University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1948
Lawrence. Kansas
Arts Show Trends Of Social Mind, Keniston Says
The poets, authors, and artists of any age are the keynotes to understanding it. Dr. Haywood Keniston, dean of the College at the University of Michigan, said Tuesday night in the third humanities lecture.
"Every period has writers which chronicle its end. A few seers and too much a part of the present to phophors can see tomorrow and perhaps bring tomorrow about. We are much a part of the present to discern trends of our times. The way to discover them is to watch the writers and poets to see what they think and write about," he said.
mature.
The speaker, a Harvard graduate, used the flat 'r' which gave his talk an accent quite foreign to this vichinca. Reading his speech through steel-timmed glasses, the gray-suited doctor held the interest of the 400 persons present during his entire talk.
think and write Dr. Keniston was introduced by W. H. Shoemaker, professor of romance languages,
The "despatic reign of science" will soon end, said the dean. For years we have been taught that only cold scientific thinking was of any value. We will soon end in favor of a reawakened social consciousness, which will bring on a welcome change to more emotional thought. Art and literature will regain their rightful places. Science can do nothing for the morals and the soul of a nation, the doctor emphasized.
doctor emphasizes. To illustrate his point, the dean spoke of 18th century France. There he said the government under Louis XIV and his two successors was totally isolated from the people. If they had listened to the writers of the day they may have detected the resolution which burst about their heads.
heads Satire Around People
Through the use of satire, the writers of that day succeeded in making the church and the government look silly to the people, the gray-haired dean said. The new type of thought soon worked its way into the minds of the people who decided to end the current regime. In 1789, the Eastille was stormed starting one of the bloodiest revolutions of modern times.
ern times.
The men who had the most to do with the starting of the new thinking in France were, among others, the Rousseaues, a painter, a lyric poet and a philosopher; Francois de Vallière, who the dean described as one of the most paradoxical men in history; and Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, jurist and philosopher. Jean Jacques Rousseau, who fought long for the freedom of man exerted an influence still felt in American education. De Montesquieu influenced the writers of the U. S. constitution, said Dean Keniston.
Pharmacy Schools Elect Clark Head
Prof. R. W. Clark of the School of Pharmacy has been appointed chairman of the sixth district of the American Association of the Colleges of Pharmacy. The appointment was made by the president of the association.
Professor Clark will preside at the March 15 and 16 meeting of the association to be held at Oklahoma City.
The sixth district includes Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
kansas, and Louisiana.
Dr. Edward Ireland of Loyola University of the South and former associate of Professor Clark at the University of Wisconsin, is the secretary of the district.
Voting Until 7:30 Dance Cancelled
Voting in the Independent Student association election will continue until 7:30 tonight. If you are a member of I.S. A. and have not yet voted, go to the lobby of the Union near the Jayhawker office. You can also vote in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall until 5 p.m.
the I. S. A. dance which was scheduled for tonight has been cancelled because of the Drake-K. U. basketball game, said Shirley Wellborn, president.
Election results, which Were to have been announced at the dance, will be published in tomorrow's University Daily Kansan.
Leap Year King Will Be Chosen
A leap year king will be elected at the March of Dimes dance sponsored by Alpha Omega February 6, Robert Petitt, chairman of the March of Dimes committee said yesterday.
All organized houses can submit one candidate each and the I.S.A. three candidates to represent independent houses. Petitt explained, Deadline for entries will be Wednesday, January 21.
Pictures of all candidates will be posted in the Union and iars provided for contributions in their support. The money will go into March of Dimes funds.
No Relief In Cold Wave
Dimes turns.
The 15 highest candidates will be announced February 5 and the king chosen from this number. The candidate with the largest amount to his credit at the conclusion of voting the night of the dance will be named king.
Rv United Press
Residents of northern states from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians huddled near their radiators today as the winter's first extensive cold weather sent the mercury tumbling below zero.
tumbling below Falls, Minn., was the coldest city in the nation early today. The temperature there dropped to 30 degrees below zero. Pembina, N. D. reported 25 degrees below zero, Duluth, Minn., 22 below and Alexandria, Minn., 20 below. It was one degree below zero at Chicago at 6:30 a.m. and several other cities reported sub-zero or near zero readings.
