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Jim mwm il

In Hazing Story;

Sre I'ase Four

University of Kentucky

Vol. LI I, No. 84

LEXINGTON,

KY., FRIDAY, MARCH 21.

Reds To Cease
Attack In Laos

the
Tlit manager's office
Wildcat Rowling Lanes on
Euclid Avenue v.as looted late
Wednesday night of approximately $7.20 in change.

WASHINGTON, March 23 (
Kennedy
warned Russia tonight that the United States and its allies "wilt
have to consider their response" if armed attacks by Communist
rebels are not halted in
Laos.
AP)-Presi-

MaJ. Fred Perkins, bowling allpy
manager, reported yesterday that
the intruder entered his third
floor office between 11 p.m.
Wednesday and 6:30 a.m. yesterday.
The money, which was lying on
MaJ. Perkins' drk was all that
wa missing.
rut ranee was gained by kicking
out the lower left panel of the
office door, MaJ. Perkins 6aid.
'We don't keep money around
here at night. The person that
broke in could have tampered with
the candy and soft drink machines,
but he didn't," he added.
Two city detectives are now try-Ito find out ho7 the building
itself was entered. The bawling
alley, although connected to the
Wildcat Grill, can be entered
by doors on the east and west sides
of the builcjing.
Lawrence Roberts, manager of
the grill, said no one entered the
grill on the first floor.

lis'
Strike!

Marilyn Christie, this week's Kernel Sweetheart, casts an admiring
glance at the photographer while she busily searches for her
favorite bowling bail. Miss Christie is a junior psychology major
from Campbellsville.

Russian Parents Arc Punished
For Errant Student's Behavior

Dr. Ginger was addressing a
on CommunUniversity
ism, sponsored by the Interfaith
Council.
The speaker said after parents
two or
had been reprimanded
tin re times about their children's
behavior, they were likely to lose
their jobs.
Dr. Ginger gathered information
of educa
on the Russian
tion several years as,o when visit-in- .;
iii France while, lie was preside. it df tho National Education Association, lime o .talked wilh
lni'iiy ivrsons who had closely ob-s- i'i
ml tlie llu." .ian education system.
said.
'Prior to 1033," Dr. Giri-ctic menUuy schools
"t!.e Ru.v-iaCo ;si ti d ot l i a
o.ie throu.h
fo.;r, and second.' iy schools inch. ded erades live through ten.
"However, another
year was
added in 1938, Lecau.se it was decided that high r.chool graduates

Eight Page

President Warns

Bowling Alley
Office Looted
Wednesday of

Russian schools have no dis
cipline problems because par
cuts of errant children are pun- ished rather thai) the students,
Dr. Lyman V. Cmgcr, dean of
the College of Education, said
yesterday.

were not strong enough to do
minimi iiniV All Piisim! hiifh
school students now work two days
a week, and here this is not pos- sb!e. tht?y 8 t0 hKh school for
two years and work one year."
Acrordin( to Russian Nation
journals, this extra year is for
"educating for life," Dr. Ginger
sald.
All students attend school 200- 210 days a year, six days a week,
and clubs and other extracurricu- lar activities are directed by teach- ers on Saturdays outside of school
hours, the educator added,
Dr. Ginger pointed out that only
125 students
out of every 1,000
starting to elementary school ever
complete hih school studies.
"Even though the Russians are
dedicated to mass education, the
t
U.S. in thi.s
is far ahead.
However, the Russians are far
ahead of o'her large European
count lie-,- " he added.
Iie applications are made for
every studtnt accepted into teacher ecViafion courses, lir. fiimjer
said, lie said Kiism.ui journals exit., in tin's by staling Kussian
teaUiers have status far ahead of
those in other countries.
At die hiuh school level, these
teachers are paid slightly more
than laborers, and at the college

level, considerably more, he point -ed out. Dr. Ginger said student

teachers are required to complete
two .semesters of rigid, supervised
teaching and are expected to know
how to teach as well as what to
teach.
"Intelligence tests are forbidden
by law except in experimental cir- cumstances. Although school au- thorities do believe ln individual
differences, they are not permitted
to recognize them in the schools,
All students are expected to do
the same thing and give an equal
performance," Dr. Ginger said.
"Of course, this Is impossible,'
he concluded.

