Rev.Patton to Leave KU After 15 Years
John H. Patton, professor of world religions and Old Testament literature, will leave KU in August after 15 years here.
The Rev. Mr. Patton has been granted a leave of absence to accept a study grant from the Board of Christian Education of the United Presbyterian Church.
HE PLANS to study the religion, culture, history, art and archaeology of the Near East. He will study with Dr. Nabih Faris, a former visiting lecturer at KU, who is now director of Arabic Studies at the American University. Beirut Lebanon.
At the end of a year of study in the Near East, he will enter Biblical teaching and counseling at a college or university to be announced later by the Westminster Foundation Board. The Rev. Mr. Patton has been director of the Westminster Foundation since coming to KU in August, 1946.
Discussing the religious climate at KU, the Rev. Mr. Patton said in an interview this morning he has noticed a growing awareness among students of "different value systems."
STUDENTS SEEM to be thinking more about questions such as, 'For what am I going to live?'" Dr. Patton said.
"Will it be for a high salary, security or prestige?
"Many students have begun to think in terms of 'How much can I serve?' " he continued.
The Rev. Mr. Patton said members of his generation find it difficult to understand the chaos students are in today.
"The knowledge you have is limited, yet you have some very tough decisions to make.
"I AM AFRAID" my generation hasn't handed you students much knowledge or experience. Here you are trying to develop a value system, but of course it is impossible
Ise to Head Forum On Eichmann Trial
The Eichmann trial will be the subject of discussion at a People to People Forum to be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
The discussion will be led by a five-man panel. Members of the panel will be John Ise, professor emeritus of economics: Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science; Irving Levitas, professor of philosophy and history at the University of Kansas City and director of adult service at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center; Hermann Scheel, German graduate student; and Abdul Rahin, Arab foreign student.
Rev. John Patton
for you to develop it out of thin air. "This is the chaotic situation students are in today," he said.
The Rev. Mr. Patton received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in the field of Old Testament, archaeology and Semitics.
Thursday, May 4, 1961
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
58th Year, No. 134
Athletic Reserve Seating Plan Before ASC Group
A bill proposing a reserved seating system for students at basketball and football games is being considered by the All Student Council. A meeting to hear student protests is scheduled May 9.
Dick Harper, Prairie Village junior and chairman of the ASC student athletic seating board, said the proposed reserved seating plan would eliminate the long lines at games and provide funds for a new gym to replace Robinson.
**STUDENTS COULD buy season tickets this semester for the next football season under the proposed student seating plan. The cost for the season ticket would be $2.50. Season tickets for the basketball season would also be $2.50**
Sale of seats would be on a seniority basis. This program will enable the athletic department to sell seats which students do not plan to use at the games.
The seasonal price would be increased to $5 for each sport in the second year. The third and following years it would be raised to $7.50 for each sport
Reserve seat tickets for each game for students without a season reserve seat will be sold at between $7.5 and $1 until three days before the game.
THE PRESENT charge of $1 for an exchange of student identification card would be dropped and free ID card transfer for other students would be adopted.
"The thing that got the reserve seat proposal started was the crowds that formed in front of the stadium
last fall when students had to get in line in the morning if they wanted a seat for the football game."
Harper said the reserved seating program would enable officials to know how many seats would not be used in the student section and they could then sell the extra seats at $4.50 each.
News Briefs
HARPER SAID THE ASC was recommending that any revenue collected in excess of what would have been collected in the present system go into a fund to "improve intramural facilities which we hope would include the replacement of Robinson and the improvement of the intramural fields."
Kennedy Orders CIA Investigation
By United Press International
The committee will hold a "protest meeting" May 9 to hear opposition to the proposed regulation. If the regulation is passed by the ASC, it must be signed by the Chancellor to become effective.
WASHINGTON President Kennedy ordered a special six-member board to conduct a full-scale study of the super-secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and all other government foreign intelligence activities.
Spurred by the failure of last month's Cuban invasion, the President turned the inquiry over to his "board of consultants," headed by Dr. James R. Killian, chairman of the corporation of M.I.T. It will report periodically to the President.
The board, whose members were drawn from outside the government, will be responsible "for conducting an objective, independent review of the foreign intelligence and related activities of the government."
The President said he wanted the board to advise him of any changes it thought necessary to step up intelligence gathering activities in the field of national security and foreign relations.
Cuba
MIAMI—Havana Radio said today that Roman Catholic priests and nuns were streaming into Havana from
Oriente Province and indicated a general purge of the clergy was under way.
The broadcast, which heaped abuse on priests, said there was "popular support" for Premier Fidel Castro's anti-Church campaign.
