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University Daily Kansan Tuesday. Dec. 15, 1959
Two Parties Needed
The birth of a new campus political party has caused quite a stir on the Hill. The established politicians feel the Independent Party has been formed along lines that will be harmful to Greek-Independent cooperation.
As one Vox member put it, he is against the new party because it "will tend to split the Greeks and Independents apart."
Independent spokesmen maintain their objective is to split the campus into two distinct political parties.
Thus, if the Independent Party gets the required number of signatures on its petition and becomes official, the spring elections will see a Greek-Independent coalition pitted against a "strictly-for-Independents" party.
The main argument against splitting parties along Greek-Independent lines is that this will lead to the same type of alignment in the All Student Council.
The opponents of the new party say that University problems should not be decided along social lines.
Vox members maintain they are concerned in preserving the cooperation that has been established between the two groups in recent years.
We aren't as firmly convinced as some that this cooperation would be destroyed if the new party succeeds in getting a number of its members elected to the ASC.
Admittedly, this might strain things a bit, and ASC members might disagree on various issues—but then, the Republicans and Democrats in Congress don't agree on basic ideologies either. However, they still manage to get a few bills through each session.
Despite the drawbacks, real or imagined, of the new party, we feel they are offset by the party's very existence.
It is far better to have two parties which are split along clearly-drawn lines—regardless of how those lines are drawn—than to have only one party.
For when the party in power has no opposition, an election becomes not a means of exercising one's prerogative, but a mere formality.
George DeBord
Year's End Wrapup
Krush Made Top Story
By Jack Harrison
Diplomacy by jet was the dominant theme in world affairs this year, as heads of nations flitted between world capitals in efforts to end the cold war.
The most dramatic and significant of these visits—Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev's 2-week tour of the United States in September—was voted the top news story of 1959 by members of the Editorial class and Daily Kansan editors.
While in the U.S., the Russian leader promised renewed talks on the Berlin question, without the pressure of a deadline for action. He urged disarmament in a major speech before the United Nations.
Ike Rated Second
The 116-day steel strike, which idled 500,000 U.S. workers, was voted the number three story of 1959.
Rated the second story of the year was another journey by a national leader President Eisenhower's 11-nation good-will tour still in progress.
In fourth place was the seizure of power in Cuba by Fidel Castro and his bearded band of revolutionaries. Later developments in the story were an anti-American bend in the progress of the revolution and hints of communist infiltration in the Castro government.
The man in the moon made the
headlines this fall, as his privacy was violated twice by Russian rocket scientists. A Soviet rocket hit the moon and a second rocket circled the moon and photographed the never-before-seen back side. These achievements were voted the fifth story of the year.
The sixth story was the overthrow of the Tibetan government of the Dalai Lama by Communist China. China also was accused of aggression in a border dispute with Indian and Communist North Viet Nam was charged with invading Laos.
Nixon Makes News
The eighth story was another trip by a government official—Vice-President Richard Nixon's visit to Russia in July. Nixon opened the U.S. Exposition in Moscow, debated informally with Premeir Khrushchev, and set the stage for further exchanges of visits between U.S. and Soviet diplomats.
The death of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in May, and his replacement by Christian Hertter was voted ninth.
In 10th place was the landslide victory by British Conservatives in the fall elections.
The poison cranberry scare in November caused some families to forego having the traditional dish included on their Thanksgiving menu after federal officials announced a possible connection between a weed killer used on the
cranberries and cancer. This was voted story number 11.
Ranked 12th in the list of top stories was the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference held in Geneva between May 11 and Aug. 5.
Hawaii was voted statehood by Congress in March, becoming the 50th state and rating the 13th spot on the poll of top stories.
Labor Bill Rated
Passage of the Landrum-Griffin labor control bill by Congress this summer was voted the 14th story.
In 15th place was the rejection by the Senate of President Eisenhower's appointment of Lewis Strauss as Secretary of Commerce.
Rated the 16th story of the year was the opening of the St. Lawrence Seawav.
In 17th place was the story of visits to the U.S. and Russia by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Ranked 18th was the account of the Senate investigation of the Teamsters Union.
The school integration story in the South was voted the 19th story, as both Virginia and Arkansas integrated some of their schools in compliance with Supreme Court rulings.
Charles de Gaulle was proclaimed the first president of the 5th French Republic, and presented a new plan for Algeria. This was rated the 20th story of the year.
When comparing Children's Theatre to other forms of the drama, one easily can assume the following premise: The morals generally connected with the themes of plays can be disseminated to children as clear as the more complicated thoughts within adult plays. That is good news when one considers the crime, sex and perverse thinking usually shown children in our modern areas of entertainment.
