Kansas State Historical Society
Bv LARRY HEIL
Lincoln's 'Americanism' Statement Recalled
What is Americanism? The word is used as a "glittering generality" today. Many are concerned with threats to Americanism by communism, and many fear threats in the form of suppression of free thought and civil liberties. What does Americanism really mean?
A definition of the term was given 101 years ago by a man who was protesting the repeal of the Missouri compromise.
He said, "I hate it . . . (the repeal of the bill) especially because it forces so many men among ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty, criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest. . . .
he said this in Peoria, Ill. on Oct 16, 1854. The speaker was Abraham Lincoln, soon to become the 16th President of the United States.
"What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle, the sheet-anchor of American republicanism."
His argument is still valid on the eve of his 146th birthday.
Washington—(U.P.)—Chairman Walter F. George (D.-Ga.) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee said today he knows of no American pledge or agreement to defend all the Chinese Nationalist offshore islands.
Senator Does Not Know Of U.S.-China Pledge
Counselor Jobs Open to Women
Applications for freshman dormitory counselors are now available. Miss Martha Peterson, dean of women, told the AWS house meeting yesterday. Applications may be obtained at the office of the dean of women, and should be turned in by Tuesday, March 1.
Counselors for next year will be selected after the applicants have taken a series of guidance bureau tests and have been interviewed by a head resident of a freshman dormitory and an AWS committee. The names of those selected will be announced about May 1.
Miss Peterson said that any University woman may apply, but that usually only juniors, seniors, and graduate students are selected. About 20 counselors will be needed for next year.
In other AWS house business,
the following committee chairmen
were appointed: Marlene Sewell,
college sophomore, better student
government; Juliane Keeter,
college senior; coffee; Nancy E.
O'Laughlin, college sophomore,
scrapbook, and Frances F. Phillips,
fine arts senior, news letter
Brrr-The Weather Will Stay Cold
The weatherman has given little hope to most of the country for warmer air to move in and replace the present cold wave from Canada that has engulfed a major portion of the central, eastern and southern U.S.
southern 6.35 Although the cold wave has yet to reach intensity of an Arctic front, the mercury took a drop as low as 50 degrees below zero in some sections.
For Kansans, the outlook is less cheerful, if you can call it that. The high today will be in the 20s in the extreme west to near 15 in the east. The lows tonight will be near 5 below in the north to 5-10 above in the south.
Friday, February 11, 1955
above in the south.
To make matters less cheerful,
reinforcements of icy Canadian air
swept into the midwest, promising
to keep temperatures around zero
through the week end. By the way,
have you checked your antifreeze
yet?
Mr. Yeh made the statement at the State department after paying farewell calls on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Assistant Secretary of State Walter S. Robertson before returning to Formosa. Similar assertions have been made recently by Chinese Nationalist leaders on Formosa.
Chinese Nationist Foreign Minister George Yeh said yesterday that the United States is pledged to defend the offshore islands, including Quemoy and Matsu.
Trustees of the William Allen White foundation yesterday re-elected all officers and endorsed continuing the current programs in a meeting at the University.
"I know nothing whatever about any such pledge, agreement or understanding," Sen. George told reporters in commenting on Mr. Yeh's statement. Furthermore, S e n. George said, he does not believe the President will make "any hasty commitments."
Journalism Group Re-elects Officers
Officers of the foundation for next year will be Clyde Reed Jr., editor of the Parsons Sun, president; Rolla Clymer, editor of the El Dorado Times, first vice president; Dwight Payton, publisher of the Overbrook Citizen, second vice president; Dolph Simons, publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World, third vice president. Dean Burton M. Marvin of the School of Journalism will continue as director.
Trustees will hold their next meeting Friday, April 22, during the convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, D.C. The annual William Allen White Editorial conference will be held Saturday, May 14 at the University.
Continued sponsorship of the summer internship program for journalism students and financial support for the Journalism Historical center were voted.
Dr. Edward F. Grier, assistant professor of English, will speak on "The Centenary of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass," at 4 p.m. Monday in the Kansas room in the library.
Prof. Grier to Speak On Whitman Monday
The Whitman exhibit will remain on display in the library through February. It includes materials from the library's own collections, as well as Whitman books, manuscripts, and facsimiles loaned by the New York Public Library and Charles E. Feinberg of Detroit, Mich.
Daily hansan
52nd Year, No. 86
Lawyer Speaks For Brotherhood
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The sixth annual Art Education conference is being held on the campus today and tomorrow.
