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Vol. LV, No.

LEXINGTON,

Frosh Camp
Orientation came early this
semester for 104 freshmen
who attended
the animal
freshman (lamp, held Ami.
31 and Sept. 1 at General Sutler State 1'aik.

Reception For Mew Students

ROTC Enrollment
Down 50 Percent
Enrollment in the University's
new voluntary ROTC system is
down approximately 50 percent
from last year's compulsory reg-

istration.

The Faculty voted last winter

Ten Students
Receive Grants
Ten graduate students will receive cash stipends for study in
a two-yemaster's degree program which is preparing them to
be rehabilitation
counselors as
the result of a $36,475 grant received by the College of Education.
Three of the students, enrolled
in the second year of the program, will receive $2,000 each plus
tuition. They are Marilyn Jenrose
Martin, Wesley Frederick Ross,
and Gerald N. Williams, all of
Lexington.
students reSeven first-yeceived $1,800 stipends. They are
Loretta Jean Bradley, William V.
and Virginia Dean
Hylton,
Stevens, all of Lexington; Karen
Ellen Chase, Hollywood, Fla.;
Eugene Wesley Huddle, Wilmore:
Sonja Jean Lemaster, Campbells-villand Theodore Strickland,
Lucasvillc, Ohio.
The grant comes from the
United States Vocational RehaThe
Administration.
bilitation
training program is not restricted
to students receiving stipends
and any qualified graduate student may enroll. Dr. Auvenshire.
director of rehabilitation counseling, said.

to remove ROTC from the list of
required courses for UK's male
students.
However, no change
was made in the number of
credits required for graduation.
All able-bodimales under 25
had been required to take eight
hours of basic ROTC.
Enrollment in advanced ROTC
remains about the same. Students In advanced ROTC receive commissions as 2nd lieutenants following graduation.
Incomplete Air Force registration figures at about the halfway point of Coliseum registration showed less than 400 cadets.
Last fall the Air Force ROTC
had nearly 1.500 enrolled.
The Army showed a similar decline in registration.
Figures compiled by both departments show a 50 percent drop
is normal the year following the
change to voluntary ROTC. However, the surveys conducted at
other schools that made the
switch show a gradual rise in
enrollment, after the first year.

Zip Code

The Zone Improvement Plan
(ZIP) code number of the University is 43.VMS. The code for
soiority and fraternity houses
is 4Uj(i0. All mail addresses to
either the I niver.sily offices or
residence halls should now include the ZIP code number, in
addition to previous inform
concerning street number,
city, and state.

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I)r. .Tolin W. Oswald, new president of the I 'diversity, and Bill Jones,
head guide, greet Mr. and Mrs. William E. Pearce and their daughter,
Ilene, of Spring Lake Heights, N. J., at the reception for new students and their parents Sunday in the Student Center Ballroom.
Miss Pearce is a junior transfer student from Montclair State College
in New Jersey and is enrolling In the College of Education.

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Sponsored by the YM and
YWCA, the camp consisted of
forum
discussions,
counseling,
and recreation. Talks by student
leaders and faculty members also
were held.
Don Leak, University YMCA
director, said the purpose of the
two-da- y
session was "to encourage outstanding high school students to continue their individual
leadership at the University."
Campers were selected by their
high school principals or counselors.
men and 56 women
Forty-eigwere counseled by 16 upperclass
students. Nine faculty advisers
were present.
Dr. A. D. Albright, executive
vice president of the University;
Miss Doris M. Seward, dean of
women; Leslie L. Martin, dean
of men, and Dr. Milso O. Kars-ne- r,
associate professor of physical education, also assisted in
the activities.
The concluding address was
given by Dr. Gifford Blyton, professor of English, Speech, and
Dramatic Arts. During the talk
he read a free verse poem that
he had written, encompassing
the camp's activities and

Senior Pictures

seniors should
sign up for Kentuckian pictures starting today in the
lower hall of the Journalism
Building. Pictures will be made
Sept.
All unaffiliated

Students Uracil
To Sign Up With
Placement Office
All seniors and graduate students interested in obtaining employment this year upon graduation from the University have
with
been requested to sign-u- p
the Placement Service by Mrs.
Katherinc Kemper, director.
Mrs. Kemper said that 203 organizations have already established definite recruiting visits.
More than 500 businesses, industries, governmental agencies, and
professional organizations are expected to visit UK this year.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1963

