Staff photo by GEORGE MILLENER
Monday, May 10, 1976
Scholar Pauling
KANSAN
Two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling was deluged with autograph and handshake seekers following his Friday night speech in Hoch Auditorium. Pauling spoke to a crowd of 20,000.
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Vol.86 No.140
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Stroup as Balfour fill-in denied
By JIM COBB and JERRY SEIB
University of Kansas administrators yesterday disclaimed reports that Kala Strop, dean of women on leave, would investigate the conduct of vice chancellor for student affairs.
He confirmed to the Kansas Friday that he intended to resisn.
The Kansean learned Thursday that William Balfour was planning to resign his vice chancellorship to return to full-time work as a professor of physiology and cell biology.
But administrators, including Stroup, Bailfour and Chancelor Arch R. Dykes, said it would be premature to shake those assumptions.
The Lawrence Journal-World reported both Friday and Saturday that Stroup probably would act as a replacement for Balfour.
Stroup, who has been in Washington, D.C., the past week, said upon her return to Lawrence yesterday that any such report was just speculation.
"It would be very premature to assume that," she said, "mainly because we have processes as for how we fill vacancies in positions at the University."
She said she hadn't known about Balfour's resignation when she returned to Lawrence. Stroup said that she hadn't been contacted by anyone about taking Balfour's place, and that she knew nothing about the source of such reports.
Pauling calls for long-range plans to prevent worldwide catastrophe
Linus Pauling, world renowned scientist and scholar, chastised politicians, attacked the U.S. defense budget and called for more human needs in his speech here Friday night.
By DOMINIC D'ASCOLI
Fausing, professor emeritus at Stanford University and the only winner of two universities for outstanding teaching at A. Spencer Memorial Lecture on "Science to a massive capacity crowd of about $500 million."
Pauling said he was an optimist who thought the world would probably be in a better state than now.
But he said a great catastrophe would occur.
"War will be abolished, population growth will have reached its maximum and the ability to work for a man's labor and less of automation, and the nature of government will have changed, with both the United States and France among those of their worst aspects." Pauling said.
The catastrophe could be the contamination of our oceans or the destruction of the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere. If it would most likely be mass starvation.
"THIS CATASTROPHE will happen because politicians don't have any long-range plans," he said. "They are like the bacteria in to cure the illness with a miraculous drug."
"I'd like to see preventative action taken, but politician don't do this because it isn't that simple."
The problem of overpopulation, Pauling is directly related to catastrophe of mass destruction.
He said it would be inevitable that population growth would reach a limit when food is scarce.
"We can exploit all means of food production and continue to despoil the earth to keep an increasing population alive, or we can exploit the problem rationally," Paulin said.
"HALF OF THE world's population is
worldwide, worthy of man." *reagents*
Pauling said the optimum world population was one billion, with 180 million refugees.
He gave Red China as an excellent example of a country's efficient use of contraceptive devices to limit population growth.
Pauling said, "and I'm sure this problem can be solved."
"Chemists and biologists will be finding better ways of controlling conception,"
Pauling vehemently attacked the U.S. military defense budget, claiming that both human and natural resources were wasted on militarism.
Increased military spending to keep up with Russia has caused escalation, inflation and a rise in unemployment.
Stroup is on leave as dean of women, serving an administrative internship for
Dykes said he was sure there had been no discussion among Shankel, Stroup and Abu Dhabi.
Dykes said Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, would make all decisions about hiring temporary and permanent replacements for Balfour.
"Dr. Shankel doesn't even know about the current situation. I know he planned to continue discussing this with Dr. Balifour and me, but I'm not sure he has made a commitment, and no plan."
Shankel has been in Europe the past week
as host for an alumni tour. He is expected to
return in June.
Dykes said, "There have been no discussions in which I have participated about either search committees or about a temporary replacement.
Speculation that Stroup would take Bailour's place, Dykes said, might be "a reflection of her involvement in student affairs over a long period of time."
"Certainly no decision will be made until
D. Shankis is here to participate in it," he said.
A regular search process will be used to find Bailour's replacement, Dyks stressed. He said a search committee would be formed to investigate the followed and advertisements would be placed in appropriate journals and news sources, where there is wide range of applicants for the position."
See PLANNING page 2
Balfour, who is resigning after nine years as bourgeois vice chancellor, said Friday he had told Dykes of his impending resignation. He said yesterday that he and Dykes didn't have a basis for reports that Strouw would be named to succeed him.
"I'm sure they're going to be talking to a lot of people, and I'm sure she (Stroll) will be there."
In early discussions with Shankel, Balfour said, they had tentatively agreed that the resignation would be effective August 15 when Dr. Shankel gets back" he said when Dr. Shankel gets back".
Dykes said that the University was grateful to Balfour for his service and that Balfour was considered "a genuine friend" of students.
