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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 24. 1960
4th Taylor Book Collection Contest Deadline Scheduled for April 4
The purpose of the Taylor Awards contest sponsored by Watson Library is to differentiate between a personal library and a collection with a particular function.
Robert Quinsey, assistant director of libraries, said this is the fourth year of the Taylor Book Collection Awards contest.
Persons interested in entering the contest must submit a written list of their collections with a brief statement justifying their interest in the particular collection. The list must include not less than 20 nor more than 50 titles, representative of a collection in a field of sharp focus and well defined interest.
The list is due by April 4, in the office of Robert Quinsey, Watson Library.
A genuine collection differs from a personal library in that it is aimed at a particular thing or subject.
There are different reasons why
Educator Lauds Strength of NEA
Ruth Stout, former National Education Assn. president, said last night that the NEA is the most powerful lobby in Washington, D. C.
She quickly added that students and prospective teachers could become just as powerful a lobby by writing letters to their Congressmen
"Individuals with this type of collection find satisfaction in looking extensively for obscure items and finding them. A collection of this kind would be obtained with small cost, except the amount of time involved," Mr. Quinsey said.
The third kind of collection is a neophyte rare book collection with an emphasis on second-hand cata-catalogues and books and out-of-the-way subjects.
SHE SAID that the NEA has the largest publishing house of educational material in the world. The purpose of this is to present comparative data to make the educator look out and beyond his field to broaden his horizon.
The Topeka educator spoke to the campus Student National Education Assn. meeting. She said that the NEA lobby in Washington is currently working for the passage of the federal aid to education legislation.
Miss Stout explained the services and purposes of the NEA. She said it is presently doing a great deal in bringing peace and unity to various education systems in foreign countries.
The SNEA elected officers at the meeting. They are Carolyn Gray, Kansas City, Kan., junior; president; Marilyn Howard, Kansas City, Mo., junior, vice president; Lola Murrison, Caldwell junior, corresponding secretary; and Joan Baldwin, Great Bend junior, recording secretary.
Wayne Robuck, Lecompton senior and vice president, said that the NEA exhibit is currently on display on the first floor of Bailey. The literary display will be taken down tomorrow.
The SNEA banquet has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. Tickets are being sold for $1.50 in 114 Bailey.
Historic Japanese Film Set Friday
"The Magnificent Seven" is the film to be shown at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hoch Auditorium as part of KU's film series.
In the 1959 contest, Ize Sedricks, Topeka senior, won first place with a collection on oriental philosophy and religion.
an individual starts a collection, Mr. Quinsey said.
The Japanese film is about the 16th century when Japan was torn by civil war and the small villages were constantly at the mercy of roving bandits who left death and destruction in their wake.
Paul Wolf Files
It is the story of a small village which, in a determined effort to survive, engages seven samurai, or professional warriors, for their protection.
TOPEKA—(UPI)—State Representative Paul A. Wolf of Hugoton announced today that he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Senator from the 37th senatorial district.
Second place went to Kent H. Wilson, Fort Worth, Tex., graduate student, with a collection on butterflies.
Clifford R. Hope Jr., a Republican, presently represents the district. Wolf is serving his third term in the House of Representatives. He represents Stevens county.
"One of the largest groups of collectors includes those building a library and collection pointed toward their particular profession. These people are well-versed and enthusiastic in their respective professional fields. They know the literature of their specialty well.
"A second type of collection includes the exploration of intellectual interests. This may include paper backs which are a good and legitimate source of material," said Mr. Quinsey.
Persons with this type of collection, he said, are usually interested in a particular subject in humanities and social science.
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If the crumbling of the monkey saddle under 18 inches of snow was not an omen of ill fortune I don't know what would be. Things looked black all over this week. While we changed chancellors in the middle of the stream and grumbled collectively and individually about the prudence of democratically electing governors, the state of California witnessed one of the greatest travesties on trial-by-jury justice ever perpetrated.
For an excellent, juror by juror account of the petty personal grievances that overshadowed deliberation on the guilt or innocence of a man and a woman accused of murder, the exclusive interview with members of the jury in the Finch-Tregoff murder trial is a must. If you care to draw your own conclusions, you are welcome to. If you desire a little persuasive thought, the editorial on the matter should suffice quite nicely.
Murder seems to be in vogue this week. While the 12 men good and true harrangued in California over the necessity of informing all members of the jury that soft drinks and laundry service were on the house, Illinois police began an earnest search for the killer of three "socially prominent" Chicago women. (That phrase in quotes has bothered me since this story hit the front page. How much less a tragedy would it have been, had the women been not so prominent?) Regardless of the social standing of the three victims, it was a brutal killing. The much-talked-about picture taken with Mrs. Oetting's camera appears on pages 16 and 17.
Botanists Behold! The zinnia is no longer a "coarse, weedy flower." How's that for a geophysical accomplishment? It's for real. Burpee has developed a new hybrid zinnia and a Supreme Snapdragon. If you don't dig zinnias, let me recommend the color picture as an excellent color vision test. Finding red flowers on a red background is superb practice for Navy physicals and premarital examinations.
You may feel a little un-American, so blush with shame as you read. Alexander Marshack, U.S. writer, has brought back from Russia many beautiful color photographs of what he terms "Russia's closet art." You'll find 12
pages of reproductions of modern paintings done by young Russian artists starting on page 60. Why feel un-American? You may like it. I don't understand it, maybe I don't even appreciate what it is, but I like it. Let me suggest that you examine these works for evidence of cultural deprivacy. I don't say you won't find it. I'm not sure I would recognize it if it walked in and sat down on the page in front of me. But I do feel we may be a little hasty with our myth of "cultural supremacy."
Of particular interest to the M-D building brood are the works of one Pavlo Filonov. It is rather frightening to me that this sort of thing has developed without any sanction of the government or the society.
But we too can be arty. Replacing the chrome brads on the back of every other eagled black jacket in the country are prefabbed initials. The teenies seem to be grasping for smaller and smaller straws. No doubt there is some sort of mystic symbolism to be seen in the wearing of an Old English initial. Little status seekers one and all, you'll find their bright and beaming, freckled faces on page 73.
Last week we had Billy Graham in Africa; this week we have Humphrey and Kennedy in Wisconsin and I'm still not too sure we're better off for it. If you're following up on last week's article on the ideal Presidential image, you'll find the pictures and story of the Kennedys converging on Wisconsin en masse a bit of interesting strategy. It smells strangely of a family version of a Madison Avenue extravaganza. Kennedy and Catholicism get the big play this week. It's worth reading to see the reaction of Catholic Wisconsin to the issue that isn't yet an issue. Strangely enough, Hubert and Jack on this week's cover look more like a father-son team than adversaries in a Presidential election.
A long strong look at "A Student Sojourn among the Insane" is required reading for every would-be diploma holder here. The copy should nauseate you just a little. It should hurt a little to look at the pictures. Some might even be motivated to try the same thing in Topeka.
Speaking of school, insanity and week-ends, I can see a new Friday afternoon pastime in the making on pages 10 and 11. Care to join me?