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University Daily Kansan
Thursday. Dec. 6, 1956
Even Western Civ Can Be Funny - At Least The Jokes
By RAY WINGERSON
(Of The Daily Kansas Staff
An empty bulletin board can lead to funny things—at least it has in the Western Civilization hallway in Strong Annex C.
James Schellenberg, Baldwin graduate student and assistant instructor in Western Civilization, discovered the empty board last year and decided to use it to display Western Civ humor.
He puts up cartoons, usually taken from The New Yorker magazine, to which he adds either quotations by the great thinkers or his own observations
Schellenberg
Although he wasn't systematic with his display at first, this year Schellenberg, is running a weekly series that he ties in with assignments. Some of the series are "Machiavelli." "The Rise of the Middle Class, and "Utopia."
He started collecting the cartoons about two years ago, adding his own "two cents' worth" to provide decoration for the room where his Western Civilization students met.
"I did it for my own amusement then," he said, "and I still do."
Today he is still adding to his collection. He now has a stack of cartoons an inch high which he tries to correlate with the studies "by any stretch of the imagination."
"I think the cartoon is more interesting than the quotation," he said, "but I try to make quotations fit the cartoons." Schellenberg said.
"If a joke will fit another quotation, I'll use it. There's nothing sacred about the way I arrange them."
Schellenberg's favorite quotation, for which he hasn't found a joke, is by Baron de Montesquieu: "My business is not to make people read, but to make people think."
Schellenberg, who is studying sociology said, "If I'm here next
Junior Is Secretary Of Baptist Group
Betty Lowell, Kansas City, Mo., junior, was elected secretary of the Kansas Baptist Student Movement at its third annual conference held in Lawrence Saturday and Sunday.
Ron Butler, Kansas State College junior, was elected president of the organization. Nine Kansas colleges and universities were represented at the conference.
The Kansas Baptist Student Movement is designed to put more emphasis on student work within the Baptist denomination, according to the Rev. Mr. Ernst E. Klein, University pastor.
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yera, I'll probably have them up again."
He said a cartoon will sometimes aptly and clearly caricaturize the philosophy of a man or a period, but that the imagination must be used more often than not.
"Still." Schellenberg said, "I find that some students do get help from them and bring them up in discussions."
Mennonites To Have Banquet
"Wisemen Today Seek Christ" will be the theme of the KU Menonite Fellowship Christmas banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Evangelical United Brethern Church, 1501 Massachusetts.
About 120 Mennonite students and faculty members from KU, the Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., and Mennonites from Topeka and Kansas City will attend.
Wesley Prieb, professor of English at Tabor College in Hillsboro, will speak.
"The Chosen Peoples." a study book for the United Student Christian Council (USCC), will be discussed at a luncheon seminar today at the Westminster Foundation.
Religious Group To Hold Seminar
"The People of God," is the topic of the conference. The USCC is composed of fifteen student organizations of separate denominations.
The book by Denis Baly was written as the chief study book for the USCC for use at the regional Ecumenical conference at Stillwater, Okla. Dec. 27 to Jan. 1.
The seminar concludes the first week of a two week study of this book. Purpose of this study is to prepare delegates for the conference.
The seminars will be held at Wesley Foundation, 1314 Oread, Dec. 11-13.
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Ten members of the State Geological survey attended the annual meeting of the Kansas Water Well Drillers Assm. Friday and Saturday at Manhattan.
Those attending were Frank C. Foley, director of the State Geological Survey; V. C. Fishel, district engineer for the U. S. Geological
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Survey; W. W. Hambleton, assistant director; Howard G. O'Connor, Dr. J. M. Jewett, Daniel Merriam and William Ives, geologists; Kenneth Wahl; Mrs. Betty Henderson, editor U. S. Geological Survey, and Mrs. Betty Mason.
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Does DuPont hire men who have definite military commitments?
Oran A. Ritter, Jr., expects to receive his B.S. in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University in June 1957. He's now editor-in-chief of the "L.S.U. Engineer," local president of Tau Beta Pi, and senior member of the Honor Council of his university. Oran's question is on the minds of many men planning a technical career.
Don Sutherland answers:
Donald G. Sutherland graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1953 with an M.S. degree in chemical engineering and an R.O.T.C. commission. He was hired by Du Pont's plant at Victoria, Texas. After two years in the service, Don returned to his career in engineering, and is now doing plant-assistance work in the technical section at Victoria.
YES, Oran, we certainly do! We've employed quite a number of college graduates with definite military commitments, even when we knew they could work no more than a few weeks before reporting for duty. Take my own case. I was hired in November of 1953 and worked for only four weeks before leaving for the Army. Two years later I returned to Du Pont.
You see, we're primarily interested in men on a long-range basis. The fact that they're temporarily unavailable, for a good reason like military service, isn't any bar to their being considered for employment. After working only one day, an employee is guaranteed full re-employment rights—that's the law. And if a man works for Du Pont a full year before entering the service for two or more years, he receives an extra two months' salary. If he goes into the service for six months, he's paid a half
month's salary. When he's entitled to a vacation but doesn't have time to take it before leaving, Du Pont gives him equivalent pay instead.
Even if present employment is impossible, Oran, we definitely recommend your talking with Du Pont's representatives as well as those of other companies. The very least you'll gain will be valuable background and some contacts of real benefit to you when you leave military service.
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