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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Feb. 11, 1960
Grow Up, Kiddies
A small number of KU students disgraced themselves with brash and impolite outbursts at yesterday's lecture by Jules Dubois, Latin American correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
And they did more than make fools of themselves. The sad aspect of the incident was the bad light in which it placed the University and persons not in the least bit responsible.
During Mr. Dubois' lecture several placard-carrying students, who had pickedet Fraser Theater just before the speech, stood up in the audience and shouted their disapproval of what was being said. The chairman had difficulty dismissing the gathering after the speech, because of the shouting from the balcony.
It's too bad the students could not have been a little dignified in disagreeing with Mr. Dubois' statements about Latin American politics, notably the Cuban situation.
The students involved in the outbursts were apparently Cubans and Latin Americans. They gave a black eye not only to themselves, but to
KU students in general, and especially other Latin American students.
It is of course poor reasoning to condemn all members of a group for the actions of a few. But the few must remember that they are inevitably viewed as representatives of their group, whether they or the group like it.
At Tuesday's meeting of the Spanish club, Mr. Dubois answered questions hurled at him by a group of belligerent students, possibly the ones who tried to disrupt his speech yesterday.
No doubt he would have been happy to talk with students at other convenient times as well. But the disagreement with what he had to say came not in a gentlemanly discussion, but rather in a rude and childish display by a handful of students.
The charge of apathy is often thrown at the college student of today. But let's not go overboard in disproving this charge. Adults should be able to handle themselves with maturity and dignity. — Jack Harrison
Wisconsin Says:
What! Attack Advertising
We found in our mailbox, recently a leaflet proclaiming the dangers of the current attacks on advertising, and implying that we should do an editorial on the subject.
We've been meaning for a long time to express our views on some aspects of this, and we're glad to have the chance now.
THE LEAFLET we received, from the Outdoor Advertising Association of Wisconsin, charged that "the new advertising law on the 'T highway system violates rights of private property, as does the proposed bill on the Wisconsin state trunk system." It continues by saying that "Anyone connected with advertising, who attacks any segment of it, had better be completely sure that he is not, in the process, undermining the ground upon which he himself stands."
THE NEWSPAPER business, of course, relies heavily upon advertising for financial support. The history of American journalism is spotted with instances of advertisers wielding great power over what newspapers say and how they say it—this is brought about because advertisers can threaten to withdraw advertising and cripple the publication.
But we still refuse to submit to any pressure
from advertisers, and we always will. And we hope—and trust—that no advertisers will attempt to influence us.
THE "F" HIGHWAY system advertising law referred to in the leaflet was passed last year by the legislature, and dealt with restriction, regulation, control and licensing of outdoor advertising on property bordering the new highway. The law forbids signs larger than 20 feet in any dimension, or more than 150 feet square, from being erected there.
We are not sure whether rights of private property are being violated by the law, but we do know that the ugly maze of signs which blot the countryside today violate rights of common decency and beauty. They also infringe upon what should be a fundamental freedom: the right to see the beauties of nature without having to peer around a beer sign.
RATHER THAN oppose the law, as the Outdoor Advertising Association of Wisconsin urges us all to do, we praise the legislature's action as a step in the right direction.
There. Now We've written an editorial on advertising.
—Wisconsin Daily Cardinal
Editor:
After the recent tragic murder of a Lawrence woman and a confession to the crime by a man identified variously as a person with a long criminal record and as a former employee of the University of Kansas, some citizens have expressed justifiable concern in letters to the editor that such men are hired by a state university.
No one is more concerned about this problem than those charged with responsibility for operating the University of Kansas. Major obstacles make this operation difficult.
First, perhaps, is a civil service pay scale, set by the Kansas Finance Council and unchanged for several years, which permits the University to start a janitor at no higher than $165 a month. At this salary today, janitors are hard to recruit. The University presently is 6 short of its budgeted janitorial crew of 64.
In November the University advertised widely for janitorial help. Eight men accepted employment. Half of these no longer are with the University—two quit and two were dismissed. Since July janitorial help has experienced an 88% turnover.
The man who has confessed to the murder was hired on December 16, worked a total of 15 days, and
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was dismissed on January 20, after nine unexcused absences from work. In this connection, it should be pointed out that there is no way for the University to force a person to tell the truth on an application blank. In the case of provable misstatements, the person is dismissed. The University had no indication of the man's criminal record, either on his application or from the two Lawrence firms for whom the man had worked prior to his K.U. employment. K.U. did not recruit him to the area, and he worked successfully for two Lawrence firms before his employment by K.U.
On persons about whom there is question, the University routinely sends queries to legal authorities in places where the person formerly has lived. The need apparently did not exist in the case in question. Customarily, moreover, such a police check takes about a month. Almost before the end of such a period, the man no longer was in the employment of the University.
As short of janitorial help as it is, the University cannot refrain from putting apparently qualified persons to work. But K.U. administrators are doing their best, even under present conditions, to see that unfit persons are not hired by the University.
James E. Gunn
Administrative Assistant for University Relations
A Visitor's View
By Peter Posch
Lienz, Tirol, Austria Graduate Student
America is where students are surprisingly honest. Not only the professors disapprove of cheating-even some students do.
where the profession of the Air Force man is peace and the Marine Corps builds men. (Regular and Reserve).
where professors offer the sight of their shoesoles as kindly as their advice.
where even God — the light of the world — seems to have become in need of some advertisement. But it doesn't hurt anybody.Does it? Not even General Electric.
where girls ought to be more serious, more precious. Their adaptation to their advertisement in popular magazines as dolls, babies, sexies is not a good omen if the saying is true: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World.
where people are so friendly and superficial, so hospitable and naive, so human. Europe is the continent of fine culture and maturity and the murder of six million Jews.
Marx is God
Marx is God
Lenin is his prophet
And the aim is victory!
America is where Democracy is God Therefore everybody is God There is no need for an al
Philosophy became Lippmann's "field of concentration"—as they call it at Harvard today. But in those days of President Eliot's administration, there was the free elective system. Anyone could choose the courses he wished, without apparent rhyme or reason. Walter's choices are of interest in the light of his subsequent development.
He could recite the names of the states and their capitals in less time than anyone else in the class. He could point out where the Guadaluquer arose and emptied and also the Gaudeloupe. He knew his French irregular verbs so well that our goateed teacher, M. Jean Pierre Auguste Porvet, preened himself when his prodigy of a pupil recited. He could translate Ovid at sight, to the delight of Mr. Weiberzahl, the Latin teacher, and, later, all the efforts of Mr. Douglas, whom we nicknamed "Digamma Dougy," to teach us Greek met with success with Walter only.
What made Walter special was his extraordinary intellectual capacity and discipline. This simply put him in a class by himself. I don't suppose he ever got less than an A on any examination in his life.
He got his bachelor's degree (cum laude) in three years instead of four. That meant that he took at least one extra course each year beyond the usual requirement. Of these, seven were in philosophy, six in languages (Latin, French, and Italian), three in English and comparative literature, three in economics (one of them with Taussig), and one each in history and government, fine arts, and social ethics. There wasn't a single course in mathematics or physics, chemistry or biology.
The following is an excerpted from the new book "Walter Lippmann and His Times"—edited by Marquis Childs and James Reston, published by Harcourt, Bruce & Co. The book appeared on the 70th birthday of the distinguished journalist.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
From the Bookshelf
"NOW THERE'S A STUDENT WHO'LL GO PLACES."
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