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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 20. 1053
Politico's Proving Ground —
Pach, FACTS Give Philosophies
Editor's Note: These are the last of a series of articles by campus political leaders on topics pertaining to the general campus elections being held tomorrow. We wish to thank both parties for their active support in successfully completing this series.
By FARREL SCHELL and PHIL OWEN
Party Philosophers for Pachacamac
We, of the Society of Pachacamac, do not feel that the sole duty of a political party is to nominate candidates and work for their election. As stated in Article I of the Constitution of the Society of Pachacamac:
"The objects of this Society shall be to promote the best interests of the University through more efficient student government, and faithfully to perform all the duties and functions arising therefrom."
The founders of Pachacamac, 20 years ago, realized that pure democracy would not be practical because of the large number of party members, and set-up the Society of Pachacamac as a representative type of organization. Each member-group in the Society is given one vote. Each group elects representatives, or "Inner-Circle members." Through the Inner-Circle members the wishes and desires of the people that they represent are voiced.
In the combined Pach-NOW-FOR meetings approximately 1,600 members are represented by about 40 votes. No serious, qualified group, Greek or independent, is banned from the Society of Fachacamac. The average attendance at such meetings is over 50 persons.
Each member or team of members at the meeting represents not merely himself, but an average of about 50 other people. The opinion of groups are expressed rather than that of the individuals. Inner-Circle members take the large issues back to their houses or groups for discussion among their electorate.
They then return to the Inner Circle meeting where the feelings and sentiments of their groups are presented and discussed. The decisions then are made. The Pachacamac-elected members of the All-Student Council attend the Inner-Circle meetings and receive the feelings and sentiments of their voting public on the issues at hand.
The Pach platform is not a platform full of promises to "investigate," "improve," "take steps" or of similar weak phrases. It is, instead, a concrete positive platform of absolute promises for action. The same results will be and have been obtained in all phases of student government by the Society of Pachacamac.
Our party is an extremely practical and workable method of Democratic (or better, Republican) Representation.
By WILL ADAMS
Party Philosopher for FACTS
A party based on issues instead of residence was one of the primary concepts behind the founding of FACTS Party. That a person's political beliefs should be determined by whether he lives in a Greek or an independent house seems ridiculous. This position is adequately expressed in this year's FACTS motto: It's Not Where You Live, But What You Believe.
Of course to those who claim that there are no issues in student politics, such a position seems absurd. For example, speaking before a Campus Affairs committee meeting last fall, a prominent Pach leader was outlining what apparently was the basic philosophy of his party. "The purpose of a political party is to nominate candidates," he said. "Since FACTS has come along, however, that party has tended to create issues between the parties, and this practice has been a divisive influence among the students."
It might well be asked, however, whether FACTS "created" issues or simply gave expression to issues which were being ignored under the one-party system of student government prior to 1951. Did students have no housing or employment problems before FACTS "created" the housing and wage issues in 1951? Was discrimination unheard of in Lawrence and on the campus before FACTS disrupted the blissful harmony of student life by "making" it an issue? Hardly!
The underlying principles of the party are summed up in the Preamble of the revised FACTS Constitution: "... to promote among the students of the University of Kansas equality of opportunity, democratic and statesmanlike leadership, and enlightened and responsible citizenship . . ."
Thus the purpose of FACTS is two-fold: to break down the false and unreasonable Greek-independent political division, and to replace it with one based on issues.
Student-government is the "basic training" for our future political leaders. If campus politicians learn to correlate success with dirty politics and non-performance in office, we can hold little hope for any substantial rise in the general level of community, state, and national politics.
Thus the principles of FACTS can be summed up in three words: equality, statesmanship, citizenship.
The "Most Absent Minded Professor of the Week" award goes to the English teacher who, after copying the blackboard full of exam questions, discovered he was in the wrong room.
Prehistoric man had a thick skull but a small head. Modern man not only has a thick skull, but also the big head.
POGO
With the principle of raising the standard of campus political conduct we are fully in accord. None-theless we see a more fundamental application of the principle than in the field of publications, namely, in regard to the polling place and ballot box.
Students Advise High-Type Politics
Editor. Daily Kansan:
In view of the election it is vital to remind Messrs Lusot, Bob Worcester, Dana Anderson, and Bill Wilson of the crusade to raise the standards of campus political activity from the low level that lawyer Gene Balloun was able to convince the court that FACTS had placed it.
Two witnesses in open court, under oath, testified that they had personal knowledge of interference with balloting by members of the campus crusaders' political party.
Law student Dick Milton testified that he, while associated with Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity, blocked the polls as part of a conspiracy with others so affiliated. Rhoten Smith, instructor of political science, testified as to personal knowledge of similar activities practiced by members of the current crusader's political party, garnered while a student on Mt. Oread.
In our estimation, if the current crusaders are to achieve their goal of raising political morality they must use their influence authoritarian and ethical to see that no members of their political party are guilty of such reprehensible actions.
Loy W. Kirkpatrick,
Associate Justice of
Student Court, first
year law student
George Hotz
college sophomore
Campus Elections Tomorrow-Vote
Collier's Short Short Stories Provide Entertaining Variety
Twenty-five Short Short Stories from Collier's, selected by Bob Considine, New York: The Barmarray Co., Inc., 1953, 128 pages. 756 paper-back book.
Stories run the gamut from the time-worn love story with a different twist—"The Importance of Being Kissed" (Frances Lanahan)—to "X The Unknown," (Edwin P. Hicks), a tale of interplanetary space ships in the year 3051.
Mr. Considine says in his introduction that a short-short is "like the concentration of the sun's rays through a magnifying glass. Capture those rays properly and they can create, quickly, quite a sensation!"
Among the outstanding are such stories as "Well, A Little More Time," (Bob Considine), "I'm Sorry, There Are Warning Lines" (Cowen for Safe Warm World), "Ross Kearns," "Alone," (Alwyn W. Knight), and "Navy Gal" (F. H. Bohne).
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As Mr. Considine states: "In them you will find situations and even events as mighty as those which have bemused story-tellers as far back as Homer. But the fat has been cut away. Enjoy the meat!"
For those who like extremely short stories, here's a natural collection. It contains the very best from the recent years of writing from Collier's magazine. And Bob Considine has done an excellent job in selecting the works for this first collection.
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Thus far, the following organizations: Acacia, Alpha Tau Omega, Triangle, Jolliffe Hall, Delta Tau Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Stephenson Hall, Don-Henry Co-op, Pi Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Chi, SIGma Pi, Alpha KappaLambda, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Battenfeld Hall, Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Beta Theta Psi, and Delta Upson have entered the campus contest and their nominations for MR. FORMAL at Kansas University will be announced shortly.
Any campus organization of 10 or more men who have not yet received an invitation to enter the contest, may still do so by contacting Jim Nellis at 443, and setting up an appointment to try-on the "After Six" white summer formal jackets at University Shop.
The contest selected as MR. FORMAL at the University of Kansas, by a panel of campus personalities, will also receive a complete summer formal outfit by "After Six," a Ronson lighter, a formal Kaywoodie pipe, a set of Top-Hat men's toiletries plus other tie-in prizes offered by local merchants.