Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
58th Year, No.13
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1960
Docking Denies Building Need
Gov. George Docking directly denied the need for accelerated building programs at Kansas Colleges and universities today and said they were "born of panic."
According to a UPI report, Gov. Docking, speaking at a convocation at Emporia State Teachers College, called for schools to improvise with existing facilities to solve the problem of increased enrollment.
"EVEN IF the money and the building sites were available," he said, "the various crash programs which have been suggested and which did not include this college (Emporia State) could not be completed in time to meet the immediate problem and would throw the logical, long-range program into a state of utter confusion.
"The obvious solution, born of panic and hysteria, is to spend more money on physical facilities."
(The Board of Regents recently proposed that $10 million for dormitory construction be drawn from the State's Inactive Fund. They also asked for $5 million from the General Fund, in addition to the regular $3 million from the Educational Building fund. The Inactive Fund represents the State's savings; it now, totals $90 million.)
HE SAID the only solution is to improvise so that the most use can be made of the existing faculties.
The Governor complimented the Emporia State faculty and student body for a "realistic approach" to the building problem.
"You are improvising in the best pioneer American tradition," he said.
"You are thus reviving an art which has become all but lost under the pressers of a modern, materialistic philosophy which holds
Russia Backtracks; Won't Leave U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — (UPI) — The Soviet Union began backtracking today in its war with Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. A spokesman said there was no question of Russia leaving the United Nations if he does not resign.
The softened Soviet attitude toward Hammarskjold came in the face of repeated General Assembly defeats and thunderous support for the Swedish diplomat who told Premier Nikita Khrushchev yesterday "I shall remain at my post."
A MEMBER of the Soviet delegation said the Russian attitude toward Hammarskjold will depend upon his future conduct. This was a far easier stand than Khrushchev's
that enough dollars—particularly if they are tax dollars—will solve any problem."
Nikita, Mac To Parley
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev last night rejected any hope of East-West peace talks with President Eisenhower but sought out Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan for a second summit session today.
Macmillan's first reply was that he was otherwise engaged at the lunch hour time suggested by Khrushchev. But he agreed later to meet the Soviet leader at 2:15 p.m.
AT THE SAME time, Macmillan turned down an invitation to a party Khrushchev is staging tonight at his Park Avenue headquarters.
Three neutral bloc leaders meanwhile called a meeting of the 44-nation Afro-Asian bloc at the United Nations at 3:30 p.m. to hear statements by India's Jawaharlal Nehru, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, and the United Arab Republic's Gamal Abdel Nasser.
THEY WERE among the five neutral bloo leaders who submitted a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate Eisenhower-Khrushchev meeting. The other two were Indonesia's Sukarno and Yugoslavia's Tito.
Weather
Considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers or thunder storms southeast and extreme east central this afternoon and tonight and southeast and extreme east tomorrow. Heavy fog over northeast and north central portion tonight and tomorrow morning. Warmer west portion this afternoon. Low tonight 50s north and to 60s southeast. High tomorrow generally near 80.
Survey Shows Building Need
demands he resign because the Communist bloc did not trust him.
The Soviet spokesman said the Kremlin leaders had made no decision whether to boycott him as they did to force the resignation of his predecessor, Norway's Trygve Lie.
The University has often pointed to the findings of an educational survey as evidence of the necessity for immediate construction. The Comprehensive Educational Survey of Kansas, administered by an independent professional staff last May cited the urgency for classroom construction and said:
It appeared the Soviet bloc had been surprised by the wild acclaim with which the assembly delegates greeted Hammarskjold's dramatic defense of himself yesterday as a protector of small nations.
The delegation member said Russia would support an Australian amendment to a five-power neutralist resolution calling for a new Big Four summit meeting instead of a meeting between Khrushchev and President Eisenhower, which both have rejected.
HIS SPEECH, interrupted three times by applause, received the longest ovation any speaker has received in the two-week-old assembly.
Podgorny sought today to prove that Hammarskjold was partial toward the West. He said that of 1,170 officials in the United Nations, 65 per cent were from the United States and its allies and only 7 per cent from Communist and neutralist countries and 3 per cent from Africa.
THE COMMUNIST attack on Hammarskjold waned in the assembly today and the Ukraine, which is actually a part of the Soviet Union, was assigned to declare that the Secretary-General had "soiled the honor" of the United Nations. This was far milder than previous Communist statements.
Ukrainian Communist party boss Nikolai V. Podgorny told the assembly the "just condemnation" of Hammaskjojl's activities, especially in the Congo, by Communist representatives had caused a "hysterically sharp" reaction from the United States.
U. N. officials have acknowledged in the past that Eastern Europe was under-represented but said it was because the Communist countries had not proposed qualified candidates for posts here.
"It is painfully evident that the larger public institutions must initiate building programs that will provide additional classrooms at an early date, particularly since it requires about three years from the time a building plan is prepared until the building is ready for occupancy.
"KU will require more classrooms by 1962, Kansas State University by 1966 and Emporia State immediately."
