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UK May Get Grant

For Research Center

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national tobacco research Government is giving no financial
center may be established at UK aid to research on tobacco, which
if the U. S. House Appropriations brings in $2,500,000,000 In taxes anCommittee approves a $2,000,000 nually to federal, state, and local
governments.
appropriation for such a center.
Except for $8,000 spent last year
The federal funds will be In addition to those recently appropri- at a Philadelphia research laboraated by the Kentucky Legislature. tory, no federal research has been
The Legislature's appropriation conducted on the tobacco problem.
The federal allotment, which
of $1,000,000 for the proposed
center has enabled U. S. Rep. Wil- wasn't in President Eisenhower's

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liam II. Natcher, Bowling Green,
to persuade Appropriation Committee members that federal funds
should be made available to the
University.
The Kentucky Legislature also
approved $50,000 for tobacco research.
President Frank O. Dickey said
that federal aid is needed for research in this field.
Dickey said tobacco industry
changes are "so dynamic and significant that much more support is
needed than is now available from
all sources."
Natcher told the Agriculture Department
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This astonishing picture by Gilbert Barrera of the San Antonio
Light Ma awarded first prize in the newspaper feature category
of the 16 annual "News Pictures of the Year" contest. The exhibit
will be on display here April
6.

Panhell Group To Study
Addition Of 2 Sororities
The UK Panhellenic Council has
appointed a committee to investigate the possibility of inviting two
more national sororities to colonize
here.
Sue Ross, Arts and Sciences
junior, was named committee

chairman.
Other committee members are
Alice Akin, Arts and Sciences
sophomore, and Elaine Long and
Lauralee Vry, both junior education majors.
Sharon Hall, assistant dean of
women and I'anhellenir sponsor,
said the committee would write to
National Panhellenic Conference
and to other XPC members not
represented at UK informing; them
that UK is considering the addition of two new sororities.

Mrs. Hall emphasized that no
sororities are in line for colonization and the decision will be left
strictly to the University sororities.
She said in pointing out a need
for additional sororities, chapter
sizes are "so large we can't work
with them.
"Some memberships are running
up to the 90 group." she added.
She pointed out that of approximately 100 girls mho drop fall
rush, 79 percent drop because they
ate disapointed In their invitations.
"If there are more sororities, the
girls will have more to look over.
"Philosophy is that in the future
with more girls going out for rush.
Instead of bringing one group on
campus, bring two sororities and'
work with them together," Mrs.
Hall said.

Tomorrow
Graduate Record Area Exams
the College of Arts
and Sciences seniors at 7:30 a.m.
will be given to

tomorrow in Memorial Hall.
All Arts and Sciences seniors
are required to take this test.
Graduate students, regardless of
their field of study, will take the
test in Memorial Coliseum at 7:30
a.m.
Dr. Don Hartford, assistant director of the Testing Service, asked that all students taking the
test report 15 minutes early.
"Students may be refused admission if late," Dr. Hartford

stated.

The aptitude test for those who
are signed to take them will be
given at 8:30 a.m. Friday in
Memorial Coliseum.
The advanced test for those who
signed up will be given at 8:30
a.m. Saturday, March 26, in Memorial Coliseum.
The tests, which are being given
by the UK Testing Service, will be
scored by the Educational Testing
Service.
Grades will be distributed to the
students by the Graduate Record
Office.

T.ood OP Days'

Student Misses Own Funeral

By C'HItlSTA I INU.Y
"Never did the drum beat more lowly, never did
foot-stefall more lightly, ami never did crepe convey the leehi;g of gieat sorrow," as on a Friday
moi ii ng M,me 49 years ago.
The occasion was a funeral held by the UK senior class tf 1911. The only thing missing was the
corpse.
Many ether things synonymous with a funeral
were there a mournful looking black casket, pallbearers, a (speaker, .and even musicians.
Why would anyone hold a funeral without a
corpse? The explanation goes back three years and
involves a complicated and embarrassing situation.
On Sept. 22. 1908, a freshman, Willis E. Smith,
left his room presumably to attend a meeting. He
disappeared, leaving no trace or clues as to what
might have happened to him.
His disappearance initiated a gigantic search that
resulted in nothing1 except a derogatory light cast
upon certain University students, who were rumored to be responsible for his disappearance.
It was rumored that while heii haed by a group
of students, Smith had either Leen kidnapped by
them or beaten up and hidden. Lo.ul news stories
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suggested that the student body had been guilty of
" rec k less

brutality."

