xt7z08636359 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7z08636359/data/mets.xml University of Kentucky Fayette County, Kentucky The Kentucky Kernel 19600929  newspapers sn89058402 English  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Kernel The Kentucky Kernel, September 29, 1960 text The Kentucky Kernel, September 29, 1960 1960 2013 true xt7z08636359 section xt7z08636359 New Grill Opens With Same Old Gripes
By H'HIT HOWARD
Tuesday Associate Editor
"UK's new grill officially opened yesterday morning
with an informal breakfast attended by University officials and their wives.
President and Mrs. Frank O. Dickey, Vice President
and Mrs. Leo M. Chamberlain, and Dean and Mrs.
Leslie L, Martin were among the officials who attended.
"The grill opened to the students at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and will be open until 10:30 every night.
At noon the grill was parked. Amid the clamoring
students, standing four deep at the service counter yelling their orders, was Mrs. Marie Fortenberry, food service director, trying to keep the orders straight.
"That was my cheeseburger," Mrs. Fortenberry yelled, then turning to her customer, she said, "you can
tell I don't do this sort of thing often. I promise we
won't be this fclow tomorrow."
Slow service seemed to be the only complaint of
the customers.

"I like It. It's really terifflc, but the service Is a
little slow," Pete Buchheit, freshman Engineering student said.
Boh Ilolton, freshman Engineering student, said "I
think they ought to have table service. I had to wait In
line too long. I will say it is a lot nicer than the SUB
grill."

Jesse Spears, freshman Engineering student, thinks
We can eat in an
hour and get back to class If the service gets better."
Dean of Men L. L. Martin said, while eating lunch
at the grill for the first time, "This is the finest development on this side of the campus since the new

that "this is the very thing needed.

dorms."
He had two guests for lunch, Dr. Charles Elton,
dean of admissions and registrar, and Dr. Ernest
director of testing service.
Bark in the kitchen, Mrs. Gayle Smith, assistant
food director, said, between washing pots and pans,
"Business is about what we expected, but our slow service is because it takes time for new employees to get
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sponsored Freshstudents attending this year's
man Camp got into the "swing" of University life Immediately.
Linda Tobin swings out with another freshman during a break
between programs at the camp.

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used to working at such a fast pace. Besides that wO
had a girl quit on as this morning-Sh- e
said that service would be Improved when the
employees were better established.
Mike Mayer, freshman, summed up practically everyone's feelings when he said, "It's real nice looking, but
the service is slow. You might put In there, though, that
the food is real good."
As yet nameless, the new grill Is located in the rear
of the Food Storage Building on Hilltop Avenue near
Haggin and Donovan Dormitories. The space was formerly used as a football locker-rooOther UK student grills are located in the Student
Union Building, the Dorm Grill near Bowman Hall, and
the Wildcat on Euclid Avenuenear Memorial Coliseum.
The new, colorfully decorated restaurant can seat
150 persons. Lawrence Roberts, who has been an employee of the UK Food Service Department for 15 years,
will manage the new grill. A contest will be held to find
a name for the restaurant.

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Leroy Miles, president of the
First National Bank. Lexington,
will be the main speaker at the
annual Leadership Conference.
Guest adviser for the confer- -

