Egyptian Workers Cheer Khrushchev
ASWAN, U.A.R. — (UPI)— Thousands of cheering Egyptian laborers mobbed visiting Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev today when he symbolically completed the first stage of the Aswan dam by dropping a stone into the river Nile.
"Stay back—he's an old man' Russian security men shouted as workers poured across Khrushchev's path. The surge of dust-covered workers snapped police cordons and engulfed the Premier's motorcade near the site of the Russian-financed dam—the Kremlin's biggest foreign aid project.
Khrushchev appeared unruffled, and he seemed to be enjoying the pandemonium despite the uproar and temperatures that hit 108 degrees at noon.
THE SOVIET leader and President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic flew in from Cairo aboard a jet airliner for three days of ceremonies at the billion-dollar dam.
Later Khrushchev and Nasser drove into the city of Aswan. The local government hurriedly sent for more security men to line the route of the motorcade as the two men stopped off to visit a compound where Russians working on the dam live. The recreation center of the compound includes a swimming pool a theater and a library.
They were surrounded by a strong guard, but the security measures fell to pieces when streams of Egyptian workers poured down from granite cliffs.
THRONGS of cheering Egyptians and members of the Soviet community greeted the two leaders at the airport. Khrushchev raised his hat and waved, and dutifully kissed a baby brought to him by a Russian woman.
"We have simply got to bring in more men to cope with this," one police officer said. "I have never seen anything like it in my life."
Khrushechev and Nasser were driven to the dam site where they boarded the river steamer Ramses and were joined by Yemeni president Mohammad Salal. Hundreds of Soviet engineers working on the dam and thousands of Egyptian workers cheered as the leaders participated in the stone-dropping ceremony.
The stones heralded the sealing of the final 120-yard gap of the dam's upstream coffer dam for diversion of the Nile's course. As the stones splashed, huge tugs loaded with tons of granite rushed into the gap and began closing it. The entire operation was expected to take two days. Then Khrushchev and Nasser shook hands before going on to the river's west bank to inspect the six completed tunnels that will carry
the Nile's waters into a new channel. The diversion will give Egypt vastly more electric power and land to cultivate.
KHRUSHCHEV looked proud and pleased as he dropped his stone into the river. The hydroelectric and irrigation project is the biggest single item in the Soviet foreign aid program—an undertaking the Kremlin accepted after the United States backed out.
Nasser's stone was inscribed, "On May 13, 1964, in the name of God, this stone is thrown marking the closure of the river Nile channel." Khrushchev's stone had no inscription.
Trucks blew their horns and tugs sounded their sirens in honor of the leaders, but work on the dam paused only briefly.
An estimated 3,500 special troops police and security officers were flown to Aswan to provide protection for Khrushchev during his three-day stay, the most rigorous part of his 16-day visit to the U.A.R. An additional 7,200 service personnel joined the city's 120,000 inhabitants to look after the dignitaries.
AFTER THE stone-dropping ceremony this morning, Khrushchev had only a visit with the 3,000 Soviet engineers working on the dam before retiring to the air conditioned new Catarat hotel to escape the intense heat.
The Communist leader will make the major speech of his Egyptian visit tomorrow. He and Nasser will push a button to dynamite a sand barrier on the eastern river bank, diverting the Nile through a mile-long canal and giving man control of the river's course for the first time in history.
The actual sealing of the final gap of the Coffer dam is scheduled for Saturday. This will dry up the river bed and permit the start of work on the dam itself.
Soviet - built transport planes normally used to ferry Egyptian troops to trouble spots in Yemen were used to rush extra supplies and food from Cairo to Aswan for Khrushchev's visit. The cargo included three limousines.
Khrushchev arrived in Egypt last Saturday for his first good will tour in Africa. Since then he has been making anti-western speeches in support of Arab causes, bringing cheers from the throngs that have greeted him wherever he has gone.
Skies are expected to be sunny tomorrow with strong southerly winds, the Topeka Weather Bureau said. The low tonight is expected to be 48 degrees. The high tomorrow is expected to be in the 80's.
