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200 Men Surround
Caroling Coed Band

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resounding crv ranc attain and a train from ILitririn Hall
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It wasn't a prp rally either. It chants "hold that line" and
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University of Kentucky
Vol.

LIII, No.

46

LEXINGTON,

KV., TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 19fil

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On the Sunday night before
Christmas vacation, a dauntless
band of caroling women from Boyd
Hsll weie being held at bay by a
boisterous mob of 200 men stu- dents.
The irrn had rusbrd forth
from the dormitory and formed
a hard human rinf around the
candle-bearin- g
coed. Tbeo the
aggressive main took ap their

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The 'rioters." in the words or
0,ie woman, "nearly trampled our
housemother" when she tried to
lpad tne ,ittle group of women to
safety.
After several minutes, described
as an "eternity" by one coed. Jack
Hall, director of men's residence
halls, came to the aid of the carolers and dispersed the mob.

Prof. Wright To Give
Humanities Lecture
Dr. Kenneth

Nash Directs Wildcat Attack
As Bills Bow To 86-7Tune
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By SCOTTIE IIELT
Tuesday Sports Editor
The Billikens came to town
prepared to present another
rendition of "St. Louis Blues"

for the Wildcats, but
the Kentucky hand
struck up with "Dixie"
Bills knew they were
Land of Cotton."

instead
quickly
and the
"In the

Wright, professor of music, will speak
Coach John Benington's tall
in Stravinsky" at the
Billikens, who have made a habit
of beating Kentucky more often
ties (did) melting at 7:30 p.m. today in lioom 17 of the Fine
than most other teams, saw the
Aits Building.
the New Orleans Summer Sym habit broken last night in MeU.

on "Tradition ;rid Antitraditioi

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A native cf Nebraska. Dr. Wright
holds two gratkifi'e degrees in the
field of composition from the Eastman Sch()
(f Music. Rochester,
N. Y. He also has studied privately
composition with Roy Harris and
tli3 violin with Mi.-hPiastre.
Dr. Wright was a member of the
flrt violin section of the Kansas
City Philharmonic Orchestra under
Karl Kreugcr for three yers, the
Rochester Philharmonic
under
Jo e Iturfcl for three years, and

The
fuMent Directory
and Stylus, the student literary
have gone on sale.
publication,
Hoth publications are on sale at
Kennedy and Campus Book. Stores
for 23 cents rath.
Student Directories were distributed free to the residence
halls and torority and fraternity
houses Friday.
One directory was placed In each
room. Myra Tubin, cochairman of
the Student Directories Commute? said.
Directories were distributed
Saturday to all campus offices.
Miss Tobln taid.
Approximately 1,000 directories
are on sale.
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Entertain

UK Groups

Underprivileged Tots

More than 2 University social and service organizations
are making an effort this last week before Christinas vacation
to bring holiday spirit to the aged and underpriviliged of the
community.
The committee, formed by the

Directories
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morial Coliseum as Cotton Nash
phony for two years.
wee Wildcats to an excitHe has written a chamber opera, led the
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win over the Bills.
"Call I; Square." a double violin ing
d
The
sophomore
concerto, the "J. J. Miles Suit,"
and "Danse Mosaic" for orchestra.
sensation, showing he has shaken

Delta Tau Delta, as in past years,
for parties at eight
sororities for underprivileged children from Lincoln School. The
Delts will be spending their evenings this week transporting grade
.school children to and from the
sorority houses, where the girls will
entertain the children.
the Delts returned to the
Alpha Xi Delta house after a party
Sunday afternoon to take the stu- dents home, they lound several oi
the Lincoln School fourth graders
highly reluctant to leave. One boy
refused to leave and was finally
talked into going after one of his
new-foufriends, not a Delt,
promised to take him home.
Most of the parties have been
coordinated by the Civic SerCommittee.
vice
Coordinating
is arranging

