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VOLUME XLII

LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1U51

Student Gambling
Condemned By SGA
Teacher Rating,
Dance Discussed
At Meeting Monday
A resolution condemning gambling,
and especially football parlay cards.
will soon be circulated on the campus by ths Student Government Association. At last Monday's meeting the assembly voted to have the
resolution presented at the next
meeting.
Members of SGA expressed the
hope that suh a resolution would
curb gambling by students, and keep
money from the hands of bamblers.
Representative Jirr, Thompson said.
"If the gamblers don't have large
sums of money, they won't be able
to fix games. II e persuade students to stop gambling, that will at
least be one step in the right direction."
Representative Jerry Bass told the
assembly that the University already opposes parlay cards. Bass
said the Judiciary Committee of the
SGA could make recommendations
to the Dean of Students for prosecution of students who distributes

the cards. Several other members
expressed views that distribution of
parlay cards should be stopped by
the Committee.
Other action at Monday's meeting
concerned teacher ratings, the dance
after the Tennessee game, campus
elections, the SGA constitution, and
Student Directories.
Bass, who is In charge of teacher
ratings, said the ratings would be-fTuesday. The 22 instructors in
the C.illcse of Commerce will be
rated first. Other colleges will be
rated shortly thereafter.
Instructors to be rated will be
notified in advance by letter.
"We want everyone to understand
that the dunce after the Tennessee
panic is going to be a win, lose, or
draw affair." Jess Gardner told the

De-

Col-le-

DR. CHARLES

E. SNOW

Distinguished professor
Previous winners of the Arts and

Sciences distinguished professorship
award have been Dr. Grant C.
Knight, professor of English, in
1944; Dr. Amry Vandenbosch, head
of the Department of Political Science. 1945; Dr. Thomas D. Clark,
head of the Department of History,
1946; Dr. William S. Webb, head of
the Departments of Physics and Anthropology. 1947.
Prof. John Kulper, head of the
Department of Philosophy, 1948; Dr.
Birmingham-Souther- n
College.
professor Joined Iiwin T. Sanders, director of the
The
University staff as an assistant Bureau of Community Service, 1949;
the
professor and was promoted to as- and Dr. Morris Scherago, head of
sociate professor in 1944. He attain- the Department of Bacteriology,
ed the rank of full professor in 1946. 1950.

National Morals Low,
Corey Says At Meeting

Moot Court
Ends Nov. 9
Moot court competition narrowed
to the finals Tuesday night as the
Reed Club and Lurton Club law
teams won the semi-fina- ls
in the
eight club series in the College of
Law.

The final argument in the mock
trial competition will be held before
the Court of Appeals in Frankfort
on Nov. 9 to decide which team will
represent UK in the regional moot
court eliminations in St. Louis later
this month.
Law students who advanced to
the finals are Joe Nagle and Don
Wood, Reed Club; and Jack Lowery
Jr. and Robert Hall Smith, Lurton
Club.

The case argued by the clubs was
the one selected by the Bar of
City for its annual national
moot court competition. Entitled the
U.S. vs. John Doe. the hypothetical
case is "an indictment of a prosecuting attorney for failure to respond
to a question by a Senate committee," Acting Dean William L. Mathews of the Law College said.
On Tuesday night the Reed and
Lurton defeated the Vinson and
Miller Clubs respectively to win the
New-Yor-

semi-final-

s.

36 Thousand
Are Expected
To See Tilt

Will Slur!
Field
On
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Homecoming events will eet underway tonight with a torchlight
parade and pep rally set for 7:30 p.m.
on the intramural field.
The parade, led by the band,
cheerleaders, and a fire truck, will I
meet and parade north on Lime to
Main Street. Torches will be given
to the paraders at the railroad track.
The parade will then continue to
the hotel where the Miami team is
staying. Cheerleaders will conduct a
program here.
The parade will return to the UK
intramural field by way of the Viaduct, High Street and Limestone. A
bon fire will be built on the field
and the main feature of the pep
rally will be the presentation of the
candidates for homecoming queen.
The queen will be crowned by President H. L. Donovan at the football
game, Saturday.
Special guests of the pep rally will
be the persons attending the Journalism Building dedication banquet
in the SUB. This banquet is also
part of the homecoming celebration.
Don Whitehead, AP Pulitzer Prize
winner and former UK student, will
be the speaker. The banquet is at

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Photo by Fred Augsburg
ONE OF THESE CHARMING COEDS will be crowned Kentuckian queen at the Lamp and Cross
dance Nov. 10. The seven finalists will be chosen Monday night at Memorial HalL Selection is based on
beauty, poise, and naturaliness.