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2,800 Participate
In Welcome Week
Approximately 2.S00 freshnu n and transfer students par- tieipated in the orientation pr gram this fall. Of this group.
all but about 700 had partieipat ed in summer orientation and
registration.
Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m.
As was established last year,
the Welcome Week activities did
not include any social events.
Fred St rat he, director of orientation, said the major addition
to the program for this year was
the welcoming convocation Monday morning in the Coliseum.
This was the first time since
the University began the summer registration program that all
new students have met together.
Dr. John W. Oswald, president
of the University, was principal
speaker at the convocation.
More than 1,000 parents and
new students greeted the new
president and his wife at a reception Sunday afternoon in the
Student Center. At this meeting
students and their parents also
had an opportunity to meet representatives of the various colat the
leges and departments
University.
Other special activities included
an Associated Women's Students
picnic and Organizations and AcNight. The Interfaitu
tivity

Sunday in Donovan II,U Cafeteria.
For the first time this year,
separate college meetings were
held. Mr. Strache said these were
convocations at which all new
students had an opportunity to
meet with faculty members from
their respective colleges.
Three tuberculosis tests were
given instead of one. This has
been done in cooperation with the
United States Department
of
Health.
There were six sections, each
composed of 10 groups each.
Four sections were made up of
freshmen
who had registered
during the summer. One section
was reserved for freshmen who
had not
and one
was for transfer students.
There were 128 students who
served as guides and assistant
guides and there were six section
leaders. Judy Stivers and Bill
Jones were head guides.

600 Men Sign Up
For Fraternity Rush
The first of three nights of raternity house tours last night
marked the beginning of rush for nearly 600 meu.

Tours will be from 5 to 8 tonight and from 5 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. The tours and a street
dance at the Student Center
parking lot are the only fraternity social events open to freshmen until Oct. 18.
Until Oct. 18. the freshmen
will be affected by a period called silence when fraternity men
are not supposed to contact
freshmen students or go into the
dormitories.
During the silence period for
will
freshmen, the fraternities
conduct rush for upperclassmen
and transfer students.
will
Next week fraternities
schedule many social events for
rushees with 8
p.m. suggested by the Interfra-ternit- y
Council as the timt limit
for such social events.
line social events will vary
from fraternity to fraternity but
The IFC has imposed a

limit as the number that can attend these parties each night.
Bid day will climax the rush
week. Fraternity men will receive their bids and sign pledge
cards at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15
in Memorial Hall. Rushees will
sign preference cards Saturday,
Sept. 14, in the IFC office at the
Student Center.
The IFC will match the ruhee
preference cards with the fraternity bid lists in order to come
up with the list of men pledging
each fraternity on bid day.
Rush will open to freshmen on
Oct. 18 and the s..m.' procedure
on parties will continue until th
end of the seme.sitr.
More parties will be scheduled
after tke beginning of the setond
semester and freshman bid day
will be held during the semester,
semester.

Seminar Students Attend JFK Conference
By CARL MODECKI
Kernel Campus Editor
will
(First of a two part series. Tomorrow's article
established by governexplain some of the programs
for the summer
mental agencies for students working
in Washington, D. C.)
Attendance at one of President. JohH F. Kennedys
discussion with Niki-fo- r
news conferences and a two-hoLevshenko, second secretary of the Russian Embassy,
Washhighlighted this summer's University of Kentucky
ington Seminar.
Twenty UK students who worked in Washington
this summer took part in the Seminar. Besides attending
the news conference and going to the Russian Embassy,
the students also met with several other prominent
persons.
Both of Kentucky's senators invited the group to
their offices. Sen. and Mis. John Sherman Cooper also
held a tea for the Seminar students.
On Goldwmter's chances for the presidency, Sen.
He
Cooper said, "He may be nominated. He may win.
may change his stands." He expressed the opinion that
New York Oov. Nelson Rockefeller is out of the race a
a Republican pMMidentiul nominee.

