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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, April 4, 1960
57th Year, No. 117
TRASH, ANYONE?—Thomas C. Triplett, St Joseph, Mo., junior, leads a group of Phi Delta Theta men in Saturday's clean-up campaign. See story on page 3.
Model 'U.N.' Delegates Vote Seat to Red China
KU's first Model United Nations voted as nations Friday to table Communist China's admission, but as individuals Saturday they voted to admit Red China.
Immediately following the assembly vote, nearly one-third of the member nations stalked disgustedly out of the meeting. The vote on the admission of Communist China was the last major measure to be brought before the body voting as the actual nations would under the similar circumstances.
An Indian spokesman angrily said before, walking out:
"This assembly is completely prejudiced and narrow minded. We will join the Soviet Bloc."
The Soviet Bloc had previously walked out immediately following the vote.
Students voted as the nation they were representing would have voted in sessions Friday, and on Saturday morning they voted their personal convictions dictated.
The voting Friday and Saturday had no similarities. The decisions were completely reversed.
In the mock United Nations General Assembly the voting called for United Nations action in starting proceedings for Algerian independence, a resolution calling for immediate banning of stockpiling and testing of nuclear weapons with no controls and tabled the resolution calling for the admission of Communist China.
In the Saturday session, when voting was individual not by nations, the students called for the admittance of Communist China and Algerian independence, but no action by the United Nations and failed to pass the same measure on nuclear testing.
End to English Proficiency Examination Is Rumored
Charges and counter charges were hurled back and forth at both sessions. In debate over the first resolution at the General Assembly, Poland hotly accused France of jeopardizing world peace in Algeria.
Debate Becomes Heated
lish department refused to comment. Reportedly, a uniform final examination at the end of English 4 may replace the proficiency examination.
"The French Algerian war jeopardizes the peace of the entire world. France's arguments are against international law. France's five-year plan's sole purpose is to exploit the oil of the Sahara Desert."
Probably the most desired rumor on campus for many years is that the English Proficiency Examination may be eliminated.
Although all information indicates a proposal to abolish the examination is under consideration, the Eng-
Elections Start Tomorrow; Two Top Posts Unopposed
The polls open for the first day of the campus general elections at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
Guinea said:
The elections tomorrow and Wednesday will be held to elect the student body president and vice president. All Student Council representatives and class officers.
Three polls set up in Strong Hall will be open from 8 to 5 p.m. both days.
Apparently no one will oppose the candidates for the two major posts of student body president and vice president running on the Vox Populi ticket, KU's only political party. Earlier last week six students announced their candidacy for ASC representatives on a non-partisan write-in-slate.
Vox will be the only party on the ballot for the elections.
Under the present arrangement, the English department does not require the examination, but administers it for schools which do, such as the Schools of Education and Journalism and the College of Arts and Sciences. If the English department takes action, it will be a recommendation to the college faculty at their next meeting.
Iott said when candidates are written in it is important that they do not write letters so they fall below the dotted lines. He said that any marks made by the IBM pencils in the choice brackets are picked up by the machines when the votes are tabulated.
Robert lott, McPherson senior and Elections Committee chairman, said when voters write-in candidates on the IBM ballots they should write the names above the dotted lines. The voter also must indicate whether the write-in candidate is his first, second or third choice, etc., in the brackets below.
For example, if a 'y' slips down
below the dotted line and falls into one of the brackets, it will be picked up by the IBM machine.
He emphasized that the voters should make a straight up and down mark in the brackets instead of making crosses or figures. This also is important when the votes are tabulated on the machines.
IBM elections passed by the ASC last spring provide for elections by IBM voting. The system eliminates ballot stuffing and speeds the counting.
W. P. Albrecht, professor of English and chairman of the department said:
Under the IBM system three polls are set up—one in the rotunda of Strong Hall, one east of the business office and one west of the registrar's office.
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“Plans are still tentative and nothing definite has been formulated.”
"They are only a basis for discussion."
Commenting on the mimeographed sheets reportedly distributed to English faculty members, he said:
David Dykstra, assistant professor of English, denied anything unusual is being discussed concerning the examination. He said the examination is being continually discussed in an attempt to make improvements.
American weapons and aid are "american weapons and aid are killing Algerians. Why does the United States tolerate the greatest injustice of the century?"
