THE CARDINAL
Official Student Publication of University of Louisville
VOL. 5. LOUISVILLE, KY., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1937 NO. 21
Kent Places Censor Over
Cardinal in Surprise Move
Claims Move Forced
By 'Intolerable
Situation.'
Censorship of the Cardinal for
the remainder of the year by R.
E. Blackwell, D'rector of Publica-tions,
was decreed Monday by
President R. A. Kent. Announced
at a conference of Dr. Kent, Dean
B. M. Brigman, Chairman of the
Board of Publications, Mr. Black-well,
Robert N. Kelso, editor of
the Cardinal, and Thomas A.
Bledsoe, editor of the University
concerning the present dispute
over publications organization,
the action came as a surprise move.
Attributing his action to mater-ial
appearing in the March 11 is-sue
of the Cardinal which he held
to misrepresent essential facts, Dr.
Kent stated that he would take
the action he felt to be right even
though “I shall be accused of im-pinging
on the freedom of the
press.”
The censorship, he continued,
came “as the result of a situation
which has now become intoler-able.”
Staff members, interview-ed
on the action, viewed the move
as “a surprise weapon in the
sent controversy.’’
“The present action,” Dr. Kent
stated, “is in no way to interfere
with or influence free expression of
student opinion, but is designed to
insure accuracy in all facts pre-sented
in the Cardinal”
Mr. Blackwell, consulted on the
shuation, said that he interpreted
the action to indicate his right to
“challenge the facts contained in
any article and demand the source
of all information.” While he re-gretted
the situation as much as
anyone else, he said, he would be
compelled in the future to enforce
such action.
Dr. Wilcox Talks
On Governments
Dr. Francis O. Wilcox of the
History and Political Science De-partment
spoke to a meeting of
the Channing Club on the night of
March n. The subject of Dr.
Wilcox’s talk was “The Nature of
Fascism.”
In the near future Dr. Wilcox
expects to deliver a series of two
lectures to the business girls at
the Y. W. C. A. At these meet-ings
his topic will be “Govern-ment
in a Changing World.”
Singers!
E. J. Wotawa, associate dean of
the School of Music, issued a call
for all men interested in forming
a Male Chorus to meet in the
Music Budding next Wednesday,
March 24, at 12:30 p. m.
Dr. O’Rourke Leads
Dental Celebration
Under the leadership of Dean
O’Rourke the Dental School is
more than cooperating in making
the celebration of the University’s
hundredth anniversary a huge suc-cess.
The School will hold a joint
meeting with the Kentucky Dental
Association on April 5-6-7.
A complete program has been
planned including thirty-three
table clinics by members of the
faculty and the student body. On
Tuesday morning, April 6, from
nine to twelve, Mrs. H. T. Knigh-ton,
A. W. Homberger, and J. M.
Kinsman will give sixty-minute
addresses each; on Wednesday aft-ernoon,
April 7, from two to five,
the speakers will be Drs. E. C.
Hume, J. L. Selden, and W. M.
Randall.
Although not on the above pro-gram,
one of the most prominent
speakers who will address the
meeting is Dr. Arthur Davenport
Black, Dean of the Dental School
of Northwestern University. Also
featured, will be a special demon-stration
by Dr. Ira G Nichols, au-thor
of “Nichols Prosthetic Den-tistry.”
Council President
To Represent U.-L.
Robert Leopold, Student Coun-cil
president, will attend the Sou-thern
Federation of College Stu-dents
and Press Representatives
to be held in New Orleans April
8,9, 10. Discussion of student
government, all phases of college
annual work, and college paper
management will be conducted
during the convention.
Convocation To Hear
Syrian Talk Monday
Ameen Rihani, speaker and
writer on questions concerning the
Near East, now touring the coun-try,
will address a university con-vocation
Monday morning, March
22, on the subject, “The Kings of
Arabia,” under the auspices of the
Institute of International Educa-tion,
it was announced today.
Tuesday, March 23, Mr. Rihani
will visit the campus for the sec-ond
time as the guest of the Inter-national
Relations Club at their
meeting in the Women’s Building
at 12:30. He will discuss there the
question of “Jews and Arabs in
Palestine.”
A native born Syrian, Mr.
Rihani has studied for some time
in the United States and is now
an American citizen. In 1922 he
toured the kingdoms of Arabia
seeking to bring about peace
among the rival chiefs and estab-lish
a united Arab empire. While
on this mission he was received by
the leading rulers as a consulter
and an advisor.
His lectures and books give an
account of the Near Eastern situa-tion
as it is today. Among his
best known works are “The Chant
of Mystics,” “Maker of Modern
Arabia,” and “Around the Courts
of Arabia.” His speaking topics
include “Future of the Near
East,” “Palestine,” and “Where
East and West Meet.”
Student To Appear
On Shawn Program
Charlotte Sumner will appear
at the Memorial Auditorium to-morrow
night with Ted Shawn
and His Men Dancers when Mary
Long Hanlon’s Dance Group, of
which Miss Sumner is a member,
shares a program with Mr. Shawn.
This will be her first important
public appearance—but not her
first professional engagement; she
danced Wednesday at the Bourbon
County Women’s Club, Junior
Board, at Paris, Kentucky.