ambassador to India expressed doubt
be a TV A type project in the Appalachialso foresees national employment diffian area. He
culties for sometime to come.
When asked if he would take an active part in the
campaign of Louie B. Nunn. Republican gubernutoriul
candidate, Sen. Cooper said he would do all he could
but he could not do much if he had to answer a roll
call in the Senate every few minutes.
Paul A. Porter, head of the 19V5 U.S. Relief Mission
to Greece, former director of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission and a graduate of the
UK Law School, invited the group to his office.
Mr. Porter held the group enthralled with his recounts
of the part he has played in history. It was the economic mission to Greece whioh he headed that lead to
President Truman establishing the Point Four Program.
Other programs the students attended included: a
discussion with Truman Kecsey, information officer for
the District of Columbia Government; a luncheon with
the UK Akunnl Association of Washington; a press
briefing at the White House by Pierre Salinger; Edward
Kerrigan, International Negotiations Officer, National
The former

that there would

Aeronautics and Space Administration; a lunaiieon at
the Cosmos Club with Dr. Frank Welch, executive vice
president of the American Tobacco Institute and former
dean of agriculture at UK, and William D. Rogers, deputy
United States Coordinator, Alliance for Progress.
Students who participated in the Seminar and the
agencies at which they worked are: Gilbert Crouse.
Veteran's Administration; Janice Crouse, Securities Exchange Commission; Stephen Grace, Navy's Bureau of
Ships; David Graham, Army; Barbara Johnson and
Elizabeth Lustic, Agriculture; Walter McGuire, District
of Columbia Finance; and David Mahan. Treasury.
Carl
Jacqueline Mahan, Veteran's Administration;
Modecki, National Aeronautics and Space AdministraKenneth Murrell, Civil SerTice; Linda Murrell,
tion;
Allianoe for International Development; Beverly Fedig.
Army; Suzanne Pitzer, National Archives; Andreas
Prindl aivd David Redding, Alliance for International
Development, and James Shuffet, Internal Revenue
Service.
Louis Mensonides was at the Library of Congress
writing his Doctor of Philosophy dissertation.
Miss Madileen Small was the alumni coordinator for
the yroup.

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KENTUCKY KERNEL. Thursday. Sept. 5,

Student Awards, Scholarships
Announced During Summer
During the summer various
anil
business organizations
University departments liave
awarded scholarships to UK
students.

Sears-oebuck scholarships
have gone to Lura Ann Slone.
Chariot to Ann Foy,
Grayson;
Pulton; Allen Keith Iiy. Taylors-VillLurry Sweet nam. I.exiii::- lon; D'H ivIl H.t :
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La wrenee'iui a.
Co.
Moorman Munufacturini
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scholarship winners
include: Keith Adams, Waynes-burEdward Ray Dennis. Clai
Murrell Dean Porter. Fern
Creek, and Robert Michael Williams. Danville.
Keeneland Foundation scholarship reripirnts: Michael
I'hilpot: Thomas I'.dward
Dcibel. Crestwood; Wayne Wells,
Middlcburg; Robert Wayne Lindsay, Kanle Station: Klinton
Kelley, Bardwell; rhillip
Richardson,
Louisville;
Henry
Letlial Conrad Martin, Cadiz:
Francis Michael Koof, Paducah.
and Gary l ee Tracy,

States scholarship
Southern
winners are Oliver Steven Young,
and Frankie Ham,
Lewisport.
Olmstead.
The Southern States scholarships provide $400 for the first
year and $300 for each of the
other three undergraduate years
if the recipient meets all requirements.
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and MoorThe
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for one year. The Keene-1-n- d
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Miss I.'rda Iloil'man. Lixiii
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most outstanding undergraduate
research project during the past
year. Her investigation concerned "light as primary reinforcement in maize learning.'
Miss Saundra
Howard, also
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earned
from Lexington,
award for being the undergraduate senior psychology major attaining the highest academic
standing in psychology courses.
She had a 4.0 standing.
Given honorable mention for
outstanding records in psychology
courses were Patricia Ann Cau-dil- l.
Elkhorn City: Robert Wakefield Halfhill and Margaret
Wilson, both of Lexing- I

