Daily Hansan
60th Year, No. 20
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Thursday, Oct. 11, 1962
Pope Makes Plea For Unity of Man
VATICAN CITY—(UPI)—Pope John XXIII today opened a momentous Ecumenical Council of nearly 3.000 Roman Catholic prelate and said it might pave the way toward the "unity of mankind."
"In the present stage of things $ good providence is leading us toward a new order of human relations which, through the work of men and often beyond their expectations turns toward the achievement of its superior and unexpected designs," the Pope said.
SPEAKING IN the ancient Latin language of the church, Pope John said this first council in nearly a century "is almost paving and consolidating the way toward that unity of mankind which is required . . ."
Cardinals, bishops, abbots, patriarchs and other clergymen from the world over prayed and listened attentively as the church went through the ceremonial opening of a council that will last more than a year.
The Pope said this council was being launched "under happy circumstances" but he expressed sorrow at those who were prevented by Communist rulers from attending.
"WE CONFESS to you that we feel a most acute sorrow over the fact that very many bishops, so dear to us, make their absences felt here because they are imprisoned for their faithfulness to Christ, or held at home by other impediments," the Pope said.
"The thought of them impels us to raise most fervent prayers to God."
Television cameras carried the Pope's image to 15 European countries and a space relay bounced off the American "Telstar" satellite carried the signals to the United States and Canada.
JUST BEFORE he spoke the Russian Orthodox Church announced in Moscow that it would send two observers-Vitali Borovoi, its representative in Geneva, and Vladimir Kotliarov, deputy head of a church mission in Jerusalem.
A handful of churchmen from some of the other Communist countries also were able to attend.
Pope John spoke in an obviously optimistic mood.
"WE FEEL WE must disagree with those prophets of gloom who are always forecasting disaster, as though the end of the world was at hand," he said.
"Divine providence is leading us to a new order of human relations."
"Our duty is not only to guard this precious treasure (Christian doctrine), as if it were concerned only with antiquity, but to dedicate ourselves with an earnest will and without fear to that work which our era demands of us, pursuing thus the path which the church has followed for 20 centuries," Pope John said.
"THE SALIENT POINT of this council is not, therefore, a discussion of one article or another of the fundamental doctrine of the church, which has repeatedly been taught by the fathers and the ancient and modern theologians, and which is presumed to be well known and familiar to all.
"For this a council was not necessary. But from the renewed, serene and tranquil adhesion to all the teaching of this church in its entirety and preciseness . . . the whole world expects a step forward towards a doctrinal penetration and authentic doctrine which however should be studied and expounded through the methods of research and through the literary forms of modern thought."
Weather
The weather will be partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Friday. There will be little temperature change. Low temperatures tonight will range from the 40s in northwest Kansas to the upper 60s in the southeast. The high temperature Friday will be in the 80s.
Watkins Tests Lewis Hall Food
Tests of all allegedly "bad" food specimens from Lewis Hall will be completed soon at Watkins Hospital, a member of the staff said today.
Samples were brought to the hospital after about 100 women became sick Wednesday morning. Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler Jr., staff physician, said that a nurse went over to Lewis in the afternoon and saw about 30 residents. No one was brought to the hospital.
Several women became disturbed, blaming the sudden sweep of sickness on improperly cooked food.
"This same type of thing has been happening in a scattered way all over the campus for the last two weeks," Dr. Schwegler said.
"There is not necessarily any relationship with the food at all. There is no evidence that anything is out of kilter.
"We are not certain what type of organism was involved. It could easily be a virus, but often we find absolutely nothing.
"Even the employees in the hospital are getting sick. The illness is probably an epidemic sweeping the area."
Dr. Schwegler offered little hope of avoiding it, except good luck and cleanliness.
Campus Parties Ready Platforms
Roger Wilson, Wichita senior and Vox president, set October 18 as the official deadline for the Vox platform. UP Greek chairman Charles Anderson, Osage City graduate student, said it would be at least two more weeks before the UP platform is ready.
University of Kansas political parties are taking a long look at the campus to find issues for the 1962-63 election campaigns.
Vox Populi (Vox) and University Party (UP) members plans to release their platforms within the next two weeks.
- To propose a system of senior pre-enrollment. Many seniors are unable to complete their major because classes are closed and they cannot obtain certain courses.
- Anderson said the UP platform will include three major points:
- To expand the college bowl to the Big Eight. The University question and answer match between organized houses was so successful last spring that UP would like to take the Bowl to other campuses. Missouri University is the only other college in the Big Eight that has the Bowl at the present time.
- To allocate funds through the All Student Council (ASC) to the freshman, sophomore and junior classes for class projects. These could be service projects or social functions.
STANDING IN THE SHADE between Green Hall and Dyche Hall is the broken sundial that has inspired several students to write letters of protest to the University Daily Kansan. The sundial was given to the University by the senior class of 1899.
Activities Veep Retracts Statement on Program
The Student Union Activities Forums Committee today retracted a statement that representatives from the Communist and Socialist Parties might speak at the Minority Opinion Forums.
CORRECTION
Abortion Is Debate Topic
"Legalized Abortion" will be discussed in an English-style debate at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The audience will participate in the debate with the four panelists, as in the English tradition. The Ballroom will be divided into pro and con sides, with the audience sitting in the section which it supports. Members of the audience may speak if they feel the panel has overlooked a point.
