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58th Year, No. 54
U.S. 'Misled' About Latin America
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1960
Many people have the erroneous idea that the area south of us known as Latin America categorizes that part of the world into one distinct unit. This is a false impression, a Latin American expert said yesterday at a public lecture in the Kansas Union.
JOHN P. AUGELLI, professor of geography at the University of Maryland said: ___
Music Meet to Hear Opera Recordings
James Seaver, associate professor of history, will be guest speaker at the Music Educators National Conference, to be held tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in room 332, Murphy Hall. Prof. Seaver will play records from his collection of opera recordings.
Sigma Phi Epsilon Put on Probation
By Byron Klapper
The Interfraternity Council last night placed Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on social and disciplinary probation for dressing a pledge in swim trunks, molasses and corn flakes.
The disciplinary action was approved by a 23 to 3 vote of mem- hers present with one abstention
Americans are keenly aware of the cultural differences that exist between the countries of Europe, but we are not aware that even larger differences separate the Latin American countries. Even within individual countries, vast cultural differences exist.
In northeastern Brazil, for instance, the population consists primarily of Negro and Indian groups who depend on an agricultural economy for their livelihood. Southern Brazil has a European culture and contains much industrialization, Prof. Augelli said.
People must learn to appreciate the differences that exist, not only from country to country but within parts of a single country before the situation in Latin American can be improved, he said.
"AT THE LEAST," the term 'Latin America' is an arbitrary geographic expression which frames a loosely cemented mosaic of peoples, places and cultures," he continued.
Since the areas are different many of their basic problems are different and a "common approach" to Latin America's problems may result in an inadequate program. A program of aid to Argentina might include farm machinery which would be appropriate, but the same program to Haiti or Paraguay may not be the answer, Prof. Augelli explained.
In his lecture, the speaker classified "Middle America" into two distinct zones; the Euro-African zone and the Euro-Indian zone.
The former zone consists of the islands of the West Indies, whereas the latter is comprised of Mexico. Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama.
THE EURO-AFRICAN area or "island Arc" as he called it was under northern European and Anglo-American influence and exists under a colonial type of plantation agriculture.
Woodruff Goes to Big 8 Meet To Defend KU's Football Title
Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of men and faculty representative to the Big Eight Athletic Conference, goes to Kansas City Thursday to defend KU against charges that could cause KU to lose its Big Eight football title.
The matter involves Bert Coan, Pasedena, Tex., sophomore and star halfback on the team, whose eligibility has been challenged by several conference members.
His eligibility is disputed by these members because of alleged "excessive entertainment by a recognized representative of the University's athletic interest"—a violation of conference regulations.
THE MEETING is the regularly-scheduled winter session of the Big Eight conference. The Coan case is on the agenda for discussion. If he were found ineligible, KU would have to forfeit the Colorado and Missouri games in which Coan participated. This also would mean the loss of the title.
A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg, KU director of athletics, said a 6-2 vote by the conference members would be necessary to effect the penalty.
"There's only one vote we can count on for sure," he said.
COAN ATTENDED a College All-Star football game with Bud Adams, Houston oilman and a former KU student. Both Adams and Coan have emphatically denied that Adams financed the trip as is alleged.
This incident was among several cited by the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) that resulted in a one-year probation for the KU team for violation of recruiting regulations.
"The NCAA was concerned with many factors," Dean Woodruff said. "The boys in question had announced they were leaving their respective schools and we assumed they were free agents and deait with them individually.
"BUT THE NCAA said they were not free agents and that the KU administration should have contacted the other schools before contacting the boys."
The players Dean Woodruff was referring to were Coan, James Street and Michael Walker, Groves, Tex., junior. Street and Walker attended Texas A&M and Coan was at TCU. Street dropped out of school shortly after enrolling and Walker is ineligible due to a grade deficiency.
The Conference committee is composed of faculty representatives from each of the schools and the executive secretary, Reaves Peters. They are the governing body of Big Eight athletics and pass on all violations of conference regulations.
THE ELIGIBILITY COMMITTEE of the KU University Senate, composed of faculty members, reviewed the facts concerning Coan's matriculation to KU and found that the events leading to his enrollment did not constitute a violation of the Big Eight regulation.
The report was then sent to the KU Athletic Board, of which the
Chancellor is a member, and was endorsed.
"Since the KU eligibility committee has already investigated the issue, however, and found there was no violation, I don't see why the Big Eight conference could decide that a violation was involved," Dean Woodruff said.