ton; Vincent George Schulte find
Michael Stroud Watson, both of
Covington ; David Franklin
Shively, Valley Station, and Miss
Hoffman.
John Perry Keisi, Henderson,
is the first recipient of a scholarship from the I'niversity R.
C. Kash Fund.
The scholarship is intended to
provide a substantial part of the
s of the sophomore year
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$110. which is presented annually to a premedical senior at the
University.
The award has been sponsored
for the past 10 years by Dr. A. J.
Whitehouse, Lexington physician
and UK alumnus. The winner is
selected through the rating system of a premedical recommendation committee in the College
of Arts and Sciences.
A commerce student, Richard
F. Deats. won the rifle marksmanship award while attending
summer training camp at Lock-bourAFB. Ohio. A total of 2"15
cadets competed for the award.
Deats is from Akron. Ohio.
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The

tank shown being hoisted into the "silo-typlong,
structure at the University i a component of a 5.5 million
volt nuclear accelerator. The tank arrived in Lexington by rail
and other parts of the accelerator to be UK's largest and most
powerful research facility have been shipped by truck and are
being uncrated for assembly. The cylindrical structure with walls
two feet thick was especially built to house the accelerator and
stands at the nottheast corner of the new Chemistry-Physic- s
Huildine. The nuclear device is of the Van de Oraaff type.

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Rush Can Be Fun
Ol (illKlDf.i;
Kernel Women's Kditor
Welcome to that sometimes
hectic, sometimes nerve-raclunand nhvnys tirinji experience
know as sorority rush. By now
you've been thoroughly schooled
in the vocabulary, rules, mid
problems that the typical rusher
puffers through.
After yesterday, that first mnd
dash to the houses, you now
understand why Its called rush.
Of course, this year its more
hectic than usual with four parties a day for three clays. Hut
whether or not you pledge, the
whole experience is really tun if
you know how to enjoy it.. The
following are a few tips to h dp
1'ju a happy rusher and keep
those already weary sorority
girls from being more tired.
When attending those ''Coke"
parties wear comfortable shoos
and for heavens rake doti't try
to break in your new girdle, thi..
is not the time or the place.
Nothing is more uncomfortable or
irritating than a tight shoe or
tight clothing, especially in this
hot, sticky, weather that Mr.
Weatherman has decreed we shall
suffer for the next week.
Before you leave for those parties tuck a roll of mints in your
purse and pop one in your mouth
after each party. It will pep you
up and if you smoke will kill that
smokers breath. It's also more
pleasant for the sorority girls
who are rushing you. You can
also tuck a small cotton square
in your purse which has been
soaked in astringent for those
quick touch ups between parties.
Now that we have you fresh
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parties let's go

into the house and meet the fails.
enter the door, take a
deep breath and remember that
while you may be wondering if
they want you they are also wondering if you'll want them. Relax
and enjoy those parties its the
best
chance you'll have for
making friends in large quanity
while attending UK. It will :ur-piiyou how fast you learn
people's names and recognize
them on campus. But a word of
can. ion, th-- re aie certain things
one must l:eer do during rush
mil"ss invited to by the sorority
.
member.-,-

Never sit 0:1 the floor, that's the
sorority girl.-.- ' domain. Don't pet
up and woricr aim.. id the room,
most groups have a plan for
and you will
meeting
throw the whole system out of
kilter. Don't drown yourself in
cologne duiing the next week.
A little scent is nice but you
must consider how a room full
of girls, each wearing something
different will smell like something akin to a skunk. So go easy.
All of these hints hold true all
during rush. Don't over-dresleave those gobs of jewelry
at the dorm. Simplicity is the
key for you. But if you have
a charm
wear
bracelet
it.
Its always a good conversation
piece and it helps you and the
sorority get to know each other.
Remember you want to Join a
group that has that certain

campus calendar

Relax

something which makes you feel
you fit rir;ht in. This may be a
little hard to determine in such
a short time but remember, like
the old warning when you take
multiple choice exams, the first
choice is usually the right one.
Now there are many cases where
this doesn' hold true but this is
why you go to so many parties.
As soon as the bids are out
you will be pledged. This seems
like a very mystic process but its
not. There's nothing to be scared
of. They don't ask you to sign
anything In blood and the antics
you saw practiced by high school
sororities just don't exist in the
sorority system.
This year a real treat is in
store for the new pledges. In the
has
past, pledge presentation
been centered around each house
haung a jam session and open
house for their pledges. This
year, because the parties have
grown so large most houses can't
hold all their guests, the sororoi-tie- s
are going together and give
one big session in the Student
Center on the Saturday after-hol- d
all their guests, the sorori-noo- n
following pledging. This is
the time upperclassmen come to
look over the new crop for the
year and niuke their selections.
It's fun and this year's is really
going to be bigger and better
than ever. So have fun and
relax. Remember rush can be
and will be fun if you act

