University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 26. 1955
Dr. Taft A Tribute To Versatility
Dr. Robert Taft was a tribute to versatility.
Time and again he demonstrated that the modern man does not have to specialize to leave his mark on history.
He proved this in his own career as educator, author, historian, editor, and scientist. It is significant that Dr. Taft died with a pile of books at his bedside. He apparently read until a few minutes before his death.
His constant energy toward versatility won another battle for the ideal of a diversified education.
Ike's Heart Attack Makes GOP Wonder
President Eisenhower recently stated that his health would be a major factor in the decision to run, or not to run for President in 1956. It seems that this factor will be more decisive than anyone at that time supposed.
The Republican party had recently been putting most of their political power behind the supposition that Eisenhower would run in 1956.
The President's heart attack early Saturday morning may not be a decisive factor by the time of the 1956 GOP nominating convention, but for the present the party must start looking for alternatives.
President Eisenhower's tremendous popular appeal has so far overshadowed any suggestions of other candidates, but the man who now emerges is Richard Nixon, vice president.
The vice president has had a much more active role than most vice presidents of the United States, and he apparently has been groomed as a possible successor.
But the trouble with Mr. Nixon's candidacy, as far as the Republicans are concerned, is that the Democrats would welcome the move.
—Ron Grandon
A Great Hero?— Consult His IBM
Someday a super colossal psychology test may be able to determine a man's life pattern at his birth. Or at least a "modern-style mind reader" interviewed by Life magazine thinks so.
Harrison G. Gough, associate professor of psychology at the University of California, a clean-cut, crew-cut, snub-nosed, industrious (model of the up-to-date associate professor, so Life said) young man plans to revolutionize the science of personality testing.
The mere beginning of his experiments requires 18 or 19 years. The tests will keep tab on a personality from the "little patch of sky" period through adolescence. Expectant mothers will be queried for attitudes on child training. Then the psychologist will test the child in his crib and so on through the crucial teen years.
The snoopy little testers will even plant spies at the high school prom to rate the subject on popularity. All this time the IBM machines are clicking away, correlating the highly personal data.
Life looked further into the future than did Gough and foresaw the possibility of jailing criminals before they committed crimes. Generals could have monuments erected without going through the mess of battles. Nobel Prizes could be awarded in the cradle.
Daily Antheneum
'Goody' For Grass
There is a lot of gripping done at this University. The UDK probably gripes more than any single student.
But one thing we're proud of, and refuse to gripe about is the landscaping.
KU has a beautiful campus.
But just up the river at the state college, they have a problem. The K-State Collegian calls the problem their "lawn-gone" problem.
Thank goodness for grass. It's preserving a very valuable hill. C. G. Bayles and his department are keeping KU out of a K-State fix.
by Dick Bibler
"You're through, Mulenscousky!—in the morning turn in your suit and convertible."
... Letters ...
Editors:
I am relatively new to Lawrence and KU but I do have two complaints or suggestions:
1. Why doesn't KU have an annual lecture series? Have any well-known persons (politicians, actors, statesmen, professors, etc.) visit our campus for night-time lectures—five or six a year—and sell season tickets.
The daytime convocations and departmental lectures by visitors don't fill the bill for the community and area.
2. ) Why doesn't the administration plan to build soon, a new building for the scattered social science departments? These sciences—such as political science, history, social work, economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, and perhaps philosophy—surely deserve a building of their own.
Fred Carle
Fred Carle
Business junior
(Ed. note—The University does have a lecture series, concentrating on the humanities. The first of the Humanities series this year is scheduled for Nov. 15, and four others are scheduled for later in the year.
Besides this program the University participates in a program of the American Universities Field Staff, which brings four experts on different regions of the world to the campus every year. These AUFS
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speakers tour the campus, giving lectures in many schools and departments on the Hill.
Dean of Students, Laurence C. Woodruf, states that the University would gladly finance more lecture series if the administration thought student attendance at these events justified the expenditure.
Regarding the second question, the administration admits that the social sciences need a new building. But every school and department cannot have a new building at the same time, and a system of priorities must be set up by the administration.
The arts, education and other schools are ahead of the social sciences on this list.)
Editor:
Somebody stopped me the other day to find out why my Aunt Great Lakes always walks up the Hill to drive. I said, "She doesn't own a car."
"Why not? She's rich enough."
