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presented to Starr by Enos Swain,
editor of the Danville Advocate-Messenge- r.
Swain and Stahr has
always been a Kentuckiafl, regardless of where his travels have
taken him. And Stahr, a native of
Hickman; said he still considers
Kentucky his home.
There is. however, some question
as to whether Stahr L eligible for
the governorship, since he lived in
West Virginia, and not Kentucky,
immediately before he assumed his
present post in Washington. He
was president of West Virginia
University.
The Constitution of Kentucky,
often loosely interpreted by the
Court of Appeals, provides that the
governor "shall be at least 30 years
of age and have been a citizen of
Kentucky for at least six years
preceding his election."
While he was in Lexington. Stahr

Secretary of the Army Elvis
Stahr, a former dean of the UK
College of Law, was mentioned as a possible Kentucky gubernatorial candidate during his
whirlwind visit to Lexington
last weekend.

The speculation cropped up at
the midwinter meeting of the Kentucky Press Association, at which
Stahr was chosen Outstanding Man

SONNEE PATOMEY

of the Year by Kentucky newspapermen.
The secretary of the Army
made no comment as to his willingness to accept a gubernatorial
nomination. But several newsmen
at the convention were convincSonnee Patomey, junior transfer student majoring in social ed Stahr would be a candidate
who could unite the warring
work, has been chosen Student of the Month for January by the factions of the Commonwealth's
Student Union Board for the work she has done as a member of Democratic Party.
The Man of the Year award was
Women's Residence Hall Council.

Social Work Major
Is Student Of Month

of the council's Big
Brother-Bi- g
Sister program. Son
nee has coordinated the "adoption"
of 57 children by 21 campus groups.
The lift of names of underprivi- le-- ed
children was obtained from
the Lexington chapter of the Na- tional Big Brothers Organization
and from the principal of Lincoln
School.
Sonnee said, "The purpose of
this friendship program is to
provide underprivileged children
an opportunity to become acquainted with a more stimulating environment. It was also designed for the purpose of reminding college students of the
less fortunate of our community
and providing them a chance to
lend a helping hand."
"We have received enthusiastic
and receptive responses from the
participating housing units. The
people and local churches
As chairman

Economics Lecture
"The Prospects of Capitalism"
will be discussed in a public lecture by George J. Stigler, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, at 11 a.m. tomorrow In Guignol Theatre.
The Political Economy Club is
sponsoring the speech by the
former vice president of the
American Economic Association.

a,so WTin
amJ caUed t
compliment us on the success of
our project. I think it has done
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much
relations betw
University students and the citi- zens of Lexington." Sonnee con- eluded,
hflve

Gootl-Gratl-

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was a guest speaker at an Omt
cron Delta Kappa banquet marking
the opening of ODK's national ad
ministrative offices here. He is a
former member of the senior men'
honorary.
At the dinner the secretary of
Army told the Kernel that col
lege students and others stationed at Ft. Chaffe, Ark., wilt
definitely be released from their
National Guard and Army Re
serve units within the specified
period.
Whether they will be released
sooner, he said, will depend on the
future shape of the Berlin crisis
and the world situation in general.

Immediately after the banquet
the secretary of the Army was the
guest of UK President Frank G.
State
Dickey at the
University

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Formula

'Keep Up, Stay Happy, '
Phi Beta Kappas Advise

Food Poison
Results From

By TITA WHITE
Kernel Staff Writer

"Keep up, stay happy, and review" is the
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formula of several newly elected
Phi Heta Kappas.
"First things first," is the philosophy of Judy

Frat Meal

good-grad-

Food poisoning resulted
from the noon meal served SunStewart, a senior with a 3.81. "I Just do what has
day in the Kappa Sigma fra- - 'to be done immediately."
ternity's dining room,
Judy affirms that she works best under presApproximately 20 members of the sure and usually doesn't start assignments very
far in advance. But she allows herself enough
fraternity. 12 girls from the

time to complete them well and on time. Examinations usually don't bother this Phi Beta Kappa
since she enjoys most of her classes. Her field of
specialization is Russian international relations.
Sue McCauley, senior journalism major with
a 3.79, agrees with Judy's idea of keeping up
during the semester. She alsb concentrates on staying happy during exam week.
"I always try to get in a real good mood and
kind of pamper myself so I won't get depressed,"
Sue explained.
Before an examination Sue goes over her notes,
not the entire book. She studies till about 12 midnight or 1 a.m. during exam week aid never takes
stimulant drugs.

lumbia Avenue over-flohouse,
and both house mothers are re
from a mild case of the
cuperating
poisoning.
University health officials are
still investigating the causes of
The most probthe
able theory is the meat that was
served was improperly cured,
said Steve Webb, president of
Kappa Sigma.
The infirmary sent over medicine to aid in the cure, but so far
no one has been sick enough to
report to the infirmary.

