SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
46th Year, No. 6
Friday, June 27, 1958
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
No Tradesmen Pay Boosts Until January
Skilled and unskilled tradesmen connected with the operation and maintenance of the physical plant at KU will receive no wage boosts or decreases until January 1 according to a statement read to workers Tuesday by Keith Lawton, director of physical plant operations.
The prevailing rate provisions of the State Civil Service will remain in effect until that date.
Authorities from both Kansas State and Kansas University had protested vigorously when the civil service commission announced earlier that skilled and unskilled workers at the two schools would be paid starting July 1, according to the regular civil service pay classifications.
The reason the prevailing rate provision was set up originally was to allow the two schools to hire workers at salaries somewhere near the rates being paid for such help in Lawrence and Manhattan. If they could not it would be almost impossible to get competent help and keep them on the payroll, said Mr Nichols.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, said this would have meant as much as a $1,000 decrease in pay for some skilled workers at KU.
In both Lawrence and Manhattan there is competition for workers because of the number of new construction projects and the industries in the two towns.
Representatives of the two schools explained successfully to the recent session of the legislature that the civil service pav plan was utterly unrealistic at KU and Kansas State and that the prevailing rate provision should remain in effect.
The state finance council was to have met before Monday. However, members of the council which includes Gov. George Docking, Lt. Gov. Joseph W. Henkle Sr. and four members of the legislature, signed a resolution last week extending the provision until January. 1959.
KU workers will not receive the salary boosts that were authorized by the board of regents after the legislature had provided the money for the increases at the recent session.
The finance council will not meet until after the November election which means wage boosts for operation and maintenance workers will not be forthcoming until January 1.
PAINTING IN THE SUN—Three summer art campers use the landscape near Malott Hall as the subject of their paintings. Left to right
they are Chris Ruhe, Leawood, Carroll Ciochon, Lawrence, and Fred Rose, Lawrence. (Summer Kansan photo by Ron Miller)
New Basketball Player Arrives In Lawrence
Wayne Hightower, 6-8 Philadelphia high school basketball star,
arrived Tuesday in Lawrence.
The much-sought-after high school star had offers from 50 colleges but chose KU because he felt the people out here were more honest with him. He also had talked with Wilt Chamberlain before deciding on KU and Chamberlain told him he would be happy at the University.
"Hightower should not be billed as the successor to Chamberlain," said coach Dick Harp, "actually he is not the same kind of player. He doesn't have Chamberlain's height or Chamberlain's scoring record."
Register Now For Western Civ Test
The lanky high school star is a good all around prospect Mr. Harp said. He was high scorer and captain of the team at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, the same school that produced Chamberlain.
He will room with Bill Bridges, 6-6 star of last year's freshman team. He plans to get a construction job here in Lawrence this summer and then enroll at KU this fall.
The Western Civilization examination will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 26.
Hightower says he can dunk the ball and that he has learned a lot by playing independent ball with such performers as Chamberlain. He was used primarily at forward in high school, and a jump shot from the corner or out around the key-hole is his net weapon.
Students graduating from the college, education and journalism schools are required to pass this examination. Students who wish to take the examination must register in 130 Strong Hall before July 12.
Library Moves Rare Books To More Accessible Area
A major move is under way in Watson Library this summer in order to make the valuable rare books department more accessible to interested students.
Formerly located on the second level of the library's stacks, the rare books are being moved to the sixth level. The new location will place them just a short distance from the library's main circulation desk on the third floor but on the fifth level of the stacks.
The area will be kept locked to prevent loss or damage to the its-
To accomplish the move, books from the sixth stack level had to be moved and redistributed throughout the library. An office area and shelving necessary to contain the rare books collection will be constructed in the new location.
replaceable books. Air conditioning equipment is being provided for the sixth level to control temperature and humidity.
Robert L. Quinsey, chief of reader services, said the air conditioning apparatus is necessary to prevent mildew or fungus growth and excessive dryness which would damage the books.
