Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
52nd Year, No.106
Friday, March 11, 1955
Rv TED BLANKENSHIP
Awakes Nation To Subversion'
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Sen. Joseph McCarthy has done his country a great service by awakening the nation to the dangers of subversion and police state methods, Richard Harkness, NBC news commentator, said today at the all-University convocation in Hoch auditorium.
"Sen. McCarthy was a product of our first wave of hysteria over revelations of inside Communist subversion. Here was the man, many said, to mount his white horse and save us. It mattered not that Sen. McCarthy found not one single Communist in our Department of State." Mr. Harkness said.
"Wake us up, Sen. McCarthy did," he said. "The country saw him on television and the people decided that they wanted no 'police state methods' practiced in the United States. They wanted no storm trooper mentality applied to any of our problems."
He said few cared if Sen. McCarthy made headlines by charging that Communists had infiltrated our top - secret Central Intelligence agency—and produced not a single name. Mr. Harkness, continued, many of us said: "I don't say I agree with his tactics, but he's the one man in Washington who is waking us up to the Communist threat."
Mr. Harkness said the people decided, in brief, that we could not defeat the Communists by "aping" Red tactics of "secret police"—"guilt by association"—or "oreal bl slander." The people shouted in effect, "throw the bum out," Mr. Harkness said.
Mr. Harkness continued. "Then, sensing American people opinion, Sen. McCarthy's fellow senators straightened their back-bones. They voted 'censure' by a 3-1 margin. They made Sen. McCarthy, of Wisconsin, a politically dead duck."
Mr. Harkness said, "I pray that this holier-than-thou' disdain for politics does not hold on Mount Oread."
He said, "We must defend ourselves against current Red underground attacks, as we must build an 'early warning' radar line in Alaska as protection against Red bombers."
We must guard our internal security, he said, as surely as we must ring our cities with Nike guided missiles against an atomic bomb attack.
Woodruff Favors Honor System, But Not UVO's
Lawrence C. Woodruff, dean of students, said last night that he favored honor systems in general but not all aspects of the proposed system of the University Veterans organization (UVO). He spoke at a meeting of house presidents and the UVO honor system committee.
"I am for honor systems, but I think that some features of this proposed system would not be applicable here at Kansas," he said. "An honor system for University of Kansas students should be the brainchild of Kansans, and not a model of a Virginia system."
Dean Woodruff said that he did not agree with all features of the system when he attended the University of Virginia.
C. Fredrick Krey, second year law, of the UVO honor system committee, said that when he attended the University of Virginia, no feeling of fear, and suspicion existed. He was answering questions from the floor as to whether such a feeling might exist.
Final Film Series In Hoch Tonight
The film, "My Little Chickadee",
starring W. C. Fields and Mae
West, will be shown at 7:30 p.m.
today in Hoch auditorium.
The film, written by Mr. Fields nd Miss West, is the last in the University film series.
—Kansan photo by George Gribble
--during intermission at the dance.
"WHAT IS SECURITY?" -Richard Harkness, NBC news commentator, opens his convocation speech telling of his visit to the Russian embassy in Washington when Nikolai Bulganin became prime minister.
THE QUEEN AND HER ATTENDANTS—Sharon Theis, college sophomore, member of Pi Beta Phi, was chosen as queen of Greek week. Her attendants, are (left) Karen Howard, college sophomore, Chi Omega, and (right) Lynne Livingston, fine arts sophomore, Alpha Phi. The queen and her attendants will be present during the chariot race on Jayhawk drive Saturday afternoon, and at the Inter-Fraternity council-sponsored dance Saturday night. Miss Theis will be crowned by Dr. L. C. Woodruff, dean of students.
Chariot Race Will Include 18 Groups
Eighteen fraternities will compete in the IFC-sponsored chariot race which will be run at 1 p.m. tomorrow. A trophy will be awarded to the winner, who will be selected on the basis of the fastest time in the six heats which will be run.