"That would obviously be a consideration
in the search for a new person in that
place."
Eleonor Turk, assistant to Shankel, said she expected the central administration would wait until a letter was received from her before taking any action about a replacement.
“It’s great fun to speculate, but this is all putting the cart before the horse.”
"Any action will come out of our office, since both Dr. Shankel and Kala work in here," she said. "I know of no discussion at this week and I don't know where that particular report (about Stroup) came from.
Balfour's service was outstanding, Dykes said, because of his continued interest in teaching while an administrator and his availability to students.
See BALFOUR page 10
who is interested in, and concerned about,
student welfare."
Dykes said he was sure that a search for a new vice chancellor for student affairs
He said the Office of Student Affairs "touches most intimately the daily lives of students," because of its decision-making role. He also emphasized the government and extracurricular activities.
Balfour commended by students, officials
Students and officials alike yesterday described William Balfour as a popular and responsive administrator while serving as vice chancellor for student affairs.
"William Balfour is one of the finest gentlemen I've ever known," Mert Buckley, 1973-74 student body president said. "That like a glib response, but it's how I feel."
Buckley, now a law student in Topeka,
Buckley did four almost daily during
his last year as president.
"When we were at times that seemed like crises, he kept really cool and made rational decisions," he said. "Again, that sounds like a gib response, but it's true."
David Miller, 1971-72 student body
with Bailour and with Bailour
an average of five seven percent.
"HE WAS ALWAYS THE most accessible administrator," Miller said. "I have the privilege to do it."
Miller, a Hutchinson graduate student, said that since his graduation in 1972 he had communicated often with Bafour and that he was in close contact to resign hadn't been a hasty one.
"I'm sure it's something he's been considering for a long time." Miller said. "There's been a great deal of turnover in the administration. With that much change, he felt compelled to say on to lend some continuity to the administration."
Miller said he had first dealt with Balfour in 1899 when a Kansas Senate committee sought to make public a list of 21 University faculty who had disrupted an ROTC review.
"I WAS IMPRESSED with him then, and I was impressed after that. Miller said."
Balfour had the list of the students, who had requested a private hearing about the incident, and he prevented the list from being made public. Miller said.
Nancy Archer, Anamasa graduate student and 1973-74 student body vice president, said she had found it easy to talk to Balfour.
"A lot of other people just didn't have time for students," she said. "He took the time."
Balfour served as vice chancellor for student affairs during a period of student unrest at KU at the time of the Vietnamese conflict.
Raymond Nichols, who was chancellor in 1722 and 1737, said Balfour had played "an important part" in the country.
Student ticket discount proposed
"I just know in general that in those difficult years, 1968 to 1972, he was in the midst of student problems and he handled himself well."
A plan to give a $4 discount to students who buy both football and basketball season tickets next year has been initiated by Tedde Tasseff, student body president.
The proposal is to be reviewed by the Athletic Board Executive Committee today.
Football and basketball season tickets
discount for $31. If the tickets were
discounted, the football and basketball ticket
package would cost $31. If the tickets were
$30 separately, would be $30.
for equipment only.
Tickets will be more expensive next year because the University of Kansas Athletic
Corporation (KUAC) won't receive a portion of the student activity fee as it did
The bill for a KUAC ticket subsidy was defeated by the Student Senate in April. The bill would have given KUAC $24.0 of each month next year, which would be about $30,000.
CARLYL SMITE, acting dew of women,
Baufour's assistance to stagger groups this
She particularly noted the aid he had given to the reorganization of CWENS, the sophomore women's honorary society, into the SIL society for all sophomore students.
With the ticket subsidy, prices would have beats $15.30 for football tickets and $10 for篮球票.
Tasheff said Friday she didn't think KUAC would lose any money by offering the
"He did all the planning and development for the change," she said. "It's just one of many things he's done where he's stuck with a group of students having internal support and helped them, given them support and even worked with their national offices."
Different ballgame; cricket's back
Bv JANE MACAULAY
Staff Writer
At its second meeting of the season, the club was just practicing, because not enough players had shown up to form the teams of 11 players necessary to play a game.
It wasn't ideal cricket weather last Sunday, but the University of Kansas cricket club was out braving the cold wind playground playing fields at 23rd and Iowa streets.
"Just now we're trying to overcome our weaknesses," Ashok Bhatia, Lawrence graduate student and vice-president of the club, said.
GENERALLY THE batsman hits the ball some distance into the field. He then runs to the pitcher and throws a ball to 22 yards long, in the middle of the cricket field. He tries to make as many of these "runs" as possible before one of the fielders pops up the ball and throws it back to the bowler.
Crietch, which has been played in England since the middle ages, is a slow, gentlymanly sport, played on village greens in England on summer afternoon.
