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Pearl Harbor Disrupts Campus Life
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By JEAN BROWN
Kernel Staff Writer

us grieve not, rather find strength in what

lies behind.
These words from Wordsdworth's "Intimations of
Immortality" seem appropriate in commerating the 20th
anniversary cf the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The harbor at Pearl City on the Island of Oahu In
Hawaii died an unbearable and unsuspected death.
At that moment, It was no longer the Pacific (peaceful), but lather the Tumba (limb).
The world's hopes for prare were lost forever.
Fear, anxiety, and shock were felt in every rorner of
this continent when the fearful words, "We are at
war," were broadcast arrow the nation.
The rofssnye administered to the students of this

University by Herman L. Donovan, then president of the
University, sounded Incredibly similar to Kennedy's plea
before the draft call-u- p
last August.
"Every citizen In the land will be called upon to serve
In some capnrify. Each of us desires to render to his
government t lie nxc.t service he can give. All stand ready
to make sacrifices," President Donovan said.

That St Jay afternoon, groups gathered In
dormitories and fraternity houses to listen, in most
eases calmly, to the news reports of the
conflict. The state of mind was one of numbness and
partial disbelief.
Predictions and speculations as to the duration of
the war were made. Dr. J. B. Shannon, associate professor of political science, prognosticated, "It will not be
a war of six months to a year, but one that will last
from two to three years at least."

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University of Kentucky

Vol. I. Ill, No. II

LEXINGTON,

KV., THURSDAY, DEC:. 7,

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Eight Pages

Sororily Row Parking Regulations
Not Made By AWS, Adviser Says
Associated Women Students
have made no retaliations and
enforced no policies concerning the authority given to
sorority women to issue parking tickets in sorority lots. Miss
I'at Patterson, assistant to the
dean of women, said yesterday.
"That's completely outside our

gress Judiciary Committee was
asked by a congress member to
the SC constitution's
interpret
provisions concerning student
parking.
The Judiciary Committee decided that unless granted specific authority by the Board of
Trustees, AWS could enact no
parking regulations.

Deno Curris, chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, said:
"We were Instructed to make a
report to the congress about what
AWS can or cannot do in the area
of parking regulations.
"We were not Interested In what
AWS actually planned to do since
the Judiciary Committee is not a
committee. Our only
Job was to interpret the Student
Congress constitution."

The men of the campus began their sacrifices to
defend the country. Some would return and resume their
work, others would never achieve their goals. Amonj
those counted In the last category were the editor,
managing editor, and sports editor of the Kernel thai
year.
The women also contributed. The Alpha XI
Deltas and the Alpha Gamma Deltas dispensed with
spring formats and Invested funds In defense bonds.
In the spring semester, the enrollment of 3,271 students showed a loss of 12.7 percent as compared with
that of the same period the previous year. President
Donovan expected a further decrease due to the many
students joining the forces.
Now, 20 years later, as we remember the horrors of
Pearl Harbor, let us note the similarities of the times
and crises prevalent. War strikes the nation, but flrstt
and foremost It strikes home.

UK Officials Reject
Congress Budget

The 1961-6Student Congress budget, which the group
approved more than three weeks ago, was rejected by University administration officials last week.
2

Jim Daniel, SC president, told the body Tuesday the main
objection to the budget was that allotments to student organizations were to be granted in a lump sum one semester at
a time.
Formerly, the allotments had
been made for the entire year
with a specific grant to each organization the congress deemed
worthy of financial support.
Members of the Budget Committee, in addition to the SC Finance Committee, are Dr. Doris
M. Seward, dean of women; Dr.
L. L. Martin, dean of men; and
Dr. Frank D. Peterson, vice
president for business administration.
Officials of the budget committee
explained that their decision was
hased i.non Tiniversitv
nro.
cedure. They felt that many of the
congress-supporte- d
organizations
had to know in advance how much
financial support they could count
on for the entire year to carry out
their own programs.
Under the present budget, $3,000
has been allotted for the support
of student organizations. The Stu- dent Congress voted to grant
seven organizations $1,232 for the
.se
e lemaiiuiiK
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plained in the
session, is to give the governing
body a more efficient way to
handle its finances so they will
relate to SC actions more readily.

