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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
APRIL 25,1947
By BILL CONBOY
Today's column is being written in response to opinions expressed by a large number of students following the campus elections Thursday. In addition to voting for candidates for the various offices in student government, the men and women of the University were asked to vote on a resolution concerning admission of the Oklahoma Aggies to the Big Six Plus One conference. The resolution was stated in this manner:
Students were asked to vote either "For the resolution" or "Against the resolution." Too bad there wasn't a third alternative of "I'm too mixed up to know." The majority of the X's would have gone there.
Eleven students have already reported to this column that they voted the opposite of their actual intentions because the verbal gymnastics of the resolution had their heads swimming. The results obtained are virtually worthless as indications of student viewpoint.
"Be it resolved: That Oklahoma A. and M. should be denied admission to the Big Six conference solely because of racial segregation in Oklahoma."
Why was the resolution stated "should be denied" admission solely because of racial segregation in Oklahoma? The University administration has already committed itself to opposing the entrance of the Aggies, but the racial question was not given as even one of the reasons for this decision.
Many students, voting hurriedly between classes, thought a vote "For the resolution" was a vote for admission of the Aggies and that a vote against the resolution" was a vote against admission of the Aggies.
The resolution could have been worded in this manner: "Be it resolved: That Oklahoma A. and M. should NOT be denied admittance Six conference solely because of racial segregation in Oklahoma."
The important point to remember is that the above wording would have given students a chance to vote on policy consistent with what has been done so far. Chancellor Malott and Prof. W. W. Davis, Big Six faculty representative, have both declared that their opposition to non-racial considerations. What they said in a statement that A. and M. SHOULD be denied admittance SOLELY because of racial segregation when we are already denying them admittance for other reasons?
By using SHOULD NOT in place of SHOULD, students would have more clearly realized the purpose of SHOULD. University sentiment on the racial issue has been just as clearly defined, but the results would have meant more.
To other Big Six schools and in the daily newspapers of this region the campus vote on the A. and M. question will be cited as showing Kansas' attitude toward the Stillwater school. This will not be accurate, since the vote concerns only the racial side of our attitude toward the Aggies. This ambiguity could have been avoided had the resolution been stated in such was as to leave the other considerations of admittance still open for discussion. A negative vote for the question used would seem to imply that student opinion favors admission, whereas many who voted against the resolution might actually favor rejection of A. and M. for other reasons.
This column is not concerned with which side won nor (for the moment) with whether the Aggies should be admitted, but we are disappointed that the question was stated in such a way as to confuse student voters and to accomplish nothing in the end.
Golf Team Will Meet
Washburn Saturday
The Jayhawker golf team, coached by Robert Coyan, will play Washburn university in a match at Kansas City Saturday. In a previous match in Topeka on April 12, the two teams wound up in a 9 to 9 tie.
Baseball Team To Play Oklahoma, Seek Third Win
Bolstered by their double victory over Kansas State last week and by additional practice for their late football player additions, the Jayhawk baseball team left Thursday night for a two-game series with Oklahoma.
The games will be split,weather permitting,with one being played today and the other Saturday.
Seek Victory
The team, with its new power, will try to improve on its present record of two games lost and two won. The lost games were the first two of the season, a double-header with Nebraska.
Oklahoma, usually one of the top baseball teams in the conference, has suffered two defeats against one victory this season, the victory coming in a double-header with Nebraska and the other defeat in a 20 to 6 trucing by Kansas State. Sonners On Sick List.
Four Sooner pitchers, considered the best of their staff, have been nursing sore arms, and on this is layed the blame for the poor early season showing the team has made. They have played superbly in the field, turning in an average of only 1.4 errors per game.
Coach Vic Bradford is not counting on a pushover, however, and will send two young righthanders, Dick Gilman and Guy Mabry into the pitchers box for Kansas. Both of these freshmen were instrumental in defeating the Kansas Aggies. Mabry took over in the third inning of the first game and allowed the Wildcats only three hits to pull out a 9-8 victory for the Jayhawks. Gilman in turn held them to six shots to win the second game 3-2.
Same Lineup Expected
The Kansas lineup is expected to be the same as that which opened the Kansas State series here with the exception of left field. Dick Bertuzzi probably will move in ahead of Bob Shaw for this position. Bertuzzi came into the first Aggie game as a pinch hit and tapped a sharp single over the short stop's head to drive in the winning run. He collected another hit in the second game of the day.
With Bertuzzi in the outfield will be Bill "Red" Hogan in center and Verle Anderson in right. The infield will be Lou Del Luna at first, Ed Wolcott at second, French at shortstop and Harold May at third base. Walt Diehl and Jack Fink will split the catching.
League Standings
Standings of baseball teams are as follows:
America Association
W. L. Pct.
Kansas City 4 0 1.000
Minneapolis 2 0 1.000
Louisville 4 2 0.667
Toledo 2 2 .500
Columbus 3 4 .428
Indianapolis 2 3 .400
St. Paul 2 5 .286
Milwaukee 1 4 .200
W. L. Pct.
New York 6 3 .667
Cleveland 4 2 .667
Boston 5 3 .625
Chicago 3 2 .600
Washington 3 3 .500
Detroit 3 4 .429
St. Louis 2 4 .333
Philadelphia 1 6 .143
National League
W. L. Pct.
Pittsburgh 6 2 .750
Brooklyn 5 2 .714
Boston 4 3 .571
Chicago 5 4 .556
Philadelphia 4 4 .444
Cincinnati 4 6 .400
New York 2 5 .286
St. Louis 2 5 .286
Baseball Results
American Association
Kansas City 11. St. Paul 3
Minneapolis 11. Milwaukee 0
Columbus Louisville 12.
Columbus at Indianapolis rain
Thursday's results:
American Association
Sigma Chi, Phi Delt, Beta, ATO Win
American League
Boston 1, New York 0
Cleveland 1, Chicago 0
St. Louis 6, Detroit 1
Only games scheduled
Sigma Chi was pressed to beat the Sig Alph's in the opening round of intramural volleyball playoffs Thursday night. Beta, Phi Delt, and A. T. O. had little trouble in winning matches.
After Sigma Chi won a deuce game the Sig Alph's retaliated with a 15-10 victory. In the final game, Sigma Chi's strengthened to win 15-8. Beta took the Delt's 15-11, 15-6; Phi Delt downed Delta Chi 15-3, 15-8 and A. T. O. eliminated Sig Ep 15-3, 15-4.
National League
Lanky Jack Eskridge, fed shots by Millikan, scored consistently for the A. T. O.'s. In the Sigma Chisig Alph deuce game, Peck socked the ball across the net for the winning point.
Brooklyn 2, Philadelphia 0
Chicago 6, Pittsburgh 5
Cincinnati at St. Louis, wet grounds
Thursday's winners will meet in the semi-finals Monday. The finals will be played April 29.
Will Speak To Paola YWCA
Mrs. Rachael Soloveitchik, instructor in Russian, will speak to the Chatham in Paola at 2 p.m. Sunday. She will discuss current Russian affairs.
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