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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
APRIL 1.1946
Better Inspect American Policy Before Criticizing Russia, Ise Says
Russia is afraid of the atomic bomb, uses bad manners in her dealings, and has reason to look with suspicion at the United States.
These ideas were expressed by three members of the faculty in a discussion of Russian and American relations.
Frank T. Stockton, dean of the School of Business, John Ie, economics professor, and Hilden Gibson, professor of political science and sociology, all speakers in the University at Peace series, were the faculty members in the discussion.
They stated that powerful forces in the United States department of state appeared to be trying to start a war with Russia. Dean Stockton held that economic interests of the two countries made the idea of war less likely.
Countries don't avoid war because they lack money or certain resources. Professor Ise answered when questioned as to whether Russia was financially able to wage war.
"Both are 'have' nations," Dean Stockton said.
"The trouble is the Russians use bad manners in their dealings. Probably got them from us," he explained.
"The Russians want governments on their borders friendly to them," Professor Ise continued. "We deplore her spheres of influence in these states which lie at her own door step, while, on the other hand, we impose our own on Korea, more than 7000 miles from our shores."
"Russia," asserted Professor Gibson. "is afraid of the atomic bomb and her current bravado is merely whistling in the dark."
Russia has reason to look at us and wonder, Professor Ise declared, "With the United States record of dealing with the tolerating fascist groups and states (Spain and Argentina for example) it is no wonder the Russians look at us with suspicion. We consider it necessary to dictate the policies of South America and would really howl if the Mexican or Canadian governments were unfriendly toward us. Yet we are critical of the Russians holding the same point of view with regard to their borders."
Professor Ise blamed our attitude toward Russia on war exponents, especially in the state department, while Professor Gibson cited fear as
the source of our feeling toward Russia.
Directly questioned as to the chances of a war with Russia all three answered in the negative.
Dean Stockton said, "The only thing that would cause a war between Russia and the United States would be rivalry."
Professor Ise said, "I would not forecast a war within the next week or 25 years."
Professor Gibson said, "I don't see any reason in the Russian economy that should cause us to go to war with them."
Part of Fraser Meant for Insane (Well...)
Several early campus pictures are now in the "display case" near the central desk in Watson library. One is of Fraser hall in 1882. The hall looked then like it does today—but the background has changed.
Would Fraser hall, 64 years ago interest you?
An explanatory note, based on "Across the Years on Mt. Oread", by Dr. Robert Taft, of the chemistry department, states that "the frame entrance has been replaced by a stone portico, originally designed for a building at the State Insane asylum at Osawatomie."
There is a picture of the first University building (in 1859), that stood where Corbin hall now stands. An accompanying note says that when the plans for Fraser were laid in 1870, the campus was moved to the southern part of the hill to allow for expansion.
The stone cutters made a mistake, and the portico could not be used here; the portico was shipped to the University and "stuck" on the front of Fraser hall.
A third picture shows Fraser hall, old Snow hall (built in 1885, and located within 50 feet of Watson library), and a few other buildings. An aerial view of the campus completes the picture display.
O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter.
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State Accountants To Work A Month on Annual Visit
The annual audit is now being conducted in the Business office, Karl Klooz, Bursar, announced today. Several accountants from the state accountants' department are needed for nearly a month to go over all the books. The work this year is in charge of Karl Kliewer.
"The increased enrollment foreseen for next year probably will not affect the length of time needed to audit next year's accounts," Mr. Klooz stated, "except in the case of veterans under the Public Laws. Their cards may have to be gone over individually, because the government is paying expenses for them."
Houston. (UP)—Her divorce could wait but a pair of nylons couldn't, a pretty young divorce-seeker told Judge Ben Wilson.
Nylons Come Before Divorce
She showed up two hours late for the hearing yesterday and explained:
yesterday and explained:
"On the way down to court I saw a nylon line and couldn't keep from getting in it."
At the Tone of the 10-Ton Bell It Will Be Exactly—Dismissal Time
She got the divorce but not the nylons. They were gone before her turn came.
One of the work-a-day jobs of the campanile, (that's a bell tower, son) to be constructed north of Frank Strong hall as part of the World War II memorial, will be to sound "class dismissed" for the University.
The music-producing part of the campanile is the carillon, a set of about 50 chromatically-tuned bronze bells, ranging in size from the jumbo bass to the 15-pound soprano.
An English firm, either Johnson's or Taylor's, will mold the bells. Kenneth Postlethwaite, Memorial association director, said. A set of 52 costs about $100,000.
The bells hang in tiers on a steel frame near the top of the tower. The carilloneur, or "organist," controls them from the keyboard room. Levers connect the keyboard to hammers which strike the rims of the bells and produce the tone. The carilloneur hits the large oak or ivory keys with clenched fists.
"The person who will play our carillon will have to be brawny," Mr. Postlethwaite commented.
Work on the campanile is expected to begin in June, 1947, and will be finished in about eight months. According to preliminary architects' plans, the tower will be between 150 and 175 feet high.
In the base will be a Memorial hall, with arches opening on four sides. The tower itself contains the carillon room, keyboard room, shower and dressing rooms for the carilloneur, and an observation room, with views of the Kaw and Wakarusa valleys.
Besides using the bass bell for dismissing classes and sounding the hour and half-hour automatically, the whole carillon will be played before and after the church hour in connection with various University ceremonies.
Kansas was the 34th state to enter the Union.
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