In other action, Daniel referred
a potential Student Congress project to organize a committee which
would consider the advisability of
an International student tour of
stuKentucky, an international
dent center, and special loans for
foreign students.
A summer student internship In
Washington, DC. was also ex- Pained and referred to the Spe- Committee for fur.
'al

area of jurisdiction," Miss PatEjects
terson, advitor to the women's
government group, remarked.
I'nder the internship program,
a student would be given ft
An AWS member had told the
Kernel eailier that a committee
chance to work with the United
concerned with soioiity parking
States Congress in various
had been formed under AWS.
In reality. Miss Patterson said,
The Hanging of the Greens, which took place at 4 p.m. and
A third project, which is being
the committee that was formed to 7
considered and could
int0 ef.
p.m. yesterday in the ballroom of the SUB said in its own
deal with paiking pioblems had no
fect second semesterf to a boolc ex.
is almost here."
connection with Associated Women way, "Christmas
e Under tnis system a stu.
cn
Students.
The program consisted of many
n
mnl!1wH f nn thir
dent whQ brings ln g book
giyen
Meanwhile, the Student Con- - familiar carols sung by the au- me!ter- a voucher. When the book is sold,
problems, and the col- d.ence and the choirs.
bud- students griped about tne
The purpose for this new
the student receives payment up- ege
The first part of the program tests right before Christmas.
Keys Meeting
get procedure, which was ex- - on return of the voucher.
showed the hustle and bustle of
Keys, sophomore men's honAfter this modern picture an ac- orary, will hold a meeting at modcrn day Christmas scenes.
count was given of what Chrismas
7 p.m. today In Form 205 of the
The typical merchants talked shou,d
Student I nicn Building.
about his booming business, house- The entire Ballroom was decked
with ropes of holly and ivy. A
-large wreath of evergreens was
placed at the center of the room
near the front.
"As we light our star let us
conference on T. Durocher. chairman of the UK remember the Christ child which
A three-dacurriculum committee.
symbolizes the star of the Lord",
dental c uric iilnm began here college's
of the curriculum
ltesults
a reader said. At that moment,
with the arrival of
yesterday
study "should be significant to
a single star shone atop the large
more than a doen national those planning new schools prestree.
leaders in the fit Id of dental ently and in the future," said
Dr. Alvin L. Morris, clean of the
The program ended as a group
education.
of carolers left the Ballroom singCollege of Dentistry.
The conference is sponsored by
The group's first formal session ing "Silent Night."
the I K College cf Dentistry in Is set for 9 a.m. Thursday at the
Medical Center. The conference
cooperation with the Fund for will continue
through Saturday
Dental 1 dilution, a national
Library Schedule
noon.
The schedule for the Margaret
corporation promoting the welt
Visit in participants in the proI. King Library hours during
fare of dental education.
gram will include Dr. Raymond E. Christmas holidays will be:
dean of the University of
Representing stoles from coast Myers,
Saturday, Dec. 1G 8 a. in. II
1
coast, a bunt 15 leaders from all Louisville School of Dentistry; Dr. noon.
areas ol dentistiy are scheduled Lester W. Burket, University of
Sunday, Dec. 17 Closed.
to participate, f ive faculty mem- Pennsylvania; Dr. Edward J. For-fes- t,
f-Monday-FridaDec.
University of Pittsburgh.
bers- of the new University Col8:30 a. m.-- 4 p.m.
Dr. Lewis Fox, South Norwalk.
lege of Dentistry will also take
6
Saturday-TuesdaDec.
I
Conn.; Dr. Maurice J. Hickey, Unipart in the picgram.
Closed.
The pin pose cf the j rogram Is to versity of Washington; Dr. May-nar- d
Dec.
Wednesday-FridaHine, Indiana University; Dr.
evaluate the pioptved curriculum
8:30 a.m. 4 p.m.
of the College cf Dentistry, which Eliis Jump, University of Oregon;
Seymour J. Kreshover, Nav. ill admit its first class next fall, Dr.
Saturday, Dec. 308:30 a.m.-l- ?
noon.
for its tional Institute of Dental Research.
and to offer Mitc-tionSunday and Monday, Dec. 31
Improvement.
Dr. William R. Mann, University
Ji
and Jan. 1 Closed.
Interest created ty the Lexing- of Michigan; Dr. Robert L. MorJan. 28:30 a.m.-- 4
in the rison, Las Vegas, Nev.; Dr. Ernest
Tuesday,
Guignol Players
ton nieetuig l''s it suited
Nene Carr and Bill Hayes rehearse for the Guignol production,
p.m.
volunteering cf financial support B. Nut trill. University of Maryland;
"Pictures in the Hallway," which opened last night. The play,
Jan. 3 regular
far a formal publication of the Dr. I.'ckler F. Sorynnaes, Universny
Wednesday,
which will run nightly through Saturday, is being presented by
t inference findings by t lie Fund of California; and Dr. Joseph Volli-t- r, schedule.
the GMignul players under the direction of Mary Warner Ford.
University of Alabama.
fur Dental F illicit Hi), said Dr. Roy