The cold weather extended as far south as New Orleans, La., where the temperature plunged to freezing at 5:30 a.m. It was 25 degrees at San Antonio, Tex., and 24 at Birmingham, Ala.
Prospects of congress increasing veteran's subsistence allowances are very bright, according to Chat Paterson, national chairman of the American Veterans committee.
Veterans May Get Pay Raise
Paterson said that Joseph Martin, speaker of the house, told him house action on the senate-approved bill could be expected near the beginning of the present session. The bill would allow $10 increases for single veterans and $15 for married vets.
she was conducted by the A. V. C.
last winter and spring show that
basic living costs far exceed present
allowances. Single vets were found to
be spending $105 a month and
married vets were spending $150.
Paterson said the AVC would press for amendment of the bill to provide increases of $25 for both single and married veterans.
CORE Secretary To Discuss Race Discrimination
The Rev. George Houser, executive secretary of the national Congress of Racial Equality, will speak at the University tomorrow and Friday on racial discrimination in America as an international problem.
caled as in
The Rev. Mr. Houser's first
lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
in the union ballroom. His second
sweecht will be at 4 p.m. Friday in
the English room of the Union. Both
lectures are sponsored by the Amer-
ican Veterans committee, the Negro
Student association, the Y. W. C. A.,
and the Y. M. C. A.
the Lawrence Community.
The Lawrence C. O. R. E. will hear the Rev. Mr. Houser at a regular weekly meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday at 1614 Kentucky street. He will discuss the C. O. R. E. technique of direct action to combat race discrimination. Friday night he will be guest of honor at a party sponsored by C. O. R. E. in the Lawrence Community building.
munity building. The Rev. Mr. Houser has been the director of racial workshops in Chicago and Washington, D.C. The purpose of the workshops is to discuss and experiment with the C. O.-R. E. approach to racial tension. Tests Segregation Policy
Tests Segregation In the spring of 1947 he organized the Journey of Reconciliation through the southern part of the United States. The trip was made to test the segregation policies of interstate buses and trains after the Irene Morgan decision of the supreme court. The Morgan decision declared state laws Requiring segregation on interstate buses and trains were unconstitutional.
Tuition Fees Won't Go Up
The Rev, Mr. Houser is an ordained Methodist minister and has attended Union and Chicago Theological seminaries. He is a graduate of the University of Denver and a former student at Lingnan university, Canton, China.
The University of Kansas will not follow the example set by the University of Missouri yesterday in raising fees for out of state students.
President Frederick A. Middlebush of Missouri announced that the minimum fee for out of state students had been increased from $45 to $75, effective next fall. Students from west of the Mississippi river except three Pacific coast states will be charged $125. Non-resident students from east of the Mississippi and three Pacific coast states will find their fees increased to $200. The $75 minimum includes foreign students and non-residents from seven bordering states.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott saith there is no plan at present to increase tuition in any form at the University.
Charles R. Freeburg, engineering junior, Tuesday, was elected president of the pledge class of Scarab professional architectural fraternity. Other pledge officers are Dwight C Horner, vice-president, and Paul Nricson, secretary-treasurer.
Fees for the second semester will remain unchanged, according to Hubert Brighton, executive secretary of the University's board of regents who said he knew of no plans to increase fees next year. ___
WEATHER
Scarab Elects Pledge Head
Kansas--Fair and continued cold today. Fair and warmer tonight and Thursday. High today in 20's east to near 30 west. Low tonight 15 to 25.
ASC Is Undecided On Kansan Probe
Quorum Disappears Before Action In UDK Investigation Is Completed
The question of just what to do about the University Daily Kansan now that it has been investigated by the All Student Council was left unsolved at the Council meeting Tuesday night.
Truman Sees New Depression
ture. The president's combined pleas and warnings came in his second annual economic report to Congress. The report saw the bad
Washington, Jan. 14—(UP)—President Truman called on Congress today to help achieve a "stabilized prosperity" by passing anti-inflation measures strong enough to remove the threat of a "severe" depression.
solved at the Columbia medical center.