The race will begin at the west end of Strong hall, proceed to the Chi Omega circle and return to finish at the west end of Strong.
Each chariot will be pulled by two members of a fraternity, with a third member riding in the chariot. Riders will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow to draw for heats and lanes.
Works by five University artists are now being exhibited in art shows at Topeka and Kansas City, Mo.
At the Topeka Art guild show in Topeka High school, Robert Sudlow, instructor in drawing and painting, won first prize in the oil painting division, and Robert Green, associate professor of drawing and painting, won second prize. John Armstrong, instructor in drawing and painting, won a prize for a water color of a street scene. Works of several students are also being shown at the Topeka show.
Fraternities entering the event are Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Tau, Acacia, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Upsilon, Phi Kappa Theta Chi, Triangle, Sigma Nu.Lambda Chi Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, and Delta Chi.
The Greek week queen will present the trophy to the winning organization.
Three faculty members are exhibiting at the annual Mid-America Art exhibit in the William Rockhill Nelson gallery at Kansas City, Mo. A landscape from a Navajo reservation entitled "Three Sisters" is by Raymond Eastwood, professor of drawing and painting. Mr. Sudlow is exhibiting an oil landscape of a night scene. A welded-st steel sculpture of a figure entitled "The Muser" is being shown by Elden Tefft, assistant professor of design.
KU Artists Exhibit In Topeka, K.C.
AGI Forms Platform For Spring Election
The issues committee of the Allied Greek-Independent political party has formulated a platform for the spring election, to be considered at the next forum meeting.
1. To promote, through the All Student Council hospital liaison committee, improved student health services at Watkins hospital.
The proposed platform follows:
Student welfare:
3. To publicize more widely and encourage the use of the services of the ASC labor committee as a board to which working students may appeal conditions and wages.
2. To continue to work through the budget committee and the State legislature toward adoption of the ASC labor committee recommendation for a minimum student wage of 65 cents an hour.
4. To work through the ASC housing committee toward continued improvement of housing conditions for unorganized students and married students.
1. To complete arrangements for and maintain an accurate record of each student's extra-curricular activities.
Student activities:
2. To continue positive action to have Monday nights reserved for meetings of organized houses or groups of unorganized students only.
3. To continue present efforts for better student seating at athletic
contests.
1. To assure continued attendance at ASC meetings of members elected from this party.
Student government:
2. To require closer financial supervision of campus publications, so that student funds may be used for student organizations.
3. To make permanent at system whereby appointments to ASC committees will be made on the basis of merit rather than political affiliation.
Student rights:
1. To establish a system whereby a floating holiday will be provided during each semester.
2. To protect the student's right to support, or participate in, the political party of his choosing or to refuse to participate in any, and to reaffirm the student's right to express himself freely and to vote as he pleases in elections and on the ASC.
3. To advocate, and continue to practice, a party primary in which every individual member of the party has the right to vote.
We promise that our candidates are not running on name alone, but are qualified to serve the students.
In IFC Sing—
Theta, Lambda Chi Place 1st; Phi Delt, Alpha Phi Are 2nd
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity won first places in the second annual Inter-fraternity sing last night in Strong auditorium.
Alpha Phi placed second in the sorority division, and Phi Delta Theta won second in fraternity competition.
Nine sororities and fourteen fraternities participated in the event, which was held as part of the Greek week festivities.
Kappa Alpha Theta won with their performance of "Inch Worm," and "Theta Blues," and Lambda Chi received their rating on the basis of their presentation of "Roger Young," and "Dreaming."
Phi Delta Theta placed second with their performance of "Phi Delt Drums," and "The Drinking Song." Alpha Phi won second
place in the sorority division with "Clap Yo' Hands," and "We Sing to You."
Weather
Little change is expected in the weather this weekend. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with a high today expected in the 60s in the northwest to 70s in the southeast. Showers are expected in the east tonight and Saturday forenoon. High winds yesterday created the first dust storm of the year for seven southwestern states, including Kansas. But the winds are expected to dwindle somewhat over the weekend.
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