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University Daily Kansan
American Constitution Termed Novel Theory
Thursday, Nov. 19, 1959
James F. Bruce, lecturer on political science at Oxford University, England, said last night that the American constitution has contributed the "only novel idea of political theory for many centuries"—the idea of dual sovereignty or federalism.
Mr. Bruce, who spoke to the Political Science Club, praised the American federal system, but he said:
"Separation of powers (between executive and legislative branches) is an unsound political theory based on a temporary and incorrect view."
Simple vs. Complex
Simple He said the is simple and
British government flexible, and characterized the American constitution as complex and rigid.
"Very few young Americans are aware of the peculiar complexity of the United States government," he said.
Trust vs. Distrust
Mr. Bruce said the British have an instinctive trust of their government, while the Americans have an instinctive distrust of theirs.
Mr. Bruce was once deputy director of the World Health Organization. He was an adviser to the British commission which made final arrangements for the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. He is a graduate of Oxford and the University of Sidney, Australia.
A fire at the new retired faculty apartments at Alumni Place last night caused no damage.
Firemen Extinguish Alumni Place Blaze
Three trucks of the Lawrence Fire Department extinguished a small blaze in some scrap lumber at the south side of the unfinished apartments. Firemen have not listed the fire's cause.
Mud Hut to Be Site For Open House
The announcement in yesterday's Daily Kansan that the KFKU-KANU open house would be held in Hoch Auditorium was in error.
The open house will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Electrical Experimental Station, known as the Mud Hut, located west of Hoch Auditorium.
JERICHO, Vt. (UPI)—Republicans and Democrats here recently were as close as they probably will ever be. The GOP held its caucus upstairs in the elementary school while the Democrats were meeting downstairs.
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American Art Films to Run
"American Art" is the theme for the second of a series of films to be shown at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight in the Museum of Art.
There were three films chosen in conjunction with the exhibition of drawings which opened in the museum Nov.15.
The first is an 18-minute film in color entitled, "The Open Window." Following that is the showing, "Painting In America", a 21-minute color film. The final film, "Grandma Moses" is a 22-minute film also in color.
The drawings are from the sketch book of Franz Holzhuber, an Austrian who visited America in the mid 19th century.
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KU Prof. to Head Scripps Foundation
Progressive Educator Speaks Here Tonight
Dr. Dimond has directed a cardiovascular laboratory at the Medical Center since 1950. He announced his resignation yesterday during a postgraduate course he teaches in internal medicine at the Medical Center.
Dr. E. Grey Dimond, professor of internal medicine at the Medical Center in Kansas City, has resigned effective next July, to accept an offer to head a Scripps Research Foundation Laboratory in La Jolla, Calif.
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Dan Wilson, director of studies at Pendle Hill College, Wallingford, Pa. will speak at a public meeting at 7:30 tonight in the conference room in the basement of the Kansas Union.
Mr. Wilson will speak on the educational procedures used at Pendle Hill. The college, maintained by members of the Society of Friends (Quaker), stresses a program which does away with academic conformities of grades, credits and examinations.
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