Because of draft
Law dean predicts lower enrollment
Law School enrollment reached an all-time high of 295 students this fall but Dean James K. Logan expects first year enrollment next fall to be affected substantially by the draft law passed last summer. The law denies deferment to students entering graduate school in fields other than the health sciences.
Logan said first and second year law students will not be deferred but third year students will.
From the more than 300 applicants, 130 are chosen for the first year class each fall. Logan announced in his annual report published recently that the number accepted would not be increased because of the draft law.
He wrote that the Law School's enrollment has increased from 139 to 300 during his six years as dean. However, the number has leveled off because of lack of facilities.
In those same six years, he said, the school's faculty has increased by only four.
In a plea for higher salaries, Logan said in the report, "I think it must be accepted by the University, if it wishes to have even an ordinary law school, that law
AWS-study woman's role
Women's roles in society will be studied again this year by the Associated Women Students (AWS) Committee on the Status of Women.
A report is expected to be published this spring.
The Commission is patterned after the national Commission on the Status of Women established in 1961 by President Kennedy to examine the position of American women relative to men.
Although all 50 states have commissions, KU is the only university to have such an organization. Susan Stuckey, Hutchinson junior, and Jo Durand, Bartlesville, Okla., junior, chairmen of the Commission, attracted much attention by being the only college students at a regional conference last month.
Three committees will work under the supervision of KU psychology and sociology professors in investigating their hypotheses.
One committee headed by Lou Abernathy, Topeka senior, will test these hypotheses:
- Because a Commission on the Status of Women was formed by President Kennedy, women are thought to be inferior and should fight for equality.
- People think women are inferior in academic and occupational areas.
- People think discrimination against women does exist.
- Women think they should be along side men and should fight to get there.
A committee headed by Laurie Hallok, London, England, junior, will investigate a comparison between female foreign students' attitudes toward women's status in their countries and the woman in the U.S.
A third committee headed by Susan McGinley, Beaumont, Tex., junior, will examine the hypothesis that a woman is not considered truly successful until she is married.
professors's salaries, on the average, must be higher than most other schools of the University. This is an economic fact of life, reflecting the market for lawyers' services."
Logan also said, "Almost surely, a larger percentage of law school graduates return to the state and area to practice than those of any other graduate-level school. Lawyers become legislators, governors, and civic leaders in larger proportion than any other profession or occupation."
Logan noted in the report several advances made since 1961:
- Endowment has doubled from less than $200,000 to more $500,000. Annual private support has increased from $1,650 to $125,-000.
A legal assistance program has been developed which gives the student practical experience by advising inmates of the Lansing and Leavenworth penitentiaries.
The initial program at the federal penitentiary *+* Leavenworth received $54,979 from the National Defender Project of National Legal Aid and Defender Association. The grant made it possible for Paul Wilson, professor of law and the program's director, to extend the program to include the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing.
The grant also enables the law school to assist the Legal Aid Society of Wyandotte County and to continue its program of cooperation with the Menninger Foundation.
The school has created the nation's first trial judge clerkship program.
- The school has pioneered a juvenile problems course which merited a $1,000 award from the Western Electric Fund this year.
The KU Law Society was created by 51 Kansas attorneys last year to advance the objectives of the school.
Christmas
Special
Section 2
kansan
78th Year, No. 52
A student newspaper serving KU
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Tuesday, December 5, 1967
The difference between these two estimates is the tentative amount which the Office of Student Financial Aid will try to loan the student from one source or another.
When a student applies for financial aid, he is asked to submit family financial information. To estimate a student's need, the Office of Student Financial Aid compares a student's (family) financial ability with the estimated cost of attending the University for one year.
Since the number of applicants and their total requests each year far exceeds the resources available, a selection process is necessary to see that the most deserving and best-qualified students have first crack at the available funds.
Students apply for loans through the Office of Student Financial Aid, 26 Strong Hall. Application deadline for most programs for the 1968-69 school year is Feb. 15, 1968.
Student loans are available through three major sources: (1)
- Additional long-term loans totaling $269,659 were made to 330 students through the United Student Aid Funds Loans Program.
- Over 2,100 short-term loans totaling more than $365,000 were made from KU Endowment Association Funds.
- Nearly one out of every three University of Kansas students receive scholarship or loan assistance from the University.
- The University provided more than 1,600 scholarships with a cash value of nearly $600,000.
- Another $69,575 went to more than 1,300 students for long-term National Defense student loans.
KU study: It costs and costs
Last year more than $2,507,426 was provided through KU's student financial aid program—not including part-time employment.
funds held by the Kansas University Endowment Association, (2) funds from the National Defense Student Loan Program, and (3) funds from the United Student Aid Funds (USAF) loan program.
Short-term loans from the KU Endowment Association are usually for a period of less than ninety days and amounts of less than $300. An applicant must be regularly enrolled at the University and must have completed at least one semester prior to applying.