Kentuckian Queen To Be Picked
At Memorial Hall Monday Night
be held Saturday night in the SUB
Ballroom. Johnny Heaton's Blue and
White orchestra will play from 8:30
until 12:30. Tickets for the dance
Kentuckian Queen for this year are $1.50 for couples or stags.
Dean Holmes has given late perwill be chosen at 7:30 p.m. Monday
at Memorial Hall. Seven finalists missions to sorority and dormitory
will be announced then, but the girls.
The Queen and her six attendants
Queen's identity will remain a
secret until the Kentuckian Queen will be presented during intermission. In addition to receiving a
dance Saturday night.
Candidates from 11 sororities and crown,' the Queen will also be given
eight independent houses will com- a trophy.
Lamp and Cross Sponsors Dance
pete for the honor.
Lamp and Cross, a senior men's
Beauty will be the basis for judgs.
leadership honorary, sponsors the
ment Monday night. Clad in
the 19 girls will parade on a annual dance. Any money taken in
ramp built out from the stage. As above expenses is given to the Kenin former years, the judges will first tuckian. Due to the low cost of the
interview the girls individually for dance, however, profits in the past
have been quite small.
pois and naturalness.
Jack Ballantine. president of Lamp
The only judge announced to date
is Gil Kingsbury. Director of Public and Cross, announced that tables
Relations. WLW. Cincinnati. Don will be reserved. Fraternity social
Armstrong. Kentuckian editor, said chairmen will report the number of
at least two more Judges would be tickets bought by their group and
tables will be assigned on a basis of
obtained.
five tickets per table.
Dance To Be Saturday Night.
Sororities and independent groups
The Kentuckian Queen dance will

Winner Announced
At Dance Saturday

for-mal-

pre-histo-

"Fraud and dishonesty are breeding on friendship and favoritism in
our national life today," said Stephen M. Corey, executive director of
the Institute of School Experimentation, Teachers College, Columbia
University. He went on to say that
the blame could be placed on the

Pep Rally

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partment of Anthropology has been
named the Distinguished Professor
g
of 1951 by the faculty of the
of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Snow is the eighth member
of the College to receive this award
since its inauguration in 1944. He
was on a leave of absence when the
announcement was made last week
by Dr. Irwin T. Sanders, chairman
of the election committee.
Th winner of the title is in
Hawaii directing an archaeological
survey for the Bernice P. Bishop
Museum of Honolulu. He is studying
skeletal remains of a
race that were recently unearthed
during a naval construction project.
A native of Boulder, Colo., Dr.
Enow holds both masters and doctors degrees from Harvard. His
undergraduate studies were taken at
the University of Colorado.
Dr. Snow, a member of the UK
teaching staff since 1942, entered
the Army during World War II, and
again in 1948. His wartime assignment, with the Quartermaster Department's climatic research laboratory, was directed toward determining the effect on foot soldiers
of various climatic conditions.
After the war he went to Hawaii
to direct the identification of unknown war dead.
Before joining the UK faculty. Dr.
Snow had served with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. In 1940 he
was instructor of anthropology at

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SGA.

Dr. Snow Selected
'Professor Of Year'
Dr. Charles E. Snow of the

Miami Game Saturday
Will Climax Weekend
Homecoming Events

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Gardner said tables at the dance
would be on a first come, first served basis. "Wc intend to have a gendance, with no prefuine
erence shown to either Greeks or Independents," he added.
Ticket sales for the dance will
start in about one week, he said.

