KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence. Kansas
83rd Year, No.105
Prof Attacks Water Standards In Kansas See Story Page 5
Wednesday, March 7, 1973
Kansan Staff Photo by PRIS BRANDSTED
Annual Staff Photo by PRIES BRANDESTEI
Barkley Clark Eyes Election Returns
. . KU prof won primary easily
Cease-Fire Success Likely, Rogers Says
WASHINGTON (AP)—Secretary of State William Rogers told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday that he was confident that a military peace could be maintained in Vietnam but said prospects for a political settlement were questionable.
Testifying about the international agreement to support the cease-fire in Vietnam, Rogers said, "I do not expect there will be any major military engagements in that area. I hope I'm right."
The secretary, under persistent questioning, said he thought the opposing factions in Vietnam had decided war was not going to solve the problems of Indochina. Therefore, Rogers said, "there are going to be political problems."
On this score, he described himself as "hopeful, but realistic."
On another matter, Rogers assured the
Speak Out, Candidates
Student Senate candidates are requested to return completed candidate questionnaires to the University Department's newsroom in 112 Flint by O.D. Thirumalai, 02145.
All 192 candidates have been asked to answer a set of questions concerning issues involving the Student Senate. These materials are available in the Kansan newroom.
The Kansan will compile from the questionnaires a table indicating each candidate's standing on various issues. The table will appear in the Kansan early next week. The election will be March 14 and 15.
committee that any assistance program for North Vietnam would require prior approval.
"There will be no attempt to hide anything beyond what he said in his speech, even if he evidently had stolen it."
One committee member, Rep. Wayne Hays, D-OHio, told Rogers: "I'm not going to accept money for North Vietnam when I can't no money for housing for the elderly."
Hays also threatened to stall his committee's review of the State Department budget and said he might sponsor an amendment to the bill. Obama without direct approval of Congress.
Rep. H. R. Gross, R-Iowa, said bluntly, "I do not have any ties to Vietnam one ockeyed dime for firearms."
Rogers agreed. He said "No one in the
room knew" and then "them one
socked眶门, for comparisons."
But he said a rehabilitation program was another matter and the administration probably would unveil its proposal in a month.
"We will come to Congress to ask for authority for such a program." he said.
The secretary inched further toward an accommodation with Congress. President Nixon said at a news conference Friday that any assistance money would come from defense and foreign aid funds and not from the domestic side of the federal budget.
On a third point, Rogers said he had received a report that ships were now able to move through Haihong harbor, where the United States has removed some of its
Tuesday in Moscow it was reported that Soviet ships had sailed over the west coast.
Barklev Clark Leads Race
By CHUCK POTTER
Kansan Staff Writer
Barkley Clark, an associate dean of the University of Kansas School of Law, scored a convincing victory Tuesday in the Prince City Commission primary election.
Clark led the fourteen candidates with 3,545 votes, a margin of 1,213 votes over runner-up John Emrick. Clark also received more than half of the 6,068 total votes cast.
Lawrence Mayor John Ernick was second with 2,232 votes. Fred Penicer a Support Party member was first with 1,479 votes.
the only member of the SYLP's trio of candidates who is not a member of the John Birch Society, was third with 2,159 votes. The election reduced the field of candidates to six for the general election April 3.
Inumbent city commissioner J. R. Palliam was fourth with 1,896 votes; Robert Haralick, KU professor of electrical engineering from Ohio, will own William Lemenary sixth with 1,894 votes.
THE HAPPY Clark could not explain his large margin of victory over the field.
"I'm not sure what it was," he said.
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4 Leaders Close In School Race
By PAT BREITENSTEIN Kansan Staff Writer
Tuesday's primary election, in which the four leading candidates were separated by only 281 votes, set the stage for what is likely to be a bitter contest for pennant for the Lawrence Board of Education.
Seven candidates are competing for six openings on the April 3 general election
Larry Hatfield, 1020 Lawrence Ave., led with 4,122 votes.
He was followed closely by Helen Gilles, 1301 Iowa St., with 4,029 votes; W. F. Bradley, RR 2, with 3,942; and Gary Condra, 2542 Ride Court, with 3,901.
The two other successful candidates were Anna Berger, 1518 Cadet Ave., who had 1,191 votes and R. L. Ammel, 1716 Brook St., who had 978.
Timothy Cragg, KU graduate student, received 805 votes and was eliminated from the race.
Gilles, board incumbent, said she was pleased with her success in the primary.
Now that the primary is over, Gilles said,
she will conduct a more active campaign.
She said she hoped to personally contact
invokers voters before the general election.
Gilles said she wasn't sure how KU student voters might have affected the election. Students may tend to vote more for the incumbents, she said.
Bradley, current board president, said the support shown the incumbents could be interpreted as a vote of confidence. The present board has been successful, the schools have been quiet, and the people appreciate that, he said.
Bradley said that he wasn't sure how to interpret the student vote but that he thought that he received as much student support as anyone else.
Condra said he was surprised and humbled at his good showing, which might be attributed to some of the inherent advantages of a nonincumbent. A nonincumbent has not had a chance to make any enemies vet, he said.
