Greetings from Wescoe Here it is...'
As a spokesman for the University of Kansas and all its opportunities, I am privileged to welcome new students to the fellowship of Jayhawkers and returning students to another year of intellectual and cultural excitement.
The opportunities for personal development are here, more abundantly than you may find them almost anywhere else. My wish for you is that you will take advantage of them, that you will grow in wisdom, in skills, and in understanding, and that you will succeed in all the worthwhile enterprises you undertake.
Here it is—the world of higher learning in a situation unexcelled for beauty. It is your world. Welcome to it.
W. Clarke Wescoe Chancellor
'Have a great year says student president
As student body president, I would like to welcome you to KU, whether you are a returning student or are attending the University for the first time. This year promises to be a wonderful one, and we are hopeful that the student body, along with the faculty, and administration, will continue to make KU one of the outstanding universities in the nation.
To the students of the University of Kansas:
As KU begins its second year in its second century, I have good reason to be optimistic. Academically, KU has continued to expand and improve its faculty, and the continued use of new educational programs should make KU even stronger in this area
The building program continues to progress. The new Spencer Library and the School of Religion are nearing completion. Framework and construction of the Experimental Biological and Human Development Building are now well on the way.
We hope school spirit will be even higher than it has been in the past. Our football team promises to be improved and much more exciting than last year's team, and our basketball team will be one of the strongest in the nation.
Opportunities for learning abound at KU, and we expect to bring some outstanding programs and speakers to KU this year. I hope that all students will take the time to make the most of these opportunities—not merely confine their education to the daily classroom.
Once again, it looks like another great year for KU. But equally important is the fact that it must be a great year for KU students. So take advantage of the opportunities, make your three-point, have some fun, and most of all, have a great year.
Kyle Craig Student Body President
Student employees, faculty members and administrators no longer will be required to sign a statement swearing that they do not advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government.
Court invalidates oath
A three-judge U.S. district court in Kansas City has ruled unconstitutional a 1949 state law requiring all public officials and state employees to sign a loyalty oath.
The civil suit challenging the oath was filed by Gerald Ehrenreich, associate professor at the KU Medical Center at Kansas City.
Named as defendants were Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, the presidents of Kansas State and Wichita State Universities, Atty. Gen. Robert C. Londerholm and the State Board of Regents.
The court ruled that the oath was invalid in view of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions declaring similar oaths in other states unconstitutional.
Freedom of the state
Ehrenreich said the court's decision was "a good step forward for freedom of the state."
"In a way," he added, "it's a
Letters already
To the Editor:
PATRONIZE KANSAN ADVERTISERS
Last spring I visited Dean Woodruff to see about having my "file" kept by his office destroyed. Imagine my surprise when I found that he would not surrender or destroy his collection of valuable documents. Not only did he still have my dossier in his "active" file, but he assured me it would remain there for 5 years after my graduation. He admitted that he kept no records on graduate students unless they proved themselves to be "troublemakers," and that generally, the same is true of women. But since I had the misfortune to have taken my undergraduate work at KU, I will be vulnerable to investigation until 1971 or some time thereafter.
Sincerely, Allen Monasmith Political Science '66
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victory against government but in another way it's a victory for the government." He explained that "you can disagree and dissent and still win the case."
Richard Seaton, the Kansas assistant attorney general assigned to the oath case, said no decision had been reached on whether the ruling would be appealed to a higher court. He said the oath might be redrafted by the legislature.
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Twelve other Kansas professors employed by the state sued with Ehrenreich. They included three KU professors: David H. Jones, assistant professor of philosophy; Howard Kahane, assistant professor of philosophy; and Norman Yetman, assistant professor of sociology and American studies.
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