Dean George R. Waggoner of the College said:
"This proposal has not reached the college level yet, nor has it, as far as I know, been brought up before the faculty committee on the English Proficiency Examination."
est injustice of the conde The heated fervor which marked the entire proceedings of the Model United Nations reached its peak during discussion and voting on the Red China issue.
Which One?
The Albanian delegation said in debating an amendment to the resolution:
"Taiwan lies at the side of China like a deadly dagger — which government shall we accept?"
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Theft Charge Action Taken
The administration has taken disciplinary action in one of two cases involving students. Action on the other case may follow after an investigation has been completed.
L. C. Woodruff, dean of students,
today said:
"The two students accused of shoplifting have been brought before the University Disciplinary Committee and action, deemed necessary, has been taken."
Dean Woodruff would not comment further on the type of action taken.
The two students are to be tried in County Court Friday on charges of petty larceny. They have pleaded not guilty.
No action has been taken against the participants of the March 18 motel party pending further investigation.
Munger Says Africans Refuse to Act as Pawns
Africans refuse to become pawns in the East-West chess game for world supremacy, an expert in African affairs said yesterday.
Speaking at a Faculty Club meeting, Edwin S. Munger, a member of the American Universities Field Staff, and a specialist in African affairs south of the Sahara, said that the new nations of Africa will protest any issue which could align them with East or West.
"Africans very much wish to be rid of outside influence in African affairs. They do not want to be involved in an East-West struggle," he said.
To emphasize his point, Mr. Munger referred to the recent French atomic test in the Sahara.
"The African nations protested loudly against this test not so much on moral basis, but more on a proximity basis," he said.
He said that as soon as the test had taken place, the newspapers of Ghana released a series of fictitious stories on the effects of radioactive fallout from the explosion. False
stories related accounts of many thousands of Africans dying of radiation.
The test was the first atomic explosion on African soil. There were no casualties.
At the current events forum Friday Mr. Munger said "the American public is often misinformed in the newspaper stories about Africa."
Mr. Munger said the outcome of the verbal hostilities is not predictable at this point.
When the French protested against the false accounts, Ghana froze French assets.
"There are 4.1 million Africans in Nyasaland now rather than the three million reported recently . . . and Ghana is not a republic. It hopes to become one by the end of the year."
Mr. Munger said "stories from Africa usually have two or three major errors in them due to sloppy reporting and lack of men on the spot.
Interpretations Clash
He interpreted the political actions of Hasrings Banda after the Akra conference differently from the press reports.
Mr. Munger feels it was Dr. Banda's lack of recognition rather than his success at the Akra conference that caused him to start his political campaigns in Nyasaland. Dr. Banda recently was freed after being imprisoned by the Southern Rhodesian government for a year. He hopes to become prime minister when Nyasaland becomes independent, said Mr. Munger.
The speaker said the status quo in the Union of South Africa will not be maintained—there is a need for a significant change.
"It is unlikely that there will be a peaceful settlement to the problems in the Union of South Africa. However, I think that a settlement will be reached without a bloody bath," he said.
"The future is open to question. It can go a lot of different ways . . . I don't think that it is probable that African armies will march into the Union," Mr. Munger said.
U. N. Powerless "We should differentiate between
legal and moral issues," he said in regard to U. N.aciton.
Mr. Munger feels that the recent American criticism of the Union of South Africa government was untimely. He said that the criticism should have been given either weeks before or after the riots. In this case, the United States government just jumped on the bandwagon, he said.
He maintains that now the Africans will think that the only way to gain the attention of he United States government is through more blood-shed.
Embassy Integration Urged He said that one way the United States can show interest in the Africans is by not segregating official parties held at the embassies there.
The riot was a protest against the carrying of identification passes. The
Mr. Munger discussed the Sharpeville riots in which an estimated 22,000 people gathered around a police station in Sharpeville, Union of South Africa. Police killed 68 persons during the demonstrations, the government said.
government requires all Africans to carry them.
Nation Expanding
He said that the Union of South Africa has had a fantastic rate of economic growth. The Union may have had a greater rate of economic growth during the past 50 years than Russia, he said. It is one of the few countries that exports steel to the United States.
When asked about religion in Africa, Mr. Munger said, "I agree with the Africans who say 'When the missionaries came we had the land and they had the Bible. Now we have the Bible and they have the land'"
He emphasized that in Africa the feelings of nationalism outrank those of Christianity.
Weather
Kansas weather will be mild and dry the remainder of the week with temperatures ranging into the 60's. The highs will be in the 70's and the lows in the 40's.