ence, which will be held at Camp
David, Oct.
will be James
Nay, Louisville,
Sponsors of the conference are
Llnks, Mortar Board, and Omi- cron Delta Kappa.
.
Registration will be at the SUB
Ticket Booth from 9 a.m. -- 4 p.m.
Any UK student may
Oct.
Durchase tickets for the confer- fications, all of these students had ence.
to make a percentile score on the
Students attending the confercollege ' qualification tests of 99,
ence will leave the SUB at 8 a.m.
with a raw score of over 180 out
Oct. 8 and return at 4 p.m. Oct. 9.
of 200. This means that they had
The purpose of the conference
to be in the upper bracket of all
is to discuss problems of student
those who scoied 99 percentile.
organizations and general campus
The students who were select- problems including student, faced are not only superior intel- ulty,
and administration relations.
lectually, they have the drive and
Cost of the conference including
ambition to do something with
room, board, and transportation
their abilities.
They proved this in their high will be $10.
Faculty panelists are University
school records, grades, and extraPresident Frank G. Dickey, Dean
curricular activities.
Under the Honors Program, the of Men Leslie L. Martin, Dean of
students are required to keep a 3.5 Women Doris M. Seward, Vice
standing. They have special ad- President for Business Administravisors and all attend a special tion Frank D. Peterson, and Assistant Dean of Women Pat PatEnglish class.
They also attend a colloquium, terson.
or discussion group, led by Dr.
Members of the student plan
Robert Evans of the English De- - ning committee are Ann Shaver,
Partment where they are currently chairman; Cecily Sparks, regis
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37 Enter Honors Program
Thirty-seve- n
of the most out- The 37 students were selected
standing- - students in Kentucky and invited to enter Honors Pro- and surrounding states have gram mainly on the basis of their
come together here this fall to superior intellectual abilities, but
participate in a special Honors aLso because of their proven Industry and determination.
Program.
The program is designed to They were tlie high scorers on
bring gifted students to the Uni- the National Merit Scholarship,
versity and help them fully de National College 'Board, American
velop their potential.
Council of English Teachers, and
It was fet up last March under college qualification tests which
Dr. Stephen Diachun of the Agri- - all incoming freshmen took,
To give an idea of their quali- culture Department.

Worhl News

U.S. Asks Assembly
To Assist Africa

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., ept. 28 (AP) The United States asked
the General Assembly today to develop a U.N. program for the independence and development of new African nations along the lines
suggested ty President Eisenhower.
took the step in a formal reU.S. delegate James J. Wadsv.-ortDag Hammarskjold that the question be
quest to Secretary-Generplaced on the assembly's agenda.
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spondence; Kris Ramsey, publicity; Alice Akin, recreation; Jim
Hill, transportation;
and Dick
Watkins, evaluation.

Students composing the discussion groups on campus are
Don Martin and Dan Patterson,
religion; Kathy Songster, Gerl
Ranch, Caroleena Hernandez, and
Bob Smith, student government;
Kris Ramsey and Ed Thomas,
scholarship; Trudy Webb and
Doug Roberts, service; Suzanne
Pitzer and Carolyn Reed, spirit.
Dean and Mrs. R. E. Shaver and
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tolman will
chaperone the group.
The main speaker at last year's
Leadership Conference, held at
Camp Daniel Boone, was Jefferson County Judge Bertram C. Van
Arsdale.

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lYace Talks Open In Laos

Peace talks aimed at settling
VIENTIANE. Laos, Sept. 25 AP
civil war opened today in Luang Prabang.
Laos'
Top military commanders of Premier Souvannah Pouma's neutralist government and those of rebel Gen. Phoumi Nosavan's right
wing regime met in the royal capital shortly after noon.
The political phase was expected to open tomorrow, if the com-

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round in the battle over nuclear inspection in the
International Atomic Energy Agency.
plan for inspection controls was adopted
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New Hall Is Biggest Men's Dorm