The details of the investigation were given by Robert Wehe, chairman of the auditing committee. According to his report no definite answer has yet been obtained as to just what is done with the money made by the University Daily Kansan. Wehe claimed that the explanation of the use of Kansan funds depended upon what journalism professor was approached on the subject.
Appealing again for enactment of his 10-point inflation program, Mr. Truman said the steady climb in prices, wages and profits already had caused "serious hardship and presents grave concern for the future."
Mr. Truman's report said and good in almost equal proportion.
"When an inflation is in progress, there is no way of predict it when it will break of its own accord," he said.
OU Officials Try Loophole
Norman, Okla., Jan. 14-(UP) University of Oklahoma regents met today to discuss the far-reaching implications of the supreme court's ruling in the Ada Lois Sipulel case, but the members were not yet ready to make public their feelings in the matter.
It was believed the university reagents would carefully sidestep any public decisions in the racial issue pending receipt of the U.S. tribunal's mandate by the Oklahoma supreme court. The mandate requires Oklahoma—not just the university reagents—to provide immediate legal education for Mrs. Ada Lois (Siman) Fisher.
"We really believe this is a problem for higher authorities," said one OU regent.
However, the possibility remained that the two boards would agree that no first-semester freshmen courses would be offered by the law faculty here during the spring semester. Such action would bar Mrs. Fisher temporarily, some officials believed.
Eight To Get Commissions
Eight seniors in the University R. O.T.C. program are scheduled to receive commissions as second lieutenants upon graduation this spring. Col. John Alfrey, professor of military science, has announced.
Commissions in the artillery corps will be awarded to Thomas L. Burcert, and Robert A. Rudkin.
Commissions in the air corps will be awarded to Anderson W. Chandler, J. Glenn Hahn, John K. Higdon, and Ira Dean Jordan.
The whole discussion finally revolved around the point that either the Council had the constitutional right to regulate the University Daily Kansan as a student activity or it had no power at all over the paper.
"One professor," Wehe said, "would say the money was for a new press; another that it was being put aside for the possible lean years ahead." Kansan Board Criticized
Duane Postlethwaite, a member of the investigating committee, took the Kansan board to task. The Kansan board is the student policy-making body of the University Daily Kansan.
Postlethwaite said the board sented any action of the Council to place the Kansan under the same regulations governing other campus publications.
"The Kansan board should not be allowed to do anything they see fit or to maintain funds that neither the A.S.C. or the state auditor can check." Postlethwaite said. "The board should be willing to accept gentle, supposedly constructive criticism from the A.S.C. as an organ of the student body."
Theodore Utschen, council member, said he believed the whole investigation was unnecessary to begin with. He pointed out that the Kansan is the only self-supporting college daily in the country and was entitled to any profits it made. Utschen reminded the Council that none of the student staff of the Kansan received any pay for their services and that it was ridiculous to suspect that any of the journalism professors were making any money from the newspaper.
He quoted subscription rates from other colleges ranging from $2 to $10 for campus newspapers to show the contrast in price. The University Dally Kansan receives $1 a semester from each student activity fee.
'Why Bother?'—Utschen
Define ASC Powers
As the discussion grew the ranks thinned. Member after member slipped on his coat and quietly stole out of the Pine room. Before any decision could be reached about the University Daily Kansan, the meeting had to be discontinued for lack of a necessary quorum.
Earlier in the meeting, the Council granted the International club $150. One hundred dollars was earmarked for educational tours; the rest was appropriated for operating expenses. The Council specified that the money was not to be used for payment of debts.
Two Members Resign
Two Council members, William R. Cole and Whee, resigned their seats because they are to be graduated in February. Replacements have not been chosen.
Members present at the meeting were James Waugh, George Robb, Cole, Harriet Harlow, Nancy Welker, Helen Heath, Elizabeth Webster, Betsie Sheidley, Wehe, Postlethwaite, Robert Thayer, Edwin Kelley, Margaret van der Smission, Mary Jane Byers, Ruth Brown, George McCarthy, Philip Hill, Shirley Wellborn, Utschen, Arthur Ruppenthal.