By John Husar
The theater is regarded as one of the finer entertainment mediums. Until recently, being uninhibited and all, it was denied to youth. But Children's Theatre has stooped to the child's level, discussing the same virtues of good and effects of evil as do the more subtle devices of Shaw, Williams, O'Neill, Anouilh and other dramatists. This it does without the distorted realism found in television, movies and comic books.
A good example is Bee Harvey's new play, "The Lost Birthday." Gauged to appeal to children between the ages of 6-12, it provides enough action, color and humor to keep a child interested. But, more importantly, its fairy-tale characters are given situations requiring them to react as normal human beings would under emotional stress, thus making the play's morals acceptable to the children.
There is the pretty, young heroine, Delight, who pouts and cries to compensate for her great act of charity—giving up her only toy, a jumping-jack, to satisfy the princess, and insure her friends' safety.
And Clown has his weakness, too—anger. He frightens his daughter, helping him to realize what he means to her.
The princess is selfish, taking every pleasure she can get. Through her most prized possession, the only toy she ever chose for herself, she finds that others, too, have feelings.
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Then there is Clutch, master of chicanery, cheating everyone because he wants one of everything in the world. He goes too far, finally desiring everything, only to end with nothing.
And two of the good guys. Munch and Phog, constantly get their friends into trouble because they can't keep their mouths closed. Munch is too impetuous and tactless and Phog rarely thinks in advance of what he says.
Lessons in the triumph over human frailties are not new in children's entertainment. But entertainment which assumes that the child has enough intelligence to figure things out for himself is new. Bee Harvey's play does that. Yesterday afternoon's children showed more appreciation than former child audiences showed former plays. Yesterday, the Children's Theatre got away with its first curtain call since "Land of the Dragon" in 1955.
All of these, and more, are valuable lessons for any child. They make good theater because the presentation enables the child to understand the lessons as he would see them in his friends, parents or their friends. Although the acting necessarily is broad and fancy, the more humorous lines are matter-of-fact statements which the child might hear at home.
it was with exercciating interest I read the Wednesday (Dec. 9th) Daily Kansan, which announced the gestation of a new campus political party. Not that I was surprised—after all, there hasn't been a new party for several weeks.
Technically, Herbert L. Camburn's cartoon-like faces and gaudy costumes, resemblant of story-book pictures, left little to the imagination.
In the cast, Pepper Webber was piquantly charming as Delight; Steve Callahan was a fatherly Clown, yet boyish enough to gain the children's sympathy; and Steve Hill's excellent sketch of the nervous Phog was detailed to a degree rarely found in fantasy.
Others were; Ted Lawson, an eager toymaker; Lynn Kazmayer, the impetuous baker; Dale Taylor, the crooked merchant; Lynn Coberly, the selfish princess; Cynthia Vaughan, a forbidding servant; Bob Ash, a clumsy trashman; and Marti Obert, a giddy nurse.
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A the start of the school year, the loot goes into a checking account. to be handled by some responsible party (camus office holders are automatically excluded). Immediately after registration, at Lone Star Lake, Potter Lake, or the Union Reading Room. A University-wide beer bust is set up, with as many kegs as the situation demands. There might be salami sandwiches for the faint-hearted. But primarily beer. A direct telephone line is installed to the Lawrence keg distributors (one
campus boob-steerers will hit on the only system which will gain the panting support of that lethargic mass, the student body. I refer, of course, to what I modestly call Jones' co-prosperity scheme.
Each year, the student is relieved of $1, more or less, which is secreted in a fund for the ASC and its divergent boodles. The money is dribbled out for debaters. organized women, political wing-dings, guest rabble-rouseres, and other orgiastic revelry. The swag totals about $7,000, if memory serves me correctly.
What I propose is to short-circuit the middleman, in a rather socialistic plan. Spend the money directly on the students from whose mothaten wallets it came.
is a Democrat, which might cause a stir in the administration offices, but it can't be helped).
The beer bust is to last, nonstop, until the $7,000 is exhausted. During the blast, which should last at least a week, a moratorium is declared on all classes, AWS parties, and any other organized social activity. There should be enough suds to satisfy the thirstiest scholar, since there is an irreducible number of teetotalers and weak-stomached coeds who will not get their share. In order to assure that no outsiders get in on the orgy, the campus cops can stand guard at the entrances.
At the end of the rite, two or perhaps three days should be allowed for recovery (some of the money may have to be diverted for oxygen and tomato juice), before classes start.
With no money to be riffed from the till, and nothing but nonpecuniary glory to be gained from student politics, I predict that student government, a la Marx, will wither away and disappear within a week. And what could be better than that?
Up the revolution!
Alan Jones Emporia, Kan. Class of 1959
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