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Wednesday, May 13, 1964
Schrey, after the meeting, said the disciplinary committee should publish its "decision and the reasons for
There was little discussion of the resolution which directs memorandums to the University Senate and the University Disciplinary committee, expressing the council's feeling on the matter.
ASC Resolution Requests Disciplinary Acts Publicized
THE COMMITTEE is composed of six students and five faculty members appointed by the ASC and the University Senate.
By Gary Noland
The All Student Council, in its last session this semester, passed a resolution requesting that the University Disciplinary Committee make public all its actions, but withhold the names of students involved.
The resolution was introduced by Leo Schrey Jr., Leavenworth sophomore, who said that because of recent controversy over the disciplinary committee's policy, he felt there was a need for this action.
A student member of the disciplinary committee, contacted after the meeting, said the committee's present policy is to not publicize any of the committee's proceedings.
the decision so people can see what will happen if they are guilty of the same offense."
Schrey said the resolution was not because of the disciplinary committee's suspension of Michael Mount, Wichita senior, for writing a bomb scare note, but said that this case clarified the need for publicizing the committee's actions.
THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE has been the object of considerable student criticism following the suspension of Mount last Wednesday. Yesterday, Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe publicly issued the facts on which the committee deliberated in response to student petitions protesting the suspension.
Schrey said there is "apparently a lack of communications between the students and the disciplinary committee. More communication might eliminate controversies that develop." he said.
In other business, Bob Stewart,
Bartlesville, Okla., junior and student
body president, appointed 155
persons to 25 executive committees.
They were all approved by the council-
COMMENTING ON THE number
NATO Foreign Ministers Meet to Update Policies
U. S.-proposed multilateral nuclear force.
At yesterday's opening session, Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that NATO must adapt to new forms and areas of Communist aggression if the security of the free world is to be maintained.
Stikker, who has been NATO's chief executive since 1961, feels that West Germany and other European countries should have more command posts in the military hierarchy. He also recommends that the NATO standing group, made up of senior American, British and French officers, should move from Washington to Paris.
THE HAGUE—(UPI)—The NATO Foreign Ministers turned their attention today to proposals for reorganizing their 15-year-old alliance to fit the nuclear age.
Outgoing NATO Secretary General Dirk U. Stikker of the Netherlands was expected to tell the Ministers the Alliance should be revamped to give Europeans a larger share of commands now held by Americans.
Stikker, who is retiring for health reasons in August, was making a secret report this morning to a closed council sessions attended only by the 15 Foreign Ministers and two aides for each.
The council is holding a three-day stock-taking conference on problems facing the Alliance and the differences dividing the members. The main breach has been between Washington and Paris over President Charles de Gaulle's rejection of the
The Secretary General is known to feel that the standing group, which is NATO's highest military planning authority, should be located closer to the permanent council, which is the Alliance's chief political authority with headquarters in Paris.
of people that applied for committees. Stewart said:
"I was happy that we had 140 people to turn down, but it is regrettable that these people were qualified and interested.
"I plan to appoint some of these people to ex-officio positions and use them on new committees. Also I plan to send a list of their names to other organizations where they may be needed."
"The applications are a fine indication of student interest, and I think that this year we've had overwhelming interest in committee positions."
IN OTHER BUSINESS, the council heard financial reports from the following committees and organizations: student health, association of university residence hall, people-topeople, engineering school council business school council, Alpha Phi Omega, and the student bar association.
A proposal several weeks ago to establish this committee had touched off a lengthy debate as to whether this program would be acceptable to professors and instructors who would receive anonymous student criticism.
with very little discussion, the council passed an amendment establishing a student-teacher evaluation committee under the auspices of the student advisory board.
The council also passed a resolution directing the student opinion poll committee to conduct a poll to measure student reaction to the 1983 KU Homecoming theme.
The resolution was introduced by Jim Cline, Rockford, Ill., junior, who said there was some "dissatisfaction with the Homecoming theme." The 1963 theme was "To the Stars Through Difficulty," and "Higher Education—the Road to the Future."
ANOTHER RESOLUTION passed by the council last night is designed to create a temporary disciplinary committee to function during the summer session.
Gary Walker, Wichita sophomore, introduced the resolution. Walker said that Donald Alderson, dean of men, had indicated that there was a need for such a committee because of increased enrollments during the summer session.