Rumors and theories were investigated by police
and either found false or proven groundless. Nothing was found to prove that Smith had ever been
on campus that night.
University officials and students joined in an extensive effort with police to find some trace of
Smith. A S 13,000 reward for any information reT
garding his whereabouts was offered by the senior
class.
Every now and then, something resembling a
clue would turn up. Someone who lived near the
University claimed to have heard a cry for help
the night Smith di.sapieared.
Police found a letter in Smith's mail box which
said, "You had better stop this investigation." It
was signed with a "black hand." Another letter
came from Decatur, 111., which was supposedly from
Smith, ordering the investigation stopped.
Ju.-when a false rumor of his murder was spreading and plans were being made to dig up a sewer
where his "body" had supposedly been thrown,
Smith showed up, very much alive.
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budget, is not yet formally written into legislation.
Dr. Frank Welch, dean of the
UK Agriculture and Home Economics College, has been working
with Natcher on the appropriation,
but was unavailable for comment
yesterday.
If established, the center will
study tobacco farmers problems in
addition to manufacturing prob

lems which have been the primary
concern of state experimental stations for years, including the UK
Agricultural Experimental Station.
The center would also branch
into new fields, such as mechanizing the planting process which is
done by hand setters now, and attempting to find a method whereby the seed could be planted directly into the field instead of being transplanted from plant beds.
Studies of the auction system
now used in marketing the crop
would be conducted, as would studies of the grading standards. The
problem of whether there are too
many loose-lemarkets would
also be tackled.
At the new center, North Carolina and Kentucky farmers would
be considered equally.
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Author To Discuss
American Job Trend
William H. Whyte, author of
"Organization Man," will be the
fourth speaker in the 1959-6- 0
Blazer Lecture Series at 8 o'clock
tonight in Memorial Hall.
The former assistant managing
editor of Fortune Magazine will
discuss his study of the American
trend toward forfeiting hopes and
ambitions in exchange for jobs
that promise security and a high
standard of living.
Whyte's talk will follow the lines
of his latest book a study of the
ideology, training, and neuroses
of men who give their allegiances
to the complex business, educational, government, labor, and charitable organizations of today.
Whyte is critical of the customs
of big organizations steering the
executive toward the values of a
group rather than those of the individual.
He takes the stand that the old
"Protestant Ethic" of individual
independence,
and
ambition is being replaced In modern America with a new "Social
Ethic" which makes morally legitimate the pressure of society
against individuality.
He writes that the "Social Ethic"
is promoting the belief in the
group as the source of creativity
and belongingness as the ultimate
need of the individual.
Whyte received the $5,000 American Library Association Liberty
and Justice Award for writing after
his "Organization Man" was first
published in 1956.
His work had sold nearly a

quarter of a million copies by the
end of 1958, ranking high on the
nation's best seller lists for several
months.
The journalist was the recipient
of the Benjamin Franklin Magazine Writing Award in 1953, for the
best article on life in the United
States.
Whyte Joined Fortune in 1946
and advanced to assistant managing editor in 1953, a position he
gave up last year to devote more
time to writing.
He was graduated cum laude
with an A. B. degree from Princeton University in 1939. Whyte
served with the Marines from 1941
through 1945 and wrote ' Is Anybody Listening?" in 1952.

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DR. WILLIAM WHYTE

Two Faculty Members
To Serve As Trustees
University teaching and research terms of three years and until
staff members above the rank of their successors are elected and
instructor will meet at 4 p.m. qualify, except that cf the first

