-Lee Sheppeard
Reading Courses Might Ease Study
by Bibler
The University took a step that was considered radical when it instituted the Western Civilization course. This method of teaching without lectures was and is uncommon.
If this kind of teaching is easier for the student, why isn't it used for more courses? The answer is that the students don't seem to be ready for it.
More courses of this type have been considered, but there is a fear that students wouldn't take the responsibility of doing the reading, that they would wait until just before the examination and then cram from someone else's notes, as so many students have with Western Civilization.
A course of this type is obviously an attempt to make things easier for the student. Instead of going to class at particular times and being subjected to periodical tests to make certain he is keeping up his study, he is free to do the work whenever it fits into his schedule.
A lot of these students have wanted to read the material, but they just put it off until it was too late in the semester for them to finish the reading.
Maybe six hours is too many for this type of study; perhaps there is too much material for students who are used to spoon-fed education. But the fact remains that we might have some more convenient courses if we showed a little responsibility in studying on our own.
There are several other courses offered at KU which could very well be taught in the same way many history courses, for example.
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Winston Churchill is back in office again as England's prime minister, and just in time, too. We're sure that after writing those four voluminous books on his experiences as Britain's leader, he is needing more material.
One announcement which we doubt ever got announced appeared in the Kansas State Collegian the other day. It said: "Cigars at the TKE house Wednesday night announced the engagement of . . ."
But we're wondering if we will still get those Christmas cards we ordered back when he was painting for a living.
Our favorite coed, Iva Latepaper, who has always thought her folks led a dull and uninteresting life, recently has changed her mind. While looking through the attic she came across some letters her folks exchanged about 25 years ago when they were first courting.
Couldn't help but laugh when Franchot Tone was accused of kicking and spitting at a female columnist and her husband. Next thing you know, Rocky Marciano will be after his doctor's degree, too. Once a pugilist, always a knothad.
Winter is rearing its ugly head on the campus, much to the discomfort of our friend Harry Epidermis. He'd put on his red flannels, if it weren't for the ever-present fear of an investigation by Senator McCarthy.
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A Letter To McCarthy
Letters:
Ed. note: The following is reprinted from a copy of a letter sent by a student to Senator Joseph McCarthy;
Senator Joe McCarthy.
Just how long can you continue this mudraking, filth spreading campaign to further your own questionable ends? How long can a man live without a social conscience, without a personal scruple, without a single concern for the welfare of the people? Any American, native born, or a three-hour naturalized citizen would have more regard for the future of the United States than you.
Never in our history has one man broadcast so many lies in public or in private than you have in your brief career of a "United States Senator." As a man you have less consciousness of world affairs than an illiterate, as a public figure you have as much thirst for power and disregard for human freedom as our much referred to contemporary, Adolph Hitler.
Your desire for public attention knows no delineation between acclaim and notoriety. "Palpable gross lies" seem the only food for your bloated ego, else why would you deliberately and maliciously set out to destroy reputations? You have never produced a scrap of evidence to convict one of your accused Communists. All who oppose you are immediately attacked by any unethical device to smear their name.
Like the football players who would cheat to pass college tests, you would do anything to stay in the
United States Senate and in the minds of the American people. Slander, lies, fabricated pipe dreams of depreciation are all your gridiron tactics. The players might take a bribe to throw a game—you are in a far more serious game, and would swap the welfare of a nation for the furthering of your political career. You are literally bartering the prestige of the U.S. Senate for the Russian way of life by your thoughtless ravings.
Sane, calculated criticism of American leaders, substantiated by available evidence would be an aid to the government. Out and out lies, exaggerated beyond all proportions, thrown to a gullible throng of sensation-seekers is more nearly treason than anything Phillip Jessup or Acheson ever did. Your philosophy must be, "If you tell a lie—tell a big one!"
By the multitude of infamous falsehoods you are incarcerating an entire populace in a confusion of misconceptions. Soap-boxing is on the outs. Give up your career of politics, face the truth, and try a new profession of statesmanship. Honesty and sincerity will win more votes in the long run.
