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University Daily Kansan Monday, Feb. 11, 1963
Model UN Offers Students Knowledge of Foreign Affairs
A better understanding of foreign affairs and an acquaintance with international events are the advantages that can be obtained by students participating in the University of Kansas Model United Nations.
The Model UN, which has been a part of KU student activities since 1946, is a close facsimile of actual United Nations proceedings with its mock political bloc sessions, security council meetings, and general assembly conference, all of
Model UN Deadline Extended Indefinitely
The KU-Y Office has announced that the deadline for registration of delegates for the KU Model UN has been extended indefinitely in hopes of filling the various vacancies in certain political blocs.
The KU-Y reported that 85 countries have been signed for out of the proposed total of 115. The continued registration will be from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the KU-Y Office, room 112 in the Kansas Union.
which are planned and developed by the student officers of the Model UN
The mock UN gathering is made up of student delegations representing eight political blocs consisting of 115 nations, and is chiefly concerned with the passing of resolutions which pertain to the foreign and domestic policies and problems of these countries.
OFFICERS FOR this year's Model UN conference, March 29-30, are Stan Walton, Kansas City senior.
president of the general assembly and an advisor to the Arab bloc; Betty Reynolds, Wellington senior, secretary-general of the assembly and chairman of the mock UN steering committee; Robert Strevey, Clayton junior, parliamentarian of the assembly and advisor to the Sino-Soviet bloc, and Diane Lane, Kansas City, Mo., senior, recording secretary.
Model UN officers feel that student participation in the mock sessions can be helpful in many ways. "I believe it educates students on the procedure of the United Nations and acquaints them with current world events," Miss Reynolds said. Strevey added, "The delegates learn the positions of countries on foreign affairs and how to understand these policies."
BOTH EMPHASIZED that an over-all broader understanding of UN activities must be reached for a more workable and interesting conference.
Walton said that much of the past success of the Model UN has been because of the excitement and interest created in its sessions concerning the debates and voting on resolutions.
He and Strevey cited one incident when last year's Soviet bloc walked out of the general assembly because of what it charged as unrealistic issues in a debate.
Not all resolutions have caused such furor in their discussions, but Walton said that many have been memorable, such as the decision three years ago to admit Red China into the Model UN as an observer nation, something the actual United Nations has not done.
CRC Chairman Claims Housing List Ineffective
Don Warner, Topeka senior and chairman of the Civil Rights Council (CRC), today said that although the University now has a ruling prohibiting discriminatory landlords using the University housing list, the result is much the same as discriminatory practices.
The rule that Warner mentioned is the anti-discriminatory policy adopted by the University last November.
THE QUESTION CAME to the attention of the University in the fall of 1961 when meetings were held between administration officials and students interested in seeing such a ruling put into effect.
Warner said that it was called to his attention this fall that the ruling had had little effect on the housing problem. Negro students looking for rooms were still having trouble finding places to live, even though they were using the University housing list.
"The cases that we have cited are typical of what happens to all Negro students when they look for housing," Warner said. "We are trying to make it easier for them by beginning to weed out some of the places where we know they will be turned away."
THE CASES THAT WERE cited were those brought up at the CRC meeting Wednesday evening. They centered on Negro students allegedly being turned away with the excuse that the rooms were already rented. Warner said white students were shown the rooms 30 minutes later.
Warner went on to say that the CRC felt that, if on investigation, the renters against whom complaints have been filed admit that they were wrong and agree to take Negro students in the future, they should be allowed to remain on the housing list.
"These will be places that we know a Negro can rent, and we will be sure that they will be tried next semester," he said.
Warner also said that if the University decides that a case of discrimination cannot be proven from the complaints of Negro students, the CRC will enlist the help of Samuel Jackson, state attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to help convince University officials that it does exist.
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Mayor Robert F. Wagner sent newspaper publishers and striking printers home today from marathon bargaining sessions at city hall without scheduling any future talks.
Newspaper Talks Still Deadlocked
Walter M. Thayer, president of the New York Herald Tribune, and spokesman for the Publishers Association of New York City, said he would not characterize the talks "as having broken down."
Hopes for settlement of the city's 66-day-old newspaper dispute dimmed this morning when Wagner dismissed the publishers and printers after $19 \frac{1}{2}$ hours of nearly continuous contract talks.
