UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
NOVEMBER 13, 1946
PAGE EIGHT
'Divorce Rising But Family Is Still Living'
"For every three marriages today there is one divorce." Miss Esther Twente, associate professor of sociology, stated in her speech on, "The Family, a Social Institution," at the Love and Marriage forum Tuesday afternoon in Fraser theater.
"This peresents more than 100 per cent increase in the proportion of divorces to marriage since 1900. It is one of the many symptoms indicating that something is wrong with the modern family," she added.
She advised the audience not to worry, however, for despite the reany symptoms to the contrary the family, as an institution, is not dying out.
"The same symptoms prevailed in ancient Rome, and more recently, in Russia, and still the Italian and Russian families exist," she said.
Chief among the reasons she advanced for the lack of modern family stability is that family members are no longer dependent upon each other as much as formerly.
"Besides the husband working, the wife frequently works out, and sometimes the children work out also," she declared. "This makes the children virtually independent, and is conducive to the weakening of the family ties."
The flexibility of our ideas of right and wrong is one of the reasons for our casual attitude toward divorce, she told the audience.
"The church used to say what was right and what was wrong and we accepted it," she said. "Now, under the influence of the age of science, we no longer accept wholeheartedly what the church says, so we are not clear in our minds as to what is right or wrong."
Student Store Gets Surplus G.I. Texts
The University has received more than 2,000 texts under the government's new surplus books for veterans program, L. E. Woolley, manager of the student bookstore, said today. Most of the books received are engineering texts.
Books are requisitioned from the Library of Congress and distributed by the University to veterans and become the property of the students upon completion of the course.
Strike Report (By United Press)
Two more homes of non-strikers were bombed in the Hollywood movie strike today, while at Washington the government sought to avert a threatened coal mine strike Friday by, getting out of the mining business.
Meanwhile, the 44-day shipping tie-up on the West coast neared settlement. Federal conciliators hoped it would end by nightfall. In another major labor dispute, two separate demands were made for government seizure of the strike-bound Transcontinental & Western air line
International Club Will Meet Tomorrow
"Student Life in My Own Country" will be the subject of talks by three foreign students at the International club meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Henley house.
Chi C. Chow of China, Aldo Aliotti of Italy, and Samuel Duran of Chile will be the speakers. At the business meeting, the club's constitution will be read and ratified.
The meeting is open to the public. Antonia Martinez, president, has announced.
Jewett, Schoewe Return
Dr. J. M. Jewett and Dr. W. H. Schoeve of the state geological survey have returned from Ada, Okla, where they attended the Oklahoma Mineral Industries conference held Nov. 8 and 9.
U.N. Delegate
This is C. J. Hamhro, head of the League of Nations and delegate to the United Nations organization from Norway, who will speak at convocation Monday morning. He is presiding over merging the League of Nations with the U.N. in New York.
Sauer Will Coach 'West' Grid Squad
George Sauer, Kansas football mentor, was named today as one of two assistant coaches for the West in the 1947 East-West Shrine all-star game, the United Press reported.
Sauer and Coach Honer Norton of the Texas Aggies will aid Lou Stiner of Oregon State, head coach for the West squad.
Andy Kerr of Colgate will pilot the Fast aggregation. His staff will be the same as last year, Bernie Bierman of Minnesota and Beattie Feathers of North Carolina State.
Germany Wants Exchange Students
K. U. students have received a letter from German students at the University Tubingen, Wurtemberg, Germany,
Turbingen students ask K.U. to help in promoting correspondence between American and German students, in exchanging lectures, and in holding foreign student discussions. They hope the plan will result in admission of German exchange students to American universities again.
Now in the office of Henry Werner, dean of student affairs, the letter was written by Bernhard Russ, Board of Foreign connections at the German university and approved by the Allied Military Government.
Copies of the letter have been sent to all organized houses on the campus by Willis Tompkins, assistant dean of men.
Six vocal solos and a single piano number will be heard at the weekly School of Fine Arts student recital at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Frank Strong auditorium.
Seven Numbers Will Be In Fine Arts Recital
Violinists appearing are Jess Rose, Bonnie Jean Stock, Wayne Landis, Mrs. Bernadine Galtheath, Kathryn Walter, and Sidney Dawson.
