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Letter Attacks ASC Leader
Open letter to University students:
Dick Sheldon, present president of All Student Council, submitted a letter on March 19, 1953, to the Executive council of Pachacamac. This letter, signed by Sheldon, asked permission to run as a candidate for president of the ASC on the FACTS ticket. Sheldon stated that even though he was (and still is) a member of Pachacamac, he desired to run purely in the interest of better student government.
"If in any way my running for office on the FACTS ticket will, in the future, politically impair my house, I will not allow my name to be submitted," Sheldon's letter stated.
The executive council of Pach did not approve this request; however, since Sheldon was seemingly so sincere in the interest of student government, permission was conditionally granted.
Sheldon maintained that he was not a member of the FACTS party, but was merely accepting his only available means of political support. He was of the opinion that it was party politics that have kept the ASC from much positive action and caused the students to lose respect for their own governing body. He felt that placing party allegiance before the student welfare was not a realistic approach. Dick Sheldon was elected president of the ASC.
Immediately after the election, claims were made by both parties concerning "cooperation," "unselfishness," and "disregard of petty partisanship."
These claims were questioned in the University Daily Kansan on April 23 by Tom Stewart when he wrote, "If you think last year was bad, get ready for a real hassle in the ASC during this next legislative year."
Despite this doubt, we of Pach meant what we had stated. We have tried to approach all problems with an attitude completely cognizant of the needs of the student body as a whole.
As may be shown, our cooperation has been obtained. In the Oct. 23 UDK "Publick Occurrences,"—"There won't be any big battles in the ASC this year . . ." However, this cooperation has not been a two-way affair. Even with the majority in both houses, Pach has yielded in order to preserve tranquility at the expense of our policy and principle.
It has become quite apparent that Sheldon has completely disregarded the terms stated when he ran. It also has become quite evident that better student government is not the aim of Sheldon, but rather his aim is the furtherment of FACTS party.
This has been shown to be evident in the manner that Sheldon has conducted the ASC meetings. He has consistently twisted and distorted the common rules of parliamentary procedure to such an extent that even the parliamentarian, a member of FACTS, has made attempts in vain to correct the grossly irregular procedures. Sheldon's malicious practice has not only shown complete disregard for the republican principle upon which our ASC was founded, but also a disregard for the very students who supported him last spring.
This information has been withheld in good faith. However, it has become obvious that the working agreement made concerning bi-partisan cooperation has never been remotely considered by Sheldon and FACTS.
When campaigning last year, Sheldon resigned from debate—more time for student government. This fall he is debating once more—is student government over? Or is just the election over?
Until shown that Sheldon is truly interested in working with us for the benefit of the student body, the society of Pachacamac hereby instructs its majority to vote independently, no longer to keep peace, but to progress with constructive legislation.
Will the president of the ASC be a leader, or a follower?
Farrell Schell, engineering senior Bob Worchester, engineering junior Larry Loftus, college junior Chuck Kirkpatrick, college senior
'Look'Earns Award Given For 2-Year Religious Series
We at the University of Kansas have in the past differed with Look magazine, especially with one Tim Cohane, on several sports articles and all-American selections.
However, we doff our hats to the publication for a series of features it has been doing since 1952 explaining in straightforward terms the beliefs of leading religious faiths.
The magazine has won the 1953 Sigma Delta Chi (national professional journalism fraternity) award for public service in magazine journalism for the series.
In the past two years the creeds and beliefs of the Jewish, Catholic, Christian Scientist, Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, and Episcopalian faiths have been presented.
An outstanding spokesman of the faith discussed writes each of the articles, answering a set of questions most commonly asked about that faith.
And this week appears what will undoubtedly be the most controversial of the series: Bertrand Russell writing on "What is an Agnostic" More are to follow at frequent intervals; all are a must for the thinking reader.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
—Jerry Knudson
Letters to the editors of Look indicate that the series has evoked both high praise and bitter criticism from churchmen and lay readers alike. The project is extremely worthy, for before the ideal of religious tolerance can be obtained must come knowledge untainted by prejudice.
