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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Oct. 20, 1955.
Parking Problem Getting Worse
The University has a problem.
Students and faculty members own so many cars that there aren't enough parking places to go around.
This problem brings to mind similar circumstances in Topeka, where some 1,200 employees soon will be working in the new State Office Building. Of these employes,400 will drive cars.The state, however, has not provided parking areas for these cars. Quite obviously, ample parking in the state of Kansas is doomed to an early death.
KU is also in a predicament. To solve the KU parking problem, one can assume that either the number of cars should be reduced, or the number of parking places increased.
The problem has not been solved by reducing the number of parking places. This has been done by prohibiting parking along the south side of Jayhawk Blvd., and by making the Student Union parking lot a restricted zone for guests of the University who may park there only with special permits.
With absolutely no places to park, it is impossible for students to drive to the Hill.
In case the student forgets about the new parking restrictions, parking fines have been raised to $5 after the first two tickets. This money is to be used to better the parking conditions on the campus. The only evidence of improvement we've seen, however, is the shiny new signs and the bright yellow paint indicating the "No Parking" areas.
The parking zones behind Carruth and O'Leary Hall have been enlarged and improved, but these zones are far enough removed from the campus that many students would rather walk or take the bus to class.
Many suggestions have been offered as an answer to the problem. Some suggest prohibiting cars on the campus. Others are in favor of prohibiting freshmen from driving cars. Still others suggest limiting cars to those who have a certain grade average. All these suggestions are filled with holes and easily can be proved inadequate.
What's the answer? No parking or no driving?
One or the other eventually will undoubtedly come about if parking areas continue to be reduced in their present fashion—while the number of cars on the campus remains relatively the same
Marion McCov
Rallies Advocated For Noon Break
Well,cheers. We have a home football game Saturday,but as yet no one has seen fit to hold a rally.
It appears our pep organizations either haven't looked at the football schedule in the last few days, or they don't care too much. It is our understanding, though, there will be a rally of some kind during a change of classes Friday.
With the 10 minutes students have between classes, there will probably be all of 100-150 stop and watch some students dressed as cheerleaders make fools of themselves, trying to make the lifeless student body take more than one breath per minute.
Because of the lack of time between classes to hold any semblance of a decent rally, it is suggested that 12.30 is the best time of the day for a rally.
by Dick Bibler
At that time, most students have finished their lunch and are actually looking for something to do until 1 p.m. So why not have the rally then?
Certainly the "one o'clock blond" rallies last year brought more than 150 students onto the campus during the noon hour. And if a good rally were arranged, maybe more than 150 students would show up.
The cheerleaders could lead cheers, the KuKu's could give out with the pep, the Froshawks could give out with their squeaks, and the Jay James and Red Peppers could wave their red and blue tissue paper tufts.
Sam Jones
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
"YOU LEARN TEACHING THIRST THE FIRST YEAR YOU STUDY VOCATIONS
THREE YEARS TO QUALIFY YOU FOR THAT EXTRA JOB TO MAKE A LIVING"
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Teachers Get Financial Aid
A state newspaper reports that West Virginia lost more than 1,000 teachers last year who left either for more lucrative teaching jobs in other states or to make their way in other fields.
While low salaries is generally held to be the chief motivation for the exodus of our teachers, it is likely that the present teacher retirement system is another important cause. The system now in effect places a definite ceiling on the amount a teacher may contribute toward his retirement. Consequently, teachers are not able to continue to live after retirement in the manner to which they have become accustomed. In many cases, they are unable to support themselves without income.
This seems to b a strong argument for Social Security.
Last January an amendment was added to the Social Security Act making teachers eligible for benefits under the law. To receive these benefits teachers will have to express their desires in referendums at their schools in the late fall and early winter. If they accept the provision, the teachers will have the benefit of two systems which many authorities feel would be adequate. It should also place West Virginia in a much better position to compete with other states and other professions for the services of good teachers.