During the debate, members of the audience may change sides if they wish to switch their support to the opposite side. The side having the largest audience at the conclusion of the debate is declared the winner.
The Daily Kansan omitted the names of two SUA Carnival queen candidates in yesterday's edition of the paper. Leslie Freeze, Overland Park senior, will represent Alpha Chi Omega. Joan Stromberg, Wichita sophomore, will represent Pi Beta Phi.
Panelists on the affirmative side will be L. R. C. Agnew, chairman of the department of medical history, and C. Dale Johnson, instructor of sociology. Taking the negative side will be Dr. Howard Wilcox, Lawrence obstetrician and member of the KU Medical Center staff, and Mrs. Hermia Kaplan, who has done special research on the legal aspects of abortion.
The question of legalizing abortion received widespread attention this summer when Sherry Finkbine, Arizona housewife, sought a legal abortion after taking thalidomide, the drug linked to the birth of thousands of deformed babies in Europe.
Hoite Caston, Independence senior, will moderate the debate. Hubert (Skip) Granger, Leawood junior, is debate chairman.
- Breon Mitchell, Salina junior and SUA vice-president said yesterday in a letter to the Daily Kansan that representatives of "...the Communist Party, the Congress of Racial Equality, the Socialist Party, and the Citizens for Educational Freedom ... have already accepted invitations to speak."
HOWEVER, in a statement issued today, Mitchell said that although the Communist Party headquarters in New York City had been contacted last summer by the Minority Opinions Committee, they were not officially invited.
Mitchell said:
"On Tuesday, Oct. 9, Dr. Ketzel faculty adviser, met with the Forums Committee and, after reviewing the group of potential speakers, discouraged extending an official invitation and setting a date for the Communist speaker. He did encourage the use of a speaker from the Citizens for Educational Freedom and the Congress of Racial Equality.
"AT THIS DATE no action has been taken that could in any way be construed as an official commitment for the speaker from the Communist party."
Sandra Ewald, Kansas City, Mo. senior and chairman of the SUA Forums Committee, said the forums schedule was too full to include more than two or three Minority Opinion Forums during this semester.
"We try to have Current Events Forums weekly, and we usually substitute one Minority Opinion Forum per month," she said. "We can't schedule any more forums in a week."
MISS EWALD SAID the weekly Poetry Hour, monthly Modern Book Forums and Humanities Lectures, and two Last Lecture Forums during the semester, "fill up the schedule tightly.
"I in addition," she said, "the replies we received from the Communist and Socialist parties were vague although they did sav they might be
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University Says No Peace Corps Convention
The University of Kansas, a Peace Corps training center, will not have a student Peace Corps convocation during Peace Corps Week-Oct. 29 to Nov. 2.
MICHAEL SWINK, Prairie Village junior, and William Getz, Newton sophomore, student committee members, abstained from voting.
The KU committee on convocations and lectures took the action at a meeting yesterday. The committee is composed of faculty members, appointed by the University Senate, and two students, appointed by the All Student Council. Robert Swan, Topeka senior and chairman of the KU Peace Corps, and Jerry Harper, Wichita junior and Corps publicity chairman, also attended the meeting.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University and chairman of the convocation committee said in a telephone conversation last night:
"It would be very embarrassing for the University to hold a convocation and then have only 1,000 students attend.
"We would authorize a University convocation if Sergent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, would come. Since Shriver cannot come, the committee ruled there is insufficient student and faculty interest in the substitute speaker to warrant a convocation," he said.
Nichols referred to Warren W. Wiggins who plained to speak at the KU convocation in the absence of Shriver who will be in Africa in late October and November. Wiggins, associate Corps director for program development and operations in Washington, D.C., will be acting director in Shriver's absence.
ARVID SHULENBERGER, associate professor of English and a convocations committee member, said:
"The committee doubted an unknown speaker could attract a large audience. In no sense, was the action against the Peace Corps movement. Rather our committee favors support of the Corps group."
Swan, KU Corps chairman, said:
"My committee was both surprised and disappointed at the convocation committee's ruling. We expected their active endorsement of the convocation.
"With 41 volunteers coming to this University to prepare for service in a country where their talents are urgently needed, with 65 KU faculty members directing the volunteer training program at KU and with the interest of University individuals and organizations in the Peace Corps program and its Costa Rican project, my committee cannot understand the convocation committee's ruling," he said.
THOMAS M. GALE, assistant professor of history and director of the KU Corps Costa Rican project, said:
fessor of history and director of the KU Corps Costa Rican project, said: "From all the enthusiasm of Swan and his Corps committee, one could hope for an attendance of 3,000 at a convocation. However, the convocation committee has given much thought to their decision. There are other ways in which the KU Peace Corps can recognize the volunteers after they arrive."
The University convocation would have climaxed the Peace Corps Week activities. Other events planned for the week are films, displays, forums, debates and speeches.
The week's programs center around 41 volunteers, graduates of U.S. colleges and universities, who arrive at KU Oct. 26 for an eight-week training session. After receiving instruction here, the Corpsmen will begin work as teachers in Costa Rica.