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University Daily Kansan
Monday. Sept. 28. 1959
Historian Says—
Middle East Faces NeedtoModernize
An Ohio State historian said Friday that the primary growing pain of the Middle East is the impact of the modern world.
Sydney N. Fisher, professor of history, spoke on "The Growing Pains in the Middle East" at the opening session of the convention of Kansas high school teachers of history in Swarthout Recital Hall.
The impact of the modern world has produced a desire in the people of the Middle East to
Sydney N. Fisher
modernize their counries, Prof. Fisher said.
He pointed out the military heads of various countries as an example of the desire for modernization:
"We should not think of those countries as military dictatorships," he said.
"Army officers take over in many countries because they are so unhappy to see things going the wrong way, but army officers have the ability to organize the people rapidly." he said.
"In the last twenty years the Middle East has had a tremendous growth in development. There has been a change and development of standards. These standards are higher, but not high enough for most of the people who want the modernizing to take place overnight," he said.
He said the complexities of modern life and good government are beginning to affect the people of the Middle East as they do the people of the United States.
"The people feel the government is stupid and they gripe at everything" he said.
"The present government of Turkey is trying to industrialize so fast that they are broke. Turkey borrowed $200,000,000 from the United States last year." Prof. Fisher said.
Another problem of the Middle East which hinders the industrialization is the rapidly expanding population.
Every year 300,000 men come of working age. Two-thirds of this number is not needed on farms, he said.
"If I were Nasser, every morning when I wake up. I would pound my head because every morning there are several thousand new mouths to feed," said Prof. Fisher.
"These people don't want to be loved for their valuable real estate, oil, but for themselves. We must be ready to help them, but our great problem is to understand them," Prof. Fisher said.
Bicycles May Bring New Parking Problem
By Gabby Wilson
KU may be faced with a new parking problem.
But this time it is not due to cars The possible new parking threat is the vehicle of the roaring twenties, the bicycle.
The bicycle is slowly growing in popularity and even at present there are times when the entrance to a building is blocked by bicycles.
L. C. Woodruff, dean of students,
said he saw 12 bikes parked outside
of Templin Hall recently that
blocked the sidewalk so completely
that he had to walk in the mud to
get into the dormitory. Even though
Age of Scientists Cripple KU Band
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sound as good on the field as on the state."
The uniforms are West Point style in midnight blue color with old gold and white trim. The breast plates are red. The red shoulder capes sport blue Jayhawks. Seven-inch-tall West Point "shako" hats with 10-inch red and blue ostrich plumes top the outfits.
he was put through such a harrowing experience, Dean Woodruff is all for bicycles on the campus.
The band rehearses six hours a week for one credit hour each semester. Fifty per cent of the band members are music majors.
If the bicycle keeps growing in popularity, before you know it there will be zone parking in bicycle racks. Don't laugh, officials have already looked into the purchasing of the racks.
"Band is important to music students since 90 per cent of them will be conducting high school bands after graduation." Prof. Wiley said.
"We get enough invitations to march in a thousand parades a year." Prof. Wiley said. "But the band usually appears only at University events. Too many parades cut into classes.
But before the bike can make a big hit on the campus it will have to have public opinion on its side. At the present the bike is looked down upon, but it is in a more favorable light now than it was two years ago.
"We work with the cheerleaders and cheering sections," he said. "A band is the heart of pep at all athletic events."
Still, there are many very important questions which will have to be answered before bikes will become the rage of the campus. For example, should the bike rider ride on the sidewalks and endanger the lives of the pedestrians or should he ride in the streets and become fair game for cars?
Style experts seem to think that bike riding would create a new style called the "Dogpatch Style." This style would result from all the pant legs and dresses which would be torn in the bike chain.
Even if someone had all the answers to the questions the bicycle brings up, the bike would need something big, really big, for its send off.
Then too, the question has been asked, how could you take a girl out on a bike? The answer is easy—put her on the handle bars.
'Convicts' Are Nabbed
Quack Club tryouts will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Robinson Gymnasium pool, Sue Black, Wilmette, Ill., junior and club president, announced today.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (UPI)—A citywide alarm for a station wagon carrying "two convicts" was called off this weekend when police overtook the vehicle and found two football referees inside wearing striped shirts.
Quack Club Tryouts Are Tomorrow
Any woman student is eligible to try out. Women trying out should bring their own towels and bathing caps, but bathing suits will be provided for those who do not have their own.
And the heart is despairing before the ears hear.-Alice Duer Miller.
A Bridgeport, Conn., graduate student was released from Watkins Hospital this morning after receiving minor injuries in a two-car accident at 13th and Connecticut yesterday.
Student Hurt In Accident
Mrs. Rosaline S. Feinstein's car collided with an automobile driven by Duane L. House, 29, of 1417 East Fifteenth.
Police said the Feinstein vehicle was headed east on 13th Street and "apparently slid through a stop sign" before colliding with the southbound House vehicle.
Police cited Mrs. Feinstein for failure to yield the right of way.
Both cars received major damage
Matches and smoking account for 26 per cent of all fires in the U.S., according to the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
Alvin S. McCoy, veteran correspondent for the Kansas City Star, wrote yesterday he believes the Democratic party in Kansas will try to pressure Gov. George Docking into seeking a third term.
McCoy Sees Docking Draft For Third Team
McCoy said the move appears inevitable and that it would be led by Democratic legislators.
The governor says he will make no announcement of his plans until the budget session ends early in February.
If Gov. Docking decides to seel
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TODAY
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
TOMORROW
Newman Club Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m.
St. Michael's Theta
house for transportation
Epicopal Morning Prayer, 6:45 a.m.
breakfast following. Canterbury House.
THURSDAY
Quill Club, 7.30 p.m. Check union board for room numbers.
Fullbright Forum, 4:00 p.m. Fraser Theatre. All students interested in overseas study and scholarship opportunities are invited.
The message is spoken ere the word can be heard.
re-election, the move will write a new chapter in Kansas political history. Docking is the first Democrat ever to be re-elected in Kansas and no Kansas governor has ever sought a third two-year term.
McCoy says that Docking has three choices to make before February: He can run for a third term as governor, oppose Sen. Andrew F. Schoeppel, a Republican, for the United States Senate, or can bow out of politics.
Since the governor seems to enjoy political office and its gains, the latter course is probably the one he will dispose of first, McCov says.
Docking's candidacy for the governorship or the Senate is leaving many would-be candidates in the lurch at the present time, he adds.
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