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Page. 2 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Nov. 28, 1956
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The article was about integration in the fraternities. It pointed out that many universities have warned the fraternities to cut the restrictions admitting nonwhites, and often students of Roman Catholic or Jewish faith.
One of the most vital problems that has been facing the colleges was brought out by a recent article in the U. S. News and World Report.
Greeks Face Integration Crisis
One large institution has decided to prohibit social fraternities and sororities with national affiliations. However, they allow only nonrestricted local groups on the campus under its jurisdiction.
Three large institutions have set deadlines for ending discriminatory practices of all kinds by fraternities and sororities. The University of Colorado, Dartmouth College and Columbia University are those schools.
The feeling is expressed by many people that social organizations are free to create whatever standards of eligibility they wish. Some of them have conditions set forth in their constitutions barring certain minority groups.
However, exclusiveness is not undemocratic as long as it doesn't deny anybody's right. Belonging to one of these many well-known and exclusive clubs doesn't terminate a person's right.
One national fraternity official made this view: "If a student doesn't like the policies governing the local chapter of a fraternity, he shouldn't join it. If people in a local chapter do not like the principles laid down by the national organizations, and can't get them changed at our annual conventions, they can always quit the fraternity.
However, instead of battling to change the narrow viewpoints of these few groups, it would be a wiser course of action not to join the organization. The freedom of choice is surely the most outstanding right that we have in this country.
One national fraternity official made this view
Even though this seems like a very narrow viewpoint, it does have merit. Many private clubs like country clubs have special rules that would be very distasteful to the general public.
Funds Are Necessary For Polio Research
If a person is a victim of an automobile accident or a disabling disease, experts in modern rehabilitation can do more to help him or her back to a useful life today than in the horse-and-buggy days. But the big problem is to find the experts.
A battle for greater professional competence in the care of the disabled has long been waged by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Through its professional education program, scientists, doctors, and other professional workers are supported during advanced training in specialties vital to the care of polio patients.
Since its start in 1938, this program has required $24,900,000 in March of Dimes funds, almost as much as total investment that financed development of the Salk vaccine.
Some 80,000 Americans born too soon to benefit from the vaccine need the kind of care that only trained professional personnel can provide.
Dave Webb
Before the National Foundation launched its
professional education program, only 300 hospitals admitted polio patients, and few doctors or nurses had adequate information concerning the disease.
Today, about 2,000 hospitals admit polio patients and 15 respiratory and rehabilitation centers are supported for the benefit of those with breathing difficulty or serious crippling.
Additionally, the National Foundation assists in raising professional standards by giving aid to medical schools, collaborating with and supporting professional associations, and by granting scholarships and fellowships. Dr. Jonas E. Salk of Salt vaccine fame received one of these fellowships in 1942.
Despite the large numbers of scientists, doctors, and other professional workers who have received assistance under the National Foundation's program, the National Foundation warns that there is still a dangerous nationwide shortage in these services.
Just when we thought we had it made, what with only about three weeks of school left before the big Christmas vacation, our information service informs us of the bad news.
We had it all figured that these three weeks could be wasted in wild, riotous living, but it looks like our ambitions won't be realized.
For one thing, the English proficiency test is coming up the weekend of Dec. 8, and what better way is there to waste a perfectly good Saturday. Cuts you out of televised football games, Christmas shopping trips, pre-preparties scheduled for the afternoon before, and who knows what all.
In addition to these dangers, the
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persecuted student also runs the grave danger of flunking the test and thus being forced to take another English course, and the equally - grave danger of getting ink all over himself from a leaky fountain pen and thus being forced
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It's a good thing the test is on Saturday, as we were already planning on a bath.
to wash his hands.
Here it hasn't even snowed enough to mention, and already they're talking about going skiing, a thought which makes us shudder.
For skiing somehow doesn't impress us as being the safest sport in the world, barring perhaps skyrocket racing and, parachuting. The idea of careening down a cliff supported only by a pair of bedslats doesn't sound at all like great sport, although those who have tued it say it's great.
Of course, our sensitivity to cold weather might be one reason why we don't care much for snow-time sports — we catch a chill when we
Another good reason is extreme cowardice.
open a refrigerator—but that's not the only reason.
We panic just going down an express escalator or coasting downhill on a sled, and we can imagine what our sensitive nervous system would do when balanced precariously on a pair of skis.
But we're glad that KU is sending a delegation to the skiing festival, and the old alma mater should be better represented than most institutions.
For, on the whole, KU students aren't chicken—at least the upperclassmen. Once a student has spent a full semester he learns to be brave in the face of overwhelming odds.
He has to be, or he'd still be standing at the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road, waiting for a safe moment to cross the street.
CAMP KILMER, N. J. — (UP) — U. S. Army officials planned to receive about 150 more Hungarian refugees today, following a 3-day lull in "Operation Mercy."
Two Airliners carrying the exiles from terror to a new life were scheduled to land at McGuire Air Force Base where the refugees were to be put in buses for the motor trip to this camp.
The Hungarians arriving today bring to 559 the number received at "Camp Mercy," processing center set up at this deactivated military post after the emergency immigration program was put into effect.
—Dick Walt
More Refugees Arrive At Kilmer
Of last week's arrivals, 230 have been processed and sent on to new homes throughout the United States. Still in camp are 181.
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PARIS — (UP) — Foreign Minister Christian Pineau said today France was disappointed with the American attitude on Suez, but "despite our bitterness we cannot renounce our American friendship or the Atlantic Alliance."
U.S., France Still Friends
Pineau said France and Britain failed to attain the objectives they had set when they began their Suez venture and hinted the failure was due to the "premature stop which hindered us." The government is unanimous in regretting that stop, he said.
"We must admit we have not attained all the goals we had set. We had hoped to occupy all the Canal. The continuance in power of Egyptian President Nasser leaves in suspense a certain number of problems."
Pineau, in a speech to the upper house, the council of the republic, said:
Kuchel To Fight Filibusters
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Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif.) has joined a move to overthrow the Senate's controversial filibuster rule as soon as Congress reconvenes.
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"I shall vote again in January to junk the archaic tradition which enables a few to tie the Senate in knots and kill meritorious legislation with oratorical stabs in the back." Sen. Kuchel said.
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Juco Week Proclaimed
join the drive which promises to throw the senate into an opening-day wrangle over civil rights.
TOPEKA—(UP)—Gov. Fred Hall has proclaimed the week beginning Dec. 8 as Kansas Junior College Week.
Sen. Clifford P. Case (R-N.J.) and Sen. Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.) have already announced that they will help the drive.
Sen. Kuchel said he has learned from personal experience, the marathon debate on atomic energy legislation in 1954, that the filibuster is " one of the most ugly and vicious practices, which brings shame on the senate."
"I salute the faculties of the Kansas Public Junior College Association," Gov. Hall said in dedicating the week of observance ni Kansas.
25 Attend National Meeting
About 25 delegates, alumni and national officials attended the 30th annual national convention of Kappa Eta Kappa, professional electrical engineering fraternity, held here Nov. 23 and 24 with the University chapter as host.
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