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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 195L
Kansas Students Urge Vote For 18-Year-Olds
Two University students urged that the minimum age for voting in Kansas be lowered to 18 at a hearing of the Kansas house judiciary committee Tuesday.
The students, Charles Kennedy, second year law, and Warren Andreas, College junior, were part of a six-member delegation of Young Republicans from Washburn, Baker, Kansas State, and Kansas.
The hearing was held on a resi-
tion to amend the state constitution so as to allow citizens 18 years old and over to vote. It is scheduled to reach the house floor on Friday. Necessary for adoption is two-thirds consent of both houses and acceptance by the state electorate in the 1952 general elections.
Speaking for the group, Arthur Harper, Washburn university student, argued that if an 18-year-old person is old enough to be drafted, he is old enough to vote. He said
Ferre Gives Closing Talk
Students who have found a tru religion on the college campus will have an inner sense of moral truth and will do what they feel is Christian and not be bound by custom.
Dr. Nels F. S. Ferre, guest speaker for Religious Emphasis week, gave his closing lecture this morning in Fraser theater.
"If people accept the fullest analysis of reason, not stopping where they want to in their thinking but going the whole way, they will come to a point at which they realize that God does illuminate the world." Dr. Ferre said.
The theologian said that he was pleased with religion's place on KU's campus.
Speaking of the world crisis, Dr. Terre said that a closer association between religion seen as an abstract, heavenly thing, and religion seen is earthly practices was needed to solve many of our problems.
"Religion is other-worldly, but it is also world-renouncing and world-hanging," he said.
that although many older persons believe that a person at this age is immature, many young people in high school and college work, have amassed more knowledge than persons at an older age.
He denied the popular conception of young people as the irresponsible "hot-rod" type, saying that these were in the minority. Harper pointed to the example of Georgia, which extended the vote to this age group during World War II.
Petitions supporting the resolution were presented to the committee. The students plan to present more when the entire house meets on Friday to consider the resolution.
Men's Glee Club Will Take Tour
The University Men's Glee club under the direction of Joseph F. Wilkins, professor of voice, will give concerts in six Kansas towns during a tour Tuesday, March 27, through Thursday, March 29.
Roger Butts, fine arts senior, will go with the 36-man club as accompanist.
On Tuesday, March 27, the club will sing at 3 p.m. in Wamego, and at 8 p.m. in Junction City.
at 8 p.m. On Wednesday, March 28, the club will sing at 1:30 p.m. in Minneapolis and at 8 p.m. in Beloit.
On Thursday, March 29, the club will sing at 10 p.m. in Smith Center, and at 8 p.m. in Norton.
A skirt entitled "Grand Opera at the Breakfast Table" and an octet will be included in the shows. Jack Stewart, business senior, will play the part of Mr. Dobley in the skit, and Dale Romig, College junior, will play the part of Mrs. Dobley.
Members of the octet are: first tenors: Hugh Eberle, and Dale Romig. College juniors; second tenors: Gordon Gaston, education junior; and Hugh Bowden, engineering freshman; barronees: Darrell Benne, education senior, and George Sheldon, pharmacy senior; bass: Gerald Sawyer, education sophomore, and Max Valentine, College sophomore.
Find Faith Through Prayer Ferre Tells Church Group
Christians must recover faith in the power of prayer. Dr. Nels 7. S. Ferre told Westminster fellowship members and their guests it a banquet in the Kansas room Wednesday evening.
Dr. Ferre, professor of philosophical theology at Vanderbilt university, has been the featured speaker at Religious Emphasis week activities on the campus.
"The power of the christian is the ower of prayer." Dr. Ferre said. Nowdays we have very little understanding of the personal power and direction of the holy spirit. Theason that the New Testament fellowship spoke with such power was because they knew the power of je holy spirit."
Christians sometimes fail to distinguish between God as an immanual force and as a personal power. One reason for the loss of te power of personal prayer is acceptance of the idea that God is merely present, apart from the et that he is only personally presi ture where there is response to him, r Ferre said.
Another cause for the loss of the power of personal prayer cited by r. Ferre was the tendency to identify God's wishes with one's own rayers must be for the totality, not just for one's own aims, he said.
Dr. Ferre suggested several rules or more efficient prayer—relaxation, recollection of who God is, reservation, adoration, thanksgiving, elfinging, and intercession.
