77th Year, No. 26
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
kansan
Monday, October 24, 1966
Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
'Outburst worst of trip'
Riots erupt in Manila
MANILA —(UPI)—About 3,000 students clashed with police tonight in an angry demonstration outside President Johnson's hotel following the opening of the Manila summit conference during which Johnson pleaded for peace in Southeast Asia.
Fists flew and at least seven gunshots rang out as the students fought with about 150 Philippine army troops and police guarding the Manila Hotel where Johnson and most other conference delegates are staying.
AT LEAST ONE student bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound was rushed to a hospital by taxi. Student leaders said about 20 of their number were injured. Some police also sustained injuries from flying rocks, along with at least three U.S. newsmen.
The outburst was the most serious to confront President Johnson on his current Asian tour and marred an otherwise warm reception here.
Johnson's hotel room was well removed from the riot scene. But the security guard at the hotel
SPORTS—KU downed by Oklahoma State 10-7. Page 4.
WHAT'S INSIDE
FEATURES—Artist turns anthropologist. Page 6.
was beefed up by a platoon of Philippine army troops in full combat gear.
THE FIGHT ERUPTED when the students marched on the hotel following a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy.
Police at first permitted them onto the hotel grounds but decided to move in when the mob became unruly.
The shooting broke out after student leaders had agreed to disperse. A rain of bottles and firecrackers fell on police and the shots rang out.
ANTI-VIET NAM demonstrators hurled paint on the Presidential limousine and lay down in the streets to halt the Johnson motorcades in Australia where the Chief Executive's reception also was generally rousingly warm.
Although sources said Johnson paid no attention to the latest outburst, he earlier addressed some remarks to anti-U.S. demonstrators in general when he told them, "You brought your banners to the wrong persons—take your banners to Hanoi."
About 150 police and Philippine army troops were involved in the outbreak at the hotel.
Council hears education issues
By GARY MURRELL
"The American Education system must find a method by which the student can be freed unto himself, thereby, better educating himself and being better prepared for life."
That was the challenge of Paul A. Miller, assistant secretary for education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, when he addressed the inaugural meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council Sunday at the Kansas Union.
BEFORE ABOUT 200 representatives of 100 colleges and universities, Miller presented these major issues around which higher education must be centered within the next decade;
- How to properly orient the
student and offer him the opportunity to work by himself and with faculty.
- How to work with colleges and universities so that the stronger institutions can help the weaker.
- How to successfully relate the larger institutions to the communities around them in terms of public service.
- How educators can better plan general studies and liberal arts programs.
"The tremendous increase in enrollment which has taken place over the last 20 years is an acute problem at the college level," he said. "At the same time, our educational system faces this demand it also faces an equally insistent demand for better quality in education."
Art historian speaks at humanities lecture
Art historian, H. W. Janson, said today his field has a need for more men, better art history libraries with better technical equipment, and publication subsidies for the work of scholars.
Visiting KU for three days of lectures, Janson, chairman of the fine arts department at New York University, will give an illustrated lecture at 8 p.m. tonight on "The Role of Chance in Artistic Creativity" at Lawrence High School Auditorium.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts little change in temperature. Low tonight will be in the mid 30s. Skies will be fair with west or northwesterly winds from 5 to 15 mph.
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The shortage of art historians occurred because of the rapid expansion in the field over the past 25 years. "Universities can't turn out enough PhD's to fill all the available posts," he said.
"The Federal Government, by instituting the National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities this year, has given the field of humanities a big boost but we're still getting the short end of the stick," Janson said. The $15 million allotment includes all the arts, he said, and "in Washington, the performing arts come under this bill."
"ALL ART departments have a collection of lantern slides, for instance, but for the most part, it is not good or big enough because the slides and equipment are so expensive," he said.
The congenial scholar said "there are very few things that money can't cure but it has to be put in the right places."
There is a need for consultative committees that include people in the humanities who know the needs.
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"The university must assume major responsibility in assisting students to develop learning skills which will facilitate independence of the student." Miller explained.
THIS PROBLEM, according to Miller, affects many different kinds of universities performing a variety of functions, one of which is the failure to emancipate the student.
He said there must be less emphasis on the professional
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Staff photo by Lynniel Q. VanBenschoten
A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
Henry S. Fitch, professor in zoology, removes a glass snake from a trap on the KU Natural History Reservation.
Trapping reptiles, a prof's pursuit
By WILL HARDESTY
Glass snakes.
(Editor's note: This is the conclusion of a two-part series on the continuing research at the KU Natural History Reservation.) Class speakers
"They're not really snakes at all, but legless lizards," said Henry S. Fitch, professor of zoology.
"A GLASS snake, when it gets excited, like when a predator approaches, switches its tail around and often breaks it off. The tail wriggles and squirms, and distracts the predator while the glass snake escapes. Soon a new tail grows," Fitch said.
These legless lizards are the current animals being studied by Fitch at the KU Natural History Reservation, where he is the resident naturalist.
Heresy charges aired
WHEELING, W. Va.—(UPI)—The Episcopal Church's 139-member House of Bishops voted overwhelmingly today to meet in open session at 3 p.m. tomorrow to decide what it will do about heresy charges against retired California Bishop James A. Pike.
Presiding Bishop John E. Hines at first proposed that the Pike affair be threshed out behind closed doors. But Bishop Henry L. Louttit of Winter Park, Fla., head of a group of 28 bishops who have threatened to lodge heresy charges against Pike, insisted that the meeting be open to the press. The House of Bishops, on a voice vote roared approval of Louttit's request.
Bishop Pike poured new fuel onto the controversy today by issuing a statement declaring Christianity is experiencing a "rapid decline" throughout the world because it clings to "nonessential" doctrines which modern man finds implausible. Among the doctrines which the church could get along much better without, Pike said, are belief in the virgin birth of Christ, the Trinity and the omnipotence of God.
Besides glass snakes, Fitch is studying small burrowing snakes such as worm snakes. Before these snakes, he studied possums. Before possums, lizards. Before lizards, spiders and copperheads, and so on, back through the many studies that Fitch has made in the 17 years the reservation has been in existence.
FITCH HAS done most of his studies using live trapping as the means to capture his subjects.
Traps are usually set for one of two purposes. First, to take a sample—to catch any animal that will fit in the trap. This method is used when a zoologist doesn't know what species of animal is in the area.
Secondly, they are set for particular animals. In this case, traps are usually set in a saturation pattern—one trap every 15-30 feet. The researcher wants to catch, examine, mark, and release as many of one kind of animal as possible.
FITCH AND his family have been living on the reservation since 1950. By now, his family, too, knows much about the animals on the tract.
"My wife and children have no special training in zoology, but have a great interest and have been a big help," Fitch said.
A son has graduated in zoology, and Fitch's daughter is a sophomore at KU in zoology.
At the reservation, in old clothes and high-top boots, Fitch brings to mind a TV-western Indian scout.
JUST IN FRONT of his house.
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