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may reserve tables the same way, by
notifying Ballantine that they want
a specified number of tickets. Ballantine said that if a large number
of tickets are sold, a readjustment
of the ratio of tickets per table
might have to be made.
Candidates Listed
Candidates for Queen and their
sponsors are Barbara Musser, Alpha
Delta Pi; Jane Daussman, Alpha
Gamma Delta; Carmen Pigue, Chi
Omega; Madeline McMillian, Delta
Zeta; Barbara Baldwin. Delta Delta
Delta; Sue Newell, Kappa Alpha 6 p.m.
Theta; Rosemary Tully. Kappa
Judging Contest Tomorrow
Delta; Betty Carol Fryman. Kappa
Saturday, the sorority, fraternity,
Kappa Gamma; Jane Johnson, and residence hall decoration con-- (
Alpha Xi Delta;' Sonia Stone, Tau
Continued to Page 5)
Alpha Pi; and Catherine Campbell.
Zeta Tau Alpha.
Jean Whit worth, Dilliard House;
Mary Louise Carroll, Patt Hall;
Fayetta Elswick. Hamilton House;
Myrna Montgomery. Boyd Hall;
Alice Farr, McDowell House; Ingrid
Palmgren, Jewell Hall; Lucy Ware,
T
1
Lydla Brown; and Doris Morgan, Tm- 1
.
. rirospntinir Women
lU
Off CamDUS.
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Baptist Student
A state-wid- e
Union Convention is being planned
in Lexington for the weekend of
Nov. 9, 10, and 11.
Highlights of the program will in- elude talks by missionaries, speakers
from Baptist groups in this locality,
and reports from church represen
tatives. The Georgetown BSU Choir
unselfish public leadership in the
provide the musical part of the
of the United States from program.
area
wnicn tney come
The convention will begin Friday
"These scholars." the dean con evening with William Hall Preston,
tinued, "will have opportunities of of Nashville, Tenn.. giving the open- working on a comprehensive publi- ing address. The following morning
cation program, including the Tax simultaneous conferences will be di- Law Review, the most widely read rected by
the youth leaders.
publication in the
law school
Saturday afternoon an important
They will be in con- ytxi b tlx Liie
United States.
prugium Will ue me elecLaw
tact with the
tion of officers. A special workshop
Institute, where scholars from the service is scheduled Saturday night.
western hemisphere make comparaDr. J. W. Marshall, president of
tive studies of two great systems of Wayland College, Plainview, Texas,
English Common is in charge of the Sunday morning
jurisprudence, the
Law and the Roman Civil Law. And program. His message will close the
they will take part in the program three-da- y
convention.
of the Citizenship Clearing House
encourages young men of tending the
which
convention will be Miss
character and ability to take an Billie Russell, of Nashville; Dr. H.
active interest in politics."
C. Chiles; pastor of the First BapTwo students will be selected for tist Church, Murray; Dr. H. Leo
each, of the ten Federal Judicial Eddleman, pastor of Parkland Bap- Circuits, making a total of 20 stu- tist Church, Louisville; Dr. L. C.
dents selected yearly.
Ray, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist
senChurch, Louisville; Dr. V. C. Kru- Practically every
schwitz. pastor of St. Matthews
ior man on the 1951 American campus is eligible to apply for the Baptist Church, St. Matthews.
n
Three pastors from Lexington
Scholarships if he is
between the ages of 20 and 28 and churches will attend. They are Dr.
a citizen. Application must be made E. N. Wilkinson, Immanuel Baptist
to Dean of the Law School, New Church: the Rev. O'Ray Weeks,:
York University Law Center, Wash- Porter Memorial Baptist Church;
ington Square, New York, New and Dr. F. Russell Purdy, Calvary
Baptist Church,
York.

BSU Planning
State Meet
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Speech Group 20 College Seniors
Will Meet
To Win Scholarships
In Cincinnati
The Tau Kappa Alpha
Regional Conference will be
held Saturday, Nov. 10, at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Gifford
Blyton of the English Department
is the Regional Governor.
The debating question will be "Resolved:
The Federal Government
should adopt a permanent program
of price and wage control." Debaters
taking the affirmative will be Mary
Bowen, Barbara Lake, Jacob Mayer,
and Capp Turner. The negative
side will be represented by Bill
George Creedle, Lester
Douglas,
Wise and Ed Rue.
The question "How can we as a
nation improve our ethical and moral standards?" will be discussed by
Ed Rutmayer. Glenn Sandurfur and
James Harris.
In addition there will be a debate
seminar headed by. Benjamin Ston-e- r.
Director of the Office of Price
Stabilization in the Cincinnati district, ahd a discussion seminar
headed by Dr. Howard Roelefs of
the UC Philosophy Department and
Cheslay Howell, minister of the
Hartwell Presbyterian Church in
Cincinnati.
Ohio-Kentuc-

