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University Daily Kansan Monday. November 9. 1959
The American Mold
It is not unusual for a college student, soon after he discovers the thinking process, to become cynical toward his fellow students and their activities. He frequently becomes a social reformer—at least while he lasts on campus.
The trend these days, when most college students are playing the role of the intellectual rather than practicing it, embodies a constant hammering at the ills in the world, without any real constructive suggestions. That, of course, is if the student is active.
If not, he leans toward either apathy or a grumbling disdain for society. The former is inexcusable—the product of a practical, commercial world. The latter is pathetic—a rationalization excusing away insufficient intellectual resources. It is a sensualistic approach to life; it is a "beatnik" way of passing one's days.
But students are people and, like all people, regularly jump into various molds. The student who wishes to be a non-conformist, for example, unwittingly dons the habits of the pseudo-beatnik and conforms to a type of non-conformism.
People conclude opinions on every imaginable subject, but fail to realize that many of their opinions are formed by other people with powerful weapons at hand—strong beliefs and tools of communication.
And students are no different. When a sensational cause is promoted they are quick to jump on a bandwagon or bitterly condemn an idea or action.
Such has been the case in the recent Charles Van Doren-TV quiz show fiasco. The immediate reaction to the news that the quiz shows had been faked was one of near madness. Indignant writers throughout the nation screamed for heads to roll, vituperously criticized the entire television industry, proposed reform measures (even to the point of censorship), and publicized the issue far out of its context. In a body, Americans joined them.
Now, after the issue's climax, just when the rabid crowd should be settling back in wait of a new cause, the issue has been reawakened. When the smoke settled, a few individuals sensed the radicalism imbued in the Van Doren crucifixion. They immediately tempered their views. And, in a body, America is following.
Over 700 Columbia U. students have signed a petition asking for Van Doren's reinstatement on the school's faculty. Yes, even editorial writers are trying to find an out for the man and industry which defiled themselves. Van Doren probably will get a flock of job offers as a result of the good will now flowing his way.
Like a big, flexible blurb, Americans slosh from mold to mold. In a pack, they tag after the opinion parades, no matter in which alleys they may have to wend their ways.
We Americans cannot avoid an even bigger mold. To use an old class yell:
"We are really a happy bunch,
We are really a happy Sunday. But that's because we're out to lunch."
But that's because we're out to lunch. John Hancock
The Rise of China
By Jack Harrison
Rapid industrialization and the harnessing of its immense manpower have pushed China near the top of the world power spectrum during the 10-year rule of the Communist Party.
Albert Ravenholt, American Universities Field Staff representative in the Far East, arrived at KU Nov. 2 for a 10-day visit, during which he reported on the latest developments in this reawakened land.
China is one of the oldest political societies in the world. From 1644 to 1911 the Chinese throne was occupied by a line of emperors, successors to the 17th century Manchu conquerors. In that period the Chinese resisted all change and avoided contact with the outside world.
Isolation Ended
A series of disastrous foreign wars and aggressions, culminating in defeat by Japan in 1895, forced concessions of territory to Germany, Russia and Great Britain.
The foundations of the monarchy were shaken by the anti-foreign Boxer rebellion, subsequent allied invasion of China, the capture and sacking of Peking and the flight of the court. The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 saw Manchuria divided into spheres of influence between these nations.
Despite reform movements, a revolt swept the Manchus out of power in 1912. A republic was proclaimed, with Dr. Sun Yat Sen as the first president, but a division between North and South grew more pronounced.
Chiang Rises
In October of 1928 the Nationalist Party won a military triumph
and established a government at Nanking. Chiang Kai-shek, as generalissimo and later also as president, exercised almost dictatorial power. In five northern provinces a Communist government had control.
In 1949 the Communists gained full control of the mainland, setting up a government that is in effect a one-party dictatorship. The United States to this day has not recognized this regime.
Mao In Control
Mao Tse-tung, 66, now Communist Party chairman, utilized captured equipment, guerrilla tactics and Russian support to lead in the crushing defeat of the Nationalists. Mao shrewdly took advantage of war-weariness among the Chinese people and of incompetence and dissension among Chiang's followers.
Chou En-lai, 61, became premier in 1949. He was also foreign minister until 1958. Chou is considered the number three man in the Chinese government.
Mao had been openly proclaimed chief of both party and state from the mid-1930's. In April of this year he resigned as chairman of the Chinese People's Republic, but remained head of the party. Liu Shao-chi, Mao's right-hand man, became chairman of the government.
Chinese foreign relations immediately after the Communists took control of the country were marked by a swaggering self-confidence. The Mao regime set unattainable foreign policy goals, but freely assumed a secondary position to Moscow in the Communist bloc.
