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By. Kernel Cartoonist
Kernel editoml .n ionit R.i C.rtiwns his
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in the Dee. LM) edition ol the Kernel. w.is
judged in the tenth .innn.il (olleue ncw.sp.ipcr

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work In a contest since he has born at the University of Kentucky. He h.s neer taken any course i
In drawing. Lmt puisnes It s a hobby.
A graduate student in political science here.

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Cravens

safe driving contest, sponsored by the Lumbermen's
Mutual Casualty Co.. Chicago." First prize iu the
cartoon competition was $100.
It was the first time Cravens had entered his

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candidate lir a d.xtnratc in philos-

ophy, lie has lrcn editorial cartoonist for the Kernel since the fall of lP.Vi
While he was serving as an Air Force reserve
officer In the South Pacific in 1P."4. the c.ut.xmist,
won first prize for a flying safety poster in worldwide service conixtitlon.
Cravens received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Western Kentucky State College. He
lives in Coopers town with his wife. Ann

Baker Honored
By Ky. Jaycees
Dr. Merl Baker, UK Mechanical Engineering professor," is Vol. XLIX
one of three young Kentuckians judged outstanding for 1957
bythe Kentucky Junior Chamber of Commerce. The others are
Don S. Sturgill, Lexington, commissioner of public safety, and
Dr. James E. Croley, Jr., mayor of Piiieville.
transfe- r- to sateimesTDr:
rector cf the Kentucky Research Baker said "excessive heating
on.

He is credited with duced by friction with the air will
greatly increasing the number of cause objects (satellites) to burn
grants and contracts for research up unless an adequate cooling
at UK.
tern is incorporated."
Holder of a PhD. degree from
Dr. Baker is also credited with
Purdue University, he has done bringing the 1961 meeting of the
basic research in the field of heat American Society for Engineering

sys-progra- ms

transfer and thermodynamics.
which contributes to the store of
knowledge important to the de- velopment of rockets and satellites,
Irx ejcplaining

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I'nivcrsity of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., Friil.iv, Fill.

Kyian Queen
Crowning To
Be Saturday
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coeds will com-pettonight in Memorial Hall
Education to Lexington. This
meeting will bring almost 3,000 for the title of Kentiukiau
leading engineering educators and
many industrialists from tlirough- - Ouecn, 11)j8. She will be
Lexington.
crowned tomorrow night at the
The three young men were se
Kentuckian Dance in the Student
lected by a judging panel of Kentucky leaders on the basis of their Union ballroom. All but five of the
contributions to civic life and wel- contestants will be eliminated by
fare of their communities and state three judges tonight in a contest
leadership ability. beginning at 7:30 p.m. They will
and
They received their awards at be judged on the basis of beauty
the recent Kentucky Junior Cham- alone.
At a luncheon tomorrow afterber of Commerce banquet in
noon at the Lafayette Hotel, a
Bowling Green.
In 1953, Dr. Baker received a panel will select the queen, the
Gold Medal Award from the Amer- two attendants and the two memtv-tw-

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bers of the court, this time judging on poise and social grace.
Charlie Blair and his orchestra
will provide music for the dance,
which lasts from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Girls attending the dance will have
1:30 a.m. permission. The coronation will take place at 11 p.m.
l.
The dance will be
Admission to the dance is $2
per couple in advance sales, and
$2.50 at the door. Tickets will be
on sale today in the Kentuckian
office, 210 Journalism building,
and tonight in Memorial Hall.
This year's Kentuckian Queen
will also be UK's representative
to the spring Mountain Laurel
Festival in Pineville.
The arrangement grew from an
agreement between Dean of
Women Doris M. Seward and the
After discussions with the
Council. Panhellenic, Kentuckian. Formerly, the office
Men's Residence Halls Governing of the dean of women was in
Council, Women's House President's Council, and a group of 150 charge of selecting the Mountain
Laurel Queen candidate.
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ican Association of Mechanical Engineering for having made the outstanding contribution to mechan
ical engineering in the first 10
years after receiving a baccalaureate degree.
Dr. Baker received his B.S. degree from UK and his M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from Purdue. He
has published technical articles
in several magazines.
He and his wife, Emily, also a
UK graduate, have two children,
age four and two.

