Tuesday. August 1, 1961 Summer Session Kansan
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State, KU Served Well By Hubert Brighton
Passing from life as quietly as he had lived and had served the state of Kansas, Hubert Brighton, secretary of the Kansas State Board of Regents, died suddenly on the evening of July 21 while he and Mrs. Brighton were visiting at the home of a neighbor. Apparently he was stricken by heart failure.
Both Mr. Brighton and his wife, the former Evelyn Fulton, attended the University from 1921 to 1924. He
Hubert Brighton (Journal-World Photo)
later studied at the Washburn Law School. He had come to K.U. from southeast Kansas, having been born in Caney and lived for some time in Independence.
He served in the office of Governor Payne Ratner and was with the state oil department before appointment in May, 1939, as the first secretary of the Board of Regents.
Through his twenty-two years service of growing importance to higher education in Kansas, he served the nine-member Board effectively and happily. Through changing state administrations, through revolving regents chairmanships, through the comings and goings of the presidents and chancellors of the state schools, there never was mention that anyone should be secretary of the Regents excent Hubert Brighton.
Literally thousands of people must feel a sense of gratitude to him for his services in their behalf. Students needing help at any of the five state schools, legislators needing information and service, citizens needin help that the educational institution could give—all these and others ha his ready support.
Mr. Brighton gave special attention to the schools under charge of the Board of Regents that do not get as much publicity as the schools of higher education: the School for the Blind at Kansas City and the School for the Deaf at Olathe. So long as it was in operation, the now-closed Kansas Technological Institute at Topeka for Negroes got so much help and guidance from Mr. Brighton that it became known among State House employees and members of the legislature as "Brighton Tech." It was typical of the Regent's secretary that he requested for use at the Kansas Technological Institute 200 of the war-surplus beds which the University had acquired fifteen years ago.
His service was objective and in his modest way he used all his knowledge and ability to carry forward the cause of higher education in Kansas. Every building, every gain in faculty salaries, every improvement in retirement benefits had his assistance. In his immovable and gentle way, he withstood attacks against the best interests of the state schools.
As an indication of his standing among similar executives over the country, he was elected to serve one year as president of the Executive Officers of State-Wide Boards of Higher Education. Also, he was a consulting director and member of the executive committee of the Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions.
An avid lover of sports, he suffered when Kansas teams lost. Both he and Mrs. Brighton, who were childless, were constant companions through all the years. A gregarious couple, they found deep enjoyment in each other and in their hundreds of friends.
The State's higher education program is stronger and Kansas is a better state for Hubert Brighton's career.
Fred Ellsworth, Secretary KU Alumni Association
Women's Hats Cost Much
BOURNEMOUTH, England — (UPI) — Caroline Goddard was fined 2 pounds ($5.60) for overtime parking outside a hat shop despite a logical excuse.
Her mother was inside. "She said she'd be quick, but it took her 40 minutes to choose a hat," said the daughter.
Spain Could Play Key Role In War Against Communism
By Donald Johnston United Press International
United Press International
In any Western preparations for war against Communism, Spain must play a key role.
Little has been said of Spain in the current Western stiffening against Soviet threats over Berlin. Though strongly anti-Communist, Spain is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Under agreements signed in 1953, Spain has allowed the United States to establish three big air bases and a naval base on its soil. In return, the United States has provided Franco with a steady flow of economic assistance plus valuable backing on the international scene.
Many Western diplomats nurse doubts about Generalissimo Francisco Franco who has run Spain as a one-man show for the last 25 years. Despite these objections, however, Spain has been drawn into the Western camp with the postwar evolution of the East-West power struggle, and has become a military partner-by-treaty of the United States.
Though there are many imponderables, Western military experts seem to feel that Spain could be depended upon to at least protect its own territory and to provide valuable bases for U.S. planes and perhaps other American and allied forces
Spain is not a member of NATO because most of Europe's influential socialist parties, including those in Britain and Scandinavia, have objected whenever Spanish admittance to the alliance has been proposed.
From the air bases, the United States could launch a nuclear attack on Russia if the need arose. The strength of the bases is kept secret for security reasons, but they are known to be able to handle B-52 bombers and the latest U.S. attack and defense aircraft.
But because of its strategic geographical position at the head of the Mediterranean, and its military ties with the United States, this sunny Iberian country is of vital importance to the defense of the free world. It is the West's "backdoor bastion in Europe."
Spain's principal value lies in its command of access to Mediterranean and Atlantic sea routes. In time of war, the Iberian peninsula could provide American forces with a point of entry less vulnerable than those of northwestern Europe.
Navy Vet Told That Failure Is No Disgrace
In the meantime, the naval base is handy for the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and serves as an operations point for submarine watch over European and Western approaches.
If war came, to what extent could the West depend on Spain?
Although Franco has said he neither wants nor needs NATO for the defense of Spain, his country is linked closely with Portugal, its Iberian neighbor and a member of NATO. The two nations could be expected to cooperate in time of war, at least as long as the present regimes in Madrid and Lisbon remain in Power.
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. — (UPI)— John F. Kennedy may be President of the United States, but to the U.S. Navy this is only partial consolation for not being promoted in the Naval Reserve.
The President has received a letter of condolence addressed to Lt. John F. Kennedy, USNR RET, The White House, Washington, D.C. It is signed by Adm. Arleigh Burke, retiring Chief of Naval Operations.
"It is easy for me to understand the deep disappointment of able and faithful reserve officers who have failed of selection (for promotion)—not once, but frequently, several times," the letter said.
sent to naval reservists. Actually, Kennedy did not fail to get promoted, but retired after being seriously hurt in the collision of his PT boat with a Japanese destroyer.
The letter went on to say that Kennedy received Burke's "deepest
sympathy," consololed him with the thought that many who failed to achieve promotion made a success of civilian life and assured him that this "failure . . . is no disgrace."
Navy Making List Of Supply Officers
The multigraphed letter was shown to newsmen by the President's press secretary, Pierre Salinger. It was one of many thousands
Candy Would Taste Better
HOLYOKE, Mass. — (UPI) — Mrs.
Carolyn Van Horn was fine $25
recently for assault and battery with
a pepper shaker.
Mrs. Horn pleaded guilt in district court to a charge of sprinkling pepper on the tongue of a neighbor's 4-year-old son.
The U.S. Naval Supply Corps School at Athens, Ga., is compiling a list of all naval reserve Supply Corps officers who are members of university faculties throughout the nation.
KU faculty members who hold this type of commission are requested to call Lt. William Bledsoe at extension 341 or 342.
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