1, 1949
University Dailu Kansan
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1949
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Lawrence. Kansas
Russia Proposes Atomic Census For UN Members
Lake Success, N. Y., Oct. 12 (U.P.)-Russia's offer to trade an accounting of atomic weapons with the United States today appeared doomed to an early death in the United Nations Security Council.
Jacob A. Malik, Russia's troubleshooting expert at the U.N. made the offer Tuesday when he proposed that "the Security Council recognizes it as essential that states should submit data on atomic weapons as well as conventional armaments" as a preliminary step in a world reduction of arms.
Ambassador Warren R. Austin, chief U. S. delegate to the U.N. disposed of Malik's proposal in one sentence of a statement issued to reporters following the council meeting:
"This is another attempt to fool the public."
Malik argued against an American resolution which separated atomic from ordinary weapons for the purpose of discussing world disarmament.
He cast Russia's 39th security council veto to block approval of the American resolution. He abstained—without veto—on a vote to send it to the general assembly for its information only.
Malik said Rusia would -as it is- 40th veto when the Security Council meets to consider plans for a world arms census on Friday, unless the census plan includes a count of atomic weapons.
Malik's proposal brought nothing new to the three-year-old U.N. discussion of atomic control. Its reaffirmed statements made by the Russians before in the U.N.'s Atomic Energy commission, its Commission on Conventional Armaments, the Security Council and the General Assembly.
Other U.N. Developments:
The program will include the Beethoven song cycle "To the Distant Beloved;" a group of German songs by Brahms, Wolf, and Strauss; and two groups of numbers sung in English.
Italian colonies: The political committee appointed a 21-nation subcommittee to screen plans for the disposition of Benito Mussolini's prewar empire and adjourned its discussions until Friday.
Human rights in the Balkans: Soviet foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky said charges that Joseph Cardinal Mindzenty confessed under duress to treason against Hungary were "fairy tales". He asked the international court of justice to throw out the West's contention that human rights were violated in the trial of the cardinal and other church leaders.
Reinhold Schmidt, baritone and associate professor of voice, will give a recital at 8 p. m. today in Hoch auditorium. Admission is free.
Trusteeship: The trusteeship committee voted to recommend that the United Nations flag be flown over all trust territories side by side with the flag of the administering power and the emblem of the territory, if it has one.
Reinhold Schmidt, Baritone,
Will Give Recital Today
Technical assistance: Russia withdrew her previous objection to a plan for a world conference on technical assistance to backward areas in line with point four of President Truman's inaugural address.
Mr. Schmidt will be accompanied by Winifred Hill Gallup, instructor in piano.
Rally To Be Held In Fowler Grove
There will be a pep rally at 12:50 p.m. Thursday in Fowler grove. Afternoon classes will not begin until 1:05.
The Jay Janes, Ku Ku's, and a part of the University band will attend the rally.
KU Buildings To Be Inspected
The University will not enter activities in connection with National Fire Prevention week Oct. 9 through 15, Paul Engels, Lawrence fire chief said today. However, a thorough inspection of University facilities will take place later this fall.
The city fire department cooperates with the state authorities to inspect University buildings, residence halls, fraternities and sororities. It is a routine inspection of University property and student housing facilities. Chief Engels said.
Chief Engels praised the nationwide prevention week activities. "People are becoming increasingly fire conscious because of such events as this," he said. "Students, particularly, are more cooperative concerning fire hazards than ever before. They seem to realize that fire doesn't play favorites when claiming its victims and the 'it couldn't happen to me' attitude is practically a thing of the past.
You can't tell people that they must do certain things to protect their lives and property from fire, they must be shown through a system of fire prevention education," Chief Ingels said.
Fire Prevention Week is held annually for the purpose of making citizens more aware of fire hazards.
Art is intuitive expression which need not be communicated to other persons to be art, Dr. Clifford P. Osborne, professor of philosophy, told approximately 800 persons in Fraser theater Tuesday night. It was the opening lecture in the third series of lectures in the humanities.
"The unique value which displays art is expression," Dr. Osborne said. "Expression is a mental activity. An image can be an object that does not exist. Art is an image or a complex of images animated by a feeling."
800 Hear Osborne Open Humanities Lecture Series
"The unique value which distin-
Art is the image in the artist's mind, he stated. The form in which the artist makes the image available to other persons is not in itself art.
"The hedonistic, the moralistic, and the representative theories of art are fallacious," he said.
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The essential characteristic of the hedonistic or materialistic theory of art is pleasure, Dr. Osborne explained. Pleasure is not a quality which is found only in art. A fallacy therefore exists because "art must have some unique value which distinguishes it."
The same fallacy is to be found in the moralistic theory of art. Moralizing functions are found in things that are not art.
Dr. Walter R. Agard, chairman of the classics department at the University of Wisconsin, will be the next guest speaker in the humanity series on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Erwin David, From Holland Finds Americans Scientific
The third fallacious theory described by Dr. Osborne was the representative theory which defines art as the imitation of artistic qualities.
Bitter Bird Needs Staff;
Meeting To Be Held Tonight
Persons interested in becoming staff members of the Bitter Bird, campus humor magazine, will meet at 7.30 p.m. m today in the Student Union Activities office.
Jobs are open on the editorial and business staff. Members of last year's staff and prospective new members are asked to attend.
By STEVE FERRO
Americans are more scientific, hospitable, and wealthy than Europeans, but are less thrifty and have less knowledge about foreign relations, believes Erwin David, from University of Delft in Holland.
"Americans marry younger than the Dutch," said David. "They get married before they are economically able. They are strange; they buy things they can't pay for and then get an offer to pay for the merchandise.
