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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 9, 1956
Students Have Access To CCUN
The New York U. N. meeting draws delegations from all over the world, whereas the KU version recruits students from Kansas and Missouri. In either meeting you will find delegates discussing current world problems.
The United Nations General Assembly, which meets in New York every fall, has a small like version which meets on the Hill every spring.
The Collegiate Council for the United Nations (CCUN), is a small but important organization in that it hopes to promote the United Nations on college campuses, to interest college students in international affairs, and to give them better international understanding.
Promotes U. N.
Organized at KU in 1953 through the efforts of Herbert Horowitz, Kansas City, Mo., third year law student, CCUN has been instrumental in promoting many debates, discussion groups and international conferences.
The CCUN also maintains a library in its office in the basement of the Student Union where there are many materials published and distributed by the United Nations and the U. S. Department of State.
Phyllis M. Carter, Lawrence senior, temporary president said, "The material is not only important for the student's own information, but is valuable in gathering facts for speeches, debates and classroom discussions. We wish more persons would take advantage of using it.
Suez Discussed
Clifford Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, is the faculty adviser for the CCUN.
In September the CCUN sponsored a panel discussion on Suez Canal problem. A British army colonel and students from Egypt and Israe were on the panel.
On United Nations Day, Oct. 24, the CCUN organized another panel discussion on the theme "The World Looks at the United Nations." Students from Asia, Africa, Europe and the American continents took part.
The CCUN is the college affiliate of the American Assn. for the United Nations and is also associated with the International Student Movement for the United Nations.
Campus Groups Basic
The fundamental building group of CCUN is the campus organization. CCUN groups are established as independent organizations, as committees within existing organizations, or as entire existing organizations who wish to affiliate with the National CCUN.
The CCUN was established in the summer of 1946 by a group of college students. It now has campus councils of nearly 300 in number.
The National CCUN, which maintains an office in New York City, provides information, and acts as a resource center and spokesman for campus councils. Each local council however, formulates its own policies.
Frat Initiations Hit
CORVALLIS, Ore.-(IP)-"improper" actions during fraternity initiations have been banned by the Oregon State College Interfraternity Council. Under the rules, there shall be no hacking during initiations, no initiatives practiced in "the public view," no excessive physical strain, no "happy-fun" games, and no form of moral degradation.
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DYNASTES HERCULES?—That's what the "pretty" creatures in the drawer are. Their simple name is scarab beetles. G. W. Byers, assistant professor of entomology and curator of the entomological museum, works on part of the collection, which is housed in Snow Hall.
Chance has played an important part in the development of the Museum of Natural History. Fate, in the form of a hunting trip, was responsible for the origin of the museum 89 years ago.
A Beetle, A Gun And Luck Start KU Museum
Prof. Francis H. Snow, one of the original faculty members, was bored by inactivity. At the suggestion of the chancellor, he took his gun and headed for open country. There he collected many specimens, thus beginning the Francis H. Snow entomological collection and the Museum of Natural History.
H. H. Lane, professor emeritus of zoology and former director of the museum, recalled another incident in which fate took a hand. Three Lawrence men were fishing in the Wakarusa, when one of them decided to go wading. Stepping into the water, his foot struck something hard. He dug the object up, and it proved to be the lower jawbone of a mastodon.
Dr. Lane also told of a new species of beetle, described in entomological literature about this time.
Rare Eeetle
Prof. Snow and other entomolo-
gists were on a field trip in western Kansas when a beetle flew into their midst as they sat around a campfire. Prof. Snow captured the insect, one of the newly discovered species. After investigating, he found their home was in prairie dog holes.
Rare Beetle Captured
He collected several hundred of these beetles, and offered to trade pairs for any kind of museum specimens. The result was overwhelming. Prof. Snow received over 100,000 specimens.
It was not until sometime in the '80's that a museum was actually set up in the basement of old Snow Hall, then located on the corner of the present Watson Library site.
The present museum building was built in 1901, and the collections were moved there under supervision of L. L. Dyche, then head of the department and for whom the museum was named.
The time is 7:30 p.m. Friday. The place is Hoch Auditorium. The cast is a mob scene of University students and faculty members.
Foreign Talkies Took Place Of Talkers
'Strictly Educational'
Each time such a movie is shown, many KU people file into the big auditorium to see it. It makes little difference if the film is spoken in French, German, Italian or English a crowd always gathers. This success story had its origination in the spring of 1950 and this is how it began:
The action begins as the lights in Hoch are lowered and a film flashes onto a screen set up on the stage. What's the occasion? It's the showing of a foreign movie in the University Film Series.
Formerly A Lecture Series
For many years, the University had sponsored what was called a community lecture course which brought many well-known lecturers to the campus. This lecture series was begun in 1928 and for nearly 15 years attendance figures ran from 1,500 to 3,000 for each speaker.
The speakers were worthy of the enthusiastic support. Such well-known persons as Adm. Byrd, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Alexander Woolcott, John Gunther and Sinclair Lewis lectured at the University.
Following the war, however, interest and attendance began to slack off. And such names as Archibald MacLeish and Dorothy Thompson drew only 200 to 300 people. This was in 1948, when the GI enrollment had reached its peak and the members of the committee attributed this disinterest and rejection of the program, in part, to a general revolt among students to the suggestion of attending anything or to obeying any kind of orders. The veterans were in school for only one purpose,
one which they wanted to complete quickly. They wanted a degree.
Financed By Activity Fee
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, was then chairman of the Convocation and Lecture Committee and he and his committee members began to inquire of students what they would really like in the way of entertainment. The concensus was that foreign films would be the most popular.
Embarrassing Situation
In the spring of 1950, just six years ago, six foreign films were shown. One was French, one Spanish, one German, and three were English. In each case, the response was good.
"The response has been such, year after year, that we're still going," Mr. Nichol said.
Embarrassing Situation Because the situation was becoming embarrassing for University officials, the lecture series was abandoned, but the committee decided to draft a plan which would be acceptable to students.
The films, strictly for educational purposes, are financed by an allocation from the activity fee. Each spring, the University sends a list of desired films to Paul Goldman, a film broker in New York.
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