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Senior Gift Vote Set Tomorrow
The Class of '60 votes tomorrow on which class gift to present to the University, at the annual Senior Coffee from 10 a.m. to noon in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
There are four suggestions before the class. They are;
- A south entrance-marker to the campus on Naismith Road similar to the marker at the west edge of the campus on the Campanile Memorial Drive.
- An electric scoreboard and dug-outs for the teams at Quigley Field.
- A life insurance program for each senior which would name the University as beneficiary five years after the student has graduated.
- To cast in metal the seal of each school in the University and embed them in the walnut paneling of the Forum Room in the addition now being completed to the Kansas Union.
The seniors also will discuss the presentation of the Honors for Outstanding Progressive Educators (HOPE) award to a member of the faculty. This is the class gift from last year's seniors.
Plans for the class picnic, breakfast, commencement, rings, and announcements will be discussed.
WASHINGTON—(UPI) — Sunday "blue laws," on the statute books of many states since colonial times, are slated for a critical appraisal by the Supreme Court.
Sunday'BlueLaws'Scheduled For Supreme Court Appraisal
The court yesterday agreed to hear cases from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland, where blue laws have been challenged as unconstitutional. Arguments, however, will not be heard until the term beginning next October.
THE BLUE LAWS, sometimes referred to as Sunday closing laws, restrict retail selling on Sunday. Some states have toughened their statues recently, aiming at growing super drugstores and giant highway discount marts.
The Massachusetts laws which the court will examine stems from a colonial law of 1653. The old statute began:
"Whereas it is the duty of all persons, upon the Lord's day, carefully to apply themselves, publically and privately, to religion and piety, the profanation of the Lord's day is high offensive to Almighty God..."
Echoes of this reference to the Christian sabbath have provoked attacks on present day laws by Jewish merchants and their customers, whose sabbath is Saturday. They contend that the statutes discriminate against them.
DISCOUNT HOUSES which want to do business seven days a week, also argue that the laws discriminate unfairly by permitting some business activities and forbidding others.
Those who favor the laws contend that a state, under its police power, may decree a day of rest for all its citizens.
The Supreme Court over the years has brushed aside appeals from state court rulings upholding Sunday laws. But it was forced into action this time both because the Massachusetts ruling came from a federal court, and because it conflicted with a contrary ruling by a federal panel in Pennsylvania.
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.— Horace Mann
KU's Cadaver Supply Short
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receive a government burial. Burial insurance is becoming more popular. Social Security and many labor unions provide burial benefits. Other social welfare measures and prosperous times have reduced the number dying in institutions.
Statistics kept by the anatomy department show a recent drop in the number of cadavers delivered to the morgue.
Year No. of cadavers
1951 49
1951 67
1953 59
1954 69
1955 36
1956 35
1957 40
1958 27
1959 25
1960 (to date) 9
In the past, the anatomy department has been assured of enough cadavers to meet needs for about three years in advance. Now an increased teaching load and the reduced number of bodies have assured only next year's supply. Department members feel that the department could be handicapped within two years.
THE LEGISLATION which provides the department with its cadaver supply has remained unchanged during the last 10 years.
Under this law KU's anatomy department receives unclaimed cadavers from Kansas institutions such as the State Hospital and, in some instances, unclaimed bodies of other dead in the state. The law also allows the department to accept willed bodies.
If the cadaver comes from an institution, the cause of death is usually known and there is no need for an autopsy. On the other hand, the bodies of vagrants, an example of the second category, rarely reach the dissecting table at KU since many of them die unattended and have to be autopsied.
WHEN THE body arrives at the University, it is kept for a period of 90 days before it may be dissected. If the remains are claimed by a relative or friend during this time, the body is given to the claimer by law.
The use of the body as a teaching specimen is largely lost after an autopsy because of the disruption of the internal organs.
Under the same law, no body is delivered to KU until 72 hours after death. During this time the persons in charge of the body are charged with making a search for the deceased's next of kin.
At KU, as in all schools throughout the country, the body is treated with reverential respect. After dissection the remains are given a decent burial in a local cemetery.
Although this law assured the department an adequate supply of cadavers in the past, statistics show that in the past five years the supply has dwindled. The use rate of cadavers calls for 40 bodies a year. So far this year the department has received less than one-quarter of its needs.
THIS CONCEPT of minimum requirements must be viewed in light of the fact that four students simultaneously work on a cadaver each year.
In one anatomy class the shortage of human bodies has forced students to use chimpanzees for dissection. The simians are acquired for the department by Howard A. Matzke, professor of anatomy, from personal arrangements with the director of the Kansas City, Mo., Swope Park Zoo and importers of foreign animals.
The department also accepts gifts from laboratories using the animals in clinical research and purchases other specimens from biological supply houses.
