Competence Is Key To Free Profession
Everett C. Hughes, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, gave this advice at the annual Law School banquet in the Kansas Union last night.
The best guarantee any young professional man can have for freedom in his work is to keep himself as competent as possible.
"A free professional man is generally considered to be one without a boss. But today we find more and more organization in the professions.
"They are not actually doing the kind of work they would like to do. Most of their time is taken up writing law papers, doing research work, and other law work not actually connected with cases.
"A great many lawyers are in group arrangements. Some are with the government, some work for companies, and others work for firms. Individual freedom becomes extremely difficult when people work together," he said.
"A competent professional man has much more of a chance to do his work in his own way, think his own thoughts, and to do the kind of work he wants to do," he said.
Prof. Hughes said that even the lawyers who work for and by themselves do not have freedom today.
11.2019-04-13 14:05:00 AM
Prof. Hughes said that most professions are thought of as being "free."
"The fact is that the man in the law firm actually has much more freedom now than the one who works alone in the cities. They have more variety and more opportunities for handling the kind of work they like best," he said.
Kansas State College Becomes University
TOPEKA —(UPI)—Gov. George Docking signed a bill at 2 p.m. today changing the name of Kansas State College to Kansas State University.
Officials have indicated the name change will come into use immediately, even though the law does not become effective until after publication in the official state newspaper in a few days.
Kansas State, as the school will be called, was scheduled to send a large delegation to a signing ceremony, including President James A. McCain.
"We will never be able to recreate that situation in which a man can hang out his shingle and work alone with the greatest satisfaction and results.
"The greatest freedom of all is the freedom to do one's best. If the professional man can keep this freedom, he will have the best chances for a satisfying career." Prof. Hughes said.
There are more professions today than ever before, he said. Many old occupations have been revived with technology and like to call themselves professions. There are also a great many complicated services that have been made necessary by the mechanical age.
Approximately 490 students have registered to take the English Proficiency Examination tomorrow.
English Quiz To Test 490
Prof. Hughes will give the last in his series of lectures at 4 p.m. today in Fraser Theater.
The examination will be given from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 426 Lindley, 303 Bailey and 124 Malott. Students were assigned to one of these three buildings when they registered.
Last fall approximately 600 students took the examination. Out of this number, 406 students passed it. Those taking the examination have had four semesters of freshman-sophomore English courses.
The purpose of the examination is to give the University a final check on how well its students can handle the language before they receive a degree.
David Dykstra, instructor of English, said that the examinations will be graded as soon as possible. Each paper will be read at least twice by members of the department of English. Three passing grades or three failing grades are required of each paper.
Students who fail the examination are urged to visit the writing Clinic in 114 Strong Hall for consultation on their papers.
Students who pass may discuss their papers with Mr. Dykstra in 201 Fraser.
The KU Moot Court Trial was won yesterday by defense counsels William Turner, Muncie, and Richard Bond, Lawrence, both second-year law students.
Defense Proves Case in Moot Court Action
Counsels for the petitioner in the imaginary case were Larry M. Baker, Wichita, and Arthur B. McKinley, Medicine Lodge, second-year law students.
The case, presented in the Law School Appellate Court practice, won the decision of the judges by presentation and point of law.
Bond and Turner will represent KU in the regional Moot Court competition in St. Louis next fall.
The judges awarded prizes for the best individual arguments to Turner and Baker.
Judges at the Moot Court were U. S. District Judge Arthur J. Stanley Jr., Kansas City, Mo., Walter Thiele, retired Kansas Supreme Court justice, and Robert Kaul, district judge from Wamego.
The case before the court was prepared for national Moot Court competition by a special committee of the American Bar Association in New York City.
The judges found the statute to be unconstitutional.
EUROPE-RUSSIA
The case involved the constitutionality of a statute which prohibits the participation of corporations in election campaigns.
SPECIAL TOUR FOR STUDENTS ONLY
72 DAYS FROM NEW YORK—ONLY $1,697
TIME PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE
Ph.D. Thesis Basis of Book
Page 5
This all-inclusive GRAND EUROPEAN RUSSIAN CIRCLE TOUR features all-expenses paid, visiting 13 countries:
All second-year law students are required to enter Moot Court intramural competition in the fall semester.
ENGLAND BELGIUM HOLLAND DENMARK SWEDEN FINLAND
POLAND CZECHOSLOVAKIA EAST GERMANY WEST GERMANY LUXEMBOURG FRANCE
Plus visiting the Soviet Union including:
Leningrad — Novgorod — Kalinin — Moscow
Mtensk — Kharkov — Zeleny Gai — Yalta — Sochi
Black Sea Cruise — Zaporozhie — Kursk
Smolensk — Minsk
Conducted by Sam Anderson, Russian Instructor, Kansas University
Depart June 28 flying TWA Trans World Airlines Return Sept. 7, Spending 70 exciting, full days abroad ASK TODAY FOR ILLUSTRATED FOLDER DESCRIPTING DETAILED ITINERARY, GIVING FULL INFORMATION
Dr. G. P. Khare, officer on special duty in the Directorate of Economics and Statistics in India, who earned his doctorate from the University of Kansas in 1956, has recently had a book published, "Planning in India." The book, based on work done for his Ph.D. thesis, studies Indian Planning from historical and analytical viewpoints.
MAUPINTOUR ASSOCIATES.
1236 Mass., Lawrence, Kansas Phone: VIking 3-1211
University. Daily Kansas
Friday. March 20. 1959
POST GRAD SLACKS
In
Baby Cords—three colors $5.95
Klondike Polished Cottons—Suntan 6.95
the town shop DOWNTOWN the university shop ON THE HILL
BROUGHT BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
All over the campus they're still talking about the supersonic Radar Range oven. Steaks and lobster tails cooked to perfection in minutes—while you watch. Make a date now for a real treat in eating.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY 5-7 p.m.
KANSAS UNION CAFETERIA