ROTC PROFESSOR
Protestors insignificant
"Student Peace Union (SPU) members who will demonstrate at Friday's Chancellor's Review are "insignificant, just like a drop in the bucket," Lt. Col. Gerald E. Hallas, Air Force ROTC professor, said.
"They've never been significant in our University life, and they're not worth commenting on," he said of the student demonstrators who, according to David Leonard, Lawrence sophomore and member of SPU, are protesting "militarism in general."
Leonard said Friday's demonstration, scheduled for 3 p.m. in Memorial Stadium, one hour before Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will open the annual KU cadet review, "is not aimed at ROTC, just militarism in general.
"IT IS MORE an act of conscience than anything else. There isn't a specific, tangible goal. It
is just one way of showing that there are other ideas prevalent today."
He did not know exactly how many demonstrators will participate, but said he hoped 20 to 30 would show up. They will carry signs, but will not distribute literature.
Dort shows slides of Antarctica trip
A recent returnee from Antarctica, Wakefield Dort, professor of geology at KU, showed slides last night in Malott Hall to illustrate a report to the University of his "Adventure and Research in Antarctica."
Dort and Peter Mills, Canadian graduate student, spent five months in Antarctica financed by $30,000 in direct grants plus support from the United States Navy. Dort said the Navy fed, transported and generally played nursemaid to the "USARPs," as he and other United States Antarctic Research Programmers are called.
DORT SAID HE applied for the grant to study cirques, which are bowl-shaped land forms where snow turns to ice. When he reached McMurdo Station in Antarctica, he found most of the glacial activity had stopped and the cirques drying up.
"The climate seems to be more arid now. Less snow in this region would tend to produce less ice which in turn would result in less glacial activity." Dort said.
Capt. Robert H. Eslinger Jr., professor of naval science, said he is not surprised by the planned demonstration. "They were there last year, so I'm not surprised that they will be back this year.
Dort said the two things that were most difficult to adjust to were the silence and lack of a
scale for judging distance. He said he began to "hear noises which were only the blood going around." With no trees or buildings, Dort found it difficult to judge the distance or size of things.
A new student publication called the Hawk appeared on campus in February, 1927.
"THEY ARE perfectly entitled to their opinions. I don't have any reaction one way or other."
He said the only thing he noticed about last year's protest was the demonstrators' disregard for the American flag and the Star Spangled Banner. "They did not cease their marching or pay respect to the flag or the national anthem." Capt. Eslinger said.
'Hawk' appears in '27
Neither he nor Lt. Col. Hallas has heard anything about this year's protest. "No one is talking about it," Lt. Col. Hallas said.
This paper, appearing in opposition to the Dove, was to be more peaceful and constructive.
"The basic rule at the pole is to be prepared for an emergency. We had to take equipment weighing nearly 1,000 pounds with us every time we went out in the field overnight. This included food for an extra week and an extra tent," Dort said.
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