Thursday in Memorial Hall to elect
two nonvoting members to the
Board of Trustees.
According to Senate Bill 271 and
House Bill 518, which were approved by the I960 General Assembly:
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faculty mem"The
bers shall be teaching or research
members of the faculty of the University of Kentucky of the rank
of assistant professor or above.
They shall be elected by secret ballot by all faculty members of the
University of the rank of assistant
professor and above.
"Faculty member shall serve for
non-votin-

members elected one shall
serve for a term of two years and
one for a term of three years.
"Faculty members shall be eligible for
but they shall
be ineligible to continue to serve
as members of the Board of
Trustees if they cease to be members of the teaching staff of the
University. Elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired
term In the same manner as provided for original elections."
The two faculty members will sit
with the Hoard of Trustees at its
regular quarterly meeting April 5
in the president's office.
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The entire display was recently on exhibit in the Fine Arts Building.
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Student Misses Own Funeral

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With his sudden appearance, he
fiist told an outlandish story of
having been drugged and kidnap- ped by four disguised young men.
held in a cave by a group of older
ones, and finally making an escape
by walking 40 or 50 miles In ap- proximately six hours, then riding
on rreight trains from nortnem
Wisconsin to Owensboro In 36
hours.
Most of this story sounded like
from a man's adventure
magazine such as, "We came to
a cave in the side of a mountain
and the men ordered ine inside.
"My arms were tied for about a
week, but when I made no complaint and offered no resistance
the ropes were removed and I was
allowed to go about the cave. Tin'
rained Winchester rules and re
volvers."
Continuing, he told how the men
bnl tried to get him to drink
thuvs because they thought he
m;lit talk under their influence.
onetimes he would get two meals
a clay but often only one.
He. later told a second story
v. hi."h was not quite so exciting as
th; first but still as outlandish in
the opinion of many University
Mrc'ents.
He told of bi'inc rushed by a

disrespect to the corp.se. of course.
the University newspaper re- ported. -- Lonj?. loud, and peverential
were tne cheers that echoed and
reechoed for several minutes,
"In order that the rally might
not lose its semblanre of a funeral
and at the same time that the
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tucky Home," and "Will There Be
Any Stars in My Crown." with
force enough to awaken the angels
in any one of the three worlds, but
still the corpse remained quiet in
the casket."

camp, he was not aware of the
searcn for nim until ne lcftHis excuse for tellinS the first
storv was tnat ne was afrald ne
would be punished for leaving the
University the way he did. and that
he told anything he could think of
t0 prevent this.
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and accusations which had been
fnrusrd uDon them, throueh car- toons, jokes, and poems, satiriz- ing Smith.
This is why the seniors of 1911
held a funeral three years later in
honor of "dear Willis." They also
took advantage of the gathering to
hold a pep rally, not meaning any

able to :;iand the
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French. Russian, and Italian,
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All examinations will Le held at
3 n.m. in Room 316 of Miller
Hall.
Students taking these evamina- particular fraternity on rampus
with Trof. A.
and because he did not want to tior.s should confer
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space can be provided through an
addition to the Taylor Education
Building, which the University
hopes to add sometime In the near
future.
According to the announcement,
regular college classes for preparation of kindergarten tearhrr.
will be continued and special emphasis will be placed on kindergarten preparation In the summer
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Education for additional space to
take care of the increased enrollfh
in the temporary
united
closing of the University School
kindergarten, effective July 1.
"We regret that this action is
necessary but we believe, since the
need for space is so urgent, that
temporary closing of the kindergarten is the only possible solution
at this time." President Frank O.
Dic.iey and College of Education
Dean Lyman V. dinner said in
announcing the decision.
The action, authorized by the
i:rrutive Committee of the I nl- verse's Board of Trustees was
brought about brcause enrollment
in the college has grown from 5?8
in 1135 to 917 this year with addi- tional increases expected, they said,
Rooms which have been used for
thp kindergarten will be used
as college classrooms and office
space for additional staff members.
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the health service, Dr. Noback said through Friday.
25,000 student visits are that each semester new students
mately
"With the bulk of medical probmade to the UK Health Service, are encouraged to take four basic lems, the best service can be Riven