The rainy weather may have kept some older people from voting, he said, but this may have been offset by the many students who did not vote because they had to study
In his campaign for the general election, Condra said, he wants to meet more people and allow them to ask him questions. He said he also anticipated more contact with KU, particularly with the students and
A Karsan survey taken at seven polling places showed that voters tended to vote more for personalities than for issues.
Burger said she would make no philosophies to change her campaign, but
her views on the war have changed.
for the present board See SCHOOL Page 5
"I'm not really a politician and this was my first time in a commission election. I think, though, that people really do feel that there is a need for more long range planning in city government and more responsiveness from city government.
"The essence of city government is for the city commissioners to be open.
"I found it very invigorating to talk to people about the issues in this election and I feel very proud."
"I was disappointed in the student turnout, although the student vote was typical," she said.
"I intend to campaign and meet as many people as possible before the general election."
EMICK DID not seem particularly displeased with his second-place finish.
"I plan to work harder before the general.
I don't think I did enough before the
general."
"I'm well known from my business," he said, and also from my radio show on NBC.
Pence, owner of the Garden Center at 15th and New York streets, attributed his sur-
PENCE ADMITTED that his not being a member of the John Birch Society may have been a reason.
"It could possibly have had a lot of effect," he said. "Of course, Miller and Elder (Gene Mell) candidates and both members of the two SYLP candidates probably don't know as many people as I do. It was probably a little of both."
Miller finished ninth in the voting with 847 votes, and Elder seventh with 993 votes. Both were eliminated from the general election.
Incumbent commissioner Pulliam, who finished fourth, could not be reached for comment.
Harackel did not seem pleased with his fifth-place finish.
"IT TAKES a lot of time and money to organize a campaign," he said. "You must ask for help, both for people to spend time with you and for people to donate your money. Advertising is expensive."
"For the general ITI have to do more than rely on volunteers."
POWs' Statements Said Forced
CLARK AIR FORCE BASE, Philippines (AP)—Most American prisoners of war who signed anti-war statements during captivity had been tortured and killed to torture, military spokesmen said Tuesday.
In addition to physical abuse that included beatings, cigarette burns and suspension from the ceiling by the hands, the military sources said many men spent long periods in solitary confinement.
The sources said one prisoner told them the North Vietnamese frequently used a minor grievance as an excuse to bear down on one man in an attempt to break him.
In one case, they reported, an American prisoner was forced to sit in a cell on a small wooden stool for days at a time without food and were put in stocks like Pilgrim singers.
"After a period of time they would tell someone anything he wanted to hear," an officer told the reporter.
The prisoners of war who arrived at Clark Air Base this week have discussed life in their Communist jails. But military authorities say they do not want any details of their story told because they fear for 286 Americans still in captivity.
As a result, the scenes described by military officers remain short on detail. The prisoners themselves are forbidden to leave the compound because of the warden except in the most general terms.
rms included terms of 19 months to $2\frac{1}{4}$ years. In some cases prisoners were shackled and forced to kneel on a concrete floor, the sources said, and those put into old-fashioned stocks were freed only for brief periods to go to the toilet or eat.
The sources said the POWs generally agreed that no one willingly gave antwarfare.
One POW reportedly was asked by the captors what he would do if he were executed.
"I'd return to the United States, learn how fly and come back and bomb you," he said.
In one case after a man was subjected to severe treatment, he signed a document as the Communists demanded. Then he told them, "Don't leave your statement, but you haven't won."
Despite the abuse and hardships, the level of defiance among the POWs is reported to be very high.
One prisoner said he believed regular physical exercise was the key to staying
alive. At one point, he is reported to have said, one group appeared to be weakening badly. The POW advised them to begin exercising. Those who did eventually gained their strength back. One man who did not died.
In the early years, the North Vietnamese apparently did as much as possible to block communication among the POWs and prevent any strong prison organization. The POWs were kept apart and permitted to speak only with their cell mates.
To pass messages and news from one cell or group to another, the PoWs devised a code system never cracked by the North Atlantic. It used hand signals and tapping on the walls.
News also was passed around as men were transferred through the five camps where military prisoners were generally held.
These were the infamous Hanoi Hilton, a former French prison in downtown Hanoi; Dogtrait, in the mountains north of Hanoi; the Zoo, about 12 blocks from the Hilton; the Museum of the Ancient City, known as the Country Club; and Plantation Gardens, near Hanoi's Gia Lam airport.
Haralick also commented that he was disappointed in the student turnout.
The average percentage of registered voters who did vote was 21 per cent per polling place. The turnout of voters in areas behind the campus averaged about 20 per cent.
County Clerk Delbert Mathia seemed surprised at the total vote of 6,068 for the commission vote. Mathia had predicted in that about 5,500 voters would vote.
Clark Vote Is City-Wide
By CHUCK POTTER Kansan Staff Writer
Barkley Clark's unexpected landscape win in the City Commission primary election Tuesday was based on solid support from voters at 13 of 17 planting places.