Kent, Mayor Miller Filmed
In Centennial Bid To City
Dr. R. A. Kent and Mayor
Neville Miller had a film made
last week in Chicago in which the
two executives invited the citizens
of Louisville to participate with
the University in the observance of
its 100th birthday. In the film
Mayor Miller introduces the Pre-sident
to the cinema audience. Dr.
Kent then extends the invitation: ”
“Ladies and gentlemen: May-
I take this opportunity of extend-ing
an invitation to the citizens of
Louisville to participate in our
Centennial Observance which will
begin March 31 and continue
throughout the remainder of the
school year. Numerous activities
have been planned by the various
schools and divisions. Four all-
University programs will be of in-terest:
Founders’ Day, April 3; a
special educational meeting, April
16; the baccalaureate service,
June 6; and the Commencement,
June 8. All citizens are cordially
invited to participate by attending
these and other meetings in which
they are interested. Read the
newspapers for further details of
the special school programs which
will be observed according to the
following schedule.”
Following the President’s talk
are flashes of the various schools
together with the dates of their
Celebration observance. Release
of this film to four Louisville the-aters
is expected next week by R.
E. Blackwell, Director of Public
Relations.- This release is for lo-cal
theaters only.
Mr. Blackwell accompanied the
executives to Chicago.
Medic Celebration
Program Completed
Plans for the Centennial Cele-bration
of the School of Medicine
to be held during the week of
March 31-April 3, have been com-pleted
and the program of events,
speakers, and exhibitions has been
distributed.
There will be exhibits by the
Departments of Anatomy, Chem-istry,
Physiology and Pharmacol-ogy,
Bacteriology and Public
Health, Pathology, Medicine, Sur-gery,
and the Library. These ex-hibits
will illustrate the history of
teaching those subjects at the
school, scientific work accomplish-ed
and in progress here, and high
lights of advances in their respec-tive
fields.
Centennial Essay
Contest Deadline
Moved To Mar. 22
On the subject, “A Modern Col-lege
in a Modern City,” the closing
date for the submdtance of essays
in the Centennial Essay Contest
has been extended to March 22.
Two prizes of $lO and $5 each are
being offered by the Liberal Arts
Centennial Committee, sponsoring
the contest.
All essays, which must be re-stricted
in length to between three
and five hundred words, should be
concerned with one aspect of the
Liberal Arts College or with their
personal reasons for holding a high
opinion of the school.
Material on various phases of
the question is available at the
main desk of the library. Dr.
Harvey Webster, instructor in the
English department, has been ap-pointed
director of the contest.
Speedsters to Dance
The Speed School Student
Council will throw the biggest
brawl heard around these parts
since the G. F. (Great Flood!)
This big attraction will be pro-duced
on the night of Friday,
March 19, in the gym. A huge
floor show in the Floradora
manner will unfold before the
very eyes of the stupefied pa-trons
of the dawnce, with mi-nute
Miss Marjorie Mattingly
as Mistress of Merriment. Jim-my
Robertson will bring along
his rhythm and young Charley
Graves will direct the activities
of the dance committee.
Editors Move For Organization Change
Student Fees Allocation Hampers Publication
Growth, Quality, Denies Salaries—
Staff Workers Maintain.
Dissatisfied with the failure of the Board of Student Publications
to pay student salaries for Cardinal and University staff members
and wdh a financial set-up which they claim has hampered the growth
and satisfactory operation of student publications in the past and
seriously endangers their future existence, salaried staff members of
both publications refused Monday to accept a compromise offer to
three demands which they had
presented to the Director of Publi-cations
Saturday.
The compromise offer in a letter
presented by Dr. Kent in a con-ference
with staff representatives
held forth the promise of a distri-bution
of whatever surplus might
be left over at the end of the year
above operating expenses (exclu-sive
of student salaries) on a pro-rata
basis, and, in addition, that
the University would pay half the-remainder
of the salaries due while
the students assumed the other
half of the loss. The offer was re-jected
on the grounds that it of-fered
no solution to the situation.
The demands, unanimously en-dorsed
by the twelve salaried staff
members, are:
1. Complete payment of all stu-dent
salaries for 1936-37.
2. Elimination of the $1,600
salary of the Director of Publica-tions
and the substitution of an
amount commensurate with his ac-tivities
directly related to publica-tions.
3. Unconditional payment of
student salaries as a basic prin-ciple
of operation.
At the time of the conference
Dr. Kent said he could offer no im-mediate
adjustments on the last
two demands because they concern
budgetary matters and could only
be handled through the usual bud-getary
channels. Robert N. Kelso,
editor of the Cardinal, explained
the reason for the decision to re-ject
the offer in a statement.
“Speaking for the staff members
of both the Cardinal and the Uni-versity,”
he said, “I should like
to make it clear to the student
body that the issues at stake in-volve
more than the mere question
of salaries for the current year.
“Since its inception, the Card-inal
has limped along under a fi-nancially
unsound organization, in
spite of the fact that the system
of assessing students a publica-tions’
fee had been instituted to
bolster the finances. To anyone
who has worked under this organ-ization,
the reason is obvious.
“The direct allocation of publi-cations’
fees paid by the students
to Director Blackwell’s salary
drains $1,600 a year from the pub-lications
limited fund. As Mr.
Blackwell himself has stated re-peatedly,
the arrangement is in-equitable.
“We are not interested in seeing
Mr. Blackwell’s total salary re-duced.
We are interested in see-ing
that services performed by him
in numerous capacities not con-nected
with publications are paid
for out of the general university
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