Gov. Docking To Run Again
TOPEKA—(UFI)—Gov. George Docking announced today that he will run for a third term as governor.
Gov. Docking, the first Democrat ever elected to a second term as governor of Kansas, chose his 56th birthday to make his announcement.
"This announcement will confirm rumors which have been current since the end of the budget session of the legislature. My decision is based upon my desire to try to complete the task started in 1957," he said.
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1960
Reactions Vary On Third Term
By Daily Kansan Staff
Reactions to Gov. Docking's sudden announcement today that he will seek an unprecedented third term as governor ranged from enthusiastic assurance of his election to definite opposition.
Frank McDonald, Douglas County Democratic Chairman, expressed happiness at Docking's announcement.
Mr. McDonald said;
"I certainly believe that he will break precedent and be re-elected. I urged him to run."
Robert Ellsworth, Lawrence lawyer, emphatically stated that Gov. Docking would be beat in his third term try for office.
Mr. Ellsworth said:
"Kansas people are getting tired of this no-go, go-slow, veto, put-it-off-til-later governor. They want
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"Some progress has been made toward reaching the goal of fiscal sanity with efficient service in Kansas state government, but it has been demonstrated that it is not possible to achieve these goals without a progressive legislature.
"With this idea in mind I shall ask the Kansans who voted for me to vote also for Democratic state
George Docking
"... to complete the task"
senators and Democratic state representatives."
Docking is not expected to have primary opposition.
Docking was unsuccessful in his first try for the governorship. Republican Fred Hall defeated him by a sweeping majority in 1954. He came back in 1956 to win his first term. He swept to a second term by 100,000 votes in 1958 over publisher Clyde Reed Jr.
Evaluation Sheets In Mail, Not Lost
All teacher-evaluation sheets received by the All Student Council committee in charge of their distribution have been mailed and none have been misplaced, agree two committee members and James Austin, student body president.
Several faculty members have complained that they have not seen sheets evaluating their classes since the sheets were filled out.
All sheets from each class were to be turned in to the Business Office by a student in the class and distributed to the various faculty members by the ASC committee after final week.
The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in 410, Summerfield Hall.
ASC Session Set Tonight
The controversial class evaluation sheets will be discussed at a special meeting of the ASC tonight.
Jerry Palmer, El Dorado sophomore, will give a progress report on the work his committee has done this semester in connection with class evaluation sheets.
Rudy Vondracek, Timken junior and chairman of the ASC, said that the ASC meeting has been changed to tonight in order to consider several important bills before the council.
Bills to be discussed are:
- An amendment concerning selection of cheer leaders.
● A n amendment concerning tenure of ASC officers.
Vondraeck said that there would also be discussion of the Stop Day proposal which would establish a 24 hour "rest" period prior to finals. Classes would be stopped one day short to provide the 24 hour period
An amendment concerning placement of posters during student elections.
Tonya Kurt, Pratt sophomore and coordinator for the KU National Student Association, will also submit a report.
Graham Moore, Houston, Tex.
sophomore, said:
"The evaluation sheets were to be out last weekend, but due to illness I was unable to mail them.
"Part of the sheets have been mailed out since last week and the rest were mailed yesterday. None of the seals of any package were broken. They still remain confidential to the instructors."
Jim Austin, Lawrence senior and president of the student body, informed a Daily Kansan reporter that a member of the ASC committee picked up the evaluation sheets from the business office to sort them and send them back to the individual instructors. Last year some of the sheets were thrown away from the office.
ASC Picks Up Sheets
"We have received only three complaints from instructors concerning any lost packages," said Austin.
"The reason the evaluation sheets were seen on the basement floor of the Union was because that's where the members of the committee were sorting them." he explained
"My idea is that some of the students who left the classes with the evaluation sheets took them to the wrong place.
Daily hansan
One faculty member complained in a letter to the Daily Kansan that he had seen the sheets strewn across the floor of a room in the Kansas Union basement where they were available to any curious person.
Faculty Complains
Jerry Palmer, El Dorado sophomore and chairman of the committee handling the evaluation sheets. said.
"I picked up the evaluation sheets from the business office on the Thursday after final week and locked them in the Activities Lounge of the Union because the ASC office was too small. The Sunday before classes began, I contacted Graham Moore, and he picked them up Tuesday afternoon for distribution."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
KU Religion Week Begins
Rabbi Criticizes Man's Approach To Religion, God
Bv Bill Blundell
A philosopher and Hebrew scholar said today that modern man's self-interested approach to God is the primary cause of conflict between religion and contemporary thought.
Rabbi Marvin Fox, professor of philosophy at Ohio State University and featured speaker at this morning's convocation, told students that the tendency for modern man to approach religion with the question, "What will this do for me?" is an incorrect viewpoint.
"These days, many people seem to conceive of God as some sort of cosmic bellboy, ready to serve their every whim. This is an astonishing perversion of a religious tradition that has been mature and foresighted." said Rabbi Fox.