John M. Nugent, head of the circulation department, hopes to complete the move before the end of the summer session and to be permanently situated in the new location before the start of fall semester classes
Wilder's Play To Be Given Next Week
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer prize-winning play, "The Skin of Our Teeth," will be the second Summer Theatre production. It will be presented Wednesday and Thursday in the University Theatre in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
Students and faculty can obtain reserve tickets free of charge by presenting their ID card at the theatre box office. Tickets may also be purchased at Bell Music Company or the Kansas Union.
Jack Brooking, assistant professor of speech and assistant director of the University Theatre, is directing the large cast which includes, for the first time in several seasons, both college summer theatre students and high school players from the Midwestern Music and Art camp. Herbert Hilgers, Plainville special student, is the assistant director.
"The Skin of Our Teeth" is in one sense an allegory of life. Mr. and Mrs. George Antrobus of Excelsior, N.J. are a couple who fight for survival in the modern world. The play unravels the things they have to fight such as earthquakes, the ice age, dinosaurs, mammoths and the common cold.
Herbert Camburn, instructor of speech, is designing the costumes and he has had to come up with everything from dinosaur and mammoth heads to bathing suits and band caps in the 68 costumes that are needed for the production.
This being a highly technical show, every staging device in the theatre will be used except the turntable according to Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama and set designer. Part of the scenes will move with the play action and trapdoors, projections on the cyclorama and other gimmicks will be used.
Gordon Beck, instructor of speech and director of the Summer Theatre, reminded women theatre-goers that because of the talk about the ice age in this play and the efficient aid-conditioning in this building, he would advise those wearing summer dresses to carry a light wrap.
Weather
Fair east becoming partly cloudy west with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms extreme west portion today. Warmer over state today. High today 80 to 85.
Student Says Lebanon Civil War 'For Independence'
Shana'a is a native of Palestine, but has lived in Beirut since the division of Palestine.
"Our country today is passing through a stage similar to the United States in the late 18th century—we are trying to rid ourselves of foreign oppression and colonialism," Mohammed Y. Shana'a, Beirut, Lebanon sophomore, said.
He does get reports of the political events in the Middle East from his brothers in other countries. He also listens regularly to the Arabic reports of Lebanese conditions via shortwave radio.
Several factors are responsible for the present civil strife in Lebanon, but the real impetus came from President Gamel Nasser's rise to power in Egypt.
"After Gen. Nasser led the successful revolt against King Farouk,
"Honesty replaced corruption. Housing for the previously impoverished lower class was built and health centers for the people were established. A land reform program divided the huge holdings of the rich and made farmland available to be paid for and owned by the farmers."
he formed the republic and reformed the country," Shana'a said.
"It should be emphasized," Shana'a said, "that the Syrians joined the U.A.R. voluntarily to provide for their own strength and independence, Gen. Nasser did not 'size' the country. Gen. Nasser again became the personification of the new feeling of nationalism.
MOHAMMED Y. SHANA'A
"In Lebanon, the recent acts of violence against the Americans in the burning of two U. S. Information service libraries and the bombing of the American hospital have been directed toward the Eisenhower Doctrine," Shana'a said.
"This violence has also demonstrated the displeasure of the people toward President Camille Chamoun, who is pro-Western and undesirable to the people. American intervention to 'prevent Communism' is regarded as another form of imperialism to the freedom-seeking Lebanese."
There is no doubt that the Communists are anxious to extend their rule over the oil-rich and strategically located Middle East, he said.
"However," Shana'a said, "the
Communist party is outlawed in Lebanon and all other U.A.R. states, including Egypt." There is little evidence to substantiate the current belief that Gen. Nasser has joined forces with the Kremlin, he said.
Shana'a said Gen. Nasser has dealt with Russia competitively in obtaining arms, machinery and financial support in exchange for long-staple cotton and other agricultural products. He is also receiving aid from the United States. "It is still not too late for the United States to regain its lost prestige in the area," Shana'a said. "If the United States would try to understand the will and desire of the people, rather than the desires of those in power, their support would be welcomed."