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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1964
The Unorthodox Poet
On the evening of June 23,1964,Dr. Arvid Leroy Shulenberger was killed in an auto accident on a lonely Kansas road,and with him died a short lived era at KU.
From the time that Prof. Shulenberger joined the English staff in 1951 to his untimely death, his uniqueness never wore off.
In the words of three of his colleagues —
"AN I.Q. BEYOND MEASURE, a linguist and above all a person. Vigorous in the pursuit of truth. Vicious to scoundrels. A student of literature in depth. All in all, my friend."
Franklyn Nelick, Assoc. Prof.of English "ONE OF THE CLEAREST MINDS I have ever known. He had a great power to see through confusion and complication. He was able to see what was essential in anything. He saw through subterfuge and was rarely deceived by doubletalk and anything phony."
— Dennis Quinn, Asst. Prof. of English "AS A POET," he was first rate. He wrote with a kind of ease unlike most American poets whose works are strained and seem to thrive desperately to convey their message. An outdoorsman. An
affinity with the soil. A Midwesterner. An American proud of being an American.
of being an American.
A. Carroll Edwards, Prof. of English
"A. Carroll Edwards, Prof. of English "HE MADE A UNIQUELY deep impression on the hundreds and thousands of students who sat in his classes. He felt that the most meaningful scholarship was in dialogue rather than print. He punctured pretensions and pet notions in a friendly sort of way. He was always challenging people. Even if you were right all along, he felt it was good for you to have re-examined your notions."
George Worth, Chr., Dept. of English
Ironically, last semester KU's FM radio station KANU taped Dr. Shulenberger's English 82: Shakespeare Rapid Reading Course as part of its celebration of the 400th anniversary of the poet's birth. It is being continued now as a memorial to the professor on Thursday evenings at 10 p.m.
Thus, the opportunity remains for KU's family to savor the greatness of the man, if only fleetingly.
For those of us who knew him, the opportunity to be and do in his ideal besets us.
Co-Perambulation
Walking across the campus this fall, so far one thing is extremely noticeable. Men and women are not, I repeat, are not walking together. This is bad. They should be walking together.
Since we live in a society where the male species is expected eventually to cohabit with a member of the female species, in the majority of cases at least, something must be done. Nothing drastic, of course, but something sane, sensible and workable.
The answer of course is as always right under our nose. Its name is IBM 7040-1401. For those of you who are uninformed this is the University's new computer system.
Our not unique but sensible plan proceeds.
WHEN A NEW STUDENT receives an application for enrollment he would also receive a questionnaire. This also applies to members of our fairer sex.
The questionnaire would ask the following questions. A physical description of the subject is of course of prime importance.
The subject's political and religious beliefs, attitudes toward minority and majority groups, goals, and important ideals. The subject's ideal of a perfect mate stressing the qualities this mate should possess.
Then, when all this highly important information is finally gathered together, Mr. IBM 7040-1401 can go to work. Our University computer system can separate, analyze and reassemble
these facts and with a blinking of lights, the rolling of drums and the blaring of trumpets everyone on campus will be mated with the person most ideally suited for their companionship.
Think of all the havoc this would eliminate especially around the freshman women's dorms when the new crop of lovelies moved in every year.
THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD receive a slip of paper with the name and telephone number of his and her ideally suited companion.
Think of all the wear and tear this would save the fathers of our KU females. Especially those unsuspecting fathers who bring their daughters to school that one chaotic weekend at the beginning of every school year.
Can you imagine the wild and woolly thoughts that run violently through Daddy's head as he pulls up in front of the dorms and 300 members of the male sex descend upon his pride and joy. Remember, Daddy was once a boy too.
Anyway, Mr. 7040-1401 would solve all the mental anguish that our male-female society creates.
But, until this becomes a reality and we must exist under our present system of boy-girl relationships, let's try to solve this problem without the help of mechanization.
Men! Women! Unite!
Men! Women! Co-perambulate. Please.