home, the school, radio, television,
the public press, and on the pressure of human events. '
Dr. Corey made the opening address at the general session of the
twenty-eight- h
annual conference of
the Kentucky Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools last
Friday morning in Memorial Hall.
"Although we lead the world in
wealth and in material and scientific advancement," said Dr. Corey,
"moral deterioration is on the increase on all levels of national life."
He said reaction to this situation
took three forms. First was an attitude of apathy, next an attempt
to place the blame on Communist
activity, and then the feeling of a
portion of the public that laws can
be passed to control the situation.
"These last," said Dr. Corey,
"don't seem to realize that laws not
By Fred F. Bradley
in conformity with public opinion
are not enforceable."
As everyone rushes to complete
One group believes that answer preparations for the annual Homelies in better education. Dr. Corey coming weekend no one seems to be
busier than Miss Helen King, execuplaced himself in this group.
In a changing and complex so- tive secretary of the Alumni Assocciety. Dr. Corey said, schools have iation.
Miss King is surrounded by letters
had more and more to do. At the
same time public understanding of from alums, from which she is comthe school system, the largest single piling lists of the events each alum
expenditure of tax money, has will be able to attend. In addition to
this she receives numerous calls remarkedly lessened.
questing information concerning the
Dr. Corey told the educators they different events
and also she must
must not indulge in "vain and fu- keep constant
check to be sure that
tile" oratory to defend their posi- all plans for the Homecoming weektion. They must not hold them- end are running smoothly.
selves apart as "experts," with a
complete rejection of lay opinion.
Over 3500 In Association
Their aim should be to interpret
At the present there are between
the school and its methods to the 3500 and 4000 active members in the
public.
They must find ways of Alumni Association which, accordworking with the parents in the in- ing to Miss King, is far from the
terest of better schools. A close co- number that we should have.
operation between the school and
"Each year more alums are re- the public will result in mutual sat turning inr Homecoming,
declared
isfaction and benefit.
Miss King. "The increased activities

Twenty senior men from colleges
all over the U.S. will become recip- ients this year of Root-Tudlaw school
scholarships, three-ye- ar
scholarships with all expenses paid
to the New York University Law
Center, according to an announcement by Dean Russell D. Niles of
the N.Y.U. Law Center.
These scholarships, which are
called American equivalents of the
Rhodes scholarships, were awarded
last year for the first time. They
came from an anonymous donor
seeking to encourage the "training
of outstanding lawyers in the Ameri- can tradition."
Selection of the' scholars will be
based on grades,
activities, and the candidates' potential for "unselfish public leadership." Those awarded the scholarships will receive $2,100 yearly
$1,500 living expenses and $600 tui
tion), and will continue to receive
this for three years if they maintain
scholarship requirements.
"These scholars will be given personal contacts with outstanding
leaders in the fields of Industry, finance, law and public service," Dean
Niles said. "Thus they will be constantly reminded of the fact that
they are being prepared not only
for personal success but also for
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extra-curricul-

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Inter-Americ-

Root-Tilde-

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No One Is Busier Than Helen King

During Homecoming
during Homecoming weekend have
caused the alums to return.'
It was estimated by Miss. King
that at least 20.000 alums and former students will attend the football
game and that from 300 to 600 will
attend the other events on the
Homecoming
program. Miss King
especially expects a large crowd at
the dance in the Lafayette Hotel
Ballroom from 8:30 to 12 p.m. on
Saturday night. This is a free dance
sponsored by the Alumni Association.
Alums From All Sections of U.S.
Miss King stated that there will
be alums coming from all sections of
the United States. Among those returning are: Don Whitehead, AP
correspondent and Pulitzer prize
winner; Senator Tom Underwood,
editor of the Lexington Herald; former governor Keen Johnson, publisher of the Richmond Daily Register; Troy L. Perkins, author of "On,
On U. of K." and now with the State
department; Milton Smith, vice
president of Buensod-StacE. E.
y;

Predicts I K Will Win
When asked if she would care to
pick the score of Saturday's contest Miss King replied. "I don't like
to say anything about the points but
I definitely will predict a Kentucky
since 1946.