How can a Christian man justify such practices? You are a hindrance to the Republican party, a boon to the Democrats, a pain-in-the-neck of the American populace, and a joke to Stalin, a calamity to the nation.
Senior, Kansas University
Kav Peters
Offers Class In Leadership
The University of Portland is again offering a class in student leadership. The course, a requirement for many administrative posts in the student council, is defined as being a "brief survey of the theory of discussion and problem solving." A study of parliamentary law is part of the work.
-News Roundup
Adopts New Voting System
Reds Boost Hopes For Korean Truce
The preferential voting system by which each student party obtains representation in proportion to its voting strength has been adopted by both the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers university. The plan, first used by Lehigh university in 1947, is being used for all student government elections.
The surprise Red offer brought the two sides closer to a cease-fire agreement than at any time since the truce talks began. The UN negotiators presumably will give their answer at a meeting at 8 p.m. today (CST).
Paratroops To A-Bomb Tests
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Panmunjom, Korea— (U.P) -The Communists sent hopes for a Korean truce soaring today with a compromise proposal to end the war along a line only two to three miles from the cease-fire line sought by the United Nations.
Wednesday, October 31, 1951
Some 1200 paratroopers from the 11th airborne division will participate in "Operation Desert Rock." They will place equipment and weapons in previously prepared battle positions in the blast area and then retreat about seven miles to positions of safety to watch the explosion. After the test, scientists with geiger counters will lead them into the firing area to observe the havoc caused by an A-bomb.
Las Vegas, Nev.—(U.P.)—The first atomic combat maneuvers in history, involving 1,200 American paratroopers, may be held tomorrow on the Frenchman's Flat A-bomb proving ground.
Barge Fire Makes New Danger
Liquor, Cigaret Tax Raised
Effective at midnight, new takes will go into effect on cigarets. It will mean an increase of a penny-a-pack. On liquor, it will amount to about 26 cents on a fifth of 86 proof whiskey and 30 cents on a fifth of bonded whisky.
News From Other Campuses Hearst Beneficiary Elopes
The accident happened only a few hours after Maria De La Luez was clawed and chewed to death when she approached a lion chained near the ring area of the circus. The laughter of other children, watching the show, drowned out the child's screams.
Washington—(U.P.)Today is the last day for you to beat higher taxes on liquor and cigarettes.
Princess To Visit Trumans
The U.S. Coast Guard said that the derelict was "just a matter of feet" from a concrete retaining wall protecting the anchorage of the state terminal warehouse. The retaining wall is about 500 feet off shore, but inside the outer breakwall of the harbor.
Buffalo, N.Y. — (U.P) —The fire-razed barge Morania, still loaded with more than 600,000 gallons of highly volatile gasoline, slipped her anchors in Buffalo harbor under heavy winds today and drifted toward shore threatening Buffalo's waterfront area with possible explosion and fire.
A half-million Americans—many of them from distant cities—were expected to jam the royal couple's route from the airport to Blair House and to gape at Elizabeth and Philip as they travel through the city during their three-day visit. They will arrive about 3 p.m. (CST).
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman leads a rousing welcome today for Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on their first visit to the United States.
Terror In Circus Accident
Mount Ida, Ark.—U.P.)—A trailer truck transporting two bears and a tiger owned by the same circus whose half-grown lion clawed to death a nine-year-old girl, overturned on a highway today, liberating the fierce beasts.
Las Vegas, Nev.—(U.P.)—Marion Davies, former screen star and a principal beneficiary of the estate of the late William Randolph Hearst, married a ruggedly handsome merchant marine skipper here today in a pre-dawn elopement.
A few hours after the wedding in a bungalow at El Rancho Vegas, the couple flew back to California in a chartered single-engine plane. They said they were going to Palm Springs, Southern California desert resort, but might go on to Los Angeles if weather permits.