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Dead!, lie for copy for Kept. (5 Staff Bulletin
5 6- - F'latt riilfy rush
6 Weekly University Staff Bulletin resumes publication
First invitational ru h parties
7 IFC sponsored campus dance at Student Center

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Sept.

Dean A. I). Kinvan
To Head Foundation
Dr. Albert D. Kirwm. dan of
the University of Kentucky
Graduate
School, was named

Ileal ih Service
To Offer Clinics

The

Health Serhold Iimmtni.Mtion
clinics for I'nivrrsity students
Tuesdays and Thur.davs. from
5 p.m.-7::;- n
p.m. Sept.
Freshmen, transfer sti'd'-nts- .
or any other students who
have not had the required immunizations smallpox, typhoid, tetanus, and poliomyelitis, should report to the
Health Service on any
of the following dates: Sept.
10,
17, If). 21 and 2G; and
Oct. 1 and ?,.
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Tuesday as acting ch rector and
secretary of the Kentucky Research Foundation.
He succeeds Dr. Merl Baker,
who has accepted a position
of the faculty at the University of Missouri School of
Mines at Rolla, Mo.
The research fr.itnch.uun is a
branch of the Umvewy of

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Each year the society page,
for ever after to be known as the
Kernel Woman's Paste, tries to
gather news from the four corners of the campus which will be
of interest to the women of UK.
This year in keening with our
new policy, this pa.e will include news of the faculty, their
wives, and children, interesting
people, campus organizations, and
many other new features designed
to include all areas of the campus
social scene.
We are asking each org:ni:'ed
group, honorary or professional,
to s.'i.d us an out line of their
purposes and requirements for
membership, so our student body
will know nhout the activities
available on the campus. We are
a'so asking these e roups to turn
in all '.neeting notices on the
Fiiday before they are to appear
and they must he si: ; ! and
contain a phone number in ca-further information is needed.
Our policy for engagements,
piti'iiivs, and weddings will
basically the same. Thev
should be typed or printed, give
the girl's name, classification,
major, home town, and affiliation, the same information is required for the man. These should
be marked pinning, etc. As in the
past, they must be signed and
contain a phone number so we
may varifly them. They will not
run unless signed.
Since it is impossible for your
editor to know of all the University wives activities we are asking
the presidents of all such organizations to get in touch with
this office and tell us of meetings and other a''tivitie- - This
also includes the student wives
organisations.
Fraternities and sororit'es must
have notices of social activities
in to the woman's editor no later
than noon on Wednesday in order
for their event to appear in the
weekend social lineup. So take
heed greeks thre will be no exception to this rule.
Please leave all your news in
the Kernel news room or mail
to the Woman's Page editor in
the Journalism building. With
your cooperation on these points
vve should be able to give you
more and better social coverage
N. L.
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Aii Era For Progress
The beginning of classes today
marks more than the beginning of a
new semester. It could well be the
beginning ()f an era.
More than two thousand University freshmen from high schools across
the Commonwealth and from across
the country will join approximately
S.(HK) other members of this growing
college community.
President- John W. Oswald heads
the list of many new faculty and
adminsitrative personnel at the University.
The seven years under former
President Frank G. Dickey were, in
many ways, the most rewarding in
the University's long history. In beconstruction
ginning a &31.3S3.0OO
in increasing enrollment,
program,
and in upgrading academic standards.
Dr. Dickey lelt his mark on the Uni-

