Kimpton assails UC queStudent Government prI Give thannp. I Chancellor wan 0? chicXgot'J0 S'Kimpton, Strozier get letterA letter protesting Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton’sstatement at the Order of the “C” dinner last Thursday wassent to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Edward L.Ryerson. The letter was sent by the expanded Summer Execu¬tive Council of Student Government acting for the govern¬ment and was voted at their meeting Tuesday night.SG officials said at themeeting that “students at theUniversity of Chicago wereshocked at the wording, the tend¬ency, and the effect ol the Chan¬cellor’s remarks at the ‘C’ dinner.”Copies of the letter were sent toChancellor Kimpton and Dean ofStudents Robert M. Strozier.The vote to send the letter wasunanimous, getting approval frommembers of both the IndependentStudents League and the StudentRepresentative Party. The mem¬bers of the Executive Councilpresent at the meeting were CliveGray, president; Herb Schwartz,vice-president; Monica Kozasa,secretary; Eli Stein, Howard Tur¬ner, Jan Metros, Peter Greene,Marlin Smith, and Martin Gouter-man, committee chairmen, andRobert Floyd, acting for the min¬ority party SRP on the commit¬tee-at-large. Give changesin convocationTimes for tomorrow’s convo¬cation have been changed asfollows: Bachelor’s degrees willbe conferred at 10:30 a.m. andhigher degrees at 3:00 p.m. inRockefeller Chapel. itswho are ‘young and healthy’<“Hutchins educated only the intellect; we want to educatethe whole boy,” stated Frank Whiting, president of the Orderof the “C,” in explaining the purpose of the new recruitmentand scholarship program proposed at the “C” dinner lastThursday night.At the same time, according to 20 “C” men contacted afterthe dinner, Chancellor Kimp-University of Chicago, June 10, 1954 >31 ton stated that the Universityhad a reputation for being“queer,” and added "therefore thisschool has attracted every Goddamned queer kid in the area.”Kimpton later denied ever havingmade the statement.Kimpton continued, “I said onlywhat I have said many times be¬fore—that the undergraduate en¬rollment has fallen, and the rea¬son it has fallen is due to the er-ronious impression that we are aschool for quiz kids. I think thatwe are a normal, broad, healthyinstitution. When I went aroundthe country I tried to combat this‘quiz kid’ impression. Our generaleducation program is so good thatit would be too bad to limit it tothe upper one per cent of the col¬lege students in the country. Iwant a broad cross section ofyoung, healthy Americans.”Plans for raising funds to expand the University’s program of “athletic scholarships” have The median student admittedbeen approved by Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton and Dean of Students Robert M. Stro- to UC scores in the 93 percentilezier. The announcement of approval was made by Frank Whiting, president of the Order of 'of those admitted to college), ofthe “C,” the University lettermen’s association, at the order’s annual dinner Thursday in the the college entrance boards exam,Quadrangle Club. Kimpton pointed out. This is tooThe original scholarship fund was established in 1951 with $3,000 to provide scholarships hjgh; means that we are scar-for students "of high academic : — lns a!™» f «ho,e f6”es “5, k'^s° - who just don t apply to UC. WeAires convention programs are Standing wno would De inter- scholarship. ... I would object tion of Northwestern University, are losing people who are going toavailable in the Student Activities csted in participating in vai- strenuously to anything that was aH the schools in the Big 10 are become leaders in the world of* f.—i-an out.and.out athletic subsidy.” state sch«ols with 10 times as tomorrow, concluded Kimpton.Metcalf explained that the Whiting, Order of the “C” presi-Order of the 'Cscholarships for seekingathletesFulbright formsnow availableApplications for the 1935-1956student Fulbright and Buenossity athletics.” The present fundsfor the scholarships would be col-Olfice, Reynolds Club 202.The basis eligibility require JIlcliail ,Jiai w„_monts for these pre-doctoral pro- looted b> the it 11 o t e scholarships would be awarded on collegiate athletics as Chicago. dent, said that his group wantsgrams ait. United States citizen- ™ the basis of academic achieve- He explained that there would to aid the Chancellor by trying toship, possession of an undergrad- p * " P ^ ment, financial need and interest be n° change in the level of com- increase enrollment. “What wouate degree, knowledge of the suMtamiaiiy