Daily Hansan
58th Year, No.133
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Wednesday, May 3, 1961
Kasavubu, UN OK Congo Army Reorganization
By Arthur L. Higbee
COQUILHATVILLE. The Congo — (UPI)— President Joseph Kasavubu has agreed to a reorganization of the Congolese Army in cooperation with the United Nations, according to Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko.
The agreement may mean United Nations help for the Congolese Central Government in subduing the Congo's dissident Stanleyville and Katanga governments.
Bomboko said yesterday that Kasavubu came to agreement with the UN in talks with Robert C. Gardiner, of the UN secretariat, and UN chief of staff Gen. Mengasha Iyassou, which were based on another agreement they signed last month.
HE SAID UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had approved the agreement in full.
The army is putting new pressure on Antoine Gizenga, communist-supported boss of Oriental Province. to attend the current Congo conference in Coquilhatville, it was reported today.
Reports from Coquilhativille said a military delegation representing the Leopoldville government went to Gizenga's headquarters in Stanley-ville yesterday with a half-dozen Oriental state troops to try to persuade him to join the conferenes.
There appeared to be little likelihood that Gizenga would accept, especially in view of the experience of Katanga President Moise Tshombe, who went to Coquihattille and was seized by Leopoldville troops when he tried to leave.
The Coquilhatville conference was called to consider details of a proposed Congo Federation—an idea opposed by Gizenga from the time it was first announced.
In Elisabethville, the Katanga Government said today it would be willing to consider dismissal of its Belgian advisers if the United Nations took "energetic and rapid action" to insure Tshombe's release.
FRASER HALL, 1975—A KU student's idea of what Fraser Hall may look like when it is rebuilt. Donald E. Niemackl. Topeka senior and
outstanding student in architecture, was chosen by the UDK to draw the building he would like to see replace Fraser Hall in the future.
Student's Plan to Rebuild Fraser Combines Both Old, New Design
By Carrie Merryfield
A combination of the old and the new—that is the way Donald E. Niemackl, Topeka senior, described his conception of the plan for the new Fraser Hall.
Niemackl was asked by the UDK to draw what he believed would be the most useful structure, but one that was in keeping with the surrounding buildings.
Administrators have said that Fraser Hall someday will have to be replaced.
JAMES E. GUNN, administrative assistant to the chancellor, has said the ground under the hall was settling and that the building was cracked and patched so much that it must be replaced in the future. Mr. Gunn did not indicate when he thought this would be.
Fraser was opened Dec. 2, 1872. At that time it was the largest college building in the United States. Since that time, many graduating classes received their degrees there while speakers stood on the stage and addressed the hopeful young graduates.
PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES once visited and spoke in Fraser Hall.
Fraser has been the center of culture for KU for many years. The last theatrical performance was given in the theater in 1957 after 150 major productions and 860 performances.
It is still the location for Humanities lectures and films.
He said that by his combination of stone, dormers, archways and large windows, he had given the building a modern touch, but that it was well-suited for that area.
Niemackel believes his plan retains the historic atmosphere while at the same time, it catches the fervor and excitement of the future.
NIEMACKL'S PLAN uses native stone, the kind found in many KU buildings. To retain part of the old Fraser Hall flavor, he uses dormers on the top story.
The modern look is achieved by the use of many large windows. Niemackl said the windows would provide better lighting, and would make the building appear less massive.
The archways over the open area around the doorways are a part of a trend in today's architecture, he said. They blend well with the rest of the building. He said that benches would be put there to provide an area to use during breaks between classes.
Laotian Rebels Disregard Order To Cease Fire
VIENTIANE, Laos — (UPI) Communist Pathet Lao troops ignored their own leaders' call for a cease fire today and attacked Muong Phalane, a key town in South Central Laos on the main road to Viet Nam.
The attack came only hours after rebel Capt. Kong Le called for a ceas fire effective at 8 a.m. (9 p.m. EDT Tuesday). Later, the pro-Communist rebels said they had "ceased military actions" and called for a front line meeting with pro-Western forces.
COMMUNIST REBEL TROOPS along the main highway between Vientiane and Luang Prabang in the north earlier had broken a local cease fire by opening a mortar barrage on the command post of Royal Laotian army forces at Ban Him Heum, about 50 miles north of here.
Some sources here expressed hope today's attack on Muong Phalane, which lies about 60 miles east of Souvannakhet in the narrow waist of Lao, was the result of bad communications instead of bad faith. But they were at a loss to explain the previous break in the local cease fire around the truce talks zone at Ban Hin Heup. They felt there was no logical excuse for the command post shelling except treachery.
