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TOPEKA — (UPI)— Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor of the University of Kansas, asked the Senate Ways and Means Committee today to restore cuts recommended by Gov. George Docking in the proposed budget of the University and the school's medical center*
The University had asked for $3,923,000, and that amount was recommended by the State Board of Regents, but Gov. Docking asked the legislature to appropriate $8,006,000.
Dr. Murphy said the main reductions recommended by Gov. Docking were $227,000 for salary increases, $60,000 for expansion of the foreign languages department, $45,000 for care of the physical
plant, $88,000 for faculty research and $45,000 for increased student help.
The regents asked for a 7 per cent increase in unclassified salaries, covering faculty and administrators. Gov. Docking recommended a 3 per cent faculty raise and no increase for administrators.
Regents Budget "Minimal"
Regents Bldg. The chancellor said the budget recommended for the University by the Board of Regents was "minimal" before reductions by the governor.
"If we don't get restoration back to the level recommended by the regents, our competitive position for getting and keeping these people (instructors) will erode," Dr. Murphy said.
"What we are really talking about are tools — the kind of tools required to get a first rate job of education done."
Critical of Language Cuts
Dr. Murphy was especially critical of the cuts made in the proposal for the foreign languages program.
"I'ts incomprehensible that the state of Kansas is refusing to supply this type of activity for our young people," Murphy said.
He said Docking cut the proposed $3,711,365 budget for the medical center by $76,301.
This included $38,000 for salary raises, he said.
Dr. Murphy said that the medial center's budget also was "minimal." He asked that the Ways and Means Committee restore all cuts the governor recommended.
Medical Center Increase Asked
He also asked for an increase of $100,000 in cash reserves for the medical center. The governor had recommended a $19,000 increase.
Yesterday, spokesmen for Kansas State University asked the committee to restore $625.174 in appropriations which Docking did not include in his recommended budget of $8,000,031 for the general revenue fund.
Dr. Arthur D. Weber, dean of agriculture and acting president of the school, did most of the talking.
Weber asked for $75,471 in
raises for civil service employees at the school. Docking had recommended $44,539.
Salaries Below Average
Docking asked for 3 per cent faculty raises totalling $129,087 for faculty members and Weber asked that the original request of the school and Board of Regents, $334.-707, be granted.
"Kansas State is below the national average for faculty salaries by almost $600 a teacher." Weber said. "We were ahead of some neighboring institutions but they have increased their salaries so that we are no longer up with them."
He said those institutions were in Nebraska and Oklahoma.
PLANNING AHEAD—John McCall, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, seems assured that final week will be no problem as he casually plans his next semester's schedule. Spring schedules may be picked up at the registrar's office.
Leaders of Vox Populi said Dec.
Blickhan, Turner End Independent Movement
The Independent Party, campus political party organized in early December, has been dissolved.
Blickhan said on Dec. 9. in announcing the party formation, that "Greek-independent coalition parties in the oast have divided the independent majority. The division has permitted Greek domination of the campus political scene."
In a letter to the Daily Kansan, two of the party leaders today announced that they would "proceed no further in the organization of the Independent Party."
At that time Blickhan charged Vox Populi (the only established campus political party this year) with "unprogressive and stagnant" leadership.
Signers of the letter were Lawrence W. Blickhan, Prairie Village, and Dan E. Turner, Newton, seniors. Blickhan had been elected president of the party Dec. 10. Announcement of the formation of the party was made Dec. 9.
The Independent Party was never an official campus political party. The leaders of a recognized party must present a petition signed by 10 per cent of the student body declaring that the signers are party members.
The party was organized "strictly for independents." according to the first statements of the founders.
The youth pleaded insanity.
10 that they would favor the formation of another campus political party only if the party would sponsor both Greeks and independents for campus offices.
Monday Hearing Set For Lowell Andrews
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — (UPI)— Judge Harry G. Miller Jr. today set Monday for a hearing on a motion for a new trial for Lowell Lee Andrews, 19-year-old former University of Kansas student under sentence of death for the slaying of his parents and sister.
James Austin, Lawrence senior and student body president, and George Schluter, Prairie Village senior and president of Vox Populi, said they definitely favored the two-party system, but did not want to see a Greek-independent split occur.
The hearing was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Andrews was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of W. L. Andrews, his wife, Opal, and their daughter, Jennie Marie. 20. At the family home in suburban Wolfcott Nov. 28, 1958.
