Daily hansan
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka, Ks.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
51st Year. No. 102
'Civil Rights Law Nil,' Group Told
Monday, March 8, 1954
A. w. Davidson, professor of the Jayhawk Brotherhood.
"The civil rights statute of Kansas is not effective legislation," Dr. A. W. Davidson, professor of chemistry, said Saturday afternoon to the IU Library Brentwood.
"It was passed in 1874," he said "and has remained unchanged and unrevised."
The civil rights statute from which he quoted reads "if. . trustees or managers in charge of any inn, hotel or boarding house, or any place of entertainment or
Dr. Davidson listed the following as reasons why it is ineffecive:
amusement for which a license is required by any of the municipal authorities of this state . . shall make any distinction on account of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude, the persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor . . "
2. There is no mention of the word, "restaurant," in the statute. As a result, restaurant managers say it is not applicable to them.
1. A law which is not coincidental with public opinion is bound to be ineffective. For a long period the civil rights statute obviously was not in agreement with public opinion, and as a result, it was not forseable.
Dr. Davidson cited an attempt in 1945 to make the statue applicable to movies in the Lawrence area. When Lawrence police tried to force a Negro, a recently returned war veteran, to change theater gates, the council gave orders that city police cannot be used for that purpose.
"Theaters in Lawrence have not been licensed since 1945," Dr. Davidson said. "Since they are not licensed, they do not fall under the provisions of the statute."
Other attempts at civil rights action in Kansas, as cited by Dr. Davidson, include the Lawrence League for the Practice of Democracy, which was started in 1945 and met with Gov. Frank Carlson in 1947 to send resolutions to the legislative council.
"In 1945 a civil rights bill was introduced in the Kansas Senate and the House of Representatives," he said, "but the bill died in committee. A fair employment practice bill died in the Senate in 1951, but passed in a modified form in 1953."
Coeds to Vie For 'Miss UN'
A "Miss U.N." will be presented at a model session of the United Nations sponsored by the Collegiate Council for United Nations March 27 in Fraser theater.
"Miss UN" will be selected from candidates nominated by organized houses and student organizations. A group of faculty members will judge the candidates. Names of all candidates will be given to Joanne Naffiger, business junior, by March 11.
At a banquet the day of the model session, "Miss UN" will be presented to the delegates.
"The best way to learn about the UN is to participate, but since we cannot function as UN delegates, the next best method is to assume the role in a model setting," said Herb Horowitz, college junior and state director for the CCUN.
Colleges in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska have been invited to send delegates to the model session. They will represent the various member nations in the UN and discuss the major issues that are facing the UN.
Newfield to Direct KC Opera
Dr. John Newfield, professor of drama and director of the University Theatre, is the stage director of the Verdi opera "La Traviata," which will be presented in the Kansas City Music hall at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
AWS Election Is Wednesday
The Associated Women Students election will be held Wednesday.
Candidates for president are Betty Lou Gard, education junior. Winifred Meyers, college junior.
Candidates for vice president are Martha Nienstedt, business junior; Frances Hanna, college junior, and Pat Pierson, college sophomore.
Candidates for secretary are Jeri Lyndan Sanders, Barbara Anderson, Jo Nell Ward, Edna Lee Hansen, Elizabeth Joy Immer, and Joan Rosenwald, all college freshmen.
Candidates for treasurer are Jan Gradinger, college sophomore; Dorothy Sheets, college sophomore; Wanda Sammons, college junior; Lois McArdle, college junior, and Marlene Gray, education junior.
Greek candidates for representatives to the ASC are Shirley Samuelson, college junior; Irene Coonfer, college sophomore; Shirley Price, college sophomore; Barbara Becker, education junior, and Frances Meng, college sophomore. One is to be elected.
Independent candidates for representatives to the All Student Council are Annette Luthy, fine arts sophomore; Elizabeth Wohlgemuth, journalism junior; Mary Swedlund, college freshman; Sheila Haller, college sophomore, and Barbara Swisher, education junior. One is to be elected.
--brought about a moderate drop in temperatures, but produced no rain. "The cool-off will be very short," said state weatherman Tom Arnaud. "We're windy and winds have switched round to so south in north-west Kansas, and
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--brought about a moderate drop in temperatures, but produced no rain. "The cool-off will be very short," said state weatherman Tom Arnaud. "We're windy and winds have switched round to so south in north-west Kansas, and
Expert on Africa Scheduled for Lecture Series
Edwin S. Munger, a geographer specializing in African affairs south of the Sahara, will lecture at the University March 15-24 in connection with the American Universities Field Staff program.
Dr. Munger, who studied contemporary economic, political, and social problems, has made four visits to Africa since 1947. A native of La Grange, Ill., he attended the University of Chicago and was editor of the Daily Maroon. After serving in the armed forces, chiefly in military intelligence, he earned a master of science degree in geography from the University of Chicago in 1948.
The speaker received a doctor of philosophy degree from the same school in 1951. Having made field studies in the Carribean and Latin American tropics, Dr. Munger chose an urban study of Monrovia, Liberia, in Africa in 1947 for his master's thesis. In 1949-50 he was a Fulbright research scholar at Hakerere college in East Africa and made a series of studies in Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and the Belgian Congo.
Selected in 1950 as an associate of the Institute of Current World Affairs, Dr. Munger traveled through Central and South Africa. He studied the rise of nationalism in the Gold Coast for seven months, and traveled through French and British West Africa in 1951.
