Topeka, Ks.
Small Early Vote Reported On ASC Reorganization Plan
Bv BOB STEWART
Predictions of a small student vote on the reorganization amendment seemed well-founded this morning when a check of all six voting booths showed that only 300 students had voted by 11 a.m.
Heaviest voting was recorded in Strong and Fraser halls with 85 and 70 votes respectively. Lightest voting was in Green hall where only 24 votes had been cast.
If the amendment wins a majority of student votes, it will reorganize the All Student Council representation from a school basis to one of district-residence.
It would also make these other changes:
1. Set up intra-district closed party primaries.
2. Allow all University students to vote for all candidates.
3. Permit any student to have his name on the ballot by petition.
4. Set up a special fall election for freshman women dormitories.
5. Declare a vacancy for the position of any representative absent for three consecutive meetings without a valid excuse.
If the amendment loses, the ASC will keep its present system of representation.
As the voting progresses through the day, students will have a chance to cast their ballot until 6 p.m. at one of these six voting booths:
Students must present ID cards to be punched as they vote.
Main floor, Student Union building; main floor, Fraser hall; basement, Green hall; basement, Marvin hall; rotunda, Strong hall, or campus information booth.
Votes will be counted immediately after 6 p.m. in 210 Strong hall. Dr. James W. Drury, assistant professor of political science, will supervise students counting the ballots.
Daily Kansan
49th Year, No.113
ASC Postpones Date For Primary Elections
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Primaries for the All Student Council spring elections were changed to Wednesday April 2, at a meeting of the ASC last night.
The Council decided to have voting in the spring ASC elections done in classrooms if such a plan can be worked out administratively and meets the approval of the chancellor.
Originally the primaries had been scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, two weeks previous to the general elections scheduled for Wednesday, April 9.
Since the primaries setup is dependent upon the reorganization plan, approval by students today, the Council decided more time was needed between today and the day set for primary elections.
In other Council action, Lou Ann Smee, college sophomore, and Beverly Jennings, college senior, were approved by the Council to make selections of next year's cheerleaders. This will be done at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Robinson gym.
Five new ASC members were sworn in to fill vacancies. Frank Norris business junior, will represent district I (college and School of Journalism); William Nulton, college junior, will represent district
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III (Schools of Business, Fine Arts, Education, Pharmacy, and the Graduate school). Joan Lambert, journalism junior and Marilyn Hawkinson, college sophomore, were sworn in as the new AWS representatives.
Two other appointments received Council approval. Chester Lewis, second year law student, was appointed chairman of the committee on committees, and Nulton was appointed to a position on the Student Union Operating board.
The Council leader of the following appointments for student publications: K-Book: John Elvig, engineering freshman, editor and Glen Beauchamp, engineering senior, business manager.
Student directory: Shirley Piatt and Mary Betz, college sophomores, co-editors, and John Welsh, college senior, business manager.
Members absent were Warren Andreas, college senior; Dean Barrett, engineering junior; Charles Crawford, business senior; Arthur Kaaz, business senior; Virginia Mackey, journalism junior; Jane Baker, college senior; Jacqueline Bayliss, college sophomore and Joyce Wellborn, fine arts freshman.
Problems In 'Divine Comedy Are Ours, Borgese Says
The problems in Dante's "Divine Comedy" are our problems, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, authority on modern comparative literature, aesthetics, and international policy said in the Humanities lecture Tuesday.
Many consider the "Divine Comedy" as something that cannot touch our hearts and minds, however this is untrue, he said. He stressed the fact that one does not need to be scholar to understand Dante.
Dante.
Speaking of the great Italian who became known as a world poet in the 18th century, Professor Borgese said that by Dante's defeat in life he did a great job as a poet.
he did it gently.
"Dante plunged into his great work when his political hopes were shattered, and when he did he took advantage of his blessing in disguise—disaster," he said.
so borge's said, "It is true that he is a monument to a defunct age, if ages become defunct," he said, "but his work is full of vital contributions to our own age."
That Dante belongs to a dead age is a popular "superstition," Professor Borgese said.
