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University Daily Kansan Thursday, December 16, 1954
With Cane, Vast Knowledge Ise Delights Full Classes
By RICHARD RUMSEY
By RICHARD RUMSEY
A master of wit, dramatics, and voice. Dr John lse, brilliant professor of economics, constantly keeps his lectures interesting while many of his contemporaries manage only to lull their students to sleep.
Now in his 38th year at the University. Dr. Ise comes up with some surprising comments to the delight and, often times, amazement of his packed classes. The sturdy, bellicose, 69-year-old professor's lectures are filled with quips, gestures, and sometimes song as he endeavors to stimulate the student's mind with his economic philosophies.
His quick wit seems to have an answer for any situation, as, for instance, the day he was having trouble with a locked window and accidentally shattered the glass with his well-worn cane. He quickly snapped, "Gotta get air in here somehow."
Despite his sarcasm, idiosyncrasies and colorful showmanship, Dr Ise impresses his listeners with his vast knowledge on economics, music, and a seemingly versatile knowledge on the important aspects of almost every phase of life.
With his raspy voice and vicious taps with his cane or pipe, he emphasizes his dislikes for tariffs, alcoholism, bridge, Senator McCarthy, and, at times, the Kansas
Republican party. He seems to advocate, among other things, more government control, a single tax, birth control, and the preserving of our natural resources from the ravages of citizens who have "wasted their land resources with a prodigality unequaled in history."
The silver-haired, unpredictable professor says that one of the most pressing economic problems of the times is to keep the capitalistic system functioning. He says that the collapse of our capitalistic economy would mean the failure of free enterprise systems throughout the world and this, he adds, would leave easy pickings for the Communistic economic machine.
All the economic classes at the University use the prominent professor's own textbook, which he often affectionately refers to as "the gospel of St. John." The dedication in his first edition is to his wife who "cheered me by saying she thought it interesting."
To many students the frowslens hair, green visor and briar pipe of such a dynamic personality as John Ise have won as lasting a memory as the chime of the campanile or the bronze replica of Jimmy Green.
The 182nd Infantry Regiment of Massachusetts is the oldest unit in the Army National Guard.
59 Apply for Scholarships
The office of aids and awards has received 59 applications at present for scholarships for the spring semester, Dennis L. Trueblood, director of aids and awards, said today.
Sixteen applications for women's scholarship halls have been received by the office. Applications for men's scholarship hall have reached 20. There have been 29 general scholarship applications submitted, he said.
The scholarship hall applications have been made to fill unclaimed openings and openings made by graduation. Some of the other applications are to fill new scholarship vacancies.
Quill Club Lists 5 New Members
Five new members were accepted into Quill club last night. They are Robert Hoyt Jr., journalism junior; Mrs. Della Bray McClung, special student in the college; Jean Orr, college sophomore; Jane Vaughn, college freshman; and Mary Joanne Pugh, college freshman.
The six members who were elected previously this semester are Shirley Ward, college freshman; Barbara Thomas, college senior; Sara Widick, fine arts sophomore; Nancy Collins, journalism junior; Mary Emily Parsons, education junior, and Ken Irby, college freshman.
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