Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
57th Year, No. 39
Wednesday, November 11, 1959
Austin Replies
Disciplinary Action Should Be Public
James Austin, Lawrence senior and student body president, said last night that students have the
Bulletin
Daily Kansan reporters were not allowed to attend a meeting of the ASC social committee at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Two Kansan reporters asked committee chairman Doug Reed if the meeting was closed.
The Kansan reporters were given an "appointment" to meet with the committee.
"I don't know yet," he replied, and walked into the dean of women's office, where the group was meeting. Students who had "appointments" with the committee were allowed to enter the meeting room one at a time.
right to know who is being disciplined by student or administrative groups.
He was asked by the Daily Kansan to clarify questions raised by the recent action of the All Student Council social committee in placing Delta Tau Delta fraternity on social probation.
Douglas Reed, Cassoday, Oho, sophomore, and chairman of the committee, would not give the reason for the committee's action because "we promised the fraternity that we wouldn't let the story out."
Austin said he would back up the committee on its decision to keep the matter secret, but that he thought "the basic argument is correct in that students should know who is being disciplined."
"Technically they (the social committee) haven't the power to keep it secret and they haven't the power not to," he said.
DEMOCRATS CONFER—Newell A. George, Kansas second district representative, left, discussed the political scene last night with Frank McDonald, chairman of the Douglas County
Democrat Party, center, and Edward Graham, Belleville third year law, president of the KU Young Democrats Club. (Daily Kansan Photo by Lee Lord)
Weather
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and tomorrow. Rain or snow extreme north tonight. Snow in the west tomorrow, with rain northeast. Low tonight 30 to 35.
ONE WILL REIGN—The 10 finalists for Homecoming queen are: left to right, front row, Joann Hummel, Alpha Delta Pi, St. Joseph, Mo., senior; Peggy Shank, Watkins Halls, Hiawatha sophomore, Second row, Ellen Jurden, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kansas City, Mo., senior; Melissa Weeks, O'Leary Hall, Leavenworth sophomore;
Barbara Bastin, Delta Delta Delta, Scott City senior; Lynnette Alver, Chi Omega, Oak Park, Ill., sophomore. Back row, Jeanine Tiemier, Alpha Phi, Lincolnville senior; Judy Gorton, Pi Beta Phi, Lawrence junior; Margie Critten, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kansas City, Mo., junior; and Mary Carol Stephenson, Douthart Hall.
Rep. George Blasts Taft-Hartley Law
Newell A. George, Kansas second district Congressional representative, said last night the Taft-Hartley Law is completely one-sided.
Rep. George, following his speech to more than 200 Democrates at a dinner in the Hotel Eldridge, said in an interview that he felt the Supreme Court ruling on the Taft-Hartley injunction was correct under the law.
Concerning the law itself, Rep. George said:
"The law destroys labor's bargaining power because management can just sit back and wait for the situation to become an emergency."
Under the Taft-Hartley Law the President may file a mandatory 80-day back-to-work injunction against striking unions when the strike threatens national defense.
The Supreme Court ruling of Saturday brought an end to the 116-day strike of the United Steelworks. The ruling stated that the Taft-Hartley Law is constitutional when invoked in the state of emergency affecting national defense. This was the first testing of its constitutionality.
Rep. George would make no comment on the recent accusations of politicians who said big business had pressured President Dwight D. Eisenhower into filing the injunction.
However, he added that:
"If we had strong leadership in the White House, the injunction would not have been necessary."
Rep. George indicated during the interview that he felt the Republican presidential nominee would be either Vice-President Richard M. Nixon or John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Concerning the Democrats, he said: "I will support John Kennedy at the convention as I believe he is more than able."
In relation to the religion question concerning the election of Kennedy, who is a Catholic, Rep. George said;
"People, who otherwise would not vote for Kennedy because of his religious preference, will vote for him just to prove to themselves that they are not prejudiced."
He explained that the religion issue also was prominent in the election of 1928, but other issues, such as wet-dry and machine politics, increased the complexities of the campaign and election.
"This time the only thing is Catholicism," he said.
Concerning labor, Rep. George said:
"The authors of the Landrum-Griffin Bill are anti-labor men. They are nice guys, but they don't seem to think like we do.
The most I could say about the bill is it could be worse.
"I hope it won't do the harm to labor that the authors thought it would."
The congressman's theory on the arms race is that the United States should unify its forces.
"Our armed services are like a Siamese twin with three heads, each one not speaking to the other. With proper unification of the services, the government could save between 10 and 15 billion dollars a year.
"All the engineers and scientists could share their knowledge. Even such a small thing as a monkey wrench counts up," he said.
Syme Tells of Over-Reliance on History
By Thomas Hough
An internationally known professor of history said last night that history should be studied more for enjoyment than for it relevance to modern issues.
Sir Ronald Syme, who was knighted last year and is listed in the International Who's Who, spoke at the Humanities Lecture in Fraser Theater. His subject was "The Greek World: Its Modern Relevance."
"Always be on your guard against those who too readily defend that which is ancient or traditional. If common sense prevails, why rely on history? he said.
He explained that history is written because people are interested in applying a scientific method of inquiry in finding out about man and humanity. He cautioned against interpreting ancient history in terms of modern languages.
Gives Reasons for History
"Only recently, historians have become aware of how meanings of words have changed," Prof. Syme said.
He added that some actions we would consider as "acts of murderous audacity" would be considered loyal and patriotic by the
ancient Greeks. At the same time, an action we would consider prudent and just might be considered cowardly by the Greeks.
"This does not condemn us to be hopelessly pessimistic about the study of history," he said.
Contributed Philosophy
Prof. Syme said philosophy seems to be the intellectual contribution of the Greeks.
"In the field of scientific inquiry the Greek intellect perhaps did not advance as far as we'd like—in metaphysics, possibly too far."
He said the emphasis in Sparta to ride fast and shoot straight with
Hitorians Color History History is colored by the opinions of its recorders, he explained.
"For instance, the Greeks did not have to read Plato. Plato was, in his life of politics, a complete failure. He created his philosophy to satisfy himself."
a bow was not intellectual enough for the rest of Greece. Perhaps the Athenian empire was destroyed because of this emphasis.
Prof. Syme said Plato was somewhat disillusioned with the different ruling systems in ancient Athens. When a democracy was established the people put Socrates
on trial and ordered his death. After this a 30-man oligarchy was formed and broke down. Then a dictatorship was formed. It folded too.
He explained the abolition of private property and the status of the family in ancient Greece led to a strict regimentation of the population. For this reason the people tended to be rebellious.
"This was perhaps going too far for daily use," he suggested
He said the basic popularity of Greek philosophy was due to the "perennial curiosity and refreshment to be found in the Classics."