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University Daily Kansan
Thursday. Feb. 21. 1963
'Dr. Faust' Seen In Many Epochs
Doctor Faust is "the book of many epochs," Eric Heller, professor of German at Northwestern University, said last night.
Prof. Heller spoke at the Humanities Forum in Fraser Auditorium on the subject, "Faust's Damnation — The Morality of Knowledge."
He said the book has gone through many changes since it was first written in the 15th century.
The book tells of Dr. Faust who "sold his soul to the devil" in exchange for a vast accumulation of knowledge.
In effect, Prof. Heller said. Faust was damned and was not to be glorified. But the book was originally written in German, and translators have "made slight changes to raise the moral stature of Faust," he said.
He said the original title of the story was "The Tragical History of Dr. Faust," but that the translators have made it somewhat glorious and it ceases to be evil in nature.
Prof. Heller attributed the "ambiguity" of the translations to "the morality of knowledge" He said that an age of reason and of intellects was most guilty of putting Doctor Faust in a favorable light.
British Budget Stirs Critics
LONDON — (UPI) — Britain's record peacetime defense budget of $5.1 billion stirred widespread criticism today despite the disclosure of a new secret nuclear weapon.
Attacks came mainly from the opposition Labor party and the British press.
But there were also indications that Conservative party back benchers were angered by Defense Minister Peter Thornecroft's terse presentation of his 1963-64 estimates.
The budget "white paper" was submitted to Parliament yesterday in the form of an unusually brief 205-word statement, plus an appendix and a note on civil defense.
It called for expenditures of $5,-145,560,000, an increase of more than $326.5 million.
The message disclosed plans to develop a new nuclear weapon, in addition to increasing the size of the army by 10,000 men and providing additional naval expenditures.
The weapon was hailed by the British press as a new secret weapon. But a Defense Ministry spokesman immediately dismissed the idea that it was a missile or would provide Britain with an independent nuclear deterrent before its U.S. Polaris missiles are ready.
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Registration Starts ForFraternity Rush
Advance registration for fraternity rush week at the University of Kansas is now under way, Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, said today.
Dean Alderson said that prospective fraternity men should complete and return an advance registration card to the KU Interfraternity council, 228 Strong Hall before Sept. 1.
He said that all rushees will check in at Templin Hall between 1:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4.
The registration fee for the threeday period, Sept. 4-7, is $14. Men may send the fee in with the card or present it at Templin Hall.
Last year, Dean Alderson said, 570 men participated in rush week.
The required grade point average to participate in Rush activities is 1.0, although Dean Alderson said that individual fraternities may establish their own grade point average requirements.
Freshmen may pledge as well as transfer students, provided they meet the requirements.
Flu Affects Thousands; Spreads Across Nation
The latest outbreak of influenza and other respiratory ailments struck deep into the midwest today and residents of the westcoast were warned to be ready for a siege of flu soon.
By United Press International
The surge of Asian flu and related illnesses hit epidemic proportions in the southeast, New York, Ohio, and Michigan.
UNION COUNTY, ARK., health officers reported from 35 to 40 per cent of the county's 49,000 residents have had the flu the past month or have it at present.
West Memphis, Ark., reported 1,000 cases of flu and respiratory infections, the worst outbreak in a decade. Fountain Lake school near Hot Springs closed when 30 percent of the students failed to report for classes. Hot Springs proper had 700 students absent.
PATIENTS OVERFLOWED east Arkansas hospitals and visiting hours were eliminated to prevent spread of the ailments.
Doctors in Alabama treated nearly 1,300 cases of flu, 1,200 in Marshall County, where 200 of the patients also had pneumonia. The state has had 1,755 cases of flu the past 10 days.
Dr. J. W. Bass, Dallas, Tex., city health director warned an epidemic could hit the city by the first of next week. The deaths were of a 73-year-old man and a 42-year-old man.
BASS SAID DEATHS caused by influenza complications occur mostly in older persons and persons with chronic illnesses. He urged such persons to take flu shots, stating fatalities rarely occur to persons who have had the shots.
DETROIT HEALTH commissioner Charles P. Anderson said city hospitals were jammed with patients and doctors yesterday received 560 calls for home visits--"probably an all-time high for one day." Private doctors answered home calls for the city.
The emergency unit of Detroit Receiving hospital had 527 cases, 65 per cent of them flu victims.
The flu spread rapidly throughout Michigan. Some schools were closed and the Port Huron, Saginaw and metropolitan area were hard hit.
A four'h of the students remained home from some Detroit schools, Anderson reported. He said most of the Detroit cases probably were Asian flu.
Chicago's Cook County hospital treated 1,600 babies and children early this week and Dr. Joseph Greengard, chairman of pediatrics, said, "there's no doubt about it. There's a respiratory epidemic."
The Hazelwood, Mo., school district reported 14 per cent of its 10,000 students out with flu. Schools will remain closed in North Carolina's Wilkes County the rest of the week.
Gov. Albertis S, Harrison of Virginia cancelled a news conference and other appointments after he fell victim to the flu. Virginia has counted 4,000 new cases this week.
Children Collapse At Rally For Queen
ADELAIDE, Australia — (UPI)— More than 500 children collapsed today from heat and excitement at two mass school rallies for Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip.
About 17,000 children assembled to greet the visiting royal couple in Elizabethville Township where the mercury in the shade rose to 80 degrees.
Sixty ambulance corpsmen carried the fainting children off on stretchers as the Queen and Prince drove around the reserve in an open car.
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