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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1964
Baa!
Faculty Sheep
ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING PASTimes on this campus is watching some of the faculty members worship at the feet of their idol, the Humanities Lecture Series. The interesting thing about this worship is that one would expect that their academic fervor and their dedication to "intellectualism" would prevent them from blind worship of anything.
Such is not the case with some members of the KU faculty. On the contrary, they seem to have rituals regarding attendance, and they echo the same phony chants afterward. The hypocrisy and phoniness of the whole ritual would shock some of the more primitive people, who at least have the virtue of sincerity of belief and action.
IT APPEARS THAT most faculty members feel obligated to attend "worship" services several times a year or else run the risk of being considered a backslider or an unbeliever. Worst of all, not going seems to imply a certain lack of love for the intellectual life.
"Well, Sam, I didn't see you at The Lecture last night. What's the matter? Were you sick?"
BESIDES, one of their esteemed colleagues might notice their absence and comment on the fact the next day in a conversation that might sound something like this:
ONE PITIES the poor professor who answers more than once, "No. I really don't care about going to the beastly things."
While he may not feel the need to make abject apologies, he will feel the withering scorn of a superior intellect looking down his nose at him. Probably the only reason his absence was noticed in the first place was that his colleague was busy peering around Fraser auditorium in the hope that everyone would notice that he was present and occupying a front row seat (the sign of a true believer).
THE ROTUNDA of the United States Capitol has seen three men lie at its base this year. And to these men have been paid all the honors that this nation can afford its dead.
These three men have lain at the heart of the nation, in the center of the legislative process of government. People from all walks of life pay tribute to them in this place . . . either in person or by television communication.
TWO OF THESE MEN were Presidents, and the other, a soldier and a general; yet they all shared a common burden—the burden of a nation.
And later, in their deaths, a nation shared the burden of grief.
The first to lie there, ironically, was the youngest of the three. And he was the only one among them to die a violent death.
But the Rotunda had no sooner swept out the tears of a young mother and two children when an older man took his place in the famed spot.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, 35th President, was assassinated at the peak of his popularity. He was an idealist and a statesman. Even while he was living, he became a symbol of America, not only to his countrymen, but to the rest of the world. He sought what he could do for his country, not what his country could do for him.
The Nation Remembers
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR carried the controversy he had stirred in life with him into the Capitol Rotunda. In fact, only moments after his death, the controversy was rekindled in some of the nation's press. However,
NOT THAT GOING to hear Humanities speakers is bad—far from it. There is much that one can learn—if he has some background in the lecture topic. But pity the man who is a novice to the lecture topic.
And strangely enough, many faculty members fall into this category, but still attend regularly anyway.
I REMEMBER an instance when a certain professor was asked what he thought about the speaker's main theme and could say nothing but:
"Fine talk. Very interesting. Yes, sir. Fine talk."
Fifteen minutes of questioning brought no more intelligent comments, and the questioner finally gave up.
— Rick Mabbutt
OR TAKE THE INCIDENT that happened not too long ago. The head of one of the departments introduced in glowing terms a Humanities speaker connected with his field, praising him for his wisdom and scholarly contributions. The lecturer had not been speaking for more than 15 minutes when the departmental head slumped down in his chair and began to snore audibly. (The poor man was probably tired from his heavy teaching load and so can be forgiven for this sin.)
But to top it off—the next day he confessed to a group of graduate students that he did not understand anything the speaker was trying to say anyway.
IT IS A SAD COMMENTARY on our time when college professors feel the need to act like sheep and flock to something because everyone else is doing it. But it is even sadder when one realizes that a good number of them do not learn anything even if they go.
the nation hushed its questioning as it paid him the respect of a man who gave all for his country.
The general lived his life with the assurcal.ce and dignity befitting a soldier, with "Duty, Honor, Country" as his life's motto, and his first thoughts always being "the Corps, the Corps, and the Corps."
TO HIM FELL the burden of defending a nation from aggression.
Now a third man has lain in the Rotunda. He died as a true statesman should die . . at an old age, with many years of service to his credit. But of all the men who have drawn both criticism and sympathy, perhaps Herbert C. Hoover has drawn the most.
FOR YEARS HOOVER WAS THE SCAPEGOAT of the 1929 Stock Market crash which led into the Great Depression. His personal convictions often stepped in his way of handling the economic problems facing the nation.
But Hoover proved his value many times over . in the distribution of food to war-torn Europe after World War I; on efficiency in government during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations.
HIS 50-YEAR RECORD of public service is one of devotion to his work, even when the tide of opinion was definitely against him.
He felt the burden of the criticism of a nation.
NOW ALL THREE have lain in the Rotunda they represent different eras, different careers, different goals, but all knew the burden of a nation, and all deserve that nation's honor.
Kennedy vs. Keating
— Bobbetta Bartelt
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, as might be expected, is in the spotlight this year as nationwide elections dominate the headlines. First, it was gifted with the Republican vice-presidential candidate being chosen from the Empire State; next, its incumbent senator, Kenneth Keating (R), denounced Barry Goldwater; and then, Robert Kennedy moved in, set up his headquarters and announced he was in the race for the New York Senate seat.
New York also doesn't dominate the presidential office as much as many people think. Only four Presidents have been natives of the Empire State: Van Buren, Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. Strangely enough, most of our candidates have come from
Ohio and Virginia.
Although Johnson may not receive the margin of victory that President Kennedy had, he is almost assured of New York's vote. Everyone knows that, so that's why they are looking at another man who has thoughts of the White House in the future. Bobby Kennedy's race will be a good one.
- Van L. Moe
"During The Kennedy And Johnson Administrations Some People Have Appeared In Bathing Suits Without Tops!"
Texas Race Gets Dirtier
THE NATIONAL campaign for President of the United States has been brutal already and promises to get worse in the coming week. But the race in Texas could not get any lower than it already is.
The Senate race in Texas has turned into a free-for-all between the two candidates, Sen. Ralph Yarborough and Houston oilman George Bush.
YARBOROUGH is the Democratic liberal and Bush represents the conservative segment of the Republican party.
In a smear campaign that is unbelievably low Bush has attacked Yarborough on a rumor that alleges the Texas senator received $50,000 from Billie Sol Estes in the 1960 campaign. Yarborough denies the charge.
Bush continues to hit the senator with all possible weapons and says that regardless of the amount of money received it is the principle that the senator was even remotely connected with Estes that is the point.
BUT IF BUSH is running a filthy campaign Yarborough is not much better. He does not hit on the issues or local needs; instead he slams the campaign tactics and motives of his opponent.
THE MAIN TROUBLE with Yarborough's campaign even though he is a Democrat, is that President Johnson has yet to
formally endorse him. Gov. Connally is not actively in praise of him either.
In spite of the numerous occasions when Yarborough has tangled with his superiors in government and his own constituents he is still the favorite to win in November.
The reason Yarborough probably will sweep into the Senate again is that Johnson cannot help carrying his home state. Even with good amounts of dissension in the ranks of Texas voters it will be hard for them to turn down their favorite son.
IF BUSH IS elected it would make the entire Senate group from Texas Republican, but the President seems not to mind this idea so much as having Yarborough in Washington again.
If there is a huge split in the Republican Party there also is one in the Democratic party because of the feelings between the President and Yarborough.
BUSH SEEMS TO APPEAL to the average voter in Texas but his chances of being elected are slim with Johnson at the helm in Washington.
If both candidates continue at their present pace until November 3 they either will kill each other with allegations and inuendos or the voters will decide which is the lesser of the two evils.
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