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University Daily Kansan Monday. Feb. 20, 1956.
AAU Pulls Boner Of The Year
The Amateur Athletic Union has just pulled the biggest boner of the new year—that of suspending miler Wes Santee for life.
Not only have they pulled the biggest boner in the history of the AAU, but they have also opened themselves up to criticism from every angle possible.
We are not disputing the fact that Wes may have been paid a great deal of money to make appearances at various track meets. But, in their near-sighted approach to the question, the executive council of the AAU has forgotten or rather has chosen to by-pass the fact that Wes was running independently.
Santee may not have been the best possible drawing card, but he is an attraction, and certainly well worth the money to watch.
Another apparent over-sight on the part of the AAU is the fact that Santee was asked to run in the questioned relays because of his drawing power on the crowd. Without Santee, the crowds would have not allowed the sponsors to make any money on the relays; but with Sante, they undoubtedly cleared all expenses, plus a little surplus for next year.
Santee did not represent any athletic club when he competed in the Modesto Relays. Stockton Pacific AAU championships or the Coliseum Relays. And without representation Santee had to pay his own way. If he had been representing an athletic club, all expenses for the various trips would have been borne by the club.
The "trans-oceanic hitchhikers" of the AAU will regret their latest move for a long time to come. They have opened the way for all amateur investigators to look into the matter of paid amateur athletes. And there are aplenty.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Without having aid from the many atnieuc
clubs throughout the nation, the non-college amateur athletes would be unable to compete in the nation-wide series of track meets. That is, unless they are paid a reasonable amount of expense money. Without the expense money, the AAU wouldn't be able to sponsor the track meets and certainly wouldn't be able to sponsor the trips of Americans to Olympic games.
Just how hard up for cash they are is evidenced by a case in 1948. A top female ice skater, who had been chosen to represent the United States in the Olympics, turned down the offer—the AAU demanded a $1,500 "contribution" from the ice skater before they would allow her to go.
The AAU is faced with financial difficulties. But if they continue to wreak havoc and spread fear into groups wanting to stage non-collegiate athletic competitions, their financial condition will certainly not improve.
The East is loaded with athletic clubs ready and willing to sponsor talented amateur athletes. Other sections of the U. S. have their share of the clubs, but these clubs don't have the financial ability of their eastern counterparts to foot the bills.
The AAU has pulled a boner in the Santee case which they will long regret. Dominated by easterners, the Union hasn't always given other sections of the country a fair shake.
It's time not only the AAU but all other amateur athletic associations and groups took a realistic view point on the questions of amateurism. Unless amateur athletes have "sugar daddys," they can't afford to compete. If the AAU is willing to cut out these "sugar daddys," then it is apparently willing to cut its own throat. Frankly, we hope it drowns in its own blood.
Sam L. Jones
Activities On Transcripts?-An Old Problem
The All Student Council passed a resolution last week recommending to the administration that records of participation in activities be included on the official transcript of each student. In doing this, the ASC again brought into the open a controversy which has been argued on the KU campus for many years.
Those favoring the proposal assert that by recording participation in activities, it will give the student a small measure of recognition for taking part in some time-consuming activity which otherwise would go unnoticed in later life.
Furthermore, proponents of the resolution claim that prospective employers would be intensely interested in a record of activities, on the theory that a job applicant who had participated in activities in his field would have better leadership qualities and more initiative than an applicant with similar grades who did nothing but attend classes, do the required amount of work, and make his grades.
The proposal, if accepted by the administration, would provide for the listing of all extracurricular activities in which the student participates on his official transcript.
to record activities on the transcript is a violation of the actual spirit of education.
They claim this would be defeating the basic purpose of college. That is, that students come to college to receive an education, and the grades recorded on a transcript will show exactly how well each student has performed this task.
Opponents of the proposal take the stand that
Going still farther, the opponents of the measure assert that to record activities on the transcripts would be, in effect, giving college credit for participation in these activities. In so doing, this would place activities on an equal basis with grades, and thus tend to add still more emphasis to extra-curricular activities.
It is evident that both sides of the argument have their advantages and disadvantages. Certainly activities have a definite place in college life, but placing them on the official transcript of the student is another thing.
Perhaps a better solution would be to set up some type of activities report for each student. The report could be made available to prospective employers on request, yet would still be entirely separate from all academic records.
