Wednesday: SDS table-in
Members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) have made plans to protest a recruiting table to be set up by the U.S. Marine Corps in the Kansas Union Wednesday through Friday.
The SDS discussed its plans for protesting campus Marine recruiting at a meeting Monday night of 120 members and sympathizers. Members there said they felt the Marine corps has no business on a university campus
Suggestions for the protest came from several groups attending the meeting. Some members suggested monopolizing the Marines with conversation or impromptu debate, crowding the table with large groups of people, having members take the literature that the Marines will
have there — or "accidentally" spilling coffee over their literature.
The SDS learned of the rule when they applied to have a table near the Marine recruiting table this week. They were told they could have a table, but on a different floor.
The demonstrators also intend to protest a ruling by the Union preventing more than one organization from having a table on a floor of the Union at the same time.
One plan is to have more organizations reserve tables in the Union Wednesday through Friday than there are floors available. The SDS hopes this will force the Union to abolish its ruling and allow them to have their table on the same floor as the Marines' table.
To insure a surplus of groups applying for tables, three other organizations were formed on the spot. These groups, the Veterans for Peace, the Draft Resisters League, and the Women's Liberation Committee, intend to apply for University recognition today. Arthur Skidmore, assistant professor of philosophy and advisor to the SDS agreed to act as advisor to the new groups.
The SDS also hopes to have large "spontaneous" rallies in the Union during the afternoons when the Marine recruiters will be present
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Approved groups which the SDS hopes will join them in their "table-in" are the Student Peace Union, the Vietnam Committee, and the Young Americans for Freedom.
Serving KU For 78 of its 102 Years
78th Year, No. 7
Robert L. Juett, Westwood junior, received a certificate from the Western Electric Fund at the luncheon yesterday in recognition of his selection as the scholarship recipient for the 1967-68 academic year.
equipment was shipped to KU from several company locations.
Although Western Electric has made material available to the engineering school in the past, the 31 pieces of equipment presented yesterday represent the largest single gift to date.
The equipment will aid students and faculty in conducting experiments in the field of semiconductors and thin film miniaturized electronic circuitry.
The KU School of Engineering and Architecture received a $20-$00 grant from Western Electric yesterday.
Juett was selected by the University Scholarship Committee on the basis of his scholastic ability and personal character. The scholarship provides for the cost of tuition, books and regular fees for the current academic year.
Representatives from the Kansas City plant of Western Electric, the manufacturing and supply unit of the Bell System. made the donation—$20,000 worth of research equipment-yesterday at noon in the Kansas Union Regionalist Room.
The gift was provided through the combined effort of the educational relations organization of Western Electric and the Bell Telephone Laboratories. The
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Tuesday, September 26, 1967
Electric firm grants $20,000 to engineers
Phones coming next fall, maybe
by Gail Habluetzel Kansan Staff Reporter
"We have realized for some time now the inadequacies of the residence hall switchboard system and the desire of many students for private phones. It's only recently that we have come up with a plan to the satisfaction of the Board of Regents."
These were the words of J. J. Wilson, director of housing at KU, as he explained in more detail the recent decision of the Regents to permit installation of phones in each of the residence hall rooms.
"We would like to have the phones in by September 1968, but this looks rather doubtful because of lack of equipment due to the Vietnam war;" Wilson said.
Students questioned
Last year, Wilson and his staff sent questionnaires to some 4,000 residence hall residents. Out of the 1,289 who replied, 858 wanted a change to some sort of private phone arrangement. This was enough for the administration to draw up plans for a change.
The plan now approved by the Regents calls for an increase in dorm fees of $15 per student per semester. This charge will cover installation and monthly phone bills, excluding long distance calls. The long distance fees will be given directly by the student to the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.. Wilson said.
With the $15 rate for each student, there will be no extra charges, except for toll calls, Wilson said. There is no deposit of $25 to $30, as is needed for Lawrence phones.
Everybody gets a phone
There is no option on the phones—all rooms must have them. The University had to make this kind of arrangement in order for the installation to be a one-time job, Wilson said.