"Holland, half as large as Kansas, has nine million persons," commented Dayid. "Since distances are short and cars are expensive, there are four million persons who own bicycles. It's dangerous for a car driver because bicycle riders outnumber them 50 to 1.
David, 23, has been in the U.S. for two months. He is working as a radio repairman at Lawrence hardware until he can save enough money for tuition at the Univer- city.
"Most men in Holland wear knee length trousers. But Americans would laugh if I walked down the street that way!"
"In Holland it is impossible to work and save money for school," he said. "A person can hardly earn enough money to live comfortably!
"I have bought and paid for a Model A car after working only five weeks," he beamed. "In Holland a person must be wealthy to own a car. Businessmen own cars for necessity rather than luxury. My employer in Holland, a chief engineer for a telecommunications industry with 40,000 employees, has no car.
When the German army invaded Holland he was taken as a civilian prisoner and sent to a concentration camp.
"I spent 22 months in seven camps, then was liberated by the Russians. After liberation I spent four months trying to get home from Odessa, Russia, because the Germans hadn't been defeated yet."
"Health insurance is required of all citizens of Holland. Two per cent of a worker's salary goes to the government and to insurance company. But when a worker is sick the government pays him 70 per cent of his salary."
"No one wants to learn Dutch so we must learn the other languages," lamented David. "An American who speaks only English can visit Holland and be understood by practically everyone.
David, who has finished two years of college in Hillard, has studied three years of English, four years of German, and seven years of English and German are re in high school, and French is required in both high school and grade school.
Deadline Set For Nominations
Nomination petitions for freshman class officers and representatives to the All Student Council must be submitted to Wilma Shore, A. S. C. secretary, by Oct. 25.
Those positions open are president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and two representatives, one man and one woman.
For information on procedure for those not in organized political parties call Melvin Clingan, chairman of the A. S. C. elections committee.
AWS To Sponsor Student Talks
Self-government will be discussed in each organized house and at all precinct meetings this week. The discussions will be led during dinner at organized houses and at regular meetings of precincts by fourteen University women divided into groups of two.
The "Why and Wherefore of Self-Government" is a part of the "Education for Self-Government" series of discussions being sponsored by Associated Women students. Mabel Conderman, business senior, is chairman of the committee.
Why self-government is important; a woman's opportunity for participation in the ampups and her place in setting sovereignty standards will all be discussed in the talks.
Discussion leaders and the houses and precincts they will visit are as follows: Marjorie Crane and Barbara Qwinn, College sophomore, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Micron Pi, and Chi Omega; Doris Kendall, College sophomore and Mary Hercules, business senior, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, and Kappa Alpha Theta; Sally Garland, College sophomore and Patricia Rutledge, College senior, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Kappa, Pi Beta Phi, and Theta Phi Alpha; Barbara Hagan, College sophomore, and Sue Boy, Journalism junior, Carruth, Templin, Monchorsia, Hopkins, Jolliffe, and Locksys halls; Alberta James, College sophomore, and Esther Williams, College junior, Corbin, Foster, Watkins, and Miller halls, and Harmon Co-op; Peggy Wolfe, Journalism junior, and Joanne Dyer, College freshman, precincts one, two, three, and four; Jo Pownall, College senior, and Helene Steinbuchel, College sophomore, e six, seven, and eight.
Professor Visits Cleveland
Thomas Schocken, assistant professor of architecture, is in Cleveland this week attending meetings of the American Society of Public Officials and the American Institute of Planners.
WEATHER
KANSAS—Warmer weather is returning to the Sunflower state. The weather forecast called for fair today and tonight. Warmer west and north. Thursday generally fair and warmer. High today 70 to 75, low tonight 40 to 45.
University Senate To Seat Students On Committees
The inclusion of students on three committees of the University senate was voted Tuesday by the senate at its first meeting of the year.
The University senate is the all-school faculty governing body. Those with the rank of associate professor and above are members.
Two students to be appointed by the All Student council will serve in the committees for athletics and physical recreation, for eligibility to non-athletic activities, and for honors and honor organizations. For several years students have been members of the calendar committee and the convocations and lectures committee.
Prof. George Anderson, chairman of the history department, was elected secretary of the senate, succeeding Calvin VanderWerf, professor of chemistry.
Film highlights of the world series and recent football games will be shown at a meeting for freshman men at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Henley house. The meeting is being sponsored by the University Y.M.C.A.
The year's first meeting was mostly routine but Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced that two special meetings would be called during the fall. One will be to consider a new codification and simplification of the senate's regulations. At the other a special advisory committee on general education will present a detailed report. Prof. M. D. Clubb, chairman of the English department, is chairman of the latter group.
Sports Films To Be Shown
Two other meetings for the week were announced by M. David Riggs, Y.M.C.A. general secretary. The first is a faculty forum from noon until 1 p.m. Thursday in the Pine room of the Union. Russell Barrett, instructor in political science, will be in charge of the forum. The other is a first meeting of the year for the Co-wed club, a group for young married couples, which will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday, the place to be announced later in the official bulletin.
Four new cabinet members were appointed by Robert Davis, Y.M.C.A. president. They are Dale Spiegel, College senior, A.S.C. representative; Harold Miller, College junior and law, political effectiveness; Dwight Oglebsbe, engineering junior, recreation; and Gerald Peterson, education sophomore, world community.
Speech Dean Will Speak Here
James McBurney, dean of Northwestern university's School of Speech, will address a department of speech convocation at 4 p.m. Friday, on the subject of "Speech in Modern Education."
Another convocation, and speech by Dean McBurney will be at 8 p.m. Friday on "The Audience Talks Back," in Fraser theater. Admission to the evening talk will be by student activity ticket.
The addresses by Dean McBurney are part of an annual Kansas High school debate and speech conference, which will be held Friday and Saturday Oct. 14 and 15 at the University.