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From Student Union Eat Entrance Watson Memorial Library Window But why is KU so outstanding? Is it because of fine administration? or the quality of the instruction? or the speed with which KU is growing? or the quality of the students in a ttendance? or the social program of the university? or the world-renowned athletic teams? A bit of reflection makes one realize that none of these things constitutes a claim to greatness, but rather that each is a major factor in making valid the claim that KU is a great university !
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NOVEMBER 1952 In observing the forces that mold the college student of today, we believe that wars and elections affect him no less than football games and weekend parties. A record of this college year would be incom- plete without reference to these outside influences. In these pages, therefore, we attempt to analyze the news of the world in which the university and its students must live. Ike beats Adlai On November 4, 1952, more than 51 million voters the largest number in any United States presidential elec- tion went to the polls and elected the first Republican chief executive in 20 years. Primarily, they were voting for a change. After thirteen years of New Deal policies and seven of President Tru- man ' s Fair Deal, America had given the highest office in the land to a political tyro who promised a great deal, by a margin of 442 electoral votes to 89 for his opponent and a popular vote of 32,690,000 to 26,275,091 (as tabulated at our time of going to press). The General also accom- plished the feat of winning several southern states. For the victor, the great military hero Dwight D. Eisenhower, the triumph was the climax of a long, 50,000 mile campaign marked by bit- terness in which the general the first Republican presidential candi- date to do so successfully invaded the Solid South on four different oc- casions during his speech tours. At this time he plucked the usually Democratic 24 electoral votes of Texas. He achieved this partly through his promise to support the state ' s rights in regard to the Tidelands oil issue, which concerned Texans greatly. For the loser, Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, it was the end of an equally hard-fought campaign which had changed him from a reluc- tant candidate in June to a vigorous campaigner of notable eloquence. But the people seemed more charmed by General Eisenhower ' s plans to lead a crusade in Europe more than they were by the promises of the obviously qualified Governor Stevenson, who lacked the General ' s fame. The Democrats built their campaign on the premise of prosperity and NIXON, EISENHOWER Co. The happiness of victory STEVENSON EATS CROW Only 9 states, 73 electoral votes trumpeted the song You never had it so good. The GOP forces, on the other hand, pointed out two chief ideas which vitally concerned the av- erage US citizen the war in Korea and the mess in Washington, with em- phasis on the seriousness of Demo- cratic bungling both at home and abroad. True, many Americans seemed to be tiring of a seemingly endless shooting war, which began in the summer of 1950 as a police action of the United Nations, but which was in 1952 still killing their sons and husbands in an apparently deadlocked struggle in a far off land. Probably next in importance to Mr. Average American, who wanted a change, was the issue of corruption in federal government or what the Re- publicans referred to as moral rot in high places. Candidate Eisenhower made the statement during his campaign: There is only one issue in this cam- paign the mess in Washington. From there, the GOP took up the cry to the effect that it ' s time for a change and what we need is a new administration with new policies. The infiltration of Washington by Communists and communist sympa- thizers as a great danger to America was introduced and popularized by Wisconsin ' s junior senator, Joseph McCarthy. As to foreign policy, the Republic- ans favored a get tough policy in Korea which the Democrats had said would lead inevitably to a third world war. Peace takes patience was the idea voiced by Governor Stevenson in one speech. To the Democrats ' you never had it so good speech, the Republicans constantly reminded the people (al- though there was little need for it) that although more money was in Continued on page 90 10
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