Daily hansan
57th Year, No. 92
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday. Feb. 29. 1960
Prof. Peter J. Caws
Prof. Roy D. Laird
Prof. Clifford P. Ketzel
Forum Talkers See Atomic Ruin If Controls Not Used
The devastation of atomic war described in Nevil Shute's "On the Beach" could become an actuality if no controls on nuclear weapons are reached, three speakers at the Current Events forum agreed Friday.
Three assistant professors discussed France's atomic bomb tests in terms of world peace.
The three panel members were Peter J. Caws, assistant professor of philosophy, and Roy D. Laird and Clifford P. Ketzel, assistant professors of political science.
Share Secrets
Prof. Ketzel said President Eisenhower has requested that the United States share additional secrets and nuclear weapons with her allies.
"If we follow this request, at what point do we limit the sharing of nuclear weapons with our allies? At what point will Russia limit her sharing of nuclear weapons with her satellites?" he asked.
Prof. Ketzel said there would be three significant consequences if additional nations are added to the atomic club.
"There is the possibility of damage to coming generations because of atomic fallout. If more nations possess nuclear weapons, there will be greater testing and, consequently, more fallout.
"If more nations have nuclear weapons, it will be harder to decide upon any type of meaningful disarmament. No one could be certain that nations would not hide bombs just to be safe.
"A large number of nations sitting in might make negotiations more of a problem. In fact, I think now there will be a slowing down of negotiations," he said.
More Bombs
More Bombs Prof Caws asked:
Prof. Caws asked:
"Will every nation get atomic bombs?
"The answer is, yes, because most countries now have the technical knowledge and the bombs are not as expensive as they used to be," he said.
He read an excerpt from "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute to show what dangers the world faces if more
nations possess nuclear weapons.
Prof. Caws said we now have five alternatives in the field of nuclear weapons.
"We can continue as we are; we can force a ban on them; we can decide on United Nations control; we can agree on bilateral agreements at the top; we can follow King Hall's philosophy, which says the only way to defeat communism would be to surrender to it rather than wage a nuclear war," he said.
Prof. Laird said he had heard that local audiences laughed at "On the Beach." He gave two reasons for their reactions.
"They did not appreciate the realism that Shute had drawn. They think they are shielded against that type of thing actually happening." he said.
"We are now surrounded by the false and outmoded shields of science and sovereignty. We are living under a tyranny of absolute science in which the salvation of mankind is believed to come from the laboratory and is measured in terms of rockets and nuclear weapons," he said.
Passage Seen For Rights Bill
Two members of the political science department today predicted that the civil rights bill will pass Congress this session despite the South's opposition to the legislation.
Presently an around-the-clock debate against civil rights legislation is being waged in the Senate by southern forces. A third faculty member expressed hope that the bill will pass in spite of southern filibuster.
"I think the time has come when we are going to have stronger and stronger civil rights legislation.
Roy Laird, assistant professor of political science, said:
"I think there is a good possibility that the civil rights bill will get through this time. I also realize that the South still has the strength in Congress to talk the bill to death if they want to. I think there's a 50-50 chance the bill will pass."
No Coalition?
Ronald A. Avery, assistant instructor of political science, said:
"I think the civil rights bill will pass. It remains to be seen what kind of bill it will be though."
"There's no coalition between the conservative republicans and the southern democrats and that's what they need in order to talk the bill to death."
"We must spend the same amount of money to find the truth in the social sciences that we spend to find it in the physical sciences," he said.
"I hope that the southern filibuster will not keep the Senate from taking positive steps toward effectively protecting and guaranteeing voting rights.
Despite the KU professors' opinions, United Press International reported that Southerners served notice they would not yield an inch when the debate began at noon.
J. Eldon Fields, professor of political science, said.
Dirksen Supports Johnson
Senate Democratic leader Lendon B. Johnson (Tex), with the support of Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen (Ill), ordered the around-the-clock session after 11 days of debate failed to break the civil rights deadlock.
Sen. Johnson insisted that night and day sessions offered the "only answer immediately before us," and ran into his first Dixie roadblock at the outset.
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga) leader of the southern bloc, refused to give consent when Johnson asked routine authority to dispense with reading of the Senate journal.
The southern bloc also served notice it would try to block all other Senate work, including vital appropriation hearings, during the round-the-clock sessions.
Under Senate rules, a single objection cancels committee hearings while the Senate itself is in session. The only exception is the appropriation committee.
Just before the continuous session started, Dirksen told newsmen it was impossible to predict how long the debate would run. He said "the sweating process now begins (and) there's no way of knowing how long it will last."
Lowenfeld Says Tests Show Creativity in Art
Two KU Students Injured As Snow Forces Plane Down
Two KU students were injure when they crash-landed in a small plane at the Kansas-Colorado line Friday.
Kay Crumley, St. Francis senior, received a broken arm and has infection in both knees. Kenneth W. Gates, Kansas City, Mo., senior, the pilot, received minor cuts and bruises. Both were taken to the Burlingame, Colo., hospital. Miss Crumley could not be moved from the hospital, officials said. Gates and the two uninjured passengers are on their way back to Lawrence.
Viktor Lowenfeld said recent tests in art education are being used to develop criteria to differentiate between creative and non-creative people in art, and not for screening purposes.
