STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Friday, April 25, 1947
44th Year No. 127
Lawrence, Kansas
Waugh Steamrollers Election
All Class Offices Swept By Pachacamac-NOW
Pachacamac made a clean sweep of all class offices in Thursday's election.
Other class officers elected are:
Otto Schnellbacher, education junior, was elected senior class president; LuAnn Powell, fine arts sophomore, won the junior class presidency, and Stanley England, engineering freshman, is sophomore class presi-
Other class of
Senior class: Jack Eskridge, vice-
president; Joan Woodward, secre-
tary; Joan Anderson, treasurer.
Junior class: William Braum, vicepresident; Joan Joseph, secretary; Samuel McCamant, treasurer.
Schnellbacher polled 401 votes out of the 735 cast for senior class president. His runner-up was Eugene Casement, business junior, with 194.
Sophomore class: Joan Vermillion vice-president; Charles Lindbergh secretary; Paul Dillon, treasurer. *Casement Is Runner-Up*
In the junior class race, Miss Powell received 299 votes out of 643, with Ralph Moberly, P.S.G.L. polling 234.
Englund led the sophomore pres-
idential candidates with 541 votes out of 1,206. Harold Cogswell, P.S.G.L., polled 427.
PSG.L Gets Seconds
P.S.G.L. Gets Seconds
Clarence Francisco, P.S.G.L.'s candidate for senior class vice-president, received 221 votes. Margaret van der Smissen, running on the same ticket, polled 229 votes for the junior class vice-presidency. Betty Cooper, also a P.S.G.L.-In-dependent candidate, received 546 in the sonhomore race.
Helen Havey, Marian Graham, and Janet Rummer, all P.S.G.L.-Independent candidates, were runners-up for class secretaries.
Marian Minor, Bruce Bathurst,
and Charles Penney received second place in the election for class treasurers.
Gettys Will Present Senior Recital Sunday
James Gettys, baritone, will present his senior recital at 4 p.m. Sunday in Frank Strong auditorium He is a student of Prof. Joseph Wilkins.
Gettys entered the University in 1842 and in that year played a leading role in a presentation of the opera, "Hansel and Gretel." He is a member of the A Cappella choir and Phi Mu Alpha, national music fraternity. Last year he was soloist at a performance of the Faure "Requiem" at the Trinity Episcopal church in Lawrence.
$228 Contributed In $3000 Goal
Exactly $228 in contributions have been turned in by K. U. students for the $3000 cancer drive goal of Douglas county which will end this month, said Reginald Strait, in charge of K. U. contributions.
Of the total amount contributed for the drive, 60 per cent will remain in Kansas and 40 per cent will go the national research.
Douglas county maintains a "cancer detention" clinic which carries on research work in this area, John Andrews, chairman of the drive said.
All contributions for the drive should be in this week, Mr. Andrews said.
Dr. Chubb To Speak On American Policy
Dr. Herman B. Chubb, professor of political science, will speak on "Implications in American Policy in the Near East" at a University club meeting at 8 tonight at $107\frac{1}{2}$ Massachusetts street, headquarters the club.
Vote May Be Evenly Split
The new All Student Council presents interesting possibilities for political maneuvering.
By ALLAN W. CROMLEY
Few students politicians will envy Jim Waugh in his task of uniting a council which is divided almost equally among three political parties.
Combining N.O.W. with Pachacamac and merging Independent Women with P.S.G.L., the membership stacks up as follows: P.S.G.L. 5. Pachacamac (including president) 5. Progressive 4. Unaffiliated 3.
3. Progressive 1 Grammar
Throws Everything Open
This doesn't mean that P.S.G.L will control the council. It throws everything open to a wild scramble by all three parties.
This poses a strange problem. Three parties are about evenly represented, but to each issue there can be only two sides, yea and nay. Therefore the parties must either join or split on any issue.
If the voting follows precedent, Pachacamac and Progressive will join on most issues. This would appear to leave P.S.G.L. out in the cold.
Hold Balance Of Power
But three unaffiliated members, Dave Schmidt, Robert Wehe, and Bill Cole constitute a joker that could tip any hand in favor of P. S.G.L., even against the combined strength of Pachacamac and Progressive.
Two of the unaffiliated members are Independents. The third, Bill Cole, is a member of Beta Theta Pi, which used to favor P.S.G.L. but split away from the party for this election. He apparently has made no promises to anyone.
Now, add them up. If Pachacamac and Progressive vote solidly together they must eight votes, assuming the president abstains. Could Balance Combination
P. S.G.L. could mass six votes in opposition. If the three unaffiliated members were to vote with P. S. G.L., it could balance the Pachacamac-Progressive combination.
But on top of this, party strategists must consider the votes of organizational representatives on the council. They will affect most of the voting.
Blake clock is being cleaned and repainted, and a white transparent glass front being installed by buildings and grounds workmen.
P. S.G.L. elected six Independent students to the council. Pachacamac placed no Independents, and Progressive elected one.
Blake Clock Gets Its Face Cleaned
The plain glass painted white has proved unsatisfactory in the past as the paint kept cracking off. The glass now being installed is the same type as that used on movie theater marquees.
"The clock is in as good condition as ever." C. G. Bayles, buildings and grounds superintendent, said today.
Heads Council
JAMES WAUGH
ASC Head Is Honor Man
"I shall try to represent the students as much as possible, and strive for better student government. My interest lies in their interests."
The winner in the tri-party race has been elected to both Owl and Sachem, junior and senior honorary societies.
This is the election statement of James Waugh, new president of the All Student Council.
The 25-year-old veteran is also president of the engineering council, the engineering school, and Theta Tau, professional engineering fraternity. He serves as a new student counseur', and writes for the Kansas Engineer and has been an A.S.C. representative.
