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Researcher Finds Logic in Suicides
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A California psychologist and researcher in suicide said last night that logic is a property common to all men — even those who destroy themselves.
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Dr. Edwin S. Shneidman said at a psychology colloquium in Summerfield, Halif.
"I don't think logic is rare. After all, every man thinks."
He criticized this strict classification of logic and maintained that each man, in his own way, possesses a logic that leads him to act in a certain way. Even suicides have their own logic systems.
Dr. Shneidman related this idea to his research in the motives and thought patterns of suicides. He is the founder of the Suicide Prevention Center at Los Angeles, an organization formed to detect and prevent would-be attempts at self-destruction.
"Psychology has assumed two kinds of logic — Aristotelian and aberrant. The first is based on reason and experience; the second, on conceptions of the abnormal, illogical and irrational mind," said Dr. Shneidman.
There are three kinds of suicides, said Dr. Shneidman. He explained the modes of thought of each, and discussed the logical fallacies present in them.
Suicides Have Logic
"There is a type I call the logical suicide. Our studies show that, in general, the person who commits a logical suicide is an older individual with grown children who are well-off financially. He is a person suffering great physical pain. He commits suicide because he can
see no reason for continuing to suffer," said Dr. Shneidman.
The psychologist distinguished the logical suicide from a second type, the psychotic, by an illustration of the false premise made by the latter.
Schizophrenia in Suicides
"The psychotic suicide is inclined toward schizophrenia. He says to himself: 'Death is suffering, I am suffering. Therefore, I must die.'"
But psychotic suicides make up only 10 to 15 per cent of the total, said Dr. Shneidman. He explained that a third group, which is characterized by failure to make adjustments to daily living, is the largest.
"This group is characterized by thought patterns that are dichotomous. They think in terms of inevitable opposites. In the case of the suicide, these revolve around life and death. He says to himself: 'If anyone kills himself, he will get attention. I will get attention. Therefore, I will kill myself.' He is a neurotic," said Dr. Schneidman.
Dr. Shneidman said that suicide ranks sixth in causes of death. He added that it ranks third among college students' deaths.
The psychologist said this type of suicide lacks the ability to make adjustments between alternatives, to wink at disparities, to compromise.
The saving of lives is the mission of the Suicide Prevention Center, said Dr. Shneidman. In performing this duty, researchers are delving into the thought patterns of those who have committed suicide and those who have made attempts to do so.
No Ability to Adjust
Professor Gets Guffaw
Clinton Warne, assistant professor of economics, drew a guffaw of laughter yesterday as he walked into his principles of economics class.
He wore a big tie sporting a brilliantly colored, hand-painted peacock. A pink pastel shirt and a dark suit completed his costume.
By Carol Heller
Prof. Warne used the clothing to illustrate the principle of conspicuous consumption to the class after its study of a section of Thorstein Veblen's "Theory of the Leisure Class."
He pointed out how changing styles affect the economic system and used a handful of his old ties for illustration.
"Hand-painted ties were the thing when I graduated from college in 1947," said Prof. Warne with a flip of his peacock tie.
"Then along came the flowery designs in 1950"
He held up a flashy, silken amber-colored tie covered with flowers. "The polka-dot ties were the rage in 1954," he said as he dangled a pink-and-blue spotted tie.
"If you were style conscious at all, you wore what was in vogue." He fished among the ties on his desk to find the striped tie of 1954.
The dark-colored ties of 1956, decorated with a single, tiny motif, went with the pink-shirt and black-suit era, he said, and the abstract-designed ties became popular in 1958.
"The style today is a tiny, narrow tie scarcely wider than a string — in fact, the western ties are just a string."
Seniors to Hold Picnic March 5
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The program includes a talent show, dancing and refreshments according to Hal Archer, Olathe senior and chairman of the senior social committee.
Four Greek Houses To Aid Heart Drive
Tickets for the picnic are 50 cents per person. They can be purchased Wednesday and Thursday at the information booth on Jayhawk Blvd. and from senior house representatives.
The senior class will hold a picnic from 2 to 5:30 p.m. March 5 at the Club Five-Twelve on East 15th Street.
Two KU sorcrients and two fraternities will take part in the Douglas County Heart Association's Heart Sunday drive.
Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Phi sororities and Sigma Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities will participate in door to door canvassing from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, according to Gerald Cooley, chairman of the Douglas County Heart Assn.
The Heart Sunday project is the national philanthropic project of Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
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McPherson high school seniors this year will have the opportunity for a four-year, renewable $600 scholarship to KU.
Around the Campus
The new scholarship, established in honor of the late Lee Miller of McPherson, will be awarded to one scholar each year. After four years the Miller Scholarships will total $2,400 annually.
Student Wages Are Low
The average KU male student who holds a part-time job works 12.9 hours a week and earns $11.86 at 97 cents an hour according to an informal survey of the men's residence halls.
Vox Talks on Election Bill
The election bill amendment currently before the All Student Council was discussed by Vox Populi political party representatives at their meeting last night.
The new course, taught by Mr. Gene Pulley, assistant director of the center, will meet in five two-hour sessions: 3-5 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 in Room 303 Summerfield Hall.
Students should notify the Computation Center as soon as possible if they are interested in enrolling in this course.
George Schluter, Prairie Village senior and Vox president, emphasized the importance of fall and spring elections, and political parties.
This type of an election system provides for a year around working council since not all of the ASC members would be elected at the same time. An advantage of the amendment is that some of the ASC members would have previous council experience. Schluter said.
Vox will hold its meeting on Wednesday night next week due to the basketball game Tuesday.
The amendment provides for school district representatives to be elected in the spring and living district representatives to be elected in the fall.
The KU Computation Center will offer a "short course" in the operation of and programming for the IBM 650 digital computer and its peripheral data processing equipment this semester.
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