University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 9, 1956.
The AAU-NCAA
Rules-And Enforcing Them
Many attacks have been made on the respective actions of the AAU and the NCAA. The AAU attack on Wes Santee has been condemned for varied reasons. One of the reasons often advanced is "everyone else is doing it—why not Wes?"
! The AAU has made no attempt to keep up with the changing conditions or the rising cost of living, we say. Therefore we don't have to obey the rules.
We are expected to rise in indignation when Phog is condemned, because he professes no knowledge of the restriction he broke.
We are confusing the issue. Because Phog is an honored man we tend to forget that here, as in law, ignorance is no excuse. If this restriction is petty and trivial, let us dispense with it, not violate it and then plead ignorance.
Fehhaps this probation is an injustice and certainly it bears all the earnmarks of a "sour grapes" charge against our outspoken coach, but we can't ignore the wider scope of our rationalization. Whether or not the ruling was a grudge charge or the
AAU decision ruined the career of a great athlete, we must recognize the ethical problem involved.
Assertations of "everyone else is doing it" or the "rule is old-fashioned" are not sufficient to justify breaking rules which we as a member of the condemning organizations have pledged ourselves to obey. How can we honestly condemn the "fixes" and scandals connected with other schools if we are unwilling to abide by the rules ourselves?
If these rules are insufficient, then we must work constructively to change them. If our private opinions (as ours happen to be) are that the association leaders have overstepped their authority and are fast becoming tyrannical, then we must take positive steps to curb their authority.
But until we change the rules or the leaders, let us not seek to rationalize our mistakes. We can not disregard our ethical obligation to obey these rules as long as we remain members in these associations.
Phyllis Graham
Editor:
.. Letters ..
Harrisonville, Mo., junior
Glancing at The Daily Kansan of May 7 I came across the little gem concerning the behavior of music students at Prof. Albers' lecture which was printed in the letters to the editor column. I appreciate this point of view and agree with the writer to a certain extent. I suppose it was a little tiresome for art majors to listen to the lauding of achievements of music majors. Perhaps it was a little rude for so many students to walk out at 4 p.m.
However, I would like to point out a few things to the irate writer of that letter. In the first place the artists were taking the time of the musicians' regular recital period to present Prof. Albers' lecture. Secondly, we music students were not especially interested in Prof. Albers' lecture. I am sure it was interesting to artists, but frankly we didn't know what he was talking about. In the future perhaps this problem could be solved by not requiring music majors to attend art lectures.
Evelyn Hacker,
The National Highway Users Conference estimates inadequate roads have cost the motoring public $5.3 billion in accidents, loss of time and operation costs.
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At Last A Defense
Chanute Tribune Supports Seniors
The objectors, of course, should be shouted down. The class of '56 should stick to its rights. The Jayhawk properly belongs.
At Lawrence, of all places, controversy rages over the Jayhawk. Some folks don't want the bird; that is, they don't want a reasonable facsimile thereof in statuary on the KU campus.
But says the worthy opposition, it isn't quite dignified. Huh! You can be sure that in an age to come, when students wonder out loud who Jimmy Green was, there'll be no doubt as to the identity of the Jayhawk.
Even if paint daubers sashay across from K-State, there will be no particular harm done to the Jayhawk. His feathers have been ruffled before. Never, however, has he lost any, even down to the tiniest pin-feather.
Rah! Rah! Jayhawk!
Here's a bird rugged and lasting. the emblem of a university, more or less the emblem of a state He's a worthy subject for the best sculptors the class of '56 can hire.
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Book Review
The Political Problem In The South
Contrary to the popular belief that the South is solidly Democratic, Alexander Heard believes firmly that the South is moving closer to competitive party politics. In "A Two Party South?" he states that although the Democratic party is still dominant, the Republican and Dixiecrat elements, in the last decade, have shown increased strength in a shift to competitive politics, but still are relatively weak movements.
The Negro, under the influence of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Progressive Voters' League has given the added strength needed to make the Republican party an important political factor in the South.
The South's politics attract more notice than the politics of any other group of American states, and its distinguishing feature is the one-party, Democratic system. The South, as defined in this book, includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Since 1879, the 11 Confederate states have segregated themselves from the rest of the Union by their faithfulness to the Democratic party. They are the only states that during the period have given their electoral vote to the Democrats every time but twice. During the last three decades, in only one of the states, and on only one occasion, has a Democratic nominee for governor been defeated.
Negro Is Origin
At the origin of the southern one-party system stood the single figure of the Negro. The system was later strengthened by differences between the economic philosophies of the parties. But the origin was the Negro, and the Negro must be supplanted by other concerns before one-party supremacy will break down.
The southernners most active in preserving Democratic supremacy are the whites who live closest to the Negro. The Democratic trend dates to the Civil War and the reconstruction period immediately following. They viewed with impassioned distrust the Republican party that won the war and then
set about to reconstruct their way of living.
The Democratic party presented a haven in which the Confederates could unite against a common foe—the Republicans—and the party enabled the South to have an effective voice in the nation's politics, a voice that would be less effective under a two-party system.
The old-line Democrats consisted of the southerners who were planters and who favored slavery and secession. The present day southern Democrat is a descendant of the old-line Democrat and includes the banker-merchant-larger farmer class.
Importance of Democracy The most serious opposition to Democratic supremacy is not the Republican party, but instead the Dixiecrats, who are actually Democrats whose views differ from the established Democratic party on certain issues. Few people in the South seem to agree as to what the Dixiecrats actually are. Sometimes they have acted like a separate political party, sometimes like an organized faction operating across state lines within the Democratic party.
The Dixiecrats contend that they are not a "party" but rather a "revolt" within the Democratic party. The Dixiecrats, often referred to as the South States' Righters, have been by far the most important minority political movement in the South since the Populists.
Importance Of Dixiecrats
The Dixiecrats are the element of the people which embraces states' rights and constitutional government. They consist of the right wing element of the Democratic party and the principal supporters of the movement are the whites who most violently oppose complete Negro suffrage.
A 1948 Surge
The Dixiecrats' biggest political push came in 1948 when they nominated South Carolina Gov. J Strom Thurmdor for president and Mississippi Gov. Fielding Wright for vice president. After their defeat in the presidential election, the Dixiecrats seemed to decline in importance. But the party still has a strong following and an influential place in the South's politics.
To many people of the South, a Republican is a curiosity. They have heard about the Negro undertaker who goes to a Republican convention, or the eccentric railroad official who comes from Ohio; but a genuine Republican is a rarity in most of the region.
The Republican party in the South stems from the minority of persons opposed to slavery and secession in the pre-Civil War period. It consisted of the small landowners in the highlands where slave labor couldn't be afforded or profitably worked. The Republican party became the party of the Unionists. While some of the highlanders joined the Confederate army after secession, most of them joined up with the Union forces or refused to fight at all.
Today the Republican party of the south is made up mostly of Negro voters, but also includes white minorities. It was natural that the Negro join the GOP since it was the party that won him his freedom. And now with the NAACP the champion of the Negro and supporters of the Republican party, the Negro-Republican tie has become tighter.
The Progressive Voters' League, located in most of the southern states, is also a standard bearer of the Negro. The Voters' League stands for a full program of civil rights for Negro citizens, and the league, along with the NAACP, is bound to have lasting significance in southern politics. But even with the Negro included in the Republican fold, the GOP in the South seems destined to remain a little fish in a big pond.
Daryl Hall
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