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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 194
Letter to the Editor Student Charges Monopoly in K.U. Politics by PSGL
(Editor's Note: The following letter, written by a University student, concerning the unfair voting privileges of the local army and navy units was received and set in type before the action announced on the front page was taken by the All Student Council. Doubtlessly, knowledge by the ASC leaders that the letter was to be printed motivated the council to take the action.)
Dear Editor:
What literally amounts to the PSGL men's political party, now controlling a majority of votes in the All Student Council, voting to defranchise their rival political party, the Pachacamac, is seen in the ASC ruling that men stationed on the campus with the armed forces do not have equal voting privileges with civilian men students.
The PSGL party, outnumbering the Pachacamac party on the ASC by a small margin, voted yesterday to limit the armed forces of the University to only two representatives on the council. Obviously the members of the armed forces, especially the V-12 trainees, make up the greater portion of the power of the Pachacamac party. If the ASC resolution is allowed to stand, the University will have only one active men's political party—a virtual monopoly in K.U. men's politics. The PSGL party must suppress or control the military vote in order to maintain a majority of the seats on the student council.
The PSGL political party includes in its membership the greater percentage of civilian men now enrolled in the University. Pachacamac is, ordinarily, equally as powerful a group but made up primarily of organized fraternity houses. Due to a large number of the Pachacamac men entering the army and navy units now stationed on the Hill, this latter political organization was weakened in the number of civilian student votes.
It is plain where the Pachacamac party stands if its members, consisting of military and civilian men alike, is to be split into two distinct groups—namely the "armed forces (V-12s and army personnel)" and the civilian men remaining to the Pachacamac party. The group, so divided, is powerless.
It is almost a work of genius on the part of the framers of the ASC (majority PSGL) when seeing they were to be forced to give the armed forces on the Hill a vote in student politics, to segregate the army and navy as a separate voting unit. This act eliminates any possible threat to the present membership superiority of the PSGL party.
It should go without saying that the members of the army and navy trainees stationed at the University, since they definitely are members of the student body, should have the same right to cast their ballots, to hold student legislative offices, and to belong to a political party of their choosing that any other member of the student body has.
For responsible University officials—those officials who have the power to govern the actions of the All Student Council—to sit silently by and allow the PSGL party to vote away the right of the opposing party, Pachacamac, to vote as an organized group is nothing less than disregard for clean student politics!
Sincerely yours,
Hugh Bayles
Plays on Mankato Program
Jerald Bales, Fine Arts freshman,
and former music pupil of Bernice
White Scott, class of 1919, played on
a Music Week program in Mankato
Monday night.
Rock Chalk Talk
By LIZ BAKER
Shall we say, "See Here, Private Hargrove"? Don Wyman is from Hutchinson, Reno county, Kansas. He is also, as of Saturday, V-12 Wyman. Over a week ago Don decided that the time had come for him to be officially sworn into the U.S. Navy. "Till he be gone just over the weekend," he remarked to Sigma Chi brothers and with a happy smile departed for Reno county.
Wyman carried his V-12 acceptance papers, but to get government transportation to Leavenworth, he had to volunteer and board the train Sunday night with the Reno draftees.
Monday afternoon arrived, as did Leavenworth. Wyman got up, yawned, and walked down the platform carrying his credentials stating "The Navy desires no further physical or mental examination for this man." Cornering the nearest GI Joe, he asked where he could find the nearest General because he wanted to get to Kansas City and become an official V-12. "Hey," replied the Joe, "you gotta wait until tomorrow for that."
So Wyman, along with the rest of Reno county, was placed in the barracks and put to bed, but not for long. At 4:30 the next morning they were up. They washed out the barracks. They made up the bunks and, at a kindly suggestion from a menacing sergeant, added hospital quarters. Then came chow. After mess they returned to the barracks and
were told to take the sheets off the bunks and stack them in piles of 50. As official sheet carrier, Wyman lugged the bundle over to the charge of quarters. And there he learned: the sheets had to be recounted.
Part of his company marched past. Wyman counted sheets. The rest of his company marched by. Wyman counted on. Through at last, he rushed madly to headquarters to rejoin his company. They were waiting.
Firty-five minutes later a Gr walked in, roared. "Any questions?" Wyman, hopeful, asked, "What about V-12, sir?"" "Oh that—you gotta wait awhile but," and with a leer, "we'll get you . . ." And then the little man called for Aviation Cadets and after that, ASTPs. A few dribbled out of the room. But no V-12. The little man called counties. Sedgwick, Barton, Douglas, Harvey, Reno! Volunteers first. And Wyman was hustled through the army induction physical. Wyman didn't quite comprehend, but thought he should oblige. V-12's, he learned, would wait for the results on the test which would come in either that afternoon or the next day. (They came in the next day.)
Wednesday am., this time at 5 o'clock, the boys got up, and resorted to pool for the day's recreation. (One catches on to this goldbricking rather quickly). In the af-
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Thursday, May 11, 1944
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