",v

The President called on Russia
to accept a cease-fir- e
between the
Laotian government
and the
rebels now
threatening to capture the Laotian
capital of Vientiane.
Kennedy made no direct answer
to a question about the possibility
of a declaration of war if things
come to the worst.
"We will know a good deal more
in the coming days," he said. He
said he hoped for a favorable reaction from the Kremlin to a
British proposal, to which he gave
full U.S. support, that Russia ac
cept a cease fire in Laos and a
start on negotiations.
The fall of the little mountain
kingdom to the Red rebels, Ken- nedy said, would affect the secur- ity of the United States."
Kennedy reinforced his words
with huge maps charting the pro- giessive Communist conquest of
Laos since last August. The Reds
started with four small segments
along the border and now hold

large areas In the northern and
eastern sector of the country.
t,
Though American warships ar
on the move lato
reported already
the Southeast Asian area. Ken
nedy avoided maknig any direcf
military threats. Nevertheless, tho
Intent of his cautiously worded
statement seemed clear to his
audience the I'nited States must
be expected to use force If necessary to save Laos.
Russian supply planes, Kennedy
said, have flown 1,000 sorties to
the Communist rebel forces since
Dec. 13. Combat specialists have
been sent in to aid them, mainly
from North Viet Nam, a Commun
1st country,
The President said he wanted
"to make it clear to the American
ftU
peop,e an(, B the wor,d
1s p,ace not war
we want ln
the President said, "is
"Laos,"
far away from America, but the
world is small. The security of all
Southeast Asia will be endangered
if Laos loses its neutral inde-- ,
pendence. "'

Basketball Player Present
During K Club fs Hazing
liatik

1 resident
.. Uickey ollicially contirmcc ves terday
rumors that a Wildcat basketball player was present at the
K Club hazing last week.
Martin was quoted as saying that

Dr. Dickey mentioned Tuesday
in a telephone conversation with
Editor Bob Anderson that
a basketball player was at the
hazing, but did not elaborate on
what happened.
The player did not participate
in the hazing, said Dr. Dickey. In
accordance with University policy
in such cases, he did not release
the player's name
In the Public Relations Depart- ment release on the March 13
hazing. Dean of Men Leslie L.

;

no members of the basketball
el
team were involved in the
dent.
President Dickey said yesterday
that "involved" meant to University authorities that no member of
the basketball team had participated in actual hazing.
He said the player went to tha
barn on the Old Frankfort Pike,
where the Incident happened, to
stop the hazing of initiates. The
three baseball players injured dur
Continued on Page 8

Newman Federation
Holds Meeting Here

Over KX) delegates and observers of the National Executive
Committee ol the National Newman Federation representing
the 50 states will open their spring meeting tomorrow in
Lalfertv Hall.
During the business sessions, to
The National Executive Com- miitee is the polity making group
of the Newman Federation, a
organization, which en- compasses the nation and the
United States possessions.
Among the registrations received
for the three-da- y
meeting some
have come from California, Texas,
Iowa, Minnesota, and
New

York.

held in the College of Law
courtroom, the delegates will study
the piogram of the national
nation, reevaluate the budget, and
make final arrangements for the
national convention to be held in
Berkeley. Calif, this summer,
The University Newman Club
will give a formal old south
cept ion Sunday evening for the
delegates.
be

lllue Marlin Cavvivomen
Four Blue Marlins rehearse a cave man skit for
the women's exhibition swimming group's annual
water show at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow in the
Memorial Coliseum Pool. The show theme will

depict the rise of man front Adam to the present
space age. Tickets may be purchased at the Sl'B
ticket booth or at the door.

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Tritlay, March

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Begins Tomorrow

March 27 North College Hill.
in all
Ohio, Schools teachers
fields. Fireman's Fund Insurance
Co. men in all fields for training leading to special agents or
underwriter. (No direct selling to
public).
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March
Daviess County,
Ky., Schools teachers of grades
one through five; German and
other subjects; elementary music; Junior high core.
Amphenol-BorMarch 28
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and mechanical
gineering for positions in sales
engineering. Commonwealth Life
Insurance men in all fields interested in careers in Insurance.
Kentucky Division of Recruitment and Placement men and
women in all fields at all degree
levels who are interested in investigating career opportunities in
state government.
Public Housing Administration
men in accounting; M.B.A. or other
master's level graduates with combined undergraduate and graduate total of 30 semester hours In
accounting and auditing subjects.
Fayette County, Ky.. Schools
teachers in all fields. .