More than 20 private schools have been taken over in Santiago, capital of Oriente Province, another broadcast said.
ALGIERS—Thousands of troops, gendarmes and riot police, mobilized last night in a major show of force against possible rightwing terrorist
attacks, relaxed today when no violence developed.
Algeria
The alert resulted from reports that commandos of the "secret army" (OAS) planned to attack homes, shops and individuals.
It was the biggest display of the government's armed might here since the four-day Generals' revolt collapsed April 26. In addition to armored cars, truckloads of riot police moved through the streets all night. Checkpoints and roadblocks were numerous.
VIENTIANE, Laos- Gen. Phoumi Nosavian, the pro-Western military strongman of Laos, said today that both sides have halted military action in this troubled Asian kingdom
Laos
in the in the United Kingdom.
Phoumi, deputy premier and defense minister in Prince Bown Oum's government, said that according to all information he could gather there has been no fighting since 6 p.m. (4 a.m. CST) Wednesday.
He made the announcement after flying to Savannakhet yesterday, apparently to investigate reports that the Communist-supported Pathet Laos rebels had attacked Muong Phalang, but found them ungrounded.
Other midwestern universities have similar student reserve seat programs now.
Missouri, Oklahoma and Colorado use a single seat reserve program. Oklahoma State has a reserve seat program only for its game with Oklahoma.
IF THE PROPOSED reserve seating program is passed, the sales would be made over a six day period:
Seniors, and graduate, medical, law, and special students would buy their season tickets the first two days. The juniors would buy theirs the second two days and sophomores and transfer students would buy theirs the last two days.
State Forecast For Rain and Cold
Rainy weather with cold, raw easterly winds continues today in northeast Kansas, and the weather bureau is predicting more of the same for tomorrow.
There were occasional showers in the northeast part of the state this morning, but the amount of rainfall was less than a quarter of an inch in most places.
High temperatures for today were forecast to be in the 50s, and these are to be followed by an overnight low from 45 to 50.
Who Do Sororities Pledge?
(Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of three articles which deals with the increasing number of women indicating a desire to join a sorority. This article discusses criteria used by sororities for deciding which girl to pledge.)
By Kelly Smith
Twelve weeks ago, 338 women were formally introduced to sororities through a system called "rush." They shook hands, talked and asked questions as well as answered them.
All of these women had indicated an interest in joining a sorority, by registering with the Dean of Women, but 119 were rejected from all 13 groups. Why? The other 270 going through rush did pledge.
"EACH SORORITY sets a quota, which is known only to that sorority and this office," she said. "This quota is the maximum number of girls that they would have room for next fall when the new pledges move into the house.
"There simply wasn't enough room; the quotas were filled," Emily Taylor, dean of women, explained.
"Naturally it's an approximation, but by statistics, the quotas are usually about right," Dean Taylor added.
"This is the first time the quotas have been filled," said one Panhellenic Council member. "It is the first time because this was the first rush
period that each house took all of the pledges it could."
"In other words," said another girl, "usually there are at least one or two houses who do not fill their quotas because girls have chosen not to return to that particular house. This time, all of the houses took as many as they could."
THIS MEANS that a girl not only pledges a sorority, but agrees to live and work with members of that sorority as long as she attends KU, is unmarried, and makes at least a 1. or "C" average in scholarship.
There are 13 national sororites on the campus. These 600 or so girls, with the exception of Lawrence residents, live within the house to which they belong. The 13 living groups are owned and operated by the local sororities.
Assuming that the quotas will not allow every girl going through rush to pledge, what criteria do the members of sororities use to judge whether or not they want a particular girl as a member of their group?
Over 50 women from different houses on campus were asked this question. All of them pointed out, as most important, a strong scholastic record.
"Often freshmen don't realize how important grades are," explained an Alpha Chi Omega. "They think that just because they can register for rush with a 1, that any sorority will pledge them. That isn't true. Nearly every sorority sets a standard for grades under which they will not, or rarely, take girls. Grades are important."
Replied another girl, "Our house won't consider anyone under a 1.5." This sorority member pointed out that their house scholarship has consistently been above a 1.5 average.
"IT'S TRUE that if a girl has connections, that if she is known by those in the house, she has an advantage, but it isn't the only thing that counts," a member of Delta Delta Delta said.
A Pi Beta representative said, "We judge the individual and want all kinds of girls. We look for leadership and want followers too, but grades and activities are the two most important criteria for selection.
"It obviously helps for a rushee to know some of the girls," she continued. "It's possible that a 'dark horse' can be overlooked simply because she is not known by either the girls in the house or the alums."
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