the first-yeJitters that plagued
loss to
him in a I'K two-poiCalifornia last week,
Southern
was at his best in earning 30
points and 17 rebounds.
But the Cotton had plenty of
help from the other members of
the "Kiddy Kats."
Scrappy Scotty Baesler continued his surprising heroics with
20 points and chipped in with a
number of defensive gems that can
not be recorded in the box score.
The "reliable redhead." Carroll
Burchett, chimed in with 14 points
and playmaker Larry Pursiful with
13 although
both were banished
on fouls.
Rounding out the UK point production were substitute Jim McDonald with six points, defensive
standout Roy Roberts with three,
and Allen Feldhaus who experienced foul trouble early and was
finally banished with one point.
Ted Deeken, playing only 15 seconds, failed to score.
The Billikens who saw their
series record with the Cats
evened at six wins apiece, fashioned four players in double figures. George Latinovirh, a
shooter, led
the way with 19 points, followed
by Bill Nordmann with 11, Tom
Kieffer with 13, and Garry Garrison with 10.
Kieffer, star of last year's overtime St. Louis win over Kentucky
in the UKIT and leader of the
Bills to the runner-u- p
spot in the
NIT, scored all his points in the
second half.
In moving their season" record
to 2 and avoiding becoming the
team
first Adolph Rupp-coachin history to fall before the .500
mark, the Cats hit 28 of 63 shots
from the field for a 44.4 percentage. St. Loo meshed 27 off 66 shots
for 40.9.
But, the win did not come as
easy as the score might indicate.

has worked hard to
YMCA,
spread the efforts of all organizations over a wider group of
aged and underpriviliged than in
previous years.
Several sororities have planned
caroing trips to various hospitals
and homes for the aged in the
county. Zeta Tau Alpha has adopt-Whe- n
ed a boy and plan to give him a
happy Christmas.
jne Freshman Y will go to
Lincoln School to have a party
for the first grade Wednesday
night. The second grade will be
entertained by Delta Gamma and
Delta Tau Delta.
Pi Kappa Alpha Is having a
party at the house for sixth and
seventh
graders from Lincoln
School, Bradley Switzer. party
chairman, said.
Road-Buildin-

Kentucky piled up seven-poin- O
leads three times in the first half
9,
the first time at
again at
8
on Pursiful's
and at 31-driving layup
as the horn sounded at the half.
The Cats came out hot the second half and stayed between seven,
and 12 points ahead of the BiUa
until attaining their biggest lead,
of the night, 14 points, at
St. Louis called time, but UK again
7
built the margin to 14 at
9
and at
and it looked a)
though the Cats could name theic
own score.
Then a vicious Billiken come
back began that had fans
stunned and fearful of a repeat
of last year's St. Louis rush to
the IKIT crown. With 2:23 left,
a crip by Kieffer cut the t'K lead
4
to three points at
and an
immediate St. Louis interception
gave the Bills a chance to cut
it to one.
St. Louis missed the shot
though with McDonald grabbing
the tebound. and Nash hit a crip
to spur the Cats back from possible
defeat. St. Louis hit only one field
goal in the remaining minute and
a half while Kentucky notched
two more.
In the preliminary, the UK
"Century Express" poured on
the coals in the second half for
67 points and a 111-4- 9
route of
Lindsey Wilson Junior College to
become only the third Kentucky
freshman team in history to
score 100 points or more in three
consecutive games.
Kittens (they had
The red-h51 field goals in 86 attempts for a
59.3 percentage) had six men in
double figures. Guard Randy Em-b- ry
netted 21 points, followed by
forwards Don Rolfes and Sam
Harper with 17 each, center John
Adams with 14, guard Terry Mob-le- y
with 13. and substitute forward
Denny Radabaugh with 11.

Nuclear Meters To Speed
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Research by the Department of Civil Engineering may
lead to wiiler use of nuclear moisture-densitmeters, particu- -'
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Persons connected with researcli density calibration resean h at tlie I niversily of Kentucky watch
a demonstration f one of the nuclear instruments.
Kneeling, from Hie left: J. C. Cobb, Bureau of
IuMic Itoads; J. It. llarbinson, Kentucky Department of Hi,ias; l'rof. L. C. l'endlcy, Depart- -

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ment of Civil Engineering, standing from the
left: Prof. David Wythe, head or the Civil Engineering Department; Prof. K. E. Puckett, Electrical Engineering Department:
I. C. Ihan,
IligliMay Laboratory; and D. M. Burgess. Kentucky Department of Ultima).

meters
Nuclear moisture-densit- y
have been used for nearly a decade
to determine density of materials.
Prof. David Blythe. head of the
Department of Civil Engineering, is
director of the project; and L. C.
Pendley, associate professor of civil
engineering is associate director.
David Cowherd, a graduate stu- a t f,fvuMKhnra tc a f
search assistant on the project.
The project is concerned with
the feasibility of developing a
universal standard of calibration for nuclear moisture-densit- y
meters.
Most scientific instruments are
constructed to help measure un
known quantities with readings
based on known and universally
accepted standards or formulas.
Not so with density meters.
Although several meters are
and commercially
manufactured
sold, the information they relay is
in terms of standards established
by the manufacturer. If this stand- aid Is in error, the information
derived from the meter will always
be in error.
Not all. and maybe none, of
the density meters now used are
in error. These meters do differ
in readings, however, so a standard U needed.