In the 1959-60 session a bill was proposed in the Legislature to accelerate building and was passed by both houses. It was vetoed by Gov. Docking.
The EducationalSurvey states that on the basis of a national standard of classroom utilization — under which 80 per cent usage is considered excellent—KU was using facilities at 94.8 per cent.
Play Viewers Total 2,633
Attendance at the University Theatre production "The Lady's Not for Burning", totaled 2.633.
The play was presented last Wednesday through Saturday. Gordon Beck, instructor of speech, said the largest crowd was Saturday with an attendance of 875.
Compared to the summer production of the same play, the attendance was three times as large. Mr. Beck said that attendance was about average for the first production of the season.
Gov. George Docking
English Test Sign-Up Now
All juniors and seniors who have completed their freshman-sophomore English requirements and must pass the English proficiency examination before graduating should register before Monday for the test.
The schools requiring the English proficiency for graduation are the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Education, the School of Fine Arts, the William Allen White School of Journalism, the department of nursing and the department of architecture and architectural engineering.
Only those students who have registered at the Registrar's Office, 122 Strong, will be allowed to take the examination.
For the first time the proficiency examination will be planned and graded by a committee representing all of the schools and departments which require the examination for graduation. The papers will be selected at random for each grader to read.
The English proficiency examination will be given Oct. 13, in classrooms around the campus.
Humanities Forum Has Been Canceled
The Humanities Forum scheduled for 8:15 this evening has been canceled due to illness of the speaker. The next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 1, in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union. Marilyn Stokstad, assistant professor of art history will be the speaker.
U.S. Jet Sets SpeedRecord
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The U.S. Navy today claimed a new world record of 1,390.21 m.p.h. for jet fighter planes. The record would be nearly 100 m.p.h. greater than one submitted for recognition by Russia four months ago.
Navy Secretary William B. Franke said "We have shown again that we are equal to any challenge—that we will be second to no-one."
The Navy mark was set Sept. 23 by Cmdr. John F. (Jeff) Davis, a 39-year-old Annapolis graduate from Chicago, in a McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom fighter that will become operational aboard Navy carriers late this year.
Davis flew a 62-mile (100 kilometer) circular course in 40.9 seconds. His true average speed was 1,454 m.p.h., but he was occasionally somewhat wide of the course. The test was at an altitude of 45,000 feet over the Mojave desert near Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Russia's mark for the 100 kilometer course, submitted to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale on June 28 and not yet recognized, was 1,298.7 m.p.h. The American record also must be submitted to the same body for recognition.
'C' Zone's South Entrance Closed
The south entrance to parking zone "C" will be closed for approximately one week due to construction of a steam tunnel under that area.
Zone "C" permit holders will now have to come in on Jayhawk Drive, turn left on Naismith Drive and use the west entrance of Zone "C" according to traffic officials.
Pharmacy School Celebrates 75th Anniversary - Pharmacy Week
Pharmacy students at KU are celebrating the 75th anniversary of their school this week in conjunction with the observance of National Pharmacy Week.
HARLEY RUSSELL. Topeka senior in charge of public relations for the school, said the purpose of the observance is to impress on people the fact that the pharmacist is a licensed professional pledged to improving the health of his community and customers at a minimum cost.
The student branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association (A. Ph. A.) at KU has attempted to emphasize this point by a display in the foyer of the Kansas Union depicting early and modern pharmacy apparatus, non-commercial advertisements, and a special film to be shown tomorrow.
THE SPECIAL emphasis on this idea is part of a move to answer recent unfavorable comments on drug prices made by several public figures, including a few Congressmen.
National Pharmacy Week is
sponsored by the American Pharmaceutical Association. It is the result of a recommendation in 1924 by the late Dr. Robert J. Ruth, who was chairman of the association's section on practical pharmacy at that time.
THIS FALL, for the first time, all students entering the School of Pharmacy have two years of liberal arts training. They will then spend three years in the Pharmacy School, putting the school on a five-year basis.
This program was necessary because of the amount of training needed by pharmacy students, J. Allen Reese, dean of the school said. The old program required students to take 17 to 19 hours per semester for four years.
THE NEW PROGRAM has been accompanied by an increase in enrollment. Enrollment last year was 70. This year it is 82, and 35 transfers are expected from other uni- universities.
A sample semester's courses included such subjects as quantitative analysis, organic chemistry, and physics. The new program is expected to distribute the number of such courses more evenly.
In connection with the school's 75th anniversary, the student branch of the A. Ph. A. held an alumni reunion in Mallot Hall Saturday. The 175 persons who attended the reunion sat in a reserved section at the Syracuse-KU football game, following a luncheon and open house.
ALSO A SERIES OF bi-annual refresher courses were sponsored by the KU Extension Bureau and the school. The courses are for pharmacists throughout the state and are designed to keep them up to date on modern drugs and techniques.
The courses were held at Dodge City, Hutchinson, and here ct KU last Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
A dinner was held Friday evening in the Kansas Union at which Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe was the guest speaker. Approximately 100 pharmacists attended. Chancellor Wescoe spoke on the interrelated problems of the medical and pharmacy professions.