Chicagoan Will Be Religious Speaker
Dr. Jaroslave Jan Pelikan, professor of historical theology at the University of Chicago, will speak at the Religious Emphasis Week convocation Feb. 23.
Dr. Pelikan, a Lutheran, was chosen by the University convocations committee for his "unusual ideas on international faith relations and his outstanding speaking ability."
Religious Emphasis Week (REW) on the campus is Feb. 22-28. Its theme this year is "Proposed: An I.T.Y.," (International Theological Year) suggested by the International Geophysical Year.
The Rev. Alan Fickering, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and one of five advisers to the Student Religious Council, said the theme "suggests a time be taken for everyone to investigate theology as well as geology."
Several hundred ministers, priests and rabbis from Kansas and Missouri will be invited to the campus to participate in the discussion groups, he said.
Other outstanding speakers invited to the campus for REW include Dr. J. Coert Rylaarsdam, professor of Old Testament Literature at the Divinity School, University of Chicago, and Dr. John E. Cantelon, secretary of the department of Campus Christian Life of the Presbyterian Church.
In connection with REW the KU Extension Department is also planning a Kansas Conference for Clergy, the Rev. Mr. Pickering said.
The week preceding REW, Feb. 16-21, the Experimental Theatre will present "The Naked," a play with theological concepts and religious overtones.
The Rev. Mr. Pickering said the
No One Reveals Skeleton in Closet
Do you have a skeleton in your closet? This question was posed last week in a Kansan classified advertisement placed by Milton Diamond, New York City graduate student, and Howard Stutzman, Lawrence medical student.
The object of the advertisement was to end an extensive search for the skeleton which disappeared from the anatomy laboratory early last month.
"All we've had are pranksters." Diamond said, when asked if the advertisement had drawn any results.
He said the advertised offer still goes. The person or persons having the skeleton can call him at VI 2-0195 and he will pick it up, "no questions asked."
SRC would emphasize the play as a topic of discussion, during REW
Religious displays at the Museum of Art and at Watson Library will also be a part of REW, he said.
Humphrey Gives Ike Nikita's Note
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn) today gave President Eisenhower a secret message from Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the Berlin crisis, but suggested that the proposals were "unacceptable."
Humphrey, who spent an unprecedented eight hours with Khrushchev in Moscow, said that the message to Eisenhower also was related to Russian rocket developments and nuclear explosions.
Talking to newsmen after he conferred with the President for an hour and 20 minutes, Humphrey was asked by reporters if the premier's discussion involved some new way to advance negotiations on the German problem.
"I would hope their suggestions would be unacceptable—and I believe they are." he replied.
Humphrey said the new information on weapons and nuclear matters he relayed from the Soviet leader were "not as significant as Mr. Khrushchev would like to have us believe."
Humphrey said Eisenhower did not ask him to withhold the information he had given to the President. But the Senator refused to make public in greater detail the contents of Khrushchev's message.
He said it would be up to the State Department and Atomic Energy Commission to determine release of the information.
Daily hansan
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1958
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No. 59
'U.S. Recognition of China Would Make Asians Follow'
More than 150 Kansas and western Missouri high school principals and guidance counselors will be on campus Thursday for conferences with KU freshmen.
NEVER MIND MY PULSE NURSE—Where's the patient? Chuck Williams, graduate student from Wichita, who plays Dr. Livesay in the Children's Theatre production of "Treasure Island" gets hurried sleeve help from an assistant.
If the United States recognizes Red China, all Asian nations would have to follow suit, a Thailand editor said yesterday.
Students will meet with their high school principals during the morning to discuss methods of improving college preparatory work in high schools and the new student programs at the University. In the
Speaking at a University lecture Mom Rajawongse Kukrit Pramoj, editor and publisher of the Bangkok newspaper Siam Rath, said American refusal to recognize Communist
a time to prepare for recognition when it comes.
High School Educators To Talk With Freshmen
Recognition would mean Chinese embassies would be set up in each nation, perhaps taking control of large Chinese minorities whose loyalty cannot be predicted, Mr. Pramoi said.
"In our nation of 24 million, the
THAILAND EDITOR—Mom Rajawongse Kukrit Pramoj, right, last night's University Lecturer, discusses his speech with a listener.
afternoon the high school guests will attend a panel discussion on new educational developments at KU.
On the panel are Dean George R. Waggoner of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dean John S. McNown of the School of Engineering and Architecture, Dean Kenneth E. Anderson of the School of Education, Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts, and Dr. E. Gordon Collister, director of the Guidance Bureau.