4. An arrangement of the corridors and entrances
Haggin Hall, UK's newest and largest men's
dormitory, contains several innovations designed that provides more effective student
Says
Hacks Soviet,
5. Furniture designed and installed to suit each
with the student in' mind.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (AP) Nikita S.'Khrushchev claimed today
Located on Huguelet Drive behind Donovan Hall, room.
that Yugoslavia's President Tito a long standing Communist rival-bac- ked Haggin Hall houses 575 men in an environment
6. An intercommunication system between tho
Soviet policies on disarmament, the Congo and the need to planned to promote the educational progress of its central office and corridors.
abolish colonialism.
7. Lounge and recreation areas located where
residents.
The Kremlin leader, continuing his furious round of personal diAmong the facilities of the new dormitory that relaxing students will not disturb students studying
plomacy talks, reported this after meeting with Tito for one hour and
in other rooms.
aren't found in others are:
45 minutes in the closely guarded Soviet delegation headquarters on
1. Central air conditioning and heating facilities
Dr. Leslie L. Martin, dean of men, and his staff
Park Avenue.
control units in each room which provide max- participated in planning the building to meet tho
with
imum cleanliness and freedom from noise by allow- academic and living needs of the students.
Castro Leaves U.N.
Everything which could be done within the proNEW YORK, Sept. 28 (AP Fidel Castro temporarily departed ing loom windows to be kept shut.
2. Short corridors with sound resistant ceilings to ject's budget was done to make Haggin Hall a good,
the United Nations scene today, borne home on the wings of a Russian
minimize noise and reduce movement through the place to live and study, said Dean Martin.
airliner marked with the hammer and sickle of Communism.
The dormitory is named in honor of the lata
The Cuban prime minister's final words were In praise of a new- building.
3. Outdoor stairwells
to reduce internal noise James D. Haygin and his wife, Margaret Voorhies
found friend, Soviet Premier Khrushchev, who 'dispatched un amand movement.
Haiai, belief a nors of the University. .
bassador to wave Cubti'o on his way.

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Schedule changes may be mntie In Room 104 Alumni Gymnasium
on Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 5 p.m.
and on Thursday and Saturday from 8 to 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ten courses have the following vacancies:
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grades given a graduate student
will be considered in computing
his academic standing.
Dr. A. D. Kirwan, dean of the
Graduate School, said that this
has not been done in the past. In
August he announced that in his
opinion and in that of the Graduate Council, "the rule on this
point is specific and direct and
all grades should be included" in
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Drahmann said. Before remodelhas moved back Into Its former ing, the sorority had rooms for
residence at 238 E. Maxwell St. 21 girls.
after a year In the Lydia Brown
Two stories and a basement are
House.
included in the new wing, the
The old house underwent ex- president said. A chapter room and
during the utility room are Included in the
tensive remodeling
sorority girls' absence, Miss- Kay basement. The housemother's
apartment is on
Drabmann, Kappa president, said.
floor and the additional rooms for
A new wing was added containing dining room and kitchen fa- members were added on the
cilities, an apartment for the second floor.
In addition to the added wing,
housemother, and several new
rooms for the sorority's members. the older structure was completely
With the new. addition, 40 girls remodeled and redecorated, Miss
can now-livin the house, Miss Drahmann said.

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Coliseum lobby.
Students who have not had
ID pictures taken must have
pictures made Friday, Sept. 30
p.m. on tht west
from
concourse of the Coliseum or
Saturday, Oct. 1 from 9 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m. in the Coliseum
lobby.

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Students who have had ID
picture made may pick up ID
Cards Friday, Sept. 30 from 11
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the west
concourse of the Coliseum and
from 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. In the

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Gairma sorority house on East Maxwell Street. The house was
remodeled during: the past year and a brick addition was built
onto the back of It to provide enough living space for the Kappas.

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UI Professor Fired

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Observing life In the United
States, Dr. Wolfgang Fisher of
Wilhelmshaven,
Oermany, UK's
new Fulbright Exchange Professor
found a car is almost a necessity
here.
He was convinced of this after
what he described as the frightening experience of walking against
the traffic at night on Southland
Drive-whi- le
carrying a bag of
groceries.
An apartment in Shawneetown
reserved by Dr. Paul K. Whit-ake- r,
acting head of the modern
foreign languages department for
Dr. and Mrs. Fisher, also made
a car necessary.
Dr. Fisher, when teaching In
Oermany, teaches In a Gymnasium. This is the German equivalent of a French Lysee, where
students are educated from about
9 to 10 years of age until they are

tion program In Wilhelmshaven
Dr. Fisher teaches civic and current events.
The German professor believes
there Is a danger of the various
branches of learning breaking up
Into specialties and each eventually becoming more isolated from
the other. He thinks educators,

better understand history and
comparative literature.
The United States Is admired
abroad, he said, for giving educa-

