e 4 University Daily Kansan Friday, March 22, 1963
Visiting Professor Favors Open Minds
Open-mindedness is the key to keeping our society from dying, according to a visiting professor.
Robret J. Havighurst, professor of education at the University of Chicago, spoke on "The Open and Closed Mind." at a sociology lecture yesterday.
"IF OUR SOCIETY is to renew itself, it needs to have a system for producing people with minds which can keep society going and renewing itself, in other words, open minds," he said.
He explained an open mind is characterized by an open system of beliefs and disbeliefs, leaving room for change.
He said at least 25 per cent of the adults of a self-renewing democracy must be open minded.
"WE SHOULD rely heavily on colleges to produce the greatest share of these people," he said.
Havighurst praised the KU World Crisis program last year as an example of open-mindedness and of "a university saying it stands for world understanding."
IN THAT PROGRAM both an official of the Russian embassy and an advisor to President Kennedy spoke on the world situation.
"An open-minded university systematically encourages study of differences on campus and in the world, especially of rivals." he said.
He said open-minded university students are characterized by an interest in lectures and discussions, spur of the moment planning, vigorous class discussions and willingness to substitute one course after failure in another course.
Orchestra, Band Plan 3-Day Tour
The KU concert band and symphony orchestra will go on tour from Monday through Wednesday next week.
The 84-piece band and 75-piece orchestra will play eight concerts for high school students.
The tour schedule calls for stops at Parsons and Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on the first day. The second day includes performances at Arkansas City and Ponca City, Oklahoma. The third day will find the group performing at Wichita West High School, Wichita Campus High School and Wichita Heights High School.
Russell L. Wiley, professor of band, directs the band. Robert Baustian, associate professor of orchestra, leads the orchestra.
The orchestra program will include the Beethoven Fifth Symphony, Tragic Overture, by Brahms; Dances from "The Three Cornered Hat," de Falla; Suite Provençale, Milhaud, and "Petrouchka," Stravinsky.
The band program will be drawn from music such as "Fetes" from Three Nocturnes, by Debussy; Three Japanese Dances, Bernard Rogers; Symphony No. 3, Gliere; Symphony No. 2, Borodin; Selections from "Die Walkure" and "Das Rheingold"; Wagner; Capriccio Italien, Tschaikowsky, and popular marches.
"SUCH ACTIVITIES bring students to understand their differences and perhaps modify them,' he said.
He did not believe a major in any certain field was necessarily more open-minded than any other. "The way the subject is taught
"The way the subject is taught will lead the student toward or away from open-mindedness.
"The wise student will find out departments and courses which are taught in an open-minded way and elect those courses," he said.
Old Blue Laws May Be Replaced
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Sunday closing laws will return to Kansas if a bill, now in the House, passes.
The Senate yesterday approved 32-2 a bill to replace the old Blue Laws declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court last year.
The bill would prevent the sale of all products except those necessary for public or personal health and emergency items on Sunday.
In other action yesterday the Senate Committee of the Whole tentatively approved for passage a bill designed to lure business and industry to Kansas.
The bill would permit the Board of Regents to issue revenue bonds to finance industrial parks and buildings on university-owned property.
An amendment was added insuring that private industries located on the land would pay valorem taxes.
The Senate also passed unanimously a $650,000 appropriation to pay for the state's half of a laboratory building at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Federal matching grants would provide the remainder of the $1.3 million building.
A bill giving the Kansas Civil Rights Commission power to hold hearings in racial disputes involving hotels, motels, cabin camps and restaurants was also tentatively approved by the Senate yesterday. Presently, commission probes are limited to racial discrimination in employment.
P-t-P Happy Hour Scheduled for Today
Music, dancing and a skit will be the featured events of the People-to-People Happy Hour today.
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This system will produce near broadcast quality sound, although it will not be perfect high fidelity because of the acoustics of the field house, Riley said.
The system will be composed of five separate parts, each controlled by a separate mixer to eliminate echo and assure a uniform level of amplification.
AN UNUSUALLY highpowered amplifier will be installed to carry out the plan.
The engineers are headed by William Snoddy, campus electrician
The new system was designed by professional engineers, Kenneth Riley, Shawnee Mission junior and arrangements chairman for the concert, said.
Installation of the new sound system for Allen Field House will begin next week and is to be completed in time for the Peter, Paul and Mary concert on March 30.
"It has been extremely difficult to work out an adequate sound system for the field house because of its size and construction. However, it's the only available place with the necessary seating capacity," Riley said.
The Happy Hour will begin at 4 p.m. at Foster Hall.
Pencil Corps Wins J-School Cage Title
The Pencil Corps (news-editorial majors) defeated the Hucksters (advertising majors) 39-36 in the School of Journalism's annual basketball championship match in Robinson Gymnasium last night.
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The game was a nip-and-tuck all the way. Ignoring yells of "Depress the press' by Hucksters' fans, the Pencil Corps built a six point lead in the third quarter. The Hucksters fought back to narrow the margin and force the newsboys to stall in the waning minutes of the game.
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A cry went up from Democrats and Republican Mayor George J. Vavoulis of St. Paul for Andersen to step aside gracefully and let Rolvaag move from his "broom closet" office in the capitol basement into the plush executive suite.
ANDERSON, WHO holds office under state law until a successor qualifies, huddled with his attorneys and said. "I will have further comment in the afternoon."
Andersen won in the original canvass after the Nov. 6 election by 142 votes. But Rolvaag, former lieutenant governor, demanded a recount. A three-judge tribunal declared late yesterday after a four-month election recount battle that Rolvaag, 49. had been "duly elected" by 91 votes.
Key Republicans urged Andersen to fight — to appeal to the State Supreme Court for a special runoff election.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — (UPI) — Republican Gov. Elmer L. Andersen pondered today whether to give up and let Democrat Karl Rolvaag have the Minnesota Governor's chair.
If Andersen doesn't appeal, the Secretary of State has orders from the recount tribunal to give Rolvag a "certificate of election" immediately after the 10-day appeal deadline.
BUT ROLVAAG can't take office immediately. Andersen by law has 10 days to decide whether to appeal.
Republicans Urge Andersen to Fight
Marilyn Stokstad, associate professor of art history and director of the Museum of Art, will speak at the convention of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) today in Coffeville.
Miss Stokstad will talk on Central America and her experiences while collecting paintings there for the KU Museum of Art Central American Art Exhibition.
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Her speech will mark the beginning of the fund raising drive for AAUW Fellowships. Miss Stokstad, herself, received a fellowship from the AAUW which enabled her to complete her research work in Spain.
If Andersen does appeal, Rolvaag's inauguration would be delayed another month or more.
Two of the KU Museum of Art's shows will hit the road next week.
the recount panel, in its ruling,
said the recount was "substantially
more accurate than was the original
canvass."
KU Art Show Will Travel
"Pintores Centroamericanoes," an exhibition of Central American art; is being sent to Pennsylvania State University Park for exhibit. Approximately 20 paintings are included in this exhibition.
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Also, an exhibition of American landscape paintings will travel March 28 to Hutchinson and Salina for display.
These exhibits are a trial experiment in the expanding plans of the museum, which recently opened another room to accommodate the growing number of paintings.
If these traveling exhibits meet with success, others will be made available to various interested cities in Kansas.
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