Beverly Kinkead, senior English major with a
begins studying about a week in advance for
examinations.
"I try to keep up all during the semester so I
don't have to cram at the last minute. Then I
review my notes to get an overall picture before
looking over the entire book." Beverly said.
As for studying during the semester, she pre
fers doing her work in the afternoon so she can
go out at night.
Bill Crain, senior chemistry major with a 3.88
doesn't start studying until the first of final week,
for his examinations. He manages to get plenty
of sleep, though, by studying intensively when he
does study.
Thomas Bagby, senior mathematics major with
a 3.96, has a little different plan for studying,
which most students would scowl at.
"I tiy to gain a very thorough knowledge before
going in an examination. Some people call .it
cramming." Tom said.
"My study habits leave much to be desired."
Beth DuMez said. She is a senior social work ma
jor with a 3.63 .standing.
Although she does not recommend her method
of study, Beth attributes much of her success to
getting up early to grind away at the books.
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Set On Ice

Leadership Honorary
Petrified Stump Anchored Initiates 14 Students

The stump is finally stationed.
The strange looking object behind Miller Hall, held up by ice
blocks and numerous ropes is the
Geology Department's 300 million-year-ol- d
petrified stump.
The stump, a gift from a Kentucky mining company, has been
stored in a warehouse for the last
month waiting for the ground to
freeze.
The setting of the stump on its
crushed rock base proved quite an
operation. The stump was mounted on a timber frame while it
stayed in the warehouse and during its transportation to UK.
In order to remove the frame
from the stump, ice blocks were
placed under the structure and the
frame unbolted.
When the ice melts the stump
will settle into its base.

The Society of Lamp and Cross, senior men's leadership
honorary, recently initiated 14 students and five faculty
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members.
The initiate, include: .
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"Certain seniors received invi- tations from Lamp and Cross and
choices were made from these after
the students submitted a list of
their campus activities.
T... fu.
anntinta
to Lamp and Cross are scholarship
and campus leadership. These are
the top names in the senior class."
Concerning' the faculty initiates, Isaacs said, "The faculty
members on the other hand were
chosen by Lamp and Cross to
give them recognition for leadership among the I'liiverMty faiul- "
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Faculty: Dr. Stephen Diachun,
director of the Honors Program;
Dl'- William Willarrt, dean of the
College of Medicine; Dr. Sam Hite,
head ()f tne Department of Chem- leal FJigineuing; Dr. Merl Baker,
director of trie Kentucky ResearcU
Foundation p and Dr. Kenneth
Harper, assistant dean of men.
Students:
Jerry Weslerfield,
I.atry Weslerfield. Joe Wright,
Jim .McDonald, Harry. Hiirif, Roy ,
Roberts, Wayne. Circory, Fd
Vanllook, Jim Dunfrl, John A. '
Williams, Daye draham, P.ive
and Jim
McClelland,

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KERNEL, Tuesday, Jan. Ifi, 1002

Curris Captures 5 th
Top Speaker Award

interfailh Council
Rewrites Policy

Intnfaith Council. recently initiated

a new policy outits policies and puis.'
The council will make an efMrs. Sondra Ricks, council adviser, said the reorganization plan fort io support tlie service pronttend-e- d
was'outlined at a meeting
jects of the Lexington communby three representatives of each
ity area which are of campus
religious concern.
University religious organization.
"The council shall strive for
"The object Is to be able to de- fine the real need for the Inter- - utilization of the university chan- faith Council on campus," she nels open to this form of student
to both
work to communicate
added.
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The first area of responsibility
faculty and students the undenifiointed out is the council has able relationship between church
a concern for the totality of reand life between faith and reason,"
Mrs. Ricks concluded.
ligious life on campus.
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line reinterpreting

Deno Curris, Arts and Sciences senior from Lexington,
won the individual speakers award for the best debater in the
Intercollegiate Debate Tournament held at Agnes
Scott College, Decatur, Ga., Friday and Saturday.