—Dick Walt
Daily Texan Receives Some Support
It seems that down Texas way, they are having a real slam-bang political whing-ding involving the Daily Texan of the University of Texas and the Board of Regents of the University.
Some time ago, the editors of the Texan commented rather vociferously on some state and national political issues—the tone of which was apparently in direct conflict to the opinion of the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents through legislative pressure, has brought a heap of trouble to the struggling editors of the Texan.
They've brought so much trouble to them, that the editors are having trouble with the state legislature. It seems that an appropriations bill carries a rider forbidding the Texan, which is strictly a collegiate newspaper, from commenting pro or con on controversial state and national issues.
The same type of controversy, regarding censorship, was recently settled at the University of North Carolina. The Daily Tar Heel staff criticized bitterly the hiring of Jim Tatum as head football coach. Last week the issue was settled in a student referendum—the editors kept their jobs, retaining the right to comment freely on controversial issues.
The staff of the Daily Texan has asked for support in their fight with the Board of Regents. Not knowing the exact nature of the articles the Texan has published which brought on the controversy, the editors of the Daily Kansan are not prepared to definitely support the Texan stand.
"Our point," says Texan editor Willie Morris, "has been that press liberty isn't the only issue. Academic freedom, the keystone of any university, has also been threatened. We reason that if the Regents can use a rider in the state appropriations bill to silence a student newspaper, they can just as logically (or illogically) use the same rider to silence any student or any faculty member."
The editors of the Kansan are of the firm opinion that no outsider will dominate the policies of the paper. Editorials appearing in the Kansan will not always reflect student thinking—we cannot hope to express the individual opinions of 6,500 students; and we'll not do so.
Sam L. Jones
As the result of student voting on the right of college editors to comment freely on the news, the Daily Kansan will support the issues at stake at the University of Texas—provided their arguments are based on facts.
"WATCH YOUR TALK——THAT'S ONE PSYC MAJOR WHO STOPS TO ANALYZE ANYTHING YOU SAY."
Fathers, Men Over 26 Stop Worrying About Draft
By a presidential order issued last week, President Eisenhower has virtually relieved all men over 26 and all fathers from any possibility of being drafted.
Men in these categories will still be subject to military call, but a White House announcement said they would not be drafted unless manpower needs cannot be met by youger men and non-fathers.
The executive order, announced last Thursday, changed the order in which registrants will be called for induction.
It placed childless registrants between the ages of 19 and 25 ahead of fathers and older men on the list from which draft boards will fill their quotas. Latest figures show that about 80 registrants in this 19-25 age group, with annual additions to the group estimated at 200,000 more.
The annual nationwide draft calls would be 192,000, at the rate of 16,-000 a month. The March draft call is at the 16,000 figure, but the February and April calls are for only 6,000 each month.
Previously, fatherhood had never entered as a factor in the operation of the draft. The practice has been to call the oldest
.. Letters ..
Editor:
Last week I brought in a letter to the Editor for UDK. To date it has not been published. Are you rejecting some letters? Have you changed the UDK published policy of printing, .jetters? Prof. TelleuTech you have a considerable techlog you爱你 to the Editable Technolog. However, you have printed a good many, such as those in response to your own What Is Wrong—editorials, which must have been submitted after my own.
George Herman
English instruct
It appears to me that my letter might better not be printed at all, if it does not appear today. In that case, will you please return it to me by campus mail, together with an explanation.
English instructor
(Editor's Note: Yes, Mr. Herman, we received your letter. However, we reserve the right to publish letters as we deem fit. We also reserve the right to retain the letters we receive—for if we tried to return those we don't use, the editors of the Kansan would be too busy to read the ones we receive. We do encourage students and faculty members writing to the Kansan—it's your prerogative. But it is also our prerogative not to publish said letters if they don't merit publication.)
eligible men first, regardless of parenthood.
A government spokesman has stated that the new order would give the military services the best available men and would be more economical for the government from the standpoint of dependents' allowances.
The official White House statement said the new order would be more advantageous to the armed forces and be less disruptive to the community, while helping build up the military reserves making younger men consensible of their military obligation.
Women Live Longer
HARTFORD, Conn. (U.P.)-Women policy-holders are permitted to clip three years off their age by the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. It's making this allowance in establishing rates because women have greater life expectancy than men.
Prospective cadets enter the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., through competitive examination. The few chosen are weeded during during the four training years. Of the average entering class of 200 or more, usually fewer than 100 graduate.
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