Woodruff Defines Disciplinary Stand
Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, today clarified the administration's stand on student discipline.
Dean Woodruff said that much of the misunderstanding of the system comes when students attempt to compare the University's policy to that of the court system. He said the University is completely independent of the courts.
KU is Not an Open Society
"We operate on the philosophy that the University is not an open society. The student comes to the University out of high school. It is the first time that he is on his own and likes to make his own decisions.
"If this student gets in trouble, we don't feel that it should be publicized as he may be trying out different things and ideas. This is in regard to cases which are not of a criminal nature." he said.
Mr. Woodruff explained that it is the parent of the student who is most hurt by the student's actions away from home. He said publicity would only tend to worsen the situation.
"We have discarded the old Jewish idea of an-eye-for-an-eve type punishment. This is evident in the argument over capital punishment today. It has been shown that capital punishment as a deterrent does not actually help reduce the crime rate.
No Code of Punishment
"If this thought against capital punishment is carried out to its logical end and applied to our problems here, it is seen that it is impossible to set up a code of punishment for certain incidents. The circumstances are always different," he said.
Dean Woodruff said that students often do not realize the full implications of cases. He said that in the TNE case two years ago involving three University students, the students were disciplined first by the University, and for that reason, "the three were let off in court."
(The charges against one student were dismissed because the city did not establish the identity of the defendant.
(Charges against the other two students were withdrawn because of insufficient evidence.
(The three were suspended from the University the day they were arrested and were later reinstated)
Dean Woodruff said that the University has centered its philosophy of discipline around "The University of Kansas Student Creed." The creed is the preamble to the ASC Constitution and is the pledge of loyalty all new students take at induction.
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Alderson to Discuss Discipline at Forum
Student discipline will be discussed at 4 p.m. today at the Current Events Forum in the Kansas Union.
Donald Alderson, dean of men; Bill Smith, Great Bend senior and chairman of the KU-Y committee investigating discipline, and Ron Dalby, Joplin, Mo., junior and student body president, are the members of the panel.
Storms Hit Area More Expected
A damaging tornado, heavy winds hail and electrical storms hit Kansas last night.
According to the KU weather observatory Lawrence got off light with only 1.60 inches of rain.
Weather Forecast
Showers and thunderstorms, light rain or drizzle are forecast this afternoon and tonight. Possible snow is forecast for the extreme northwest this afternoon. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy. Temperatures will range from 30 to 40 degrees tonight.
Tornado activity swept seven miles northwest of Wichita, while rainfall amounts yesterday and last night ranged up to 3.61 inches at Trading Post.
At least 32 persons were injured in Oklahoma City, near Pocasset and five at Moore, Okla., as tornadoes and winds up to 85 miles an hour lashed the state. Two tornado deaths were reported in Cromwell, Okla.
United Press International reports that hail the size of golf balls and drenching rains accompanied the damaging winds.
KU Music Symposium Begins on Monday
Two special guest composers will head the list of composers from over the nation who will convene at KU Monday through Thursday for the second annual Symposium of Contemporary American Music.
The two special guest composers are Bernard Rogers and Gail Kubik. Paul Hume, Washington Post music reviewer, will be guest critic.
The renowned Fine Arts Quartet will be here to perform works in the string quartet medium.
Mr. Rogers has won distinction as composer, teacher and orchestration authority. He is author of the book, "The Art of Orchestra," and has had many works published and recorded.
Mr. Rogers teaches at the Eastman School of Music and many well-known American composers have studied with him. His "Portrait for Violin and Orchestra" was premiered last year by the Cleveland Symphony and recently the Ford Foundation commissioned him to compose a major work for orchestra.
Last year he received an honorary music degree from Valparaiso University.
Leonard Sorkin and Abram Loft, violinist, Irving Ilmer, viola and George Sopkin, cello, have performed together since 1946.
Mr. Kubik, also a guest composer, holds the Pulitzer award and Prix of Rome award. He has a wide background in various media
The Quartet has made nationwide tours, records, broadcasts and TV appearances.
A quartet speciality is combining performance with teaching.
Since 1955 the quartet has spent the summers at Wisconsin University coaching and lecturing on chamber music and giving a concert series in which members comment from the stage on the works being performed.
He has been with the Post since 1946 and has written articles for "The Saturday Review" and other magazines. He is glee club director and associate professor of music at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
The Symposium committee has selected 40 works from 280 submitted for performance in categories of symphony, choir, chamber ensemble and solo composition. Concerts open to the public at no admission will be at 8 p.m. every day during the Symposium.
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57th Year, No. 132
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Phog Urges 'Gum-Footed' NCAA to Quit Snooping
Friday, April 29, 1960
Former KU basketball Coach F. C. (Phog) Allen, the man in the middle of the controversy over alleged monetary payments to Wilt Chamberlain, said today that the whole thing was based on a misconception.
"If these gum-footed falcons who have been snooping around here the past three years for the NCAA trying to get something on Chamberlain would go somewhere else, they would find a lot more stuff to investigate." Dr. Allen said.
The former coach said that a story in the Topeka Daily Capital this morning and carried over a national wire service quoting him as saying Chamberlain received $50 to $100 for night club appearances was taken out of context.
