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Wednesday. Jan. 10, 1962 University Daily Kansan
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YAFElectsOfficers Gets Constitution
The KU chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom last night elected the "aggressive" slate of candidates without opposition as permanent officers and approved a constitution without discussion or dissension.
The newly elected officers are: Marick Payton, Lawrence resident, chairman; Tim Woodbury, Kirkwood, Mo., junior, vice chairman; Sally Chandler, Holton junior, corresponding secretary; Leanna Koehn, Dodge City freshman, recording secretary, and Kenneth Hobbs, Kansas City, Mo., junior, treasurer.
TEMPORARY OFFICERS were elected in a stormy two-hour meeting on Dec. 18. During the meeting one faction tried several unsuccessful attempts to block elections until a later meeting.
Fayton said after the meeting that he was surprised there was no opposition by the other faction within the organization.
"YAF has a united front with the end to promote conservative views. The difference between the two groups was a disagreement on means," he said.
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"WE ADVOCATED A MORE ag-gressive program and I was happy to see an endorsement of our slate and program."
He also said he saw only about five members of the other group present with no leaders present except Jim Williamson, Hutchinson junior.
Williamson later said he did not know the other group would have a complete slate of candidates. The Committee for an Effective KU-YAF. Payton's group, offered a complete slate of officers and passed out a printed handout with YAF's national symbol, a lighted torch of liberty, as background on the handout.
"WHEN WE (the constitution committee) met last Saturday to draft the constitution, we were working in a big happy group and I thought all the dissension had dissolved. I didn't think they would have a slate of candidates," he said.
"But I am very happy with the officers and I think YAF will do a lot more good in the future than if we had tried to further the split."
Williamson was nominated for vice chairman, but declined the nomination saying "this team works good together." He declined in favor of the slate offered by the Committee for an Effective KU-YAF.
THE CONSTITUTION WAS APPROVED without discussion or dissension. Payton said it was drafted so amendments could be made in the future after it had been used a while and needed changes could be seen.
The group discussed plans for several projects and appointed three committees. One project is to coordinate action between all conservative clubs and Young Republicans organizations in Kansas behind Robert Dole, Republican candidate for Congress from the first district which includes all of Western Kansas.
CoachSaysDebate Season Successful
KU's debate squad "enjoyed moderate success" and picked up plenty of experience in the fall debate season. Wilmer Linkugel, assistant professor of speech and drama, and debate coach said Saturday.
Members of the squad attended five major tournaments and walked off with honors in debate, extemporaneous speaking and poetry reading, John Neal and Donald Worster, both Hutchinson juniors, defeated more than 20 schools in debate at the Central State tournament in Wilberforce, Okla.
Dean Salter, Garden City junior, won the extemporaneous speaking competition at the State University of Iowa tourney in Iowa City, Iowa and Donald Currey, Banning, Calif., graduate student, won the poetry reading competition at the Southwestern College Tourney in Winfield.
Debate squad members also attended tournaments at the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia and the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colo.
A practice team will attend a debate tourney at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., on Jan. 17. Next semester's first two competitions are scheduled for February at Northwestern University and the University of Nebraska.
Pavton said the conservative groups would establish campaign headquarters in small towns, conduct telephone and door-to-door campaigns and demonstrations.
HE APPOINTED Miss Koehn chairman; Harold House, Douglass freshman; Jay Deane, Kansas City junior; Miss Chandler and Debbie Galbraith, Wichita freshmen.
Bob Gaskins, Wichita freshman, reported on a possible conservative club in Lawrence high school. He said he had talked with several student leaders in the high school who showed interest in forming the club.
Deane raised doubts about the membership of high school students in YAF. Gaskins said national YAF is making the necessary changes and is encouraging the formation of high school clubs.
Payton then appointed Gaskins chairman of the committee with Suzanne Robbins, San Pedro, Calif. junior; Deane, Williamson and Bill Whiting, East Hampton, N. Y., freshman, as members.
The group also discussed the possibility of getting three feet of shelf space in the Music and Browsing Room of the Kansas Union for conservative books and pamphlets.
PAYTON SAID THEY WOULD be contacting Frank Burge, director of the Kansas Union, in the next few days.
"We assume the Union is a service institution which will aid us in furthering an exchange of opinion and views in the interest of academic freedom," he said.