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Is Under Consideration
new plan of organization featuring better communication and
representation between students
and the student governing body
has been presented to the SGA for
consideration.
The new system, as proposed by
the SGA Organizations Committee,
would entail a Senate consisting
of two members from each of the
colleges cf the University, and a
A

of the organizations on campus.
The organizations represented in
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representative per 200 students,
with no organization having more

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five representatives.

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dent Dave Ravencraft appointed
this committee to study the present organization and functioning
of the SGA and recommend and
changes that would better it in
any way.
The results of this study. were
reported Monday night by Pete
Prrlman, chairman of the Organizations Committee. His committee

reported that they had found the
present system outmoded and unrepresentative of the majority of
the students.
Perlman stated that his committee, and the other organizations
they had worked with, felt that

representatives to the SGA should
have a tangible group to be responsible to. This Is not true of
the present representative system.

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On Staff Of Kernel
The Board of Student Publica- tions has named Jim Bland, a
Journalism senior from Louisville,
to succeed Frank Strunk as editor
of the Kernel.Bland was moved up from his
post as make-u- p
editor when
Strunk resigned to accept a position with a Lexington paper.
The board appointed John Eger- -

ton to the make-u- p
post vacated
by Bland. Egerton. a senior topical
major from Cadiz, will continue hu
duties as promotion manager.
Both Bland and Egerton are
Army .veterans and members of
Sigma Delta Chi. men's professional Journalistic fraternity. Bland
has an overall standing of 3.0,
while Egerton has a 2.9.

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RepoytsjOn
Kammerer

ID CARDS
Student ID cards may be
picked up from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in the lobby of Memorial Coliseum, Monday, Feb. 17. Students
who have not yet had pictures
made for ID cards may do so
from 9 a.m.. to 1 p.m. at the
Coliseum Monday. This will be
the final date for taking pictures.

A UK faculty-boar- d
of trustees
committee has recommended that
the University administration re
view the case of Dr. Gladys Kammerer of the Political Science De
partment, and Pres. 'Frank O.
Dickey has saidjhere la "no reason" why the recommendation
should not be followed to the let.
ter."
The committee, composed of
three members of the faculty and
three members of the board of
sixth concert tour of the U. S.
trustees, was formed last fall to
Is sponsored by The
and Canada,
UK is assured of an increase of review all complaints of the facCentral Kentucky Concert and
$3,790,800 for operating expenses ulty. Dr. Kammerer came under
Lecture Series.
and $7,500,000 for buildings in the consideration when she. said she
next two years, President Frank G. was denied a salary increase beDickey said this week.
cause she had spoken out against
The bulk of the increase for new Gov. Chandler's changes in the
buildings would be $6 million fur state's Child Welfare program.
the new medical center. The rest When Dr. Hammerer's statement
of the capital outlay $1,500,000 Twas made public last July, Dr.
Dickey said her actions over the
is marked for three
centers at Covington. Cumberland. years had made for bad public
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Henderson. In addition. $6 lations for the University. The
million is encumbered for medical controversy developed after Dr.
school expenses in 19C0-CKammerer was named "DistinState appropriations to the Divi guished Professor of the Year"
sion of Colleges in 1958-C- 0
should and did not receive the customary
increase by $1,122,000 for operating pay Increase which has accom
expenses. The Division of Colleges panied the nonor in the past.
will have an additional $240,000 for
The committee's report said in
1958-5- 9
for the start of an IBM part that ". . . the merit of Dr.
computing center for training and Kammerer.be restudied thoroughresearch and the full operation of ly and if this study indicates merit
the Ashland Center.
that has been overlooked, that a
The Agricultural Experiment proper adjustment In salary be
Station and the Agricultural Ex- made . . ."
tension Service would get increases
Dr. Dickey told a Kernel reof $203,000 and $147,000, respec- porter yesterday that he felt th
tively, over current operating expenses In the next biennlum.
ROBERTA PETERS
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Opera. Star To Appear Dickey Says
UK Will Get
In Concert Series
Budget Raise

Coloratura Soprano Star of
RoAn alternate plan for the repre- the Metropolitan Opera,
sentation in the House was of- berta Peters, will appear at the
fered. It included representatives Coliseum, Wednesday, Feb.
from each sorority and fraternity,
as well as those from the major 19th, at 8:15 p.m. She is
campus organizations.
for her appearances on
Several months ago SGA Presithan

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"Voice of Firestone" and "The
Ed Sullivan Show."