Hanging Of The Greens
Induces Christmas Spirit

8 Day Denial Meeting

Draws 12 Educators

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Fighting Brings
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Jftrkson W. White shows the 50th anniversary edition of the Kentucky Law Journal, published by the College of Law, to Dr. William L. Matthews, left, dean of the College; and Thomas L. Lewis,
right, associate professor of law and faculty editor of the Journal.

Volunteers Requested

For Committee Of 240
tudents are needed to serve on
Committee of 240, an lnforma- tion organization made up of stu- dents from each of Kentucky's 120
counties
"Although members are chosen
primarily by invitation, we recog- nize that we have overlooked many
good persons, and thus we also
need volunteers," Lewis Donohew,
director of the Committee, stated.
Applicants must not be on academic probation.
He said each member of the
Committee visits at least one
high school during the academic
year to present information about
the University and answer questions, of high school students.
At least one and preferably two
members are needed from Barren,
Bath, Carlisle, Clinton, Cumber- -

land, Edmonson, Hickman, Hop-th- e
kins, Jackson. Kenton, Lee, MoCreary, Menifee, Oswley, Powell,
and Scott Counties, he said,
Persons interested in serving on
the Committee should, be willing
to spend two or three hours talk- lng to high school students, Dono- hew stated.
Committee members who have
already been selected will attend
organizational meetings starting
at 3 p.m. today in the Student
Union Building.
Persons interested in working
with the Committee may attend
any of the meetings, being held in
Rooms 204 and 206 of the Student
5
Union Building from
p.m.
Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-noo- n
5
p.m. Monday, and
Saturday,
4
p.m. Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Dec. 6 (AP) A new
Security Council session on the latest Katanga
crisis was forecast yesterday as U.N. secretary-Gener- al
U Thant prepared a report to the
body on the outbreak of fighting between
U.N. and Katangan
troops in the secessionist
Congo province.
Faced with the gravest crisis since he took office
a month ago, U Thant moved swiftly to place the
U.N. on a virtual war footing in Katanga and
hinted he might make a personal mission to the
Congo.

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and J. Chester Durham, secretary were held in churches and variof the department of student work ous places on the campus.
uled for the anniversary
In 1946 the present Baptist Stufor the Kentucky Baptist ConvenA coffee is planned for
tion.
dent Center was purchased and
tomorrow, honoring University
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vember, 1931 after Miss Ethel
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Myra Tobin, chairman of the
directories committee,
student
said yesterday that the directories have not arrived yet, but
that they are expected soon.