Foreign Relations Set
China tried to use the Korean
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The United States essentially gave "de facto" recognition to the Communist Chinese government in 1949, as U.S. diplomatic missions remained open when Communist armies swept over China. But a U.S. consul general was arrested and deported under guard. And in the ensuing 10 years the U.S. and China have never been able to agree on diplomatic recognition.
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A recent movement in foreign relations has been designed to show less developed nations that China has the formula for speedy advancement in all fields. "buxchange of persons" is becoming a primary instrument by which Peking is extending its influence beyond the Communist orbit.
The high success in a campaign to convince neutrals of China's non-aggression policy came at the Afro-Asian Bandung Conference in 1955. Chou's personal appeal gained support for China.
The U.S. holds that the rightful rulers of China are Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang associates, who were driven from the mainland to the island of Taiwan, 110 miles off the southeast coast of China.
War as a lever to get into the United Nations. But the war probably killed other Chinese aggression plans.
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After the death of Stalin in March of 1953, the Chinese Communists showed less respect for the Russians and other members of the world Communist organization. In 1954 China became conspicuous for its diplomatic initiative.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Jack Harrison
Managing Editor
George DeBord and John Husar ... Co-Editorial Editors
Saundra Hayn. Associate Editorial Editor.
China Gets Tough
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Bill Kane... Business Manager
Mao's first declaration of a foreign policy 10 years ago was a statement that China would "lean to one side"—the side of Russia and the Communist bloc.
But since then China has acted less and less like a little sister to Russia. China's huge population and growing industrial might give Mao and his subordinates confidence to attempt dealing with the USSR as an equal rather than as a superior.
Observers of the China situation have hinted at a recent "tough" policy in foreign relations by the Communist Chinese, in opposition to the "peace" campaign of Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Chinese troops have been more belligerent in border skirmishes in recent months and Communist revolts have occurred in Asian nations.
Khrushchev may be having trouble directing or persuading the Chinese to follow his lead in international relations.
The ASC Beat
By Jane Boyd
The All Student Council offered proof last Tuesday night of the inherent weaknesses of a slow-moving form of government.
After months of criticism on "The Fowl," last year's official campus humor magazine, Jim Austin, student body president, discovered that the ASC bill sanctioning the magazine never had been signed by Chancellor Franklin-D. Murphy.
ALL ASC BILLS go to Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, and then are passed to Chancellor Murphy. It is impossible for a bill to be passed without the chancellor's signature.
The note attached to the bill when it was returned by Dean Wood-ruff to Austin said:
"This bill was not signed by Dr. Murphy—this in effect is a veto."
The bill was passed Feb.17, 1959, and it was not returned to the council until this month, seven months after the publication of "The Fowl."
THIS RAISES the question: Was the bill really vetoed? Chancellor Murphy told the Daily Kansan in March that "The Fowl" had not been censored by the administration, but nothing was said then of a veto.
Austin expressed his displeasure of the whole ordeal with a sigh and this final comment: "After all that trouble."
Austin also questioned the soundness of the Associated Students' constitution which requires poll workers from both political parties to be present at election polls. All poll workers at the freshman elections were members of Vox Populi. Of course, there was no other party.
The Vox Populi-dominated council closed the discussion of this problem with the question: What can we do? It promptly resolved, "There is nothing we can do."
THE NAME-CALLING and table-pounding which has been typical of every ASC meeting this year, with the exception of the budget session, was also prevalent Tuesday.
The session was accompanied by demands from Alan Cohn for the council to "get out and do something."
Various council members listed for Cohn what they were doing. They also used the surface of the table to emphasize their statements.
THE QUIETUDE of the budget session was amazing. The explanation, however, is simple. Half of the members arrived after the discussion on the budget had started. Five members arrived after the budget had been passed.
There is an old saying that "little things count up." There is a ruling in the ASC saying that members cannot miss more than two meetings and remain on the council.
The ruling does not say when they have to come or when they can leave. A precedent seems to have been set to the effect that the meetings start late to allow all the members to arrive.
COHN ALSO ASKED why students were not interested enough in student government to attend student council meetings.
"You'll get spectators if you do your job. What are you going to do, invite them to come watch us smoke?"
The council meets and smokes in 411 Summerfield Hall, where meetings, but not smoking, are permitted.
Austin also said:
The climax to this name-calling and table-pounding session came when Sally Carnahan said:
"Inviting the student body would be like inviting them to come to the cage and watch."
"Let's end this idiotic babbling. Why must every meeting turn into this holocaust of chaos."
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
DANG RUSSIMS!! ALL THIS TALK OF THEIR TECHNICAL ADVANCES IS THINKING THIS PLACE INTO A HOTBED OF EDUCATION.