Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1954
53rd Year, No. 46
The 'Gentleman Is Out of Style Blanshard Says
"While we in America venerate the scholar and the scientist, we are letting the gentleman go," Dr. Brand Blanshard, Yale philosopher, said last night.
Opening the eighth humanities series, the visiting lecturer addressed a near capacity crowd in Fraser theater on "The Scholar and the Gentleman." He was introduced by C. P. Osborne, professor of philosophy, who was the first University humanities lecturer.
"Of all the people in the world, we Americans are the most interested in education. Last year 430-000 degrees were conferred by our institutions. We pride ourselves on our progress. Yet, whenever an American scholar appears in other countries there is a swelling of distaste," the lecturer said.
Dr. Blanshard said that the reason could be partly due to a feeling of envy, but that the energetic, cunning American is allowing his gentlemanly attributes to fade out of the picture, he said.
Because the modern man fears femininity above everything else, Dr. Blanshard said many have deserted their interest in the arts and culture. "I think the ideal of the gentleman is bound to live, for the portrait of him still hangs in the place of honor." Dr. Blanshard said.
Christmas Toy Plans Readied
Plans for the Christmas toy drive were discussed last night at a meeting of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity.
Jim Miller, president of Alpha Phi Omega, said the campaign this year will urge students to bring toys back with them from Thanksgiving vacation. The gifts will be distributed through Kansas orphanages.
The group will work with the Independent Student's association in collecting used toys. Definite plans will be set tonight in a joint committee meeting of both organizations.
Weather
The weather today will be part!
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
day will be怕 coldly with moderately shiny wind. Shady day cooler this afternoon and tonight. Thursday will be generally fair, but cooler in the east. The low tonight will be 30
in the northwest to 40 in the southeast. The high expected tomorrow is 60.
Juniors to Hold Meeting in Union
Juniors will be excused from classes at 2 p.m. tomorrow to attend a junior class convoitation in the Jayhawk room of the Student Union. Plans will be made for junior social functions later in the year and a reunion in 1966.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will open the meeting with a short talk. Henry Shenk, junior class adviser, associate professor of physical education, is also scheduled to speak
education. Junior class officers will be introduced and tentative plans for a class picnic in the spring have been set and will be brought before the whole class at the convocation.
Students to Dance For Campus Chest
The Campus Chest dance will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. tonight in the Student Union ballroom. Admission will be $1 per person and all proceeds will go to the Chest drive.
Closing hours for women will be extended until midnight but proof in the form of ticket stubs and a stamped hand must be presented by those who wish to enjoy the extension of closing hours. Rick Smith and his "Nit Wits" will play for the dance.
Name Boudreau Manager of A's
Kansas City, Mo. — (U.P.)— Lou Boudreau, former Cleveland Indian and Boston Red Sox manager, was named manager of the new Kansas City Athletics today.
Owner Arnold Johnson announced the selection of Boudreau for the job at a news conference at Blues stadium, where contractors already were attacking the tremendous job of getting a minor league park ready for major league baseball.
Johnson said Boudreau signed a two-year contract. He did not disclose salary terms.
Boudreau, who is 37. re-wrote several shortstop fielding records during his long playing career with the Indians. He went to the Red Sox in the fall of 1950, after his release from Cleveland.
Winner of many a popularity contest, Boudreau was the American league's most valuable player in 1948.
The Harvey, III., star took over as manager of Cleveland in 1942, his fourth season with the club. In the next nine seasons the Indians won a pennant and the world championship-by beating the old Boston Braves; finished third twice; fourth three times; and fell into the second division three times.
Boudreau's three-season hitch as manager of the Red Sox got him one fourth place finish.
As a player, Boudreau's abilities and popularity landed him in five All-Star games. He responded by batting .333 and fielding flawlessly. His lifetime batting mark is .295.
KU Represented In Painting Exhibit
Paintings of John Armstrong and Robert B. Green, University faculty members, have been selected to be shown in the eighth annual exhibition of oil paintings at Mulvane Art museum, at Washburn university, in Topeka, through Dec. 17. Artists from Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas are represented.
Mr. Armstrong, an instructor in the department of drawing and painting, will be represented in the exhibition by his painting, "The Offering."
Mr. Green, assistant professor of drawing and painting, is represented by his work, "Composition Seven."
Ike Guarantees Co-operation on Foreign Affairs
Washington — (LF)— President Eisenhower today promised Democratic and Republican congressional leaders his "absolute cooperation and collaboration" in formulating a bipartisan approach to foreign affairs.
Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland, the first to leave, announced that "there will be a White House statement." He said he would make no comment on the meeting.
Sen. Wiley told reporters that the meeting, to which top congressional Democrats as well as Republicans were invited, was a review of world problems.
Asked whether there were any arguments, he said, "No, but some questions."
questions.
A reporter asked how the administration intended to go about bringing Democrats into foreign policy matters after they take control of Congress next January.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sat in on the White House meeting to brief the lawmakers on recent foreign policy developments.
"You can say that the President says there will be absolute cooperation and collaboration," Sen. Wiley replied.
Democratic leaders have promised full cooperation with the President if they get a voice in forming foreign policy. But they also feel the White House must take the lead.
Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) who will be speaker in the new House, said the Democrats are not "mad at anybody" and will cooperate whenever they think Mr. Eisenhower is right. "We're not going to oppose anything just because it was proposed by a Republican president; we're not built that way," he said.
"Real, true bipartisanism depends on the President," said Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson before the meeting.
Dains Lecture Set Tomorrow
Prof. Arthur C. Cope, head of the chemistry department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will deliver the seventh annual Frank Burnett Dains memorial lecture at 4 p.m. tomorrow in 124 Malott.