THE GOVERNMENT of Premier Prince Bou Oum and Gen. Phoumi Nosavang have been pressing the rebels for a truce since Britain and Russia, as chairmen of the 1954 Geneva Conference on Indochina, called for one a week ago Monday. But the rebels kept fighting and have made considerable gains in the past week.
Boun Oum's government has had a truce delegation in Ban Khy since Saturday. Kong Le said today the rebels have bad their truce delegation in Na Mon (Ban Namone) since Sunday. The two jungle villages are only 10 miles apart.
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Seldes Says the Mass Media Critics Can Benefit Society
Gilbert Seldes, famed broadcasting critic, says critics in the field of mass communications have an important and responsible role in our society.
Mr. Seldes spoke to radio-TV students, faculty members and guests at the annual Radio-TV awards dinner last night in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. Mr. Seldes has worked in various roles in the communications field and is currently the dean of the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania.
MR. SELDES SAID, "The main difference between fine art and broadcasting is that mass media affects the whole society whereas fine arts are limited in their appeal. The tremendous audiences of the mass media and the influence it exerts on these audiences creates the need for critics in the mass communications field."
Today is the deadline for Quill Club poetry and short story contest entries. All entries must be submitted at 203 Fraser or to Kent DeVore.
Quill Literary Contest Deadline Is Today
Three prizes of $15, $10 and $5 will be given. The contest is open to any student or faculty member.
He said he was frightened by the people who say there is no connection between the violence in reading matter and in TV programs and the delinquency problem.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE
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Western Civ Exam Registration Begins
The Western Civilization department has planned two review sessions in Fraser Theater from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. May 16 and 17 prior to the exam.
Registration for the Spring Western Civilization Examination begins next Monday and lasts through Friday. The examination is scheduled for May 20.
Artime is a member of the Cuban exile revolutionary council and was
HAVANA — (UPI) The top leader of the ill-fated Cuban invasion, former Army Captain Manuel Artime, has been captured, the government announced today.
Castro Soldiers Capture Top Rebel Leader, Followers
Why? to a formal frat party. What a bash!
Sorority Rush System Rejects 119
By Kelly Smith
Half filled coffee cups, a candy bar wrapper, an ash tray and the sound of the Kingston Trio—this is the Hawks Nest in the Kansas Union; gathering place of KU students between classes.
(Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of three articles which will describe the sorority rush system at KU in relationship to the growing campus population. The first article discusses the woman who did not pledge a sorority.)
Four girls in a booth are laughing and talking noticeably louder than others around them. Let's listen to what they have to sav:
"How was your date last night?"
"Great! My pledge mother got him for me. We went to the ___ (fraternity) party. I'd never been
"Say, don't forget to remind me that we have a house meeting Monday. Wonder if our sweatshirts are here vet?"
"Darn it, I hope so . . . look,
here comes more of the group."
Hey, here.
. . . and so goes the conversation.
Coffee cups and conversation take the place of books and lectures,
as the freshman womn socialize.
TWO BOOTHS AWAY, another girl sits alone. She stares blankly at an open notebook which is propped open with an empty coffee cup.
Twelve weeks ago this girl was
the "best friend" of one of the four girls in the booth down the way.
Twelve weeks ago she was one of the laughing group.
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Twelve weeks ago was sorority rush.
RUSH IS THAT PERIOD that precedes the sorority system's formal pledging. At KU it consists of approximately a week set aside by the University, in cooperation with the Dean of Women and Panhellenic Council, to allow both sorority members and girls who are interested in joining a sorority to become acquainted through parties. At the end of the period of parties, preferential lists are
the highest civilian authority with the expeditionary force.
HIS CAPTURE, with 13 other persons who were not identified was announced in the government-controlled press. Artime was seized yesterday in the Zapata Swamps, not far from the invasion area. He had been hiding there since the defeat of his men last April 20.
The top military leader of the expedition, Alfredo Perez San Roman, was captured in the same swampland last week. Premier Fidel Castro's Army and Militia have taken about 1,000 of the invaders prisoners.
Artime fled Cuba in December 1959. The Castro government has accused him of absconding with funds from one of its agrarian reform cooperatives in Oriente province.
MEANWHILE, the newspaper El Mundo reported 28 more of the captured invaders have been transferred here from Las Villas province.
Weather
Possible showers and tornadoes are forecast for the Lawrence area for today and tonight. Tomorrow will be warmer with temperatures reaching the low 70s. Light showers are forecast for tomorrow.