About 1,(XX) students from SO Kentucky high schools will
ronvene in Memorial Hall tomorrow to work out problems
for their schools' Latin clubs.
projefU for thejr own cIubg

The 12th annual convention.
sponsored by the Department of
.Ancient Languages and Literature
and Extended Programs, is ex- jjected to attract about 1.000 stu- dents from 80 high schools.
Dr. Wilbert .Carr, ancient language professor, said the conven- tion will give Latin students from
different sections of the state a
chance to get together and ex- change Ideas and learn about new

Yiclor Borge
Here Monday

Victor Borge, called "the
funniest entertainer
in the
world" by New York drama
critics, will present a show of
wit and music here Monday.
The concert, sponsored by the

Short skits or plays concerning
the Latin language and Roman
customs will be presented by sev- eral high schools,
several clubs will also have ex- hibits in the lounge of the SUB.
These displays will be models
of Roman buildings, camps, and
replicas of other phases of the
old Roman life,
Awards will be given to winners
of the best gkit or play and to the
winners of the best exhibit.
The students will also see a film
on Roman customs, and hear one
or two talks by authorities on the
Latin language.

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Tenn. (AP)
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Most Tennessee moonshiners deliver their illicit wares in cars
with plenty of horsepower so they
can outrun police in a pinch. But
in Ellis Harris' case he had the
Presents
horsepower and police had the
pinch. Harris was arrested on
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* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Friday, March

Hay And Mattresses

The Delts are more cooperative
about their blanket party to be
lield tomorrow night at Blue
Grass Park. The theme of the party Is "song fest"; what more could
we want to know.
The brothers of Lambda Chi are
polng to make use of a natural
blanket and find that long-lo- st
needle in the hay while they ride
out to Hinh Bridge tomorrow
night. If nature approves of all
mis, mat is, ana does away with
rain. The Phi Delts, another group
of nature lovers will also go hay-ridiif their prayers get through
in time.
The AGRs and the SAEs, being
a little more conservative, will
Mmply don their bermudas and
Fptnd a quiet evening at home,
dreaming about Spring. Jim Dandy will play "April Showers" over
nt the SAE house; Little Orbit
and the Pacesetters will bring
"Summertime" to the AGRs.
More outdoorsmen, the Sigma
Nus will brave the elements in

their back yard toniRht with an
outdoors party. Over at the Triangle house, they're having a
"Shades Party", featuring of all
groups, the "Shades." Actually,
the whole thing seems kind of
shady to us, and if you're going,
be in the know, take your shades.
The SAE pledges are taking over
the house tonight for a little
Bob Miller will provide
the music.
The Phi Taus and ATOs will
entertain their dates at Danceland
tonight; the Phi Slgs will visit
the Circle tomorrow night.
The Phi Taus are also holding
their Parents' Day Banquet tomorrow at the Campbell House,
around the pool. There will be an
open house at the chapter house
later in the afternoon.
And don't forget, Keeneland
Hall will be holding a dance tomorrow night, y'all come; also,
a Jam session Is being held at the
SUB from 5 p.m. today.

Alpha Fpsilon Delta
Alpha F.psilon Delta, premed-Ic- al
honorary, will have an initiation for new members at 2
p m. tomorrow in the Music Room
of the Student Union.
A banquet for members and initiates will be at 6 o'clock tomorrow night at the Campbell House.
FOUNDER'S DAY
The Mu Iota chapter of Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity will hold its
86th Founder's Day Dinner Sunday at the chapter house.
Gold and silver circle awards
for 50 and 25 years service will be
presented. Guest speaker will be
Stewart D. Daniels, executive secretary of the fraternity.
Mu Iota chapter was founded on
campus in 1909. Alpha Tau Omega
has chapters in 119 colleges and
universities located in 42 states
and at the University of Briti.sh
Columbia in Canada.

-3

of the club will meet nt 1 p.m. in Cardinal Hill Convalescent HosRoom 6 In the Fine Arts Building. pital at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow;
Canterbury Fellowship
LANCES
Prof. Robert Wiggs of the Art
The Canterbury Fellowship will Department will be guest speaker.
Applications for Lance's, Junior
meet at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. A Lenmen's honorary, are now available
Club
ten program. "In the Diocese, Life
at Mrs. McChesney's desk In tho
of Alexander Patterson." will be
The University
will office of the dean of men. ApClub
led by the Rev. William D. Smith. meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the plicants are restricted to second
semester sophomores and
Student Union.
Westminster Fellowship
Juniors with at least 2.55
Westminster Fellowship will meet
Wtldon House
overall standings. Completed
at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Harry MilWeldon House will have an
must be received by
lard will speak on "The Meaning Easter Party for the children at April 22.
of the Cross in the Twentieth Century."
by Larry Hurb
Woman's Club
The University Woman's Club
will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in
Guignol Theatre. Board members

