Daily hansan
59th Year, No. 62
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, Dec. 18, 1961
World Crisis Day Called 'Deceitful' by Two Profs
World Crisis Day — "deceit it," was the opinion of two faculty members at the combined Minority Opinions and Presidential Forums Friday. They held that the crisis day failed in its goal to clarify world issues.
Expressing this opinion were Clifford Griffin and Vaclav Mudroch, assistant professors of history. Raymond G. O'Connor, assistant professor of history, defended World Crisis Day and Oswald P. Backus, professor of history moderated the forum.
THE PROGRAM, "Mankind in Crisis," had planned to feature Alexander Fomin, counselor to the Soviet Embassy, before he was suddenly called to Washington.
A combined statement from Prof. Mudroch and Prof. Griffin said that not one of the discussion groups showed the real crisis of man which is man in the process of moral dis-integration.
He criticized World Crisis Day for stating that its purpose was to inform.
"WORLD CRISIS DAY was symptomatic of a crisis," Prof. Griffin said. "Nothing unified the seminars and discussions.
"The stated purpose of the day was to stir interest in existing world problems but this interest was superficial. If any interest is to be justified it would be an interest of action."
Prof. Mudroch said later there was no justification for World Crisis Day other than to increase interest in the world. Referring to the program, he said, "Lacking anything deeper than encouraging interest, we opposed it."
Prof. Griffin said, "The only social reality is man. Man is losing his identity. He is no longer classified as a human being. He is an American,
Weather
TOPEKA — (UPI) — An Arctic air mass moved on Kansas this morning, and was expected to bring cold temperatures and more snow in the next 24 hours.
The cold front was expected to hit Western Kansas this afternoon, and spread over the rest of Kansas tonight. The front will be accompanied by scattered snow flurries. Unseasonably cold temperatures were due to prevail tomorrow.
Officials at the Topeka weather bureau said that road conditions for the next five days will be generally good, and that tomorrow will be the worst day of the five day period. They reported that snowfall should be light, with an accumulation of about one inch during the period.
a Russian, an Asian, capitalist or "communist."
HE COMPARED man in society to a beast in the jungle, a comparison Prof. O'Connor later called "cracker-barrel anthropology."
Prof. Griffin said, "none of the beasts in the jungle know what they are doing. To regain individuality they must escape from the jungle.
"Man has lost his individuality. Without individuality, he can't have moral value."
Prof. Griffin defined moral values as man's right to possess his own intellect, frailties and crises.
"EVERY MAN who has such value has crises. The Universal crisis is a personal crisis," Prof. Griffin emphasized.
Defending World Crisis Day against its attack, Prof. O'Connor said: "About the discussion groups, maybe Mr. Griffin didn't attend any
of them so how is he to know.
I agree there is a tendency to overlook moral values, but the statement of universalities can be questioned. They don't all embrace moral values.
"MR. FOMIN would agree that different codes apply under different circumstances. We can each have our 'dolce vita' and pursue it on reasonable grounds.
"An emphasis on individuality can make us think of our own welfare to the exclusion of others. This narrow narcissistic attitude is part of our troubles.
He said the objective of World Crisis Day was not to ease world tensions, but to alert people to the nature of crisis and to understand a little about it.
"Most of us have never been exposed to a member of the Soviet government. This seems valuable experience," he said.
KU Band Has Tough Bluebonnet Excursion
It was a long and frustrating weekend for the KU marching band in its attempt to reach the Blueconnet Bowl where the Kansas Jayhawks defeated Rice.
Intending to reach Houston in time to present a pre-game and half-time show, the party of 140, including the band, cheerleaders, some camp officials and press members arrived at the stadium with one minute to go in the first quarter of the game.
THE TRIP to Houston on two chartered planes was plagued with difficulty from the start. One plane left Kansas City Friday evening on schedule but a second plane developed engine trouble and never got off the ground.
When the plane load that did leave reached Houston, fog and rain had closed in the airport and the flight returned to Kansas City, arriving about 1:30 a.m.
Again after the game, weather caused another considerable delay. For the second time one plane was able to take off but the second plane was crippled by a faulty engine that caused an overnight delay for half of the party. That group finally left Sunday afternoon.
The entire entourage stayed at a Kansas City hotel the remainder of the night and took off again Saturday morning. Weather at Houston was still bad but both planes landed.
THE BAND HAD hoped to get enough practice time in at Houston to go ahead with their planned shows but ended up simply taking a sloppy field to play four tunes, including the Alma Mater.
Another Dormitory To Go Up in Spring
KU will be able to begin work on a new residence hall this spring as the result of the redistribution of state funds approved Saturday by the Board of Regents.