A variety of activities Is sched-

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Dec. 6 (AP) The British governLONDON.
ment declared today that UJ. forces in strife-tor- n
Katanga have no right to attempt to impose
a political solution by force.
Deputy Foreign Secretary Edward Heath, In the
House of Commons, reiterated that the British
government believes the United Nations should try
continually to achieve a settlement between the
Central Congo government and President Moise
Tshombe's breakaway regime in Katanga.
Referring to the fighting in Elisabethville,
Heath said:
"U.N. forces are fully entitled to protect themselves when they are attacked, but they have not
got a permit to try to impose a political solution
by force."

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (AP) The United
States offered 21 additional Air Force transport
planes yesterday for support of United Nations
operations against secessionist Katanga forces in
the Congo.
The U.S. Air Force is now operating six of the
troop and equipment carrying
big four-engiCentral African nation.
planes in the strife-tor- n
The State Department, announcing the offer of
additional planes, said that the commander in
chief of U.S. forces in Europe has been ordered to
provide up to 15
airplanes and up to six
Aircraft as requested for use by the United
Nations.
Press officer Joseph W. Reap said these planes
are now based in France or Libya but if needed
would operate in support of the United Nations
forces out of the Congo area around Leopoldville.
Reap said also that the aircraft may be used by
the United Nations to Fly U.N. troop
directly from the country of origin for ex- -

The Baptist Student Union votional hour planned for the week Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr. Charles Sanders was chosen
will celebrate its 30th anniver- will include Dr. Frank G. Dickey, the first
University president, Mrs. Julia
president. During the
sary on Thursday, Dee. 14.
Holmes, former dean of women, next 15 years frequent meetings

m ali

Britain Objects To U.N. Actions

U. S. Offers Atltlilional Manes

Baptist Student Union Plans
30th Anniversary Celebration

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ample from Sweden, Ireland, or Nigeria into the
combat area of the Congo which presently is
around Elisabethville.
Reap said in response to questions that any
other help requested by the United Nations in the
way of transport or supplies would receive sympathetic consideration from the U.S. government.

ELISABETHVILLE. Katanga, Dec. 6 (AP) Air
forces went into action yesterday in the fighting
between the United Nations and Katanga.
The U.N. announced two of its 15 Jets had destroyed a Katanga jet and three other Katanga
planes in an aerial cannon attack of Kolwezl Base.
On the other side, a Katanga plane a bomber
Dornier transport
converted from a German-mad- e
raided the main Elisabethville airport held by
U.N. troops, and dropped three bombs. A U.N.
spokesman said there were no serious casualties or
damage.
It was the second day of fighting brought on
by Katanga resistance to a U.N. mandate to
pacify the Congo.

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buffet for members and dates followed.

Social Activities
Meetings

Beta Alpha Psl
The Alpha Mu chapter of Beta
Alpha Psl, national
honorary, will hold its annual Fall
Banquet at 7 p.m tomorrow in the

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Colin Park, a member of Has-kiand Sells Public Accounting
Firm, will be the guest speaker.
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presided over tne cerenlony, and
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chairman.
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nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital from Middlesboro, to Ronald
Knight, a senior physics major
from Dry Ridge and a member of
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Mary Milan, a freshman arts and
sciences student at Western Ken- Pictures for the Kentuckian will tucky state ColltSe to Wayne
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and marketing major from Louisville and a member of Pi Kappa
Initiations
Alpha fraternity.
Zcta Beta Tau
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity held
initiation recently. New initiates
Engagements
include: Robert Blumenfeld,
Mary Lynn Brandenburg, a Jun- N. J.; Carey Finder, ior home economics major from
Springficld,
Louisville; Martin Kornfeld, and Fair Haven, N. J., and a member
Martin Roth, both from Linden of Delta Gamma sorority to Lacy
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mouth College, Long Branch, N.
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chapter of Alpha Del- ta PI celebrated the twentieth an- nlversary of its charter on the UK
campus last Saturday.
During the day an open house
was held at the chapter house for
members and the alumni of the
sorority.
A banquet was held at the Campbell House and the guests of honor
were Miss Pat Patterson, assistant
dean of women, and Miss Chloe
Oifford, past president of the International Federation of Women's
Clubs and an honorary member of
Alpha Delta Pi.
Tlta White performed a solo
water ballet for the active chapter
and alumni before the banquet.
Following the dinner, speeches
were made by Mrs. Martha R. Porter, Mrs. Frances J. Nickell, Mrs.
Joyce Lowery, and Miss Jackie
Cain on "The History of Beta
Psi Past and Present."
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Beginning A New Era

