Page 2 Summer Session Kansan Tuesday, June 11, 1957 No Regrets For Having Stayed The summer session moved in like a dove on downy wings. Beneath the leafy foliage of the elms, over the green carpeted lawns, and along the increasingly warmer sidewalks, the dwindled student body moved with quiet footsteps. Everything is quiet at KU. Even the happy shouts and the laughing of Sunflower Girls Staters fails to disrupt the solitude of Mount Oread. Once or twice during the spring semester when the days started warming, we had the traitorous thought of getting in step with the mass march toward Colorado and the cooler universities. We didn't though, because there's something about KU that keeps you here—despite the hot weather. Maybe it's the solitude. After a year of so much noise and so many faces the summer session is like a balmy south seas breeze on a moonlit night. Or maybe it's just the charm of KU and Kansas that keeps you here. The lush dark green, spilling down the hill toward the Kaw river or westward toward ripening wheat fields, has reminded us more than once of a sanctuary. The evenings, too, are charming, when after a hot day silver thunderheads roll up from the southwest and glow pink in the sunset. And then the rain comes. But even on the 110 degree days, life at KU isn't so bad. There's always the swimming pool—and lakes close by. And it's never too hot for a round of golf or a game of tennis. And after that's over, there's always the air conditioned Student Union. All is wonderful in Kansas, except when the heat comes. When that happens, more than once we'll probably wish we had joined that migration to Denver. If worse comes to worse, we can walk about with ice cubes under our straw hats. Fifth Amendment Fits Democracy —Dale Morsch The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States provides that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself and be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. Until very recently, this fundamental safeguard of the freedom of the individual was rarely invoked and virtually never abused. In recent times, vast numbers, accused of everything from treason down to petty dishonesty, have invoked this amendment. In the current appearances of union officials and public officers before the Senate Labor Rackets Investigating Committee, a wide assortment of witnesses has invoked the Fifth, one of the latest being William Langley, the District Attorney of Multnomah County, in which Portland, Ore., is situated. There is no doubt that many, many more Americans will use this amendment to their advantage so long as it is in the constitution. The great number of Fifth Amendment users has caused much bantering among public officials and prosecutors. They believe that Fifth Amendment users are almost invariably guilty as charged, and that were they clean and honest, they would have no hesitation in answering questions as to their guilt or innocence. An honest person, they say, has nothing to hide. A dishonest person will be devious, generally seeking to cloak himself in some kind of sanctimonious talk about the rights of others or improper inquiry. Purists, on the other hand, complain that no one should be under a cloud simply because he has invoked the Fifth Amendment. They argue that the amendment provides further protection for the innocent—a protection that forms the practical foundation for democracy. Without the Fifth Amendment and other such devices, the purists say, America might as well subscribe to totalitarian justice, such as it is. It seems that this bantering fits exactly the thought pattern which is typical of the public office majority. Most officials and prosecutors see the problem only in terms of judicial expediency, and even then, their views are colored by the case at hand. There is little evidence that this majority sees the situation as it relates to the nature of the great scheme of things in American democracy. There is no doubt that the Fifth Amendment clogs the machinery of justice in virtually every case, and many times it may even prevent prosecution of the guilty. But this is characteristic of American democracy: no issue, large or small, zips along to a sudden conclusion in America. It is this slow plodding that makes America's government one of the most stable in the world. There is no reason why we should expect an exception to this American characteristic in the courts where the Fifth Amendment is invoked. Banterers might do well to remember the words of Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich: "Monarchy is like a splendid ship with full sails set; it sails majestically, but when it strikes a rock, it sinks and is gone forever. Democracy is like a raft; it floats on and on, never sinking, but dammit, your feet are always in the water." Indifferent American Talk Puzzles Foreign Student —Dale Morsch Foreign student Hubert Morel- Seyoux wrote the following crili- cism of Americans for the Rocky Mountain Collegian, a college news- paper at Colorado A. and M. College, Fort Collins, Colo.: Hardly was I landed and maybe my two feet were not yet on the American land, that one asked me, "How do you like it here?" My first thought I must say, was, "What a sillie question!" This experience repeated itself again and again during my first week . . . At that time I understood that the answer was, "I like it very much," and then conversation goes on about a completely different subject. That must be the first problem of a student from abroad, I guess, to find out when conversation is carried on a traditionally polite basis or a really meaningful one. Most of us coming here thought the U.S. was a country without any tradition. To my amazement, I discovered that the social structure of American society was heavily loaded with conformity. What is the real meaning of the so-much used, "come and see us sometime?" Should it be translated, "Go to hell if you want," or "We do really love to have you come." I must say since my arrival I have not found yet which way it should be understood. Some told me when people say it they mean it, and some agreed they had said it already to people they did not at all envy When Americans ask you, "How do you like it here?" is it pure formalism or are they expecting an objective and positively critical lecture on the United States? Critical—here is the difficulty. Most often people don't understand why foreign students seem to express more criticism than adhesion to the American way of life. to see. You, who have invited foreign students in that way, don't be surprised if they never came and don't conclude they are not interested by your friendly approach. Is it so difficult to understand? When I see something which seems to me good, I accept it and forget about it. When something appears wrong, it keeps my attention. I give a thought to it and communicate it around. Don't worry when I criticize, I give you the best opportunity to prove me wrong. The Democratic party split in 1949 after President Harry Truman submitted an anti-discrimination program to Congress. On the contrary, he happy if a foreign student openly expresses his criticisms. The more he criticizes here, by your guiding action, the less he will when back to his country, where then he will remember your good points in comparison with what he finds on his own land . . . Rocky Mountain Collegian TV Notes "Playhouse 90" has acquired for next season the TV dramatic rights to Irving Stone's book, "Clarence Darrow for the Defense." The date for presentation of the script about the late noted lawyer has not been set. Pinky Lee will be back on TV beginning June 8. The comedian will take over "The Gumby Show," seen at 10:30 a.m. Satdays. The summer version of the CBS "Studio One" drama series will make its bow June 10 when June Havoc and Sam Levene will star in "The Mother Bit" by Adrian Spies. Clifford Odets' stage drama, "Clash by Night," which once served Tallulah Bankhead, will be used on "Playhouse 90" June 13. In 18th century England there were over 250 capital offenses under the law. Twenty-one National Hockey League games will be telecast next season by CBS. The series starts Nov. 2 and will continue through the final game, March 22, 1958. SUMMER SESSION KANSAN (Published Tuesdays and Fridays) Ed. Phone 251 Bus. Phone 376 Editors Dale Morsch John Eaton Business Mgrs. Colby Rehmann Bill Irvine Manager James E. Dykes The straw-colored German cockroach and the long black Oriental cockroach have spread from their original homes to all parts of the world. A Florida species, having recently got the urge to move, has migrated as far north as Canada, westward to the Rocky Mountains, and southward into Central America. Wild rice, long a favorite of gourmetns, is not rice but a perennial grass indigenous to North America, says the National Geographic Society. Most, of the annual crop is still hand-harvested by Indians in the lake regions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. Use the Kansan Classified Want Ad Section to Get Best Results. 1422 Crescent Road Across from Lindley Hall Campus Hideaway Pizzeria next to ball park between 11th and 12th will be Open All Summer Hours 5 to 1 every day Call VI 3-9111 for Pizza Pickup