KU men must seek own draft deferments
By S. Allen Winchester Kansan Staff Reporter
A number of II-S's on campus have a possible I-A hanging over their heads.
"A "breakdown in communications" between the administration and some draft-eligible students has prompted Selective Service boards throughout the state to send solemn warnings to students who notified boards they enrolled at KU but failed to prove it.
Those receiving warnings were told that unless they produce proof of enrollment—a University-printed class
schedule which accompanied fall fee statements and a blue slip signed by James Hitt, Registrar—they would lose the cherished II-S student deferment.
All eligible males attending KU were furnished deferment request forms by the draft boards.
However, many believed completion of this form was the only act required in obtaining college deferments, said Kenneth Ivers, assistant to the dean of men.
The law says...
But the Selective Service Act of 1967
states that "It shall be the registrant's duty to provide the Local Board each year with evidence that he is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction at a college. . ."
A full-time course of instruction is defined as completion of 25 per cent of the degree requirements in a 12-month period, including summer school.
For KU students this means they must: (1) Request a student deferment; (2) Provide evidence of enrollment, by sending the local board a machine printed copy of their class schedule;
(3) Provide evidence of progress, by sending machine printed copies of semester grades, individual degree requirements, and total accumulated credit hours; (4) Notify their board if they withdrew from school.
All other Kansas colleges and universities send in this information for the student.
Explaining the KU policy, Ivers remarked, "In keeping with the 'I would rather do it myself' trend, KU feels the student should be responsible for his
See Deferment, page 6
Tired and chilled bands played on
From all over Kansas and western Missouri they came, from big-city suburbs and rural towns, hundreds and hundreds of junior high and high school band members bedecked in plumed hats and brass-buttoned uniforms.
They all came to Lawrence Saturday for the biggest Eand Day ever—6,000 members representing $1 bands.
Wellsville, Warsaw, Ottawa, Eflingham, Bonner Springs, Valley Falls, Garnett. Madison—they wore their school name emblazoned on badges or spelled out on their backs.
Some bands rode their buses for several hours before they arrived in Lawrence for the 9 a.m. parade down Massachusetts Suetst.
"We woke up first, though. The temperature for the parade was 11 degrees," added a boy trumpet player.
"We left home at 3 am," said a girl clarinetist from Hays, "We slept on the bus on mats, blankets, pillows—anything. And last night was our homecoming so no one got much sleep."
During the football game they laughed, talked, spilled soft drinks and cheered wildly for KU. Shortly before the first half ended they gathered up their music, shuffled into the narrow stadium aisles and piled on the track around the field in a multicolored mass.
"How will they ever get organized?" wondered a grey- haired wcman spectator.
After the Iowa State band played a short show, the bands swarmed onto the field., spreading out in a mass. About 300 cheerleaders, majorettes and pompon girls formed a ring on the sidelines.
The players stood shoulder-toshoulder, nine between each five-yard line, and formed the words:
BAND-DAY
KU - 1967
They looked up at KU band director Russell Wiley, standing below the press box. His white-gloved hands gave the downbeat and the bands burst into muie. "America the Beautiful" filled the stadium a giant stereo.
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" was next. A woman spectator clutched her purse to her and said, "Band Day is my favorite football game. I just love to hear all those kids play!"
"There were so many of us that if one messed up nobody noticed," a trombonist in purple and gold explained after they returned to their seats.
"That's why none of us was nervous," added his friend a tuba player.
A girl bassoonist asked timidly,
"Do you like it when we all come?
I mean, all us kids invading your college?"
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78th Year, No.31
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
A student newspaper serving KU
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, October 30, 1967
Homecoming plans ready
Papier-mache Jayhawks, a fur-
trimmed robe, torches and "Satche-
ma" will be part of Homecoming
1997 Saturday.
The KU football team will meet the Kansas State Wildcats.
A record crowd of 46,000 is expected for the 65th game between the two schools, says Nick Roach.
UFO sighted over Potter
An unidentified flying object was sighted over Potter Lake at 2.40 a.m. Sunday.
The object, described as a group of colors forming a whitish light, hovered over the lake at about the height of Memorial Drive then sped out of sight over Joseph R. Pearson dormitory.
Two separate reports were turned in to KU police, one from KU students Terry E. Lilly and Marc Caplan and another by Stephen Park of Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, Ill.
KU ticket manager. The series mark was set in 1965 at Memorial Stadium when 36,796 watched the Jayhawks defeat K-State 34-0.
Living groups are working to build displays of chicken wire, papier-mache and paint. The 44 participating living groups are designing their decorations on the theme of Jayhawk Headlines. Display judging will be Friday from 6 to 10 p.m. and winners will be awarded trophies Saturday during half time of the football game.
Also during half-time, the 1967 Homecoming Queen will be announced. The three finalists—Wendy Berg, Shawnee Mission sophomore; Nancy Miller, Topeka senior; and Nancy Schoenbeck, St. Louis, Mo. senior—will be escorted to the center of the field by their fathers.
The queen will be presented with roses, a crown, and a fur-trimmed rebe.
The three finalists will make personal appearances this week on television and radio stations in Wichita and Topeka. Thursday
night they will appear on KUOK, KU's radio station, with KU graduate Curtis McClinton, now a fullback for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Another pre-Homecoming activity will be 6.30 p.m. torchlight parades Thursday. Six locations have been set for students to gather for a torchlight march to
See Plans, page 13
WHAT'S INSIDE
Reader charges Hoch is a detaintap due to inadequate fire exits. Page 2.
Ticket sales for the student migration to Colorado are going slowly. Page 3.
Senior weekend bubbles with enthusa'sm. Page 7.
KU students discuss summer in Paris, Page 9.
Trackmen key to Jayhawk victory over Iowa State. Page 11.
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Hawkers roar: 'First in Big Eight'
Kansan Staff Photo Work by Lynniel Q. Van Bensecho.en and Gene Wee