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Friday, Mar. 4, 1960
57th Year, No. 96
3 Faculty Men Slam Filibuster
Three members of the political science department today disapproved of the current Senate civil rights filibuster being staged by Southern senators and also of filibustering as a practice.
Several members predicted that some kind of measure concerning civil rights will be passed but they had no idea what it would be.
One faculty member in the political science department defended filibustering because it gives the minority group a chance to publicize what it feels.
The Senate is still in its around-the-clock civil rights session which began Monday noon.
Filibuster Not New
Kenneth Beasley, assistant professor of political science, said:
Clifford Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, said:
"I cannot get steamed up about the filibuster itself, because it has been used virtually every year on the subject of civil rights. I think it is a sad commentary on the Senate that such a small group of men can stop the workings of the Senate on an issue we decided on 75 years ago at the end of the Civil War."
"Lyndon Johnson's (D-Tex) desire to arrive at a compromise seems to reflect at least, in part, that continued filibustering stops all the wheels of the Senate on other legislation."
Earl A. Nehring, instructor in political science, said:
Termed Unfair
"I disapprove of the filibuster as a practice because it seems an unfair principle in a democratic country. I think there is a possibility of passing some kind of measure, but what it will be. I have no idea."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
James E. Titus, assistant professor of political science, said:
"I think the bill is a compromise bill to begin with, but it is not as strong as is needed. I predict, that in spite of the filibuster, the civil rights bill will pass because of the leadership behind it. One good thing about filibustering, it gives the minority group a chance to publicize what it feels."
According to a United Press International report at noon the Senate neared the 100-hour mark today in the five-day-old civil rights filibuster. This marked a new endurance record for around-the-clock talking.
The noon hour signaled the passing of 96 consecutive hours in session since senators began meeting day and night in an effort by Democratic and Republican leaders to crack a Southern talkathon against civil rights legislation.
Lion Roars On; Cold to Stay
Extreme cold and deep snow on the ground still dominated Lawrence today with little relief in prospect
Topeka set a record low for today with a reading of 2 degrees below zero. The previous record was one below zero, established in 1891. Wichita also had a new record of 1 degree above zero.
The coldest spot in the nation this morning was Broadus, Mont., where the mercury registered 27 degrees below zero, according to a U.S. Weather Bureau report.
The warmest spot yesterday was Miami, Fla. with a temperature of 84.
Today's forecast for this area is generally fair and continued cold today, tonight and Saturday. The low tonight will range from 10 below zero to zero, high Saturday 20 to 25 degrees.
Deadline Extended
The deadline for senior pictures for the 1960 Jayhawker has been extended until Thursday. Pictures are taken at the Estes Studio, 924 Vermont.
Public Will See 'Baby Doe' Sunday
"The Ballad of Baby Doe" will be open to the general public, as well as high school students. Sunday afternoon, not on March 13 as was reported in yesterday's Kansan.
The tickets for the 3 p.m. performance are on sale at the University Theatre ticket office in the Kansas Union. The tickets are 75 cents. Student ID cards will admit students.
Enthusiasm Up For Model UN
Intense enthusiasm for KU's forthcoming model United Nations shows that students are opening their eyes to current world problems, a model U.N. executive said last night.
By Bill Blundell
'A Woman's World' For AWS Day Theme
"It's a Woman's World" will serve as the theme for this year's All Women's Day which will be observed Monday, May 2.
Robert A. Nebrig Jr., Leavenworth senior and chairman of the U.N. Steering Committee, anticipated that about 300 persons would take part in the convention to be held here April 1-2.
Sponsored by the AWS, the day's events will include a junior-senior breakfast at the Kansas Union, an convocation at Hoch Auditorium and an honor's night program at the University Theatre.
Since receiving Mrs. Nixon's reply, the committee in charge of All Women's Day has begun corresponding with other prospective speakers. No speaker has been obtained yet.
No Speaker Yet
This year, for the first time, the AWS is attempting to obtain a nationally known woman as its convocation speaker.
Mrs. Nixon Regrets
Two weeks ago an invitation to speak at the convocation was sent to Mrs. Richard Nixon.
"Due to my heavy official schedule and my responsibilities at home, I will not be able to come to KU." Mrs. Nixon wrote.
In addition to Miss Ragsdale, other All Women's Day committee chairmen include Mary Carol Stephenson.
Yesterday Lois Ragsdale, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore and chairman of All Women's Day, received a reply from Mrs. Nixon expressing regrets that she can not come to KU for the occasion.
Pittsburg junior, and Karen Nelson,
Nebraska City, Neb., senior, evening
program; Karlene Howell, Kansas
City, Kan., sophomore, printed
programs; Virginia Smith, Topeka
junior, and Connie Scott, Pittsburgh
sophomore, morning program.
George Ann Porter, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, elections; and Kathaise Lentz, Atchison senior, publicity.