He declared that the question,
"What will religion do for me?" is
a false one that can only elicit a
false and absurd answer.
Like Milking a He-Goat
"This situation is one that may be compared to one man milking a hegoat while another holds a sieve in readiness," said Rabbi Fox, drawing on the philosopher Kant for the analogy.
Rabbi Fox attacked "the modern cult of 'Peace of Mind'" as an example of man's self-interested motivation toward religion. He denied that the purpose of religion is to put man at ease in his world.
Rabbi Fox said that the Western philosophic - intellectual tradition fails to offer any conception of man as a unique being. He added that only in the Bible does such recognition reach concrete form.
"Religion's real purpose is to make you uncomfortable," said Rabbi Fox, shaking a finger at his audience.
"Religion makes you see what a tremendous amount still remains to be done. It is not the instrument whose goal is to put man at ease in his environment."
Western Philosophy Fails
"None of us is capable of ordering our own lives. We are creatures who, to realize the divinity within us, must be commanded," he said.
He said that man must be able to rely on faith alone in solving moral dilemmas, and must be able to place himself in God's hands.
"Man is a unique creature capable of descending into the depths of bestiality and ascending to the highest spiritual plane." said Rabbi Fox.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. —(UPI) —Caryl Chessman, who won a reprieve 10 hours before his scheduled execution Friday, said today his chances were still "hopeless."
"I am still as close to the gas chamber as ever," he said in an interview with United Press International.
Rabbi Fox's address was given in connection with Religion in Life Week, which ends Friday.
A poll of KU students' opinions on the Chessman case is on Page 3.
Sign Bops Student
Rob Meinershagen, Topeka freshman, was injured when the "Religion and Life Week" sign near the information booth fell on his ankle about 3 p.m. yesterday. He reported to Watkins Hospital for X-rays this morning.
Chessman Believes Chances 'Hopeless'
Otto Bremer
Otto Bremer "Follow the Golden Rule . . ."
Wesley Dale "God is all . . ."
First Talks Draw Poor Attendance
By Dan Felger
Only 29 persons — not all of them students — participated in the opening activities of KU's Religious Emphasis Week yesterday.
Twenty-one attended the lecture on business ethics by the Rev. Otto Bremer, executive secretary of college and university branch of the National Lutheran Council.
Eight turned out for the lecture on Christian Scientist principles led by Wesley Dale of the University of Missouri.
Emphasis Too Smaill
"Emphasis on student religious drives is inversely proportional to the size of the university," observed the Rev. Mr. Bremer during his lecture.
"At the larger universities, smaller numbers of students take part in things such as a student religion week, while on smaller campuses it is often a dominating event."
He indicated that he had seen a larger interest placed on student religious activities on campuses other than KU.
Business Dominates U.S.
In discussing business ethics, the minister stressed the fact that business dominates culture in the United States more and more.
"It is not a question of pure
right or wrong in today's business practices, but rather one of varying shades of both" he said.
Is there a place for the Christian in business?
Golden Rule Applied
"I think that God did not set rules for us to follow in business other than the Golden Rule," said the Rev. Mr. Bremer.
"What we try to do, then, must be governed by our interpretation of ethics which we believe to be right. The Christian in business must feel his way and try to live up to standards."
Mr. Dale's topic was "Religion in Life." He led a discussion about the Christian Science Religion.
He explained that many people believe that the Christian Scientists are trying to get rid of disease through prayer.
Can ethics survive in business? This question has yet to be answered, concluded the minister.
Denomination Discussed
"They are not trying to get rid of disease through prayer, but they believe disease is an evil product of the mind," he said. "What the Christian Scientists try to cure is the belief because they feel that a pure belief will breed no disease."
Mr. Dale gave a simple definition of God: "God is all."
12-Inch Snow Blanket To Cover KU by Night
Over a foot of snow will blanket the campus by tonight, as the winter's worst storm leaves Kansans shivering and shoveling.
Temperatures are expected to drop to near 10 degrees tonight, after six inches or more of new snow has fallen. Tomorrow's high should be in the 20's.
Today's blizzard hit the campus before streets and sidewalks had been cleared of the 7-inch snow which fell Saturday. The new snow covered the ice which had drivers and pedestrians creeping along.
The storm moved across the state during the night, striking the Lawrence area before 8 o'clock this morning.
"The sun was almost sunning when we left Kansas City," a disgusted commuter muttered, as he wallowed in the snow to fasten chains on his car.
"But we sure hit the snow a little ways out of town," he added.
Students plodded slowly through the deep snow to their morning classes, hugging books as they leaned into the wind. Snow piled on stocking caps and parka hoods, sifted down around soggy collars and sloshed into boots and shoes.
"This is the end—I'm transferring to Alaska U. It can't be any worse," a bitter snowman announced as he kicked his galoshes into a corner of a classroom.