EXERTING HIS RIGHTS—Robert Guffin, Lawrence freshman, drops in his ballot during the primary election today.
'Closed Primary Voting Underway
At noon today, students with University Party cards were leading Vox Populi Party card holders by a slim margin of 25 votes in the closed primary campus election.
A "closed primary" is an election where only party members may vote. The only exception in the KU election is the freshman vote for class officers.
The purpose of the election is to determine candidates for each party from 10 voting districts. These districts are: social fraternities, social sororites, women's dorms with more than 75 members, men's dorms with more than 75, women's dorms with less than 75, men's dorms with less than 75, freshman women's dormitories, professional fraternities and cooperatives, unmarried-unorganized housing and married unorganized housing.
At noon the breakdown of voting was:
Districts Vox UP Total
Fraternities 30 34 64
Sororities 26 48 74
Large men's dorms 11 10 21
Large women's dorms 4 5 9
Small men's dorms 3 5 8
Small women's dorms 3 1 4
Freshman women's dorms 9 2 11
Professional fraternities and cooperatives 1 0 1
Unmarried, unorganized 3 10 13
Married unorganized 0 0 0
Total votes cast—233
THIS TABULATION represents 205 votes cast with party preference and 28 without. The latter represents the votes of the freshman students.
Richard Harper, Prairie Village senior and elections chairman, said that voting was still light but he expected more votes to be cast this afternoon.
He also complained about the poll workers' turnout.
"It was horrible. You can quote me . . . I'm mad." He said that about 23 workers were needed and that only 16 had arrived to help
New Yorkers Go to Polls; Wagner Favored to Win
NEW YORK — (UPI) — New York City voters cast their ballots today in an election in which Democratic Mayor Robert F. Wagner was favored to win an almost-unprecedented third term.
A light drizzle fell on the city through most of the morning, but by 9 a.m. about 15 per cent of an expected 2.5 million voter turnout had cast their ballots.
By the same time in the last off year election, in 1959, less than 15 per cent of the vote had been cast. In last year's presidential election, however, more than 20 per cent of the vote had been cast by 9 a.m.
The skies cleared at mid-morning and the voting was expected to accelerate through a sunny afternoon.
If Wagner wins, as is generally predicted, he will be the second mayor in New York history to win three terms. The late Fiorello La Guardia was elected mayor in 1933, 1937 and 1941 on a fusion ticket.
Weather
Generally fair this afternoon,
tonight and Wednesday. Warmer
east and south central this afternoon
and northwest Wednesday.
Low tonight generally in 20s. High
Wednesday in 50s.
Daily hansan
59th Year, No. 38
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Tuesday, November 7, 1961
Ford Foundation to Study Kansas Higher Education
An experimental survey to learn how facilities for higher education in Kansas can most effectively provide quality education and handle expected increases in enrollment has been started by the Ford Foundation.
This is the first study of its type the foundation has ever done. Alvin C. Eurich, executive director of the education division of the Ford Foundation, said the study is being made because problems in higher education in Kansas are similar to those in other states and the foundation's purpose is to improve American education.
The study will be completed in about a year. A report will be made to the Board of Regents late in 1962 before the next regular session of the Kansas Legislature.
Whitley Austin, chairman of the Board of Regents, said the budget session of the legislature will be asked for another $15,000 for consultants. the foundation's own work will be done without charge.
The study grew out of an invitation by the Board of Regents to the Ford Foundation to work with them on the future development of Kansas schools. A $15,000 fund provided to the Board of Regents for research by the legislature will be used to pay foundation consultants
MR. EURICH SAID SEVEN MAJOR areas would be covered. They are; finding enough faculty members to staff the university's increased enrollment; the best use of classroom, library and laboratory facilities; the co-operative arrangements between institutions in the area and over the state to avoid duplication (this arrangement would be similar to the one between Kansas State University and KU—K-State has a school of veterinary medicine, KU's school deals with human medicine); the entire student personnel and job cluding guidance, counseling and job placement, and the allocation of responsibility between state and private colleges.
Young Rep. Hear Dole At Meeting Tonight
The time and place for Rober Dole's speech to the Young Republicans has been changed.
Mr. Dole, the Republican candidate for congressman from the Kansas 1st district, will speak to the group at 7:30 tonight in Room 306 of the Kansas Union.
