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University Daily Kansan Monday, October 9, 1961
Foundation Head Says Separating Intellect from World Is Dangerous
"Separation of the intellectual from the world around him is a very serious problem and one of the most dangerous threats to the continuation of our civilized society."
Hans Rosenhaupt, head of the Woodrow Wilson National Scholarship Foundation, made this statement as he addressed students at the Summerfield-Watkins Banquet in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Mr. Rosenhaupt used examples from 20th century German literature and his own life to illustrate the importance of the individual in taking part in the world around him.
Mr. Rosenhaupt said that thirty
"I, myself, was a victim of isolation in pre-war Germany, and I did not learn to overcome this problem until I left Germany and joined the American cause during World War II." he said.
years ago writers in Germany were suffering this symptom of being set apart from their society. These men were melancholy and sad. However, Mr. Rosenhaupt continued, one of these authors, Thomas Mann, succeeded in overcoming his isolation from the common people "by justifying his love for these happy people" in one of his novels.
Chemist Predicts Great Progress
learned that an officer has to give a command even though he has nothing to base the command upon. For the first time I learned that an intellectual has to act upon nonexistent material, that in all situations he is not going to have the scholar's facts to depend upon."
Scientific progress will make the next fifty years the "most thrilling period in the history of mankind," Calvin VanderWerf, chairman of the department of chemistry, said Friday.
Speaking before a group of KU chemistry students, Prof. VanderWerf emphasized that the scientific developments of the past century are only a prelude of what is to come. He predicted four scientific developments which will revolutionize life in the next fifty years:
Plans for the annual between- semesters ski trip will be discussed at the Ski Club meeting at 8 p.m. Oct.19 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Annual Ski Trip Meeting Set
Mr. Rosenhaupt explained:
Al Feinstein, Long Beach, N.Y. senior and club president, said a ski movie would be shown at the meeting.
- MAN WILL LIVE an "unbelievably longer, healthier life" through the discovery of new drugs and improved methods of treatment.
- Science will shrink the world and the universe.
- Man will be released of toil and his leisure time will increase tremendously.
- Science will develop "every conceivable comfort" for man.
"In Officer Training School
"Cancer and tuberculosis will soon be relegated to the limbo of cholera. Next to fall will be the degenerative diseases. Finally, even the secret of life itself—the secret of what separates the dead from the living—will fall before the assault of science," he said.
"IF WE COULD efficiently trap all of the solar energy which now falls upon the United States, we would have 1000 times as much energy as we have now. This would, in effect, mean a standard of living 1000 times as high as today," he said.
"A cynic might say that science can't give man happiness. But science can make certain that man will pursue happiness in much more comfortable surroundings.
"In the future, automation will become so advanced that machines will detect their own wear and will repair themselves," Prof. Vander-Werf said.
"FOR EXAMPLE, tremendous large scale modifications of climate will have far reaching effects on man's comfort, and fresh water purified from the sea will some day make the deserts bloom," he said. Finally, VanderWerf said, new developments in transportation within the next fifty years will make all points in the world within a few hours traveling time of each other and will open the way for mass interplanetary travel.
Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute; therefore is his love greater than his power.—Richard Garnett
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Various Activities Planned for Parent's Day
Parents of KU students will tour the campus, meet faculty members and see the KU-Iowa State football game Saturday on Parent's Day.
Registration for the event will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. A buffet luncheon will be served in the Kansas Union Ballroom at 11 a.m.
tion adjoining the student section at the game. Tickets may be purchased at the registration desks Saturday for $2.50 each.
Parents will sit in a reserved sec-
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.—Washington Irving
THE TRUE AND
HARROWING FACTS ABOUT RUSHING
It is well enough to sit in one's Morris chair and theorize about sorority rushing, but if one really wishes to know the facts, one must leave one's Morris chair and go out into the field. (My Morris chair, incidentally, was given to me by the Philip Morris Company, makers of Marlboro Cigarettes. They are great-hearted folk, the makers of Marlboro Cigarettes, as millions of you know who have enjoyed their excellent cigarettes. Only from bountiful souls could come such mildness, such flavor, such filters, such pleasure, as you will find in Marlboros! For those who prefer crushproof boxes, Marlboro is available in crushproof boxes. For those who prefer soft packs, Marlboro is available in soft packs. For those who prefer to buy their cigarettes in bulk, please contact Emmett R. Sigafoos, friendly manager of our factory in Richmond, Virginia.)
But I digress. I was saying that in order to know the true facts about sorority rushing, one must go into the field and investigate. Consequently, I went last week to the Indiana College of Spot Welding and Belles Lettres and interviewed several million coeds, among them a lovely lass named Gerund McKeever. (It is, incidentally, quite an interesting little story about how she came to be named Gerund. It seems that her father, Ralph T. McKeever, loved grammar better than anything in the world, and so he named all his children after parts of speech. In addition to Gerund, there were three girls named Preposition, Adverb, and Pronoun, and one boy named Dative Case. The girls seemed not to be unduly depressed by their names, but Dative Case, alas, grew steadily more morose and was finally found one night dangling from a participle. After this tragic event, the father abandoned his practice of grammatical nomenclature, and whatever children were subsequently born to him—eight in all—were named Everett.)
But I digress. I was interviewing a lovely coed named Gerund McKeever. "Gerund," I said, "were you rushed by a sorority?"
"Yes, mister," she said, "I was rushed by a sorority."
"Did they give you a high-pressure pitch?" I asked. "Did they use the hard sell?"
"No, mister," she replied. "It was all done with quiet dignity. They simply talked to me about the chapter and the girls for about three minutes and then I pledged."
"My goodness!" I said. "Three minutes is not very long for a sales talk!"
"It is when they are holding you under water, mister," said Gerund.
"Well, Gerund," I said, "how do you like the house?"
"I like the house fine, mister," she replied. "But I don't live there. Unfortunately, they pledged more girls than they have room for, so they are sleeping some of us in the bell tower." ("Is it that rotten news?"). I said
"Isn't that rather noisy?" I
"Only on the quarter-hour." said Gerund.
"Well, Gerund," I said, "it has certainly been a pleasure talking to you," I said.
"Likewise, mister," she said, and with many a laugh and cheer we went our separate ways—she to the campanile. I to the Morris chair. © 1961 Max Shulman
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