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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Oct. 26, 1956
Ike Or Adlai: 90 Students Will Predict The Winner
Eisenhower or Stevenson?
The winner of the November presidential election will remain a mystery until the final votes are counted, but a group of 90 University students hope through extensive research to forecast the results.
The students, members of Political Science 55, taught by Rhoten Smith, assistant professor of political science, will make their predictions on the basis of polls, newspaper and magazine articles, past election results, interviews with politicians and newspaper editors, and by observing the forecasts of radio commentators and leading political figures.
This won't be purely guess work. Students not only have to predict which candidate will receive the states' electoral and popular votes, but must explain their reason.
Some States Not Easy
A student may say Vermont has voted for the Republican presidential candidate for the past 14 elections and so believes the state will vote Republican in 1856.
Some States Not Easy
But unlike Vermont, the votes of many states will take a more extensive study of past and present voting trends and of other factors which may affect the final outcome.
In midwestern states, the farm issue will have to be taken into consideration; in the South, the problem of desegregation, and in the heavily populated states of New York, Illinois, California, and Pennsylvania other problems, many of which may be local in nature, will have to be analyzed.
Pick Dewey In '48
Prof. Smith said this is the third presidential election year his class has worked on such a project. The findings constitute the term paper for the semester.
"In 1948, everyone in the class, including myself, predicted Thomas Dewey to defeat Harry Truman in the final outcome, but it was just the opposite." he said. In the 1952 election about 60 percent of the group picked Dwight D. Eisenhower to win and the rest went along with loser Adlai E. Stevenson.
"In 1952 one member of the class predicted the electoral vote of every state except Illinois." Smith continued. "That was the closest anyone has come to a perfect score.
"We'll just have to wait and see," he said, when asked about the results of the coming election.
Argue Continuance Of Atomic Tests
A healthy debate at the meeting of the Graduate Club Sunday at Henley House had as its topic, "Is the United States Justified in Continuing to Test Atomic Weapons?"
Proponents of continuing tests were Loy Bilderback, Dodge City graduate student, and Fabio Carniel, special student of political science from Italy, who argued that as long as other nations possessed nuclear knowledge, the United States would have to continue its research and at the same time hope that the world isn't destroyed.
Opponents of the tests were President Jack Gibson, Detroit graduate student and William H. Allaway, general secretary of KU-Y (YMCA-YWCA), who said the United States should set a moral example and discontinue nuclear tests. Since the United States set off the first atomic blast, it should be the first to morally lead the way to a ban on atomic testing, they said.
Stella Pearce, special student of entomology from England, was moderator.
'Election, 1956' Topic At Faculty Forum
"Election, 1956" was the topic at the Faculty Forum Wednesday in the Student Union. Rhoten Smith, assistant professor of political science, said that President Eisenhower's popularity is the reason for the Republicans' comeback and that in 1960 the Democrats will win.
Clarence Hein, instructor of political science, opposed Professor Smith, saying that with the election of the President in 1952 a new Republican cycle began. He said the cycle would last a number of years.
Foreign Service Opportunites Told
Sixty students attended meetings on job opportunities in the foreign service held by a representative of the Department of State recently.
Clifford P. Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, said 40 students requested application forms. It is not known exactly how many applied to take the foreign service test in December, because the application blanks are sent directly to Washington, D.C., he said.
Students To Test Their Philosophies
DUBUQUE, Ia—(IP) In the spring of 1958, philosophy majors at the University of Dubuque will be given a written integration examination in their major field near the close of the last semester in college, according to an announcement by J. Knox Coit, head of the department of philosophy.
The purpose of the examination is not to test for grading (the result will have no effect on student's grade) but to help the student achieve a synoptic view of the problems of philosophy as they relate to one another and to the other academic disciplines.
This fall philosophy majors will be advised of the general nature of the examination as a guide to their study for the next two years.
The second floor of the radio-isotope laboratory is fast being finished with the division of-the space into five laboratories and a lecture room on the east.
There are 2,300 lakes, ponds, or reservoirs in New York state, of which 78 have an area of one square mile or more.
Radio-Isotope Laboratory Remodeling Finishing Fast
The building is located on the south side of the campus just above Sunnyside. Bids were opened recently in Topeka, and construction began immediately.
Workmen are "spotting nails," a process of hammering in the head and filling the depression with joint cement. The surface of the sheet rock becomes smooth, and two finishing coats of topping are then applied.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 yards of sheet rock have been used on walls and partitions, Gene Hoskinson, Topeka finisher, said. The seams are taped with joint cement, an adhesive and filler.
The five laboratories will have counters for radio-isotope equipment. Each laboratory is equipped with air, gas, and hot and cold water.
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