according to Dr. Richardson K.
Health Service director.
Providing inexpensive medical
facilities, the health service is divided into a dispensary and infirmary with each supplying a particular medical service for the UK
student.
Similar to a doctor's office, the
dispensary takes care of the bulk
of student illnesses. Located in the
basement of the Health Service
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The student must stay until released.
The infirmary contains 34 beds
and is adequately equipped to serve
most of the student's medical
needs.
Dr. Noback, assistant doan of
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Also Dr. Noback stated that the
health service stalf had remarkably little trouble from
versifies. Some campuses have
or students who use the
sponsored similar shows for 20 health service as an excuse to
years.
avoid classes.
"If the program is a success, we
plan to continue the talent show
annually," Johnson said.
Mitchell
Persons wishing to participate in
the contest may contact Burklow, As YMCA
Johnson, or Jay Jacobson, publicity
Billy Mitchell was installed as
chairman of Troupers.
president of the University YMCA
last night at a dinner meeting at
the SUB.
Other officers installed include
Thomas Cherry, vice president;
Bob Beshear, secretary; and Larry
Westeifield, treasurer.
25-2- 6
Robert Layman, president of
The 1960 Career Carnival will Central Bank, spoke on "Leader- be held on Oct. 25 and 23. accord- ship."
ing to S. C. Hite, chairman of the
Cau-eCarnival committee.
419 Southland Dr.
This will be the third carnival
Pnrif-344 West Main
held at UK.
Alteration Service. Tailors for 50
The carnival will have exhibits
years. Clothes refitted altered and
of various organizations offering
restylcd for men and women.
special opportunities for students.
TUXEDOS RENTED.
Exhibits will be open to the staff,
student body, and public 'during
the afternoon and evening of both
days.
As in 1957 and 1958, the carnival
will afford an opportunity for students and staff members to become better acquainted with industrial firms, governmental agencies, and ether organizations that
employ college .graduates.
Hite asked that heads of the
University departments submit to
him before April 15 Jists of organizations they would like to see represented at the carnival.

Troupers Sponsor
UK Talent Show
1 lie UK Troupers will spnn.Mr
tali ut show at 6 p.m. Thursday
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Troupers president, Ray Burk-Iosaid all talented individuals
tirivl groups on campus may participate.
thr acts will be chosen by the
audience, he said, and the top act
wlil receive an acheivement trophy
similar to the Oscar given to movie
actors and the tmmy of television.
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Although it has never been
clone on this campus, talent shows
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immunization injections to prevent
the more serious illnesses which
occur more often in this section of
the country.
Dr. Noback ranked the four immunizations in order of importance
to the student, (1) polio. 2 tetanus, (3) small pox, 4 typhoid.
All injections are given for a
nominal fee. The student must only
pay for the serum.
Dr. Noback stated that the polio
and tetnnus immunization injections were the most common shots
feiven to students, except during an
epidemic.
A new tuberculin test which replaced the old patch test is now
given to new students.
Not one ca.se of TB has been
found among incoming students for
the last two years. Dr. Noback said.
He believes this can be attributed to the increased interest of students in taking care of themselves

during these hours," Dr. Noback

stated.

He explained that although doctors arc always available for cnll3
during off hours, special hours pre
set aside to have more doctors and
laboratory and
service convenient for the student.
He estimated that the clinical
laboratory and diagonistic
could take care of 90 percent of
student needs.
"The laboratory service has bron
improved over last year by increasing the number of tests that can
be carried out. More ran be done
this year without the student paying," Dr. Noback said.
The health service staff includes
two full time and five part tirr.e
physicians, one full time and two
part time technicians, five full
time nurses, one receptionist, nnd
one secretary.
The health service was establish-o- n
the UK campus 80 years aco.
wlnle attending school.
Sir.ee that time it has been hous.'d.
Also he added that many stuin the chemistry and law buildincs.
dentaic checked by the family In 1941 the health service was
doctor before corning to the Unito its present location.
versity.
Plans call for the Health Sir-viThe health service has designed
to be moved into the Meaual
certain hours of the week during Center in approximately t wo yea,-s- .
which time specialists and physicians visit the dispensary to give
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* Improving Internally
The University, in attempting to four years of study is usually carried
shorten the communications gap that over in later life.
always exists between the student
The idea of appointing students to
body and administration, has recomUK committees and tints bringing into
mended that a student be appointed student Ixnly and administration into
to each UK administrative committee. direct contact should neither be reThe plan, which will 1m? included garded lightly and blithely by the
in the new Student Congress constistudents asked to participate. Apathy
tution, will Ih? akin to the University of the committee plan could destroy
Faculty's committee arrangement and it in short order, or else it would
will eliminate much of the missunder-standin- g become so worthless that it would
which stands between SC be disrespected both by the students
and the administration.
and administration and Ik? a mockery.
But merely appointing a student
We think the plan has noble ideals
to a committee, it must be pointed and could prove a worthy project
out, will not be any panacea for the if it is seriously considered by the
illness of communications unless the administration and students. Whether
student is allowed the privilege of the SC constitution is approved or
participation in committee affairs and not should really not be consequensincere respect from other elderly tial; students still should be allowed
committee members.
to serve on UK committees without
As it has happened in student
the sanction of an SC document.
government and other campus orAlthough the plan has been put
ganizations, the will of the faculty into operation partially by the UK
and administration usually is carried president, it could be explored further
out despite opposing views by stuand eventually be expanded so that
dent leaders. This has been unfora student would be on every UK adtunate.
ministrative committee.
But now that the University is
The good will, understanding,
realizing the importance of internal and benefits it would reap would more
public relations, the student body than pay for the labor put into it. And
should be classed as its most sigit might destroy some nocuous connificant public. The image of UK ceptions and misunderstanding which
that students gain here during their now exist about UK.