Page 2 University Daily Kansan Monday, Oct. 26.1953
Then, and only then, can understanding follow.
Short Ones
If you think this stuff we've been getting lately is rain, wait and see the traditional Homecoming downpour.
"It's designed for maximum protection."
By jingoes, if SMU had thrown in that little black horse, we might just have traded them our Jayhawk for that gal with the legs and batons and things.
Get ready for the semi-yearly stab in the back: that horrible sensation which strikes you when you're told mid-term exams are two weeks hence.
With the band using this new fireball球, watching the marching at halftime is something like keeping a close eye on a ping-pong match.
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ID Card Changes Displease Writers
To the Editors:
Three cheers!!!—to Stan Hamilton in "Along the Jayhawker Trail" of Oct. 21. If everyone who shares his views would express them as he has maybe this unfair and unnecessary situation would be altered.
Signed: Doris Haun, Lee Lehning, Georgia Heil, Harriet Scholten, Rosalyn Boswell, Phyllis Fulk, Marty Wallace, and Shirley Jones, college sophomores; Maryann Garner and Yvonne Scheen, college juniors; Barbara Campbell and Maryan Warfield education teacher Jean Gurler fine arts junior; Angela Patterson, fine arts senior, and Peggy Horne, college freshman.
Editor's note: The Trail column referred to criticized the transfer of student ID cards for football games and advocated simple transfer of such cards to anyone who wanted to use them.
Big Red' Oblivious, SMU Respectful for Alma Mater
We hope the members of the varsity football team (and the thousands of spectators in the stands) were watching Saturday when the starting of the game was held up momentarily by the playing of the Alma Mater song of Southern Methodist university.
The song occurred at a very in-opportune time. Just as both teams were lined up for the kickoff—with thousands of spectators on their feet to witness it—the director of the Mustang band called for the playing of the Alma Mater.
What happened? Was the ball kicked, the return made, the ball-carrier tackled, and the crowd returned to its seats? Not on your life, mateys. The gentlemen who play football for SMU stopped wherever they were and stood facing the source of the music.
They weren't about to let the football game interfere. What's more, their teammates on the bench followed suit, and the officials on the field removed their caps as a courtesy to the playing of a school song for a university several states away.
We were impressed. What's more, mind having to wait for the kickoff,
We were a little burned up, and more than a little embarrassed. The only good aspect of the situation was that there weren't too many SMU players to create a team for our football team to respond to the playing of the. University's Alma Mater.
On the field, the Big Red team lounged around waiting for the game to start again. Those on the bench stayed glued to their seats, as though standing meant certain induction into the Infantry.
Somewhat later in the game, the University of Kansas band played the KU Alma Mater. They deliberately selected a time-out period. Naturally, alumni stood in faculty, and thousands of alumni stood during the playing of the song.
On the Monday after the playing of the Iowa State game a few weeks ago, this page carried a "Short One" needling the team for remaining glued to their seats. Word came to us that this disturbed the team and its coaches pretty severely. Others who protested were members of the Kansan sports staff and quite a few students who feel that football players are too busy to participate in such flippery as observing (in a respectful manner) the playing of their school's loyalty song.
There are several more home games in this year's schedule. It may prove interesting to see if these teams are standing out, without standing at least once,
If, as we are told, the members of the team are primarily interested in becoming graduates of the University, then we feel that they owe some allegiance to the University and so we don't feel any need for such loyalty, then we would recommend that they be considered "employees," not "students"—and recipients of "salaries," not "scholarship." —Tom Stewart
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The fifth and final volume of the War Memoirs of Winston Churchill which will be run by Life magazine next week relates the incident.
'Stick to Writing Churchill Advised
"I recall telling Winston Churchill, many years ago, that writing was his forte, that in devoting himself to it he would enhance his public stature and usefulness," La Bouchard said. "I am afraid he never have up his work even while he was achieving greatness in many ways."
Bernard Baruch, American statesman, once advised Sir Winston Churchill to "stick to his writing."
In Volume VI of the War Memoirs, Prime Minister Churchill traces the origins of the schism between East and West. He describes the conferences at Quebec, Moscow, Yalta and Potsdam.
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