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Victor Portmann. assistant professor of journalism, was elected
secretary-treasurof the Kentucky Tress Association for the
time at the
21st consecutive
associations 93rd meeting held
Friday and Saturday at the
rhoenix Hotel.

WBKY To Coordinate
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Curris has won five first place "He Is one of the top debaters In
awards this year. Leonard Sum- - the country."
The UK debate team placed third
mers, coach at Notre Dame, said,
In the tournament. Last year they
won the tournament.
Duty Called
Tennessee Tech won first place
Detective Joseph Whylings of the ,n the tournament and Vanderbilt
Camden. N. J., Police Department University won second,
returned to "duty" here briefly
The team, composed of Bettye
during his honeymoon. When his Cnoate and Warren Scovllle for
bride was hit in the head by a fly- affirmatlve and Deno CurrU
ing bottle Whylings chased and
t
an for the
-- old
collared the culprit, a
Georgetown College tourn- and turned him over to local
boy.
am(mt tWQ eekg
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police.

Felicia Calafati, 33, of
Kentucky Public Service Network will begin Feb. 1 to Vibo Valentia in Southern nearby
Youthful George
Italy,
increase the information and cultural services that Kentucky tried it and wound up in a hosOKLAHOMA CITY (X" A statue
radio stations are able to provide for their listeners, Stuart pital with severe burns.
of George Washington at a lawyers'
Police said she had a habit of exhibit at the state fair spent one
Ilallock, production supervisor of WBKY, announced.
Tht function of the program is War and on the current curricu- - capturing rats with a trap, bathdecked out with brown hair.
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ing them in alcohol and setting day
Municipal Judge James Demop-olo- s,
them afire. But one got away from
ljcr yesterday and set her gown
handing out literature at the
ablaze.
display, said a man grabbed a wig
from the statue and ran. A brown
wig was the best replacement that
could be found immediately, the
judge said.

to allow stations to showcase pub- lum study.
lic programs that they are proud of
The idea was proposed this fall
Broadcasters
Kentucky
by niakSig them available to other at the
stations through the University meeting.
atuf WBKY, he said.
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WBKY will art as the coordinating office for the exchange
and distribution of the series.
Ka h radio station Is given a list
of the programs available and
when a particular programeis desired, the station will send In a
blank tanr and a cnmnleted
order form.
The programs will then be copletl
on the tapes over the. weekend,
mailed out on Monday, and will
arrive in time for programing later
that same week.
Programs available to the stations at this time are: Your Heritage, Kiddie Korner, UK Round-tabl- e,
and Let's Have Music,
by WBKY. Exploring the
Library produced by station WIEL,
Elizabethtown. WHAS, Louisville,
has offered a series on the Civil

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In keeping with the home of the
Mardi Gras, the theme of the
dance will be "New Orleans." The
night will be highlighted with the
crowning of Rex, the most popular
professor on campus, who in turn
will crown the queen.
for the annual
Cochairmen
dance are Kathy Fitzgerald and
Joe Merenyi; chairman of the
decorations
committee is I.ee
members of the
Arrasmith;
tiiket committee are John Barber, Larry Bass, Joe Caughlin,
and Marty Sabiik.
Members of the committee for
the election and presentation of
the queen are Joyce Tallman, Terry Head, and Joyce Talme, and
are Ann
committee
publicity
Swartz and Gay Klinglesmith.
Other Newman Club members
who will be working on the Mardi
Gras are Betty Quisenberry,
George Pettit, Robert Willett. Dick
Sweeney, Jean Ryan, Jaime Har-rel- l,
Salll Voss. Dicke Feldman,
and Jim Howard.

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weeks bko an approach was
mnde through her husband by
gamblers. They wanted to riett
mine if she would po for the open
d
ing of a gambling casino. Her
gave them the word that
there wasn't a ghost ol' a chance.
few

"This town can go one of two
ways, says her honor, forward
or back to gambling.
The determined glint in h.r eye
says it's going forward.
That led to their marriage in
1958 and the scho1 teaher is lone"
more- - "er nusuana, o, is
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in order, he doesn't mind."

