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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, March 31, 1959
Scrolls Said to Aid Understanding
Dr. William F. Albright said last Tuesday night in the fifth Humanities lecture that the Dead Sea Scrolls do not upset any Jewish or Christian concepts of religion.
Prof. Albright, professor emeritus of Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins University and for many years the director of the American School for Oriental Research in Jerusalem, spoke on "The Dead Sea Scrolls After 10 Years."
"The scrolls do prove that the 'teacher of righteousness' often referred to in the documents was in a sense a predecessor of John the Baptist who was a predecessor of Christ. They prove nothing about the history of Jesus," he said.
He continued:
"Since the scrolls have been found we can now understand the New Testament much better than ever before. All evidence that pointed to non-Jewish authors of the New Testament books has been lost."
"There is also evidence now that proves the New Testament books were written earlier than the 80s A.D."
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Prof. Albright illustrated the early part of his lecture with slides showing the sites at which the documents were dug up. He outlined the fact that it has been nearly 12 years since the discoveries were first made and stated that new documents are still being uncovered.
"Between 700 and 800 different original scrolls ranging from complete documents to tiny fragments have been found. Fragments from every book in the Old Testament except Esther have also been found."
Prof. Albright stated that the
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Marcia Newell Moran, Prairie Village sophomore, has won first prize in a national advertising contest among many colleges sponsored by Ronson Corp.
The Ronson contest required all participating students to submit original copy and layout for an advertisement introducing a new type of table cigarette lighter. Miss Moran, an advertising salesgirl for the Daily Kansan, was in competition against several hundred other students.
Miss Moran's advertisement will be on display in the Ronson suite at the convention of the National Assn. of Tobacco Distributors to be held in Chicago, April 5 to 10.
As the first prize female winner, Miss Moran will be the guest of Ronson Corp. during a trip to Chicago to study a major trade show in session. Also, Miss Moran will receive a complete set of Ronson's major products as gifts.
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Dead Sea Scrolls were important to the Old Testament in that they have pushed back the date of writing more than 1,000 years and that the material found in the scrolls differed only slightly from the early Hebrew bibles.
Prof. Albright and Franklyn C Nelick, associate professor of English, discussed "Religion and the Humanities" at the SUA current events forum.
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"Religion never changes unless ac- companion by historical crises. You can trace religious ideas through generations and see that the ideas develop at the same rate as history itself."
Prof. Albright said that religion has been a part of experience all through history.
Prof. Albright said that modern prophesy is never correct and reliable.
"In order to achieve great prophesies in any field, you have to dissect and destroy the whole. When you destroy the whole, you can't prophesy.
"The early Biblical prophets had a profound belief in their religion. They saw things as a whole and truly believed in them. Many of the miracles of Exodus are a result of human minds working along fixed lines," he said.
Rep. Challenges KU Pension Plan
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Rep. Alvin Bauman (D-Sabetha) yesterday challenged the validity of a state and faculty retirement plan financed entirely by state funds.
Bauman asked Atty. Gen. John Anderson to take the matter to the Kansas Supreme Court. Bauman also challenged the pension system on the basis that the legislature never granted specific authority for the board of regents to operate a faculty retirement system.
Since 1920, KU has operated a retirement plan without challenge. The same plan was broadened to apply to all schools and all employees under the Board of Regents in 1941.
THETA CHI MOVES IN-Janver C. Derrington, Wichita sophomore, unpacks his clothes at the new Theta Chi house, into which fraternity members moved Sunday night. The house, located at Ninth Street and Emery Road, will not be completed until next fall.
Authority on Iran and Italy to Lecture Here
A member of the American Universities Field Staff will lecture on the campus tomorrow through April 10.
E. A. Bayne, economist and with the economic development past 16 years.
He has been a personal economic adviser to the prime ministers of Iran and Nationalist China, a consultant to the State Department and a director of the American economic aid program for Europe's colonial overseas territories.
Mr. Bayne has been living in Italy for four years. Previously he lived and worked in Central Africa, in China, Iran and France.
The schedule is as follows:
Tomorrow, 3 p.m., 17 Strong Annex E (topic to be arranged).
Thursday, 9 a.m. 13 Strong Annex B, Topic: Impact of Soviet Policy on the Middle East; 3 p.m.
Graduate Seminar: Comparative
writer, has been closely associated of Asia, Africa, and Europe in the
Political Parties, 13 Strong Annex B, "Political Parties in Iran, Israel and Italy"; 6:30 p.m., dinner with faculty group, Kansas Union.
Friday, 9 a.m., 118 Strong, Topic:
The Building of a Nation (Israel);
11 p.m., 33 Strong, Topic: Point Four
in Iran; 3 p.m., same as Wednesday;
4 p.m., Kansas Union, Topic: American Aid in the Middle East.
Monday, 8 a.m., 11 Strong Annex E, Topic: Village Development in Iran; 11 a.m., Strong Annex A, Topic: The Development of Southern Italy; 2 p.m., 206 Flint, Group Interview; 3 p.m., 303 Bailey, Modern Social Practices.
Theater Group Considered for Overseas Work
The KU University Theatre is being considered to possibly produce a play or musical-comedy for overseas showing in the near future, director Lewin Goff, associate professor of speech and drama, said.
The American Educational Theatre Association's overseas travel committee has written two letters to Prof. Goff in response to his application entering KU in competition for the junket.
"But don't get excited. We are simply one of many schools which have applied. At least we have been contacted." Prof. Goff said.
"When it gets narrowed down to a certain number of schools, we will be contacted by the committee, if selected, and a time will be set for us to have a show ready. Then it will be a process of audition and selection.
"Right now we are just investigating the possibility of our going on tour. So far, they have asked us specific questions: would we be able to produce a show, what times would we prefer, and so on," he said.
The type of show being considered is quite different from that which some 20 KU students took on tour in the summer of 1956. That was a variety show put together entirely by the students and sent overseas under the auspices of the USO. It visited Europe and North Africa.
Prof. Goff said no plans have been made about casting for the present. There is nothing anyone can do but wait until the University Theatre hears from the committee, he said.
On the other hand, the AETA only sends full-scale plays or musicals to foreign countries, Prof. Goff said. That is why the audition is so important, he said.
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