Washburn University - Kaw Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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As The Faculty Sees Us I

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As the Faculty See Us by Harry Justin Colburn CQWILL you please write an article on cHow We fthe student bodyj Look to the Faculty', off-handedly said the editor ofthe Kaw to me, wand make it humorous. I protested, but in vain, so upon his head be it. I have never heard a single member of the faculty express himself on how th student body looked to him, I'Iow then shall I speak for anyone but myself, and how, in particular, can I make it humor- ous? For I never feel, when I gaze upon the student body, or students in- dividually, any particular stimulation of my risible musculature, and if I did it would not be either kind or judicious to give. public expression to it. It would be unkind, for there is no particular ground for it, and besides, young people are very sensitive, and might mistake kindly satire for unkind sarcasm. It would be injudicious, for satire is two edged weapon, cuttting both ways, and it would be embarrassing to read a re- taliation on how the faculty looks to the students, especially as youthful satire is more remarkable for its brutality than for its finesse. So far as I personally am concerned the students of Vlfashburn college look little different from the same number of young people of similar ages gathered anywhere. To be sure, the influence of the late departed Indians is still be- trayed by a dermatological and unguicu- lar decoration of Vivid primary colors among the young females, far in excess of that seen in the East, but this bizarre practice is by no means confined to col- lege women. And the young men, that is, the youngest of them, still affect the garb for garbagej of the uwild and Wooly, that has never been curried below the knees, but at least they do not cul- tivate the semi-quadrupedal gait known in the East as Lathe freshman slouchf' Of course, I give each entering fresh- man a brief scrutiny as I sign his enroll- ment card. They vary considerably in x iff' if m e 'N 1'I I . xQ Nl' . I saifxffft I I1 W f fy V v I I cl, 4 ni- i A ,X X -A ss . . I I' f 'YI K A I N' X . , f lllhlilf I f- 1 -f ,f f:::5sga:!Il W ' fugwu 24