Within the last five years there
has been a 30 percent increase in the
number of new students who have
ranked in the upper half of all Southern college freshmen.
Who says the University of Kentucky is the "country club of the
South"?
During the 1956 school year, 54
percent of the freshmen ranked in
the upper half of the entire group of
Southern college freshmen. In 1959,
the percentage jumped eight percent.
Finally, in 1961 the percentage
took its biggest leap when nearly
s
of UK freshmen ranked
above half in the Southern Regional
Norms.
There have been numerous reasons
given for this steady and upward rise
in the stores of UK freshmen, such
as the attempts of the University to
attract better quality students, recognition of the fact that UK has placed
renewed emphasis on quality education, and the more thorough preparation of potential college students by
Kentucky's secondary schools.
It is al.'ays logical to point out
the reasons for such a development,
three-fourth-

but more consideration

should be
given to the effect of the potentiality
of these
freshmen on the
University.
First and foremost, the degrees
this class will collect at the end of
four years will certainly aid in stifling
the old adage that the University is
the "country club of the South."
All too often the only reputation
that is passed along about UK is the
party life. Hut the academic results
of an entering class such as the 1961
freshmen class will certainly show the
caliber of the UK student and the
improvements in the University academic operations to meet such challenging classes.
Sure, there are parties, but this
phase of University life shouldn't outweigh the academic life.
Don't sell the University short!
Millions of stories can be told about
the UK social life but there are many
more living examples of the stiff academic growth of the University of
Kentucky for instance, 74 percent of
the freshman class rank among the
upper half of a group comprised of
all Southern college freshmen.

Touring The Med Center
All too often students don't use
the opportunities available to them.
One outstanding example is the tour
service offered at the Albert 13.
Chandler Medical Center.
Why is it that so few students,
other than those in medically allied
dollar
fields, tour the
center? We consider the tour a most
desirable part of the educational opportunities offered by the University.
The tour takes from 30 minutes to
an hour. Viewers are led to lecture
rooms, student laboratories, research
laboratories, the student cubicles, the
library, and parts of the College of
Dentistry.
The staff of the Division of State
multi-millio- n

and Local Services conduct the tours,
and individuals or groups can arrange to see the Medical Center by
calling University extension 2242 or
3345.

Last year 471 tours led 4,090 perthrough the building. Most of
visithese people were
tors or curious Lexingtonians few
were students.
sons

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The tours are available and the
is glad to give them, but the
initiative is the sole responsibility of
the students. We recommend that
campus organizations schedule a trip
to the Medical Center as part of their
activities this semester.
staff

The Home Garden
The extent to which agriculture
is subsidized and controlled by Washington is underscored in a recent announcement by the Department of
Agriculture that it is still permissible
for farmers to plant a home garden.
This information is contained in a
recent ASC release. After explaining
some of the current prohibitions and
restrictions on production of grain
and hay crops in 1961, the news release said:
"Home gardens can continue to be
used to produce crops for home use."
When it comes as news that the
federal government has no objection
to the planting of a home garden to

produce food for home use, we have
certainly drifted far down the road
to centralized domination and regimentation of American agriculture.
Claiuov Ledceh (Jackson, Miss.).

Kernels
It

not half as important to burn
the midnight oil as it is to be awake
V. Elmore.
in the daytime.,.
is

The seasoned reporter finds that
the only thing which money can actually buy is people. Gene Voider,
A gooil scare is worth more to a
mau than good advice. E. W. lloue.

