EXTRA Daily Hansan
Wednesday, March 31, 1954
51st Year, No. 119
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Dean Lawson Dies
Prehistoric Spanish Art Described by Speaker
Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist,
will present a recital at 8 p.m. to-
day in Hoch auditorium. The pro-
gram is a part of the University
Concert course and will be open
to students with ID cards without
admission charge.
"Spain was civilized before any other country in the world in one sense—art," Dr. Rhys Carpenter, chairman of the classical archaeology department at Bryn Mawr college, said in an illustrated Humanities lecture last night in Fraser theater.
Discoveries of lost statues in the Parthenon and an unknown sculptor's identity are among the accomplishments of Dr. Rhys Carpenter chairman of the department of classical archeology at Bryn Mawr college. Bryn Mawr, Pa.
By Amy DeYong
Last night's Humanities lecturer, who was born in Contuat, Mass., said "reading and being interested in Greece, Egypt, and the old civilizations" roused his interest in archaeology. The archaeologist is mainly interested in the Mediterranean field, he explained.
Archaeologist Discovers Lost Statues
Dr. Carpenter said Greek sculpture is one of his favorite studies He told of finding an inscription bearing the name of the sculptor of "The Seated Boxer," a statue in the National museum at Rome. The archeologist said he was looking for the name on the bronze statue, the artist of which had long remained unidentified.
Concert Set Tonight
On a strap of the "Boxer's" glove, almost illegible after years of wear, Dr. Carpenter found what he was searching for. In 1929, he discovered some of the lost statues of the Parthenon in the famous ruins.
Having earned a Rhodes scholarship, the archeologist studied Greek and ancient philosophy at Oxford university from 1908 to 1911. In Greece, he studied for a year at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and has remained with that school for 40 years.
Dr. Carpenter spent one winter looking for traces of old Greek colonization and trade with Spain, which he considered a possibility because of records that the Greeks had reached the Straits of Gibraltar in 620 B.C. He published his findings in 1824 under the title, "The Greeks in Spain." His description of the archeology of ancient Spain appears in "The Encyclopedia Britannica."
Although he has been teaching at Bryn Mawr since 1913, Dr. Carpenter has spent leaves of absence studying in Athens and Rome, where he is affiliated with the Classical School of the American Academy. He has visited Egypt and most of the Mediterranean countries.
Rock climbing is one of the archeologist's hobbies, which he describes as "a fascinating way to get thoroughly scared without losing your life." His idea of a favorite holiday, he said, is rock climbing in the Dolomites of northern Italy. He spoke of the "fantastic rock towers" in that area.
Cave paintings in caves in Spain and Portugal are believed to have been around 10,000 B.C., during the ice age, and very fine animals were drawn on the roofs of the caves," he said.
Dean Waggoner said he received word of Dean Lawson's death at 9:30 a.m. today from Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University.
Dean Waggoner said Mr. Nichols told him that Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will carry on the duties of the College office until July 1. Dean Waggoner said he would be unable to assume his position here any earlier because of his present duties, and that he "had no official connection with the University at this time."
Miss Odelle Sweeney of the National YWCA board in New York City, spoke informally yesterday at a Faculty club luncheon meeting.
DEAN PAUL B. LAWSON
Facultv Hears YMCA Official
Animals such as deer and bison are drawn with great care for fine detail, with spears in many of them. They are believed to have been drawn by these people to familiarize themselves with the animal so that they would know the best place to aim their javelins for the kill, he said.
In one picture a man appears to be holding a horse by a rope. The question is, "Is it really a rope and is it really a horse?" Dr. Carpenter asked. If so, the Spaniards domesticated animals "centuries before we thought animals had been domesticated," he said.
The rock shelter art proves to archaeologists, he said, that Spain has become considerably warmer during this period than it was earlier when men lived far back in caves.
Pictures drawn the same way, of spirery figures, have been found in the heart of the Sahara desert and in Southern Rhodesia and South Africa. Dr. Carpenter said it has been proved positively that the same people drew them, meaning that the rock shelter artists came to Spain at the approximate date of 5,000 B.C.
Rock selter art also is found over a large part of Spain, he said. Pictures have been drawn on rock overhangings and the face of the cliffs. The pictures are just a maze of lines at first glance, but on careful examination, very finely drawn animals can be detected, Dr. Carpenter said.
Associate Dean George R. Waggoner of the School of Arts and Sciences at Indiana university, was appointed to fill Dean Lawson's position last fall. Reached in Bloomington this morning, Dean Waggoner said he had no plans of coming to Lawrence before Thursday, July 1, the date he originally was scheduled to take over.
Dr. Carpenter said the theory is that the Sahara desert was becoming uninhabitable about this time and that its people scattered in all directions seeking a better climate in which to live. It is believed that we may well be descendants of these people, the first known people to use a bow and arrow.
Waggoner Plans July 1 Arrival
Planned to Leave Position on June 1
In 1917 he received his master's degree from KU and in 1919 earned his Ph.D. degree. In 1920 he was advanced to the rank of assistant professor, and a year later rose to an associate professor.
The 65-year-old educator, who was widely sought as a banquet speaker and for about 25 years delivered regular Sunday sermons at the West Side Presbyterian church here, began at the University in 1916 as an entomology instructor and graduate student.
In 1922 he was named assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and also was promoted to professor. In 1929 he became associate dean and in 1933, when Dean Joseph C. Brandt died, was named acting dean. He was chosen dean the following year.
