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Summer Session Kansan Tuesday, July 15. 1958
Need Library On Sundays
The summer session is only eight weeks long. This means a student has only half the time to study and learn the courses he is enrolled in as he does during the spring or fall semester.
It would only seem logical, therefore, that he would have to study twice as hard as he does during the spring or fall semester.
During the week he goes to class twice as often as he does during the other semesters and has only half the time to get outside materials read and term papers written.
With all this added pressure on the student it seems a little odd that during the summer Watson Library would close its doors at 5 p.m. Saturday and not open them again until 8 a.m. Monday morning.
Much of the students outside work consists of readings which are on reserve at either the education or undergraduate room desks. It also includes doing research for term papers.
There are also many graduate students working on their theses for which they need access to the library.
During the summer, students have tests on Monday and papers due on Monday. Why then is the library closed on Sunday?
Of course the student should get his work done early but there are sometimes things that make this impossible and besides, it is not particularly in a student's nature.
Do they close because they cannot get anyone to work Sunday afternoons and evenings? There are enough students who are looking for part time jobs that this seems unlikely.
Is it because not enough people would use the library on Sundays? This also seems unlikely if the student had classes the next day to prepare for. There would surely be as many people using it on Sundays as there are on Saturdays.
It seems only reasonable that during the summer session the library should be open the same hours as it is during the spring and fall semesters. It should be open from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays.
-Martha Crosier
Satellites For Peace
Not too many years ago outer space was a subject that was dealt with, for the most part, by science fiction writers. Today,outer space is a subject of great concern to some of the most brilliant scientists in the world; its possibilities, both in war and peace, are many and varied.
Everyone who makes even a half-hearted attempt to keep up with world events knows that the country which controls outer space controls the world. Besides the fact that satellite platforms circling the globe could be used to spy on and launch missiles at any area desired, new and infinitely more potent weapons could be mounted on these platforms that could rain down more death and destruction than man has ever seen before.
There is a brighter side of this picture, also. Meteorologists could use data compiled from satellites to find out more about the weather.
What, for instance, can explain the reason
why the jet stream, that high-altitude, river of air with speeds at 200 to 300 miles per hour, started flowing in a more southerly direction this year, bringing to the deep south one of the coldest winters in some time?
There is also much speculation on how much could be learned about our solar system if a giant telescope could be set up on a satellite that was clear of the thick blanket of the earth's atmosphere. It is thought that many puzzles concerning our nearer sister planets could be resolved, such as the canals on Mars, and new puzzles found, such as the birth of new stars.
These peaceful uses to which satellites could be put makes one wonder why there is anyone on this planet who could wish for war. If we manage to maintain peace during these troubled times, this century will be remembered as one of the most important periods of human history.
—From The Daily Reveille
Louisiana State University
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Coastal fishing town of Morehead, N.C., is being represented in this year's Miss North Carolina pageant by Miss Bonita Fish.
Chuckles In The News
in his automobile wasn't working too well.
WESTFIELD, N. J. — Kenneth Brassler, 20, conceded yesterday that the radar detector he keeps
Brassler was nabbed for speeding by Patrolman Robert Koza, who was manning a radar speed unit.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--Mike Gibbons, 38, shot a hole-in-one yesterday while playing his first round of golf.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
"HEY, BURWELL-I GOT A TUTOR WITH MY CORRESPONDENCE COURSE!"
"Robin Hood" will be back for a fourth season on CBS. In fact, the network itself has now bought this English-made property. Official Films also will offer the old episodes for syndicated "strip programming" that will not conflict with the new network product.
TV Notes
Actress Betsy Palmer, who has been on "I've Got a Secret" so many times, finally has been designated as one of the four permanent panelists, replacing Faye Emerson.
Here's a program, not for next season but for the next, next season, 1959-60. "Father of the Bride" is the title of the situation comedy series, and, as the title would indicate, is based on Edward Streeter's popular novel which became a very successful movie for MGM back in 1950. A five-year contract is involved in the TV deal by an advertising agency for one of its clients.
Louis Prima and his singing wife, Keely Smith, have been signed as permanent adjuncts of the new half-hour Milton Berle variety show for NBC next season. The orchestra leader and Miss Smith have attracted much attention this season with guest shots on leading TV shows.