Miss Peters will sing 18 selections including works by Rossini,
Ravel. Debussy, Richard Strauss,
and Schumann. She will be accompanied by George Trovillo,
pianist, and James CI em us, flutist.
Born in New York City and
completely trained in America,
she won a Metropolitan Opera
contract when 20. RCA Victor has
flown her to Rome to record complete operas. Sir Thomas Beecham
took her to London to star in his
Festival of Britain production of
"The Bohemian Girl" at the Royal
Opera House.
MUs Peters, currently on her

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After the dinner, club members
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Fran Gray, and Melinda Rosenbaum. Kushee Claire Iludgins looks
on. The girls were guests at a Mardi Gras party.

Food from at least nine foreign
countries will be served at the
Cosmopolitan Club's annual international dinner next Sat., Feb. 21,
at 6 p.m. In the dining room of
the Second Presbyterian Church.
The menu Includes Italian pizza,
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The Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Entered at the Post Offir at Lexington. Krnturkv

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matter under

the Act of March 3, 1879.
Published weekly during school except holidays and exams.
THREE DOLLARS A SCHOOL YEAH

JAMES BLAND. Editor
ANN SMITH, News Editor
DAVE ALTEMUEHLE, Managing Editor
ED FORD. Sports Editor
JOHN EG EH TON, Makeup Editor
FRANK C. STRUNK. Associate Editor
Andy Epperson, Makeup Assistant
Tracy Wnldcn. Society" Editor

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FERRY ASHLEY; Bus. Mgr.
JOHN MITCHELL, Staff Photographer

Fighl For Your Rights!
Within the next few weeks, more than GO.(KX) college
students will practically lose their right to vote unless they
stand up and fight.
There are, at present, two hills in committee in the State
Legislature which would provide for the repeal of the absentee
ballot except for use by members of the armed forces and
their spouses. These are House bills 3S and 1 IS which were
introduced last month.
This move to re peal the absentee vote was brought about
because .13 counties were suspected of irregularities in the
administration of the absentee ballots last spring. Rather
than repair the bill to the point where such acts are impossible, the legislators want to penalize the residents of the
other 107 counties. This is clearly a case of throwing away
a whole barrel of apples because there are two or three
rotten .oues.
If passed, and there irmuch sentiment for the repeal bill
in Frankfort, this would deprive most college students and all
Kcntuckians employed by the Federal government in the
District of Columbia of the right to vote.
They probably make up a good percentage of the intelligent voters in this state.
Only slightly over two years ago, the people of this state
have the voting franchise. Now,
saw fit to Jet
the legislators propose to take away that franchise from the
college students the more intelligent oT the teen-agvoters
and leave it for the less intelligent which still reside in their
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home county.
This is sheer nonsense! It amounts to a penalty for
college. College students cant afford to Jay out of
classes a day or two to return home perhaps several hundred
miles to vote on election day. It would hurt their grades
and their purses.
Two colleges in the state have already protested against
the bill, Georgetown and Eastern. The students signed petitions and representatives of the student body appeared at
Frankfort to protest. Such a movement is underway on campus.
The Kernel heartily endorses it and suggests that the
student body do likewise by putting their signatures to the
petition.
The right to vote is one of the basic rights and privileges
ofa democracy. Lose the right to vote and you lose the
right to protest, make changes, or choices, and the other
freedoms which are so often taken for granted.
students want to keep these rights, they'll have to
fight for them.
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REPEAL

Alright, Hand It Over

Open Letter

From Editor
In a recent staff change, the
author of this editorial was named
editor of the Kernel for the second
semester, succeeding Frank Strunk.
Mr. Strunk' set a high standard
which it will be difficult to measure up to. But I shall do the best
possible to meet that standard.
As far as the basic Kernel policies go there will be no major
changes. The Kernel may differ
in some small way from that of
last semester, but not to such a
degree that it will be overly'
obvious.

