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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Jan. 11, 1954
Court Orders UDK Retraction Run
The University Daily Kansan is ordered by the Student Court to print the following apology and retraction:
The University Daily Kansan Board was responsible for the publication on Oct. 14, 1953, of an editorial signed by Mary Betz containing some allegations which were false and malicious, without just cause or lawful excuse, and which related to a group of students at the University of Kansas organized under the name and style of R. D. Kline; the Kansan Board admits responsibility for the publication of this libel, fully retracts the allegations of the editorial, and apologizes to the group for the injury to its reputation.
UDK Views Unaltered After Three Months
On the 14th of October, 1953, the University Daily Kansan accepted for printing, at usual space rates, an advertisement the wording of which would have to be considered as a slam against the paper which carried it. Because of the manner in which the advertisement was sent, the Kansan felt it necessary to comment on the ad.
as sent, the Kansan still carried in the same issue as the advertisement was perhaps inadvisedly worded. The Kansan still does not feel that the purpose of the editorial was wrong or malicious. If there was a mistake, it was in carrying the ad, which the paper had no obligation to do.
to do. After many wasted hours on the part of Kansan officials and Student Court members, the Kansan made in a manner of form, another mistake by failing to be represented at the sixth session of the court, thereby losing part of the allegations by default and thus being ordered to carry the above apology.
If anything good came out of the action, however, it would be that the trouble and time, which bored most parties and certainly most students, is now over
Our absence at the final court session was in no way a reflection upon the Student Court, which, although in an excellent position to do so, did not cut corners, speed up things excessively, nor limit the rights of the Kansan.
If we actually did harm the feelings or reputations of any students, imaginary or otherwise, it was not done on purpose. The editorial called attention to the ad as no other editorial has ever done. Certainly any advertiser should be pleased with that.
But it's over now, maybe we can return to a normal situation
Letters
To the Editor:
18 the Editor.
I have been reading with interest the letters that have been sent to the Kansan expressing opinions on the passage of the Rock Chalk Revue bill. I am one of the members of the Council who voted affirmatively on this bill and I can truthfully say that I feel justified in my vote.
It seems to me that there are several factors that the student overlooks in considering this issue, and that there are many wrong ideas about the Council's reason for passing the bill.
1) The Council did not pass the bill because it needed the money. It is very possible that this, year the Revue will make no profit. Any profits that the Council would receive go back to the student body. The Finance committee found that we were about $1,000 short this year to satisfy the requests for appropriations. Nevertheless, we operate on an allotted cut from the student activity fund. Our need for money for appropriations is an entirely different question.
2) Yes, the ASC would be blamed if the production this year did not meet the usual standards, but the Council would also have to stand the deficit under the present set-up, if the YMCA did not make ends meet; just as the Council must stand deficits for many other organizations on this campus. This is by virtue of the Council being the governing body of all students and coordinator and supporter of student activities.
3) The Council is not attempting to run the YMCA off the campus or any other organization which serves the students and the University. The budget of the YMCA numbers among the largest of any organization of this campus. Even before the Rock Chalk Revue came into existence, the YMCA was a more thriving organization and lived within the policies of the campus; and from all indications can continue to exist on this campus.
4) The Council is not trying to be a mean ogre and swallow up many organizations. This action was the first in an attempt to coordinate activities within the limits of standing policies on this campus. And we also realize that organizations do need money to operate on;
5) Because Dana Anderson called the question to bring the bill to a vote, and had a copy of the YMCA budget in his hand at the time, does not mean that he "cornered the market" as previous letters to the editor would lead the student to believe. Ten other people voted affirmatively, and the House passed the bill two weeks prior to any action taken by the Senate.
Diana Fowle
Member ASC Senate
Fishes as well as ships use the Suez Canal, says the National Geographic society. They travel back and forth between the Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.
Flashbacks in History From the Daily Kansan
Headlines from the past. Here's what University students were doing during the month of January in 1929 and 1944, according to old editions of the University Daily Kansan:
10 YEARS AGO
Several Army trainees at the University were to be dropped from the training program and returned to regular army duty, a Kansan printed in January, 1944 reveals. Of the group 68 were defective in academic work and seven others were charged with violations of army regulations.
The student directory had just been printed. Its appearance brought the following exclamations: "Oh, so that's where she lives;" "So she does have a telephone;" and "Look what his middle name is." The directory listed 29 Johnsons, 27 Smiths, and 24 Joneses.
There was consternation in the Student Union cafeteria one noon. Employes and other customers stared in amazement as a trainee went through the line to get 14 slices of bread and nothing else. He returned to his table, and with two friends proceeded to open a large package from home.
KU lost its opening Big Six game to the University of Missouri 28-35, although the Jayhawkers had defeated Missouri in the Kansas City holiday tournament. Charley Moffet led KU scorers with 14 points, but the Jayhawkers, called by Dr. F. C. Allen the "poorest rebounding team" he'd ever coached, could not control the backboards.
A Kansan editorial said many University women did not attend USO dances because they thought "nice girls didn't go." The editorial said that on the contrary nice girls did attend the dances, which were neither wild nor rowdy but were rather pleasant.
25 YEARS AGO
A KU man unintentionally shot his fraternity brother with a 12-gauge shotgun in a hunting accident. The two were hunting rabbits. When one attempted to fire at a rabbit, he instead hit his companion in the right leg, but luckily it was only a flesh wound.
Marriage to a KU girl almost caused an athlete at Washington and Jefferson college to be expelled from school. Authorities at Washington and Jefferson decided a rule forbidding marriage for undergraduates did not apply to their track star, who had married a KU pre-medical student during Christmas vacation.
Russian Count Ilye Tolstoy, son of the famous philosopher and writer, spoke at convocation. He explained his father's attitude toward the Christian church, which he said "has always pursued a militant course." He said his father discovered the church was directly opposed to the teachings of Christ.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
"We need a few more men who are crabbing and critical," John Ise, professor of economics told a meeting of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He objected to stand-patters whom he said were so set in their ways they cannot see any good in change. "I can't believe that things are perfect," he said.
The Jayhawkers of 1929 had just returned from a three-game engagement on the west coast with the University of California. They had lost two of three to the Golden Bears and were to play the University of Oklahoma next. Russell Thompson, KU forward, was the leading Big Six scorer in pre-season play.
by Dick Bibler
Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press Assn., Associate Press Assn., National Press Assn., Service, 420 Madison Avenue, N.Y. City. Mail Subscription rates: $3 a semester or 6 year term. Published by Lawrence, Published by Lawrence, Kan., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and holidays. Entered second class matter Sept. 17, 1910 at Lawrence, Kan., Post Office under act
of March 3, 1879.
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