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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1943
The Editorial Page
Temporary Decision Made by Student Court Is Comparatively Stiff
Although all decisions made by the student court in the student riot case are as yet temporary, at present all indications are that the sentences will be comparatively stiff.
It is rumored that five of the defendants—Jay Gunnels, Wallace Kunkel, C. D. Williams, Harry McClure, and Earl Pickerill—received suspended 60-day expulsions from the University. In addition, it was indicated that some of the five men will find two or three hours added to their University graduation requirements, and that some of the defendants may lose their activity ticket privileges. A sixth defendant—Norman Higgins—is faced with the loss of his activity ticket privileges next semester. Charles Dreyer, another defendant, was absent from the temporary sentences.
Those decisions, according to the court, are temporary, and will be subject to change. The permanent decisions will be announced by the court at some future date after additional evidence is considered. A meeting of the group was scheduled for this morning.
Thus comes the result of an affair that at times had all the elements of a three-ringed circus. Destined to restore prestige to student government and the University, it failed miserably in that respect. No person can doubt the sincerity of student leaders such as Bob White and Don Mosser, for they without a doubt had the best interests of the University at heart.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that the evidence collected was insufficient to convict any student of the more serious angles of the demonstration, and charges were made only on minor points. As a result, by the prosecution's own admission, it is very likely that the real ring-leaders of the demonstration are still unnamed.
It is unfortunate that the trial could not have been held under more serious circumstances, and with adequate time for preparation by the prosecution. Such was not the case, and as a result the trial failed to serve as a punishment to the real leaders of the disgraceful affair. It would have been preferable to have dropped the whole thing, rather than to have prolonged talk concerning an affair which is, in the University's interest, best forgotten.
College Men Advised To Continue Their Education
The fad now seems to be debunking Seversky's "Victory Through Air Power," as publication after publication prints critical articles on the work.
Educators throughout the nation have generally advised college men to continue their education during the coming spring semester whether they belong to the Enlisted Reserves or are vulnerable to the call of selective service.
Dr. Francis J. Brown, consultant to the American Council on Education, seemed to voice the sentiments of those educators when he recently advised: "Go back to school and stay there until actually called into military service." He stated that the Council has suggested that institutions refund in whole the tuition money of those students called before the completion of the academic year, and that some schools are already complying.
Meanwhile, a committee of educators ap pointed by the War Manpower Commission has already begun meeting to decide just what schools will be recommended for utilization in the joint army-navy plan under which thousands of selectees will be trained as specialists. These recommendations—all important to colleges in these times when civilian enrollment is threatened so severely—will be made public sometime before February 1 in all probability.
Unfortunately, on that Council there is only one Middle West educator—Clarence A. Dykstra of Wisconsin. The East two have four representatives, and the South two. Schools of the Middle West may, therefore, be extremely fortunate if they find themselves receiving an equitable share of the committee's attention.
Many of the men who will enroll in this University next week are in actuality uncertain of their futures. If this institution is to have a certain, dependable male enrollment, such a group must come from these men already in the service. There can be little doubt, therefore, that administrators at this school are waiting for an announcement of the committee's decision with more than a little anxiety.
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Rock Chalk Talk BY JIMMY GUNN
The jury finds: (1) that students testify the craziest things. The prosecution in the student court Friday was going about the business of convicting one suspected rioter in a business-like fashion. After a series of standard murder story question (where were you on the night of?—How long have you known?—been?), the court stenographer had the following information: the suspect had been in school seven semesters; he entered the University on January 7, 1943—.
(2) that student judges are extremely dignified.
(2) that student judges are extremely organized.
The bench was given a photograph of the rioting mob and was asked to identify one individual as the student on the stand. After serious consultation, a grave-faced judged yelled out to a member of the prosecution: "Hey, slug nutty, do you mean this guy here with his mouth open?"
(3) that some witnesses are better dispensed with.
One genius refused to give out any information pertinent to the riot, but admitted that he had the measles. Judges and the prosecution took one look at his florid chest and declared an immediate recess.
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Phi Gam's outsmart Henderson( or don't worry, girls, there'll be a pig at the pig dinner): The Phi Gam's announced their party of the year would be held on the 22nd, and the Hill immediately began wondering how—with meat rationing coming up and everything—the Fiji's were going to swing their "whole pig on the table" tradition. The Phi Gam's themselves, it seems, had been worrying about this little matter, and consequently they pricked up their ears the other afternoon when pledges Ned Small, Al Kundree, and Frank Brosius came down from the Hill and announced they had the situation well in hand. From bulging pockets in their overcoats the boys pulled a pair of pickled swine, contraband from the University Zoology lab. It is rumored that the Fiji's donated their dinner that night to needy Chinese.
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Wanted: One mouse tower on the Rhine: Jack "Shylock" Beck, Sigma Chi, announced that he wanted to sell the sofa in his room—cheap. It took up so much room that he didn't "have any place at all to study, fellows honest." After interviewing a number of customers, Beck drove a sharp bargain with Bob Isaac. Isaac would get the sofa for 25 cents and move it out quick. But the treachery of the transaction didn't really come out until Isaac lifted one corner of the sofe in question and four mice ran out of the stuffing. Other squeaks intimated that there were more rodents forthcoming. Isaac snatched his quarter, jumped on a table, and called the deal off.
There wasn't much Beck could do about it at the time. He was busy shinnying up the closet door-for the fourteenth time that week.
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Famous last words: (or why Dwight Horner is going to the navy): Horner and Jack Bradley, Phi Kappa Psi's, had been skating around Potter's Lake for about an hour and getting bored. "Hey, come on, guy, let's skate fast over that thin place just to hear the ice crack," said Bradley. He was next heard remarking (and we quote), "Blurb, blurb." Both Psi's were in up to their ears. Some unknown rescuer wriggled out on his stomach to give Bradley a hand, but Horner had to rustle for himself.
A bit of self-administered artificial respiration (a neat trick in itself) and he walked to the car; but his troubles were not yet over. The gate had been locked necessitating a cross country hop to get out of the pasture, and once in the Phi Psi shower room icycles formed on his extremities. The water in the pipes wasn't even tepid. So Horner is joining the navy. College life is too rough.
Bombing Is First Case
Student Court
Students of this University did not take a hand in their own law proceedings until 1936, when a bill for the formation of a judicial court was presented to the Men's Student Council, Feb. 19, by Menelaus Litras, a Council member.
bers of the PSGL party, two from the Pachacamac party, and one who has no party affiliations and has never held a political office. The new bill contained 22 sections and defined the functions as: (1) To handle all controversies and cases which are now being handled by the Men's Student Council; (2) To handle all cases and controversies of any nature among students or other persons who shall agree to be submitted to the jurisdiction of the court; and (3) To handle all cases, controversies or disputes arising under the constitution of laws of the Men's Student Council.
The bill provided for a judicial court composed of two mem-
First Case Was Bombing Incident After a long debate the Council voted 10 to 7 to accept a bill providing for the establishment of the student court, and justices were appointed. The road ahead of the court seemed clear, when Pachacamac leaders charged the PSGL-controlled MSC with disregarding proper methods of legislation and pointed out that the newly formed student court was unconstitutional They insisted that the MSC or a committee of Council members is the only body that can act on judicial matters. Afters days of bitter debate the MSC passed on the pro-
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