I dreantt ... zn. mv I beat •' St. Dunstan's ••• Maidenform Bra CANADA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER VOL. XCV ______________________________________________________________________HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, OCTOBER 31, 1962 N_o_._s Oceanographer honored KRAUS ADDRESSES COUNCIL ASKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT at Dal convocation A 66-year-old man, long white hair flowing over his shoul­ ders, made an impassioned p lea for support to the Dalhousie . A _special ~onvocation at Dalhousie last w ~ek marked a new era in oceanography for the Studests' Council last Thursday. University's lnst1t~te, and the beginning of an extensive research programme between it and . Dr. A_rthur J. Kraus, a graduate of the University of Cracew, the Bedford lnst1tute of Oceanography in Dartmouth. Be~lm, Ch1cago and Oxford, was fired as a professor of Social the hDal~ous~e ~residen_t Dr. ~- E. Ke_rr envisag 3d a programme of co-operation much akin to Philosophy from the City College of New York early in 1933 - osp1tals c.roperat1on w1th med1cal school3 to compiE;!ment their various research pro­ and he has spent the last 30 years campaigning to have his grammes. case reconsidered. "The potentialities .of the sea are simply beyond our imagination to determine, but it is our .Dr. ~raus, now living in Montreal, was asking the Council h_c.pe that we can contnbute something by careful study of the possbilities that await exploita­ for fmanc1al support for his crusade. Following his address the tions for the good of man", Dr. Kerr said. Counc.il considered the case at some length, and then defeated HONOURARY DEGREE a mot1on that Dr. Kraus be given $50, feeling tha.t not enough The special convocation w a s was known about the case to act so rapidly. held to open the Bedford Institute ln. his 20 minute speech, Dr . Kraus told the Council he had of Oceanography in Dartmouth. D~. William E. van Steenburgh, b~en f1r~d because "t.h_e College disliked me for my political Drrector General of Scientific Ser­ v1ews- ~nstead of wa1tmg for the end of my contract (approxi­ vices of the Department of Mines mately SIX months) they gave me a medical examination and and Technical Surveys at Ottawa, declared me insane." received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree. VICTIMIZED claim~d, the repeated attempts to An academic procession includ­ _Arthur F. Payne, the psycholo- assasmate him, both inside and ing members of the Dalhousie g1st who "examined" Dr. Kraus, outside the U.S. faculty, members of the Bedford was shortly afterwards condemned He claimed there was a conspi­ Institute, and representatives of and dropped from the Univers- racy to silence him, with such or­ the armed forces wended their ity following charges ranging from ganizations as the American As­ way across the campus. psychological charlatanism to the sociation of University Professors, At t h e Convocation, Dr. van­ unauthorized use of testing scales ~he American Civil Liberties Un­ Steenburgh said, "The Bedford In­ and the Ph.D. degree. Ion, the Teachers' Union and even stJtute of Oceanography is t h e Appointed to the department of the State _Department conspiring first concrete step in the expand­ Philosophy and Psychology in to deny hrm the right to air his ing programme for the Depart­ 1932 Dr. Kraus claimed he had case. ment of Mines and Technical Sur­ been victimized for expounding Dr. Kraus is unable to take the ,·eys. his theory that there was at the New York College to court be­ "If our hopes materialize t h e time a serious danger of war that cause, as he said, the College Institute will become a national the rise of fascism in Poland, as h?s ? bylaw which permits it to and international research centre." we-ll as in Germany, was the re- d1srruss professors without giving Dr. vanSteenburgh is the chair­ Dr. Kerr congratulates Dr. W. E. van &eenburgh at last suit of isolationism and that the a reason. policies of the isolationists served The Kraus Case has received man of the Canadian Committee Wednesday's Convocation. Professor R. S. Cumming, Sec­ on Oceanography. He continued to defeat their own purpose. wor~d wide publicity. There is a that Canada will play a greater retary of the Faculty, is at left; Vice-President Hicks at right. A planned student protest march society termed with headquarters role in international programmes (Photo by Purdy) in New York protesting against in Paris to fight to reopen . the in the next five years in the fields isolationist policies was planned case. This society has branches of research and technical studies. but after political leaders in Ne,; in several countries including Can­ DATA CENTRE York veteed the proposal Dr. ada. Recently the Laval Students' Kraus said he went on a hunger Council and