Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1962 University Daily Kansan
New Talkathon Record Claimed
Two Oregon State University organized houses claim its 202 consecutive hours of continuous talking — better known as a talkathon — is a national record, contrary to the Lewis-Templin talkathon last December that lasted 422 hours.
"This fad started with the University of Illinois and has since been the goal of students at Western Michigan, Michigan State, Texas Tech and San Diego State."
"Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and women of Snell Hall have broken the official record of 120 hours set by the University of Illinois, Nov. 22. They have also broken the unofficial record of a near 200 hours achieved by Western Michigan University.
Exposition Slated For Field House
"The first night went slowly for the few girls who tried to keep conversation going but by midday there was a line of girls waiting for a turn to talk.
But the student newspaper said:
KU was not mentioned.
The KU talkathon gained national prominence by being publicized in a number of papers and also by being presented on "Update." an NBC coast-to-coast television program.
Endurance has been eliminated from the 1962 Engineer's Exposition.
The men from Marvin Hall don't want to undermine President Kennedy's physical fitness program; they want bigger crowds at their Exposition.
By moving the April 20-21 affair to Allen Field House the running between Marvin and various annexes will be eliminated. Allen Field House is large enough that finding all the exhibits won't involve following a maze of weather-beaten signs.
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As in the past, the Exposition will be held at the same time as the KU Relays.
Bob Eaton, Arkansas City junior, and Marvin Lindsay, LaCygne senior, are co-chairmen of the exposition. Jim Warner, Wichita junior, is in charge of publicity.
Exhibits built by students in the departments of Engineering, Industrial Design, and ROTC courses will compete for trophies in three divisions. They are: Most Original; Best Scholastic; and Overall Champion.
KU has established an official exchange program with the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart, or the Institute of Technology in Stuttgart, Germany.
John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School, said that a KU graduate or graduating senior will be able to study in Stuttgart during the 1982-63 academic year. At the same time a Stuttgart student will come to KU.
KU, German U Will Exchange
The KU student appointed to attend Stuttgart will receive a stipend covering room and board and tuition. He must pay his own incidental and travel expenses but may apply for Fulbright and other private fund travel grants.
The KU applicants must submit their applications by Mar. 1 and the administrators in Stuttgart will act upon the KU candidates by Apr. 1. Additional information may be obtained at 306 Fraser Hall.
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Man's Mind Evolving, Says Biologist
The human mind is still in a state of evolution, a noted biologist from Johns Hopkins University said yesterday.
Bentley Glass, professor of biology, said the evolution of the human mind could be traced through the changes in ethics, "the study of human values."
"Ethics," he said, "are something which have evolved. They have not done so as absolute rightness or wrongness but they have grown with understanding and development in the human mind.
"OUR CULTURE, EDUCATION and science are products of our evolved minds," he said.
"In addition to the evolutionary changes, there is a social and cultural change not prescribed or limited by the nature of our biological change."
Prof. Glass said an example of the evolution of the mind could be seen in our attitudes toward war.
"Humans are beginning to see war in a light other than the concept of primitive war."
"BUT NOW," he said, "war involves this. And human values must face up to this concept of war.
"The human mind," he said, "is changing in reaction to this environmental change."
He said primitive war was confined and did not involve the present possibility of complete destruction of population or civilization.
Turning to discussion of the soul, Prof. Glass asked, "When does the soul come forth in an individual's life?
"IS THERE a human soul at the instant of fertilization?" he asked.
"Or does it develop in the foetus, the embryo or at the time of birth.
"If your concept of 'soul' is the mind,' then when does the mind develop? When there is consciousness? "An amoeba even has consciousness — even a sort of memory," he said. "But does it have a mind?"
"One can draw no sharp line between the mind and consciousness in animals," Prof. Glass said.
"Nowhere can one say 'below this point there are no minds and above it there are.'"
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