Returning to Africa in the summer of 1952, Dr. Munger made transportation studies in the Belgian Congo and then concentrated his studies in Rhodesia, South Africa, and offlying islands. His observations were printed in 1952-52 AUFS newsletters.
In addition to his field reports Dr. Munger has had professional articles published in Geographical Review, West Africa, and Economic Geography. Informal articles by Dr. Munger have appeared in the University of Chicago Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and Jack and Jill.
Students and faculty members interested in arranging appointments with Dr. Munger may contact him directly or speak to his campus host, Thomas R. Smith, associate professor of geography.
YOUR DINNER MA'AM—Basketball Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen shows Mrs. B. A. Mayher, Delta Tau Delta fraternity housemother, that he also is an expert at table waiting. He and Ted Cox, campus policeman, far right, were "bought" by the fraternity for the job for $80 at the Faculty Follies Saturday night. Fraternity members shown are Dana. Anderson, college sophomore, left, and Robert Justice, college freshman. (Story on page 8).
U.S., Japan Sign Joint Defense Pact
Tokyo—(U.P)—The U.S. and Japan today signed a mutual defense assistance pact that will rearm Japan in the camp of the free world.
Next, Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professor in music education, directed the Men's Glee club in "To Spring," by Schubert, and "The Sleeping Lake," by Pfeil. He then directed the Women's Glee club in "Young Joseph," by Diamond, and the University Chorale in "Trois Chansons," by Debussy.
The symphony orchestra, under the direction of Prof. Russell L Wiley, opened the program with the "Prince Kalendar" movement from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" uite.
The University A Cappella choir, under the direction of D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano, sang three songs of a religious nature, and the band, directed by Prof. Wiley, ended the program with "Sorcerer's Apprentice", by Dukas.
EDWIN S. MUNGER
18 Midshipmen Get Class Rings
400 Perform 117th Vespers
Approximately 400 persons took part in the hour-long program of the 117th All-Musical Vespers yesterday in Hoch auditorium.
Eighteen midshipmen received Navy class rings from their dates inside a nine-foot model of a ring in a ceremony during the intermission of the fourth annual Navy ROTC ring dance Friday night.
Before presenting the rings, the girls dipped them in a binnacle of water from the seven seas. After they presented the rings to the boys, the couples kissed and left the giant ring.
No one left the ring backwards, much to the pleasure of the commanding officer. Leaving backwards means the couple is married and no NROTC midshipman is allowed to marry until commissioned.
High school seniors who play string instruments will compete for $1,200, $800 and $500 scholarships Saturday, March 20, at the University, Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts said yesterday.
Violin, viola, cello, and string bass players are eligible. The awards will be paid in eight semester installments.
The scholarships represent a rearrangement of scholarship money already available to the music department to encourage string players, Dean Gorton said.
If the couple were pinned or going steady the girl left the ring first; if the couple was engaged the boy left first, and if it was just another date the couple left the ring together.
Fine Arts Offers Music Scholarships
In winning strategic and potentially powerful Japan to the side of the West, the U.S. scored a major victory in its drive against the ambitions of Asiatic communism.
U. S. Ambassador John Allison and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki signed the agreement and three related economic agreements at 3 a.m. (EST) in the foreign office.
The pact pledges U.S. aid for accelerated Japanese rearmament. Its aim is to make Japan capable of defending herself and to permit gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces based here under the 1952 security treaty.
In signing the pact, Mr. Allison noted that "this agreement takes us one step nearer the time when the Japanese people will not need to rely on American forces for protection."
"The greatest contribution Japan can make to the security of the free world is to strengthen her own security and be in a position to assure her own people that they will be able to live and develop their own ideas and their own culture in their own way and not become subject to an alien dictatorship.
"A strong, free, and enlightened Japan can contribute much to the peace and stability of Asia and the world."
No dollar price tag on U.S. arms aid and no time limit on it was attached to the agreement. Japan will decide how fast it wants to expand its defense forces, and submit annual requests to the U.S. for guns, ships, planes, and other equipment.
The pact and accompanying agreements will be presented immediately to the Japanese Diet for ratification as treaties. U.S. congressional ratification is not required as the agreements were negotiated under terms of the Mutual Security act.
The three accompanying agreements contained the following points:
1. The U.S. agreed to sell Japan before June 30 up to $50 million worth of surplus American wheat and barley to help relieve Japan's grain shortage and to accept payment in yen, without drain on Japan's dwindling foreign exchange.
2. The U.S. agreed to refund to Japan 20 percent of the yen proceeds for the Japanese government's use in developing defense industries. The U.S. agreed to spend the other $40 million worth of yen in Japan for Japanese-produced military supplies, largely for shipment to other Asiatic nations receiving U.S. military assistance.
(Separately, the U.S. also has promised to spend about $60 million more in dollars here before June 30 for "off shore procurement" of military supplies for other nations).
3. Japan agreed to join the U.S. government in a scheme for insuring certain approved American private capital investments in Japanese industry against Japanese expropriation or inconvertibility of the Japanese currency at the time of the American investors' withdrawal of profit and capital from Japan.
Weather
A minor cool front, which swept through Kansas and into Oklahoma.
COLDER tem peratures should be back in the 60s tomorrow." Kansas high readings Sunday reached 72 degrees at Hutchinson, Salina, and Emporia. After the front came through, lows early today were in a sub-freezing range. Goodland reported 15 degrees, and Chanute had 32.