In other business, the council approved changes in student health insurance rates for next year. The rates for full coverage for single students went from $26.60 to $32.00; the rate dropped for married students from $169.50 to $160.45.
KU Students Cite Attitude as Academic Problem
By Nancy Schroeter
Four KU students slammed department attitudes, criticized testing methods, slapped Greek living, and ridiculed organized activities last night at the Student Union Activities' student forum.
"Constructive Criticism from College Experience" was the subject of the SUA "Philosophical Bases of Absolutely Everything (P.B.O.A.E.)" panel which consisted of four students: Kenneth Leone, Alexandria, Va., sophomore; Joy Bullis, Davenport, Iowa; junior; Donald Igelsrud, Minneapolis, Minn.; senior, and Mrs. Susan Peters, Lawrence senior.
He criticized the attitude by saying that some departments convey the spirit of only wanting to "weed out" students. This type of attitude does not motivate the students and "the student soon feels that the system has control of him."
Leone said that motivation and inspiration are what count for undergraduate students and that the crux of academic problems at KU is attitude.
"IMPERSONAL AND mechanical" attitudes on the part of some
faculty do not give students any inspiration. Leone said.
During the question and answer period, Leone said that the dislike some faculty members exhibit towards students who are in their class, but not majoring in their subject, creates a lack of motivation. Leone added that the student may be taught many things in a good course, such as physics, besides the regular course material.
Leone said there should be a change in these attitudes but said that this change can not come from the students themselves because "idol learning" has drawn them away from any real purpose in their education.
Igselrud, another panel member, said that the effects of testing at KU puts the student under pressure to study for a test and learn primarily only what the test demands. Concentrating his comment on the science field because he is majoring in the biological sciences, Igselrud said that it was easy to complete science courses by just learning definitions. As a result, he felt that the student did not learn anything valuable other than a set of facts.
*TESTS SHOULD BE DESIGNED to differentiate between important concepts of courses and little facts.* Igelsrud stated.
Two different methods of testing were proposed by Igelrsud to solve the problem: (1) a multiple choice test covering a wide range of subject areas, and/or (2) a teacher could give 2- or 3-hour exams of an essay type during the semester making them "shotgun" tests.
The third member of the panel,
Miss Bullis, began by saying the
Greek system is "trivial" citing
her one year of Greek living.
(3) "Another area in which the yawn-provoking trivia of the Greek system dangerously afflicts the best interests of society is in the case of institutionalized prejudice to be found in the fraternities and sororites."
(2) "The Greek system stifles spontaneity and lively spirit of intellectual inquiry."
(4) Final criticism was leveled at the Society of Pachacamac which Miss Bullis described as a subrosa political organization interested in promoting the interests of the fraternity system.
"In promoting the interests of the fraternity system the organization exerts its influence in seeing that the major portion of campus positions are filled by those loyal to the Greek system. While coercion is not used, means of influence and persuasion have been employed to keep the Greek minority in power," Miss Bullis stated.
Asked what the exact activities of the Society of Pachacama are, Miss Bullis commented that the organization was extremely influential in politics and in choosing the officers of the bigger campus organizations.
"In my opinion, *as long as fraternities and sororites use the
In talking about discrimination in the Greek system Miss Bullis said that it is illegal at KU for any campus organization to discriminate in its membership.
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES were discussed by Mrs. Peters who said that often activities are a "let's play" game. For example, she said that People-to-People could be called "let's play international understanding," the Student Peace Union—"let's play angry rebel," the All Student Council—"let's play politics," and the Associated Women Students—"let's play career girl."
facilities of the University as they do in rush activities, they should be forbidden to discriminate against racial minorities," Miss Bullis said.
The University does not have much faith in their scholarly pursuits when activities are emphasized so much, Mrs. Peters said. The attitude of the University is: "Anything that is worth doing spontaneously can be done 10 times better organized," Mrs. Peters commented.
Mrs. Peters pointed out that she was not against campus activities but "I'm against the University regulating activities."
Activities. Mrs. Peters concluded, would be done just as well if they were done spontaneously.