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ami

The game tomorrow will be the
climax of a three day celebration
filled with homecoming exhibits,
dances, reunions, dinners,
etc.

Both teams were victorious in last
week's contests the Cats uprooting

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Florida 14-- 6 and the Hurricanes
romping over Ole Miss 20-- This will
probably be one of the hardest
fought contests of the season.
Miami brings with it one of the
best pass defense records in the
nation last season, and they seem to
be out this season to better it.
This was proved in their contest
Saturday when the Hurricane's defenders intercepted three of the 10
Rebel passes attempted, and knocked teh rest to the sod.
7.

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DON WHITEHEAD
To speak at dedication

500 Expected
To Attend

Wil ParilU Meet Miami Defense
Possible the greatest question to
be asked by all the Kentucky fans
this week is, "How wil our Babe

shape up against this defense?"
With ParilU hitting for two TD's
last weekend, most flag waving fans
are going to the stands confident he
will clear this hurdle and give them
something to crow about.
The Hurricanes, who went against
the Rebels a slight underdog Saturday, caught Johnny Vaught's outfit completely off guard as they
sprung their own passing attack that
clicked for two TDs.
The unheralded passer, freshman
quarterback John Melean, and
prospect Frank Smith hit
five for eight tries, netting 146 yards
and two for touchdowns.
The greatest standout of the day
for the Hurricanes, who sport a 1
record, was Jarrin' Jim Dodry. one
of the few 60 minute men left in
collegiate football.
Jim Dodry Is Miami SUr
right halfback,
Jim. a
caught one touchdown pass, intercepted two Rebel passes, fell on a
fumble and stopped the Ole Miss
attack cold to give Vaught nightmares.
While Miami was stopping Ole
Miss at Miami Saturday, the Cats of
Coach Paul Bryant were doing the
same thing to Florida's Gators over
'
at Gainesville.
It was the dead eye of the Babe
that spelled the difference as he hit
for two TDs to break the Gators'
backs. With the Florida line stopping Kentucky's ground attack, ParilU showed his
caliber by tearing the Gator pass defense to shreds.
The Miamians have yet to taste
victory against the Cats in two
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tion

Don Whitehead
To Be Featured
On Dinner Program
More than 500 persons are expected to attend the dedication
banquet of the new Journalism-Publicatiobuilding at 6 o'clock
this evening in the SUB Ballroom,
according to Mrs. Winfield Leathers,
secretary of the School of Journalism.
Three former Kernel staff members will be featured on the program.
Don Whitehead, 1951 Pulitzer Prize
winner and former Kernel sports
writer, will be the principal speaker.
Senator Thomas Underwood will act
as toastmaster and
Keen Johnson will Introduce White-wi- ll
head. Underwood was sports editor
0f the Kernel and Johnson was a re- porter,
journalism graduates and former
worers on student publications will
on hand f or tne dedicati0n. along
with many newspapermen from this
area
M tonighfs banquet. President H.
L Donovan will be presented with
a master key to the new building
by James S. Shropshire, a UK jour- nalism graduate, who will represent
journalism students and publications
workers of the past.
Open House Held Today
An open house for all students.
alumni, and members of the faculty
... .
,
Kin ur uriu irum j iu i p.m. loaay
at the new building. Tonight at 9
o'clock. Station WLW. Cincinnati,
will salute the dedication on "This
Land of Ours."
The alumni and active chapters
of Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism honorary, and members of
the Henry Watterson Press Club
have been assisting in making plans
for the open house and the banquet.
Whitehead attended the University before working with his brother
on newspapers in Lafollete. Tenn.,
and Harlan. He was one of six recipients of Pulitzer Prize awards
for reporting of international af- Continued to Page 5
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"The Glass Menagerie." Tennessee
Williams' Broadway hit play, will
ooen at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the
y
Guignol Theater for a
run.
Players are Gene Arkle, Tom:
Lucille Little. Amanda: Louise Hill,
Laura: ana Don Hartiora. tne
gentleman caller. The plot involves
Amanda, w ho was once a Southern
belle: ner shy. crippled daughter.
Laura; and what ensues when her
son. Tom. brings a gentleman called
home for dinner.
The play is directed by Prof. WaV-lar- e
N. Brings, with Lolo Robinson
as associate director. Anne Hall Ls
assistant director. Ernest L. Rhodes
is technical director, assisted by Meg
Bailey. James Reed is stage man- at;er and electrician, and Mack
Wtxxl will be in charge of music.
Flo Becksted will handle properties,
assisted by Bettye Deen Stull and
Evelyn Dummit. Stage crew mem- bers are Barbara Francis. Jim Hoi- loway. Irwin Hi;;s;s. Bob Sexton, and
Dwight Stevenson.
Rpm-- i vritions may be made
at the.
Guignol box office, phone 2396.