Another of the many superstitions about the "Divine Comedy" is that the allegorical method is difficult, he said, but there are good allegories in Dante's work with few mistakes.
The "Divine Comedy" has a strong ston for being translated from
Poetry can be classified into two types, Homeric and Orphic, Professor Borgese said. Dante's poetry belongs to the Orophic type, which relates things as they ought to happen as opposed to the Homeric type which relates things as they are, he said.
one language to the other so that a good translation is possible, however it is not perfect, he said.
Dr. Giuseppe Borgese will speak in Fraser theater at 8 p.m. Thursday on "World Constitution Making."
Borgese To Speak On Constitution
The talk, an informal report on the work of the Committee to Frame a World Constitution, of which he is founder and secretary-general, will be sponsored by the departments of history and political science and the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. The public is invited.
Rabbi From St. Louis To Speak At Banquet
Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman of Temple Israel synagogue in St. Louis will speak on "The Things We Have in Common" at the interfaith banquet at 6 p.m. today in the Trinity Lutheran church, 1245 New Hampshire.
Rabbi Isserman will be sponsored by the Jewish Chautauqua society and the B'Nai B'Rith Hillel foundation at the University.
A tea planned for 4 p.m. today at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house has been cancelled because Rabbi Isserman will not arrive in Lawrence until later.
Carl V. Rice, Democratic national committeeman from Kansas, will speak to the Young Democrats and other students interested in politics at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 106 Green.
Mr. Rice will talk on the background of the national convention, and on the qualifications of the various Democrats seeking the presidential nomination. His remarks will be posted only on the national of the last three Democratic conventions he attended.
Demos To Hear Carl V. Rice
Now in his second term on the national committee, Mr. Rice has risen far in Kansas politics since his graduation from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1918. He is still remembered here as a good athlete in basketball and track.
After serving in the field artillery in World War I, Mr. Rice was city attorney in Parsons, state highway commissioner for Kansas from 1931-33, and counsel in Rehnquist Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., from 1933 to 1937. Since 1937 he has been practicing law in Kansas City, Kan.
At present he is midwestern representative on the executive committee of the Democratic party.
Religious Week
Features Of Secularism Outlined By Speaker
Four characteristics of secularism were outlined by the Rev. Claire J. Hayes, Methodist minister from Baldwin, at the "Secularism and Religion" seminar yesterday.
Secularism is humanistic, neutral, activistic and Godless, the Rev. Mr. Haves said.
Secular humanism glorifies man, believes in the inevitability of progress, adheres to the scientific method and worships the god of success, he said.
In its tendency toward neutrality secularism remains on the fence, takes no definite stand on anything and makes a fetish of objectivity, he continued.
The Rev. Mr. Hayes asserted that secularism is activistic because it believes busyness can save the world.
Secularism's most damning fault—Godlessness—arises out of its others, he said. While glorifying man, activity, and "success," secularism rules out the "good things" in life, he explained.
The church has a unique place and purpose in our secular society, the Rev. Mr. Hayes said. God always has been the focal point of man's security, and the church produces the idealism that the secular world exploits, he explained.
"Man's final security is found in the kind of God he possesses, and the kind of society a nation develops is found in the kind of God it worships."
Religious Emphasis week discussions and meetings will continue today and Thursday. Speakers' schedule for today is:
Dr. John H. Patton, professor of religion and director of the Westminster foundation, 3 p.m., Seminar, "Militarism and Faith," 217 Journalism.
Miss Alice Otterness, regional secretary division of student service,
National Lutheran council, 4 p.m.
Lutheran Student coffee hour.
Dr. Robert F. Ferree, director of Christian education, Kansas Baptist council, 3 p.m., 213 Fraser.
meeting. Henley House.
Dr. E. K. Higdon, secretary division of foreign missions, United Christian Mission council, 9 a.m., 207 Fraser; 12 noon, Lunchee discussion, Westminster hall.
Speakers' schedule for Thursday is:
Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman,
Temple Israel of St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Interfaith banquet, "The Things We
Have in Common," Trinity Lutheran
church. 1245 New Hampshire.
