1947
University DAILY KANSAN
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Wednesday, April 23, 1947
44th Year No.125
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Pachacamac Lists Platform For Students
In the first belief that student government can be strengthened and made effective, and that student opinion at Kansas university can be heard and followed, the Pachacamac—N.O. W. party stands on this platform.
1. Vote the person, not the party,
for better student government.
2. Admit Oklahoma A. and M. to the Mid-West conference, and take the necessary steps to assure students that the matter is never again nationally misquoted.
3. Submit all other such controversial questions to the students for vote before presuming to give student opinion on the matter.
4. Lower the parking fines from an automatic maximum $5 to $2 for a single offense. This is up to the All Student Council.
5. Guarantee A.S.C. cooperation in the establishment of a dental clinic in Watkins Memorial hospital.
6. Reestablish the Missouri university-Kansas university drum tradition at the Thanksgiving day football game.
7. Establish of special A. S. C. committees to investigate and report back to the students the disposition of veterans' fees and Union cafeteria funds.
8. Take steps to abolish or restrict political parties and their influence on student government.
Candidates
James Waugh engineering junior is the Pachacamac candidate for All Student Council presidency.
Candidates for A. S. C. representative from District I are Richard Boyd, Samuel Hoover, Eunice Lankford, Elizabeth Esther Nelson, Healen Heflin, and Sue Webster.
Candidates for A. S. C. representative from District II are Charles Van Bushirk, Robert Brown, Charles T. Black, and Ralph Robertson.
Candidates for A. S. C.,representative from District III are Joseph Delaney, William Hogan, Harriet Harlow, and Marjorie Stark. William McEhenny is the District IV candidate.
Senior class officer candidates are Otto Schnellbacher, president; Jack Eskridge, vice-president; Joan Woodward, secretary; and Joan Anderson, treasurer.
Junior class officer candidates are LuAnne Powell, president; William Braun, vice-president; Joan Joseph secretary; and Samuel McCamant treasurer.
Sophomore class officer candidates are Stanley England, president; Joan Vermillion, vice-president; Charles Lindbergh, secretary; and Paul Dillon, treasurer.
Campus Parties Urge All Students To Vote
Two candidates for the presidency of the All Student council today urged students vote "to help insure an honest election," at a political rally Wednesday morning. James Vaugh, the third candidate, could not attend the rally because of an examination.
John Gunther, College senior and Progressive party candidate, said, "I believe that there should be a better and more mature student government and I believe the Progressive party can give this to the students."
George Caldwell, College junior, and Progressive Student Government League candidate, declared, "I do believe the Council can amount to something. This year they pushed the student bookstore and investigated faculty salaries."
He promised to push a student commissary, a study of the curriculum, and an investigation of University housing if elected.
Voting Places For Election
Here is where you'll vote in tomorrow's election;
District I—(College) Four polls will be set up in the basement of Frank Strong hall. Two will be open on the first floor of Fraser hall.
District II—(Engineers) Two polls will be open in Marvin hall.
District III—(Fine Arts, Business) Three polls will be set up in the rotunda of Frank Strong hall.
District IV—(Law, Medicine) One poll will be set up in the basement of Fraser hall.
All women who don't vote in District I or District IV will be allowed to vote in District III, Keith Wilson, chairman of the elections committee, said.
P.S.G.L. Party Lists Platform For Government
We of the P.S.G.L. party in order to promote constructive student government and to make the All Student Council more than just a political debating society stand on this platform;
1. Representatives to A.S.C. from housing districts and not schools in the University.
2. Reduction of campus party politics.
3. Sale of sundries in the student book store in the Union.
4. Cooperative laundry and commissary for the students.
5. A theater on the campus for students only.
6. Improved recreational facilities such as handball and tennis courts and a University farm.
7. A planned long-range University building program.
8. Increased student and faculty salaries.
9. Rating system for placement of students in dormitories.
10. Negro participation in Mid-West conference athletics.
11. Sidewalk from the Oread hall- Memorial stadium area to the Union building.
12. Student representation on the University senate.
George Caldwell, College senior is the P.S.G.L. candidate for the A.S.C. presidency.