The students' phones will be on the University exchange and will have the prefix UN 4. A special phone directory will be provided with dorm students and their phone numbers listed.
Those students wishing to be in the Lawrence phone directory also will have to pay an extra fee to the telephone company.
All phones will be on private lines.
What do some of the students think of the new phone system coming to KU residence halls?
Students comment
"I think it will be much more convenient," said Irene Economous. Lansing. Ill...sophomore
"I don't feel the noise of a ringing phone will be any more annoying to someone studying or sleeping than the intercom operator calling into a rcom."
Alan Davis, Chicago freshman, also likes the coming change, for the most part.
"I like the idea of being able to call to people on other floors of my dorm, and also, to be able to get hold of people in other dorms easier.
"I imagine the noise of the phone ringing and the person talking could be a problem for a roommate who is studying or sleeping. Also, the present system might be considered good because a person gets paged over the public address system or receives a message if he isn't in his room."
Another student didn't like the idea of paying extra money, but he felt if all rooms had to have the phones, he would take one.
Some students now have private telephones in their dormitory rooms, according to Wilson. These are limited, however, because right now only temporary wiring can be installed.
The students must have a special need to have a private phone at this time. Something such as sickness in the family or a special office they hold in school, which would require frequent use of the telephone, are acceptable to allow installation of the private phone. Women must make their request to the Dean of Women and men to the Dean of Men.
Students who have these private phones now are responsible for paying all costs of installation, monthly service, tolls and order for removal.
Dolls tell civilization's tale
By Sharon Woodson
Kansan Staff Renorter
"Dollies tell a complete story of civilization," said Mrs. Rae Howe, Acacia fraternity housemother. Now, after almost 30 years of doll collecting, Mrs. Howe has more than 700 dolls.
She first became interested in
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the hobby after she had married and returned to her hometown for a visit. While there, she found her favorite doll, which had been forgotten through the years and badly mutilated by neighborhood children. She decided she would try to repair the doll herself. A friend who learned of Mrs. Howe's interest in her old doll, decided to give her one and that started her doll collection.
Gov. Docking will speak at the opening of the new Kansas School of Religion, Page 4.
The Jayhawkers are getting ready to meet Indiana this weekend in football. Pare 6.
Old clothes and a little imagination can produce a new outfit. Page 19.
Area road problems are discussed on page 5.
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BAVARIAN DRINKING DOLL
—Kansan photo by Dale Pappatt
All her dolls are different including various originals such as the Parian Doll, made in 1870. Some are as old as 200 years.
Mrs. Howe not only collects dolls but she also re-makes their clothes, re-stings some of their bodies, and makes over-all repairs.
Different materials used
"Every possible type of material has been used to make dolls." Mrs. Howe said. She gave examples of chalk, clay, gold, copper, iron and most common, china.
"It's often hard to believe the dolls of the early 1900's still exist since most of them were made of fine china," she said.
Each of her dolls has a unique history behind it. "Frozen Charlotte," only one inch tall with hands out and arms straight down to her sides, is a representation of
See Dolls, page 3
Students like "happening" during French institute
Paris became a 24-hour-a-day "happening" for KU students who studied under the summer language programs at the French Institute this summer.
The French have an unusual philosophy about going out—if they go out, they stay out all night.
In addition to going to movies, operas, theatrical productions and discotheques, students often simply gather on popular street corners to talk and watch other people.
Describing his first outing with the French people, John Coyle, Coffeyville junior, said, "The first time I went out we didn't start home until 4 a.m., and we really hadn't even been any place."
"There are more places that young people can go than in the Midwest," Jean Wright, Leawood junior, said. "And if you had nothing better to do, you could just walk down the streets."
While French girls wear more makeup and dress sensually in
It is not dangerous to walk on streets alone at night in Paris. Crowds of young people often gather on corners as late as 4 a.m.
See Students, page 3
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms. The probability of rain today is 50 per cent, and less than five per cent tonight and Wednesday.
The weather will be clearing and much cooler tonight and Wednesday. The low tonight will be 45-59, and the high Wednesday in the 60s.
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