravely
tourist camp is located in the trunk
, facing the burning sands and desert of a giant redwood, 107 feet in ciro Works of Daniel Cook, Well-- winds, following the cloud by
o
day and cumference and believed to be about
Known Cincinnati Artist,
The Sunday School lesson for Nothe pillar of fire by night, ever march- 4,000 years old.
Are on Display
vember 7 is discussed by Rev. T. L.
ing onward and seeking a kingdom of
Settle, pastor of the Church of the
freedom and death, over the river of
Last Friday marked the opening death, perchance, but
Good Shepherd, Lexington.
the Promised
)f the exhibition at the Art building
W. W.
Three Lessons
)f the works of Daniel Cook, who is Land of our dreams.
We are studying this fal the exo
KODAKS EASTMAN FILMS
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artist of Cincinnati and In place of front wheels a farm
dus of the children of Israel from the
member of the faculty of the
DEVELOPING and PRINTING
tractor, invented by a Swedish engbondage of Egypt to the freedom of i
of Cincinnati.
ineer, has two steel "legs" that walk 129 W. Short St.
the Promised Land. The question has
Lexington, Ky.
The work of Mr. Cook is varied, and
bex;n raised as to the value of this
stuuy at this time. Does it nave s ncludes many processes. Aside from
lis interest in art, Mr. Cook is also
real bearing on modern experience
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J. A. Vonderllaar
ALL MAKES
W. C. Stagg
and living? The answer is that aY. i student of zoology and geology, and
past experience is a vital part of lis drawing of scientific subjects is
onsidered
especially
interesting.
present reality.
They are to
marked extent the causes of present Vluch of Mr. Cook's work has been
purchased by the College of Engineer-- 1
reactions.
Human nature has made
FOR SALE OR RENT
ng of the University of Cincinnati,
little changes in its constituants an
SPECIAL RENTAL RATES TO STUDENTS
nd these pictures have been loaned
reactions in the thousands of year
that have passed since the event wi he art department of this university
y Dean Snyder, of the College of
are studying happened. We can eas
ily discover in ourselves the sanv Ingineerjng of that school.
Dealer: L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc.
The display of Mr. Cook's work will
weaknesses and strengths, working ir
WEST SHORT
the same way and producing the sam le held in the west studio of the
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results, as are revealed in our story irt department, and the student body
Space prohibits a full analysis of theii ind public are cordially invited to
procedures, but there are three thing: ittend. The exhibit will be from 9
outstanding three lessons it would be o 1 o'clock in the morning and from
well for us to grasp if we would liv t to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, with
he exception of Saturday and Sun-la- y
full lives:
when the building will be closed.
First, the inborn desire for freedoir
The art faculty will be glad to
in every human heart. This spring
any uestions and to point out
from the consciousness in the individ
ual of his individuality. He is am terns of especial interest. The exhib-- t
will end this week.
has the right to be captain of his owr
special
destiny. There is a real slavery o'
the sould and mind as well as of
gypt, not ons journeying to ;the
Chains forged by human hand
may hold the body fast and yet a ma' 'romised Land.
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Third, the power of a dream. In no
may be free. It was freedom in thi
ntion known in history is this last of
sense that kept Irsael alive and hope
ur three lessons more strikingly
ful in all the bondage of Egypt. Witl
hown than in Israel. For thousands
their bodies they toiled under th
f years the Jews ha e lived separate
lash of the taskmaster; with thei
nd apart from all other peoples, opsouls they lived in the glory of th(
past and the hope of the future. Sr pressed, enslaved, persecuted, and
lespised, and yet a nation real, vital,
we, bound with the chains of materia
necessity, may with our souls soar ir md alive held such by a dream.
the ethereal blue of freedom am Someone has said, "The great differ-nc- e
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between humans and the rest of
dream great dreams of the Kingdon
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of God in whose making and bringinf inimal life is the power to dream,"
Cooking
ind that which can be dreamed of
to pass we have been a part.
Wh;
nust be possible and may come true.
bind ourselves with the chains of sir
3ut to give life it must must be a
when freedom comes with its masG.
Iream of truth a great dream. Their
tery?
Second, the power of habit in life lream (Israel's) was of a possible
onship of God. It was the dream of
n
Habit is a
gift to mar jhe
Carpenter Son of Nazareth. He
which makes for stability that keep:
IU
the good man good, the bad man bac" rave it to us, "Ye are the sons of
3od." What are we doing with our
All life is a battle and habits
weapons of offense and defense
we forge to aid us in the fight. Hab
Jhe largest selliruA
its are
but once made the;
DIRECT LINE FROM
are almost invincible. If you stud:
quality pencil
the story of Exodus you will discover
in trie wona
the power of habit. For generation?
the Children of Israel had known
Egypt gods made with humar
hands. So when the shadows ol
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black
and the great ideal of a god not mad
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false step is the hardest, each repi3
tition becomes easier until contrb" topyind
and St. Louis
passes from us and we are slaves in
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PROOF READER
Stanley W. Royse

Exhibition Is Beings
Held in Art Building

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