Meetings

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University Soapbox

Getting K Club Story

By MIKE WENNINGER
It has been brought to my attention tliat perhaps I, in my capacity as
Kernel managing editor, should come
to the defense of the University Tub-b- e
Relations Department. I have been
told that a letter to the editor by Bill
Neikirk (Kernel, March 21) dealt
unfairly with the department.
Reader Neikirk said, "... it seems
that the Kernel must have had to
practically come to blows with the
administration- to get the story" about
the K Club hazing last week. Neikirk
continued, "It was no doubt another
case of the
policy here of
UK's withholding of information that
is 'bad publicity.' The administration's
public relations has been grossly bad
in this area. The policy seems to be:
Suppress our mistakes, blare out our
accomplishments."
The would-bdefenders of the
Public Relations Department knew
that I had covered the story for the
Kernel and they wanted me to dispute Neikirk's statements by describing the department's part in releasing
the story. Well, I shall be glad to tell
Kernel readers what the Y Department did, but I cannot honestly defend its role in the coverage of the
hazing story. Acting honestly, I can
only ridicule it.
Boiling the affair down to minimal wordage, the Public Relations
Department merely released the story
in a form approved by Dean of Men
Leslie L. Martin. Dean Martin told
the department's writer what he
wanted in the story and he read the
final draft of the story before it was
duplicated for general release. It was
released approximately three hours
after I first went to the dean's office
to get it.
Perhaps I tend to oversimplify
matters, but I am still wondering why
the Publie Relations Department had
to deal with the story at all. Why
couldn't Dr. Martin merely have allowed me to interview him and get
the story myself? The answer is, of
course, that I might have asked him
some questions that would have
forced him to think fast to find answers that would have looked good
in print. It's so much easier and less
embarrassing to simply dictate to a
public relations writer what one wants
to be published in the newspapers.
As a newspaperman, however, I
naturally resent having to spend more
than three hours getting a story for
my paper, only to see the Lexington
and Louisville newspapers get the
same story in the form of a release
direct from the University. All those
papers had to do was edit the release and have it set in type. No muss,
no fuss, no bother whatsoever to
them.
On the afternoon when all this
happened, I w aited outside the dean's
office until he finished diseasing the
K Club hazing with the Student Con- time-wor-

gress Judicial Board. When Dean
Martin came out at about 5:30, we
immediately got into a verbal skirmish in which he implied that I
should have lxen in the newsroom
minding my own business instead of
being out scrounging for something
that would taint the names of some
unfortunate
they got
(meaning
boys. Finally,
caught),
he said he was going to see Presi- gone-astra-

dent Frank Dickey and that I could
wait outside Dr. Dickey's office if
I wanted to.
I waited, and within three minutes
I was treated to a ludicrous sight
which I wish all University personnel
could have seen. From the president's
office solemnly marched Dean Martin with three Public Relations Department men, including the department's director, dutifully tagging
along behind him. With grave faces,
as if they were pondering the very
fate of the University, the quartet
PR
trooped up to the second-floooffice and closed the door behind
them.
Again I waited outside an office
door, this time for almost an hour.
At long last, I was invited into the
inner sanctum, in time to watch Dr.
Martin check the final draft of the
release to ascertain that nothing had
inadvertently got into it that would
cause the masses to look askance at
their benign state university. Shortly
thereafter, I was handed a copy cf
the release. Like a good little reporter I had finally got the facts-t- he
facts, that is, that Deau Martin
wanted me to get and only a few
that I wanted to get.
That, my friends, describes the
work the University Public Relations
Department did in helping the Kernel
get the K Club hazing story. Believing that while reading this you have
been discerning enough to allow for
bias on my part, I now leave it up
to )uu to decide if Mr. Neikirk is
correct.
r

