Lecturer Praises German Theater
Since the totalitarian rule and the devastation of German cities during World War II, the German theater has brought the same enthusiasm to the people that was prevalent in the early days of German history, Dr. Bruno E. Werner said Thursday.
Dr. Werner, cultural counselor in the Washington embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany spoke at the third Humanities Series lecture of the fall semester. He said the German people have always thought of the theater as a place to get a higher education.
"They have the notion that the theater is not principally a place to go for amusement but namely for reflection," he said. "It has become a sort of metaphysical institution."
"The Germans are a little theater crazy." Dr. Werner said, "and to them every evening in the theater is something of a magic experience."
He noted the absence of amateur theaters in Germany in comparison with the great number in the United States. He was impressed with the work put into the amateur theaters here, and the results obtained.
Dr. Werner characterized the German outlook of the theater by describing a cartoon showing people waiting in the rubble of Berlin after the war—not for food which was really needed—but for theater tickets being sold before the theaters were rebuilt.
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"After the war the optimism of American plays produced in Germany opened the hearts of the German people in their darkest hour," he said.
"A European must look with great admiration on this development." Dr. Werner said.
He said government support was necessary for the German theater but there was no interference by the government in the production of plays.
"The theater takes a large part of the budget of the Federal Republic of Germany," he said, "but if the government interfered with a play the municipal or private theater would produce it."
Colorado Game Rally Monday
Pep club basketball season activities will begin Monday with a pregame rally at 9:50 a.m. at the east end of Strong Hall and will climax with an all-student dance in February. Plans for the season were made this week by both men's and women's pep clubs at their first meetings since vacation.
According to J. J. Newcomb, bookstore manager, payments for the periods will continue throughout the coming semester except for the enrollment period from Jan. 29 until the end of the textbook rush.
Ten per cent cash rebates for periods 13-22 are now being paid by the Student Union Bookstore.
The annual pep club sponsored dance is tentatively set for Feb. 28 in the Kansas Union.
Rebates Given Now For Periods 13-22
Cheerleaders and pep club officials expect a large turnout to hear Dick Harp, basketball coach, speak at the season's first campus rally.
Mr. Newcomb said that approximately $36,000 has been rebated for period 22.
Weather
Fair tonight. Partly cloudy Saturday. Continued mild. Low tonight 20 northwest to 30 south. High Saturday 45-50 northwest to 50% elsewhere.
Low his morning 34. Low
Thursday 29, high 55.
'KU Religion Up'
Lack of security produced by the cold war and a good religious climate have brought an upsurge in religious interest at KU.
By DOUG PARKER
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
Harold G. Barr, dean of the School of Religion, said Thursday in an interview that KU's religious organizations are growing in number and he expects even more students to become interested in the future.
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"The reason for this greater interest is that people can go to church, take religious courses and talk about religion and nobody feels you're a sissy or sentimental." Dean Barr said.
"Also there isn't any doubt that conditions of life today are such that the foundations of life are knocked from under us and we are looking for some kind of security," he explained.
This climate of opinion, which wasn't always the case, has greatly helped church attendance, he said.
Students Shake Restrictions The student away from home for the first time wants to be free from any restrictions he had at home, such as going to church, Dean Barr said.
The student who isn't interested in religion wants to be independent and believes the church can't help him, Dean Barr said.
"By the time students are juniors and seniors the University has eliminated the ones that are just drifters and the others start seeing the more serious side of life." Dean Barr said.
In 21 years on the campus Dean Barr has seen the ups and downs of religious interest. He recalled when he first came to the University there seemed to be a great deal of religious interest because of the depression.
ping," he said.
Security Decreased Interest "As financial conditions got better it looked as if the interest was slip-
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"People commenced to feel their own self-sufficiency so religious interest lessened. Another reason for the loss of interest was that people who couldn't go anywhere during the depression began to start moving around."
"It was that way until the war came," Dean Barr continued. "In the latter part of the war there were a lot of students taking religious courses because of deep disturbances."
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Miss Andrish urged any persons interested in auditioning for in-between acts for the show to come to the KU-Y office, 111 B Student Union. Any kind of variety act is wanted, she said.
KU Ex-Dean Echoes Faculty Raise Plea Rock Chalk Needed To Keep Teachers Pittsburg State Head Says Skits Selected
The first shipment of 2,000 second semester class schedules were distributed by the registrar's office in two hours Wednesday afternoon, but more should be available soon.
Each of the first-choice houses will present a 12-minute skit in the Revue. The two alternate houses will present their skits in surrounding towns to publicize the Revue.
James K. Hitt, registrar, said 10,000 of the schedules have been ordered and are being delivered as fast as they are printed by the state printer in Topeka.