The Kentucky Department of
Highways and the Bureau of Pub
lic Roads have given $8,000 for
the project.
have lent two
Manufacturers
ters ot difTerent makes to the
o f C ml Engineering,
IPartme.it
,ld theSTta e "18nwy MfteriaU
an- here
other on which it is running tests.
Problems faced by the researchers are these:
1. Radioactive materials
in the
devices may cause probing gamma
to react differently on the
rays
mnteriul beins tested (different
metm use lllfTemit rauioactive
material and even the same material can have difTerent strengths).
2. Nuclear results may vary
with nuclear theory in ways
gamma rays are supposed to act.
spuces in the material
tested may have some effect
on the readings,
4. Many samples of various ma- tenuis with known content and
density will have to be fabricated
to check the many meters adequately.
5. Selection of a standard will
have to be acceptable to the group
which will be moat concerned witU
the use of the meters.
3.

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KERNEL, Tuesday, Dec. 12,

11

Preclassify Authorities Discuss
After Yule Vacation Old Age Problems

3 Colleges

RICK ABBOTT'S
Kentuckian
157 Viaduct

The Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, and ComRepresentatives from the Department of Health, Educamerce have scheduled preclassification for the first ten days
tion, and Welfare met with a University committee to discuss
after Christmas vacation, Jan.
the role of the University in solving the problems of the aped.

Students in the College ot Commerce will go to the dean's office
and pick up preclassification materials, then go to their adviser for
conferences.
In the College of Education, the
.students will consult with their advisers firt, then go to their dean's
maoffice for preclassification
terials.
in the College of
Student
Arts and Sciences will go to the
office of the dean first and then
to their adviser to arrange their
schedules.
Preclassification in the School of
Home Economics has been going on

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official date for preclassification
there is Dec. 14.
All majors must make an appointment for a conference with
their adviser. Students must stop
by the director's office and get
classification cards before going to
their adviser.
Preclassification in the College
of Engineering started Dec. 4 and
will end Dec. 16.
Preclassification
dates in the
College of Pharmacy have not
been decided.

The group, which met Friday
ture. At retirement thin part of
afternoon in the A. B. Chandler
our lives is stopped. We must
Medical Center to draft a pronow help these people to become
posal to present President Frank
reorientated to a leisure society."
O. Dickey and the board of TrustThe study of old age is now beees, decided to study further two
resolutions:
ing made in such fields as housing,
medicine, and psychology. The one
1. Dr. Earl Kauffman, chairreal problem not under consideraman of the Department of Rection is that of the use of leisure
said the University
reation,
time, and Dr. Kauffman stated
would be able to perform an unthis should be the focal point of
precedented service in this field the project at UK.
by studying the problem of what
The University would serve as
to do with leisure time after
an information service and a training center for local leaders, who
2. The
University with its would carry the program back to
and
varied
facilities,
many
their own areas.
should be able to make investiHe also stated that this progation into the problems of the
gram, if adopted, would be organDepartment of Health, Educaized into several steps:
tion, and Welfare.
The Social Sciences Building
"First" he said, "we must de
The meeting was a result of the
may be torn down when the departments it houses move to Pence White House Conference on Aging, termine the attitudes of oldrr
Dr. Kauffman, moderator of the people toward time. Here in Kenand Kastlc Halls next fall.
Dr. Frank D. Peterson, vice committee, said.
tucky especially, since so many
of our oldrr people are living in
president for business administraClark Tibbitts, a representative
isolated rural arras.
tion, said the University hoped to from the
Department of Health,
raze the building but wrecking will
"Secondly, we could determine
be delayed if the building is needed. Education, and Welfare, said, "The
a pro
He said no decision will be made reason for this study is that older their interests and develop
now have a large impact on gram to train leaders here at the
people
until the new chemistry-physic- s
our social structure, and there- .skills, and help them to develop
building is occupied.
acattitudes toward leisure time.
The Social Sciences Building fore, room must be made to
houses the Departments of Geog- comodate them."
"Third, we must develop a proDr. Kauffman said, "We are gram to train leaders hre at the
raphy, Sociology, Political Science,
and Anthropology.
""living in a work orientated cul- - University.
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in the Canterbury House.
Dr. Jesse Dp Boer, professor of
philosophy, will speak.
Tatterson Literary Society
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will meet In Room 204 of the Stu- Uut. Union Building tonight.
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Ben Fitzpatrkk, Sports Editor
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Bobbie Mason, Arts Editor