He started from the lowest possible position, an instructor, and rose in 18 years to the deanship of the largest school in the University.
Dr. Paul B. Lawson, who died unexpectedly last night at Watkins hospital probably was as versatile a man as the University has had in its history.
During these years he also was acting chairman of the departments of entomology, German, Latin, and Greek.
By STAN HAMILTON
Career at KU For Lawson Began in '16
Dr. Paul Bowen Lawson, 65, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University since 1934 and a faculty member since 1916, died at about 11:15 p.m. yesterday at Watkins hospital. He was to retire as dean June 1.
He was a member of the Entomology Society of America, and for 15 years was editor of the Kansas Entomology Journal. He also belonged to the Lawrence Kiwanis club, the Kansas Academy of Science, the Kansas Entomological society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Kappa Lambda social fraternity.
Red 'Human Sea' Assualt Bids for Indochina Victory
Hanoi, Indochina—(U.P.)—Tens of thousands of Communist troops smashed against encircled Dien Bien Phy in "human sea" assaults today in a bid for the decisive victory of the Indochina war.
He suffered an attack of coronary thrombosis about three weeks ago and has been in the hospital since. He suffered a similar attack in February 1948.
French said the battle started at
Rested for two weeks since their first "human sea" assault on the barbed wire entanglements, the Reds were certain to have received new equipment from Red China before making the desperate bid.
Some French spokesmen interpreted the long-awaited attack as the Communists' answer to U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' declaration Monday that Indochina must be held for the west.
First reports from the besieged fortress said the Communists swept down the hills surrounding Dien Bien Phy and jumped from their trenches in a mass assault on the outnumbered French garrison.
(French censorship held back all but a few details of the climatic battle for security reasons).
"The first news was bad," a spokesman announced. "But now we are more optimistic."
6 p.m. Tuesday (4 a.m., Cst Tuesday) after a two-hour rebel artillery barrage and raged through the night. Dead Communists piled up in the trenches on the barbed wire approaches in its "appalling numbers," authorities said.
The first radioed flash from Col.
Christian De Castries, Dien Bien
Phy commander, sent French pilots
on their planes throughout
Indochina.
Later a spokesman said the "fighting fools" defending the fortress not only had held their own in vicious hand-to-hand combat with the Reds but had launched a "powerful French union counter-attack."
Required by University rules to retire at the age of 65, Dr. Lawson on Nov. 11, 1953, announced his retirement and said he would continue to teach entomology until 1959, at which time he would reach the mandatory retirement age of 70.
He was granted a 1-year sabbatical leave of absence by the Board of Regents and was to have taken a 14-month world-wide trip with Mrs. Lawson.
"I have had a good time as dean," he said when he announced his retirement, "but I shall be glad just to devote my time to teaching. I love to teach but have never taught exactly as I want to, and think I could if I had the time."
He said he and Mrs, Lawson planned to live the rest of their lives in Lawrence.
The couple had planned to spend about half of the trip in India, where he was born and lived the first 15 years of his life. They were to leave New York July 9. Beyond that no definite plans had been made.
In his years at the University, Dr. Lawson was known as one who would tolerate almost anything but laziness.
He was born Aug. 18, 1888, in Sitapur, India, where his parents were Methodist missionaries.
He was graduated from an Oberlin, Ohio, high school in 1905. He received his B.S. degree in 1909 at John Fletcher, Iowa, college, and his M.S. degree in 1917 at KU. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 1919 at the University.
He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, the Kansas Academy of Science, the Kansas Entomological society, the Lawrence Kiwanus club, and Alpha Kappa Lambda social fraternity. He was a member of the West Side Presbyterian church here and taught Sunday school classes there many years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Lawson of the home, 2215 Vermont st.; two daughters, Mrs.P. F. Meigs, Albuquerque, N.M.; and Mrs. Charles E. Smith, San Antonio, Texas; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Stafford and Mrs. Felix Sadowski, both Concord, Calif.; three brothers, James H. Lay, Oakland, Calif.; Will Lawson, Oakland, Calif.; and Theodore Lawson, Piermont, Calif; two grandsons, and two granddaughters.
Washington—U (P.) President Eisenhower plans to sign a bill slashing excise taxes a billion dollars a year, to become effective tomorrow.
The Rev. A. John Anderson will conduct funeral services at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the First Presbyterian church, 901 Vermont st. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Friends may call at the Rumsey
Funeral home until noon tomorrow.
The family requests that no flowers be sent. Instead, they suggest that contributions be made to scholarship or endowment funds.
The size of the cuts in dollars and cents will depend on the price of the product and the extent of the tax cut. The present federal excise (sales) tax on jewelry, furs, cosmetics, luggage and handbags will be cut from 20 to 10 per cent.
Admission tickets costing more than 50 cents will be taxed at 10 per cent, instead of the present 20. Admission tickets costing less than 50 cents or less, won't be taxed at all.
Tax Cut Bill Gets Ike's OK
Long distance telephone charges will be taxed at 10 per cent instead of 25, and local charges at 10 per cent instead of the present 15. Home appliances will be taxed at five per cent instead of the present 10.
Taxes on liquor, beer, wines, gasoline, automobiles and cigarettes will remain at their present rates. These also had been scheduled to be reduced tomorrow, but they will remain as is for another year
Mr. Eisenhower had asked for continuation of these rates, but he did not ask for the cuts. Congress approved over the President's objections.