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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947
The Editorial Page
Final Look At ASC Demands
A letter to the editor today continues the discussion of Daily Kansan—A. S. C. differences. We feel a point-by-point refutation unnecessary, but believe that a broader explanation of the problem should be brought out.
The Daily Kansan, now in its 45th year of publication, is now and has continuously been governed by its own constitution and the Kansan Boar—an all-student board of directors on which no faculty member has a vote. During its 45 years of serving the University of Kansas as a free and independent newspaper, the Daily Kansan has been as careful to remain free of dictation and "jurisdiction" by organizations of students and student politicians as it has been careful to avoid dictation and coercion by the University faculty and University administrative officers.
We believe that most University students realize that coercion from either side is equally bad. Being told by the A. S. C. that we cannot publish more than 33 per cent advertising and must publish certain Letters would be as great a threat to the freedom of this newspaper as being ordered by Chancellor Malott to publish no cigaret advertising or to publish in full a statement from Professor Whosis.
No free and responsible editor can consent to either.
Definition Needed
Dear Editor,
After being the "scape-goat" in the Daily Kansan's interpretation of A. S. C. action, I would like to point out and explain a few things.
The A. S. C. is not seeking to play detective, it is carrying out a constitutional obligation to the students. About thirty students asked me why the Kansan printed so much advertising when news was being omitted. Neither these students nor I am privileged to sit on the Kansan board. As an A. S. C. representative I was requested to bring the situation before the council for investigation, since the Kansan comes under the jurisdiction of the A. S. C. In behalf of these some 30 students, I introduced the resolution for investigation which was passed without a dissenting vote.
No Implication Of Corruption
There was no implication that the Daily Kansan is corrupting funds nor was there intent to overstep the power: of the A. S. C.; but only to give the students a reasonable and correct answer to their questions.
I am not interested in the audited financial report as much as the fact that the Kansan is trying to buy a new press, and that the Kansan is used for a journalistic laboratory, and with a large advertising class this necessitates proportionately more advertisting. (These two things I was told by the Daily Kansan staff since the "flare-up" arose.) I am sure the Daily Kansan has reasons for its methods of running the Daily Kansan, and so that the students may understand, I believe that these reasons should be published.
Personal Notification Unnecessary
As to the portion of the A. S. C constitution quoted in Friday's editorial, it was presented incorrectly. The editor of the Bibler Calendar did not have to be personally notified, since the Kansan is the real head of the publication. The constitution does not say that an organization must be notified by the auditing committee before each publication, as the editorial implied. The Bibler Calendar is a Kansan publication, and the Kansan was notified long ago that it came under the jurisdiction of the auditing committee, although for years they have tried to act independently of everything.
To me, this incident has brought to a head a "feud" of long standing, which can end satisfactorily only by a defining of the powers of the A. S. C. and Kansan in relation to each other by the administration or perhaps the Board of Regents from whence the A. S. C. derives its power, and to which the Kansan cannot escape a responsibility.
Betty van der Smissen A. S. C. Representative
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Everyone wants to get into the act. We have just finished reading the article in the Daily Kansan in which the chancellor states that if the band goes to the Orange Bowl, it would be equally desirable to send the cheerleaders, Jay Janes, and other clubs found on the campus.
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We think that the whole student body has done much to support the athletic program. If the chancellor wishes to be specific about sending loyal rooters, he surely must include the student body, along with about 3,000 or more Lawrence townspeople.
Governor Carlson instigated the drive to collect enough money to send the band, not the organizations on the campus. Why not let the governor go ahead with his plans and
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