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tators with beautiful, virtuoso pcr- formances. We don't hurl them garlands of roses for their hard work
in preparing for the event.
No, we don't note any of these
accomplishments, although they may
certainly le noble. We congratulate
them for only one reason:
They were the only groups to compete at all.

Boost For Competition
A short time ago Dr. Lee A.

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president of California Instiof Technology, gave some protute
foundly sensible advice to a meeting
of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. lie told them
that it is the duty of high schools
and colleges to spur an interest and
pride in intelligence and that one
way to do it is to promote "open,
honest intellectual competition."
Dr. DuBridge remarked that
everybody has always been "quite
frank about athletic competition,
about a boy's ability to make the football or basketball team." Why then,
he asked, should we be reticent about
"differences in intellectual ability,"
and college entrance examination
scores?

Exactly so. Competition is after all
one of the means by which we indicate the desirability and value of certain goals, certain attainments. Competition for something is a way of saying it is worth having or becoming.
Yet while young men are encouraged
to compete for a place as a
end not much is done
to make them feel that it is at least
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as much an honor and distinction to
rank among a school's 11 best mathematicians or the best students of history.

Indeed, there has been a tendency
to treat intellectual competition as an
activity to be avoided it can produce
kinks and quirks of personality, "maladjustments," "ungroup" feelings and
so on, though nobody ever suggests
that a man who does not make the
basketball team should have the fact
concealed from him or that the man
who becomes a star of such scamper-ing- s
ought to be treated as if such
eminence didn't matter the least bit.
Dr. DuBridge emphasized that
nobody wants to promote intellectual
snobbery, and of course he's right
about that too. But at the other end
of the scale from snobbery are the
apologies for good grades and high
academic standing and the notion that
while every man who have the chance
ought to try to score all the touchdowns he can possibly make, it is
rather antisocial to want to beat out
a
with a string of straight
"A's." The Baltimore Sun.
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The Sing: Minus Singers
We congratulate today Alpha
Gamma Bho and Lambda Chi Alpha.
And we don't congratulate them
because they achieved top honors in
the men's division of the
Sing last weekend. We don't applaud
them because they were selected to
particulate in the men's finals.
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Defense Of Centers

To The Editor:
Although vour editori.il of March ?,
"A Need For Caution," was ostensibly
not intended to east 'liny disrespectful
reflection on I'K's present centers." it
probably succeeded in planting doubt
in many minds concerning the quality
of our centers. I was glad to see Arnold
Taylor's defense of one of the crnteis;
some kind of defense was ceitaink appropriate to help pieservc the tenteis'
and in some measure, to
counteract the unintentionally derogative
effect produced by your editoiial.
ObviousK, vou fear a descent to
mcdiociity and our concern is giati-lvin()l course we need to be careful
in establishing centers. Hut is there
any reason why IK cannot cxeiu'se integrity in selecting competent peisonnel,
a representative basic
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cunicu-lum- ,
and adequate educational facilities for the centers':' (Quality is not .synonymous with quantity. It seems that
it would lx possible, over a period of
time, to establish quality centers which
the I'niversity and center communities
could be p