The Regents, meeting at KU, voted to allocate $969,422 to the University over a two-year period. Kansas State University will receive $886,000; Fort Hays State, $600,000; Emporia State, $325,000; and Pittsburg State, $225,000.
"The Regents' action means we get a big dormitory now instead of having to wait a year." Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, said.
"THIS MONEY, added to what we have on hand, is enough to let us build the dormitory," he said. University officials hope for a completion date of September, 1963
Mr. Nichols explained that the state school dormitory fund being distributed by the Regents is a new plan. Previously, the state legislature apportioned the funds on the basis of enrollment.
The dormitory made possible by the funds will have a capacity of 584 students. It will be the fourth dormitory in the area south of 15th and east of Iowa Street, now occupied by Lewis, Templin and Hashinger Halls.
Under the old law, KU received approximately $375,000 a year, Mr. Nichols said.
IN ANOTHER ACTION Saturday, the Board of Regents authorized KU to combine its departments of anatomy, biochemistry and physiology into the Department of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. The consolidation is effective July 1, 1962.
The Regents also approved salary increases for three KU assistant football coaches. Don Fambrough and Bill Pace will receive $8,600, compared to their present salary of $8,400, and Bernard Taylor's salary will be increased from $8,300 to $8,600.
The Regents also approved Chanceller W. Clarke Wescoe's request that bids for five new Stouffer Place buildings be accepted by telephone.
The Regents will not meet again until January, and KU would have had to wait until then to get approval on the bids. Bids will be opened tomorrow. ___
Stouffer Place Bids Taken Tomorrow
Bids will be taken tomorrow on five additional buildings for Stouffer Place, University-operated married student housing.
J. J. Wilson, dormitory director, said the project will increase the number of apartments at Stouffer Place from 240 to 300. The five buildings will contain 40 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom apartments, he said.
The new units will be located in a line east of and parallel to the existing buildings. Mr. Wilson said the five units are the last the University plans to construct in Stouffer place.
Chancellor's Greetings
TO ALL KU STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF who cannot be greeted personally we wish a happy Christmas holiday and the best of new years. Even more, we wish for a safe holiday so that none of the terrible statistics totaled up for city, state, and nation brings personal suffering and grief to the University of Kansas family.
Be careful so that all can be happy.
Barbara, Bih, Darwish
Barbara and Clarke Wescoe
Last UDK for 1961
This is the last issue of the University Daily Kansan until Thursday, January 4.
India Invades Three Colonies
By Patrick J. Killen United Press International
BELGAUM, India — (UPI) — Indian land, sea and air forces invaded the three tiny Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu on India's west coast today. Portugal promptly demanded that the United Nations Security Council meet and condemn India's action.
Indian sources said Damao and Diu had fallen with "no resistance." A spokesman for the Indian Defense Ministry said the attack on Goa was going "according to plan."
(In London, the British government called for an immediate end to the fighting in the Portuguese enclaves. In Washington, the United States expressed "sincere regret" at India's invasion action. Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev said on a visit to Bombay that Moscow regarded with "full sympathy and understanding the desire of the Indian people to achieve the liberation" of
the three enclaves. Other unofficial reaction ranged from outrage to implied support of India's move.)
(A dispatch from Lisbon denied the Indian claims of success against Damao and Diu. It said that Goa radio, less than three hours after falling silent under air bombardment, had returned to the air at 6 p.m. Goa time—6:30 a.m. Lawrence time—and broadcast a denial that Indian forces had occupied the tiny enclaves of Damao and Diu. The broadcast said resistance against invading Indian forces continued.
(The Lisbon dispatch said radio communications were reestablished by a transmitter "somewhere in the city." Presumably, this referred to the city of Pangim, capital of the enclave.
(The broadcast message from Goa claimed a measure of success for the scorched earth policy practiced by the Portuguese defenders "near Diu and Damao and in the vicinity of
Sanquelin and Savona, where Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru's forces have advanced at high cost in casualties."
(The Goa radio broadcast added that the several Indian thrusts towards the Goan capital were being slowed down by demolitions.)
The Indian Defense Ministry spokesman said that as of 5:30 p.m. (6 a.m. Lawrence time) that Anjiediv Island had fallen. Anjediv—or Angediva—Island is a small outlying dependency of the Goa enclave that is located in the Arabian Sea 55 miles southeast of the colonial capital of Pangim.
He said that as of that hour, there were these other developments:
—The Portuguese frigate Afonso De Albuquerque had been abandoned by its crew.
- The Fangig airstrip was heavily damaged by Indian air attacks.
-The Indian Army has reached Mapuca in North Goa, about 10 miles from Pangim.