13. Publication of the A.S.C. activities
Candidates for A.S.C. representative from District II are Richard Heiny, Jack Hollingsworth, John Margrave, and James White.
Candidates for A.S.C. representative from District I are Robert Campbell, Calvin Cooley, Duane Postlethwaite, Frank Stannard, Marylee Masterson, Dorothy Scroggy and Shirley Wellborn.
Candidates
Candidates for A.S.C. representative from District III are Arnold England, Carroll McCue. Ellen Spurney, and Mary Jane Zollinger. Robert Andrews is the District IV candidate
Junior class officer candidates are Ralph Moberley, president; Betty van der Smissen, vice-president; Marian Graham, secretary; and Bruce Bathurst, treasurer.
Senior class officer candidates are Eugene Casement president, Clarence Francisco, vice-president; Helen Hana- secretary and Marian Minor treasurer.
Sophomore class officer candidates are Harold Cogswell, president; Betty Cooper, vice-president; Janet Rummer, secretary; and Charles Penny, treasurer.
Progressives List Platform, 27 Candidates
We of the Progressive party, in order to bring about a more efficient student government, believe in Independent-Greek cooperation, and stand on this platform.
1. Consolidation of Independent-Greek forces for a more efficient and mature student government.
3. Investigation of veterans' fees concerning income and disposition of money received by the University from that source.
2. Elimination of the foreign language requirement in the School of Education.
4. A more responsible student government, by allowing a student court jurisdiction in disciplinary action now held by the administration.
5. An amendment to the all-student constitution which does away with the faculty advisory committee of the student body.
6. Student priority for all seats at all athletic events.
7. Lower admission charges for students at all athletic events.
8. Encouragement of school spirit, by more mixers, rallies, and other activities to include one movable holder; for example, set the at the discretion of the A₁ S₂ C₃
10. Equal opportunity, regardless of race, sex, or creed, for student leadership.
9. 4 An all-student convolution at which campus political parties explain their platforms.
11. Negro participation in Mid-West conference athletics.
12. Higher wage rates for students employed by the University, with a minimum wage rate of 65 cents an hour, regardless of sex.
John Gunther, College senior, is the Progressive candidate for the All Student Council presidency.
Candidates for A. S. C. representative from District I are Thomas Alexander, Paul Barker, Ben Foster, George Robb, Gwendolyn Jones, Barbara Lamoreaux, and Beulah Ward.
Candidates for A. S. C. representative from District II are Lynn Leigh, Charles Roter, and Arthur Ruppenthal.
Candidates for A. S. C. representative from District III are George McCarthy, Harry Rice, Helen Miller, and Mary Shatzell. Jean Moore is the District IV candidate.
Senior class officer candidates are Gilbert Stramel, president; John Rees, vice-president; Geraldine Ott. secretary; and Bob Barnes, treasurer.
Sophomore class officer candidates are Ernest Friesen, president; Carol Crow, vice-president; Patricia Creech, secretary; and Barbara Hamilton, treasurer.
Ask For Identity, Reporters Have It
Junior class officer candidates are Richard Brown, president; Robert Shearer, vice-president; Bertha Lowry, secretary; and Meade Almond, treasurer.
Have you been fooled lately, too?
Reports have reached the Daily Kansan office that several persons have been going around the campus and the campus area representing themesses in this paper, when actually they have no connection with the Daily Kansan.
If someone approaches you, and claims to be a reporter for your official student newspaper, test him very easily. just say:
"May I see our press card?"
ALL official representatives of the Daily Kansan have a press card—a distinctive red-and-white affair that carries the reporter's or executive's name, and is signed and dated by a faculty advisor to the paper.
If you have any doubt, ask for credentials. Our people—just like the Fuller Brush man—have 'em.
Ellis Document Ruled 'Not Will' By Judge Means
The document signed by Ralph Ellis is not a will, Judge Hugh Means, of the Douglas County District court ruled today.
Mrs. Ellis'attorneys asked the court for the ruling because Kansas law requires that a will be signed at the very end.
"This document is not a will. There is a paragraph of the instrument coming after the signature of Ralph Ellis." Judge Means said.