It is estimated that of all people who reach the age of 65, only one out of ten is financially stable. The other nine are, at least, partially dependent on relatives or relief.
The Daily Athenaeum
Editor:
...Letters..
A writer in the November issue of Weakend, the vacation magazine, says that girls from the Daisy Chain are "naturally better endowed." Naturally it is true.
Girls from Vassar, Bennington, Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr and Sarah Lawrence are better supported than girls of less well-endowed institutions.
"Daisy Chain colleges cling to the somewhat insupportable position," the writer says, "that a candidate for a degree at an old school with a cultivated motto like 'Noli me tangere' sha! be, among other things, a person of marked and marketable promise."
"Co-eds of those pigeon-cotes known as publicly supported colleges," we are told, lack the natural gifts to enable them to realize their fuller potentialities. Such institutions lower the B.A. degree to the level of a birthmark.
The writer anticipates some nasty letters from girls in the grasslands and deserts of America. He quotes one in advance, as follows: "You certainly deflated my ego. But that was all; I'm doing all right, thanks."
Archibald Dome
Rio de Janeiro's city government includes a Department of Agriculture. The reason is that Rio does not occupy all of its special territorial unit, the Federal District. Sixty per cent of the District's 450 square miles is forest and 10 per cent is farm land.
The flat shell of the window oyster of India is so translucent it can be used as window glass.
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Sheldon Defends ASC Peace Pact
Editor:
Although your article concerning the KU-K-State Peace Pact has, perhaps, a kernel of truth in it, I feel, as do other Peace Pact representatives, that this agreement can hardly be termed "wasted effort."
First of all, let's set the facts straight. It was two years ago, not last year, that the All Student Council president, Dick Sheldon, had his car "decorated" at Manhattan.
Last year, the Peace Pact was signed in Lawrence and no damages or complaints were voiced by either school regarding the conduct of students from the other school. Perhaps this can be interpreted as progress. Only time will tell.
I agree that the conditions of the agreement should be carried out to the letter. If any of us hear of violations this year, I can assure you our sincerest efforts will be made to correct them.
Since such a small minority of students from KU and/or K-State give evidence of immature acts such as those described in your article, credit should be given to the typical student who represents his school well.
Had you been in Manhattan with the 18 ASC members and myself Monday night, I think that you would have seen some valid justification for this meeting. All of us, I know, are convinced it was extremely worthwhile.
I feel that efforts toward good relations such as the Sportsmanship Trophy and Peace Pact should be encouraged even if the problem is not completely solved by such tactics. It is better to make some attempt to better conditions in any situation than to pessimistically assume that such problems cannot be resolved and do nothing.
George Sheldon
George Sheldon
ASC President and Salina junior
Group Should Act When President's Ill
This "team" consists of Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, Vice President Richard Nixon, Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey, Attorney General Herbert Brownell, and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.
A combination of cabinet men and presidential advisers to President Eisenhower currently are running the government.
A problem which faced our government recently is who should run the government when the President is ill. No one has come up with a realistic solution.
These men took over the reigns and have done an efficient job. However, what legal authority did they have to assume the President's job?
The Constitution states that in case of the inability of the President to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the same shall devolve to the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability of either, declaring what officer shall then act as President.
The answer is none.
However, the Constitution does not mention what happens in case of illness.
The Constitution clearly expresses the intent that in case of such inability, even when temporary, the vice president shall discharge the duties of the office.
So far, Congress has made no provision, evidently believing it unnecessary.
Since the problem is not only a current one, but may occur again in the future, Congress should do something in its January session to alleviate it.
The best answer would be a composite group given Constitutional authority to reflect the President's wishes.
This group could consist of the vice President, an assistant to the President, a member of the President's family, the secretary of state, and the speaker of the House of Representatives.
This would provide a group to take over in emergencies.
David Webb
When we see suits advertised with "LAST 3 DAYS" as a headline, we wonder if they mean the length of the sale or the time the suit will stay together.