Please.
Jim Langford.
An Editor's Reflection
In Monday's Kansan we ran a reprint on the editorial page from the Saturday Evening Post. This editorial was a rarity because of one essential fact.
The press as we know it, ninety-nine per cent of the time is an objective press.
It is not common for a newspaper or a news magazine or any type of magazine for that matter to editorialize on the attributes of a national candidate and support him wholeheartedly. Neither is it very common for these media of the communications industry to completely tear down a national candidate.
Where a national election is concerned, it is
refreshing to see members of the press come out in print in full support of one candidate. It makes no difference who the candidate is.
However, because certain publications have found it necessary to fully support one candidate, this aspect of the presidential campaign is a little frightening to say the least.
It is my opinion that our country and our way of life are in serious condition when one of our national candidates is either extremely well-liked or hated with vehement passion.
And the press is reflecting very ably such a situation.
Party Quotes
Editor's Note: The following quotes are taken from the 1961 Guide to Conventions and Elections. This handbook, published by Dahl, was prepared by the Columbia Broadcasting System's News Staff.
DEMOCRATS
"The Democrats would rather make a Speech than a Dollar. They cultivated their voices instead of their finances. You give a Democrat a high hat and a frock coat and put him on the speakers list and he would turn down the chairmanship of the board of a big corporation. . ."—Will Rogers
"I never said all Democrats were saloon-keepers. What I said was that all saloon-keepers are Democrats."—Horace Greeley
tor all and special privileges for none. .”—Adlai Stevenson
"I am a Democrat because I believe that the Democratic Party has been faithful to the people as a whole, and to the root concept of equal rights
REPUBLICANS
"It is a party of one idea; but that is a noble idea—an idea that fills and expands all generous souls; the idea of equality—the equality of all men before human tribunals and human laws."—William H. Seward
"The Republican Party is the first party that was not founded on some compromise with the devil. It is the first party of pure, square, honest principles; the first one."—Robert G. Ingersoll
"Looks Like Quite A Storm Brewing Up"
BOOK REVIEWS
THE PICKWICK PAPERS, by Charles Dickens (Dell Laurel, 95 cents).
Considering that this was a first novel, it may be said that here is one of the greatest first novels ever written. Beyond that, "The Pickwick Papers" would hold up well even if it had been written late in Dickens' career. It is full of comic incident; it has characters who are among the most memorable in literature; it has a rich depiction of life in England almost 150 years ago.
Many do not read Dickens any longer, and a book of almost 1.000 pages is likely to frighten university students. Please don't be driven away; there isn't a dull moment in this story. Whether "The Pickwick Papers" is a novel is another matter, for it is mainly about the Pickwick Club and their various ramblings about England.
Lovable as is Mr. Pickwick, it is the loquacious Sam Weller, Pickwick's servant, who may be the best character in the book. These are but two of the many to be found in this panoramic comedy.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, by John Masefield (Premier, 60 cents).
A new book written for the Shakespeare year by the poet laureate of England is this semi-biography and introduction to the works of Shakespeare. It is slight but handy and marked by the warmth of the distinguished Masefield.
There is a brief biographical sketch of the man whose name still stirs such controversy. In addition, Masefield offers discussions of the poetry and the plays, plus an essay on plays attributed to Shakespeare.
**
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, by John Wyndham (Crest, 50 cents); ONCE UPON A DREADFUL TIME, edited by Alfred Hitchcock (Dell, 50 cents).
Science fiction and horror are riding high right now, and here are two books likely to have a wide audience. John Wyndham's "The Day of the Trifids" has a certain status as a science fiction masterpiece, a rather ghastly tale of vegetable creatures that rage about the planet, causing all kinds of trouble. It is an interesting tale that seems almost common place in this wild world of today.
In the other book, Alfred Hitchcock, who is as famous as a movie star, has selected 16 stories from crime fiction of today. For the most part names of the writers will ring few bells; even with aficionados of this kind of stuff.
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