WHEN ASKED if the conference had the prerogative of this authority to force forfeiture, Dean Woodruff said that it was an all-powerful committee in any maters concerning the athletic setup in the Big Eight schools.
"They have the authority to pass judgment on and enforce any rule that is in their jurisdiction," he continued. "And this jurisdiction is ever eligibility, recruiting practices, scheduling, management of sports events and formulation of sports regulations for all events."
German Sociologist To Speak at Seminar
A University lecture and seminar will feature Dr. Konrad Lorenz from the Max Planck Institute of Behavioral Physiology in Seeswesen, Germany. He will speak at 4 p.m. tomorrow in 303 Bailey Hall on "The Approach to Sociology in Higher Animals."
At the 8 p.m. lecture tomorrow in 303 Bailey Dr. Lorenz will speak on, "The Sociology of the Greylag Goose."
Phi Beta Kappa Hears Bochenski, Initiates 10
NEW MEMBERS—Recently initiated members of Phi Beta Kappa are, front row, left to right, Cheryl Ann Payer, El Dorado; Barbara Foley, Lawrence; Nancy Craven, Hillsdale; Therese Davis, Pocatello, Idaho, and Chancellor Wescoe.
Back row, left to right. John E. Brown, Lawrence; John D. Moyer, Hamlin; John H. Jewell, Garden City; Robert E. Barnhill, Lawrence, and Charles D. Aldrich, Osborne. Chancellor Wescoe was initiated as an honorary member.
The austere quiet of the Forum Room of the Kansas Union was broken only by a soft, accented voice. Frequent chuckles from the audience stopped the speaker.
J. M. Bochenski, Rose Morgan professor of philosophy, addressed the fall meeting of the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Prof. Bochenski said;
"The history of logic is a relatively new study. It was born, or actually rediscovered, in the United States in fairly recent times.
There was no real logic in the 19th century so there was no interest in the history of logic, he said.
"The development of logic has not been in one steady upward curve," he said. "It has been in short, sporadic bursts."
Before Prof. Bochenski spoke, a short initiation ceremony was held for nine seniors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who have recently been elected to membership in the society. Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe was initiated as an honorary member.
Weather
Generally fair northeast and mostly cloudy west and south portions this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. Colder this afternoon. Low tonight near 20.
The fraternity was found guilty by the Council's executive committee after a hearing prior to last night's meeting. The executive committee submitted its report and recommendations to IFC last night.
NEAL S. McCOY, Winfield junior, and IFC treasurer stated the case against Sigma Phi Epsilon.
He recommended the fraternity be placed on
- Social suspension for the remainder of the semester;
- Social probation for the second semester;
- Disciplinary probation.
He further recommended that a letter be sent to the national chapter informing them of the Council's action and recommending they take any action deemed necessary.
McCoy, speaking for the committee, charged that on Nov. 4, a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge class was captured by actives during a pledge walkout. The pledge was then put into swim trunks and covered with molasses, corn flakes and probably feathers. In retaliation for this the pledges seized the fraternity president and held him captive with the intention of negotiating an exchange.
Disciplinary probation means that the fraternity would be closely watched and if it violated IFC regulations again severe penalties may be administered, an IFC spokesman said.
Meanwhile an anonymous phone call brought Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, to the scene, McCoy said.
In an interview last night, Dean Alderson said he was satisfied with the action taken by the IFC and that no further disciplinary measures would be taken by the University.
"THE FRATERNITY'S action was an infraction of IFC rules and regulations regarding walkouts and I'm satisfied with their decision," Dean Alderson said.
Kenneth J. Brown, Herington senior and president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said last night that the IFC had not been unjust in administering punishment.
"What we did was definitely wrong. The Council's decision is best for the IFC and for the Greek system," Brown said.
He said the administration went more than half way in allowing the IFC to handle the problem. Brown said the IFC action would not seriously hurt the fraternity, but merely serve as a warning to deter future incidents.
THERE WERE pro and con arguments on the adoption of the resolution to discipline the fraternity.
"The thing that will hurt most is the bad publicity this will bring," said one student. "As the story gets outside the University the newspapers will drop the fraternity's name and just refer to the house as 'a KU fraternity'."
Some students were against the penalty. Jay W. Deane, Kansas City sophomore said:
"I THINK the four penalties are too harsh. It's been so long since we've dished out a penalty that we don't have any basis to guide ourselves by. I think social suspension would be enough."