"The deepest moments of life are tanding silently," he said. "Too many persons rush into the presence
Concerning intercession Dr. Ferre said, "I believe that we are a social organism, fundamentally all in one spirit. When you pray you let into the social organism the healing medicine of immortality. I believe in intercession."
There is no contest between God's revelations and reason, he declared. Reason is the interpretation of God's revelations. It may be right or wrong.
of God so tense that they never hear the voice of God."
"We make nonsense of the Bible when we take all to be of equal value," he said. "The larger logic is the understanding that the written word depicts the whole of human experience, good and bad.
"It must be interpreted, judged, and applied in terms of God's love for man, which itself cannot be understood apart from our willingness to receive it."
Dr. Ferre was introduced by Marvin Reed, vice-moderator of the Westminster foundation, Verla Steffey, education senior, song two songs, "Grandma's Prayer" by Richard Hageman and "I Wonder As I Wonder" by John Jacob Niles.
Five Elves Add Fun And Frolic To Shakespeare
Five elves, dreamed up by Allen Crafton, producer of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," add fun and frolic to an outstanding performance.
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There is no intermission between scenes and no curtains are pulled during the performance. The five elves are responsible for scene changes. This lends to the dream illusion and also affords the audience a break between scenes.
The William Shakespeare comedy is presented in a refreshing and enjoyable manner by a cast of 29 persons. The story involves love entanglements, which are further mixed up by an ornery elf named Puck, played by Patricia Elliott.
The parts of the four lovers are played by Nancy Morsbach, Maxine Le Row, Lynn Osborne, and Robert Ziesenis. Miss Morsbach does a good job in her portrayal of the lovely Hermia, and Miss Le Row as the not-as-lovely Helena, gives an exceptional performance.
Osborne and Ziesenis, as their suitors, are convincing in their love scenes. The actors did a splendid job on four difficult parts.
David Davidson, as Bottom, was restrained enough to keep in character with the others, but let go enough to give an appreciative audience the laugh they were looking for. James Clausen, as Flute, stole the scene more than once with his comic performance.
Gaye Lehman, as Tinker, gave an excellent performance. The rest of Bottom's crew must be commended for their characterizations. Thomas Shay as Snug, Draw Sharp as Starling, and Bob Allen as Quinee, were all enjoyable.
Everyone in Bottom's crew stayed in character throughout the play. They acted and reacted to each other giving their scenes a realistic touch.
Mary Lou Lane as Titania gave a graceful performance. Harold Harvey as Theseus delivered his part well. Dan Palmquist as Oberon was reserved.
Wilson O'Connell as Egeus; Leola Stewart as Hippolyta, and William Dickinson as Philostrate, did well in their supporting roles, as did Shirley Stalzer, JoAnna March, Kathryn Peters, and Carol Donovan, as fairies.
The five elves are played by Margaret Fisher, Frances Jackson, Marcia Gore, Anne Hyde, and Anne Lehmann.
Everything a person does, he is doing in preparation for marriage, Rev. Paul Deats, associate director of the Wesley foundation at the University of Texas, said in a love and marriage discussion Tuesday afternoon.
Religion's Part In Marriage Told
Tom Rea, Dan Palmquist, and Harold Harvey did a tremendously fine work on directing.
The person is preparing himself in his relations with other persons, and in handling problems with others, he said.
Religion plays an important part in marriage relations," he said. "A person can give much of his effort to religion and not detract from his family, but in some cases religion can be emphasized in the wrong way, which would detract from the family."
"The main contribution a person makes to his marriage is himself," the Rev. Mr. Deats said. "Whatever a person gives to his marriage he will get from it."
He said that many of the great evils in the world today are caused from the wrong emphasis on religion.
Since 1910 more than 17,750,000 American boys and men were active in the Boy Scouts of America.
Iran Nationalizes Oil Over British Protest
Tehran, Iran, March 15 (U.P.)-The Iranian parliament voted unanimously today to nationalize the nation's British-owned oil industry, one of the main sources of petroleum for the western powers.
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All 106 deputies attending the Majlis session voted for government seizure of the 58 million dollar Anglo-Iranian Oil company, which controls all Iran's oil wells and sells their output only to western and pro-western nations.
Russia ahd all pro-Soviet factions in Iran significantly supported the nationalization measure. Iran produces about 24 per cent of the world's annual oil output.