"We've been here a long time and we have not reached agreement," he said. "We are somewhat discouraged."
Bertram A. Powers, spokesman for the strikers, said he would not say "the talks have broken down." We are on call," he said. "We are here."
OTHER NOTED resolutions that have been passed by the mock conferences are:
- Declaring that the colonial policy should be abandoned by the nations of the world.
Thayer said the publishers expected to meet later today, but Wagner did not schedule any definite time for renewal of his talks with them. He said any further talks would be up to the mayor.
- Congratulating the achievements of the Soviet Union and the United States in their space programs and asking for cooperation between the two countries in space.
- The censuring of the Union or South Africa for its racial policies.
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- Supporting UN police action in Africa with African personnel.
IN THE PAST, the opening convocation of the KU Model UN has been addressed by such international figures as former President Harry S. Truman, George Wadsworth, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President Eisenhower, and Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, former ambassador from Pakistan and now president of the UN General Assembly.
"The Model UN has had a colorful history, mainly because of its careful planning and spirited debate concerning world affairs," Walton concluded.
This year's Model UN is under the co-sponsorship of the KU-Y and the KU political science department.
Latin America Talk, U.S. Aid, Revolution
The second speaker in a special lecture series sponsored by the Center of Latin American Studies will discuss the political scene in Latin America tomorrow.
George Blanksten, professor at Northwestern University, will speak on "The Alliance for Progress and Political Revolution in Latin America" at 4:30 p.m. in Fraser Auditorium.
Organ Recital Tonight In Hoch Auditorium
Prof. Blanksten has done research on politics in Latin America and is a member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Director of the Alliance for Progress.
Hoch Auditorium will be the setting for an organ recital to be presented at 8 p.m. today by Norma Smith Pettijohn, Topeka graduate student.
Second semester enrollment in the Blue Cross-Blue Shield health insurance program is scheduled for the fee payment period, Feb. 12-16, in the basement of Strong Hall.
Blue Cross Sign-Up During Fee Payments
Mrs. Pettijohn, who is seeking the degree of Master of Music, will play the following selections: "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht," by Johann Gottfried Walther; "Passacaglia ct Thema Fugatum in C-Moll." by Johann Sebastian Bach; and "Symphonie de la Passio." by Paul de Maleingrau.
Any old members who have lost their cards are also asked to inquire at the Blue Cross table during the enrollment period.
Beuscher Will Speak On Latin America
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Jacob H. Beuscher, Wisconsin professor on agricultural law, will speak at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12. in the Fraser Theater.
Prof. Beuscher will speak on "Agrarian Reform in Latin America: Problems and Prospects" at the third in a series of lectures on Latin America sponsored by the KU Center of Latin American Studies.
Prof. Beuscher is the author of three books and several articles on the legal problems of agriculture. He is director of the Agency for International Development, the American Bar Foundation program of legal research in agrarian planning and development for Latir America.
Twist Illegal Here
BEVERLY, Mass. — (UPI) — The Beverly Licensing Commission, which last fall banned belly dancers at night clubs, yesterday outlawed all floor shows except for dance orchestras and dancing.
Lorca Poetry Discussed
Surrealism and symbolism are the main artistic achievements in the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca, according to a University of Kansas language professor.
The poetry of the noted Spanish literary figure of the 1930s, was read in English translation Thursday by Cyrus DeCoster, professor of Romance languages. He also played Spanish language records of the same selections of Lorca's poetry.
Prof. DeCoster provided some background on Lorca, who was born in Spain in 1899 and became a famous poet and dramatist only 25 years later. His career ended suddenly when he was killed in the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
"LORCA IS primarily known in this country (America) as a dramatist." Prof. DeCoster said, "but I believe he is equally known as a poet."
Prof. DeCoster pointed out that the poetry of Lorca is at times difficult because of his repeated use of surrealistic images, transitions, and metaphors, yet his poetry has been extremely popular in the United States and Spain.
The professor read three selections from Lorca, which were "Reyerta," "Romance Sonambulo," and "Prendimiento de Antonito el Camboria en el Camino de Sevilla."
In these poems Lorca deals with the rustic and nomadic existence of the Spanish gypsy bands, particularly their loves, hardships, battles, and deaths.
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