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Lonc interested in eovernment
and politics, she decided last year
to run for city COUncil. She cam- palgnei 0n a platform to establish
a city manager iorm of govern- term
ment and won a four-yelast sprjngi receiving more votes
than any other candidate.
Men Chose Her
This led her fellow coSncilmen,
all males, to choose her mayor for

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Socfal Act ivi ties

Crusading Lady Mayor Fights Rackets.
Once the little waterfront resort town of Seal Beach, California
was noted mainly for rum running
and gambling.
n,
Today It is noted for its
teetotling, crusading lady
mayor.
She wants a clean town, streamlined municipal government and
new municipal facilities that will
make it known nationally as model
Htv. She is "drpamin bic" as shP
puts it.
Mayor Norma Gibbs, 3
comer from her native Chicago.
Once she considered being a mis- fionary. Now her real is to improve
this small Southern California
coastal cuy wun a population oi
c gig
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thnmhc rtnn nr. a
Christmas
party at City HalMast
Yuletide because fche said she didn't
want money spent for a "drunken
brawl." She doesn't object when
others, even members of her fam- lly, drink. "But I abhor anything
done to excess when It injures
health." she explains.
Her honor is an attractive bru- nette with an infectious smile
holding three full time Jobs,
The first is taking care of her
pleasant tract home with a view
cf the Catalina, her husband and
four small children.
Teacher Too .
No. 2 Job is keeping things
straight at City Hall and pressing
on with her own dream of city improvement.
No'. 3 is her post as a professional
educator. She is a 'counselor and
assistant professor of psychology
at nearby Long Beach State College, a growing institution with an
enrollment of 10,000.
She came west, to take the job
at Long Beach State and stopped
.off at Oakland, Calif. There,
. through friends, she met the fam-- I
lly of William S. Gibbs Jr., includ-- :
Ing his two daughters by a previous
marriage.
Mayor Gibbs reports that only a

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a freshman
fits
"The week before election," she and Sciences .student from
said, "I found I was pregnant. I
and a pledge of Alpha
was delighted." .
Delta Pi .sorority to Kill (
Last fall another election gave a
sophomore Reneral business ma- Norma Gibbs a vote of confidence. Jor from
Madisonville, and a mem- A few days later the mayor drove ber oKDelta Tau Delta
fraternity,
herself to a hospital where her
Kess .Moody, a senior social work
Norma-Jea- n,
daughter,
major from Eminence, and a memwas born.
ber of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
to DennU Campbell, a Junior psyMrs Gibbs stepdaughters
are chology major from Lexington, and
Barbara, 8, and Kathryn. 9. One a member of Phi Gamma Delta
0f her hobbies is teaching them to
fraternity.
piay the piano.
Janice Tanner, a sophomore ed
ner unve to nliiiiuihip iiiLerp.NL ucation student from Cincinnati.
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inn ,iunan, a supiiomore
1951"52 when she studied political
student from Louis- a scholarship at the ,,llt, and a mcmbrr of rhi
sclpnce
sigma
Free University in Berlin. She says ifanna fmtpmiiv a
at that time she cameto realize
how apathy on the part of the
Elections
people could lead to the tyranny
I'l Tau Sigma
Hitler represented,
11 Tau Sigma, national mechanSne wants to develop a 5- - oiio- ical engineering honorary, recently
'ear Pla" fm Stal Beach. "We
have the people dreaming b and elected officers. They include:
Claude Brown, president; Joseph
jffii
training uig, Mic auja. x
vice president.
nnnnmtpri a mastnr tiliirmini? rnm- - Miller,
Richard Edwards, treasurer; Ti-bmittee. More than CO citizens vo- lunteered to serve."
Bondor, recording secretary;

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Kurkhaid. virp nresident Id Hon- lh.m 1(.foldinK M.(..tary.
Civile Baldwin, corresponding
cretary: Ken Brandenbuvt.ii. trea- surer; Ken Kevins, assist ant treasurer; Donnie Wriuht, saixeant-at-arm- s;
and Larry Bass, guide

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BRADFORD, Pa. ( AP) A woman found an overtime parkinp.
ticKet in her car and a pohoemar
advised her to deposit the ticket,
and fine in one of the city's red
fine boxes.
At a cwner of Main aud Chestnut streets she found a red box
and tried to slip the ticket anil,
money into the box.
Moments later, fire trucks rushed to tl scene with wailing sirens.
The lady hud been monkeying with
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* Signs Of .The Times