Texas oil refineries processed 788 million barrels of crude oil in 1957, equal to 72 per cent of the state's production.
SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
(Published Tuesdays and Fridays)
(Published Tuesdays and Fridays)
Ed. Phone 251 Bus. Phone 376
Editor Martha Crosier
Business Manager Bill Irvine
Staff Bob Hartley,
Harry Ritter, Fred Miller, Robert Lynn
Manager James E. Dykes
Star Praises U.S. Films For Maturity And Truth
He told United Press International American movie producers "are not afraid to face a social problem," and he expressed the opinion that as long as pictures depict the truth they should not be criticized.
HOLLYWOOD—(UPI)—Motion pictures in America have matured, in the opinion of Glenn Ford, a top box office draw in the movies and one of the most versatile actors in the business.
Ford therefore sees no harm in Westerns or, for that matter, jazz or rock 'n' roll pictures.
Having completed 64 pictures since becoming a movie star in 1939, Ford, who is a young-looking 40 years old, is qualified to discuss the subject.
In Russia it's different. Russia has no freedom of expression. Its cinema is not free. Russian pictures I have seen are angled and contain a slanted message. They've got to sell Communism and that interferes with the picture.
"How can you criticize the truth?" he asked. "We in America are not afraid of controversy or afraid to bring out a social problem before the eyes of the world.
"No one wants to see a picture when the guy is in love with a tractor."
Westerns and jazz are "a part of Americana," he declared in rejecting the suggestion that certain pictures might have the effect of contributing to juvenile delinquency.
"The Westerns portray one of the most colorful and exciting periods of our country," said Ford. "I don't think you can criticize a good Western.
"It's like criticizing folk music, or jazz. And jazz is part of the cultural background of the country. I'm fond of jazz."
"When I did 'Blackboard Jungle' in 1954, it started this rock 'n' roll business. The picture made a lot of money and a flock of similar pictures followed. But in that picture we were telling the truth and when I say truth it is an under-statement. We were not painting a false picture."
"I think producers, directors and actors in these days must have integrity and a drive for the truth."
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
(Answer on Page 7)
ACROSS
1 Bag.
5 Latin friends.
10 Move, as air.
14 Ear: Comb.
form.
15 Work having
two parapets.
16 Arouse one's
dander.
17 end: 2 words.
18 Chosen.
19 Frigg's husband.
20 Famous play-
wright: full
name.
23 Pronoun: Poet.
24 Cupid.
25 Greek island.
27 Malicious.
29 Political groups.
32 Salons.
33 Literary collection
34 The makings of a
 cabin.
35 Bretons and
Britons.
36 Publius Naso.
37 Shrub.
38 Dwellers in
Toyland.
39 Detects.
40 George Eliot and
George Sand: 2
words.
42 Mimicry.
43 City between Moscow and Kharkov.
44 Part of Arabia.
45 Noted playwright.
52 Extent.
53 City on the Meuse.
54 Soft mud.
55 Numerous.
56 Among; Prefix.
57 Abbess.
58 Herdsman of Tekoa.
59 Seaweed substances.
60 Esteemed.
DOWN
1 River into the Moselle.
2 Roadster.
3 Sour-tempered one.
4 Science of motion.
5 Rugged crests.
6 Free-for-all.
7 Roman date.
8 Ornamental casings for flower containers:
2 words.
9 Periods between.
10 Graze.
11 Island near Venice.
12 Miscellaneous collection.
13 Proceed on.
21 Greek letters.
22 Spoils.
25 Pungent spice.
26 Champion golfer.
27 Under surfaces of feet.
28 Generous act.
29 Concord.
30 Young 'uns.
31 Radar screen signal.
32 Opposing any control.
34 Corsage favorite.
36 Vagabond's delight; 2 words.
38 Empty.
39 Count von ___
41 Not at all: Colloq.
42 Milk snakes.
44 Choler.
45 TV role.
46 "My Name is ___" by Saroan.
47 Stranger: Comb form.
48 Dwarf of the Philippines.
49 More or less.
50 Frank L. Baum character.
51 Close.