THE READERS' FORUM
Kernel Branded As lied
To The Editor:
I do not intend to
question the
motives of the writer of the unsigned
editorial in the K( nttnkij Kernel of
March 21, I9fil, nor do I question
his right to have his say. However,
if this editorial did not come
directly
from the official Communist paper
Vrmda, it could very well be a transparent paraphrase of the sentiments
of that publication or its American
counterpart the Duily Worker.
Typical of the Communists and
s
their
is their burning
hatred for the late Joseph McCarthy,
for J. Edgar Hoover, for the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and for the
House Committee on
Activities. This is, of course, understandable because these people and
agencies have been in the forefront
in the exposure of the Communist
conspiracy. Name calling is typical
against anyone who raises his voice
against this conspiracy. The patterned
Communist names for them are witch
hunters or fascists. Always there is
expressed the pious fear that our
liberties and freedom of speech will
be lost whenever anyone dares to
make a move against those who would
destroy us. Little do they seem to be
concerned about the loss of freedom
under communism.
fellow-traveler-

How eloquent the writer of the
Kernel editorial waxes as he mouths
(I hope unintentionally) the Communist line. He writes, "These groups,
supposedly motivated by the highest
aims of Americanism, seek to destroy
or at least suspe nd many of the most
cherished American liberties to preserve these liberties. They would have
us abridge our right to freedom of
speech that only they might be
heard. They would, no doubt, favor
the suspension of habeas corpus that
Communists and 'pinkos' could be
jailed and kept incarcerated without
need for a trial. They would replace
government by the people with government for the people, by themselves alone. They would have us
destroy Americanism in the traditional sense to preserve Americanism
as seen through their distorted
minds." These are serious charges.
Now, Mr. Editorial Writer, will you
please cite page and paragraph to
substantiate the truth of such accusations. Mere unsubstantiated rantings
will not suffice.
In the editorial was a quotation
from "Democratic" Rep. Ashley from
Ohio. The editor might have done
better to hav e cited some of the statements of Rep. James Roosevelt of
California who openly seeks to
abolish the Hones Committee on
Activities for reasons best
known to himself. But is the writer
of this editorial aware of the attitude
of the House of Representatives as a
whole on this matter? This body, by
a vote of 412 to 6, just recently auth- oried $3.31.000 for the work of this'
committee for the coming year. Apparently the House doe s not share the
feelings of the Kernel editor about
his
"witch hunting."
As judged by editorials and articles in the Kernel which have followed recent warnings on the campus
by loyal Americans against the very
real Communist conspiracy, it would
seem that someone struck pay dirt.
Perhaps Communist plants and fellow travelers are not so far removed
from the ca:npus as we have been led
to believe.
Dh. P. L. Miu.EMim.iai

GV& Deserve Ilcnefils
To The Ediloi:
Your opposition to educational
benefits for ve terans of the cold war
seems to be based on the fact that
they didn't lisk their lives in a hot
war. There aie other reasons besides
risks inclined and hardships sulltied
for bestowing educational benefits on
veterans. First, as you have already
pointed out, the educated veteran is
a greater asset to his country than he
would be if uneducated; secondly,
the country wouldn't lose money by
extending educational benefits to cold
war vetcians because latter education will enable them to earn more
money which will result in more
taxes for the government. However,
we will ignoie the se facts in the following argument.
It is true that the United States
hasn't been engaged in a hot war
since Jan. 31, 1U35. However, this
doesn't mean that the cold war veterans haven't placed their lives at
stake for the ir country the same as
veterans of the hot war have done.
In the recent past, they stood ready
to answer the whims of Mr. Khrushchev and his like and thereby kept
peace. But in so doing, it was necessary for them to take risks and sulirr
cliscomloits as great as those sulicrcel
by any Woild War II veteran.
In our own experience, we can
say that lile in the Strategic Air
Cominanil was neithe r soft nor safe.
The maintenance anil operation of
the intricate machinery ef modem
warfare is as dangerous as it is complex. Just lecently, four airmen from
in
Air Force Base
an air crash in Kentucky. This isn't
the first time men of this base have
in the celd war. We each se rved
three yeais at that base-- . During that
time, a number id eair fellow airmen
in the line of eluty. The causes
ef
raugeel from air crashes
through e le c (locutions to ingestion
into a je t engine. However, it is
to note that erne- of the wings
on this base was the safest flying
wing in the Air Force.
There is no way of determining
how much each individual
has
risked his life. Hem ever, almest
every colel war veteran could have
as a result of a Kremlin whim.
Any risk of life" is priceless. But all
the government saw fit to pay us
was approximately $120 a mouth,
fenxl which makes that served in the
SUB appear superb by comparison,
and living quarters on a par with
the oldest UK de)rmiteries. You compared servicemen with factory workers in terms of service to the country
and the resultant revvarels that are
deserved. It is true that factory workers may do just as import