"One of the major tasks of education is to make every individual use hsi potential creativeness and bring it into equilibrium with functional creativeness.
Prof. Lowenfeld, professor of art education at Pennsylvania State University, spoke to a conference of art educators here Friday at the Kansas Union.
Uninjured were Mary Castro, who attended KU in 1957-58, and Loretta Jones, a 1959 graduate of the School of Education.
The group had left Lawrence at about 1 p.m. Friday for a ski trip to Colorado Springs, but had to make a forced landing because of a snow storm. Miss Crumley and Gates were injured when the plane's windshield shattered.
Weather
implications of creativity research include a sensitivity to problems.
Partly cloudy east and north considerable cloudiness southwest this afternoon tonight and tomorrow. Intermittent snow extreme southwest. Continued cold. Low tonight zero to 10 below northwest to 10 above southeast. High tomorrow generally 20's.
Prof. Lowenfeld said:
"I would rather destroy them (the tests) than know they are being used for such purposes (screening) because they would develop the problem of the 'CQ' (creativeness quotient)."
"Creativeness has some universal character and we are trying to develop a universal theory."
Prof. Lowenfeld said man is using his creativity for destructive rather than peaceful purposes.
"Two Kinds of Creativeness
There are two kinds of creativity-
ness functional and potential.
Man intentionally creates the animals do not. Every human is a potential creator. However, he does not use all his potentialities.
"There are various degrees of creativeness in every individual which may be due to heredity or to the great variety of environmental stimuli to which we are exposed."
Prof. Lowenfeld said some of the
To support his contention, he said nuclear projects are housed at Princeton University in a recently completed building designed from the Gothic style of architecture.
Speaking to the art educators Saturday, Prof. Lowenfeld said the people of the world are not living in an era in which life is meaningfully integrated.
Two Kinds of Creativeness
He listed four kinds of sensitivity: intellectual, perceptual, emotional or social, and aesthetic.
Living in Time of Confusion "We are living in a time of transition and confusion." he said.
He said flexibility, fluency, penetration, originality and redefinition of old objects and thoughts are also ways of distinguishing between the creative and the non-creative person.
"Intellectual sensitivity is the ability to differentiate from a bulk of knowledge that which is essential from that which is non-essential."
"Emotional or social sensitivity is the individual's ability to project his work into the work or needs of others. It is a constant process without which art cannot exist.
However, he said studies did not show that creativeness and intelligence necessarily correlate.
"Perceptual sensitivity is the breakdown of total perceptions into their detail components.
"Aesthetic sensitivity is the ability to organize a subject into unit components."
KU's 'Reds' to Seek UN Seat
By Bill Blundell
Marchers shouting slogans, rippling banners and behind-the-scenes intrigue will mark Red China's next attempt to gain admission to the United States — but this U. N. will meet on Mt. Oread, not in New York.
A delegation of four students from Templin Hall has been recognized as representative of the People's Republic of China at the mock U. N. convention to be held here Anril 1-2.
"We're not recognized as a member nation, only an observer. This means we won't have to abide by U. N. rules of protocol," said Russell Klomp, Detroit Mich., sophomore and "delegate" from Red China.
Klomp indicated that the delegation plans to take advantage of its immunity.
We're rarin' to go. We'll be using marchers, banners and a few other tricks to try to gain recognition as a member nation.
"There definitely will be heckling from the balcony, and we won't shy away from an open-floor fight if one develops."
U.S.S.R. to Advise
Klomp said that the delegation will seek advice on tactics from experts in agitation—the U.S.S.R. The group plans to send letters to
the Soviet embassy and U.N. representatives asking for help in forming a plan of action
Each of the four delegates pointed out that their choice of Red China as the nation they wished to represent at the mock convention had no relation to their own personal views.
"I am definitely anti-Communist, and I oppose the admission of Red China to the real U.N." said Philip Quo, senior from Taipei. Formosa, another delegate.
Quo is Chinese and a former resident of Amoy, a mainland city now in Communist hands.
U.N. Membership Criticized
Gerald Stack, Prairie Village senior and the fourth delegate, admitted he was undecided about the actual admission of Red China He Warned that the large Chinese population living outside the Chinese borders might transfer their loyalties to the Communist bloc if such a move were made.
Ripdaman Panesar, graduate
"But on the other hand, if we limit ourselves to admitting just those countries with democratic forms of government, we'd better look around and start throwing out some of the nations that are already members. There are quite a few that aren't democratic," he said.
student from Kampala, Uganda and chairman of the delegation, is the only member who definitely favors the admission of Red China to the U.N.
"There is no justification for excluding one-third of the world population from the councils of the world," he said.
"In effect, all we've done is to make them an outlaw nation, not subject to control by international law. We can't begin to talk about real disarmament on a global scale until Red China is represented. Otherwise, the resolutions that might be passed will have no binding effect on them."
Population Is Factor
Klomp stated that he was undecided about the admission of Red China. He joined the other delegates in agreeing that the population of China was a strong argument for its membership in the international organization, but held that the United States could not justifiably deny the freedom of Nationalist China.
Each nation at the mock convention is represented by four delegates from campus living units. The delegations will be assigned faculty advisers to aid them in planning policy and strategy.
The convention will be sponsored by KU-Y.