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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1959
Ike's Idea
President Eisenhower, in a speech given at Abilene yesterday, suggested that all monies saved from a world disarmament program, "ultimately agreed upon by the West and East," be used to aid underprivileged countries.
He felt that this program would carry on the principle of "aid-over-arms," an effort vital to the maintenance of peace. If every one of the great powers would cut armaments spending and divert that revenue to aiding poorer countries, he said, world standards would improve, lesser nations would have more pliable economies, and strangling surpluses could be put to good use.
The President's suggestion is a good one and obviously would make this world a better place in which to live. Who cannot agree that a world dominated by charity to the poor and peace among the mighty would be almost Utopian in comparison to the prevalent attitudes and practices?
Eisenhower's proposal seems to be echoing along the same corridor as did similar ideas by other international leaders of late, such as Khrushchev, Attlee, etc. Each came up with lively suggestions, destined to blossom this world into
a paradise of harmony, provided that someone could find a way to activate them. And poor Ike is in the same rut.
The changes proposed would mean a new foreign policy and an economic readjustment. All well and good. But the President's suggestion lacks the same necessary details as do the others. When is the disarmament measure going to come about? Who is to effect it? What kind of policy will cause the East and the West to "ultimately agree?" How are we to decide who is to be helped by whom and with how much? Will Russia agree? And, if not, so what? How far is the disarmament to proceed, total or partial?
These and many other questions must be answered by anyone who intends to lead the world onto a more stable plateau. President Eisenhower is certainly capable of leading, but needs more than mere talk to prepare an adequate road for his following.
As long as world leaders agree that disarmament is the most likely way to peace, and that the profits from disarmament could be used to benefit the less wealthy countries, something more than happy mumbling should be done about the situation. —John Husar
These are the days for movement—for walking and driving. A restlessness stirs inside, agitating to reach the surface. Feelings, buried in books, driven below by rain, grow like young plants searching for light.
Life Is Good
We have been stripped of our protective cover of low-hanging clouds—left bare beneath the sun. We hide in the underground passages of Strong Hall but the windows expose us. We are cooled, momentarily, but the discontent smoulders...
Fall arrives suddenly to synthesize our feelings, and at once we know what all the turmoil is about. The body, the mind, clamor for one last fling before winter invokes its harsh rule—a moment for expression. Inspired by the mad artist who throws bright paint with reckless
abandon on all the landscape, we imitate her actions.
We throw ourselves into life with the same fervor with which she works. We do not paint, for only a fool would compete with such a master. At her disposal are the brilliant reds, resplendent yellows, radiant oranges that only she can produce.
Our energy exerts itself in another way. Almost unconsciously we are driven by the force of her work. But we are content—we study and learn as students of her art. We drive—we stroll. The paintings become a part of us and the message is delivered.
The walk down the hill to Lawrence, the drive along the highway to Kansas City, both reiterate the message:
Life is good.
—George DeBord
Editor:
Decline Urged
... Letters ...
In regard to John Husar's editorial, "The Decline and Fall" (of the Greek system) I can only say "the sooner the better." I am particularly cheered by the decline in men going through rush: 600-plus in 1957, 580 in 1958, and about 500 in 1959.
If this trend continues we may hope the American student will
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
soon come to his senses and relegate the Greek system to the province of the saber-tooth and dodo bird.
Mr. Husar mentions that the Greek system leads the drive "to improve student living standards by exercising better organization." It would seem the Greeks have organized themselves into a position from which no one can extricate them.
Improved standards are apparently attained by weekly three- or four-hour house meetings, required attendance (no excuse!) for this and that, closed weekends, $5 fines, and assorted other "improvements." In return for these mere nothings the system offers parties, song practice, and—Allah be praised—social prestige!
Apparently a Greek pin provides the magic to transform a cloid into a polished, educated gentleman.
I should like you to know that I think that Carol Heller's story on my reading of beat poetry in the UDK for Oct. 2, is a first-rate job. She caught the spirit of the after-noon well, and she rendered my comments quite accurately.
The ideal of the Greek system—fellowship and fun—is fine. Individual Greeks are fine persons. But the system has become rigid, authoritarian, and out-dated. May the fall be swift.
All in all, it's one of the best pieces of "cultural" reporting that I've seen in The Kansan, and I have written to tell her so.
From the Waist
-Jack D. Salmon Elkhart junior
—Edmund F. Grier
Associate professor of English
With John Morrissey
There are no signs posted anywhere to remind you of this, fellas, but it's usually wise to leave the local bistros by 11 p.m. if a good view of Potter's Lake is desired.
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To John Ciardi: A Protest
By Cary P. Stiff
Assistant Instructor of English
Anesthetize the poem;
lay it bare upon the table,
cut beneath the flesh and see
the surging, rhythmic innards beat.
Now do you know the secret of life?
Remove the organ from the body;
freeze it, slice it, stain the slide;
scrutinize the verse's tissues
in the lights of greater learning.
Now do you know the cause of disease?
Count your sponges, instruments; seam the hole where you have probed, withdraw your messy rubber gloves and let the patient talk again. There is still the scar.
By Calder M. Pickett Associate Professor of Journalism
NAUTILUS NORTH. by Commander William R. Anderson, USN, with Clay Blair Jr. Signet, 50 cents.
I WAS THEN WORKING ON THE TELEGRAPH DESK of the Kansas City Star. When the story crossed the desk I read copy on it, and wrote a headline describing the historic event. Then followed days of later developments on the story, of articles interpreting the significant event. It was one of the most exciting news stories of our time. It was an answer to the assertion that there are no more frontiers, for it opened up vast possibilities in the far north.
ON AUG. 5, 1958. THE ATOMIC-POWERED submarine Nautilus, commanded by a man in his late thirties named William R. Anderson, did what had been the dream of men for centuries. It achieved the mythical northwest passage, made the first voyage under the ice pack at the North Pole.
THE STORY OF THE NAUTILUS is told by Commander Anderson in "Nautilus 90 North." Though "told to" Clay Blair Jr., the adventure is largely described in the terms of Commander Anderson, a man unsophisticated in literary terms. This lack of sophistication gives the book its charm, and makes it much more of a document than the brassy Saturday Evening Post-type autobiography of a Bing Crosby or an Ethel Merman.
THIS VOLUME IS THE PAPERBACK VERSION of the hardback originally published by World Publishers. Adding to its value are three pages of maps of the voyages of the Nautilus and 16 pages of photographs. The Navy and the people of the Nautilus knew that history was in the making, and a Navy photograher went along on the voyage, carefully hidden from the curious, for the belief was that the Nautilus was Panama-bound. Anderson is shown making his historic count-down as the Nautilus reaches the pole, the men are shown aboard the submarine, they are shown riding through New York streets, showered by the traditional ticker-tape.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE IS ALL HERE, in non-technical terminology. Behind the adventure is the story of William Anderson, a simple man, with a wife and children, an old New England-type home in Connecticut, an Annapolis background, and deep piety. Anderson's words on reaching the pole sum up the kind of man he is, and the kind of voyage his ship made:
"IN A FEW MOMENTS NAUTILUS will realize a goal long a dream of mankind—the attainment by ship of the North Geographic Pole. With continued Godspeed, in less than two days we will record an even more significant historic first: the completion of a rapid transpolar voyage from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
"THE DISTANCE TO THE POLE is now precisely four tenths of a mile. As we approach, let us pause in silence dedicated with our thanks for the blessings that have been ours during this remarkable voyage—our prayers for lasting world peace, and in solemn tribute to those who have preceded us, whether in victory or defeat."
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