University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, March 7, 1972
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Critics Doubt School District Unification
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By RON WOMBLE
Kansan Staff Writer
Since the turn of the century the over 8,000 small school districts in Kansas have been combined to form larger districts. Much of this unification came about because of a controversial 1963 state law which sets minimum size requirements for all state school districts.
Unification was not easy for many voters to accept and some districts were forced to unify the vote of the voters in those districts.
Advocates of school unification claimed it would be more economical and better for quality of education. An improvement in the quality of education was the primary advantage to C. Taylor Whitler, Kansas Commissioner of Education, but "unification was sold" on the
WHITTIER ADMITTED there
was "no good measure" of the quality of an education and "some districts didn't develop enough districts to be more economical."
Some people involved in education on a local level claim unification has proved to be ineffective. It is also responsible for better education
Three unified school districts (USD) in Ossage County, USD 458 USD 434 and USD 421 have had their students experiences under the new system.
Unification did not bring any drastic changes to USD 458. One of the three attendance centers used but two were maintained.
The KU-Y was schulted to begin an investigation into the conflict between the Rock Chak Revue staff and McColm Hall residents today, in a meeting of McColum representatives.
BOTH KU-Y and Andy Buky, Kansas City, Kan., senior and director of the revue, had given approval to the McCollum skit skirt worn by the skit skirt was performed during dress rehearsal Thursday, several people complained about its content, and the problem was eventually taken to the studio where the skirt was eliminated.
She said the content was much worse than the other skits.
Beyck John, Mt. Prospect, Ill.
junior band member and a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, was one of the first to attend Buckley College where she went to Bucky because the skit "really amazed me."
Stressing the importance of independent groups' future participation in the program, Bachman said he thought the meetings were necessary to problems with future shows.
Paul Bachman, KU-Y program director, said Monday that bad feelings towards the production staff were held by KU-Y and McCollum residents after the release was eliminated from the revue.
Ronald E. Meyer, USD 458 Superintendent, complained that unification had increased the number of employees in office and had created an extra job. He said a principal was still required at each of the attendance centers. The center's position had been created for the new unified
"THE IDEAS behind Rock Chalk are good, but if this had been a movie, it would have been rated X." Hess said Monday.
KU-Y, McCollum to Seek Solutions to Revue Problems
Rick Hess, Omaha, Neb., sent a memo to complaind Thursday about the skit, on the grounds that it was offensive. He felt that the skit should be removed.
David Mannering, Smith Center senior and director of the skirt department, generally satisfied with the decision to drop the act. He said that morale of skirt participants was affected by what presented by what he termed a "hostile production staff," and had a relief not having to perform.
"ROCK CHALK needs to be changed. It should go either completely clean or completely smutty." Manning said.
He said the act would have had a bad effect on children who were learning to speak, Hess also said that while some of the material used in other skits might have been questionable, he said they tasted, to avoid being offensive.
He said the problems McColum had experienced might stir interest within other groups. He said they might become more
BY JEANNE ELLIOTT Kenyan Staff Welter
Stadel said the people in the three old school districts "voted
George Pangburn, Elram,
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Monday that he didn't find
the skat at all objectionable. He had
seen the skit with the hall's
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Manninger attributed most of the problems to a communication gap between his staff and Bakufu's production staff.
Steve Orcutt, Kansas City
Kan., senior and McCollum
resident, said Monday that he
believes the act should have been
formed. The committee already
been given approval by both KU-Y and Bukaty,
and because one had the right to
impose morality on anyone's
behavior.
Orcut said the band members were the ones who "should have taken the heat" if they refused to eat, because they had a coworker.
"THE ACT wasn't any worse than it was," he said, "although we didn't have any music to break up what might be termed 'blue' in some places."
Another complaint Orcutt had was the announcement of the Judiciary's decision Friday in a case against Bukaty for Orcutt, Bukaty talked with Claire Gillespie, a reporter, Friday morning and told that the skirt had been eliminated. At the time, the Judiciary had not yet met.
BACHIMAN ALSO questioned Bukaty's conflict. He said Bukaty's testimony. Friday relected Bukaty's history of resentment of her husband.
The state Department of Education has forced unification on us. "Stadel said, 'They have a dictatorship going for them.'"
USD 434 resulted from the unification and consolidation of a small community with high schools in community high schools were closed and a new facility was opened.
Stadel said he thought the people in rural districts shared his opinions on unification.
overwhelmingly not to unify' but wore forced to do so by the state.