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To The Editor:
In his good remarks on Salinger
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writes: "We should be repulsed . . .
at those charming and insightiul articles

and there is at least a moral obligation to respond to the Shawneetown
complaints.
The speed limit in Shawneetown
is 15 miles per hour, but residents
declare that the limit is not being
observed. In the rushing back and
forth
classes, the rush to
beat a bell or eat a meal, some drivers may be forgetting their responsibilities. It is too late to recount what
should have been done when a youngster darts in the path of an oncoming car. After it is over, it is done,
and no amount of repenting will bring
back that life.
One solution, we believe, would
be to install speed bumps. Where
they should be placed, we don't
know. That is a job for engineers.
Indeed, there would be complaints
from drivers that speed bumps are a
and a nuisance. The
hindrance
shouts of the irate drivers would not,
however, sear our souls so much as
would the screams of innocent

'Enthusiastic' Students
Soon will be the time for all good

of the folks back home, brings harm

students to return home, whether it
be hamlet, village, or metropolis.
Along with the mass exodus from
the campus there will be a spate of
boasting about the various aspects
;f "college life" and how great it is.
Which aspects are chosen for expati-atiohowever, is a matter of concern for all of us.
All too often the college man or
college woman will return to the
hometown determined to "shake-up- "
the local yokels. A good act seems
in order. A few lurid anecdotes, largely imaginative or borrowed from a
1920 motion picture script, are prime
material.
Basically, this is dishonesty in a
blatant form, and if it served only
to brand the "student" as a fool in
his own right, it could possibly be
forgotten and forgiven. But, when it
results in insult to the intelligence

to the University and to learning in
general, it is a much more serious
matter.
Most of us know that we are
lucky to have the opportunity to be
where we are. With this recognition
comes a certain humility that we
should be so privileged. Somehow we
believe the folks at home, many of
whom are making real sacrifices to
put us where we are, will feel that
it has all been worthwhile if they
sense our deep appreciation for what
is being done for us.
This appreciation can be told by
detailing the facts about a great and
growing University, and a faculty and
student body which gains in intellectual stature each year.
After all, when all is said and
done, what have you gained by arguing evolution with grandmother, or
pretending a fondness for a certain
liquor when you really hate the stuff?

THE READERS' FORUM
Takes Exception
To The Editor:
To The Art Editor:
Be: the J. D. Salinger page of
Dec. 6.
Please! If you referred to UK students when ou said "we" are Salinger's "disciples" and that each of
us will "feel sure the stories are autobiographical," then I'm insulted.
I think his stories are immature
babblings addressed to
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child-adult-

Furthermore,

II Klnft

if vow would take

ap-

pearing in our most widely read mag-

Shawneetown Speeding

For more than a year now, several residents of Shawneetown have
been urging action to curb alleged
fast driving in the Shawneetown
housing project. There have been
memos, conferences, and phone calls,
but few results.
We should note here what precipitated these protests at the offset, and
this, perhaps, will make the protests
as well as showing
that they are justified.
In September, 1960, a child was
struck and killed by an automobile
in Shawneetown. Whether speed was
a factor in this tragedy is not for us
to say, and we do not presume to pass
judgment. But a child was killed in
the relatively confined area of the
housing project, and the residents are
justifiably concerned that there could
be a repetition.
Just whose responsibility it is to
police these streets is not clear
the University's, the city's, or some
other agency. It surely is someone's,

