Anthropologist examines myths
Hebrew myth works within a framework of time in which past, present and future become one, Dr. Ralph Pati, a noted anthropologist and director of Research Herzel Institute, New York, said last night.
Patai defined myth as a traditional religious charter validating laws, customs, rites and beliefs, explaining socio-cultural situations and natural phenomena and presenting stories devised to be true about heroes and gods. Even the Hebrew's monotheistic religion has a myth, he said.
"MONOTHEISM REMAINED the religion of a small number of people," he said, "even after the time of prophets like Jeremiah and Isaac. The Bible itself is one
Air expert to speak
Edward N. Lorenz, Sigma Xi national lecturer for 1966, will talk on the circulation of the atmosphere at a public meeting of the KU chapter of the society Friday in 401 Summerfield Hall.
Lcrenz is professor of meteorology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his research has included simulation, in rotating tanks, of global air currents, as well as of smaller scale disturbances such as the storms that affect day-to-day weather. He has also simulated the circulation of the atmosphere by use of electronic computers. He will discuss reasons for existing patterns of air circulation and some of the implications of his research for the future of weather forecasting.
Lorenz has been on the staff at MIT since 1948 except for two brief leaves of absence to teach meteorology at UCLA and at the Norske Meterologiske Institut in Oslo, Norway. Lorenz's visit to KU is part of a lecturing circuit that includes seven midwestern and western states.
on the primary sources of Hebrew myth. But it takes careful scrutiny to find allusions to myth," he said.
Other sources he mentioned are Hebrew literature, the Talmud and the Midrash, which give the less unwelcomed parts of stories about Biblical characters.
"The myth material in biblical Jewish literature is much richer than in the Bible although the literature is much later than the Bible. This is because myth lasts orally." Patai said.
Patii used the biblical story of Noah's curse of Ham to exemplify this point. According to the Bible, Noah, in a drunken state, uncovered his body and went to sleep. Ham, his son, found him asleep in his naked state. Noah awoke and cursed him for his deed. "You and your descendants shall be slaves," Noah said.
"HERE WE HAVE myth validating the institution of slavery." Patial explained. "But in case we wonder if Ham really deserved such a punishment, the Madrash came up with the explanation that Ham actually did more than see Noah in his naked state. He emasculated him.
"But even more fascinating." Patai continued, "is the timelessness of Hebrew myth and its moralizing effect. The Bible gave the story of Abraham not pursuing his enemies beyond the northern frontier of Palestine to complete their defeat. The Midrash later explained that because Jereboah, who lived a thousand years after Abraham, set up the institution of idolatry there Abraham became too weak to proceed beyond that point.
"The only explanation is that time is disregarded. This results in reinforcing the morally binding character of Hebrew myth. Hebrews had to comply with the laws of their religion, because they know that any wrong act is not only adverse to them, but to their descendants as well as their predecessors, who might be saints like Abraham," he said.
Wesley, Lopes excel but AAU squad loses
Despite a valiant effort by Al Lopes and his all-American teammate, Walter Wesley, their team, the May Builders of Arkansas City, lost in the first round of play in the 1966 national AAU basketball tournament at Denver last night.
Lopes led the May Builders with 17 while Wesley poured in 12 points and racked up 18 rebounds. Their opponents, Denver Capitol Federal Savings, were sparked by Lonnie Wright of Colorado State University and his 24 points.
Reading test to be offered
So you can compare yourself with your fellow students in reading speed and comprehension, a standardized reading test will be given to KU students next week in 409 Bailey Hall.
The reading and study skills clinic in the School of Education will be giving this one-hour test to all desiring it. It will be offered next Tuesday through Thursday at 9:30, 10:30, and 11:30 a.m. and 12:30, 2:30, and 3:30 p.m. Results may be obtained after April 8.
All-American Cazzie Russell of Michigan leads the Ford Mustangs of Dearborn, Mich., against the Goodyear Wingfoots of Akron, Ohio, and host Denver Capitol Federal Savings meets the Phillips 66ers in semifinal games tonight in the tournament.
A TIP-IN with two seconds left in the game by Colorado's Big Eight Conference scoring leader, Chuck Gardner, gave Capitol Federal a 66-65 win over the May Builders.
The winners meet Wednesday night in the finals.
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More than 50 years ago Chester A. Haney, editor of the Phelps County Record in Newburg, Mo., taught the fundamentals of printing to Thomas C. Rythe.
This semester the University Printing Service director is, in a sense, returning the favor. Among the students in his typography class is Karen E. Haney of Topeka, a direct descendant of the late Mr. Haney.
The Polish-Soviet conflict of 1919-20 was viewed as a stage in an age-long conflict between Poland and Russia, not a struggle between communism and capitalism, by Professor Fiort S. Wandycz of Indiana University, yesterday in the Kansas Union.
Speaker narrates Russ-Pole conflict
Wandyez narrated the events in
the Polish-Russian conflict until the time a compromise was made by the Treaty of Riga which brought stability until World War II.
Polish born Wandycz has been at the Russian Research Center of Harvard University the past two
years. He is author of "France and Her Eastern Allies, 1919- 1925."
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