James K. Hitt, registrar and chairman of the conference, said counselors were invited to the conference this year because guidance programs will be strengthened under the National Defense Education Act.
"But faculty members have been notified of the conference and are encouraged to allow students to make up work missed Thursday," he said.
Students will pet be accused from classes to attend the conference, Mr Hitt said.
Quigley Reported In Poor Condition
The conferences are scheduled from 9 to 11:45 a.m.
- Organized house members will be hosts for the principals and counselors at luncheon.
Mr. Quigley, who is suffering from an undisclosed illness, was reported to be improving yesterday.
E. C. Quigley, a former athletic director at the University, was reported to be in "poor condition" today at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital where he has been a patient since Saturday.
Rocket's Fall Seen in Africa
FT. LAMY, French Equatorial Africa —(UPI)— A Frenchman and an African believed today they had seen the end of the U.S. moon missile Pioneer III. It burst like a Christmas star over this remote jungle outpost Sunday night.
Pierre Stoeckel, 33, Air France representative here, said it was 7:55 p.m. (1:55 p.m. CST) when he and the African saw the flames.
Stoeckel told United Press International he had been alerted to watch for the possible end of the Army's first moon rocket which was returning to earth after soaring 64-900 miles in one more attempt by man to reach the moon and beyond.
"We were scanning the wide open sky—it seems immense here in Africa—when suddenly we saw an intensely bright white ball followed by a white luminous trail," he said.
"It was a marvelous sight, like a new star appearing in the sky, and both of us were breathless.
"The whole show lasted no more than three seconds. But we had the impression we were attending the death of something much bigger than anything we had seen before."
economy is controlled by a Chinese minority of 3 million," said Mr. Pramoj.
"Eventually we will have to recognize Communist China. But we must have time to learn how to assimilate the Chinese. We don't know how to do it. We must have time to prepare."
America is rendering other services to small Asian nations, Mr. Pramoi said.
"Since World War II, America has given these nations a sense of security they had not had since receiving their independence," he said.
The security, gained by so-called "dollar diplomacy," has permitted the nations to advance themselves and to undergo a psychological change.
Reluctant About Aid
Mr. Pramoj said some Asian nations were reluctant to receive American aid for fear of losing their independence.
"Other countries are making use of their relations with Communist powers to blackmail America into more aid" he said.
"If this continues, America might as well be turned into an enormous foundation."
Mr. Pramoj said America's help has deterred Asian nations from going to war with each other over ancient causes. He said this country has been helpful in aiding less fortunate countries with their problems.
Thailand's Role
"The role of Thailand is making friends with our neighbors and serving as an example that material progress can be achieved with the help and friendship of America," he said.
He said his nation is threatened by the new form of imperialism called Communism. His nation is reluctant to accept Communist friendship in the form of cultural and economic exchanges because of fear of being swallowed whole.
"We are firmly committed to the West," he said. "Our sister countries prefer no commitment, for they have been under Western control before and now enjoy their freedom."
Mr. Pramoj said Thailand had maintained its independence by trading with Western nations, by aligning itself with the Western ideal of good government, by granting territorial rights to the colonial powers and by becoming a buffer state between colonies of England and France.
Weather
Cloudy this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow with occasional light snow northeast portion. Continued cold this afternoon. Not so cold tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight near 20. High tomorrow 40 southwest to near 30 elsewhere.
Record-breaking snows were reported in upstate New York yesterday. Oswego, on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, was buried under 33 inches of snow in 24 hours.
Tyrone Power Willed Eyes To Living;Wish Unfulfilled
HOLLYWOOD — (UPI) — Actor Tyrone Power willed his eyes to give sight to the living, but his wish was not fulfilled.
At the U. S. Air Force Hospital in Spain where the actor's body was prepared for burial after his unexpected death of a heart attack last month, a spokesman said his eyes were not removed.
The Eye Bank for Sight Restoration in New York said that eyes must be used within 24 to 48 hours of a donor's death. There are few places outside the United States
where they can be utilized in the Corneal Transplant Operation which opens a window of sight for some blind persons, the eye bank said.
The eye bank spokesman said further that Power's wish could not have been fulfilled even if he had died at home if the gift was noted only in his will. Such a gift must be made in a special deed and its existence known to someone close to a dying person so that eyes may be removed within the short time they can be used.