The public is invited and all members of the Young Republicans are urged to attend.
MR. EURICH had several criticisms of the types of education offered in American colleges at present.
He said;
"Basically a college curriculum is set up to prepare students to be college professors. We need a wide range of education."
He also criticised the quality of medical students. There are fewer
applicants and the number of failures has doubled in the last five years. He said this was due to competition for the potential medical student by other sciences, the lack of scholarships or fellowships in medicine and the greater number of years it takes to get a degree.
Turning to faculty members, Mr. Eurich said one proof of the deterioration in education was that the percentage of faculty members with doctorate degrees had dropped eight per cent in a five-year period.
- News Briefs -
MOSCOW—(UPI)—Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev acknowledged today that radioactive fallout from nuclear bomb tests harms world health. But he said Soviet testing is carried out for the sake of "world peace."
He added that "the use of nuclear weapons in war is a million times more dangerous."
This was the first time Khrushchev has publicly noted the world outcry of protest against fallout dangers caused by the explosion of at least 31 nuclear blasts since the Soviet Union resumed testing last Sept. 1.
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BONN—(UPI)一Konrad Adenauer, 85, was elected to a fourth term as Chancellor of West Germany by a majority of nine votes today.
The vote in the Bundestag—or lower house of Parliament—was 259 for Adenauer, 205 for and 26 abstentions.
He needed 250 votes—an absolute majority—to win on the first ballot, and he got them.
Adenauer picked up his winning edge from his own Christian Democrats and members of his coalition partners, the Free Democrats.
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LONDON—(UPI)Increasing British concern over home-front precautions brought a demand in Parliament today for appointment of a Civil Defense Minister.
Laborite Emrys Hughes said there was "growing" worry in the nation about what the government would do to defend the civil population in the event of a nuclear war.
Home Secretary R. A. Butler was asked in Parliament yesterday what plans the government had for the construction of public fallout shelters.
He said there were no immediate plans for such construction but that "much could be done by the average householder to provide protection in or near his home."
Butler said two official publications already have been issued on the subject.
"More advice," he added, "will be issued to the public in an emergency."
Students Question Peace Pact
Most of the students interviewed about the impending "summit meeting" between KU and MU student body leaders doubt that any agreement reached will affect students at the football game Nov. 25.
They seem to think the meeting will be a waste of time.
However, some students did agree that a peace pact was good because the rivalry between KU and MU should stop.
The KU-MU meeting will be held Sunday at Columbia. A committee of seven students, including Max Eberhart, Great Bend senior and president of the student body, will go to Columbia early Sunday morning and will return Sunday evening.
Bruce Brient, Leawood first-year medical student, said:
"I don't think a bunch of Missouri drunks, like I saw at the football game last year, are going to care very much whether their student body president signed a peace treaty or not.
"Like most of the ventures of KU
student government, it's going to be pretty ineffective."
JAY COOK, Webster Groves, Mo,
sophomore, said:
"It definitely won't accomplish anything, because most of the students ignore the dealings of the student body representatives in all other matters. This won't be any exception.
"I think the people who thought up this idea are either pretty idealistic or just want publicity for themselves or their organization."
Joan Willey, Salina sophomore,
said:
Stan Andeel, Wichita junior, said: "The damage has already been done, and the people who might be causing the trouble aren't going to have much impact until a summit conference are going to say. We'll just have to wait and see what kind of spirit the student body has."
"I think the peace pact is worthwhile because rivalry to this extent is ridiculous. We aren't rival countries, we're just rival schools."
Phil Harrison, Lawrence freshman said: "Show me a need and show me that the pact will meet the need and I'll go for it. There must be a need due to last year's game but I have seen no evidence that the pact will be effective. I can see no way that it will change the status quo."
Bob Super, Hill City junior, said: "I think it's a good idea because rivalry to this extent is silly and childish."
Sonja Hampton, Oskaloosa sophmore, said: "The peace pact is a good idea because poor sportsmanship gives the University a bad name. We should act like college students."
Willard Hiebart, Whitewater junior, said: "I think it would be a good idea if it could come about because if violence does break out we might have to drop the competition between the two schools just as in the case of Army and Notre Dame who no longer play each other because the rivalry became too strong.