If anyone on the campus has a
gripe or an opinion which he thinks
should be aired or some information which the student body should
be aware of, the Kernel wishes to
know about it.
Any letter to the editor which
is signed and not of a libelous
nature will be printed. The writer's
name will be withheld on request.
These have always been the
policies of the Kernel and will
continue to be.

New Look For SGA?
thcStudent Government AssociaThe plan to
tion here is worth the careful consideration of not only
members of the assembly, but the student body as well.
Under the proposed system, SGA will be in closer contact
with the students. At the same time its members will represent more workable and better defined segments of the
student body. Much of the apathy on campus regarding SGA
in recent years can be traced to the fact that the members
of the organization have been in poor communication with
the interests they represent.
Any move which would facilitate the relations between
students and their representatives in campus government
would stimulate much needed interest as well as give impetus
to the governing body.
While it may disquiet a few, the new plan has the advantage of subordinating all other student organizations on
campus to SGA. There can be no other alternative if such
a thing as student government is to exist.
Should SGA decide to revise its framework and constitution, it will have to be ratified by a vote of the students. If
and when an election is held, it will be interesting to see how
many of the decriers of the association will be outspoken
enough to vote for a change.'
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UNIVERSITY SOAPBOX
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r. Anderson Opens Series On Russian Education
Sole: This is the first of 12
sections tchich uill run in ttie
Kernel during the next few
months. This series is tin tnuhj-si- s
of ' thc Russian educational
sustein und how it compares
with the American .sistem. It
teas written for the Kernel !
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Dr. C. Arnold Anderson of the
- 'Sociology Dept. lie lias been
working specifically on Russian
fv
cdumtion. The UK faculty, re
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search fund helped finance Dr.
Anderson s study.)
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RUSSIA, TOO, DOESNT KNOW WHAT
TO DQ AHOUT ITS SCHOOLS
During World Warr II and within a short period
the US. produced the atom bomb. It was during
this same period, as some will remember, that the
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military, employers, and all the
critics were crying that American education had
deteriorated. It was .only a small group of talented
men, furnished with unlimited resources, who developed the bomb in a crash program. But the
craftsmen who built the delicate instruments for
Oak Ridge were equally essential for this success.
Perhaps, after all, the quality of the American
schools was less important than the abundance of
resources and the concentration of skills on the
project.
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In the same way the production of Sputnik
proves little about the general quality of Soviet
schools. Obviously Russia has at least a few school
traininr some outstanding: kcientists and engineers.
Their crash program did the rest. But their victory
did not come out of nothing. Few Americans know
that the first textbook in the world on aeronatitles
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was published In Russia before the first world war.
Indeed, many of the best senior Russian scientists
were educated in universities developed in the
Tsarist period.
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France, on the other hand, has long had excellent schools, but relatively few discoveries come
out of France today. One cannot make sweeping
generalizations about schools on the basis of random spectacular examples. In order to get a reliable
picture we must consider the whole range of schools
in both Russia and the U.S.
In these short articles on Russian education the
purpose is not to prove that either school system i3
superior but only to give a clear description of the
main features. At the outset it is necessary to face
up to the fact that the external features of the
two educational systems have a great deal in common. Europeans are as much impressed by the
similarities of the two nations as by their differences. In 1835 the French observer be Tocqueville
wrote: "There are at the present time two great
nations in the world, which started from different
points, but seem to tend towards the same end.
I allude to the Russians and the Americans." There
are fundamental contrasts in purpose, spirit, and
political setting of these two school systems. But
they become more alike each year and at the same
time find they must tn'gp,' with, thp same problems.

Until the last few years the primary educational
task for Russia was to spread literacy and develop
the basic industrial skills. Their relatively few
scientists and engineers concentrated on copying
the best knowledge and machines of the rest of
the world. Except in weapons and a few other
fields, pioneering work has been emphasised onlv
in the last few years. We, on the other hand,
were among the most productive scientific nations.

