UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE EIGHT
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1949
A Broad View On Education Is Group's Aim
A well-rounded view of the problems of social structure and the adult education of a community are the aims of the Missouri Valley Adult Education conference. The conference, which is jointly sponsored by University Extension and the Missouri Valley Adult Education association, opened Thursday and will continue today and tomorrow.
At the first general session in Fraser theater, Thursday morning, the group was welcomed by Chancellor Deane W. Malott. An orientation period on adult education was led by Frank T. Stockton, dean of the University extension. A brief statement of the problems involved was given by D. Mack Easton, director of the bureau of state and community service at Colorado university.
"A fictious case giving sociological data is being studied by eight groups of 20 persons each. The case consists of the problems arising in "Center" county which includes a city of 14,000, a village of 1800, and a crossroads hamlet of 79." Dr. Dereue B. Graves, president of the Missouri Valley Adult Education association, said.
The groups, which are made up of different educational professions, will build the social structure, determine the problems, and arrive at the methods of solution. Each discussion group is led by a team consisting of a recorder, leader, counselor, and observer.
The case was written by Dr. Alice Sower, director of the Family Life institute, University of Oklahoma, and edited by Dr. Stockton.
"Civic and citizenship education and less factual, 'bookish' education was emphasized in the recommendation resulting from the first meetings of the groups." P. R. Stensland, professor of sociology at Kansas State college, said.
Other recommendations for an adult education program were: Education on spending of family income, or consumer education; improved communications between groups on different sociological levels through the use of better newspapers; and encouragement of inter-racial, inter-denominational, and inter-cultural groups to eliminate sectionalism.
'No Reds'
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matters, it will be a missstep. I signed a non-Communist affidavit at Columbia last year and wouldn't hesitate to do so again, but I would want it strictly understood that my colleagues and I remained free to discuss communism—and fascism."
John Ise, professor of economics,
stated, "I personally have no objection to signing the oath. The requirement will make it more difficult to get teachers here at the University.
Instructors resent having reflections thrown upon themselves. This oath suggests that many professors are Communists. Teachers ought to be and usually are more hostile to communism than any other class.
"The oath," he continued, "will encourage communism. Reds are fundamentally reactionary. They believe that the property-holding classes are in control and that they curb freedom. This measure will be used to prove their charge. In addition, no Communist would hesitate to sign the oath."
George B. Smith, dean of the School of Education, made the following statement. "I know of no one on the campus who not entirely loyal to the government of the United States and the American way of life. I personally, have signed at least three such statements on loyalty in the past here because of my connection with the army reserve and would be perfectly willing to sign another if it is the will of the legislature."
A Gentle Shove Comes In Handy
Because he heard the fluttering of pigeon's wings, Sidney Schiffer, professor of English, saved Herbert Wilner, also of the English department, from possible injury.
The two men were standing on the steps by the northwest entrance of Fraser during the high wind early Thursday afternoon. Professor Schiffer, upon hearing the pigeons, glanced up in time to see a section of drainpipe which had blown from the fourth floor of the building, hurting down on Mr. Wilner. He pushed Mr. Wilner from the path of the pipe and averted a possible accident.
Last December sections of ground around the northeast side of Fraser were roped off to prevent injury to students when fragments of stones fell from the building.
Fish Can Bark Or Even Click
Did you ever hear fish communicate with each other?
Before 1942 scientists would have termed a statement of this nature "utterly fantastic" and then forgotten completely about it. Since then, however, it has been proved that fish do make audible sounds. Some bark, others make a clicking sound, while still others purr like a kitten.
"Voices of the Deep," a sound color movie produced by Dr. Irwin A. Moon, director of the Moody Institute of Science, Los Angeles, which was shown Thursday in Lind. ley auditorium, is the first sound recording of the noises made by marine animal life. The showing was sponsored by Inter-Varsity Fellowship.
In 1942, following the perfection of the hydrophone, an underwater microphone used in submarine defense, the sounds made by marine life were first picked up. Electric control boards hooked up to the defense devices seemed to go "hay wire" every night. Instead of the usual regular pattern, such as a ship would make, the whole board would light up or a very irregular pattern would show.
After many months with army and navy officials trying to figure out this seemingly invisible submarine invasion of the United States, scientists, through careful experimentation, discovered the invasion to be nothing more than a school of croakers.
"Voices of the Deep" was filmed near Catalina island and in the marine aquarium, Marineland, Fla.