"Because she's waiting for one to stop improving. Every time she gets ready to buy one, a new and better model is announced. She doesn't have TV either. That's why you always see her watching the wrestling on the set in the Student Union lobby. Like this year it's shooting at the set from across the room with a ray gun. I think she's waiting for the feelies before she buys one?"
"Is that why she's going to college so late in life?"
"What do you mean late! She has an advanced standing. But she did wait ten or fifteen years for it to get through improving." "Did it?"
"She says so. Says it's getting too big now."
Incidentally, my Uncle Mt's smoke-house blew up night before last. Some chemicals in the brucks
Some of my cousins have stopped talking to me on account of these letters. Only Uncle Mt, continues to smile at me. He got caught on the Lazy Suan in the Hawk's Nest during the noon crash and got frozen. He was smiling. Of course the reason was and Great deceased testing, one, two, three, four, testing, the mike for short orders. She got four Big Seven Burgers with KU on top of each of them.
I think my cousins are angry because I haven't mentioned them by name. Cousins Superior, Erie, Huron and Half-cousin Lcee Star. Please cancel their subscriptions to the paper.
Resolutely,
Archibald Dome
Post graduate student
American Legion Splits On Fund
For as long as we can remember, the American Legion has stood proudly against just about everything American. Since the Second World War, at least, the Legion has won the deserved reputation of one of the most reactionary public pressure groups in the business.
The Legion's dedicated battles with real or supposed communistic influences on the national scene have included such mature activities as breaking up peaceful meetings, picketing speeches, and gumming up Boards of Education. In addition, the Legion delights in issuing fiercely anti-everything edicts at its annual conventions, which are usually conducted in somewhat less than dignified fashion.
And so we were not surprised when we read the other day that the Legion's current national commander, Seaborn P. Collins, had called upon his three million electors to "avoid any identification" with the activities of the Fund for the Republic, a committee set up by the Ford Foundation to study civil liberties and individual freedoms in the mid-century United States.
Recently, the Fund has attempted to investigate the government security system, with special attention given to specific cases of employees who have been fired because of the alleged security risks involved. Seaborn said that in his opinion, the Fund saw no threat to America from communism, while it taught that the forces pretending to fight fight communism were the real threat to civil liberties. Seaborn also asserted that the Fund preached that innocent people were being misled by demagogues and that security measures were being used to harass innocent people.
Actually, the Fund for the Republic has done an outstanding job of studying the security program and bringing injustices to public attention. Under the more than canable direction of Robert M. Hutchins, former Chancellor of the University of Chicago, the Fund has achieved a position of the utmost respect in most national circles. It has done much to relieve America of the burden of McCarthyism.
Just how far this prestige reaches, even in the dark recesses of the American Legion administration, was demonstrated Sunday when Irving Breakstone, chairman of the Committee on American citizenship of the Illinois Bar Association, and a past commander of the Legion's Illinois department, spoke out against National Commander Seaborn's treatment of the Fund.
Breakstone said that he deplored "the attitude of the national commander of the American Legion . . . in his critical observations concerning the Fund for the Republic . . .." Breakstone said that he would "certainly like to see the evidence, if there is any, to justify his findings." This statement was quoted in yesterday's New York Times.
Whether Breakstone's split with the Collins wing of the Legion is in itself significant, is extremely doubtful. Breakstone probably represents a dissatisfied element in the Legion. This faction, while certainly not strong, could become an influence in American Legion policy.
Now, however, its popularity seems to be waning. The attitude of relaxation which has characterized American political thought in the last few months, if it continues, could easily permanently dissipate the Legion's power as a basically reactionary organization. Such a condition would certainly be in the best interests of our democracy.
The American Legion grew into a powerful organization after the war, along with the new spirit of McCarthyism. It provided the atmosphere of strength and security which nourished the fanatical "pro-Americanism" of recent years.
Cornell Daily Sum
Yessir, it was kind of hard to keep the old cigarette lit today, what with the mist, cold weather and all, but it will be a heck of a lot easier to study tonight—than it was Saturday night.
Guy we know is getting an almost free college education. Seems he was laid off from work at a defense plant just before schools started. And that old workmen's compensation comes in awfully handy when there's a big frat party coming up next week.
Mr. Kiger and Mr. Hiatt give conflicting test- mony. As they say in the flickers, "Don't just stand there, draw!"