Dr. Allen had been quoted on a radio interview in Los Angeles earlier this week as saying that Chamberlain got from $50 to $100 during his college days for speaking engagements.
Quoted on Interview
"I referred to these instances merely to point out how great a personality Wilt is. Wilt could go anywhere and attract a great crowd. The point I was making is that he had lots of ways of making money so that he could easily pay for his car.
Robert B. Wanamaker, Topeka freshman, was fined $25 and sentenced to five days in city jail and the victim, De Ray Tanner, 2135 Massachusetts St., was treated at Memorial Hospital for lacerations of the head and face and later released.
A KU student was arrested and jailed last night after firing in the air and then clubbing a 50-year-old Lawrence man with a Winchester 30-30 rifle following a barroom argument.
Barroom Brawl Brings Sentence
Wanamaker was booked, charged,
fined $25 and sentenced to five days
in jail on a charge of discharging a
firearm in the city.
"He fired two times. I think it was just in the air. Then he ran up behind me and hit me on the side of the head with the rifle. I fell to my knees and tried to crawl to the building but then he hit me in the jaw with it."
The incident took place in front of the Kroger Grocery store, 9th and New Hampshire Streets, after the two had been drinking in a nearby tavern.
"Wanamaker then told me he was going to see how brave I was, put the rifle to my temple, and pulled the bolt," Tanner said. "He let the hammer fall three times to see if I'd flinch; I didn't."
"I told him I wanted to see how brave he was and asked him to go outside." Tanner continued. "He brought the loaded rifle with him so when I got outside I just started walking.
According to Tanner, the two had been in a heated name-calling session while in the tavern. At the height of the argument, Wanamaker left the table and returned in a few minutes with the rifle.
Tanner said he will see the County Attorney this afternoon at which time he will decide whether to file charges of assault or not.
Name-Calling Session
Wanamaker returned to the tavern where the owner took the rifle away from him and called the police.
Tanner said the KU student then went to the back of the room and came back with some shells for the rifle.
"I had no desire to stir up a controversy. I was merely explaining Chamberlain's finances. He is one of the few men who can attract people like that. He has never had a day that he was free from harassment.
WILT CHAMBERLAIN
Center of current controversy
He said that Chamberlain's appearances were not against any rules.
"Even before his first record came out I had record companies calling me up for his address to write to Wilt. When he was at KU, he packed the field house every night he plaved." Dr. Allen asserted.
"A lot of people might talk about it, but it's not irregular. Sure, the AAU would declare him ineligible," said the ex-coach, who has been continually at war with the AAU. "But the NCAA can't touch Wilt or what he did."
Athletic Director A. C. (Dutch)
Lonborg called Allen's remarks "so absurd, it's really funny."
Not Much Money
Mr. Lonborg said that Chamberlain didn't like to go places and certainly wouldn't get that much money for appearances.
"I'm sick of this Wilt Chamberlain thing. It's been going on for five years now. I wish we could close the book." Mr. Lonborg said.
Walter Byers, executive secretary of the NCAA, called the matter "complicated" and said, "It's something we couldn't ascertain without going into it."
He quoted the NCAA rules that say a student-athlete cannot be paid more for work than the going rate in the area and which forbid remuneration because of "publicity reputation, fame or personal following."
Herter Says U.S. Ahead in Science
TEHRAN, Iran — (UPI)—Secretary of State Christian A. Herter reassured America's Central Treaty Organization Allies today that the United States is moving ahead of Russia in the scientific field, authoritative sources reported.
He said the United States was able to do this by concentrating on more sophisticated, miniature and more effective weapons, the sources said.
Lecturer Urges Positive Outlook on 'King Lear'
A Harvard University professor of English said last night that Charles Lamb, the 19th century essayist, was the first Shakespearean scholar to see something positive about the outcome of Shakespeare's tragic play "King Lear."
Alfred Harbage, Humanities Series lecturer speaking on "King Lear and the Fierce Dispute," said until Lamb construed ultimate victory for the defeated king, writers were continually changing Shakespeare's ending of the play from one of utter defeat for King Lear to one of realistic victory.
"King Lear," often termed Shakespeare's most tragic work, deals with a king who rejects the love of his daughter only to find out, when it is too late, that her love was the most sincere.
Prof. Harbage, in telling of the play and its acceptance by the public, said that the play went through three definite cycles of public acclaim.
During these years the play was
"The first cycle was between the years 1605, when the play was written, and 1681, Prof. Harbage said.
presented in many theaters in England just as it was originally written, and 1681." Prof. Harbage said.
In the period between 1681 and 1812 critics rejected the utter tragedy of the original work.
Lamb Questions Need
Then in the 19th century Prof. Harbage continued, Charles Lamb questioned the need for men to change the play's ending just to yield to man's desire for reassurance.
"Lamb commented, 'Why torment us with all this unnecessary sympathy?' For Lamb, death was necessary to make a martyr of Lear.
"The King becomes a champion of love because of his imperfections," the scholar said.
No greater thing can be said about a man than to love and want to be loved, the speaker said.
Prof. Harbage said love is the play's main theme.
"Lear's future is open to possibili-ty." Harbage said, "for now he has his daughter back.
Dear dies draving the thing he has always had—his daughter's love." Prof. Harbage said. "For him the war is not won but it is not lost either."