tne same manner. and demonstra(ed record in ex- petition for UC teams, saying that need at UC is more people whocountry of study and good health. roz*fr’t . a °.. . £ , , tra-curricular activities, including the school sought teams on its are interested in extracurricularSelection for the awards is fhlP Committee, outlined the fol- ath]ptirs own level. “The ideal schedule is pr*tiviti*>c ” whiima * nr- ai,,™.lowing procedure for awardingthe scholarships in a letter toSelection for the awards ismade on the basis of the appli¬cants’ personal qualifications, ac- Wh l-ademic record and value of the 1 Ing'proposed study or researchproject. athletics. own ievei- -ine lueai scneciuie is activities.” Whiting, a UC alurrv-Whiting, who had cleared the one where our teams win half the nus who graduated in 1917, ex-plan in advance with Kenneth L. contests aind lose half, he ex- plained “We want a well bat“Tug” Wilson, athletic commis- Plained.When asked about plans anced type of kid, of which atlvawards ° 7 f r\r* fAAtbo 11 r^nlmH ‘‘aKenlnfnltr i _ ^ _ i ,Phi Qamma Deltaicins sing, cup Candidates for thecould be recommended by mem¬bers of the Order and by mem- , .... ,. ... ,. .bers of the athletic staff. Such building the athletic prowess ofsioner of the Big 10, thought this for f<^tball> he replied “absolutely ]etes are only one type,program was the first step in re- none- “The present administrationHowever, the newspapers de- has done the University a greatDers oi ine aimeuc sian. ^ucn Cv.:ca “ teams First emDhasis he scribed — in what Metcalf called service in bringing back a mnrocandidates should be told that the on trackand tos “misconceptions”_the sports re- orSox eduiafirst step would be to make ap- kMhn11 anrl latpr fnn1ha]] vival with headlines such as:plication through the AdmissionsPhi Gamma Delta Fraternity,ilo Univeristy, won the Inter-Fiaternity Sing Saturday night.The jcam iheld in Hutchinson Court. The „fraternity also won the gold cup, ma<^^for having been the first frater¬nity to win the sing three timessince the last cup was awarded.Tumor Institutejoins UniversityThe Chicago Tumor Instituteaffiliated with the University last orthodox educational set-up,” saidWhiting. “With the four year de¬grees we will not have so many14 and 15 year olds; the older boyswill have a better chance in ath¬letic competition.”“Since we are all letter winners,naturally we are interested in ath-In Stockton, California, Amos letics,” remarked Whiting. “WeMAROONS PLAN SPORTSFUND, RETURN TO GRIDBIG TIME FOOTBALLIS GOAL OF MAROONSsaid, would be on track and bas¬ketball, and later football.Office and then to take the en- “How fast Chicago can develop.... - . „mm}1 ........ riHIPrnMV trance examinations. When these the tyPe of men and team neces-‘ uam^d r idiernny, diti had i^pj. mct satisfac- sary for a return to big time foot-5(15 Univeristy, won the Inter- conditions naa Deen met sausiac j know ” he saidFiaternitv Sing Satnrdav ninht torily, a sub - committee of the bah, we do not Know, ne said,paternity Sing Satuiday night. (>holirshiD Committee would re- but its return to a position ofThe fraternity beat the nine other Scholarship committee would re * footballcamnnc fratornitioc in ihn eino view the individual application prominence in tfig iu iootoan,(ampus fraternities in the sing, determine the award to be while obviously one of our major‘ ' " ° objectives, definitely is not some- Alonzo Stagg commented that he would like to set up a fund to aidStrozier however, added that thing of the immediate future. .. . was “glad” the University of Chi- scholastically qualified athletes tourst irater- . not’ absolutely necessary” 1 want to see thc day when we cago was thinking of making a come to UC.”nny to win the sing three times for & gtudent to lake the sch0iar. are back in the Big 10 in all sports, return to big-time football compi?- “However I see no reason whyship examination to be awarded a including football,” Whiting con- tition. The former UC football academic standards should bescholarship. He added, “If, accord- eluded. coach added that he hoped the changed, nor do I think suching to normal procedure, a stu- However, Metcalf said “the Big University was not going into a change is desirable,’ concludeddent does not come up to the level 10 isn’t interested in Chicago and wide-open plan of athletic schol- Whiting,of a scholarship student, but we Chicago isn’t interested in the Big arships.still think he will do well, he 10, unless the entire nature of the Writing for the Associatedmay be awarded a remission of University is changed and the un- Press, Whitney Martin said: “Wetuition.” der-graduate college becomes a can see no harm in athletic schol-Explaining that "athletic schol- many times bigger institution.” arships . . . we believe Chicagoweek, Chancellor Lawrence A. arship” meant “buying athletes,” Metcalf pointed out that since belongs in the Big 10.’ He added, The annual awards for excel-Kimpton announced. The Insti- T. Nelson Metcalf said "there is 1946 when Chicago withdrew fiom It has alwavs been our conten- in undergraduate teachingno plan for anything that, it seems the Big 10, Michigan State College tion that a college football player have this year been given to Markto me, can be called an athletic has replaced it. With the excep- should also be a student/' A.shin, assistant professor of Eng-V _ lish in the college, Wells Cham¬berlin, assistant professor in thedepartment of romance languagesand litrature, Beatrice Mintz, as¬sistant professor of biological sci¬ences in the college, and DonaldMeiklejohn, associate professor ofphilosophy in the college.The awards, which consist ofiMP . : u $1,000 in cash, are contributed byErnest E. Quantrell, honorarytrustee of the University.Four professorsreceive awardsbite, presently at 21 W. ElmStreet, will be re-located inNathan Goldblatt Memorial Hos¬pital. The Institute will be re¬named “Chicago Tumor Instituteof the University of Chicago.”The Tumor Institute was organ¬ized in 1937 by Dr. Ludvig Hek-toen, then chairman of the depart¬ment of pathology here. The Insti¬tute has conducted cancer re¬search and diagnosed and treatedout patients, primarily with radi-ation methods.Thank youThe MAROON wishes lothank those who contributed|he money which made thisissue of the paper possible. They all approve of scholarshipsThe scholarship plan for bringing more athletesto Chicago has met with the approval of Chancel¬lor Lawrence A. Kimpton (left), Director of Ath-’letics T. Nelson Metcalf (center) and Chairman of the Scholarship Committe Robert M. Strozier(right). The plan was announced at the Order ofthe “C” dinner Thursday in the Quadrangle Club. Picnic rained outThe University Meteorolog¬ical Department held its an¬nual picnic last Thursday nightat the point. Picnic prepara¬tions evidently diverted the sci¬entists from their instruments—it rained.iget citationsfkT,>4,;f ja ,-^'V^>-"i> ’ c“' 4 ~ ^>Ju- *’''l> V<>£• . ' 7; . ^ '*'V' ' • ' ’ * * ;•;'nitv service :Twenty^six University alumni were; honored Saturday afternoon when Keith I. ParsotAlumni foundation president,. presented them With the foundation’s citations:Highest honor's — the mkdal for. ephtribytions to the nation — went to Helen R. Wrigldean of Jh& TfG school of social service administration,and to George O. Curme, Jr., directof t he Union Garbide and Ga r-bon Gorporation. (Curme wasawarded the medal in ab-;Twenty four alumni received ci-Tor contribufions to theVv\J' yf C£XAF\S—.1 Mrs Charles T. Boynton, for.mer president' of the Elkhart"GoUnty ( Indiania). Depa f t men t otPublic Welfare-; ,-V 5 lMrs. ■ William jbE. Brentzel, research pathologist and botanist a»(North Dakota) State .College St ition; ‘‘‘ -Cj’"' -Rey/Franklin D. Elmer, mini',ter at"First Baptist Church (FinnMichigart^Sp^||^^4^45::4'Daniel A Heindel, Jr /vice pres,ident ot D.. A. Heindel, Inc ;John Srpith Ivy, geologist andpetroleum engineer; ytJohn Masek'oftin’sjJSltirservWinter Park, Florida;. J' ’’Mundj I Pealo. president of Republic Aviations Corporation,J ,, - . KT n „ . * /.4Miss Lucy-Coleman Williams *>( '! -,"’*■* / v i N.i'inn,,: I tan1ot ClncaMiss Mary Herrick, social soy < • • *> V,'/jg J «V{ .'g,,,ence teacher in Du Sable'^igh Sfflri€^ll3l idCUlTyschool; . & ■ ' V/'.j'* % IV('lay Jud.son. ('o partner of VV il ITIGITID0T QlGSson and Mi l ls ane; .. , ,, , ,tor of .ho foreign operations id. £? o .final taeulty.p.ember,.,,taMmrator; "" J '■■■■ vJ.mie. I Palmer, present it / ?£:$£.?' f “ M?netl,",k;Mai shall Field and Companv: V £•s"hie\ ;l| p.U'nei ,|St.‘in. Poe and Fat nl am :Mrs. Clifton Utley, news .cbmj , He.was horn in Uouisvdie, Kenmen tat or- lucks, t tt 1 > and eat nedvhi.v liaeliEverett’Van Nice - ee president t>1'" ' ! * al a"'Ik'M Colley.-of Ham* Trust and Sa vJ n g\ '2° ycajs']ater. He la,let studied atBank; p" ^ M"1"1Alumni giverecord giftA record-breaking gift of$359,000 was JTiade b\ thealuni-’ni this > car. Chan, el lor 1 assicnce A. ^Kfoiptori announcedSa t u rday a t 11 le a ru111a I a 1 u mn iassembly in Mandel HaLIpNine thousand, alumni con¬tributed to the fund,, EarleLudgtn chairman of the Alum;hi Foundation f\ind,'raising pro-giam annourued Tne’total contnbution.s aio expected to reach$410,000 os June 30, when the, 'VSC;ims; ■. I, , - .,gcommunity, city and stale. 