Page 2 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 11, 1955
ASC Takes On Its Own Challenge
The All Student Council—both houses unanimously—has supported the principle of expanding, not contracting, the powers of student government.
Both houses of the student legislature last night gave unanimous "nays" to a proposal to turn complete control of University parking and traffic regulations back to the administration. Keith Lawton, administrative assistant to the chancellor called the bill a necessary move to keep University traffic regulations in line with expanding need for such control.
In other words, representatives of the student body feel that students must continue to have an active voice in traffic and parking regulations. They also feel they can handle the job.
A summary of important student remarks at the meeting runs like this: If the ASC cannot regulate parking, it will have lost one of its most important functions. And without the University student court, justice regarding parking fines is not insured. The ASC should also have a say in establishing the amount of parking fines.
But the administration of the University doesn't seem to think so. Dean Laurence C. Woodruff said the bill would take nothing away from the ASC; it would merely be recognizing that the job has outgrown student government.
The fact is, as regards the past, the administration is right.
The ASC apparently has not spent enough time on the matter. Do students have the time to spend on such matters? The students seemed to think so last night.
But the administration, who is responsible for enforcing the regulations laid down by the ASC, must have the tools to do so. And the ASC must furnish these tools.
In other words, a streamlined plan to allow ASC participation in University traffic and parking regulations, as well as a guarantee against autocratic parking fines, is in order.
The ASC presented itself with a challenge last night.
Ron Grandon
Yearbook in the Balance
Tomorrow, the advisory board will meet to discuss the possibilities and fate of next year's yearbook. It's time once again to select the editor and business manager.
The subject of finances and quality of past publications has become familiar to nearly everyone. Many complaints have been voiced—and rightly so—about the judgment used in choosing the material.
Now, however, after ASC action, the financial situation should be greatly improved. The task which remains is to achieve quality and build up interest. It's a task which will fall directly upon the new editor; it's the task upon which the success or failure of the publication will rest.
A recent letter to the editor said, in no uncertain terms, "phooey" to the Jayhawker. It was a good representation of the average student's opinion. But "phooey" is an easy way of disposing completely of a problem.
The Jayhawker is worth at least another year's trial.
The applicants for the position need not have experience on the Jayhawker staff. The two letters of recommendation, which are required with the application, may be from either University or hometown sources. The opportunity is available to the interested person.
A good editor is needed. We hope he is found by tomorrow.
—Irene Coonfer
It wasn't long ago that I was talking to my hillybillly-type friend about things in general and Webb Pierce ("America's No. 1 Folk-Singer" to coin a phrase) in particular and he told me some startling things.
..Oh Well..
By JON
After trying for 30 years to get 'em off radio, they've finally given up on Grand Ole Opry and scheduled them for TV. This mass of moonshine melodies is going to be channelled as well as aired beginning June 11.
My friend, hillbilly-type, also pointed out some pretty disheartening facts. It seems that "more than 5 million persons" have gone to Nashville to see the live production of the Opry show in the past 29 years.
And they think they have a problem with rhythm and blues junk??
Hero Department: Things aren't going too well in the Neki Hokey column in your local rag. Them kids are rough . but, after all, he is 84 years old.
In case you didn't read it, go find an issue of Monday's UDK and sop up some of the culture passed out by Max Shulman in his "On Campus" column for a certain eig firm. It doesn't answer the question but it gives some good background info on the problem of where will the tassel be.
Noble Sayings Department: Here's a nice cheery little gem of wisdom...not particularly appropriate at this time of year, what with finals in the near future...but worthwhile if you think the world's against you;
I'm not afraid of tomorrow:
And I love today.
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Junk Department: Subject for the day-Shirts and Tattoos.
In San Francisco a gent was picked up on suspicion of burglary. Across his chest was tattooed the motto, "Crime Does Not Pay." He explained it by saying he had his shirt on at the time of the pinch.
Oh well.
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One Woman's Opinion—
Ah, C'mon Prof; Let Us Know We're Flunking
The other day a student received a note from the dean of his school informing him that he was being dropped from a class with an F for overcutting. He had received no warning from his instructor that this was going to happen.
He knew the rule about not cutting more than the number of hours of the class, but he had kept up with class work and didn't realize that such drastic action would be taken without a preliminary warning.
Every year students continue to complain about the cutting rule, but it remains the same.
Some instructors who have been understanding about the rule have been reprimanded for not turning in the names of students who have overcut.
Admittedly, there are some types of classes that can't be cut because of the subject matter. On the other hand, there are classes that can be missed at times without; putting the student behind.
If a student keeps up with the rest of the class and does satisfactory work, it is unfair to drop him from the class with an F.
A student in college should be able to use his own discretion about when he can miss class. If the rule were removed, some students probably would lose their heads for
awhile and take an excessive amount of cuts. But they would have no one to blame for the outcome but themselves.
There are times when a student can benefit by cutting a class to study for a test the next hour or finish an assignment.
Most instructors are understanding about necessary cuts that members of sports teams must take when the team travels out of town. However, there are some professors who will not accept even that as an excuse.
When a student misses class it in no way hurts the instructor—unless it is a letdown to his ego. It is natural for a professor to consider his field the most important, but he shouldn't condemn the student in his class who disagrees with him
We aren't trying to say that cutting class is a good thing. When a student overcuts he is bound to make something. If he misses so often that he doesn't keep up with the class and doesn't do satisfactory work, he is cutting his own throat. The point is that the student should be able to use his own judgment. If his judgment isn't too good, he should at least have a warning from his instructor before he is dropped from the course with an F.
—Lee Ann Urban
Is a Decade Enough?
Time has two directions-backward and forward.
Ten years ago Sunday the world was watching the end of part of a war. It was VE day, the day the Nazis surrendered. About a week before that day Hitler had committed suicide. The German dream of a world-wide "organic" state had crumbled to the ruins of World War II.
The end of World War II saw the emergence of another threat to world peace—the Cold war. Back of this war is the poverty of most of the world. Back of this war is the conflict of two major views of world order.
Ten years from the end of one war, another one is flourishing.
And the world was looking for peace. It was a very tired world, but a world that was willing to try one more time.
What can the world do in ten years? Can a younger generation do anything?
It begins to look as though one more time is not enough.
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