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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1948
The Editorial Page
Prepare For Next Fall-Now
During the beginning weeks of the past fall semester two University students bore the brunt of disciplinary action from the dean of men's of ice. Both students were guilty of parking violations. One student was suspended from the University for a semester. The other was denied the use of his car in Douglas county for the same period.
There was talk about severe penalties, the power of the All-Student council and the jurisdiction of the student court. Within two weeks most of the talk stopped and students dismissed the case as another example of a weak A.S.C. and an even weaker student court.
The discouraging part of this case was that the arguments about a weak A.S.C. were true. The power act lay with the council; they and only to use it.
Neither the administration nor the dean of men's office could be damned for their decisions. The jurisdiction to judge that particular type of parking violation was and in the jurisdiction of the student court. But the student court was not in session then, because the president of the A.S.C. with the faculty advisory committee had not nominated the associate justices nor had the A.S.C. ratified them. Both of the guilty students were males, so the only natural place for action to come from was the dean of men's office.
The first few weeks of the fall term are bound to carry more parking violations than other periods of the year if for no other reason than the infux of freshman students who drive cars and who are not familiar with regulations. Ignorance of University parking regulations is probably the cause for as many violations as any other single factor. Yet the student court is not in session at the time when the most violations occur.
From the way the boys cleared the hurdles at the Relays Saturday, you'd think the draft board was after them.
Of the 140 odd campus organizations listed in this year's K-Book, only 12 elect officers in the fall. This foresight which the majority of the campus groups use in holding spring elections can easily be attributed to a desire to be prepared when the fall semester rolls around.
Now we have a new A.S.C. Now we have the opportunity to amend the A.S.C. constitution for spring nomination of the student court. Let's prepare for next fall now. John Wheeler.
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Line Drawn
This letter is directed to some remarks made by Ellis Roberts in a Letter to the Editor in the April 21 issue of the Daily Kansan. -Editor.
Dear Editor:
Business men, according to Mr Roberts, are in business for profit—and we agree. However, when he makes the statement that to please their clientele, discrimination is necessary, so that loss of good will, financial failure, and criticism will not be incurred—we draw the line.
We haven't noticed that the Student Union has been avoided because all who can pay for food, drink, and service are served; and neither have we noticed that the Student Union has gone bankrupt. The criticism that Mr. Roberts offers, that it would hurt business, certainly is not valid. If a mercenary restaurantate is really interested in staying in business, he might expand his field of potential customers to include all who can afford to patronize his place of business—a principle of good business that certainly cannot be criticised for being arbitrary and discriminatory.
The Hill cafes are crowded during the "rush hours," but plenty of vacant booths have been observed at other times—while the Union is packed. Taking our money during the slack time for space that is being wasted now and which could be occupied by paying customers should not be distasteful to a man in business for profit.
Mr. Roberts further states that forcing a man to serve those whom he finds it distasteful to serve constitutes involuntary servitude. We have never before seen it stated that the restaurant owners found it distasteful to serve Negroes. All the statements which they have made have been to the effect that their refusal was because they felt it would be harmful to their business. We wonder if the restaurant owners appreciate Mr. Roberts' speaking for them in this way?
AND we are not members of CO.R.E.
Arlene Bender Business senior Shirley D. Wampler College sophomore
More Names
Dear Editor:
Please add the following names to the letter which appeared under the title, "Resolved," in the April 21 edition of the Daily Kansan;
George E. Pyle
Dewey Radcliff
Eugene H. Martin
Richard Morrison
Robert M. Stewart
George Lurie
Joe Lill
Fred Simmons
Patricia James
Lois Fallis
Charlotte Thayer
Jeanne Lambert
George Caldwell
Robert K. Ready
Lawrence Morgan
Ralph Burnett
E. S. Wilson
Kenneth Miller
James Jackson
Dear Editor
The following are excerpts from letters written in rebuttal to Forrest A. Smith's letter in the April 21 issue of the Daily Kansan.—Editor.
Wilbur Noble
Ruth Haggard
W. R. Case
Marylee Masterson
Jim D. Petersen
Jack B. Button
Barbara F. Link
W. H. Link
J. S. Baird
Elizabeth LeSuer
Charles Shangler
Aldo G. Aliotti
D. Sommerville
Peter Hoff
Ken. W. Johnson
Stan Kelley Jr.
Howard Wright
R. H. Chesky
John Michener
Read the Daily Kansan daily.
Forrest A. Smith says that he is for equality, but "won't associate socially." If eating in the same cafe as a Negro is a form of social interaction which his lily-white code prescribes, I suspect that he is stretching the point a little when he says that he has "a number of colored friends."
Point Stretching
Dear Editor:
I Refuse
Dear Editor:
D. M. Kirkhuff
He then implores Negroes to "avoid C.O.R.E. like a plague," since they "are being exploited for the publicity purposes of the immature leaders. . ." The Daily Kansan might well keep this phrase set up for handy usage—though utterly false, it will become the shibboleth of those who are ignorant, and of those who need a pat rationalization to reconcile their professed faith in Democracy and their attitude toward those who feel that professions are not enough. I suspect that not many Negroes will follow this advice. Somehow one feels that he has more in common with people who are so "immature" as to go into a cafe with him than with those who "won't associate."
Robert W. Campbell College senior
I am a Negro and am aware of the many flagrant violations of our great Democratic system, but never before did I suspect that a thinking K.U. student, such as Forrest A. Smith would condone such actions and imply that the route to equal rights would be to follow the path of discrimination and segregation. Mr. Smith admonished C.O.R.E. for attempting to teach a Lawrence merchant a lesson in Democracy. Furthermore, Mr. Smith believes that K.U. students will not patronize Hill cafes (he is certain he would not) unless practices inconsistent with the basic concepts of Democracy are continued.
I refuse to believe that the majority of K.U. students are so irrational that they would refuse to dine in the same cafe with their Negro classmates. I also refuse to believe that Mr. Smith and certain members of K.U.'s championship football team are representative of American youth.
William R. Johnson, Jr.
Business junior.
Fine Job
Dear Editor:
I think that C.O.R.E. is doing a fine job and should be commended for their non-violence for it takes men to submit to abuses without retaliation. I am quite sure the Negroes have not the slightest intention of deserting the organization that is interested in securing he rights endowed to them, not by man, but by God.
You seem to forget that a few years ago a war was fought for a principle. One which stated that all men are created equal. How soon can you forget the achievements and made it possible for you to enjoy contributions of Negroes that have life?
Arthur O. Johnson, Jr.
Engineering sophomore
UNESCO Book List Should Aid Children
Free copies of a U.N.E.S.C.O. book list for third and fourth grade children are now available to teachers and librarians through the University Extension library. The list, prepared by Mrs. Ruth Garver Gagliardo, of the Kansas State Teachers association, includes literature from every country which is a member of U.N.E.S.C.O. and also Russia and China.
The list of 375 books includes information, fiction, folklore and biography.
Reading from the list will be accepted for credit in the University reading program which has awarded certificates to 2,782 children since it was started a little over a year ago. The Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers will give credit for the books to any unit sponsoring a reading program.
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