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Belly Laughs Abound At SUA Poetry Hour
The Student Union Activities (SUA) poetry hour took on the guise of a coffee house Thursday afternoon.
As R. C. Agnew, professor of medical history, induced intervals of chuckles with his interpretation of "Humor in Poetry," SUA committee members served hot coffee to listeners.
"WHAT IS one man's meat is another's poison," Prof. Agnew, a native of Scotland, warned the group. He then launched into selections designed to provoke reactions ranging from gentle humor to what he called the "belly laugh."
Students filled the Music and Browsing Room of the Kansas Union. Some sat on the floor, while others stood in the doorway.
Prof. Agnew mentioned Chaucer and Alexander Pope briefly before he turned to Amanda Ross, English poet and novelist.
He evaluated Miss Ross as the worst novelist ever. "She is so bad she's a collector's item," he said.
"IF YOU can't scale the heights, plumb the depths."
Prof. Agnew referred to Miss Ross' excessive use of alliteration in her poetry, such as the collection "Poems of Puncture."
The most well-received poem of the hour was "The Bloody Orkneys" by Captain Hamish Blair.
"Of course bloody doesn't have quite the same meaning as it has at home." Prof. Agnew said.
Students seemed most responsive when Prof. Agnew suggested they substitute Lawrence or their hometowns in place of Orkney.
THE LAST four verses of the poem would then read like this:
The bloody 'flicks' are bloody old,
The bloody seats are bloody cold,
You can't get in for bloody gold
You can't get in for bloody gold In bloody Lawrence.
The bloody dances make you smile,
The bloody band is bloody vile,
It only cramps your bloody style,
In bloody Lawrence.
NO BLOODY sport, no bloody games No bloody fun, the bloody dames Won't even give their bloody names In bloody Lawrence.
Best bloody place is bloody bed,
With bloody ice on bloody head
You might as well be bloody dead,
In bloody Lawrence.
Vox Ratifies Slate; Discusses Party Plank
Vox Populi last night discussed an additional plank to their party platform and ratified 19 candidates on the ASC election slate.
The plank referred to provisions for nightly bus service through the campus. Roger Wilson, Wichita senior and Vox president, said the plank was not formally stated now, but it would be presented for ratification at the next meeting.
The All Student Council primaries are slated for Nov. 6 and 7 and general election is Nov. 13 and 14.
FOUR MEN will represent the fraternity district: Donald Magdanz, Omaha, Neb. sophomore; Jimmie Thompson, Hugoton junior; Bob Tiezen, McPherson junior, and Reuben McCornack. Abilene junior.
The sorority district representatives are Connie Kosfeld, Belleville, Ill. sophomore; Jerrie Sue Trantum, Kansas City, Mo. junior; and Suzanne Runnels, Greeley, Colo. junior.
Two men and one woman will represent Vox in the scholarship hall district: Dennis Pugh, Salina freshman; Daniel Wannamaker, Salina sophomore, and Marilyn Griffin, Topeka junior.
Candidates from the large men's residence halls and the large women's residence halls are: John Underwood, Parsons junior; Larry Geiger, Shawnee Mission freshman; Sandy Garvey, St. Louis, Mo. junior; and Linda Ritter, Brock, Neb. junior.
REPRESENTING THE freshman dorms are Janet Dodge, Shawnee Mission, and SueEllen McKinley, Ottawa.
one candidate, Larry Johnson, Jamaica, N.Y. junior, is running from the co-op professional fraternity district.
Candidates who are running in the off-campus housing district are Mike Miner, sophomore; and Vinita Fishl, freshman, both from Lawrence.
Brian Grace, Lawrence junior,
said there was a possibility of adding another candidate to the slate from the married district. His name will be submitted at the next meeting.
In reference to the small women's residence hall district, Grace commented "we are not in as bad a shape as some people think we are."
TWO APPOINTMENTS were presented, but were not ratified at the meeting. Diane Morphew, Colorado Springs, Colo. freshman, was named to the Executive Council as a replacement for SueEllen McKinley, who is running for freshman representative to the Council. Filling the vacancy left by Patricia Peterson, Wichita junior, on the elections committee, is Irene Marinas, Mason City, Iowa, sophomore.
In other business, Wilson announced there would be a debate at Gertrude Sellards Pearson next Monday night at 7. Other debates have been tentatively scheduled in Lewis, Hashinger and Joseph R. Pearson residence halls.
L. R. C. Agnew, professor of medical history, described the Cuban situation yesterday as "the nastiest crisis since 1839."
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Agnew Describes Crisis As 'Nasty'
He said the similarities between now and the period 1935-39 are the cold war, arms buildup, different ideologies and distrust between nations.
SPEAKING BEFORE the KU-Y current events discussion group, Prof. Agnew spent about 45 sometimes humorous, sometimes serious minutes describing the possibility of nuclear war.
"People think it couldn't happen," he said, "but I don't see why it couldn't happen. The weapons are there. I think Khrushchev realizes the seriousness of nuclear war, but I don't think the average man in the Russian street does. It's just a question of whether Khrushchev thinks he can get away with it.
In his native England during World War II. Prof. Agnew said he had been under bombing both inside shelters and out and he preferred to be out to see what was going on.
"HOW DOES ONE face up to nuclear war? This is so horrible from an individual point of view that most people don't like to think of it. People think of shelters but in a shelter there is a whole different psychological attitude.
"If war comes I think I'd like to put on my favorite record, take my favorite book and a favorite glass of scotch and wait for the end. But I don't think people will let me just sit around.
"I SUPPOSE THE best thing to do in an attack is go in the opposite direction. Colorado would be nice but I think it's rather cold this time of year. It offers a fair amount of small game and fresh water unless there's a big radioactive cloud hanging over it."
He said he felt President Kennedy was justified in the action he took against Russia.
"I think it has caused a lot of swapping of materials on the seas. The bulk of the equipment now is probably going back to commie land. United States officials are going to have some awfully red faces when they search and find nothing but Russian flags and souvenirs."
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KEY WEST, Fla. — (UPI) — The storied Florida Keys today were a bristling defense bulwark facing the Cuban coast 90 miles to the south.
Large truck convoys arrived carrying rocket launchers, generators and other equipment lashed under olive drab trapailuins.
SECURITY RESTRICTIONS were tight and authorities had nothing to say about the nature of the buildup, particularly after the call from the White House Wednesday for voluntary cooperation.
The Navy's jets had one of their busiest days yesterday, "scrambling" frequently from the Boca Chica Air Station.
Two destroyers were back at the big Navy base near downtown Key West, where moorings have been empty since the Navy began its blockade of Cuban ports on Monday.
ARMY TROOPS filled the Wicker Field ballpark early yesterday, but by mid-morning they had dispersed, apparently to stations along the shoreline through the keys.
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Military officials and port officials refused to disclose the nature of the move, but it was reported the Navy looked over the base a month ago as a point from which to supply water by tankers to the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba.
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