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Ballard Center fights uphill battle
By MARY JACKSON Kansan Staff Writer
The Elizabeth Ballard Community Center which is housed in the Old Lincoln School was donated in October 1965 by Mrs. Raymond Cerf and named in honor of her mother.
The Center was incorporated as the Community Children's Center, Inc., a charitable, nonprofit, interracial, interfaith community service organization.
It received operating funds from private contributions and federal funds.
On July 8, 1968, Bill Simons, then director of the Center, announced his resignation, and Leonard Harrison was named acting-director.
Harrison was dismissed from his post a short time later.
The Center's Board of Directors reconsidered their decision on Harrison on the basis of his contributions to the Center's programs. He was reinstated in May, 1969.
As a result of Harrison's reinstatement, the United Fund decided to exclude the Center from
the 1969-70 fund drive. The Ballard Center had received United Fund contributions for two years. In the 1967-68 campaign, the Center received $11,595 and in the 1968-69 campaign, it received $14,000.
William Eddy, president of the United Fund, Inc. of Lawrence, said that the decision to withdraw financial support from the Ballard Center was made because of concern for the United Fund and the 13 agencies it supported that the 1968-69 campaign was hampered by rumors concerning the Harrison controversy.
Eddy said that the decision was not a reflection on the Center's programs.
In July, the Ballard Center found itself with a bank balance of $3816. To save the Center's varied community programs, the Ballard Center Board of Directors organized a direct-appeal campaign.
The campaign was headed by Paul Smart, Lawrence businessman. Five divisions were formed.
Eldon Fields, professor of political science, was chairman of
the University division. Mike Getto, Lawrence businessman, was chairman of the major business division. Four graduate students in the School of Social Welfare were in charge of the residential division. They were Elizabeth Wells, Aneta Epps, Jo Elaine Heaven and Marjorie Goldman. Fred Six was chairman of the major donors division. Charles Scott, of the BSU, handled University student collections.
The directors announced a goal of $33,000. About $33,500 was collected in the campaign.
The average contribution was $25 to $30 and several were over $1,000.
The KU faculty and staff contribuited more than half of the total of $33,000.
Because these programs could stand on their own merit, Jones said, the Board decided to familiarize the public with these programs.
Nixon urges reform to curb drug abuse
WASHINGTON (UPI)—President Nixon urged the nation's governors Wednesday to wage a community campaign against growing drug abuse by stressing information and understanding rather than harsher criminal penalties.
Nixon and high administration officials expressed alarm at the high incidence of use of marijuana and other illicit drugs, especially among the young.
"I first thought the answer was more penalties," the President said, "but when you are talking about 13- and 14-year-olds, penalties are not the answer the answer is more informe-
... the answer is more information, more understanding."
The President's remarks were in line with the administration's plan to overhaul federal drug laws to provide lighter penalties for possession of illicit drugs and to give police broader legal authority to move against users.
Attorney General John N. Mitchell proposed a model state law that would give police "no knock" authority to enter suspected premises without a search warrant for illegal drugs. It also would permit nighttime searches if police have "probable cause" to suspect illegal narcotics on the premises, rather than positive evidence now required under federal and many state laws.
Penalties would be left to the discretion of the states. The proposed federal reform legislation, after which the model state law
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was fashioned, would classify mere possession of marijuana and other illicit drugs as a misdemeanor rather than a felony. The maximum penalty for a first offense would be a year in jail and a $5,000 fine rather than the present mandatory sentence of five to 20 years' imprisonment.
The men's scholarship halls will have nearly 15 openings for second semester, said Frank Shavlik, assistant to the dean of men.
Spring shift see in halls
Scholarships are granted on the basis of academic achievement and willingness to participate in the scholarship hall program. House bills are $62.50 a month plus a $30 general maintenance fee.
To demonstrate the broad base of community support upon which the campaign would have to stand, Jones wrote and distributed a background information sheet and campaign flier.
The halls are maintained by the men themselves. They cook their own meals and keep the halls in order by splitting the work into shifts, Shavlik said.
Shavlik said the halls provided a way for each individual to "do his own thing" but offered the opportunity to "share your thing with others."
Renewal of the scholarship is automatic as long as a 1.5 grade point average is maintained.
Application forms may be obtained from the Dean of Men's office, 228 Strong Hall. Applicants should have their forms turned in by Wednesday.
The flier listed the expenses and the goals of the campaign and enumerated the various programs of the Ballard Community Center, some of which are still in the planning stage.
The information sheet answered questions about the Center, Harrison's conviction and the Board of Director's decision to retain him as director at the Center and gave detailed information about the Center's programs.
Jones said that the objective of the publications was to prove not only that the Ballard Center was nice to have but that it was also indispensible.
A new accounting system developed for the collection and distribution of funds received from the campaign will be administered by three faculty members of the KU School of Business. They are William F. Bentz, assistant professor in business administration; H. Gordon Fitch, assistant professor in business administration; and Charles B. Saunders, professor in business administration.
To help the campaign more, the Center decided to remove Harrison from the controversy by paying his $7,000 salary through funds received from other sources.
which the major programs upon which the campaign was based include an Employment Service Program; a low-income housing project; a tutoring program; summer day camp; a federal credit union; the New Jersey Street Project and a boarding
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In the spring of 1967, an Employment Service Program was established by the Ballard Center. Since that time, more than 120 people have been placed on jobs in the Lawrence area.
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In the tutoring program, the tutors work one hour each school day in the homes of the children they are helping. They may in turn train an adult in the family to take over the responsibility of tutoring. Twenty-one KU students are tutors in this program.
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The first Ballard Center summer day camp provided summer employment for more than 60 youths. More than 250 children participated in the summer camp activities.
The Ballard Center also has a Federal Credit Union chartered by the Department of Health,
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It will be owned by its users.
Shares will be sold for $5 each.
The newest program is a group boarding home for pre-delinquent girls. It will begin with five girls between the ages of 12 and 16 who will be assigned by the Juvenile Courts. The house parents will live in the home.
The School of Social Welfare, the School of Architecture and Design, the Law School, the Business School and the Department of Human Development contributed assistance in developing this project.
Project Rehabilitation was responsible for the renovation of 20 houses on New Jersey Street last spring. More than 100 volunteers from the KU campus and Lawrence worked on the houses with materials donated by Lawrence businesses. The workers received assistance from the School of Architecture and Design.
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