Photo by Burt Lancaster
Secretary bids farewell to tom-tom
Reva M. Anderson, secretary in the dean of men's office, dubs the ceremonial tom-tom as if saying good-by to the traveling trophy. The tom-tom will be presented to the winner of Saturday's KU-MU game and will remain with the victor until 1970 clash once again decides its place of residence.
Trophy up for grabs
Tom-tom to winner of KU-MU contest
A ceremonial tom-tom, traditional trophy which travels with the winner of the annual KU-MU football game, may be in its last week at the University of Kansas.
The tom-tom's residence in the dean of men's office, 206 Strong Hall, will be in jeopardy this week-end when KU hosts the Orange Bowl bound Missouri Tigers. The traveling trophy returned to KU in 1967 after a 10-year stay at MU.
A list of KU victories is recorded on one side of the tom-tom and MU's victories are listed on the other side. The Tiger decorates the canvas on one end of the tom-tom; the Jayhawk is painted
Court sentences campus rioters
on the opposite end.
LOS ANGELES (UPI) Twenty persons were convicted Tuesday of kidnapping and holding members of a state college faculty and administration at knife point during a campus disruption instigated by black militants.
In a landmark trial in the history of campus violence, Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler, who heard the two month trial without a jury, declared:
"The campus is not a privileged sanctuary or refuge where disruptive and violent acts go ununished.
"We dare not and will not sanction force and violence and other illegal acts as a redress of grievances."
The defense contended during the trial that the events leading up to the takeover were a spontaneous outgrowth of black students' frustrations in their attempts to get action on grievances.
The exchange of the tom-tom involves representatives from each university's chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, an honorary organization for senior men. Sachem Circle, KU's chapter of the national organization, handles the exchange ceremonies.
Don Sloan, Topeka senior and president of Sachem Circle, said a ceremony would take place in the dean of men's office after the game regardless of the outcome. The ceremony will be announced and its tradition explained during the game Saturday.
The students were accused of conspiracy to seize two buildings at San Fernando State Valley College Nov. 4, 1968, and kidnap and falsely imprison more than 30 administrators, faculty members and office workers.
14 KANSAN Nov.19 1969
Sloan said the age of the tomtom was unknown but that it probably dated back into the early 1940's and possibly farther. At Missouri the tomtom is given during the game to representatives of the Big Eight who present it to the winner.
Senate firm with IFC
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) statement of policy regarding jurisdiction is in direct opposition to the Senate Code, David S. Awbrey, Hutchinson senior and Student Senate president said Monday.
The statement, released Monday by Mark Retonde, Kansas City, Mo., senior and IFC president, says the IFC will answer to the Chancellor and the Board of Regents only on all matters dealing with University relationships
"We do not recognize the powers of the Student Senate or any like body outside our system to establish statutes or address themselves to the internal affairs of the fraternity system at the University of Kansas," the statement reads.
Retonde said similar policy statements have also been written by the Women's Panhellenic Association, the Associated University Resident Halls and the All-Scholarship Hall Council.
In answering the IFC's statement, Awbrey referred to Article III. Sec. 4 of the Senate Code regarding student senate powers. The senate is empowered to make all rules and regulations affecting all University students including student organizations and activities and student housing.
"The way I see it, the Senate has the power to do anything with them it pleases," Awbrey said, "since the IFC, Panhellenic and the residence halls are both student housing groups and student organizations."
"Instead of attacking the senate, the representatives of these organizations should find how to best work with us instead of
fighting us," he said, "this is why they have representatives in the senate."
The issue centers around a bill submitted to the Student Senate by Dennis Embry, Great Bend junior and student senator. It reinforces any campus organization's right to determine its own affairs except under the power of
any university body authorized with the responsibility of maintaining state and federal laws and general university regulations at KU.
Awbrey said the bill is presently being revised by the Senate Rights and Privileges committee and is not on the agenda for the next student senate meeting.
Students plan symbol
A human peace symbol will urge an end to war at Saturday's KU-MU game.
This plan to promote peace was formulated at Tuesday night's KU Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam meeting in the Kansas Union.
Participants will sit on the hill below the campanile, forming a peace symbol during the entire game. Anyone wanting to be a part of this should meet on the hill at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and bring a white sheet or pillowcase so that the symbol will show up, Tom Ashton, Lawrence graduate student and mobilization steering committee member said.
Although plans are still tentative, Ashton announced that a December war moratorium will be observed. Members of the steering committee emphasized that this moratorium will be conducted differently than the past two in that no large scale demonstrations or teach-ins will be held.
An extension of the Mobilization Committee in the form of a
"speaker pool" and information center has also begun. David C. Owens, assistant instructor of English, explained that the body will gather as much information about the Vietnam war and the mobilization committee as possible and prepare it to present before living groups and interested persons.
"We must make people aware of the war facts and not just remind them once a month with a moratorium." Owens said.
The meeting adjourned for members to discuss their reactions to the Washington march and its impact.
"It was fantastically huge," Wolfe said, "the estimates of how many were there were moderate. The Student Mobilization Committee saw exactly what it was hoping for."
Others were pessimistic in regard to the hope of changing the administration's policy concerning the war.
"We aren't denting anyone," Dave Ranney, Wichita junior and steering committee member said.
Yes, The Stables is saving you a walk by running buses to the game Saturday. We will open at 10 a.m. so come on out and eat and get tuned up for the game. The buses will leave at 11:50 (game starts at 12:20) and will take you right to the stadium. After the game the buses will return to The Stables—so you can celebrate the KU victory over Mizzou.
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