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Four KU professors have agreed with the Daily Kansan's conclusion that KU students are not concerned enough about the loyalty oath to learn about it.
Students Unconcerned Over Loyalty Oath, Profs Agree
However, Thomas M. Gale, assistant professor of history, does not believe the Kansan's recent poll means the students are disinterested.
Prof. Gale said:
"I do not think the students are disinterested, but most of them do not feel it (the National Defense Education Act) concerns them."
The Kansan's conclusion followed an extensive questionnaire survey of the opinions of 379 students on the education act. More than 47 per cent of the students participating said they were not familiar enough with the loyalty provisions of the National Education Act (NDEA) to form an opinion.
Student Must Sign Oath
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One requirement of the NDEA is that a student must sign an oath of loyalty and a non-communist affidavit before he can get one of the student loans provided for by NDEA.
Raymond G. O'Connor, visiting assistant professor of history, said:
sistant professor of history, said:
"The results show a lack of concern in things which do not directly concern them (students).
"I do not suppose too many students know about it (NDEA) because they are not interested in scholarships."
Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science, attributed the seeming disinterest to the fact that students are accustomed to loyalty oaths.
Oath Is Part of Society Prof. Laird said: "The students have grown up with
Winter Storm May Hit Here
Snow and below-freezing temperatures may reach Lawrence tonight as a storm swirls eastward over the state.
The forecast for the west and north-central portions of the state calls for snow, freezing rain and winds up to 40 miles per hour continuing tonight.
Rain is predicted for the Lawrence area tonight. Temperatures may dip to the freezing mark, causing the rain to change to snow. The high tomorrow should be near 40.
Heavy snow and glaze warnings were out for western and central Kansas today, with depths expected to reach more than a foot in some areas by tomorrow morning. By midmorning some northwestern Kansas areas had accumulations of up to 10 inches of snow.
Charles H. Oldfather Jr., professor of law, agreed with Prof. Laird and said:
"Loyalty oaths and disclaimers are something we have to live with. "As a matter of principle, they are a poor idea."
Oath In Itself Is All Right
Prof. Laird said:
"There is nothing in the oath, itself, that any self-respecting member of a democratic society would
mind, but that citizen does feel put upon to formally declare allegiance to that society."
Prof. Oldfather said he agreed somewhat with the position some eastern schools have taken on the NDEA, but then said;
"It is one of those things that is part of the scene. It does not make much difference anymore. We just go through the formalities of it."
Harvard and Yale Universities now refuse government loans to students under the NDEA.
$210,000 Granted KU For Paleontology Study
The National Science Foundation has granted $210,000 to the University for the support of basic research and completion of the internationally official "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology."
Principal investigator for the project, which will continue through 1964, is Raymond C. Moore, Summerfield distinguished professor of geology and principal geologist of the State Geological Survey.
Prof. Moore is director-editor of "The Treatise," a project started here in 1948 with sponsorship by the three principal paleontological societies of the world, the Geological Society of America, and the University.
Eight Volumes Are Printed
Eight of the 24 planned volumes in "The Treatise" have been published by the University of Kansas Press and a ninth volume is now being printed.
The $210,000 grant will permit the employment of more research personnel so that the remaining 15 volumes can be prepared by 1965. To date, Prof. Moore has carried on full-time university duties while working on the project.
"The Treatise" is to cover all groups of invertebrate fossils and living animals and is concerned with organisms distributed through geological time as well as through the entire world's space.
Many Studies Being Used
Prof. Moore is drawing on the studies of more than 170 leading specialists, mostly American and British, but representing 19 countries. The volumes already published aggregate 2,915 pages with more than 15,200 illustrations.
The accelerated research and editorial program calls for appointment of an assistant director-editor, two postdoctoral research assistants, four predoctoral research assistants, and technical and subprofessional assistance.
Assistants Work Elsewhere
"Some or all of the six research assistants may temporarily be assigned to institutions other than the University of Kansas," Prof. Moore said.
"They will be used where they can best help a contributor to "The Treatise" speed the preparation of his contribution.
"The need for acceleration in the publication program is pointed up by the fact that since work began, 16 contributors have died," he said.
Contributions received and published were submitted by 44 authors. Treatise segments have been received from 58 authors, but work remains to come from 84 authors. Some assignments are yet to be made. Prof. Moore said that some materials are on hand for the remaining 15 volumes