Six To Attend ACS Meeting
A University of Kansas breakfast will be held Tuesday, March 29, at the Hotel Whitcomb. Alumni, former students and staff members at the meeting will attend the breakfast.
Six faculty members will represent the University at a national meeting of the American Chemical society in San Francisco, Sunday. through Friday, April 1.
Those who will attend the meeting are A. W. Davidson, professor; Jacob Kleinberg, associate professor; W. J. Argersinger, Charles A. Reynolds and Paul W. Gilles, assistant professors; and Earl Barney, assistant instructor. All are from the chemistry department.
This is the 115th national meeting to be held by the American Chemical society. From 5,000 to 10,000 delegates are expected to attend.
Paul Snyder Has Operation On Retina Of His Eye
Paul Snyder, associate professor of piano, recently underwent a delicate operation to remedy a detached retina on an eye.
Professor Snyder is a patient in St. Mary's hospital in Kansas City.
In Berlin, East Meets West, 'Geographically' Speaking!
Berlin—This is Berlin—where East is East and West is West, with a guarded boundary in between. This winter a bombed bridge was rebuilt, spanning a river between the U.S. part of Berlin and the Soviet zone outside the city limits.
(Special to the University Daily Kansan)
Bv CARLA EDDY
She asked little Adam, "Adam,
who is the father of your country?"
"Joseph Stalin," came the-immediate
answer. "Very good," said the teacher.
"Now, Adam, who is the
mother of your country?"
Instead of the usual white tape which is cut at the dedication, this bridge sported the wooden barrier $ \textcircled{*} $
Adam hesitated a little, then resolutely replied, "Mother Russia!" "Excellent, Adam! Just one more question: What would you like to become?" Adam pondered, then suddenly became sure of his answer: "An orphan!"
and sentry box characteristic of international frontiers. A German newspaper commented that the cut tape was symbolic of giving traffic a free throughfare, while the barrier impeded traffic. "One bridge more, one connection less to Berlin," it concluded saddly.
What goes on across the border is of interest on both sides, of course. Last week a teacher in the Soviet sector of Berlin told his history class that an order required him to teach only Russian history; he was sorry, but there was no alternative.
It seems a high functionary of the education administration was to visit a Warsaw school. One of the teachers was looking for an especially intelligent pupil, who would be able to answer all the inspector's questions perfectly.
In less than two hours a student had told another teacher who was the school "informer," and an official from the city administration arrived. He sternly reprimanded the history teacher before the entire faculty.
"But that was quite true," defended the teacher. "We did receive such an order."
In the face of such methods, jokes and stories leak out. Like this one from Warsaw, Poland, which reached the Berlin press this week.
The matter could have been more favorably handled, he was told. All these persons are Germans. The informer and the administrator are, of course, Communist party members.
There is some education going on in the Soviet zone of Germany about the United States. Recently a 15-year-old German girl moved into the U.S. part of Berlin, and landed in the classroom of my friend, a German teacher. In the student's exercise book was her composition on "America, the Land of Freedom?" This is probably all she had been taught about the United States. She wrote in German:
"Formerly political persecutees from the European nations often fled to America, there to live in freedom. At the entrance to the harbor of New York, one can see from afar the 45-meter copper Statue of Liberty, which is regarded as a symbol of the freedom of America. Unfortunately, when one looks closer, American liberty of today proves a glittering illusion, behind which not unlimited possibilities but extremely sharp contrasts are apparent."
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Then followed a treatise on the treatment of racial minorities in the United States.
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"The Negroes must work hard and are sometimes treated like cattle. Negroes are not allowed to board the trains of the white people, since the whites sit on upholstered seats, and the Negroes on wooden ones. In the army, the colored soldiers are treated worse than the white soldiers. The white person is not permitted to marry a Negro. The Negroes are mocked by whites and are not allowed to go to their schools. That is called liberty in America. . . From this and many other examples one can see what kind of liberty exists in America in reality."
Plaintiff Receives $6
Salem, Mass.—(U.P.)—After deliberating for 19 hours in a $50,000 damage suit, a jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, $6.
Just A Reminder!
that Herman Welders will be back Sat. nite.
Come on out for
Dinner and Dancing
The 24-40 Club
Bridge Tourney Set For Monday
Eliminations to secure a team to represent Kansas in the forthcoming Big Seven Bridge tournament will be held at 7:15 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the Union ballroom. Any undergraduate student is permitted to play.
The eliminations will take the form of a regulation duplicate bridge tournament with the two highest pairs being qualified for the conference play.
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