Ry DR. HENRY JACK
Department Of Philosophy
To The Editor:
As a
Kentuckian and
(dare I say it?) a resident alien, I
have been highly amused and diverted by the furore over Dr.
proposals concerning the
teaching of Kentucky history in the
schools. Most of the editorials and
letters I have seen obviously were
written in a highly emotional frame
of mind, and they are full of emotional rhetoric, non sequiturs, leggcd
questions, and ad lioininems; all aimed at poor "Dr. Van." It is only to be
feared that some hardy soul will now
come forward and seek to outdo Dr.
Van by seizing upon this literature as
evidence for the proposition that the
teaching of Kentucky history has a
tendency to derange the human mental faculties.
It helps one to gain perspective,
if one reflects that provincialism is
universal, and is by no means confined to Kentucky. For example, it
has become obvious to me, as a result of my mature reading and reflection, that the history of my native
country of Canada has been determined to a considerable degree by
its location next to the United States.
One would suppose, therefore, that
Canadians would stress the study of
American history and affairs in their
schools, but, in five years in an Ontario high school, I studied Canadian,
British, Ancient, Modern European,
and Twentieth-CenturEuropean
history, but no American history. Indeed, so far as I can recall, the only
American history we learned was that
the U. S. had twice launched aggressive wars against Canada, and been
soundly trounced and driven back
both times. It is little wonder, in the
light of this, that there is considerin Canada at
able
the present time, a fact which understandably puzzles many Americans.
Even so, after allowing for universal provincialism, Kentuckians are
on the whole excessively provincial.
This opinion is based on my observation of the comparative ignorance of,
and apathy towards current world
affairs exhibited by UK students
who certainly may be taken to represent the better side of Kentucky.
I assume Dr. Van was impressed
by this same phenomenon, which is
after all very startling in view of the
obvious fact that world affairs are
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THE READERS' FORUM

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Impressed

To The Editor:

Editorials

Throughout the fall I have been
most favorably impressed with the
point of view expressed in Kernel eel
Your lead editorial on Dec.
1, in regard to entrance requirements
for athletes, has evoked my unbounded admiration. It displays a maturity
and a wisdom which the editors of
our metropolitan papers would do
well to imitate.
and best
My
congratulations
wishes to you.
Dm. A. D. Kihwav
Dean
Graduate School

Jehu! You? No Cliritmas,
II

now a matter of immediate, even life
and death, concern for all of us.
The main argument used against
Dr. Van by most of his critics has
been that the teaching of local and
national history is the foundation of
community spirit and patriotism. On
the whole, this argument has a solid
basis, but it should be noted that it
rests on two assumptions.
First, that local and national loythis
alty is a good thing. I agree-witbecause, very briefly, a civilized mode
of life at the present time is only
possible inside the general sort of
society we have, and our social institutions involve such loyalties as a
necessary condition. On the other
hand, we should not lose sight of
the fact that these loyalists are also
a necessaiy condition of warfare
which poses the main threat to civilization at the present time.
Second, it is assumed that teaching history is an effective means of
producing loyalty. The writings in
this dispute themselves arc pretty
good evidence for the correctness of
this assumption. Hut, it is worthwhile
in this context to make some distinction between blind loyalty and enlightened loyalty. After all, in the
U. S. itself, local loyalties occasionally
work against the national interest. In
general, I would agree with what I
assume is Dr. Van's position: that enlightened loyalty to our country at
the present time demands an understanding of world affairs.
On the basis of this rather hasty
analysis, I would suggest some recommendations in regard to history
teaching. Local (or Kentucky) and
basic national (or American) history
should be taught in the elementary
schools, since what is taught there
makes the deepest and longest lasting impressions on loth the mind
and character. Detailed national history, model n European history, and
20th century world affairs should be
taught in the high schools, since enlightened patriotism in our time demands at least an elementary understanding of the se subjects.
In closing, lit me reveal my fear
that as in Dr. Van's case some things
I have said may seem slightly undiplomatic to native Kentuckians; but, at
any rate, I comfort myself, this is not
quite as serious a fault for a me ie
philosopher as it is for a scholar of
diplomacy.

Imo-hoo-

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