The Maijis brushed aside a British protest note delivered Wednesday to Premier Hussein Ala contending that the Anglo-Iranian concern could not be nationalized by Iranian action alone. It said the company's contract ran until 1993.
More than 2,000 persons outside the Majlis loudly cheered the unanimous vote and carried deputies about on their shoulders. Word of the vote spread quickly through the
Five University students won 7 out of 10 debates, and first prize in oratory, at the 18th annual forensic tournament at St. John's college at Winfield recently.
Debating for K.U. were William Nulton, College sophomore, and William Crews, Stuart Conklin and Richard Sheldon, College freshman.
Miss O'Neill read the poem, "Kansas Twilight on the Vicinity Highway," by Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes, former member of the University English faculty.
Winning first place with her oration, "How to Win Friends and Influence People," was Mary Anne O'Neill, College sophomore. Miss O'Neill also placed second in the poetry reading event. She defeated over 22 other contestants in the oratorical contest and over 34 speakers in the poetry reading event. She will receive medals for both.
K.U. Debaters Win 7 Matches
Twenty schools from Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas were represented in the speech competition. Both K.U. debate teams went through the preliminaries and the first round of eliminations but were defeated in the second round of the eliminations.
William Conboy, instructor in speech and freshman-sohomore debate coach, accompanied the speakers to Winfield.
Nulton, in addition to his debating, was a finalist in three other events, extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, and Bible reading.
New Pledge Council Holds First Meeting
The first meeting of the recently organized Inter-Fraternity Pledge council was held Tuesday evening
The I.V.P.C. was organized to introduce pledges to the various aspects of the fraternity system. David Sailor, president of the LF.C., said "The I.F.P.C. would be a training ground for fraternity life and later participation in the LF.C."
"This will give the pledges of the fraternities a chance to meet each other and thus form a more solid fraternity system." William Isaacs, I.F.C. representative who presided over the meeting, said.
A pledge council to discuss the rules concerning walk-out regulations, was discussed. A scholarship committee from the I.F.P.C. will aid the I.F.C. in preparing annual scholarship grade reports, Isaacs said.
Officers will be elected at the next meeting to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in the Union ballroom.
capital and people ran along streets shouting:
"Our oil is nationalized!"
Police did not interfere, although Wednesday they had banned demonstrations following reports that Communists planned a march on the capital in support of the nationalization measure.
Deputies of the powerful government opposition, the National Front, also have been increasingly militant on the subject since the assassination March 7 of Premier Ali Razmara, who opposed nationalization.
The assassin belonged to the fanatical religious sect (Crusaders of Islam). Its newspaper, Narbard Mellat, demanded Wednesday that Ala resign because he signed the 1833 agreement with Anglo-Iranian.
Two amendments also were adopted. The first called for a two-month study of methods of nationalization before the new law takes effect. The second calls for the employment of foreign experts to help in the study.
Before the assassination of Razmara, it had been expected in some quarters that parliament might authorize the government to negotiate with Anglo-Iranian oil for better terms—perhaps a 50-50 deal.
Both the Standard Oil company of New Jersey and the Socony Vacuum Oil company are associated with Anglo-Iranian in the Persian Gulf pipeline under an agreement which empowers them to buy a substantial quantity of Iran's crude oil.
Anglo-Iranian is one of the main sources of oil for the western powers' armies, navies, and air forces.
New Trustees For Foundation
Four Kansans have accepted invitations to become trustees of the William Allen White Foundation. Inc., of the University, Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information and director of the foundation announced today. They are:
Harold P. Trusler. Emporia businessman and president of the William Allen White Foundation of Emporia.
Wharton Hoch, editor and manager of the Marion Record-Review, weekly newspaper at Marion, Kansas.
Henry S. Blake, vice-president and general manager of Capper publications, Inc., of Topeka.
Luman G. Miller, editor of the Belleville Telescope, weekly newspaper at Belleville, Kansas.
The new trustees were elected at the annual meeting of the foundation at the University on Feb. 9, 1951. They join, on the board of the foundation, 50 newspaper, civic and business leaders throughout the United States.
Botanist To Talk On Gardening
An illustrated talk on the origin and history of garden vegetables will be given by Dr. Robert W. Baxter, assistant professor of botany, at an open meeting of the Linneman club at 8 p.m. Thursday in 417 Snow
It will be the first of a series of three talks on the general subject of gardening. The talk will not be technical but will be designed for the layman gardener.
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