the University Admin­ He outlined a proposed data STANFIELD SAYS MORE MO·NEY strike which received world-wide istration came out in support of centre to be located either in publicity. As a result of this the Dr. Kraus and has offered him Dartmouth or in Ottawa, which 1 march was held with over 2,000 money. Dr. Kraus claims other would refine progress data for the students participating. The action Canadian Universities have react­ use of oceanographers throughout FOR NOVA SCOTIA S COLLEGES Canada. Premier Stanfield said last week that contributions to Nova against the professor followed this. ed similarly. Dr. Kraus told the Council he A fact-finding committee on the "We hope to encourage an ideal Scotia's universities must be stepped up immediately. He des­ was fighting for two principles - Kraus case, supported by such research atmosphere where staff cribed existing revenues as "hardly sufficient to support our ex­ freedom of information and aca- people as John Chamberlain, can be free to develop to the full­ isting programmes." demic freedom - both of which chairman of the editorial board of est extent their imagination and he said had been denied to him. Life Magazine, John Harlan Amen, creativity without administrative However, Mr. Stanfield told the Gazette that no final de­ He said every year professors an assistant trial counsel at Nur­ worries." cision would be taken until the next budget is presented to were expelled from Universities - emburg, and D. John C. Bennet, In concluding his remarks, he the Provincial Legislature. but people did not know of it be- professor of Christian Theology stressed the close ties he expect­ cause it was usually done in a and Ethics at Union Theological ed with Dalhousie. "We look for­ Existing financial aid to the diplomatic manner. He added the Seminary, was set up in 1949, but ward to providing our associates universities includes a bout method of his expulsion had been was unable to accomplish any- in the Dalhousie Institute of Universities to an exception. thing. Oceanography with facilities to $250,000 in annual general Other professors, he said, found Meanwhile, Dr. Kraus travels carry on research." grants to Dalhousie's Medical a way out by "leaping from win- across the continent spreading his The purpose of the Bedford In­ and Dental Schools, and the Share songsters dows or grubbing for a revolver thesis that democracy is in danger stitute is to look into the depths of this happens every year in t h e of destroying itself and at t h e the sea to obtain information on operation of the Nova Scotia The Maritime universities are United States". same time preparing to "throw tide movements and undersea life, Technical College - totalling co-operating. Representatives of "My philosophy of life does not all my e-nergies into the battle to as well as the chemical content about $1,000,000 each year. the Maritime winter carnival com- admit defeat" - despite, as he finally close the case." of various parts of the ocean. "We cannot afford to be as mittees met in Halifax last Fri- ----------- This information, although now day, and have formed a plan for being collected for research pur­ generous to universities as the "sharing" of top-name talent. poses to extend generally man's some of the wealthier prov- It is proposed that one folk-sing­ knowledge of the ocean, has im· inces. We must follow a sensi- ing group will tour the Maritime mediate practical application when ble course within our means. Circuit on Februalry 6-9, and will refined for the fisheries industry perform at three universities. and for military purposes. We must avoid unnecessary Three other universities will share The new buildings have facilities duplication because we have a group on the week-end of Feb­ to accommodate ten ships, to be no money to waste, but we ruary 14-15. This means that Hall­ used for the field work. The cur­ must meet the challenge " fax students will see one group at rent complement of ships includes Saint Mary's and another at Dal. the Sackville, a vessel provided by said Mr. Stanfield. the government for oceanographic Names of the groups to be shar­ research. It has been shared by ed should be known during the the various Institutes in this area coming week. in past years. DAL SCIENTISTS Present at Friday's meeting were representatives from Dal Acadia; UNB, St. FX, Saint DAL RINGS FOR TO BREAK AWAY Mary's and Mount Allison. SENIORS ONLY Dalhousie rings will no long­ FROM ARTSMEN have beC'n much higher since it er be sold to any student who wants one. The Dalhousie Science Society became an independent body. In held its first meeting Thursday addition Science Society cards Students' Council last Thurs­ and decided to break any ties have been distributed and the e·x­ day passed a motion making which it has with the Arts Society.