Major long-term loan funds are available for KU students at all class levels under the National Defense Education Act (NDEA). These loans are granted on a competitive basis, since applications far exceed available NDEA funds.
An undergraduate student may
borrow up to $1,000 in one academic year, and not more than $5,000 during his total undergraduate studies. Graduate and professional students may borrow approximately twice these amounts.
A second source of long-term loan funds available to students at the University who have satisfactorily completed their freshman year of study is the USAF Loan Program. Many banks participate in this program.
An applicant must first contact the bank of his choice, then complete the required application forms and return them to the Office of Student Financial Aid so that the education certificate may be completed for the student.
Under this program, a student may borrow up to $1,000 per aca-
See Scholarships, page 9
IFC Judicial Council enforces regulations
The Council, in existence since 1921, considers any case concerning a violation of the IFC rules and "anything detrimental to the fraternity system in general," Bob Sears, Kansas City law student and chairman of the Judicial Council said.
The Judicial Council of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) enforces IFC regulations in the same manner as civil courts enforce the law of the land.
For instance, Sears said, if anyone were injured on a pledge walkout, the Council would call in the president of the house and the men involved. The Council
KU's fraternities have their own rule-enforcement body.
hears cases ranging from water fights to wild house parties.
The Judicial Council has free rein to impose judgment and fines. The fraternity could be asked, Sears said, to pay up to $500 in fines, or the house could be put on social probation.
In extremely serious cases the Judicial Council also has the power to suspend or expel a house from the IFC. Such action, however, is very rarely taken.
If the Council imposes a fine, the money goes into the IFC treasury.
Being 'run on paper,' Gunn says will cost KU $124,000 this year
By Pamela Peck Kansan Staff Reporter
Hundreds of magazines and newspapers are printed at KU each school year. But in a category all its own is a group classified strictly as University publications.
University publications include school catalogues, class schedules, informational pamphlets, departmental booklets, handbooks and newsletters and service magazines, all edited by the administration or faculty.
The University's budget for the current fiscal year, July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1968, allots $124,000 for general printing, said L. Martin Jones, University budget officer. General printing funds finance University publications, printed under more than 100 different titles.
"The University seems to run on paper," said James E. Gunn, administrative assistant to the chancellor.
Not included in this category are:
- scholarly publications like "Modern Drama" or the "Mid-continent American Studies Journal—paid for largely by subscriptions.
- student publications—for example the University Daily Kansan, Cottonwood Review, Search, which receive support from grants, sale of advertisements and student fees.
- association publications, like the Alumni Magazine or Athletic association publications—financed by individual associations and dues they collect.
Gunn said student publications, even though they receive some University financial support and have faculty advisers, are not classified as University publications because students edit the copy.
University catalogues, one for each school in the University and a general information catalogue, are published yearly and printed at the State Printer's office in Topeka. This year 32,000 general information catalogues alone were printed. Seven thousand copies of all eleven catalogues bound together were printed. School and general information catalogues are made available to student,
free, at school deans' offices and at the registrar's office.
Class schedules for each semester are compiled by the registrar's office. They list all classes in each department-American studies to zoology.
Gunn's office, University Relations, edits informational pamphlets on topics like student financial aid, housing. University facts, and a campus guide.
Gunn said booklets for between 35 and 50 departments are printed by the University each year. The publications list opportunities in various fields and departmental curricula. Student and faculty handbooks and a faculty newsletter are also financed by the general printing budget.
The accused fraternity may, if it thinks the accusation or the fine is unfair, appeal to the IFC as a whole. From there the fraternity may go to the Disciplinary Council of the University Senate for appeal. However, the University plays no part in the structure of the IFC Judicial Council itself.
Service publications, supported by University funds, are circulated throughout the nation. They contain news about various fields and research papers. Examples are the "Kansas Business Review," published by the Center for Regional Studies, the Governmental Research Center's "Your Government," the "Geological Survey Bulletin" and a program guide compiled by KANU.
"The fraternity system is independent from the University and is capable of governing itself," Sears said.
"We like the idea of thinking we're mature enough to govern ourselves and our system rather then having the University doing it."
Besides being the judicial body of the IFC, the Council has taken on the duty of being advisers to the IFC. In this capacity, the Council acts as an advisory and investigative board.
Last year, Sears said, the Judicial Council reviewed the hazing rules of the KU fraternities and their pledge walkout systems. The Council, after extensive talks with the IFC, proposed Constitutional changes. These proposals were accented.
The Judicial Council, composed of six members who are present or past presidents of their house, meet at least every two weeks, Sears said. They may also convene at other times if a situation warrants.
Members of the Judicial Council are Bob Sears, Kansas City law student and chairman of the Council; Bannus Hudson, Fort Scott senior; David Ingells, Fitchburg, Mass., law student; Tom Rader, Greensburg senior; Bill Coughlin, Wellsville senior; and Bruce Patterson, Larned senior.