We have tried to do original work, with all too few
men for the job. Our best men have been scattered
over all fields - of knowledge. Much of - our best
talent was used to improve consumer goods such as
television or automobiles or lawnmowers. The Russian government had little interest in helping consumers live better.
There has been too much tendency in discussions
on this subject to compare the best Russian features
with our typical schools. The Russian system, like
ours, is a very spotty one. Their teachers are
underpaid. Their rural schools are inferior. Most
of their children receive far less than the intended
amount of schooling. In turn, we have some of the
best primary, secondary, and higher schools in the
world.

It would be foolish and premature to conclude
that we should remodel our schools on the Russian
plan. First of all. as mentioned, Sputnik proves
little. Second, the real taA is to decide which
parts of our system are doing a good job and

which need rebuilding. Finally, to ape them by
throwing all our emphasis upon science and engineering would be to confess that their system of
life is really better than ours. We could not
actually copy their school system without copying
many other parts of Russian society. We can
strengthenthose schools and programs we row
have which have proved they can deliver the particular Russian results that we do want to copy.
. There must be a lot of American professors
and
teachers enjoying some sour lauuhs these days.
3ust a few years ago they were accused of misleading American youth and of spreading foreign, even
Russian ideas. Now, suddenly their critics want to
copy wholesale from Russia. .Now our teachers
must save the country.

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Kernel." I felt not only compelled.
but duty bound, to write this letter
of contradiction. I don't know why
you felt you had to drag the name
of one of the finest rock and roll
performers in the United States
into the mire, but I'm quite sure
you had no basis for your .statements concerning Little Richard.'
Have you ever .seen this great
By JIM HAMPTON
artist in person, Mr. Hampton?
Do you even know anything about
We have just been apprised of the fact that there are more him? Did you know that only a
than forty million television sets scattered, across this vast do- few short months ago, Mr. Lit t lo
Richard Fenniman cast his opul
main of we, the people of the United States. And everv nidit. in ence Into the sea to prove to the
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tangle across the room. They await with keen anticipation their BaTpt,ist ml"lster!
nave bcvii
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and his
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show that the consumption of the sponsor's product will make
the viewer healthy, wealthy and socially acceptable.
Also dedicated to the progress of content to settle with consolation

talent and versitility (sic) before
or since. You wonder at the use of
the word privilege, Mr. Hampton,
but let me relate .some of the
performer s background to vou

television are the unseen hordes of prizes of Cadillacs, refrigerators
writers, producers, designers and
Television's, sponsors.
Richard Penniman
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others whose "contributions make me iact mat mey cannotawareof
give the a large Negro familv iust twentv- up the finished show as it appears public something for nothing,
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the church choir. After appearing
ver were, but nine out of ten can as a sales target.'
on iocaj radio stations, and cutting
probably identify, on first sight, a
What parent can resist Junior's several records, Little Richard soon
picture of Captain Viedo. Let us
pause to examine this thing called request when he raises his big gained fame and fortune with his
first
television, and take a look at the brown eyes (with pupils slightly you hit record, Tutti Frutti. Have
ever danced across a crowded
contracted from watching tele- effect it has had upon the common vision)
and, with his most trusting floor to such tremendous
weal.
says: "Can we buy some ings as Lucille, She's Got It, Keep
Those of us who are not more of that
cereal with A'Knockins, Miss Ann, and count-th- e
gainfully employed can turn their
coupon on the back so that I less others, which were not only
sets on early in the morning; anil can get my young little body ener- - sung, but composed by Little Rich- find, .edification and pertinent facts ETIZPH in- a flash fnr all m tfron. arrl , .......
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issues of vital national importance, nng Wlth only six boxtops plus a
fair, Mr. Hampton? More im- iq nil.
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Linda Jane Montgomery
going to class or work, one .can buy a supply of Krunchies, eh?
Christian College
watch Cartoon Capers, a laugh-a- Realizing that television is here
Columbia, Missouri
minute collection of archaic ani- - to stay and that it plays an
which some sharp movie portant part in our lives, both as
producer unloaded on the television a source of entertainment and as
(We must admit that we have
stations at a tidy profit. By merely j a wellspring of cultural enlighten. . not seen this "great artist" in
the knob to another sta- - ment