Dr. John Walton Caughey. editor
of The Pacific Historical Review.
n.
author of two works of
and a professor in the History de- -I
partment of the University of Cali- -j
fornia. spoke in the first of the
non-fictio-

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MISS HELEN KING
Alumni Executive Secretary

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Caughey Says
We Must Keep
Rights Intact

Opens Soon

victory."

She has been executive secretary

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Gulgnol Play

Week-En- d

Johnson, class of 1901, now residing
in New Mexico.
Captain C. E. Barnes, law school
graduate and now with the Air Force
in Florida; Louis Cox, present president of the Alumni Association and
presiding officer of the Kentucky
Senate; James S. Porter, sports editor at Salli Polis, Ohio; Rodger
Layne. member of last year's basketball squad; George Hillen, past
president of the Louisville Alumni
Club; Henry Beam, Detroit, Michigan; Robert Cottrell, Chicago, Illinois; John Roschi. Dayton, Ohio;
and Vance Johns, Louisville, Kentucky.

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A crowd of 36.000 homecoming fans
are expected to be at Stoll Field tomorrow afternoon to watch the Kentucky Wildcats butt heads with the
Hurricanes of the University of Mi-

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Blazer lecture series last Friday
night. His subject was "Academic
Freedom", which he defined as the
right to learn.
Using examples from American
history, he said that rights that we
now enjoy, and are entitled to, must
be kept intact, since to lose one will
only mean the certain loss of all. He
stated that academic freedom is dependent primarily on America's professional scholars and termed scholarship as a search for truth. He
made the remark that research in
nearly any field was accepted with
0ut question, but that wher - 'a
dividual searched our society .
provements he was met with u.e assumption that all that is worth
knowing has already been discovered.
Dr. Caughey said that in a time of
crisis we are only too prone to throw
away our rights on the assumption
that they will be regained when normalcy returns, but that they seldom
do. He reminded his audience that
any power of totalitarianism depended on a force substituted for
logic, such as the Russian claims of
their firsts in science.
Dr. Caughey's summary was to
this effect. Americans must be made
to realize their freedoms, and schol- -j
ars must gain the interest of allies
instead of being shut out of society.
so that truth may be broueht forth
and taught.

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for
the
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louder dav In d.iv. 'Pic hole prohlem has hcconic confused with said before, and at the present time is doing better than holding
its own. The
question is not an easy mathematical
tin's expert and tint expert putting forth this and that theory
the cost involved, the damage done to the institution and problem that can be worked out by some mathematical formula,
the like. Sometimes it tvms that the experts are running all as might he gathered from the aboxe quote. It is a problem that
haphazard circles without ever get-tin- 4 goes l.ir deeper info human nature than that.
around the prolVm in
A recent Callup Poll showed that 56 per cent of the people in
heart.
to its
The matter of cost is the first item mentioned when the so the United States believe that intercollegiate sports are given too

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Dear Editor:
There has been a great deal of
talk during the last few days as to
vhere the real moral blame for the
basketball bribe scandal belongs.
The guilt of the players and the
racketeers who put the temptation
before them cannot be minimized.
And one can hardly be less guilty
than the other. A man who devises
a dishonorable sqheme can be held
no more accountable than those who
willingly subscribe to it.
Both the players and the gamblers
were aware that they were breaking
the law and that for selfish gain
they were betraying an inviolable
trust. Of those things they are guilty
and should be punished.
But the real culprits in the case
are the universities involved and all
the others which sponsor athletic
in their
schools. They created the basic situation by paying men for their athletic abilities. Even when the situation grew out of hand they took no
steps toward
until it
was too late.
They could not resist the temptation of the lucrative sports income.
Their. policy was one of exploitation
of athletic abilities. It almost seems
that they are getting just what they
asked for. At any rate, the univer- d.
sities stand as the guilty but