Hubbub, Bottles, Cigarets But Still Somebody Won
PSGL Wins 6 Seats, Pach 5, Progressives 4
The smoking ban was off on the second floor, east wing of Frank Strong hall Thursday night. The place looked like Hiroshima.
The whole thing wasn't too clear to some of the counters, in fact, about 99 percent of them.
Henry Werner, dean of student affairs, has said that results of the student poll may affect the administration's decision.
Student voters echoed the Pachacamac party cry, "Admit the Aggies," when they voted overwhelmingly not to bar Oklahoma A. and M. from the Big Six because of racial segregation.
The vote in Thursday's election was 2,559 to 744 against the resolution: "Resolved, that Oklahoma A. and M. should be denied admittance to the Big Six conference solely because of racial segregation in Oklahoma."
The administration previously had said that the University is against admitting Oklahoma A. and M. to the Big Six, on the grounds that Colorado had just been admitted and another school would complicate things. The second reason is that interpretation of N.C.A.A rules should be cleared first.
By COOPER ROLLOW
The reporter kept running too until about 1:30 a.m. The little man in the white coat finally took him away.
The Pachacamac powerhouse steamrollerled James Waugh, engineering junior, into the All Student Council presidency Thursday by rolling up 1,712 votes for him.
The place was lousy with big wheels, little wheels, minor spokes, and loyal cogs. Not all were happy either. Not everybody can win.
Vote Against Aggie Ban
Wheels Weren't Happy
Room 203 could have been a Texas City in minature. The activity looked like a cross between musical chairs and the Notre Dame shift. As election boards finished counting ballots for one office, they relaxed by lighting up, coke in hand, feet on chairs—the perfect political, smoke-filled-room atmosphere.
But the faint-hearted began to leave. One tired soul wrote on a board. "To hell with this, I'm going home."
For seven hours they toiled. As the smoke grew thicker and the litter grew deeper the fun began to wear off. This was where the hemen of politics began to be separated from the boys.
The thing that took all the time was a little thing called "proportional representation." In this you make choices when you vote, and if your first choice is elected, he gives his extra votes to somebody else. Very roughly, that is the principle of it.
The old-timers stuck it out. They studied the results, looking for trends. They knew the ropes.
'Representation' Takes Time
Waugh's total is 623 more than the count for George Caldwell, P.S.G.L. candidate, who polled 1,089 votes. John Gunther, Progressive, received 450.
WEATHER
KANSAS--Cloudy with light rain east today, warmer central and west this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight with little change in temperature. Low tonight near 32 extreme west to 35-40 east. Fair and warmer Saturday.
The 3,251 votes represent 36 per cent of the entire student body.
Pachacamacs and Progressives broke even with P.S.G.L.-Independents and independent nominees in a bitter fight for student council seats. Pachacamac and Progressive each placed four candidates, while P.S.G.L. won five seats and Independents three.
Only 3,398 Votes Cast
A total of 3,398 students, or 38 per cent of the University enrollment and 1000 more than voted last year, voted for council members.
Two names, Donald Kramer and John Weaver, were written into the presidential ballot, and 129 potential presidential votes were invalid.
Caldwell, presidential runner-up,
will be student representative at large,
giving the P.S.G.L.-Independents a total of six seats on the Council. Waugh's election as president gives the Pachacamac party 5 new representatives on the council.
Leigh. Ruppenthal, Wehe Win
in District I (College) George Robb, Progressive; Duane Postlethwaite, P.S.G.L.; Dave Schmidt, Independent, and Keith Wilson, Pachacamac, were elected to the council by 1,147 voters. Helen Heath and Sue Webster, Pachacamac, and Shirley Wellborn, P.S.G.L., received 686 votes to win seats.
Legal, Supporters
A total of 711 voters in District II (Engineering) elected Lynn Leigh and Arthur Ruppenthal, Progressive; Robert Whee, Independent, and John Margrave, P.S.G.L.
In District III (Business, Fine Arts) Arnold England, P.S.G.L., and George McCarthy, Progressive, polled 372 votes to win. Harriett Harlow, Pachacamac, and Mary Jane Zollinger, P.S.G.L., received 245 votes for council seats.
Bill Cole, an independent candidate, was elected by 86 voters from District IV (Law and Medicine).
Of the 3,398 votes cast in the general election, 150 were invalid. An additional 617 were exhausted, or marked incompletely by voters who did not vote for all candidates listed.
Water Safety Awards Given
Thirty-six men and women will be awarded their water safety instructor's certificate tonight. Ritz Bills, of the St. Louis district office, is in charge of the night class.
Duane Hopes Case Is Closed
Duane Postlethwaite, College sophomore and P.S.G.L. worker, discovered yesterday that the road to political success is sometimes blocked by cops, policemen to you.
At 11:53 $ _{1/2} $ a. m. Thursday he was told by two Lawrence gendarmes to stop disturbing the peace with his portable loud speaker, which Postlethwaite claimed, "is actually merely a glorified megaphone."
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Postlethwaite explained to the policeman about political parties, campaign scruples, and elections in general, and the officers left, apparently mollified.
"Two hours later, however, the campus cop asked me to accompany him to the station." Postlethwaite told a University Daily Kansan reporter. "There I was accused of violating a city ordinance and told I was going to be released on a $25
bond, and that my trial was to be at 8 this morning.
"Uncertain about just what ordinance I had violated, the police chief sent for the city ordinance book, but it couldn't be found and I was released. They neglected to collect my $25 bond and failed to give me a written directive to appear today for my trial."
"I hope they consider the episode closed, because I do."