URBAN A, 111. (AP)
A Uni- letter was a "grave breach of
tion for responsible citi2cnshlp,
versity of Illinois professor who academic responsibility."
which Is required for a successful
publicly condoned premarital sexKoch's letter, published March
democracy.
ual relations to the dismay of 18. concluded:
While at UK, Dr. Fisher will
school officials
was formally
"A mutually satisfactory sexual
teach several German courses Infired last week.
experience would eliminate the
eoerally German educators, cluding beginners classes. Others
Leo F. Koch, 44, an assistant need for many hours of frustratshould realize students should have will be reading courses and adprofessor of biology, got his ten- ing petting and lead to much hapa good sociological background to vanced composition.
marriages
tative walking papers April 7 pier and longer-lastin- g
after sending a letter to the stu- among our younger men and wodent newspaper In which he con- men."
More than 200 faculty members
DON'T MISS THIS
tended premartial sexual activities
protested to the trustees In July
would redilce frustration among
younger men and women and that the university mishandled the
STUDENT CONGRESS INSURANCE
case. The teachers asked the
lead to happier marirages.
On fept. 21, the UI trustees trustees to give formal assurance
Enrollment Time Extended
said they believe Koch's dismissal that "expression of opinion conproper and In the best trary to commonly accepted stand"was
To
ards
Interest of the university and that cause of morality Is not considered
for dismissal of a faculty
the cause of academic freedom
Saturday, October 1, 1960
Is strengthened by Insisting upon member.
about 19.
The trustees replied that they
exercise of the academic responsHe teaches German literature
"subscribe fully to commonly acEnrollment Card Available at SUB
ibility which necessarily accompcepted principles of academic and English and French in the
anies It."
freedom" and "recognize the right gymnasium. In the adult educa
The action was taken with of responsible expression of their
unanimous approval.
views by faculty members even
Koeh had garnered some sup- though the views expressed are
port for his argument that his unpopular or even untenable."
dismissal violated academic freei
"In the opinion of the board,"
dom.
the trustees added. "Professor
Dr. David D. Henry, university Koch's expression of his views
president, replied that Koch's . . . was not a responsible one."

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UK Trounces Tennessee

In Cattle Judging Contest

ACTIVITIES

Kentucky soundly trounced Ten- vidual in Jerseys, tied for fourth In
nessee at Memphis Tuesday. It In Holsteins and tied for fourth in
was the year's first encounter be- reasons.
tween the two teams dairy cattle
Robert Walls, Paris, Bourbon
judging teams.
County, placed fourth overall and
UK team also tied for first in Jerseys, and third
The three-ma- n
Its heels to seven other in Brown Swiss.
universities and colleges
Barney Hornback of Upton in
participating in the Southern Larue County was the alternate
Intel collesiate Dairy Judging Con- team member making the trip,
test held at the
Fair. along with team coach Dr. Robert
Ltd by Billy Joe Smith of E. Walton, assistant professor of
Smith's Grove in Warren County, dairying at UK. '
UK amassed 1,933 team points,
The
Fair victory
102 points more than second-plac- e
to competiserved as a warm-u- p
Tcnnc-ce- .
Western State College tion next week at the National
ct Bov.luiR Green, was third with Intcrcollepiate Dairy Judging Con1,752 punts.
test held as part of the National
As a t.n:n, Kentucky was first in Dairy Congress at Waterloo, la.
Judging brown Svi;,.s and Jersey The terni is enroute to Waterloo
bleeds, and second in HoLteins fioni Memphis.
?r.d Guernseys.
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Brown Swiss and Guernseys and
also placed first in giving oral
reasons for his placements.
Don Colvin of Campbellsvillc In
Taylor County placed second in
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Alpha Delta Pi 9 a.m. 2:57 p.m., October 10
Alpha Gamma Delta 5 .p.m., October 10 and
a.m., October 11
Delta Zeta 1:30-- 5 p.m., October 11
Alpha Xi Delta 9 a.m. 2:27 p.m., October 12
Phi Gamma Delta 2:3015 p.m., October 12
Chi Omega. 9 a.m. 2:57 p.m., October 13
a.m., October 14
Delta Delta Delta 5 p.m., October 13 and
Kappa Alpha Theta 1:30-- p p.m., October 14 and
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Journalism major, received the
'Soldier of the Year" award given
by a Lexington National Guard
unit this summer.
Rogers was given the award
for his outstanding performance
ns a member of "A" Battery, 5th
Observation Battalion. Kentucky
National Guard. He was selected
top soldier by a vote of the
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Managing Editor
Newton SrENcrn, Sports Editor
Mike yENNINGFn
Bobbie Mason, Assistant Managing Editor
Stimht Goldfarb, Advertising Manager
Alice Akin, Society Editor
Skip Tayloh, Cartwnist
Nicky Vorz, Circulation
Terry Ashley, Business Manager