Writing about the intellectual anil
moral progress of men anil nations
during recent generations, James Mar-loAssociated Tress news analyst,
said recently: "The grand illusion-- as
the events of all the previous generations showed and the events of 1902
are hound to demonstrate anew is
that man is a little more civilized than
lie used to he.
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"Five thousand years from now,
if there's a man left, one of our
descendants, looking hack on his ancestors of the 1960's who spent so
much time talking alxut brains, will
profiably say: 'Why, they just came
down out of the trees.'
All this leaves us wondering if
man has really come as far as he
would like to think, or to make others
believe, Re has? We heard a student
express the same question before his
class not long ago. More specifically,
this student asked for a professor's
opinion. In essence, the stuifent was
wondering if the people of the world
are really as intelligent ;k we say we
are.

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As the student pointed .out, the
world continues in a state of seething

turmoil, killing and being killed
nation attacking nation, neighbor
hating neighbor. He emphasized the
man has gained
point that present-daor now has access to boundless realms
of knowletlge, yet he actually hasn't
learned how to get along with his
neighbors.
What's the matter with us? The
professor replied that greed and the
desire for power and world domination are probably the basic reasons
for the areas of strife that swirl about
us anew each day.

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this world will ever be turned into a
paradise, with brotherly love abounding on every hand. But, we are still
left. wondering (and will probably remain so for the rest of our years)
what great benefit our vast store of
knowledge is to us, if we still haven't
learned to love our neighbors.

Education By Paperback

no longer news that paperIt
back books are sweeping the publishing field in the United States as
in numerous other countries. Nor
that serious books in nonfiction fields
have taken the lead in the paperback
field. Nor that hardcover book sales
are benefiting rather than being diminished by the paperback success.
is

But what is new in this field is
that, having established themselves
solidly in college reading both as
supplementary material and in many"
instances as texts, the paperbacks now
are coming to be appreciated as teaching material in high schools and even
in some grade schools.
The advantages here are impressive. When an investment is made in
r
textbooks, most school
systems expect them to last five years
or more. But with soft covers enough
is saved on printing costs that if a
book lasts two years it is a good buy.
By that time in many of the fast
moving subjects, such as natural sci
hard-cove-

ences, mathematics, history, geography, and languages, it is desirable'
to have revisions or in some cases
new texts.
The smaller
investment can make it possible for high
schools and primary schools to furnish their pupils a wider range of
more current classroom material than
ever before. In addition, many schools
are introducing youngsters to a range
of reading matter they may wish to
buy for themselves through school
bookstores.
Buffalo, N. Y., two years ago was
the first city in the United States
to install paperback bookstores on a
basis. Many cities and
system-wid- e
states may be expected to make new
or increased use of paperbacks for
texts or supplementary reading this
year. Parents and others interested
in education will do well to see
whether the schools in their communities are making full use of this new
medium of information. The Christian Science Monitor.

Big Nick (Khrushchev)

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With Apologies To Big John
Every day at the U.N. you could see
him arrive;
'lie stood five, foot one and weighed
three ninety-five- .
Kinda scrawny at the shoulder and
broad at the hip,
Everybody alive would like to burst
his lip, Big Nick.
a
Everybody seemed to know where
Nick called home,
Because he flew into town in a Russian nose cone.
He mouthed olf a lot; he wasn't quiet
or shy,
Evejy time he spoke he'd either cuss
you or cry, Big Nick.
Most people knew he came from
Moscow1 town,
Where he ordered his men to shoot
American planes down,
And some crashing blows with a shoe
in his hand,
Made all America hate that bald
headed man, Big Nick.

Then came the day while they were
testing a bomb,
Russian soldiers started crying and
screaming for their "mom,''

Le Pelley (Christian Science Monitor)

year-by-ye-

The soldiers were frightened, their
hearts beat fast,
All of them thought they had breathed
their last, even Nick.
Big Nick, Big Nick, Big Fat Nick.
Through the dust and the smoke of
.
atomic fallout,
Walked a short fat man with his teeth
knocked out,
Grabbed a ten ton bomb and gave
out with a groan,
And like a dying oak tree he just lay
there and moaned, Big Nick.
With Russian
across town,
Until they ran
the ground.
The bricks and
that man,
All you could
hand, of Big

tanks

they

started

across fatty lying on

ould You Take It In On A New Station Wagon?