Payton also appointed a public relations committee composed of Williamson, Miss Robbins and Chuck Burin, Imperial, Pa., junior.
Mysterious Note Tells of Replica
A 17th century replica of Bufo vulgaris (toad), stolen before Christmas vacation, has been returned to the Museum of Art.
The toad, 8 inches long and $51 \frac{1}{2}$ inches high, was attached to a cement foundation in the museum patio, by six inch bolts. The bolts had been cleanly sheared off, apparently filed.
"Dear Sirs: The 17th century Italian baroque toad may be found in locker No. 106 at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. This is no prank, for enclosed is key for said locker. The writer of this did not realize the magnitude of the mistake. It is hoped that no permanent damage was done to such an exquisite piece of art. Signed X."
Soon after the discovery of the theft, Marilyn Stockstad, director of the museum, received a letter. It said:
"It wasn't the best piece of art out there," she said, "but it is my favorite."
The toad was the second case of theft from the museum last year. Last spring two Rembrandt etchings were stolen and have not been recovered.
Prof. Stokstad was happy to have the toad back.
She said the toad was insured for $500, but that the resale value for bronze toads is quite low.
Mrs. Levine Says -
Salinger Stories 'Christian'
A sociology instructor yesterday described J. D. Salinger's new book, "Franny and Zooey," as a book which is not as good as Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye," but one which will be widely read.
Mrs. Stuart Levine, in discussing Salinger's latest work, said that "his stories are more Christian than oriental in outlook."
The "fat lady," who is discussed by most of the characters in "Franny and Zoeye," is revealed to the reader as God, she said. "God is a very present force to his characters, even though they are not particularly religious," she added.
The author deals with "a combination of oriental mysticism with a modern-day outlook — much like Jesus Christ going to an Ivy League college," she continued.
"HIS GREAT characters are the very young people, who are seeking to find good in everyone, and not the older people who appear irrational and foolish in a realistic world," she said.
Mrs. Levine said Salinger works his theme into the novel through his vivid "Ivy-League, prep-school" characters.
"These young characters, through whom Salinger attempts to convey his objective, are continually suffering, however, because they are able to see things too clearly in the realistic world in which they live," she said.
"The author's point here is almost simple-minded, as he merely says that everyone has a little bit of Jesus Christ in them—the Transcendentalist theory reduced to the simplest form," she said.
MRS. LEVINE LISTED several reasons for Salinger's appeal to his readers.
In the first place, she said, "You read Salinger and enjoy it to be in
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Dr. Cyrus De Coster, professor of Romance Languages, has been named new chairman of the KU department of Romance languages, it was announced by Dean George H. Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Prof. De Coster will assume his duties as chairman July 1, 1962, when Prof. J. Neale Carman will give up the chairmanship according to University regulations regarding the age of administrators. Prof. Carman will continue teaching.
Dr. Ronald Olsen, assistant professor of economics will become acting chairman of the department of economics Feb. 1, 1962. He will replace Dr. Leland Pritchard, who has resigned the chairmanship to devote his full time to teaching and to research.
Prof. Pritchard has been chairman of the department since 1956 when it was established as a department of the College and separate from the School of Business
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CHICAGO — (UPI)—Insufficient lighting or no lighting at all can make night-time television viewing tiring and boring, according to the American Home Lighting Institute.
One dim light doesn't solve the glare problem and sometimes adds an annoying reflection from the screen, the Institute said. It suggested a so-called "TV Wall," used by many homeowners who light up the entire wall behind the TV set by installing a cornice or valance along its top.
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Also, she said, "Salinger's wonderfully complete observations appeal to us. His prep school and Ivy League characters are all mixed up in a rational world. His older characters are humorously and typically rational in a superficial way."
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She said that part of the author's popularity also stems from the fact that readers will attempt to "psychologize and sociologist," trying to understand why his characters act as they do.
SALINGER'S STYLE is another of the bases for his popularity, she said. "His slangy, wonderful presentation of Franny's pretentious friends and her mother, and the comedy incidents he creates, are excellent," she said.
Mrs. Levine explained that the humor used in "Framny and Zooey" is a reflection of the same style he uses when writing for the "New Yorker."
"Salinger," she said, "is a fine craftsmaker. He compresses his work in time and space, but his characters are developed to the fullest extent.
"He creates a contrast in sensibilities between his characters—for instance, Franny and Lane. They create a kind of harmony which is almost painful," she said.
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