THE PEOPLE to be affected by the creation of USD 484 awarded to the university for unification plan was finally instituted without voter approval
Bukaty said he was very tired of the whole matter and he thought it had been given too much publicity.
Although initially he had not wanted the McColum skit presented by him, said he did wish the KUY's weeks ago in approving the skit.
Bukaty said his objections to the skirt it were that it didn't contain enough substance and that it bordered on trash.
He said Monday that the type of audience that was present would be pressured by the skit. He pointed to the woman's mother's weekend for several sororites, and that the woman not have been appropriate.
Lynn Schornick, Yates Center, senior and band director, agreed with Bukaty. How did the skit was "on the raw side."
Thomas D. Hottchiks,
Science Teacher at High
School, said "consolation
was the only answer" for
that area but for areas it may
use more effectively.
Matti F. Brodsky, Wilmette, Isonphore and KU-Y member, participate in meetings this week KU-Y could re-evaluate their position as sponsor, continue to study the task force report, and come up with some ways to avoid any issues of this year's problems.
Another scheme, presented by Craig Patton, provided for an opportunity to connect with a community. This community relations scheme, he said, would invite the Lawrence community members to engage in culture, it would also offer a variety of living arrangements and study areas.
However, Schornick had the decision to pull the skit at that late date was not fair, but, "fairness had nothing to do with it."
KOZENY the public would have ready access to those areas without penetrating the walls of classrooms students. This, Kozeny said, would show an acceptance of the Lawren community while still maintaining the high standards.
A task force report last year indicated a need for independent support in the revue.
THE PROXIMITY group was the third scheme, presented by Bob Wilch. Tecumseh fifth-year architecture student. This plan is designed to have students housed in one large, complex building. An arrangement of this sort, Wilch said, would encourage interaction of all activities and resources in the classroom.
Architecture Students Present Haskell Plans
The second separation would be an area of transformation where the student could relax, eat, or play pool separate from a academic environment as well as special life at his dorm. Koyen said.
One of the architectural schemes, presented by Jeff Kozeny, Lawrence fifth-year architect at the Haskell students two points of separation. A kind of "psychological wall," according to Kozeny, would be formed by an array of windows in front of "community edge." This edge would be the first area visitors would approach and it would lead them into the building, the stadium, the field house, historical information buildings and other things in the community might be interested.
Three architectural schemes to involve Haskell Indian Junior College students in both their experiences presented to the Haskell students by the University of Kansas fifth-year architecture students
HASELL WILL be receiving a $1.5 billion government accommodation expected growth in enrollment from an approximate 1,100 to 1,300 students.
By WENDIE ELLIOTT
Kansas Stoll Writer
Curriculum at the three small high schools had been very limited but Santa Fe Trail's "program is much better" ac-
According to James Harley, assistant professor of architecture at the press of work began in November 1970 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). During this period, Harley said, he was compelled to chart the charrer at Haskell to determine the needs of the campus. The students and the faculty of the university structure were then invited to assist.
The three architectural buildings Haskell student body after months of intensive studies done by 12 fifth-year KU architecture
THE ARCHITECTURE students presented their ideas to the Haskell students through slides, using slides, maps and drawings.
This plan, according to Wilch, would allow for other innovations such as shopping centers, making Haskell totally independent of the
The study will end just before the project ends, so they then would turn their findings over the the BIA who would hire planners to construct a new city.
OFFICIALS AT all of the schools placed some of the blame for the lack of vote approval of unification on "sentimental ation."
The study of Haskell was the only project of the 12 fifth-year students. Now each of the 12 will be taught in one of the schemes and complete its design.
Hotchkiss said the students from the three former districts (athletic rinks in the past) have been very well to the new situation
Harley said he hoped one of their plans would be incorporated by the BIA.
Walquist thought much of the opposition to unification was based on tradition and the ability to identify with the local school.
"IF IT HAD been up to the students from the start we would have consolidated much earlier." Parents of parents who wouldn't adjust"
Stadel said part of the reluctance of the voters to change involved identification with high school athletics and "community
Unification did not save USD 434 any money. Hotchkiss said, but quality education "outweighs the cost."
"When you take the school away from the town and put it out there, well, it's not the same school." he said.
He also said he did not think the educational services of the district could be provided much more cheaply.
Earl Rowe, Jr. USD 434 School Board, member said he saw "no great increase" in the quality of students as a result of the creation of USD 434
The people in the district "have accepted (consolidation) pretty well," according to Rowe. He agrees, however, that if the state had not required it, unification would have come about in that area.
