University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 27. 1971
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Historian Stampp Explains Why He Changed His Mind
By DENNIS LINGLE
Kansan Staff Writer
"A pile of facts is no more history than a pile of lumber is a house," says historian Kenneth Stampe.
Gunnspup was speaking Tuesday night at the Humanities Lecture Series in Woodruff Auditorium. Stampp is presently the Morrison University professor and director of the University of California at Berkeley He is a noted authority on the American Civil War and on Reconstruction and has written several books, primarily used on high-level level on his speciality.
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"I am not going to thrust upon you those traditional justifications for studying the facts of what much confidence in the first of these is that we must study the past in order to understand the present." Stampm said, "and I think that we must avoid repeating past errors."
Stampp said those reasons for studying history were just "transparent self-justifications."
Another traditional justification is "we must study the past in order to understand the future." Stampp said.
"Historians are no better at predicting future than non-historians." he said.
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The next problem that a historian must overcome, according to Stampp, is that many historical documents are old and still may be iniars and only occasionally will tell the truth."
Stampp said a pile of facts only
became history when a historian told "why" they happened.
After his prefacing, Stampp unloaded the text of the speech the crowd had come to hear—how much did he think about mind about some of his own work.
Sampp cited three historical incidents on which he has said he was involved in his acquaintances who believe that a historian should remain silent.
The first incident concerns the conclusion that Stampp had made. He was a previous historian that slaves were economically a bad investment for the plantation and was unable to check the checking slave owners' records. Stampp had to change his mind about the slaves were worth the investment.
In Stampp's second testimonial, he said that after rereading his original conclusion in the book, he faced a crisis in the North and after the emergence of new evidence he changed his opinion once again.
The third case involves a political group in Indiana during the Civil War that Stamm originally thought was an nationally concerned group but later proved to be a highly racist.
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available to minority students," Rogers said.
By DEAN CAPLE
Kansas Staff Writer
Jerry Rogers, director of Financial Aid, said Tuesday that the charges made by Philip Gary, director of the Office of Urban Affairs, concerning KU's financial fraud were "totally unfounded."
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In an article published Monday in the Kansas it was reported that Gary had criticized the teacher as it applied to black students even in bigotry." Gary said that all black students who receive scholarships must be poor while white students is policy for white students.
Rogers said that there were two primary programs that awarded undergraduate degrees—undergraduate Educational Opportunity Grants.
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Rogers said that for the 1971-72 school year $340,000 was allocated for opportunity Grants. For undergraduate scholarships $355,000 was allocated. Rogers also allocated for grants or scholarships last year and about five out of those applicants received aid.
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Hogers said that in the application for the scholarship, he thought that there was no way that the office could tell whether an app was accepted.
The Educational Opportunity Grants program Rogers said, is to help those who have promising academic capabilities and come to terms with their education.
THE REQUIREMENTS for forming an unrestricted scholarship are that a record, financial need and participation in school and
The unrestricted scholarships are for those students enrolled, or preparing to enroll, in any undergraduate program.
Federal regulations, Rogers said, stipulate that 70 per cent of the grants awarded must go to students whose family's income is less than $8,000 while the remaining 30 per cent must go to students whose family's income exceeds $8,000.
show a need for $2,000. The more money can come from the University of Texas to fund National Defense Loans, scholarship funds or other expenses.
Rogers said the minority students who qualify are chosen by a committee of all black faculty and staff members.
The maximum amount that a student may receive is $1,000. To receive this amount he must
"in an effort to help minority students," Rogers said, "we have set aside 50 per cent of our initial money."
THE PROGRAM, Rogers said, is also set up to aid minority groups.
The initial money, Rogers explained, is money allocated for new applicants while renewal costs are funded for funding previous grants.
"It itse to me that this is honest effort on the part of the University to make financial aid
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