Last year's All Women's Day activities included a morning fashion show and tea at the Kansas Union and an honor's night program at Hoch Auditorium.
Minn. Will Try Oral Polio Vaccine
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — (UPI)— Health officials today announced plans for "the largest scientifically controlled experiment" ever undertaken to test a new oral polio vaccine.
An estimated 254,305 school children and adults in Minneapolis, St Paul, and Duluth, Minn., were eligible to take part.
The vaccine is designed to give immunity to all three strains of polio with a single does of live virus contained in a cherry-flavored liquid
It was developed by Dr. Herald Cox of Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, N. J.
Sam Lewis Says Pound 'Influential'
An American poet, Ezra Pound, was released in the summer of 1958 from St. Elizabeth's mental hospital in Washington, D.C. He had been accused of treason against the United States but never stood trial because of a poor mental condition.
John S. (Sam) Lewis, assistant instructor of English, read some of Pound's poems during yesterday's Poetry Hour in the Kansas Union. He also gave the background of this poet who has been pronounced as incurably insane.
"I think that Ezra Pound is not only the most important and influential literary figure of the first half of the twentieth century, but he is also the century's best poet writing in English," said Mr. Lewis.
Mr. Lewis pointed out how Pound had aided some of America's best known poets — Edward Arlington Robinson, Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. Before their poetry would be accepted in America these writers had to first make their reputations in Europe. It was through Pound's efforts that their poetry was published in England.
Pound had left the United States after he had been invited to leave the university where he was teaching. He said that he had left America for two reasons: there was no place in America where he could publish his poetry and there was no person in America who could teach him how to write poetry.
"This sketch of Pound's early life suggests the two dominating symbols with which Pound describes his own career — that of the exile, an identification with Dante (a poet), and that of the teacher and the creator who re-shapes earlier tradition into a meaningful concept," said Mr. Lewis.
While in Europe, Pound became acquainted with William Butler Yeats, and was influenced by his poetry. Pound considered Yeats the only man in England capable of teaching him anything about poetry, Mr. Lewis said.
"Pound, more than anyone else, has made us aware of Chinese and Japanese poetry," continued Mr. Lewis.
Mr. Lewis explained that from the Chinese and Japanese Pound learned the use of imagery in poetry. He was one of the first to break away from lyrical poetry.
Lewis Reads Poems
"Hugh Selwyn Mauberley," one of Pound's more celebrated poems, was read by Mr. Lewis. He pointed out how the poem contains attacks on the modern world as contrasted with the Hellenic World and on the madness of World War I.
Mr. Lewis read, also, "Canto LXXXI (The Libretto)" and some of Pound's earlier poems which he describes as having a unifying theme — women.
JOHN S. LEWIS at the Poetry Hour.
"We thought we'd only get about half of the campus groups — about 40 — to send delegations. So far, we have 68. It's very comforting to see that so many students are taking interest in the problems of the world around them," said Nebrig.
Interest Belies Complacency
He added that the mushrooming growth in the number of delegations participating belies recent charges of student complacency about global problems.
"We would like to have some delegates for a few of the Latin American countries that no one has signed up for yet," said Nebrig.
However, he cautioned that the convention is now almost so large as to be unwieldy, and urged those who are considering participation to sign up as soon as possible at the KU-Y office so that final plans for the convention can be made.
Asked if he anticipated any demonstrations by some of the delegations, Nebrig replied:
"We have a fixed agenda for discussion, but then we do not want to stifle initiative. I do not know yet what rules of order we're going to use — we're just emerging from the idea stage into the actual planning stage, and haven't yet decided what attitude the convention should take toward demonstrations."
Discussion to Include Test Ban
(The Red Chinese delegation told the Daily Kansan Monday it plans to use banners, marchers and "a few other tricks" in agitating for recognition by the U.N.)
Nebrig said the questions discussed by the U.N. would include Algerian independence, a worldwide nuclear test ban and the admission of the People's Republic of China.
The delegations will be divided into blocs having common interests, said Nebrig. He explained that each bloc will have a faculty member who is well acquainted with that area and its problems to guide the discussion and help to plan strategy for the convention.
In addition, each separate delegation will have an adviser, said Nebrig. Wherever possible, the adviser will be a foreign student from that country or one nearby.
He said the convention itself will be held in two parts. On Friday, the General Assembly will be held, in which the member delegations will "play the parts" of the nations they represent. He said the students will present the views of their respective nations as if they really held them.
"On Saturday, the students will act as they really feel," said Nebrig. He explained that the Saturday session will be devoted to discussion of the questions previously mentioned. The delegates will join one of three "issue groups" led by a faculty member particularly well qualified to inform them on that issue.
Final Vote Saturday
A meeting of the General Assembly will follow. At this meeting the delegates will vote as individuals on each of the questions.
"At the end of the Saturday session we'll be able to see how KU students who have studied the issues really feel about them," said Nebrig.