A batsman, holding a 3-foot long, wooden bat, stands in front of a “wicket,” three cylindrical stumps of wood. A bowler from the opposite team bowls toward the bat, and the batsman hits the wicket. If he hits it, the batsman is “out” and a new batsman takes his place.
Crickish has never quite made it in the United States, but it's very popular in other former British colonies, as could be seen in the variety of players at Sunday's practice.
The players wear pure white shirts, sweaters and long pants.
If the batman is more than four feet from
the end of the pitch when the bowler gets the
A large number were from India, one from Pakistan, one from Bangladesh, one from New Zealand, two from England and only one from America.
CLUB PRESIDENT Amrenda Singh, New Delhi graduate student, said the club had a majority of foreign students because they were primarily playing baseball during the summer season.
But Americans can also enjoy cricket. Mike Lynott, Lawrence graduate student, he started playing cricket when he was a high school exchange student in Perth, Australia where the was captain of the team. Since then he has been firmly "hooked."
Tel Jain, Jaipur, India, graduate student, has been with the club throughout his five years at KU. He said the club had even more international in the past, with Nigerian, Australian and South African players.
Club members say they aren't experts.
Only two played cricket at the college level before they came to KU. Jayaprakash, Dharwar, India, graduate student, said he played cricket for Karnataka University in india when he studied there.
He said he enjoyed playing with the KU club because many of the players started with little or no experience and made great improvements.
The KU cricket club was started in the 1960s but was allowed to lapse for several years after it ran out of money in 1971. It last year by members of the India Club.
"WE HAD A PRETTY good team by the end of last season," he said.
Olbers, like Barry Parsonson, Hamilton,
has a graduate student; had ony played in
playoffs.
discount because it would probably help increase attendance.
"I hadn't played for 20 years before I came here," he said.
came to KU in 1974 was that he had seen a kru to KU in 1974 was that he had seen a kru to KU in the syllabus. He said he mentioned this to Singh last year and found that Singh had been in the club in 1970.
SINGH SAID the club had many problems at first because the equipment was in poor condition. Since then, the club has been able to equip it and to encourage, enable it to buy more equipment.
Singh said he knew about the equipment still being stored in Robinson Gymnasium so, with a few other enthusiasts, he was able to revive the club.
Jayaprakash said one of the reasons be
Tasheff said a similar discount plan was offered last year. She said there probably wasn't a discount plan this year because it had never been brought up.
Pads and gloves are necessary because cricket can be a dangerous game. Pads cover the hands, while gloves wicket keeper, who stands behind the wicket, because each is liable to be hit by the ball. Jam said that there were several incidents where players had不Discourses any of the players.
Crietball equipment is expensive, Singh said. A bat costs $33, balls, $4 to $13 each; leg guards, $34 a pair; and gloves, $12 to $18. All these have to be sent from Canada because no crietball equipment is made in the United States, Singh said.
It received $83 for fiscal 1976 and $288 for fiscal 1977.
"These people love the game," he said, and "they just take their chances."
ANOTHER PROBLEM has been finding a suitable pitch. Last year the club played on the field beside Watkins Memorial Hospital, but the ground there was too hard.
"The pitch should be rolled and should be the right mixture of clay," Singh said. "It has to be firm and smooth so that the ball won't bounce too much."
This year's pitch is too soft and the grass is too long. Singh said there were plans to remove the grass and roll the ground but so far this hadn't been done.
Aftab Ahmed, Lahore, Pakistan,
sophomore, said that on a good pitch the
bowler could control how much the ball
bounced.
"A fast bowler usually bumps the ball," he said. "I basically bowled the fast bowler but I can't play."
Some of the problem is solved by a cricket mat the club has spread out on the pitch. This is made of jute, a coarse, fibrous material.
THE CLUB IS looking for competition. Last season it won two games against a team from Kansas State University. The club is arranging to play K-State again this
The club also wants to find other teams to play, but club players are numerous in the league. He said he wants to find out whether there was a team attached to the British Embassy in Kansas City. Mo. If he finds no team but enough people there, he will encourage them to set one up, he said.
Singh said there were three teams in St. Louis and on the East Coast, but that team was not among the top eight.
"I might get in touch with the St. Louis teams and ask them if they want to come be a team."
The club hopes to recruit more members this season. Last season 30-35 members came to play each week, Blutia said, and several of these were Americans. He said he hoped more people would come when the club had ended and summer school began.
"To many people it looks boring," he said,
instead of once you start playing you get really interested.
Ahmed he thought that many people had the wrong impression about cricket, but that this would change when they learned to play.
Awaitina the bounce
Staff Photo by JAY KOELZER
the differences between the games of cricket and baseball is that in cricket the man who throws the ball usually tries to make it bounce before it reaches the batter. If done well, the ball is thrown with a spin that makes the outcome of the bounce very unpredictable. When Jim Helyar, faculty advisor to the Cricket Club, prepares to stop the ball