USD 421 escaped many of the problems of controversy that other districts encountered not only because it was unified "mostly within itself" but occurred because the old district was almost large enough to meet state standards and no other high state was unified with the existing one.
HARVEY WALIST, USD School Board Chairman, the first time she was "just beautiful" because we didn't have to unify with we didn't have to unify
Another reason for the lack of voter support for unification may have been local autonomy.
"I don't think unification has some quite like they thought it would. I don't think they plained that unification had created "animosity between people."
Walquist conceded that many facilities "were uneconomical and defended the value of 'smaller' schools. He said a small school promoted better relations between teachers, teachers and community
"The voters don't like the people in Topeka telling them (they must unify)." said Hot-education. "Education is a local problem."
Some of the reasons the voters had may have been unfounded, according to Education Commissioner Whittier. He said many people believed "if you take the chance out of our town it'll go dead."
The voters in the districts expressed a wide range of opinions on unification. Although many seem to be in the process of making their decisions, the voters have yet to express strong popular support for unification. Stadel said people had "learned to live with"
Harrisburg 8's Glick to Talk
"We have no choice but to live with it," he said.
Ted Glick, one of the Harrisburg Eight, is scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas University building, being sponsored by the St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center.
On April 30, 1971, Glick and seven others, including Father Philip Berrigan, were indicted by the Washington district attorney for harrassing Harrisonburg, Pa., for conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger, to blow up parts of the Washington, D.C. airport, to destroy property of the federal government and the Selective Service system. Glick's seven co-attorneys in the case being tried at Harrisonburg.
Glick will be tried at a later date because he has decided to act as his own attorney. Judge R.
Students Asked To Help Solve Noise Problem
Paul Haack, associate professor at the university said recently that noise pollution was a more subtle and pervasive environmental problem than air pollution.
Haack said people were not aware of sound pollution because society was visually oriented.
Students who are studying industrial problems, design or architecture and are aware of acoustical principles and use this knowledge in their work after graduation to help them overcome the noise problem. Haack said.
"Do consider others," Haack said, "when you go to put on that new mufter so that your bike does not get consideration of others is the key."
Haack said students should support a bill pending in the U.S. Senate which would impose sound level guidelines in the state, and that students could support the bill by writing to their congressman.
The Environmental Clearing House needs students to help find out why noise pollution in this area, Rivian Bli, president of the house.
We must despel the theory that noise means progress. This is because a theory that would prevent action toward solving the noise pollution problem
The Clearing House would like to distribute information concerning the problem, Bell said.
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Dixon Herman said he didn't want a possible lack of legal knowledge on Glick's part to harm the other defendants.
Tonight at 7:30 in the Forum Room Kansas Union
Glick has openly opposed the Vietnam War since 1969. In May of that year, he returned his draft card to his local draft board, giving him up his 2-5 deferment, and was immediately reclassified 1
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In September 1969, he was called to Lancaster, Pa. for induction He went, but resumed his job as a draft information center in Lancaster and brought other resisters to the city to speak.
From December 1970 until May 1971, Glick was in the Ashland Federal Prison in Kentucky.
In September 1970, Glick was arrested in Rochester, N. Y., as a member of the Flower City Conspiracy. He and others were charged with destruction of Selective Service records and that they were tried and convicted.
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The Department of Health, Education and Welfare made the funds available through the National Heart and Lung Foundation's Tissue' study, "Development of Tissue—Hearl Valve Prosthesis."
The National Institute of Health has announced six other grants totaling approximately $330,000 for the Medical Center.
Grants were given for research on microbiology and biochemistry and for new research in otorhinolaryngology, the study of the diseases of the ear.
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The members of the Harrisburg Eight were arraigned on May 25, 1971. At that time, Glick denied that he had ever accused him of invading "in a conspiracy to kidnap or to bomb anything."
"the beliefs and principles which I hold, and for which I am in jail," he said, "do not allow me to take such actions."
Woman Sought to Head Affirmative Action Office
should contact them before the committee's first meeting. March 15.
The creation of a seven-member search committee to recommend candidates for the director of the Office of Academic Activity was announced by Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers J. Monday
Marilyn Stokstad, professor of history and chairman of the department of education at Monday that anyone who might be interested in being the Affirmative Action Chair
"We're interested in women who have a strong academic background. We would like the teacher toachlor's degree." Noikstad said.
She said that applicants should be connected with the University in some way, such as a faculty member or a graduate student.
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