Dr. Robert F. Ferre, director of Christian education, Kansas Baptist council. 8 a.m., 207 Fraser.
Dr. John H. Patton, professor of religion and director of the Westminster foundation, 3 p.m., Seminar, militarism and Faith," 217 Journal
Miss Alice Otterness, regional secretary division of student service, National Lutheran council, 9 a.m., coffee break, Barlow chapel, Myers hall.
Dr. DeWitt S. Lowe, medical missionary from Korea, 4 p.m., Seminar, "Korea, World Hotspot," 217 Journalism.
A worship service at Danforth chapel, 7:30 to 7:50 a.m., sponsored by the Roger Williams foundation. The theme is "Faith in a Committed Self," with William Arnold the speaker.
IFC Abolishes Discriminatory Clause
The folk songs are "Zum letzten Mal" 'Ach wie ist's Mogglich Dann' "Heiden Roslein" and "Ich stand auf hohem Berge."
Inter - fraternity council voted Monday night to abolish the "discriminatory clause" from its local constitution.
German folk songs will highlight the carillon program by Carillonneur Ronald Barnes at 7 p.m. today.
The significance of the move is that now Negro fraternities and locals can obtain membership in the IFC.
In effect, this change was made: The word "national" was dropped from the section reading "Only members of recognized national social fraternities will be accepted in the IFC."
Carillon To Play German Folk Songs
A new rush week suggestion that rushees would have to live outside of fraternities during the week was discussed at length by the council, but no action was taken.
Other selections are variations on "Diraje Maman" (Leferever), nocturne from "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Mendelsohn), "Adagio and Andante un Poco Mosso" (Barber), "Dance Impromptu". (Ball), "First Loss" (Schumann, arranged for carillon by Miss Marian Jersild, piano instructor), and "La Fille aux Cheveus de Lin" (Debussy, arranged for carillon by Stanford Lehberg,
Barter Theater To Present 4th Play
It will replace "Twelfth Night" which will not play in Fraser until the week of May 15.
"The Merchant of Venice" will be presented in Fraser theater Wednesday, March 26 through Friday, March 28, by the Barter Theater of Virginia as the fourth major play of the year.
Don Dixon, assistant professor of speech, said Fraser theater is in such constant use that satisfactory preparation of "Twelfth Night" by April 9, the scheduled opening, would have been extremely difficult.
The Barter theater was established in Virginia during the depression. It offered entertainment in return for anything the audience could bring: food, clothing, and other things.
It is a state theater. The Virginia legislature voted its subsidization and it has become, in a sense, the official theater of Virginia. This is the only state-subsidized theater in the country.
Cluaston To Speak Tonight
William G. Clugston, former city editor of the Topeka State Journal, will lead an open discussion period at 7:30 p.m. today in 207 Journalism. The discussion is being sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, and the Socialist Study club.
Ike Write-In Vote Unprecedented
Minneapolis, Minn. — (U.P.) G e n.
Dwight D. Eisenhower swept to second-place position today in a startling showing in the Minnesota presidential primary, although his name was not on the ballot.
He rolled to within 12,000 votes of favorite son Harold E. Stassen in an unprecedented wave of write-in votes.
Sources close to 'Eisenhower in Paris described his vote, coming on the heels of his victory in the New Hampshire primary, as "a amazing and incredible." Washington observers claim he won a moral victory and his
Returns from 2,292 of the state's 3,769 precincts gave Stassen 105,466 and Eisenhower 94,451.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) handily captured the Democratic nomination over a much weaker write-in campaign for Sen. Ester Kefauver (D-Tenn.).
friends hailed his showing as another clear call to a higher duty.
The returns did not improve
The returns showed Eisenhower was almost as popular with Minnesota Republicans as Stassen who was governor of the state three times.
Stassen's position in the race for Republican presidential nomination although he apparently will get the delegates.
Sen. Robert A. Taf's supporters waved the Minnesota returns aside, claiming that they hadn't made any drive in the State.
General Eisenhower declined immediate comment today on his strong write-in showing, but he was keeping a close watch on the returns.
Some of his staff officers confessed surprise at his showing in Minnesota.