University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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DONALD ALDERSON Dean of Men LAURENCE, Woobnvr-'F , Dean of Students s Located in Strong Hall .is a group of offices belonging tothe administrators '-of K.U. It is from these' offices that the centipede of the university has its' begin- nings. We are sometimes uncon- scious ofthe calculated planning that takes placegin .Strongf Hall, but these plans are designed and directed at us. From the trained minds of our administrators come decisions of lasting significance, and from their preconceptive moments these decisions have a direct bearing on our daily lives. To the student, the administra- tors have a kind of mysterious aura surrounding them, but their daily activities are so numerous that we can only observe the university to find evidence of their success. We can only nod our approval and say thank you. 18 g EMILY 'TAYLOR Dean ofsdhwomen

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WHAT THIS MEANS T0 US By Franklin D. Murphy The most significant fact of our age is the scientific- technological revolution in which we are all involved, whether we realize it or not. Never in the history of human events have the relationships of man to nature, man to society, and man to man been involved in such an episode of violent and dramatic change. Although the revolution is primarily of a techno- logical nature, its economic, political and cultural hy-products are enormous and complex. The implica- tions for good as well as for evil are tremendous. If the revolution is to lead to unparalleled human prosperity and happiness rather than to suicide, it will in the largest measure be by virtue of education. The trained and educated mind has become, in these times, a crucial necessity-not just a desirability. .The stakes are too great and the tolerances too finegfor us to depend on intuition for the solution of our problems, nor can we much longer afford the luxury of emotional, prejudicial thinking in lieu of the application of the trained intel- lect. All over the world men are beginning to perceive that there is scientifically no conceivable excuse for poverty, hunger or chronic disease. They begin t0 understand that we are all God's creatures and as such are entitled to respect and equality of opportunity. The character, complexity and urgency of our age place upon institutions such as the University a terrify- ing obligation. It is in the classrooms, the libraries and the teaching and research laboratories of our institu- tions of higher learning that the status of the United States in world affairs fifty years hence will be deter- mined. The American people, especially the generations of today and tomorrow, require for a secure and expanding future, not more luxury resort hotels but an ever higher tempo and quality of education and its Siamese twin, research. We must put first things first. At this critical juncture in human history, when two great forces have come to grips with a world at stake, the United States of America dare not default in its leadership of the peoples of the free' world. Those of us involved in the educational process, both students and teachers alike, carry crucial responsibilities. With adequate support from a nation that is determined to have the quality and amount of education which it needs, rather than that which we assume we can afford, with the great traditions of human dignity and freedom of the spirit which undergird this Republic, and with a renewed dedication for scholarship and learning at all levels of our educational system, we can win the 20th Century. To do less would represent criminal negli- gence as we think of our children and our children's children, as well as those who have sacrificed to give us what we have today.

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RAYMOND NICHOLS KE1rH LAWTON Executwe Secretary of the Dzrector of Physwal Plant JAMES K. HITT Registrar H f X I9 'ZW' L A fMaif3gf,,,1 5 'f 7754a,,, '-g.g:v' . A : . .FM ' iw.