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This sounds good, but xve question the validity
hen placed on the spot in the light of recent
athletic scandals, the public may give this answer. Whether they
actually mean that they want less emphasis is another question.
on uniToo often in the past pressure has lx'en brought to
versities who are not fielding winning teams. From the business
executive to the dirt farmer they complain alxiut the "rotten
teams up there at the state university." UK has not Ixf n an exception. Nor have wealthy alumni Ixf n the only ones pushing
such a project, although they have undoubtedly contributed the
most to it. Almost cxery citizen in the state is able to connect
some of the glory of a winning team with himself. iAnd we all
like it.
Now the chips are down and the citizens face a choice. Will
they sacrifice a winning team, xvhich must Ix? recruited by fair
means or foul, for a "simon pure" team which will win once in
a while, perhaps lose money, and certainly never go to another
lxnvl game?
The decision is one of pride versus morality and nothing more.
much emphasis.

called "hit business" athletic plant is discussed. Just what is the
cost to the Kentucky taxpayer of the actual running of the University athletic plant':
"The cost of his ticket" would answer this question correctly.
The UK athletic program ;s now operating in the black because
of the profits realized from the two major sports, basketball and
football. Those two sjvirts not only support the other sports,
baseball, track, golf, fencing, swimming, and tennis, but also the
band and SnKy jvp organization. Normal running expenses are
not likely to cost the taxpayer a cent for some time to come unless the athletic program should !e curtailed.
The athletic plant, however, is a slightly different situation.
Of the S3.T50.103 uhi.1i went into the Coliseum, aliout $3,200,000
was from state appropriations. The remainder was financed by
lxmds which are lx'ing amortized by the athletic program. But
the Coliseum is not used lor athletics alone. This year 11 varsity
basketball games w ill be played there. During the same period,
students and townspc-oplwill see 12 programs in the Community
I Aft lire Series.
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The Coliseum is also used for commencement, baitalauroato and other official University programs.
The building also houses the swimming pool which can lie used
by all University students. The Coliseum is as important a place
to the more studious momlcrs of the student body lxfause of
the opportunity it oilers them to hear and see artists of international fame as it is to those whoare merely interested in
athletics.
Not so easily justified on the grounds of cultural improvement
was the SSH.943 addition to Mclean Stadium. Of this amount
all but $300,000. xvhich xvas financed by the sale of revenue Ixmds.
was provided by the state or taken from UniVersity funds.
These costs are no doubt offset by the publicity they have
brought to the state. It would le foolish to think that this publicity has not leon worth much to UK. Admitted the publicity
xve have received during the past few xveeks is not the lest, but
for alxiut twenty "basketball" years and six "football" years the
University has reaped profits from this publicity in the form of
increased enrollment and prestige. These profits have lxen far
from insignificant.
In an otherwise excellent editorial in the Octolxr 28 issue of
the Courier-Journa- l
the following statement xvas made: "The
condition of scholastics at the University of Kentucky is by President Donovan's own admission desperate. Unless more money
is made available to the scluxil, he warns, 200 teacliers will have
to lie dismissed, although they are sorely needed. Yet the athletic budget this year will be almost
of a million
dollars."
This statement implied a completely erroneous idea, that the
athletic budget at the University is connected with the budget

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Journalism! The word forms a
picture of flashes of action and
glamour and the daily drama of
serving the world.
The picture of journalism which
should be created is the honest one
a composite of the
stills
and action shots that make up the
career. The fun. the fame, the
money, the public service possible
should be visualized as well as the
chance for
which is
vital to any profession.
The aspirant to the profession will
be told of the opportunity for fun,
through excitement, through fascinating people in the news, through
newsassociation with quick-witte- d
men. Indeed, there is fun. But journalism is a serious business. It requires long hours of research, composition, and routine. Often the
newspaperman sees more of t