The Coddled Generation
issue of Tost magazine
featured an article outlining the results of a Gallup Poll inquiring into
the attitudes of today's young people
meaning those falling in the age
s
to
group from
The figures Post reported amount
to a scathing indictment of the generation that now fills America's
and colleges and makes up
its young labor force.
Summarizing the results of Dr.
Gallup's ambitious undertaking in as
few words as possible, America's
jouth is coddled,
not overly moral, and content to
aim low and achieve limited success
rather than risk failure by setting
its sights too high.
There is little in Gallup's findings
that comes as a great surprise. Few
would have expected the poll to unearth a seethiivg generation of young
bent on changing the
world. Such a group would be incongruous with today's demands on youth.
Most parents and indeed, most
educators of today's society prefer a
young man or woman
to a misfit, a conformer to a reformer,
a Babbitt to an idealist.
One would hardly expect the
on
youtk who has been spoon-fewarm milk and tepid homilies to
suddenly kick over the traces and
jump headfirst into the lonesome
world of the ambitious, inquiring and
dissatisfied.
A recent

mid-teen-

high-school-

"well-adjuste-

d

Perhaps the mos$ disturbingthing
about the attitudes of today's coddled
generation is that most of the individuals who make it up like it that
way. And little wonder. It's a- lot
easier to take a comfortable job with
a big corporation than it is to live on
a shoestring while trying to organize
your own. And who's around 'to criticize?
The young man who turns down
a secure job with an insurance company to go to Paris and write a book
is regarded by the overwhelming majority of people as a thorough-goinidiot, a worthless and starry-eyedreamer, or worse.
Post and Dr. Gallup picked on the
wrong group for their survey. It's
apparent that young Americans are
not courageous, idealistic and sacrificing. The question is, why aren't
they? They didn't manufacture their
conformity and spinelessness, they inherited it. It was shoved down their
throats by an older, and supposedly
wiser, generation which told them it
was better to compromise and settle
for a position somewhere wel down,
the scale from the top than to risk
getting hurt.
We got the message, Dr. Gallup.
Now how about a poll of the Guiding Generation the parents and teachers who gave us the benefit of their
wisdom? The Daily Tarheel (University of North Carolina).
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rubble covered over
see was one grubby
Nick.

Now they never did bother Nick's
e
grave,
The only marker was a hickory stave.
These few words were printed in the
dirt,
At the bottom of this trash lies a
BIG BIG Jerk, Big Nick.
Big Nick, Big Nick, Big Fat Nick.
Somerset Homespun
self-mad-

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The Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky

Fntcred at the post office at Lexington, Kentucky ai second clas matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Published four tunes a week during the regular school year except dining holidays and exams.
SIX DOLLAKS A SCHOOL YEAK

Ed Van Hook, Editor
Wayne Checohy, Campus Editor
Kuihy Powell, Managing Editor
Ben Fitpathk:k, Sports Editor
Jt an Siuiwaiuy, Siniety Editor
Rim Mc Reynolds, Cartoonist
Du k Wallace, Advertising Manager
Bobbie Mason, Arts Editor
Bill Holton, Circulation Manager
TUESDAY NEWS STAFF
F.iikjn Piiu.i irs, Asiociute
June Chay, Xeit's Editor
Scottie Melt, Sports

* THE KENTUCKY

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1950 Kernel Staff
Sees Dream House
The Kernel was very excited this week in .1950 as groundbreaking time for the journalism "dream house" was soon to
begin.
It was noted by the Kernel that the "unsightly Nisscn hut on the
campus lot In front of Pence Hall will soon be removed and the
ground in that area sloped for the laying of the foundation of the

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University's new $425,000 Journalism Building.
The completed building was to house "the Department of
Journalism (now the School of Journalism), the Kentucky Kernel
printing plant, offices of all student publications, and the central
office of the Kentucky Press Association."
The building included a basement structure and two stories of
red brick, approximately 142 feet by 72 feet.
Half of the construction cost was to be paid from Kernel profits
and the remainder through the sale of revenue bonds.

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1930 Coed. Crowned
By Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille, motion picture
chose Miss Catherine
director,
Lowry as "The Most Beautiful
Coed at UK" thirty-tw- o
years ago.
(The equiva