The case will now proceed on the assumption that the document was a contract to make a will. If the judge rules that it is, then it will be the same as proving it was a will. Mrs. Ellis will try to prove that her husband was not competent to make a contract.
Mike Getto Testifies
M. J. Getto, manager of the Eldridge hotel, was called to testify for Mrs. Ellis. He said the Ellis' had lived at the hotel for about two months in the spring of 1945.
"Ellis' behavior was very erratic." M. Getto said. "He was a hard guest to get along with. On a couple of occasions he broke windows in his room. The help in the hotel hated to see him come in."
'Ellis 'Spun His Wheels'
Asked whether he thought Ellis was insane, Getto said, "I wouldn't say he was insane. But he had something loose. He kept spinning his wheels."
Mrs. Mary Ellen Simmons, clerk of the district court, testified that she rented the Ellis' an apartment in her home. She said that on several occasions Ellis broke windows, and frequently caused a lot of disturbance.
I'm Thinking This Is A Queer Deal Indeed
By ALLEN D. SMITH
So there I am walking down the main drag minding my own business, as every good reporter should when I see this shnook up ahead sticking these posters up on trees. Well I am not thinking much about it but it really gives me quite a charge.
These campus politicians sure take the stuff serious. I am just wonderng how many straight "A" transcripts there would be if all of that energy is put in cracking books when suddenly see the other guy.
Now that looks like a real waste of energy. Here is one character nailing the stuff up and not 30 feet behind him comes another one tearing it down.
WEATHER
Kansas—Cloudy and cooler, rain or drizzle west, showers and thunderstorms east today and tonight with moderate to locally heavy rainfall east. Considerable cloudiness tomorrow, Rain and cooler southeast and extreme east. Warmer northwest.
Group Supports Negro Admission To Campus Cafes
Bv JOHN H. STAUFFER
A chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality, national group which "seeks to abolish racial segregation and discrimination" has been organized at the University, Chairman Frank Stannard said Tuesday.
The immediate objective is to abolish discrimination against Negroes in the four restaurants near the campus, he added.
The purpose of the local chapter is to break down the system of segregation of Negroes on the campus." Stannard said.
Other officers of the C.O.R.E. are Beth Bell, College senior, vice-chairman, and Wesley Elliot, graduate recording secretary and treasurer.
"A number of people don't even know Negroes can't eat in cafes," Stannard said. "Now we are presenting the problem to organized houses and groups to acquaint them with it.
"Six groups, the American Veterans committee, the Y.M.C.A., the Y.W.C.A., the Unitarian Liberal group, the Negro Student association, and Dove have given us at least their moral support," Stannard added.
Five persons were fined a total of $48 Tuesday in Student court. All fines were assessed for parking violations.
Circulate Petition
"Later we might attack other racial problems downtown, such as the theaters segregation," Stannard explained.
A petition reading, "We, the undersigned, are in favor of equal service, without segregation in respect to race, creed or color, for any student wishing to patronize any Hill cafe," is being circulated on the campus by the group.
Ned Linegar, Y.M.C.A. executive secretary, will speak to a meeting of the C.O.R.E. at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Frank Strong hall. He will discuss the attitude and techniques of non-violent direct action in doing away with racial discrimination. A discussion will follow.
Five Fined $48 In Student Court
Charles Hall, College sophomore had received 10 tickets for parking in the wrong zone. He argued that since he is an employee of a contractor doing work for the University, he should be treated as such and not as a student parking in restricted zones.
Hall said that his car is necessary to his work and that he had been parking in the same zone as other employees who never receive tickets.
The court found him guilty and fined him $11 for five tickets and a stay of execution on a $15 fine for five remaining tickets. Hall said that he would appeal his case to a higher court.
George Waugh, College freshman,
was found guilty on five counts for
parking in restricted zones with-
holdment. He was fired $11 by the
 court.
Wallace V. Nicholson was fined $1 and Frederick Kiewit was found not guilty in the remaining cases on the docket. Lawrence Syerson and Oliver Samuel were fined in absentia.
Glee Club To Kansas City
Sixty members selected from the Men's Glee club will present two concerts in Kansas City, Kan., Monday. In the morning they will sing before students at Wyandotte High school and will sing at Rosedale High school that afternoon.