(about Salinger) recently

a poll I believe you'd find that not
"every undergraduate" but perhaps
one out of four undergraduates has
read a Salinger book.
D. W. Shank

azines." He refers to Life and Time.
The Kernel editors obviously do
not share Mr. Polk's revulsion. The
article directly below Mr. Polk's
("Franny, Zooey Continue Holden
Tradition") is a very nearly verbatim
reproduction of part of the Time article to which he so contemptuously
referred.
Whole paragraphs were printed
intact, and many of the most striking
Time stylisms were left in, to leap
out at the reader and whip him across
the eyes; for instance: ". . . Seymour, both family ghost and family
guru. . . ."; ". . . this is the kind of
thing that hooks itself in the minds
of Salinger's readers. . . ."; etc.
It may or may not be disgusting
to admire a Time article. But it is
certainly sick to admire one without
having the guts to admit it. Whoever
wrote the article made a few cheap
and unimportant verbal changes, presumably in order to avoid the charge
of plagiarism.
In spite of that, the style, the concepts, and most of the words are
absolutely beholden to the piece in
Time. I cannot figure out why the
source of the article was never mentioned. I have rejected the notion
that the author wrote it hypnotically,
under the spell of Time, w ithout realizing he was doing so. Editors, I ask
you: why no credit given for the
true source of the article?
that
to its
source, there should have occurred
the unbelievably gross mistake which
leers out at us in the second-las- t
paragraph. It's one of the few passages in the article which is directly
quoted, and from Salinger's Zooey.
It is only probably the most climactic
and shuddering line that Salinger
ever wrote, and only the line which
has been quoted in every article written about Salinger in the last two
years.
But our anonymous reporter, so
faithful to Time for most of the page,
is unable to quote Salinger accurately.
The crucial quotation is hideously distorted. The line in Zooey, a true
epiphany for Franny and the reader,
reads: ". . . don't yott know ulto that
Vat Lady really is? . . . Ah, buddy.
Ah, buddy. It's Christ Himself. Christ
Himself, buddy." The Kernel writer
improves it into this: ". . . Oh, Cod,
oh Cod! It's Christ Himself!"
The weirdest thing of all

in an article of such

I

Kernels

can't decide which

t,

1. The Time article would have
been better criticised at some point
other than the one Jie chose ("Can
Salinger write his way back to the
suicide (Seymour's) and make his
myth whole?") He could perhaps
have been complaining of the Time
jargon rather than the idea at stake
here, and if this is the case my criticism is answered. The idea itself, however, strikes me as leing by far the
most helpful and intelligent hi the
whole article: it points out forcibly
that the Seymour of the late stories is
hard to confine in the comparatively
puny cane of A Perfect Pay lor
Bananafish.
From a wistful but conventionally-victimizeneurotic he has been translated into one of the strangest and
most monumentally beautiful figures
d

is

more ho-

is

ii relevant "Coil" for "buddy," or
to have replaced the quiet but so
potent caesuras of the pi nods with
the comic-striintensity ot those

and

To have
damn exclamation-marks- .
been capable of th.it is to show an
insensitivity to Salinger that no one

Jehu! You? No Christmas,

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futity

rribleto have substituted the phony

Never value anything as profitable
to thyself which shall compel thee to
break thy promise, to lose thy
to hate any man, to suspect,
to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains.
Man tis Attrcliits.

who loves him should be capable of.
If you want to know the truth.
An error of that kind is so truly
apalling that it occurred to me that it
might have been pait of a deliberate
editorial stunt, to see how many
vicious letlcis would come in
the emasculation. Well, I hope
they get what they asked for, and
I'm glad to be able to get things
rolling.
Beturning to Mr. Tolk's article: I
have two disagreements with him.
The first is serious, the second is not.

hoo-hoo-

in modern

fiction (or even ancient
fiction, maybe). I frankly don't sec
how the Seymour we have recently
been given could have committed suicide, especially for the reasons implie d
in A V D V BV. I wouldn't be surprised if Salinger had to make some
radical changes in that story before
the Class saga is complete (he has
done this before-alteri- ng
various
versions of the Caulficld story by the
time they appeared as a unit in The
Catcher in The Bye). Salinger is
bigger, Seymour inescapably is bigger and ineie complex. But this is
good.
2. Mr. Polk w litis: "You can always tell the people who don't unde
Sa!i;ijir, they write and talk
about him." That's usually true, but
not alwas. Mr. Polk's article is his
own refutation. And who are you
anyway, Mr. Polk, to demand of anyone but nurse If that he write
be autilul. Yon
poets are all alike.
sonic-thin-

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* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Tuesday, Dec.

ffv
Occasionally an old grad rrralls the Campus lake and
paints delightful stories about skating parties. Skeptical
modern students sometimes are a bit doubtful about

Thirty-twyears ago this week,
UK fetudents were going to the new