Special exhibits will be open through the week end. Children's art from first class cities in Kansas are being shown in the Union lounge. These paintings and drawings are done by children whose ages range from 5 to 12 years.
Art Education Conference Is Meeting Here
Sponsored by the School of Education for Art Education students and teachers, the conference serves to help the students meet people in their field. University students and the general public are invited to attend the sessions.
Following a 6 p.m. dinner in the Kansas room of the Union, Dr. Gaumgärner will speak concerning The Art Teacher and an Environment for Creative Expression." Heropic at 10 a.m. tomorrow will be 'P's for Q's," followed at 11 by a discussion.
A tea for Dr. Alice A.D. Baumgarner, guest lecturer, will be held at 4 p.m. today, in the Student Union lounge, Dr. Baumgarner, the state director of arts education in New Hampshire, will present two addresses in addition to one given this morning.
Miss Maud Ellsworth, head of the art education faculty, and director of the conference, said that the exhibits show creative work in which the child does his own thinking and tells his own reactions to life about him.
An exhibit from Toronto, Canada done by children from the ages of 4 to 12 years, may be seen in 332 Strong.
Students who have contributed to the planning and execution of this conference are Lawrence Lawson, fine arts freshman, exhibits; Dorothy Sheets, education junior, hospitality; Mary Schroeder, education junior, publicity; Patricia Behler, education junior, dinner arrangements; Shirley Dodd, education senior, tea arrangements, and Annette Luthy, education junior, and George Knotts, education senior, who will introduce the speaker at the meetings.
By GORDON HUDELSON
Urging Protestants, Catholics, and Jews to cooperate in the establishment of a social order in which ideals of brotherhood and justice would become standards of human relationship, George B Collins, Wichita attorney, spoke last night at the Community brotherhood banquet in the Community building.
English Room Fire Burns Rug, Mantel
The Lawrence fire department was called to the Student Union about 6:15 p.m. yesterday when a fire broke out in the English room. The fire was caused by excess fuel in the fireplace, causing the mantel to burst into flames.
Firemen put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher. Slight damage was done to the mantel and the rug in front of the fireplace. The room was being prepared for a Baptist Union dinner by a catering service when the fire broke out. The dinner was held as scheduled.
Guild Officer Answers Isaacs
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the School of Journalism had no comment today on yesterday's telegram from Ralph B. Novak, executive vice president of the American Newspaper guild, criticizing Norman E. Isaacs' remarks about the guild.
Mr. Isaacs, managing editor of the Louisville, Ky., Times, in his 6th annual William Allen White lecture in Strong auditorium yesterday, said that "the guild has been as much a degrading influence on the spirit of professional journalism as has been the arrogant publisher."
The answer to Mr. Isaacs, Mr. Novak said, can be found in one of his own speeches to the American Society of Newspaper Editors last April when he said that newspaper men are hypersensitive to anything that mentions the word labor. Mr. Novak said that the guild, "far from protecting incompetents, has, by increasing wages, increased efficiency."
Mr. Collins praised the University "as an institution where not only the ideals of democratic life are taught, but where the democratic way to live also is taught and increasingly practiced."
Approaching the problem of a world war, he said the solution "... is not to be found only in peace, but in order. Peace may mean one thing to a soldier, another to a politician, and yet another to a businessman, but to the people peace means order."
Men with their frailties and imperfections "chose to bring about order in the world without taking God into consideration," he said, and "the orderly arrangement of the universe is in accordance with God's plan."
"We have all heard much about the rights and privileges of minorities," said Mr. Collins, "but we never hear much about the corresponding obligations of such groups.
"Each year we note increasing pressure in political and economic fields for one or more minority groups.
"Some politicians, commentators, and columnists," he said, "seek to fan the feelings of minority groups and the very fact of color, religion, or race is urged to serve a political purpose."
"Between these two extremes," he said, "there is a middle ground completely consistent with Christian morality and sound economic principles.
Two attitudes which Mr. Collins thinks represent extreme positions in our economic and social order, are those held by one group which rejects any kind of economic planning and opposite groups which seek to socialize all resources and establish a state collectivity.
Mr. Collins said many of our writers and commentators are eager to report any breakdown in our democratic way of life and do not seem to recognize the great gains made in recent years in human relations.
He asked that Americans "invoke divine guidance in continuing our struggle for a just and lasting peace with order among ourselves and with all the peoples of the world."
MUSIC, TOO—There was entertainment as well as speechmaking and fellowship at last night's Brotherhood banquet to open Brotherhood week.