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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1949
The Editorial Page-
Half Way
Last week, higher education had come to the half-way mark of the fall semester in the 1800 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
Approximately 85,000 students had dropped at least one class after painful conferences with their deans.
Nearly 520,000 students had considered dropping classes; but after conferences with their professors, had reconsidered.
Five thousand associate and assistant professors had received doctorates. At least 800,000 students vied with one another calling them "Doctor" and conferring congratulations.
At least 300 football teams were "bowl-bound". Approximately 1,200 other schools had "excellent freshman teams which point to a bright future," or were "looking forward eagerly to basketball."
Thinking of mid-semester examinations, 500,620 students said resignedly: "Too late to start studying now—Better to get a few good nights of sleep and relaxation." About 300,000 other students, also thinking of mid-semester examinations, said confidently: "Too soon to start studying now. Better wait until the exams, so as to have it fresh in mind."
Nearly 10,000 first year law students had driven away countless friends with endless talk of "ex parte", "certiorari", and "arraignment".
Close to 9,500 instructors and professors had been asked to organized houses for guest meals. During the meals, apples were brought in on trays to 8,500 of these instructors and professors Everybody roared. J.W.S.
Not only is the new directory legible and attractively edited, but it actually beat the distribution deadline of Nov.1 by a full week.
The Directory
Not many of us appreciate the hours of labor which go into the task of preparing the directory. Advertising must be sold and made ready for printing; names and addresses must be checked and re-checked; proofs must be read. And if you don't thing that's enough, just try to arrange 8,600 names in alphabetical order sometime. It's quite a job.
The office staff members and printers of the new Student directory reserve congratulations on a job well done.
Putting out K.U.'s Student directory is usually a thankless task, and one which is taken for granted by most of us; but next time you thumb through its pages remember the more than 1,000 man-hours of labor that went into its completion.
Letters To The Editor -
A.S.C. Salaries
Editor's note: It is impossible to print all the letters we have received concerning the A. S. C. salary controversy. Most of the letters appearing have been shortened. The score to date: Eleven letters against the salary; 3 letters for it. All letters to the editor must be signed; however, names will be withheld upon request. Letters of 200 words or less will be considered first for publication.
Dear Editor:
. If the A. S. C. expects the cooperation of all of the students, it should represent all of the students; it should either represent all of the students or drop the misleading title of ALL-Student council.
In my opinion, there should be some method of appealing obviously unfair decisions by a prejudiced council.
George Saller, Engineering senior
Dear Editor:
... Knowing personally several of the individuals involved in the A. S. C. salary dispute, it is with reluctance that I condemn their hasty and unwise action.
When these students offered their names as candidates for student office, they did so knowing full well the demands that would be asked of them. But the honor and glory of student office was lucre and blandishment that overcame any objections as far as responsibilities were concerned. The problem, as I see it, is simply stated that these A.S.C. officers were placed in a
position of student trust, and they have violated that trust. . . ,
There are many student positions of responsibility that perform as valuable a service as the A. S. C., and who receive no pay. The Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., student intramural managers, Student Union activities, Daily Kansan staff positions, dramatics, Statewide Activities association, and many others.
I am sadly disillusioned. I always thought that Messrs, Friesen, Bennett, et al were worthy of the honor of their offices, but now I think they owe the student body an apology for ever seeking office in the first place. Gentlemen, if you are worthy of your office, you will, in the face of obvious student displeasure, withdraw your action. If you don't then I strongly suggest that the student body do all in its power to discredit the A. S. C. which has acted in a manner disgracing our intelligence and their integrity.
yours,
Ed Stollenwerck
College senior
"Mr. X"
Dear Editor:
The A.S.C.
Dear Editor:
In regard to the letter printed recently in which a "Mr. Name Witheld by Request" suggested the abolition of the A. S. C. This demand involves a question much more important than salaries for A. S. C. officers. This individual, in my belief, makes this statement for one or both of two reasons. Either he is the agent of a political group working to undermine and destroy the democratic system of campus
Congratulations should be extended to the A. S. C. It has demonstrated that its members are as wide-awake and politically wise as their counterparts in Washington D. C.
In case you doubt this, three examples can be cited to prove the fact: the officers are to be paid; the budget is to be reduced; and precedents have been ignored and new ones started.
Of course the pay to the officers will not be much—just enough to give them an added incentive to work for the good of (?) the students. (A total of $286 can be expected, because none of the officers will resign unless they quit school.) The Independent Students' association was denied even one penny because the funds might be used for nefarious purpose—politics. The incumbent council members should read the financial report of the past year which includes such items as I. S. A., $250; Sunflower Junior Statesman club, $10; International club, $225; K-club, $150; and so forth. (With very few exceptions each club which receives money from the so-called representative student government could use that money for politics or anything it desires.)
The budget will be reduced due to the decrease in enrollment. What happened to the expected (according to the official financial report) balance of $782.46 from the budget of last year?
An honorary organization was refused an appropriation because such a grant "would establish a dangerous precedent." Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary debate society, received $100 to send a representative of the society to a national meeting last year. Could there have been some members of the society on the A. S. C?
Yes, our generation is certainly wise to the tricks of the professional politician.
(Name withheld by request)
government, or a complete fool, or both.
This Mr. "X" suggests that the regulation of smoking and parking and the appropriation of student funds and other A. S. C. functions be turned over to faculty committees. It would appear from this statement that Mr. "X" wishes to abdicate all of the gains earned through long years of endeavor in the field of student government.
The theory upon which student government has been built is a direct outgrowth of the fundamental idea of democracy. The basic theory is that any political body has the right to self-government through freely elected representatives. I support the A. S. C. as the constitutionally authorized and freely elected legislature of the student body. It is also my belief that all K. U. students who are dedicated to the democratic form of government support the A. S. C. and that the students with these ideas are in the vast majority at the University.
If Mr. "X" had his way, the advances made in student self-government in the last thirty years would be totally lost. Unquestionably he has the right to express his ideas; however, I do suggest that when writing on questions of student politics, he endorses them with his name rather than hiding under the cowardly cloak of "Mr. Name withheld by Request."
Douglas H. Paddock,
Vice-president, A. S. C.
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Sign this petition for a Recall Election if you feel that the President of the All Student Council has not acted in accord with the best interests of the student body. The signatures of approximately 2,500 students are required to force this issue to a head. Clip this ad and sign it. Get your friends to do likewise. Mail it immediately to the-
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In case there is not room on this petition for all your signatures, just type the following paragraph at the top of a sheet of paper and get the signatures below.
Act promptly...and act in the interest of yourself and that of your fellow student.
"To the President and Members of the All Student Council:
We, the undersigned, qualified electors of the Associated Students of the University of Kansas, hereby respectfully petition that an election be held as provided in the Constitution and Laws of the All Student Council to fill the office of President on the All Student Council now held by Ernest C. Friesen, Jr."
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