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N orris Johnson, Neics Editor

Tevis Bennett, Associate

John Fitzwater, Sports

The Fraternity Challenge
This will be a year of great challenge to each of the University's 19
social fraternities and to the fraternity
system as a whole.
This year fraternities must improve their scholarship or face possible suspension. It is lso the first
year of operation of a deferred rushing system intended to raise fraternity grade standards. Fraternities
will also have to maintain their
membership and finances in spite of
the great decrease in the number of
men eligible for pledging.
Fraternities were granted the opportunity to prove their ability to
work among themselves to achieve
and maintain higher academic standards last spring when the University
Faculty voted to withhold until fall,
1961, a ruling compelling fraternities
scholastic
to meet the
average to stay off social probation.'
The deferred rush plan adopted
in the spring by the Interfraternity
Council demonstrated to the Faculty
the willingness of the fraternity system to work through IFC to attain
higher scholastic standards. It was
the adoption by IFC of the deferred
rush plan that convinced the Faculty
that fraternities were ready to take
the initiative in solving the grade
problem.
The fraternity system cannot,
however, let its membership lapse
while it improves its grades. Fraternities depend upon their pledges to
help meet the expenses of maintaining a house and supporting a full
social program. They will have to
get a good number of pledges during
this rush period to enable them to
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keep the deferred rushing program
operating.
This will be a difficult problem
for the system to solve. There are
560 men enrolled in the rush programan increase over last year's 376
but almost all of those are first
semester freshmen and are not
eligible for pledging.
Because of the smaller number of
men available for pledging, there will
be great pressure upon the fraternities to pledge all those who arq
eligible. It is under such conditions
that groups let their standards slip
and begin pledging all rushees who-rabe persuaded to join.

The new ruling requiring that
junior men live in the dormitories
unless they are fraternity members
living in the chapter houses will undoubtedly cause many men who
would not otherwise consider fraternity membership to go out for rush.
Pledging men who want only to move
out of the dormitories could seriously
damage the fraternity system. Such
men are a drag on the system now,
even in limited numbers; too many
could prove fatal.
We want to see the fraternity
system vindicate the Faculty's confidence in its ability to solve its own
problems, but we do not want to see
it hang a millstone around its neck
for years to come by injudicious
rushing and pledging.

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deThe televised
bate has been seen in "press reaction
as bringing a new dimension into
presidential campaigning.
But there was counsel, too, that a
president must "be more than a slick
television personality" and that newspapers provided the "permanency of
print" in comparing candidates.
The event was seen, nevertheless,
as a historic occasion.
Opinion varied on "who won?"
A number of editorials gave good
marks to both men.
"American presidential campaigning will never 1m? the same again,"
said the Milwaukee Journal.
It said millions of Americans in
the comfort of their homes "heard
in personal debate and discussion the
two able, experienced, well informed
It
and expressive contenders.
exciting.
was unprecedented. It was
Most of all it was informative'
The Huston Traveler said that'
through TV "the 20th century is
truly providing what our founding
fathers in the 18th century hoped
for an informed electorate, equipped
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with the comparative knowledge to
make the best choice."
The Hearst nef?prupers hailed the
debate as a historic occasion and said,
"We welcome the1 new dimension."
But the Hearst group held that
television has its defects, too, and
that "the press can offer a service beyond the means of TV."
"In the permanency of print,
newspaper readers have the opportunity to compare and study the
views of the candidates, and to return to them as often as needed."
The Worcester, Mass., Evening
Gazette said there were two dangers
in such debates.
"One is that the detailed position
on which the candidates are setting
forth . . . will be ignored by voters
who assume they can learn from
these shows all they need to know
about the issues," the Evening Gazette
said.