3’heywere: . , ^'.jftf. .0$$x'$$XkS- Vli.'t ie- p Hig¬gins. Mrs. Higgins is a socialworker while her husband is anaccount exe. utisc of Me; i ill.Lynch, Pierce Rennei and Beane;Gicfta Brown, Jfdigtrigt su¬perintendent of thje Chicago pufolu schools; .Arcliihald J. ( u Jt miniter. attorney, alderman and alter¬nate delegate to the United Na¬tions; r, ., Up CotiltiM chid execu¬tive Officer of the Association ofCommerce and Indu-M s ;diaries F* ChfteT,ecutive officer of the Associationof Commerce and Industry;Alex Elson, attorney;Henry H. Hagey, Jig, partner ofStein. Roe and Fahrnham; .Wilfred H. Heitman. president'Whof- schotorshipTChancellor slurs student body,. Athletic scholarships are, by their very nature, not .fe ac r ^cordance with the function of a University as an academic' Regrets remarksinstitution As such, we are opposed to them. But there is no it is to be regretted that vpeed for a wholesale protest, The scholarship funds proposed ]Scuity<ire^?p‘roi°uin0»hu h(>at the Ordei of the “C" dinner Thursday, we are informed, could be sateiv warnw ill be awarded by the sciiolarship committee on the basis lower a gre.it curtain^ of miof academic achievement, financial need and a demonstrated uuuon°rateshLa?rtafsanaSbie' tcrecord in extpalbprricular activities, including athletics. This above mentioned red-bioodeprogram is not unlike those already in operation. p'JL-muess oT’koms^u^Vm. -What is important is this matter is the manner in which ^1“«hb®e'r^er lo orfer than blo<these scholarship lands were proposed. There is nothing un- ‘inViosing r wish oaiy tousual about a University of Chicago gttl&llt who partieipates \T’,!,>l*in athletics, and tlieie is nothing unusual about one' who does <•' y rvio,-. i>.not. I nfortunatek . tin* members ol the Order ol the "C" seem RUtmiiiirg. Miybe Ito feel that there is nothing abnormal about a student who my house* , t,devotes his time to study, or to extra ^curricular activity,excluding athletics. These alumni who have been, for the most Insult unwarrantedpart, out of touch with the University and the recent develop- It Is e asi 1 v e n ou gh agreed' -11ments in educational circles are not the proper persons to inexcu.saeb!ereiidictate the educational policies of the University. W miwamnicci, -iWhat is more unfortunate in this situation is that the uonawe io maSo^thowVhoChancellor of the University of Chicago felt called upon to toIsecufi^oV the muversA\ ^add fuel to their belief. In doing so, he cast a slur upon the Ne ci’heleUC studeni astudent body of the University, a slur which is entirely un- a®andnlatisfactionUineSclmblfounded. We have no objection to expanding scholarship g“focitiSiL1 *° ^funds, or maintaining a well-rounded program of extra-cur- kwjiat must .concern us is ,rrjcular activities at this University. What we object to is the’language used by the Chancellor of this University. gp f WMMffi*.. m 1 “ d i3NiIn attempting to polish the politicians at the dmner,j|&U have to Kicjuire Into tne pn < iChancellor descended to the level of every detractor ofIKe. 1University. The University of Chicago has enough enemies-ktpresent, without the need of the Chancellor’s attacks upon his must've that ts^town student body. The students here should feelthe Chancellor’s remarks, and they are certainly withm'tifriitf' ta'ttftteupn. But the crucialrights in demanding an apology. We hope that the-remarks not per se exci.ido ima m nmade Thursday did not represent the true feelings of the jggg$tlona1, average man 1Chancellor. v r’\ ~ .. go so lar as to sayWe aie especially concerned in this matter, because if theChancellor continues his talk of attracting “a:firoad cross- r^nud^inumgen^ttf.^vvsection of young, healthy Americans,” he will, we kre afi’aid, also capable oUusmg theirgnfind the University of Chicago without those students and gest ihaf Urnfaculty members who have made this University fh^Mgpy afeutfnce'ofa1hwih?admired and respected institution that it is. V •' ' ' ■ HelhV Classified Furnished apartment, 21erii klithen bliower HOI LKoom. ad loiiiing ba't'k,. clean quiet;XA>oihome prl\lieges One’' blot k non* Dt.'' 1 alii r o’ j) m..Model n .1 ■ I . f IV r : apart men ikk: ■ Jatntoi Hi .U28 :WoOdliwn or call CE <>-.770_ - k •Ill'll I .1 II CI.M I II' ■ .A •*8 pel 'limit 1 We al ,o repair reirl^er'itot-. CO 4 0231. g'.•W#ntedRide to Washington, D. 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