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Manhattan. (Special)—In order to make its college students better citizens, Kansas State college recently has installed the Institute of Citizenship.
K-State Students Study Citizenship
Suggested courses for the fall semester are Freedom of Responsibility, Political Economy in Democratic States, and War and Peace in the World Community. It is expected that the enrollment in courses will grow, and that eventually the Institute will become a large department in the college.
Speakers which the Institute has sponsored include Dr. Ruben Gustavson and Hugh P. Raney, atom bomb specialists; Paul Appleby, of the United States budget department; and Mordecai Ezekiel, economist.
Take One, Not Both,
Former K.U. Prof Says
It was started from a $100,000 grant from Volkers Charities, Kansas City, Mo. Robert W. Walker and Carl Tjarsanden were hired to head the department. Classes were started this semester. Speakers were engaged to speak at assemblies, and interest rose among the students.
Washington. (UP) - Would you rather achieve fame or live to a ripe old age?
You must take your choice, according to a leading sociologist, because the two do not generally go together.
Courses are taught around the theory that reading, speaking, thinking, and writing are the essential tools for citizens. American Democratic Ideas was the first course offered. Students read the Declaration of Independence, Federalist papers, writings of Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. The books are the teachers, with Walker and Tjerandsen merely directing the discussion. All books for the course are furnished by the Institute.
He based his conclusion on a study of Americans listed in Who's Who. He found that these great and interesting people are not reaching their life expectancy.
Dr. Mapheus Smith, selective service sociologist and former University of Kansas professor, today said that it is the little known people who have a much better chance of living to an old age.
The reasons for their shorter lives, he said, was the mental strain, lack of exercise, overwork and erratic hours that generally accompany fame in modern times.
Wheeler 'Wows' Sunflower Village Wives
Veterans' wives at Sunflower Village get a kick out of Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler's antics, during his lecture on "Psychology of the Child," last week.
Hitler's Banquet Silver Now Used By Ex-Captain Anderson's Baby
Leo J. Anderson, Jr., 10 months old, may be said to have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth—Adolf Hitler's spoon.
The spoon, knife and fork that little Leo uses are part of a 100-piece set once owned by Adolf Hitler and used at state dinners and banquets. The set was sent home as a war trophy by Leo J. Anderson, Engineering sophomore.
Anderson, a former army captain, found the silverware in the vaults concealed in the tunnels connecting the various state buildings in Munich. He was commanding officer of the headquarters company of the 1269th engineer battalion, serving as part of an intelligence task force constituting the first Allied military personnel in advanced areas. The silverware was found during one of the search missions in the tunnels beneath the Reichschancellery.
"The silverware was hidden in large vaults along with Nazi party records, state papers, Goering's art collection, furniture, antiques and quantities of German marks. I was inclined to believe that the treasures had been buried with the thought that later they might be used by the Nazi party.
"The doors to the vaults had been cemented over but caretakers pointed out their location in return for food and cigarettes," he said.
The state seals and the initials "A.H." for Adolf Hitler are on each piece of the silverware from the tiniest spoons to the largest gravity
ladles and the large casseroles and bowls. The number "800" marks each piece, which Anderson said indicated that eight hundred one-thousandth per cent pure silver was used.
Leo, Jr., is the privileged character of this family. "We don't use any of the silverware except that which the baby uses," his father said.
Besides the war souvenir of silverware, Anderson has a luncheon set and a matchbox thought to have been owned by Hitler. The luncheon set is decorated with the state seal and Hitler's initials and the matchbox which shows signs of use carries the initials "A.H."
Transportation of the heavy silver would have been a problem if headquarters had not declared the set a war trophy.
"As it was," Anderson explained, "I was able to mail it home." The set is complete with the exception of about six pieces.
Anderson attended the University for two years before leaving in January, 1942, to work as a civilian employee for the corps of engineers. He entered the army in July, 1942 was later commissioned and sent overseas. He returned to this country in September, 1945, received his discharge in December and reentered K.U. at the beginning of the second semester.
"No man can tell me that America with its glorious mixture of races, of creeds - its Jews, its Catholics, its Protestants - can lose the peace."
Rawlins County Farmer Will Receive Award
Dwight & Susenhower
Gatlin owns a 320-acre farm near Atwood, will receive a $100 U.S. Savings bond, a scroll and a gold lap button presented in behalf of W. G. Skelly, president of the Skelly Oil company.
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Chicago. (UP)—Fred T. Gatlin, Rawlins county farmer, will receive the W. G. Skelly award for superior achievement in agriculture at a breakfast in his honor here Saturday.
Annapolis, Md. (UP)—Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush, president of the University of Missouri, today was named chairman of the naval academy's 1946 board of visitors.
KSC Begins Post-War Building Program
Manhattan. (Special) -Dormitories for men and women, Student Union, chapel, small animals research laboratory, and a field house are included in the immediate post-war building program at Kansas State College. All buildings will be constructed of natural limestone.
M. U. President Elected
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The State Board of Regents has approved a plan for building part of the Student Union with funds now available, rather than waiting until the entire building can be constructed as a unit. The completed building will cost about $1,000,000, with about half that amount available now.
The second proposal is to construct the entire shell of the building without finishing all of the interior. Under this plan lounges, dance floors, and the cafeteria would be omitted.
One proposal is to build the subbasement, basement, and first floor. This would provide the recreation unit, including bowling alleys, ballroom, lounges, and post office.
Kansas State's war memorial will be a $200,000 chapel. Plans are not completed yet. The chapel will seat about 250 persons, and will include chimes and an organ.
MacArthur's Son Plays, Composes Piano Music
Tokyo, (UP)—Arthur MacArthur, eight-year-old son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, has written two compositions for the piano and is considered by those close to the family to be a musical prodigy.
"He loves music and practices for hours at a time on his own initiative," said one of the few persons able to penetrate the screen of secrecy MacArthur maintains around his slightty-built son.
The boy has been taking music lessons since he was four and a half years old.
May Split From Democrats
Chicago. (UF)—The possibility of a split in Democratic party ranks developed today with the announcement that Progressive farm and labor leaders met secretly here during the weekend to discuss formation of a third party.
A honeybee visits some 200 flowers to gather a load of pollen on a single trip.
Paintings on Exhibition In Spooner Thayer Museum
Twenty-two water color paintings by contemporary American artists will be on exhibition in the north gallery of Spooner Thayer museum until April 28.
These paintings are studies of living scenes in American art, and are circulated by the Kansas State Federation of Art, through the courtesy of the Great Central Galleries and the Milch Galleries.
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