"We use chimps for dissection only because we don't have enough cadavers," Prof. Matzke said. He emphasized that it is only an alternative measure in light of the shortage.
SOME ANATOMY schools throughout the nation are so pressed that 10 students must work simultaneously on the same cadaver. Prof. Matzke said that this is detrimental to the study of anatomy.
Tuesday. April 26. 1960 University Daily Kanson
About half of the members of KU's anatomy department feel that each team of students should dissect two bodies in the freshman year of anatomy. The other half thinks that one dissection is sufficient. At present, KU is not getting enough anatomical specimens to allow more than one dissection a year.
Prof. Matzke said that he thinks the limit of one dissection a year hurts the beginning anatomy student more than anyone else.
It took centuries to overcome the fears, superstitions and religious taboos regarding the actual cutting of the dead human body. Popes and kings decreed against it. People recoiled in horror from the thought of grave-robbing, an act which ghouls committed to meet the needs of the 18th century anatomist for bodies to study.
AS A BASIS for study, dissection of the dead has had a history of frustration.
Members of the anatomy department are worried about the shortage of cadavers in this coming decade, regardless of individual ideas on the number of dissections a student should make. Predictions indicate the shortage will continue to grow each year.
The first is to accept the situation. Faculty members admit that this will hurt the student and lower the quality of work. They say it could have far-reaching effects, particularly in the medical field.
PROF. MATZKE said there are two alternatives the KU anatomy department can take.
The second course of action is to make the public aware of the situation and its implications.
This has been done in some other states. In some states new laws have been passed which deal with the problem in light of the supply. The results have ranged from gratifying to excellent.
Tomorrow's article will concern the second alternative and what students think about the situation facing them.
Herter Begins Tour
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— Secretary of State Christian A. Hertel took off today for Iran, Turkey and Greece on a new round of western negotiations in advance of the Summit Conference with Russia next month.
Scholarship Set Up
A $500 scholarship has been provided for a graduate student in the School of Business, in honor of the late Simon Hurwitz, a Lawrence civic leader. The scholarship was established by Howard J. Hurwitz, his son.
A GUIDE FOR THE LOVELESS
Gentlemen, take warning. June is almost upon us—June, the month of brides. Have you got yours yet? If not, don't despair. You don't have to be rich or handsome to get a girl. All you have to be is kind, considerate, thoughtful, and obliging—in short, a gentleman.
And when you ask for a date, do it with a bit of Old World gallantry. A poem, for instance, is always sure to please a young lady, like this.
For example, don't ever call a girl for a date at the last minute. Always give her plenty of advance notice—like three months for a coke date, six months for a movie, a year for a prom, two years for a public execution. This shows the girl that she is not your second or third choice and also gives her ample time to select her costume.
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I think you're cute.
1 u put on a suit,
Daphne La France.
In the unlikely event that you don't know any girls named Daphne La France, try this:
I'll put on a suit.
I think you're cute.
Winifred Jopp.
And take you to a dance.
Windyra Jopp. I'll not on a visit.
And take you to a hon.
I think you're cute,
In the extremely unlikely event that you don't know a Winifred Jopter either, try this:
I'll put on a suit,
And take you to a ball.
Next let us take up the question of etiquette once you are out on a date with Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne. The first thing you do, naturally, is to offer the young lady a Mariboro. Be sure, however, to offer her an entire Mariboro—not just a Mariboro butt. Mariboro butts are good of course, but whole Marlboros are better. You get an extra inch or two of fine flavorful tobacco—and I mean flavorful. Do you think flavor went out when filters came in? Well, you've got a happy surprise coming when you light a Mariboro. This one really delivers the goods on flavor, and when you hand Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne a whole, complete, brand-new Mariboro, she will know how highly you regard and respect her, and she will grow misty and weak with gratitude, which is very important when you take her out to dinner, because the only kind of coed a college man can afford to feed is a weak and misty coed. Latest statistics show that a coed in a normal condition eats one and a half times her own weight every twelve hours.
If there is no Isabel Prall, Winifred Jopp, or Daphne La France on your campus, it is quite obvious why you've had trouble finding dates all year: you've enrolled in an all-male school, you old silly!
At the end of your date with Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne, make certain to get her home by curfew time. That is gentlemanly. Do not leave her at a bus stop. That is rude. Deliver her right to her door and, if possible, stop the car when you are dropping her off.
The next day send a little thank-you note. A poem is best.
Like this:
For a wonderful evening, many thanks,
Isabel, Winifred, or Daphne.
I'll take you out for some more merry pranks
Next Saturday if you'll haph me. © 1900 Max Shulman
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We can't give you rhyme but we'll give you good reason why you'll enjoy Marlboro and Marlboro's unfiltered companion cigarette, Philip Morris. One word says it all: flavor.