—Photo by Dan Austin
RALPH SLOVENKO . . . on capital punishment
Condemned Men Live Despite Death Penalty
By Barbara Phillips
Capital punishment is used mainly as a deterrent, if it is used at all, Ralph Slovenko, visiting Tulane professor of law, told members of the Chancery Club last night.
"It is the exception rather than the rule that a person who has been sentenced to death is executed," Slovenko said.
INSANITY SEEMS to be the main way of escaping death. "We have in American law the idea that an insane person is not to be executed," he added.
The main argument for the death penalty, Slovenko said, seems to be that it is "the only way to deal with people that were such unbearable nuisances in the community."
DEATH IS seldom used as a punishment in most states. Ten have no capital punishment laws. Only three to five states have carried out the death penalty recently—including Kansas and California. There were 15 executions in the United States last year. This is the lowest number ever recorded.
Other arguments for capital punishment include these comments: Why limit the available methods which the state has to protect itself? By this law the state is showing the things it cherishes most, Slovenko said.
ARGUMENTS AGAINST the death penalty include the following: It is not a deterrent. It is against natural law. Death is too much the poor man's penalty. It is ineffective. One can never be sure, he continued.
The electric chair is now being used in 23 states. But it is an expensive way of dying. So expensive that there is only one electric chair in each state-at the state prison.
Mrs. Wescoe's Mother Dies of Cancer at 66
A native of Kansas City, Mrs. Benton entered the University of Kansas at 16, and was graduated in 1919. She was then 20 years old and the youngest member of that graduating class. She was a sociology teacher in Baxter Springs High School many years.
Mrs. Willard Benton, 66, mother of Mrs. W. Clarke Wescoe, died early today of cancer at a local hospital.
Mrs. Benton was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi social sorority and was active in the Wyandotte County Bar Auxiliary.
Her husband, a district court judge, died in April, 1960. Since June, she had been living with Dr. and Mrs. Wescoe at the Chancellor's residence.
Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Jessie Hovey, University Nursing home, Kansas City; a daughter, Mrs. Wescoe; and three
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Gibson-Butler Funeral Home, Kansas City. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kansas City.
grandchildren, David, Barbara and Bill Wescoe.
Chancellor Wescoe has canceled plans to attend and participate in the pre-game events at the KU-Oklahoma game this weekend.
Weather
Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures are predicted for Saturday by the U.S. Weather Bureau, with a possible shower tonight. South winds will prevail at 10 to 15 miles per hour. The low tonight will be in the 50's and high Saturday in the 70's.
KU-Washburn Law Deans Discuss Combining Schools
Two heads are better than one; but the question as to whether two Kansas Law Schools are better than one large combined Law School has been raised by Washburn's Law Schoc' Dean, John Howell.
The question was raised at the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity's joint dinner and speech last night at the Virginia Inn.
GUEST SPEAKERS WERE Dean Howell and Dean James K. Logan of KU's Law School, Both men discussed the relative merits and faults of combining Washburn University School of Law and KU's School of Law.
Dean Howell said that the elimination of rivalry between the two schools would be a service to the law profession since it would be easier for one large school to work effectively with the Kansas Bar Association and the Legislature.
Dean Logan agreed with Howell's points and added that size alone does not make a quality law school but does create the illusion of strengthening the legal education.
DEAN HOWELL also pointed out that a large law school would save manpower, be able to offer newer technical courses, and be able to move into other areas of benefit to the State.
SIZE IS another factor, continued Logan; both schools have experienced growing pains and are almost too small for their present enrollment. By 1970, a combined school could expect an enrollment between 700 and 1,000 students.
Location of the proposed combined school is a matter of controversy. Topekans feel that the site of such a school would logically be at Topeka. The easy access to the legislature, State Supreme Court, and state agencies is the heart of the Topekan's argument.
The cost of building a structure such as this would be approximately the same in either Topeka or Lawrence except that KU already has land which could be used for such a purpose. Space in Topeka would have to be cleared and payment made to its owners.
76th Year, No.20
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, October 15, 1965
E.V. McCollum Returns For Dedication Honors
By Robert Stevens
Elmer V. McCollum, as a young lad, picked strawberries from a strawberry patch in Daisy Field.
Sunday at 1 p.m. McCollum Hall will be dedicated on this same ground in honor of Elmer McCollum and his late brother, Burton.
"You are now building dormitories on land where I thinned out Elmer Brown's strawberry plants." Elmer McCollum said, "and set runners to grow new ones."
McCOLLUM RECALLS as a student he "subsisted by lighting half the gas lamps in Lawrence, sleeping until midnight, then turning out the lamps, a total of four hours work for 60 cents a night."
"It was one of the highest moments of my life when I was informed the Board of Regents had decided to name the new men's dormitory McCollum Hall," McCollum writes in a letter to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, "in honor of my late brother Burton, and me."
"IF BURTON WERE still living I am sure this action would have given him greater pleasure than any other event in his life."
the naming of the ten story building recognizes two amazing Kansas brothers who are among the most distinguished of the University's graduates and the nation's men of science.
He added, "Nothing could honor us more than that a few young men, armed with intelligence and insight, guided by narrow and positive purpose, and with a meditative element in their minds, might think constructively in the shelter of McCollum Hall."
ELMER McCOLLUM discovered vitamins A and D. Burton McCollum developed many of the processes for finding underground oil with sound waves.
An open house will begin immediately following the dedication ceremony and last until 3:30 p.m.
"Otherwise, I shall remain silent, but in a spirit of humility and thankfulness for the evidences of friendliness and respect which the KU people of this generation have shown the memory of my brother and me," McCollum continued.
Burton McColllum died last year, but Elmer McCollum, professor emeritus of biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University, continues his work in biochemistry and nutrition.
WHEN ASKED TO speak at the dedication ceremony, McCollum wrote, "I shall stand when called on for a ten minute talk, and speak, if the good Lord puts words into my mouth.
McCollum has repeatedly said the naming of McCollum Hall was an equal tribute to his brother, Burton. "He was a most remarkable man in intelligence, motivation and direction of life." McCollum said. "I shall not see his like again.
-Photo by Dan Austin
PANCHO VILLA—Students attending the Spanish Club meeting Thursday were greeted by the resemblance of a famous Mexican bandit.