Mr. Dains was a chemistry professor here from 1911 to 1942. He died in 1948. His wife provided in her will a trust fund to be used in obtaining a chemistry lecturer to speak to chemistry students in memory of her husband.
Prof. Cope is the seventh Dains lecturer.
He will speak on the "Effects of Spatial Proximity on Chemical Reactions of Cyclic Compounds."
A brief display of highlights in Prof. Dains' life is presented on the second floor of Malott.
Texas A&M Coach To Talk at Dinner
Paul "Bear" Bryant, Texas A&M football coach, has been chosen to speak at the annual KU football dinner, sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, Dec. 13 in the Hotel Eldridge.
The group also is trying to get Arnold Johnson, new owner of the Kansas City Athletics, and Parke Carroll, team business manager, to speak.
Reds Release Field Couple
Budapest, Hungary — (U.P.)— The Hungarian government informed U.S. Minister Christian Ravndal today that Noel and Herta Field have been freed from five years unjustified imprisonment, the U.S. legislation announced.
Noel, a Harvard and Moscow university graduate, and his German-born wife Werta, both 50, disappeared in East Europe five years ago and their fate remained a mystery until the Communist government announced their release.
Noel's disappearance behind the Iron Curtain touched off a bizarre family vanishing act that saw his brother, Hermann, 44, and Noel's adopted daughter, Erika, 31, follow him and his wife into a cold war void.
Minister Ravdal conferred with Hungarian foreign ministry officials after the Hungarian news agency MTI announced the release of the American couple because "it has not been possible to justify the charges against them."
"The minister has been to the foreign ministry and received official confirmation of their release," a U.S. legation spokesman said. "We can say no more for the time being."
He left unanswered the question as to Field's present whereabouts.
300 to Participate In 118th Vespers
Approximately 300 students will participate in the 118th All-Musical Vespers here Sunday afternoon. The traditional event, the first of three scheduled this year, will start at 3:30 p.m. in Hoch auditorium. There is no charge.
Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts said six major student musical groups will perform. These are the symphony orchestra, concert band, men's and women's glee clubs and the University Chorale.
The vespers were started in 1923 when Donald M. Swarthout became dean of Fine Arts.
Wins Jet Escape Award
Washington — (U.P.)— Capt. Edward G. Sperry, 26, was awarded the Air Force's 1953 Cheney award yesterday for outstanding work on methods for emergency escape from high-speed jet bombers.
He said Sen. McCarthy's efforts to fight communism probably had done more harm than good, because of the loss of respect suffered by the United States in the eyes of the world.
Ise Deplores Methods of McCarthy
John Ise, professor of economics, last night compared the methods of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) with the witch-hunts of the 17th century.
Use of progressively techniques in righting communism was urged
by Prof. Ise in an address on "Community" yesterday before Phi Chi Theta, honorary commerce sorority.
Prof. Ise said he favors the adoption of these progressive methods in fighting communism because of the greater appeal offered the middle class. He said that today's "reactionary opposition to communism" actually antagonizes more people than it pleases.
Prof. Ise said that people today seem quite upset about "revolutionary" methods used by Communists. However, he said, these same people express considerable pride in the fact that their forefathers were involved in the revolution which won freedom for the United States.
Looking back through history,
prof. Ise pointed out evidence of communism in the Garden of Eden which shows, he said, that communism is not a new, radical idea.
Bridges Expects Compromise on McCarthy Vote
Sen. Bridges based his statement on discussions that took place in a secret huddle between Senate GOP leaders and compromise advocates.
Washington—(U,P)—Sen. Styles s
Bridges (R-N.H.) estimated today
a third of the Senate is ready to
vote for compromise on the censure
charges against Sen. Joseph R. Mc-
Carthy (R-Wis.).
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R.-Utha) recognized the new behind-the-scenes compromise moves but said he still planned to introduce "at the proper time" a new charge against Sen. McCarthy. He said he would introduce the motion in "defense of the honor" of Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R.-Utha), chairman of the special censure committee.
Sen. Watkins called for a new censure charge yesterday because Sen. McCarthy had called him "Cowardly," branded his committee the "unwitting handmaiden" of the Communist party, and referred to the Senate debate as a "lynching bee."
With deep emotion, he announced he would introduce the new charge formally himself if no one else took the initiative. Members of Sen Watkins' committee were split on the motion by their chairman for a new censure charge against the Wisconsin senator.
Some members privately applauded the idea. Others said they fear it might lessen, rather than increase, chances of Sen. McCarthy's censure.
The backscene maneuvering continued today as the historic Senate debate moved into its sixth day with Sen. Herman Welker (R-Idaho) due to speak.
African Life To Be Topic
Students at the University from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Liberia will speak on contrasts and similarities in academic and cultural life between their respective countries and America tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk room in the Student Union.
Two films are also on the program, titled "Egypt, Kingdom of the Nile," and "Buma", a color presentation of native arts and music recorded in Africa.
The program is a project of the International Committee of the YMCA at KU. The chairman is Ranen Sinha, post-graduate student from Calcutta, India.
The speakers are Mohamed Ibrahim Kazem, first year graduate student from Cairo, Egypt; James Win Nimley, freshman in the College from Monrovia, Liberia, and Tilahun Wibneh, engineering junior from Adowa, Eithiopia.
The program is one in the YMCA-sponsored series called "Universities of the World" and is titled "Africa—academic life and culture of some of her people." Refreshmeints will be served.
Business Group Elects Officers
The Business School association has elected officers and made plans for the coming year.
Jim Perkins has been elected president; Jack Price, vice-president; Colleen Helmlinger, secretary, and Al Hyer, treasurer.
The School of Business day, including a picnic, will be held during the spring semester.