PAGE EIGHT
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1948
Ex-Nazi Returns To US; Pleads For Lost Citizenship
A former Lawrence resident who joined the Nazi party and served in the German army arrived in New York Oct. 29, and is expected here in a week or two to press for restoration of his U.S. citizenship.
Harry Ward Zimmer, 43, brother of Dr. L. K. Zimmer of 621 East Fifteenth street, was back in this country to follow an appeal filed in the U.S.
district court in Topeka to regain his $^{\textcircled{}}$
Harry Ward Zimmer, 43, brother teenth street, was back in this countr district court in Topeka to regain his citizenship. Mr. Zimmer said U.S. military government authorities in Bavaria and the consul general in Munich notified him that his citizenship had been lost because he served in the German army and was a Nazi. He then got in touch with his brother here in Lawrence and legal counsel was arranged.
Dr. L. K. Zimmer, Lawrence surgeon, said that his brother would probably be here "in a week or two" with his eight-year-old daughter, Iona.
Dr. Zimmer said his brother sought restoration of his citizenship on the basis that he did not take an oath of allegiance to Germany. "My brother says that he feigned a fainting spell while the oaths were being administered and was not required to take them." Dr. Zimmer said.
However, Dr. Zimmer said, "There is no way he can prove he did not take the oath, because the part of Germany where he was inducted is now in the Russian zone."
Nicholas S. Lopez, Lawrence attorney, is representing Mr. Zimmer in his appeal. Mr. Lopez, former assistant attorney general of the state of New York, said, "Mr. Zimmer's petition is based on the fact that he was inducted against his will into the German army since he was put in fear of immediate injury to himself or his wife."
His mother also was warned by the Gestapo that any attempt to get outside aid would result in the entire family being put into a concentration camp. Mr. Lopez said that Mr. Zimmer's father was a naturalized citizen, but his mother was born in Wheeling. W. Va. Both returned to Germany after living in the U.S.
The petition filed in the U.S. district court in Topeka asks that Mr. Zimmer and his daughter, Ilona, be
declared nationals and citizens of the U.S., and that they be issued passports permitting them to remain in this country, Mr. Lopez said. They are now here on a six-month certificate of identity issued by the U.S. consul general in Munich.
In 1938 Mr. Zimmer left Lawrence to return to Waldershof, Germany, where his father owned a china factory. He was drafted into the German army in June, 1940, and was made a corporal in the air force. The Germans always were suspicious of him and never gave him key positions or a combat assignment," Mr. Zimmer said.
"I was for a time a member of the Nazi party," he said. "I felt that I would rather pay a fee to the party and have my peace."
Need For US Aid In Java Discussed
Aid needed by the Javanese from the U.S. was the theme of a short talk given by Soey Bong, College sophomore, from Botoeroesa, Java, at the International club Oct. 28.
Bong stressed the dire need of his people for help in the present conflict and gave a short history of the Indonesian islands.
Marjorie Lee Crane, College sophomore; and J. Vaughn Grimes, College senior, spoke on "The Importance of Foreign Students to the University."
Different members of the club lead the group in songs of their countries. Refreshments were served and membership cards distributed.
ALEXANDRA DANILOVA
Alexandra Danilova will dance the principal role in four ballets to be presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Monday, Nov. 8 in Hoch auditorium. The program is the second in the University concert series, and will present a program given in Carnegie hall in October.
KU, MU Debate At Teachers Meeting
J. Steve Mills and Kent Shearer, College sophomores, will debate with two students from the University of Missouri at the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Thursday, Nov. 4. The subject will be "Federal World Government", and the debate will be held in connection with the state teacher's meeting there.
On Saturday, Nov. 13, teams from the University of Kansas, Kansas State college, and Wichita university will debate at Manhattan.
College Without The Quizzes Is Swiss Way, Native Tells
Alexander Weilennmann attended a large university for three years and was never given a test or quiz. Neither were his fellow collegians.
Weilmann, a native of Zurich, Switzerland, is doing graduate work in history at K.U. under a part time professorship sponsored by the Institute of International Education. As a part of the program he is an assistant instructor in German. $\textcircled{4}$
The absence of tests in Wilenmann's collegiate study at the UniSwiss educational system. State-versity of Zurich is a part of the owned high schools maintain rigid academic standards and generally require one or two years more work than American high schools. The final examination given students who do not attend these recognized schools is one of the most difficult
Engineers See Construction Feats
Senior civil engineering students at the University were guests of the Kansas highway commission on a field trip Oct. 29. The students visited a number of civil engineering projects between Lawrence and Kansas City.
Points visited included a highway paving project in Reno county, the new Santa Fe Hump yard in Kansas City, and the Mission township sewage disposal plant. A number of bridges and viaducts were seen in various stages of construction.
Engineers from the Highway commission furnished automobiles for the 11-car caravan led by the state highway patrol. The state engineers served as guides, answering questions concerning engineering problems involved in the projects visited
The students were entertained at a lunchroom in Kansas City given by the Highway commission. D. D. Haines and C. M. Crosier, professors in the civil engineering department, accompanied the group on the tour.
tests of its kind. Consequently a high school graduate is considered a well-educated person.
In contrast, the college student in Switzerland has a great deal of freedom. Schools of the German pattern require only that you pay your tuition and carry at least six hours a week. Doctorate degrees are the only ones given and the preparation for them is left to the student. He may choose his schedule from all courses offered and is not required to attend class meetings. In every liberal arts course the professor is the authority. There are no texts. As a result of this freedom many students do little reference work in their early years in college.
Commenting on this situation,
Weilmann said, "I had a very good friend who was in his final year of preparation for the doctorate exam.
For nine months I hardly saw him."
Ernest Baenninger who is doing graduate work in economics at University is also an assistant Instructor in German under the same program.
He did most of his undergraduate work at the Swiss School of Economics in St. Gallen, his home. Here the French pattern is in effect and final examinations are given each year. The school allows all the other academic freedoms of the German pattern. Baenninger received a license, or the American equivalent of a master's degree.
"The personal freedom of Swiss college students is worth many, many credit hours," he said. "It is such a complete contrast from the rigid high school program. If I had to pass the high school examination now it would take me at least one full year of preparatory study."
GEORGE K. MELVIN Republican
An Outstanding Graduate of K.U.
Vote Right Vote Republican
FOR STATE SENATOR