UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1950
PAGE EIGHT
Czechoslovaks Celebrate Masaryk's Centenary Today
The following tribute was written by Blanka Stransky, a graduate student from Czechoslovakia. Miss Stransky arrived at the University in the spring of 1949 to begin work in the bacteriology department. She had worked for a year in New York City to earn money to continue her education. She arrived in the United States in the spring of 1948. She will work in bacteriology research after her graduation in June.
If Czechoslovakia were free today, all its people would be celebrating the hundredth birthday anniversary of Thomas Garrigue Masarvk, their former president and founder of the Republic.
But Czechoslovakia once more is in shackles and so the few of us who can speak freely want to honor this great man and all that he stood for, not only in the history of our country, but all the world. We want to honor his ideals and beliefs in the freedom of men.
The former president was born on March 7, 1850. He was the son of a nobleman's coachman. As a boy he was an apprentice blacksmith. His employer asked the boy's parents to send young Thomas away for further schooling. "He is too thin for a blacksmith and has too many brains, besides," the smithy said.
He studied hard, and did tutoring to earn money for his needs. He entered the University of Vienna after being graduated from college where he had been an excellent student. He became a professor on the philosophical faculty because of his abilities of leadership and personality. He soon made a name for himself as a great scholar, philosopher, and politician.
He was greatly interested in politics. He sought the freedom for his people from the Austro-Hungarian empire. When war broke out in 1914, he was one of the first to leave his country. He wanted to build and fight for a new Czechoslovakia—a republic. He traveled extensively for his ideals and made many friends.
While in the United States he spent much of his time in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, Pa. He also married an American girl—Charlotte Garrigue (whose name he later took as his middle name). The four Masaryk children were born in the U.S. Jan, the youngest and the only son, closely followed in his father's footsteps. He died in Czechoslovakia in 1948. Alice was president of the International Red Cross, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, for many years
President Woodrow Wilson and former President Masaryk became good friends. This was best shown by the Czech constitution which the two men patterned after the American bill of rights. But much had to be done in those hard war years. There were legions in Russia, France, Italy, and Serbia. All these were the men who had left their homes to fight for the republic. They needed moral support more than anything. They got all this and inspiration from President Masaryk. He was so close to them that they began to call him Father Masaryk and that title clung to him all through his life and even afterward.
In 1936 President Masaryk retired. Although contrary to the constitution, he was elected for life. The welfare of the state was placed in the capable hands of Dr. Edward Benes. He was a man who had worked, studied, and learned well under the emancipator.
President Masaryk kied in the fall of 1937. We lost a father, friend, and leader. The world lost a statesman, politician, and philosopher. It was hard to believe he was no more to give advice and applaud our deeds. But, he lived on in his pupils, his writings, and his principles.
I was very young when he died and passed the great legacy into our hands. But his principles are deep within me as in us all, who find ourselves here among you today.
Truth prevails. Czechoslovakia once again will be free in a free Europe.
For Czechoslovak students on the campus and all over the world
BLANKA STRANSKY
Norway's University Of Oslo Offers Summer Courses In Literature, Music
The fourth annual summer school for American students at the University of Oslo in Norway will be held from Monday, June 26 to Saturday, Aug. 5.
Any student who has completed two years of college by June, 1950 may apply. Applications may be obtained from the Oslo Summer School Admissions office, St. Olaf college, Northfield, Minn. Some 250 American students will be selected.
The University of Oslo will conduct courses in English. Main emphasis this summer will be on subjects pertaining to Norwegian culture; such as geography, history, language, literature, music, and art. Six semester credits may be earned during the six weeks course.
Twenty scholarships will be granted for the 1950 session. These 20, worth $110 apiece, cover student's tuition, fees, and the excursion fee.
Barbershop Sing Wednesday
The Barbershop Quartet program originally scheduled for Thursday, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Strong auditorium. Thirteen organized houses will participate in the program, which is sponsored by the Y.W.C.A.
A representative from the Congress of Industrial Organizations will speak at 7:30 today in the Pine room of the Union at a regular meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Management.
Secretary Of Labor Group To Talk On Goals OF CIO
The speaker. H. J. Yount, secretary of the Kansas State Industrial Union council of the C.I.O., will speak on "Pending Legislation and the Goals of the C.I.O."
Lawrence voters go to the polls today in the 1950 city primary election.
City Elections Are Held Today
Party nominations for six seats on the city council will be made today and the regular city election on April 4 will decide who will be elected to the two-year term on the governing body of Law rence.
One polling place in each ward will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
YMCA Election To Be Thursday
Candidates for the Y.M.C.A. election of officers were announced today. The election will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday in the YM office of the Union building.
Nominated for president are Claude Moore, College junior, and Gerald Peterson, College senior. Vice-presidential nominees are Donovan Hall and Warren Andreas, College sophomores.
Candidates for secretary are Jack Jevons, College freshman, and J. Fred Williamson, engineering freshman. Nominations for trasuser are Jack Howard, business junior, and Hudson Mover. College freshman.
Voting will be by ballot and only men whose applications for membership are paid or on file in the Y.M.C.A. office are eligible to vote. Those elected will take office from sow until March, 1951.
The Shell Oil company fellowship in geology for 1950-51 has been awarded to William W. Hambleton, assistant instructor of geology. The fellowship is worth $1200 plus tuition and a fund for laboratory equipment. The University is one of the few schools to have this fellowship.
Hambleton Gets Honor
Mr. Hambleton is now completing his third year of graduate work in geology. He received his master of science degree from Northwestern university.
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He is making a study of the petrography of Kansas and Missouri coals with special reference to the possibility of hydrogenation. He expects to complete the work for his doctor of philosophy degree next year.
University Delegates In Topeka Today
A delegation from the University and University High school are attending the Kansas Commission for Life Adjustment Education in Topeka today. The delegation consists of James K. Hitt, registrar; George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education; and Karl Edwards, principal of University High school. Mr. Hitt will return to Topeka Wednesday to attend committee meetings of the commission.
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