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, met with the housemothers of dormitories and sororities for a tea and a "get acquainted" meeting Tuesday in the English room of the Union. Mrs. Ralph Baldwin, Gamma Phi Beta housemother, presided at the tea table.
Jack Moehlenkamp will present a piano solo.
Meets With Housemothers
Parents' Night Tonight
Tenight is Parents' night at University High School. Hours are from 7:30 to 9.
Exchange Student Arrives From France
Lecomte Finds Coeds, Slang Fascinating
Roger Lecomte, recently-arrived exchange student from France today pondered advance notices on America which seem to him to belie what he has observed of the country.
"I expected to see people rushing about madly, always in a hurry and seldom taking time for leisure, but that is not true," he said.
The sight of New Yorkers seated in Central park, doing absolutely nothing was quite a surprise to him.
He is fascinated by American slang, he said, but hopes to be able to read and understand the sports page of a newspaper without consulting his dictionary. He explained that he speaks "British English" and wants to learn "American English."
of American women, but noted that their manner of dress "is more practical than in France" and expressed surprise that "so many more American women wear stockings than do French women." He also observed that KU. coeds are "very friendly."
Lecomte said he has not been here long enough to form many opinions
Although only 22, the blond, bespectacled graduate student holds two degrees from the University of Nancy, which he has attended since 1942. One degree is a "low graduate degree" and the other a "commercial engineer's degree," according to the nearest English translation.
His home is in the city of Epinal near the Vosges mountains in eastern France. During the war, Lecomte joined the French resistance group, the Maquis, with whom he was active during the winter of 1944
when General LeClerc's French army joined American forces in the Vosges thrust.
The contrast between University buildings and Lawrence homes struck Lecome as "somewhat strange".
"On the Hill there as so many imposing stone structures and in town I see mostly wooden bungalows," he said.
In general, Lecomte says he does not like American newspapers because they are "so full of advertising and not so full of news."
("I like the Daily Kansan because it is soo small and easy to read," he said.)
He is writing his doctor's thesis on "Economic Evolution of the United States."
Resentment Against Washington Elected Carlson, Writer Says
Public resentment against governmental controls had more effect upon Kansas voters than the issue of re-submitting the constitutional prohibition provision, and Harry Woodring probably lost more votes than he gained because of his old age pension promises.
These opinions wree given to University club members at a smoker Tuesday night by A. L. "Dutch" Shultz, political reporter for the Topeka State Journal.
Lieut. Gov. Jess C. Denious, publisher of the Dodge City Globe, accompanied Mr. Shultz and was a guest at the smoker.
In the 1934 election, Mr. Shultz explained, resubmission carried in five "wet" Kansas counties by 30,000 more votes than the 4,000 by which Mr. Wodring led in those same counties in the last election.
The resubmission issue undoubtedly will pose a dilemma for the legislature, he declared, because many legislators from dry areas will be on the spot if they vote for resubmission and the Republican legislature will be criticized if it doesn't vote to resubmit.
Table Tennis Contest Moves Into Finals
Play in the all-school table tennis tournament, jointly sponsored by the Table Tennis club and the intramurals committee of the Union. advanced to the semi-finals Tuesday night.
In the men's division, Wade Duncan will meet Paul Eros, and Ernest Warnken will meet David Cowley in semi-finals matches tomorrow.
In the quarter-finals, Duncan breezed past Hardy Scheuerman. Eros whipped George Brazier, Warnken defeated Harold Miller, and Cowley downed Martin Litwin.
Bonnie Stock sped into the finals in the women's division, meeting little opposition all the way. Marjorie Shrock was downed in the semi-finals.
Results of the semi-final match between Doris Tthen and Kathryn Van Dyke were not announced. The winner will meet Miss Stock in the finals.
A trophy will be presented to the winner in each tournament, club president David Cowley said today. The tournament will be completed tomorrow night.
THE BUS
(Adv.)
"It was just 10 years ago that 'Old Bessie' here got the same evation."
W.S.S.F. To Plan 'Mop Up' Campaign
The "mop-up" campaign for next week will be planned at the captain's meeting of World Student Service Fund drive at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Henley house.
Four five-man "flying squadrons" will be appointed to cover the private homes and rooming houses that have not been contacted, Meredith Heinsohn, co-chairman announced.
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