Six houses and two alternates have been chosen to participate in the 1958 Rock Chalk Pevue to be held March 28-29 in Hoch Auditioium.
In the mens' division, Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Nu and Beta Theta Pi were chosen, with Alpha Tau Omega as an alternate. Women's houses picked were Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega and Kappa Alpha Theta, with Corbin-North College Hall as alternate. Ski names have not been decided.
The skits were judged by Lee Mitchell, director of the Northwestern University dramatic theatre. In a letter to the Rock Chalk producer, Shirley Andrish, Topeka senior, Dr. Mitchell said that the 25 scripts submitted showed that there was a great deal of writing talent at KU.
Class Schedules Available Soon
Mr. Hitt said the state printer has done a rush job on the schedules of classes in answer to an extra heavy demand by students. Enrollment begins Thurslav, Jan. 30.
Leonard Axe, president of Pittsburg State Teachers College and former dean of the KU School of Business, today echoed the plea of other state college heads for a raise in faculty salaries.
Dr. Axe called the raises, now being considered by the Ways and Means Committee of the state Legislature, "an inducement to keep good people in teaching."
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"We have no indication how the state Legislature or the state Senate Ways and Means Committee feels about granting salary raises to University faculty members, but the committee was very courteous towards us in inviting us to present our requests," Mr. Nichols said.
At KU, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the University, said KU officials may be invited to meet with the Ways and Means Committee after the Legislature convines Tuesday.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy,
Mr. Nichols and W. Clarke Wescoe,
dean of the School of Medicine, went
before the committee Wednesday.
"We hope the Legislature recognizes that our original requests are justified." Mr. Nichols said.
The state Board of Regents requested that faculty members he granted a 5 per cent raise next year, but Gov. George Docking said he would probably not request the raise in his budget.
Chancellor Murphy is out of town today and not available for comment,
The acting president of Kansas State College, Dean A. L. Puglesley, also said Thursday that a 5 per cent increase in salaries is necessary "to preserve the quality of the teaching staff."
Dean Pugley, acting for Dr. James McCain who is ill, said that "most of the young faculty members have a dozen other offers in their hip pockets."
Dr. Pugsley said the raise would only keep pace with what the other schools are granting.
He said that Kansas State salaries are about 18 per cent below the average of other land-grant colleges. As a result of the salary differences, Kansas State has been hiring more instructors and fewer higher ranking instructors as replacements, resulting in a drop of the rank of the staff, he said.
Dr. M, C. Cunningham, president of Fort Hays State College, told the Committee today "We'll be slipping behind" other schools without a salary increase next fiscal year.
He was the last of the five state college heads to appear before the Committee.
Dr. Cunningham said the salary funds would not be on a "straight across the board basis." He said the funds would be parceled out on a merit basis, some professors getting more than others.
He predicted a larger enrollment next year at his school because of a better crop outlook in western Kansas.
Two Views On Ike Message
Bv MARY ALDEN
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
President Eisenhower's State of the Union message presented no new program for "total peace" and the proposed budget may help pull the nation out of the present economic recession, two faculty members said today.
Rhoten A. Smith, associate professor of political science, described "total peace" as something on which "all men of good will can agree," but said that Eisenhower proposed "no bold, new, vigorous program to achieve it."
"Of his 8-point program for peace, only two actually refer to his slogan of 'total peace.'" Prof. Smith said. "Neither of these, economic assistance to allies and extension of trade agreements, are new and both were begun in a Democratic administration."
To Increase War Potential
"It is interesting to note that while peace is the aim, the budget items to be increased are for missiles and other areas all aimed directly or indirectly at catching up with the Russians in war potential." he continued.
"Stimulus to Production"
"The president is the commanderin-chief of the armed forces so he is the one person who can do the job." he said.
"However, the lag in missile production can be traced to inter-service rivalry which has been scandalous. All Americans should be cheered by the news that he is going to take steps to end it."
year. This will be a stimulant to production, employment and business, he said.
Leland Pritchard, professor of economics, said that with the proposed 74-billion-dollar budget, the government will very likely operate with a cash deficit for the coming
"Government deficit ordinarily works as an anti-depression factor." Dr. Pritchard explained. "It either provides investment outlets for savings or involves creation of new money to the extent that the debt is financed by commercial or Federal Reserve System banks."
"I do not think that the government deficit will be sufficient to counteract the downswing that we have been in since October," he said. "It will take more deficit by the government and private agencies."
Dr. Pritchard described the President's increase in the defense budget as one of the greatest stimulants to business and the economy. He said the increase will create more jobs and purchasing power, but does not put goods to be purchased on the market.
(An editorial, "Ike's Plans," Page 2; related story, "Democrats Cool to Ike's Speech," P. 5.)