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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 26, 1965
Philosophy Professor Recalls African Teaching Experiences
From the dark jungles of Africa's Basutoland to the department of philosophy at KU has been a long journey for Errol E. Harris, professor of philosophy.
"I have very fond memories of the wonderful experience I had with those fine people of Basutoland." Prof. Harris said.
"THE REASON WHY I wouldn't want to go back to South Africa," Harris said, "is because I believe in a liberal solution for the racial problem."
"I was for sometime a member of the Liberal Party; this party stood for racial equality and its aim was to establish a multi-racial society in the country," he said.
Prof. Harris lectured at Oxford University in England from 1931 to 1933, when he was awarded the degree of B.Litt., bachelor of letters, by that university.
"AFTERWARDS I BEGAN teaching at Magdalene College. I stayed there till 1333 when I was offered the job of an educational officer in the British Colonial Office." Prof. Harris said.
The colonial office soon dispatched him as a school inspector to Basutoland, then a British protectorate. His long sojourn through the dark continent of Africa thus began, he said.
"Basutoland is a very mountainous country," he said. "In those days there were very few roads worth the name. Most of my travels were done on horses or mules, but still enjoyable.
Prof. Harris was put in charge of inspecting the various missionary schools and advising the African teachers in Basutoland.
"I liked Basutoland very much because it had an air of freedom which you don't find in South Africa," he said. "Except for the few white traitors, the relations between us and the natives were very good."
"BASUTOS ARE very friendly, intelligent, well behaved, and orderly people. They are also very anxious for education, but their poverty conditions pained me most." Prof. Harris said.
After finishing his assignment in Basutoland in 1940, he was sent to various places in Africa that included Zanzibar, Tanganyika (Tanzania), Kenya, Libya and other places.
Professor Errol Harris
Memorial Service Set For Professor Hood
Memorial services for George J. Hood, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, have been scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Rumsey Funeral Home.
Prof. Hood died Monday night from injuries suffered in a fall.
The family has indicated that they prefer any memorials to be given in the form of contributions to the Endowment Association. Reverend Paul Davis of the Plymouth Congregational Church will conduct the services.
UHRC Continues —
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Chancellor Wescoe submitted the recommendations to the ASC with a request that "appropriate legislation" be passed as soon as possible. The ASC passed an amendment to Bill No. 7, the human rights bill, at its next meeting and the Chancellor signed it shortly thereafter.
The bill stated, in part, "this policy will be announced by the student newspaper and made a part of the permanent format of all student publications which accept advertising."
THE UNIVERSITY Daily Kansan now regularly carries such a notice. Dean Woodruff was asked yesterday about actions taken by other student publications to include this notice.
"I think those letters (of formal notice) have gone out," Wood- ruff said, "but I cannot be certain."
Robert Burkhart, Kirkwood, Mo., junior and business manager of the Jayhawker, said he thought "there was something in the files" but that nothing has been done about it.
Woodruff said the letters of notice might not have been received by the Jayhawker in sufficient time for the notice to be inserted this spring.
Another CRC demand was "that the All Student Council Bill No.7, or comparable legislation, be passed by the ASC and immediately signed by the Chancellor."
TOM YOE, director of the News Bureau and adviser to the Jayhawker, said the notice would be inserted in next year's issues.
On the morning of the second day of the demonstration, Wescoe signed the completed bill, which called for elimination of discriminatory clauses by all campus living groups and organizations.
At last Thursday's joint meeting of the UHRC and CRC, the latter group presented a 35-page document concerning fraternity-sorority discrimination to the UHRC.
The CRC concluded its report by stating, in part, "We — the members of the Civil Rights Council — will no longer tolerate the existing situation. It must change..."
THE PROGRESS of the UHRC in negotiating with the CRC on its demands seems to illustrate the spirit of Chancellor Wescoe's remarks before a student rally ending the demonstration in front of Strong Hall on March 9.
"It is my hope and my belief that . . . we can talk together in full confidence and that our discussions will bear the fruits of progress and of harmony.
"We have all learned something from this experience. . . ."
From 1946 to 1956, after serving in the British army, Prof. Harris taught at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa. During this time he again took part in the various political activities.
In 1956, Yale University invited him to be one of the participants in the Terry Lecture series in Philosophy. These lectures, which later became material for his doctoral dissertation, were designed in an effort to explain religion in the light of modern science and philosophy, he said.
HIS NEXT STOP was at Edinburgh. This time to take his doctorate of letters degree. He returned to the U.S. in 1961 and taught for sometime at Connecticut College. In 1962, Prof. Harris was offered the Roy Roberts Distinguished Professorship at KU, which he readily accepted, he said.
"This distinguished professorship is unique," he said. "You have the greatest freedom of action; you can teach anything you want. You are not bound by any departmental requirements. This is the reason I have decided to stay here indefinitely."
During his long years of teaching, Prof. Harris has published more than 45 papers and several books. At the present time he is working on two other books.
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senior, Phi Kappa Tau.
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