I)R. JOHN OSWALD
new president of the University

Welcome To UK
Since the announcement of my
election to tlie presidency of the University ot Kentucky last May 31 we
have been overwhelmed by messages
of welcome and best w ishes from all
over the country. Anions those messages that pleased me most were tin'
many rem present and former students of die University. Espec :al! did
I appneiate the warm welcome extended to me from the students hv
the summer edition of the Kernel.
Now it is ni pleasure t extend a
most heart) wt home to all University ot Kentucky students, new and
continuing, for all of vou are "new"
to me.
In cousidei ing my move to Lexington one of the things I have anticipated most is the opportunitv to

work more closely with students. In
my last few years in the statewide
administration of the University of
California system my associations with
students were unfortunately limited
to occasional meetings with student
leaders from the several campuses.
Thus I welcome the opportunity lu re
to meet and work with the dillirent
student groups. I also wish to arrange
schedule so th 't there will be an
ni
oppoitimity to talk with individual
students. In this connection I plan soon
to establish a regular time when I
will be available at the Student Center to meet students not only to discuss problems but to receive their
ideas on matters of concern to the
entire University. It is nice to be here.
-l-

ohn

W. Oswald

versity.
Now some very important decisions as will as some big challenges
await our new president. An
need for better colleges
and universities is being felt in Kentucky. President Oswald "must lace
and attempt to solve problems concerning the community colleges, the
University's role in Kentucky's system of colleges and universities, and
the difficulty of getting needed funds.
As there are many challenges,
there are many opportunities for accomplishment. In almost every field
known to man. the University offers
opportunities for both students and
faculty to work, study, and learn in
an academic environment.
With the beginning of the fall

semester, the University looks forward to its first full year in the
sics building and the enlarged Margaret I. King Library. Students look forward to the enlarged,
remodeled, and renamed Student
Center.
The entire University looks forward to working and learning under
Dr. Oswald whose reputation as an
educator and administrator proceeded
him to the campus.
This new year has all the ingredients: hope, opportunity, and challenge. It will become what the members of the University community
choose to make it.

Chem-istrv-l'h- v

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opinion to express on a campus problem, a view expressed by someone, or
some topic of general interest.
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meet standards of decency, judgment,
and responsibility. Since this newspaper must comply with L S. postal

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7lia(s Behind The
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NEW

Press

Viet Nam's
political-rchyiou- s
crisis besets a people whose ancestors emigrated from
central China to the jungles and
of Southeast Asia before the
Christian era.
The nation of 63.000 square miles,
once a part of French Indo China, is
slightly smaller than the state of
Washington.
Picligions abound among the 15
million South Vietnamese. Experts estimate 70 percent or more follow some
form ol Buddhism. But Taoism and
Conlucianism are widespread.
'I here are more than 1 million
Roman Catholics, an influential group
that includes President Ngo Dinh
Diem. A religious synthesis called
.
embracing tenets of
Christianity, Buddhism and Conlucianism, claims 1.500.000 followers.
The multiplicitv ot sects and poverty ol an economy based largely on
agriculture, fishing and American aid
form the bac kground of a struggle between Buddhist leaders and the Diem
regime.
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Buddhist-Vie- t

Ilotc did the struggle start?
A governmental order banning the
flying of religious flags was a factor.
Buddhists demonstrated at the city
ol Hue in May. Troops broke up the
demonstration anil 11 persons were
killed.
WW do the Buddhists want?
Contending that they have been
treated as second-clas- s
citizens, they
demand "religious freedom ami social
justice" typified by such things as:
Freedom to fly their
patchwork Buddhist flags whenever and wherever they choose.
Legal reforms permitting pagoda authorities to buy and hold real
estate as freely as the churches ol the
Christian minority.
Ability to meet freely without
special police licenses.
Conviction of the soldiers responsible for the deaths at Hue and
indemnity for the victims' families.
How has the government responded?
President Diem denied religious
discrimination. The ban on display of
Buddhist flags was rescinded. ; And.
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Nam Discord

Diem's regime promised a settlement
of the other demands. The government described its attitude as one of
extreme conciliation. But reforms
were slow in coming and Buddhist
leaders marshaled their forces for a
showdown. Police broke up Buddhist
street demonstrations and arrested
hundreds.
Why did the Buddhists spurn fresh
offers of conciliation?
"They are only trying to trick us."
That was a spokesman's response to
recent efforts of President Diem and
his Buddhist vice president, Nguveu
Ngoc Tho, to get representatives of
both sides again around a conference
table.
Would Buddhists die for t'icir
cause?
l'ledged to nonviolence, t