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University Daily Kansas
Monday. Feb. 2, 1958
SPEAKA THE RUSSIAN?—Dr. George Ivask, Sam Anderson and Thomas R. Buckman examine books exchanged with eight Russian libraries. (Photo Bureau)
KU, Moscow Library To Trade Materials
Radio Moscow recently told the world that KU and the Fundamental Library of Social Sciences of the Academy of Science in Moscow have agreed to exchange materials.
Watson Library is now loaded with Russian books and periodicals mostly pre-Soviet materials.
But, according to Thomas R. Buckman, acquisitions chief, most of the exchange thus far has been with the Academy of Science library in Leningrad.
"We don't know if our exchange agreements with Russian libraries are unique among American institutions," said Robert Vosper, director of K. U. libraries. "We do know that most of the librarians visited last summer by Prof. Backus told him he was the first American to contact them."
Dr. Oswald Backus, associate professor of history, traveled widely in Russia before going to Helsinki, Finland, to hold a Fulbright research fellowship this year.
Books Being Inspected
American holdings of Russian materials are so limited that with little more than one shipment received, KU alreday is among the nation's libraries that are being inspected by the Ford Foundation in a nationwide inventory.
Dr. Backus has supplied KU officials with an extensive report on each institution visited, including information on personnel and resources that might be traded.
"He also warned us that the Russians are good traders," Vosper said. "Without his saying so, we've also discovered they are hard traders."
KU often must obtain materials from outside sources to tempt the Russians to release what is wanted here. Dr. Backus needed microfilm of unpublished archival materials pertaining to Russia of of 15th and 16th centuries. In return the Russians demanded microfilm of materials pertaining to Russian explorations in Alaska and other west coast areas. KU had to obtain this microfilm from another American library.
"But trading is the only way to get this material from Russia," Vosper said. "They won't sell."
Russians Impatient
To date KU is the debtor in the exchange. All parties have acted
with a great deal of faith, Buckman explained, although the translation of the most recent letter from Russia indicates impatience that some American books had not yet been received.
Recently Vosper received a New Year's greeting card from the Academy of Sciences at Leningrad. The translation revealed a most cordial greeting, but he wondered about the illustration at the top—a globe being circled by sputniks.
College Honor Roll
burg; John M. Reiff, Wichita; Lora K. Reiter, Simpson, Augury A. Reynolds; Kansas City, Kan; Barbara A. Reynolds; Kansas City, Kan; Sibyl M. Rickenberg, Topeka, and Allan D. Robb, Lawrence.
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Jerry D. Roberts, Kansas City, Mo; Craig A. Robertson, Illinois; Louis D. Rollmann, Pratt; Jeanne G. Rustemeyer, Leavenworth; Carolyn Ruth, Billings. Mont; Michael E. Ryan, Emporia; Ed. Wesley T. Johnson, Schwartzkopf, Larned; Sarah G. Seevers, Wichita; Elbert E. Smith, Kansas City, Mo, and Virginia L. Sinn, Topeka.
James Stankiewicz, Philadelphia, Pa; Dana E. States, Dodge City; Mary C. Stephenson, Pittsburg; Merlin L. Stigge, Washington; Carol L. Stover, Colby; Neva J Tasker, Kansas City, Mo; Jerry Uebel Louisville; Nancy L Vardar, Louisville; Bill Wendell, Kansas City, Kan; Gall S. Ward, Wichita; Gretchen E. Watkins, Bartlesville, Okla.; Bruce W. Wells, Winfield, and William B. Wright, Concordia.
KU Grad Killed In Plane Crash
Lt. Bion James Swords, 25, a KU graduate in 1955, was killed Sunday when his Skyraider attack bomber crashed on the island of Molokai in the Pacific.
"Explorer" has restored some confidence and prestige in America, but there is still much to be done. This was the view expressed by three members of the KU faculty after the launching Friday of a U.S. space satellite.
He received his bachelor of arts degree in 1955. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Swords of Waimego. He is survived by his wife, Teresa, also a KU graduate, and two small daughters, who live in Hawaii.
A Marine spokesman said the plane spun down and crashed after making a bombing run on a target.
'Satellite Restores Prestige'
Dr. James L. Wortham, professor of English, died of a heart attack Jan. 26 while on a ski trip with KU students at Winter Park, Colo.
An experienced skier, Dr. Wortham was a summit guide in 1939 and 1940 for the glacier climb to the top of Mt. Rainier in Washington.
Lack of proper education, too much politics and too much com-
Wortham Dies Of Heart Attack
Dr. Wortham came to KU in 1950 as professor and chairman of the
Came To KU In 1950
department of English. He resigned chairmanship in 1956 when he took a sabbatical leave.
JAMES L. WORTHAM
Dr. Wortham was born Nov. 10, 1911, in Paris, Tex., and grew up in Seattle, Wash. He attended the Uni-
placeency were listed as the reasons for the United States being behind Russia in this field. All three faculty members agreed that these would have to be overcome if the free world is to come out on top in the space race.
"If we consider missiles from the point of view of weapons and if we consider weapons necessary, then this is a vital step," said Frank E. Hoecker, professor of physics. "However, I feel this whole business of space travel is highly overrated."
Prof. Hoecker indicated the U.S. educational system needed a complete overhaul if we are to catch up with the Russians.
"Too many teachers today have never had an adequate background in what they're teaching. These teachers colleges have tried to teach too much about the methods of teaching and not enough about the actual subjects." Prof. Hoecker said.
He said he thought the U.S. could have had a satellite up sooner if there had been a "unified effort" but there had been too much politics mixed in with the work.
Rhoten A. Smith, associate professor of political science, said he felt the fact the U.S. was offering all information gained from the satellite to scientists participating in the International Geophysical Year while Russia had withheld information from the satellites was
versity of Washington and the University of California at Los Angeles where he received his B. A. degree in 1933 with a major in English. In 1934 he received an M. A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and in 1939 his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University.
Was Language Officer
From 1939 to 1942 he was an instructor at Occidental College at Los Angeles. He was a Japanese language officer in the Navy, 1943-46, and was an interpreter in the United States and in Japan after the armistice. He was appointed instructor in English at the University of California in 1946 and assistant professor in 1948.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; three children, James, 13. Mary Ann, 12, and Linnea, 9, all of 615 Louisiana St., and two brothers, Patrick and Walter of Los Angeles.
The term "fawn" is used to describe the young of rabbits, caribou, mule deer, white-tailed deer, red deer and antelope.
an illustration of the difference between a democracy and a totalitarian government.
"This is the kind of thing we like to see in a democracy," he added.
Dr. Clifford P. Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, said the launching Friday was just doing "what the other nations have expected of us." He added, "It has also reassured the people of the U.S."
He said he felt the launching "didn't change the relative power positions of the major powers" just as positions weren't changed when Russia launched the first satellite
(Related story, "Space Control Plan Seen." Page 3.)
$1,500 Fellowship Created
The Pan American Petroleum Foundation has notified KU it will provide a $1.500 graduate fellowship in chemistry for the 1958-59 school year.
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