"The second is that there will be
on appearances
an
and ability to talk. A president in
these times must be more than a
slick television personality."
The Thiladelphia Bulletin held
that one great advantage of the tele
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Thinning The Network Herd
Last year at this time a widespread complaint growing out of
television executives'
attitude toward quiz fixing was that
the networks exercised too little
supervision of their programs. Hie
cowboys, so to speak, were letting
the herd run wild.
Today, as the networks sit more
firmly in the saddle and hold a tighter
rein than ever before, they are faced
with a new problem: running a profitable ranch with a smaller herd.
The Federal Communications
Commission has acted in recent days
to cut back the number of hours
which networks can commandeer
from affiliated stations. Formerly the
TV chains had first claim on 12 of
each day's broadcasting hours; now
the limit is 10. One result will be to
turn back to local stations a half-hoof prime evening time, with' networks supplying programs only for
two and a half hours instead of three.
The decision is controversial for
a number of reasons, and it is far
from certain that viewers will either
benefits or sustain
enjoy clear-cu- t
provable losses.
A close
vote testifies to the
lack of agreement within the FCC
itself. The minority opinion was that
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the commission should not liavc endorsed option time as a practice, regardless of the numtx?r of hours involved, and that better programs
would result if stations were left free
to make whatever network commitments they wished.
Although the networks each stand
to lose several million dollars a year
in profits, they still have at least some
comfort in the FCC's majority stand
that option time is "reasonably necessary" to network operation. And
loosening the network grip on local
stations may reduce the threat of Justice Department attack on the option
time practice under antitrust laws.
What viewers will want to watch
is what use is made of the additional
time by their local stations. If stations fall back on second-rate- ,
programs in an effort to send
their profits skyrocketing, the public
will hardly have gained. The FCC
seems determined to keep adjusting
the balances to promote operation
in the public interest. Hut sponsors,
stations, and viewers must do their
part by insisting that time be used
for enlightening and wholesome entertainment.
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vision method of discussing the issues "is that the speakers are talk-

ing to the whole country, and must
therefore refrain from shaping their
arguments to appeal to certain sections and elements."
The Baltimore Evening Sun said
the debate offered "a more revealing
insight into the personalities of the
presidential candidates and also into
their stand on public policies than
most people are likely to get in any
other way."
The debate was described by the
Christian Science Monitor as "highly
useful in helping citizens gauge the
character and purpose of each candidate. Also in clarifying the difference between them on domestic
issues."

The St. Louis

said
the debate was stiff and formalized
but that "the surprising thing was
that a real discussion of issues did
take place, a real division on principle
did begin to take shape."
"Both men," said the Atlanta
Journal, "were on their own before
a huge audience. There can be no
trickery or demagogy in face- exchange and direct question
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and answer procedure."
The Buffalo Evening News said
the chef result of the debate "may
be to ,het the public's appetite for
far more solid discussion of issues
than we have had from either one to
date."
The Newark, N. J., Evening News
said "this was a campaign experiment
that demonstrated politics may be
waged intelligently, even urbanely."
"Not the least of the solid results
of the
debate is the
.fact that it came just about in time
to save the country from being talked
to death by Khrushchev and Castro,"
said the Evening News.
The
newspaper
group in the New York City suburban
area found, however, that "the a