Clark, associate dean of the School of Law, had been expected to survive the probate of voters from the University community. It was apparent, however, that Clark was solidly favored by citizens from all parts of the country, not just voters living close to campus.
Because the average turnout of registered voters was 21 per cent and because an average of 20 per cent turned in the five polling places considered have a large turnout, Clark's victory community, Clark's victory apparently did not hinge on strong University support.
Instead, Clark's edge of more than 1,200 votes over second-place finisher John Emick is probably traceable to Clark's intensive campaigning and his background on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission.
Clark said repeatedly before the election that he was interested in open, responsive city government and in more careful, long-range planning by the commission.
An informal survey conducted by Kanan reporters at various polling spots Tuesday afternoon reflected a general feeling by many of them that they were unresponsive, disorganized and secretive.
Although incumbent commissioners Emick and J. R. Pallium both remained in the race—they finished second and fourth—who had a total vote as overwhelming as Clark's.
Enick received 2,232 votes to Paulillam's. He also received 1,086 votes from five third-place finishers. Robert Haralick
See CLARK Page 5
Vote Totals
City Commission
Clark    3,564
Emick    2,323
Pence    2,159
Pellaiah   1,698
Haralick   1,560
Lemesany   1,384
Elder     993
Kroeger   887
Miller    847
Spencer    698
Potogar   608
Ross      631
Rusk     458
Morrill   248
Hatfield 4,182
Gilles 4,029
Bradley 3,942
Conda 3,961
Linder 1,179
Anmel 978
Cragg 805
Pearson Offers Direction. Poetic Outlook, Profs Say
Editor's Note: This is the first of two stories explaining the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program and examining the controversy that has surrounded it. Thursday's story will detail arguments for and against continuation of the program.
ANN McFERREN
Kansan Staff Writers
For the last two months, members of the Assembly of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have engaged in heated debate. The college has integrated Humanities Program (PHP).
Proponents of differing views have voiced opinions on the successes and failures of the program. However, many persons still do not understand the program and the conflicts surrounding it.
The assembly has met five times this semester in an effort to decide the future of the program, but its status remains uncertain.
Members of the College Assembly, which includes student representatives and faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are voting this week by mail ballot to decide whether the program will continue to satisfy freshman and sophomore requirements and whether an advisory committee should be appointed for the program.
PHP WAS initiated in Fall 171 by Dennis Quinn, professor of English and director of Pearson College; John Senior, professor of classics and comparative literature; and Franklyn Nelick, professor of English. The program was funded by a $30,000 grant from the Humanities and by matching funds from the University.
the three professors and they begin the course as freshmen. Students enroll in six semesters for four consecutive courses, the last one at the college program, they will have studied Greek and Roman Classics, the Old and New Testaments, works of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The program was approved on an experimental basis as a substitute for freshman and sophomore requirements in communication,ization, speech, English and humanities.
Prospective students are interviewed by
STUDENTS MEET twice a week for lectures given by the three professors in a group to a weekly meeting in small groups with students. Issues raised in readings or lectures.
They also meet once a week in small groups to study rhetoric with a graduate student and again, with no instructor, to memorize the material required to memorize 10 poems, each speaker.
Students read entire books rather than excercises, as they do in Western civilization.
Students in the program are not allowed to take notes during lectures. According to Quinn, the professors consider it important that students develop their memories.
"Note taking in this kind of class is distracting," Quinn said. "The notes簿 is very messy."
"We want students to learn to listen, and we insist that instead of memorizing, they understand."
QUINN SAID that readings were compared recently throughout the course.
"Understand what an author is saying and how it compares to other authors." Quinn said. "Only then can you make the decision of who is right."
The required poetry class also is an exercise in developing the memory. Quinn
According to Quinn, the program was
"The main emphasis of the program is poetical, not philosophical," Quinn said. "We think that students have missed out on their poetical education.
"Men always used to know poetry and take it with them, but in the last 50 years this has died off. It is a great loss not to know something by heart."
"We are not really giving students a fair shake."
said that in the University system
were very little sense of an intellectual
compass.
begun, in part, because the three professors believed that undergraduate education was in need of improvement, not just at KU but at most universities.
He said that most freshmen and sophomores had not to know students in
"The quality of instruction is low," he said. "We have turned it over to graduate students."
"Students simply don't know anyone," he said.
their courses or to exchange ideas with them.
Quinn said that an essential part of PIPH was that it allowed intuit and continued communication with the patient.
In a letter that is sent to all prospective freshmen at KU, Quinn states that the three professors share, "broadly, a common view on how to learn," and "willing to assert, defend and advocate."
IT IS THIS practice that has caused the greatest criticism. Critics accuse the
The professors themselves are considered to be many to be some of the finest teachers at KU, and they stand as a strong standing Classroom Teacher of the Year Award in 1965 and the HOPE Award in 1969. Nickel received the H. Berner Pukk Award in 1974 and the J. W. Mackey Teacher by Esquire magazine in 1967.
The program has received enthusiastic support from many students. Attendance in
See PEARSON Page 3