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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 5, 1953
Budget Cut Must Not Stop KU's Progress in Research
Chancellor Murphy's biennial report to the University faculty contained this statement: "Added facilities for research are necessary if the University is to maintain its present high standard of work."
It is to be hoped that the people of Kansas and the members of the state legislature realize the extent of that research program and of the part their tax dollars and appropriations play.
A brief outline of the projects being conducted here will give some indication of the typical scope of the University's research program sponsored by federal agencies, the University itself, and individual faculty members. Both immediate and long-range benefits will result from new and continuing projects.
Most of the research projects are medical and industrial studies made in the laboratory science departments, such as a study of the effects of atomic radiation on blood formation and work concerned with the discovery of the pathway of the polio virus to the central nervous system. These are two of many projects being carried on in the anatomy department.
Some of the other types of research conducted at the University include;
An economic study, by the Bureau of Business
Research, concerned with the habits of tourists in the state of Kansas—where they come from, how long they remain, where they spend their money, how much they spend.
Guidance bureau research on testing procedures for the Air force.
Mathematics department work on advanced math systems for the Navy.
Study on the use of functional music done by the music education department in cooperation with Topeka hospitals.
Research by two representatives of the psychology department, using the children of Oskaloosa as laboratory subjects in a study of the process of "growing up."
Studies of history from a viewpoint of the influence of botanical factors.
A music professor's study of the influence of a particular composer on his music.
And an agricultural research project-on the aid of wild bees in pollination of alfalfa fields and subsequent increased yields.
Let us hope that the economy practice of the legislature doesn't reduce the flow of information from KU research, but rather increases it.
Jelke Trial Judge Erred In Protecting Society
Judge Francis L. Valente barred newspapermen from the trial of Minot Jellek until two weeks ago. He said he did so "in the interest of good morals and to draw the curtain on the offensive obscenity of this already over-publicized trial." He referred to the public's interest in this trial as "morbid curiosity."
Judge Valente is making a big mistake. His attitudes need to be re-educated. What he said meant in effect that we would be better off if we didn't know or find out too much about sex. It follows from this reasoning that the details of this case would harm our innocent minds and turn us into sex fiends.
-Mona Millikan
If the reporting of this trial makes the children curious and causes them to ask questions, good. Let the parents answer them and explain how sex has been misused.
Perhaps Judge Valente had in mind protecting the morals of our youth. If so, he is too archaic. A much greater evil comes from children finding out about sex than from parents intelligently explaining to them what it's about.
Judge Valente was wrong. His actions are the inheritance of our culture, a culture that has seriously restricted an education in the thing we most need an education in—sex. —Bob Nold
Several campus humorists have decided to print a new humor magazine. They call it "Fungus, the Molding of Student Humor." We wonder if the title is descriptive of the contents.
POGO
One Woman's OPINION
By LORENA BARLOW
It doesn't take an expert to realize that something is drastically wrong with the traffic situation on the campus.
Pause sometime at the information booth during the 10-minute break between classes and you'll see the same thing I saw. Pedestrians ignore the lanes in which they are to walk and seem to be oblivious to the policeman's whistle. Drivers stop their cars in the center of the street, holding up traffic while students disembark—after several minutes of talking.
No, there have been no deaths or serious injuries on the campus to date. But who can tell when the next near-accident might be the one that claims a life?
The campus police direct traffic at the intersection of Jayhawk drive and Mississippi street. The system is a capable one. But the police can't be at all crossings at once, so it is left up to the individual to conduct himself properly. Unfortunately, this conduct seems to be a constant race between the pedestrians and the car drivers.
Sure, sure, you say—so there's a traffic problem and some loud mouth is running off about it. So what? We haven't had a serious accident, have we?
There is one word that would solve the problem neatly, if both factions would observe it—cooperation.
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Battle for Power, Purges Seen If Stalin Dies
As the editorial page is being made up we still have no word on whether or not Josef Stalin has died.
For all the world knows, he might be dead at this writing. The tight news censorship of the Soviet Union makes it impossible to know any facts on the case until the Kremlin is ready to release them.
The death of Nikolay Lenin was not released to the world until he had been dead for 18 hours. It is likely that the world will get the same treatment this time.
Malenkov rose to power during World War II. He came up in the ranks with Stalin and has exercised iron-fisted control over the Communist party. During the war he was a member of the Committee of Five which directed Russia's defense. As head of the Secretariat he has the party under his control.
Malenkov will not rise to power easily. To take over the government he must down two formidable opponents. Chief of the opponents is Viachisiav Molotov. Today Molotov is vice premier of the Soviet Union and a member of the Communist Party Presidium, one of the most powerful bodies in the Soviet Union.
The seemingly imminent death of Premier Stalin will undoubtedly raise Georgi Malenkov to the position of a world power. He is now the head of the Secretariat of the Central committee, the most powerful organization in Russia.
Before Malenkov's sudden rise to power, Molotov was considered the almost certain heir to Stalin's power. Molotov is strongly nationalistic and cares little for anything non-Russian. If he were to rise to power, East-West relations would undoubtedly worsen.
Laurenti Beria is the third man in the race for power. He is the ruthless, all-powerful chief of the Soviet secret police. He, like Stalin, is a Georgian, and has long enjoyed the Premier's trust. If he should challenge Malenkov and Molotov he would have a crack secret army of 250,00 at his call.
It is expected that if Malenkov does follow Stalin as ruler of the Soviet Union he will also follow Stalin's doctrine of world domination, but will try to avoid war.
The biggest question concerning Stalin's death is its effect on a possible World War III. It would seem that, temporarily, the race for power and the following consolidating of positions should decrease the threat of war. The new ruler will have a difficult problem in attempting to get all factions in Russia behind him.
Little is known of his policies as he has not been in a position to wield political power. If he does take power, it is expected that he too, would follow the Stalin pattern.
Whoever takes power will undoubtedly start another internal purge. The purges may not be immediate, but in all probability they will be on the same bloody scale as those of Stalin's when he took Lenin's place. Rivals are dangerous in Russia, and the purge is the easiest way of erasing them.
If Stalin does die, the race for power and the actions following the race will be of great interest. The outside world will not get much news but will have to formulate their own opinions from the propaganda Russia will put out.
Whatever the outcome, it is doubtful that the Russian crisis will do much to end the cold and hot wars now in progress.