Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
57th Year, No. 55
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1959
New Party 'Strictly for Independents'
HERE IS OUR PLATFORM-Jack Salmon, Elkhart, and Walter Brauer, Bonner Springs, are two of the leaders in the newly organized party for independents. The men are shown making plans for a party caucus which meets tomorrow night in the Oread Room, Kansas Union. Election of party officers and appointment of committee members will be accomplished at that time.
Huge Crowd Greets Ike in New Delhi
By Merriman Smith
NEW DELHI, India—(UPI) The local police say that President Eisenhower was welcomed today by more than 1,000,000 people. If they had said 2,000,000, I would not have quarreled with the figure.
Frankly, I was seared stiff a good bit of the time during the ride from Palam airport through midtown New Delhi. People seemed to be coming out of the ground.
As a UPI reporter who has watched vast crowds greet presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Eisenhower, I have never seen anything even remotely matching the scene in New Delhi.
Big crowds sometimes have a fault of becoming bad-tempered when they are pushed around by police, but the people of India did not react that way. They ducked under the swinging clubs of litte police officers
and smilingly continued to press toward the automobile in which Eisenhower was riding with Indian President Rajendra Prasab and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Not in the most dramatic days of the late President Roosevelt was there ever such a crowd as this in the United States.
What was frightening to some of us riding four cars behind the President and Nehru was that the people were so enthusiastic they tried constantly to get in the car with us, shake hands, or engage in conversation while they were about to be mowed down by motorcycle officers.
For eight miles and more than two hours, there was a solid wall of humanity on either side of the motorcade and there were long periods when all possible police concentration could not keep the motorcade moving.
By Larry Miles
A group of independents sounded a battle cry today, against the "splitting and weakening tactics of Greek organizations" with the formation of a campus political party "strictly for independents."
Lawrence W. Blickhan, Prairie Village senior, All Student Council (ASC) member, and one of the organizers, said the party will be known as the Independent party.
"Greek-Independent coalition parties in the past have divided the independent majority. The division has permitted Greek domination of the campus political scene," he said.
"Less than one-third of the present student council is composed of independent members. This is so despite the fact that independents outnumber Greeks two to one. This is grossly disproportionate representation.
"With the present coalition party, an independent votes for an independent in his living district, but often finds he has to vote for a Greek in his school district and for a Greek in the top executive offices of the student body.
"With an independent party, an independent will be provided with independent candidates for all offices." Blickhan said.
"All the high offices are held by Greeks.
Dan E. Turner, Newton senior and an organizer, said:
"Our party does not believe that offices should be hung up to collect dust in Greek trophy rooms. They should be used for the betterment of the student body.
"Offices on the hill should be above allegiances to other organizations. This has not been so. Offices have been used just to add lists of honors behind names in the Jayhawker.
"We want representation for the majority of the student body. The Vox Populi party has not given this representation but has persisted in representing the minority—the fraternal organizations on the hill.
"We point to the ASC office distribution to prove this assertion.
"The collection of names and titles without leadership must be stopped.
"Our party does not want a fight with the Greeks we just want proportional representation. There will be no Greeks in our internal or external organization.
"We will not run Greeks for political office, for we feel that there is a basic difference between Greek and independent aims. Our aims are to represent the members of the student body whether Greek or independent.
"We can do this, for we owe no allegiance to extraneous or national organizations. Our interests lie with the campus."
Blickhan charged Vox Populi with "unprogressive and stagnant" leadership. He said:
"Austin (James R. Austin, Topeka senior and president of the student body) stated when he campaigned last year that there is no parking violation on the campus serious enough to warrant an $8 fine. Not only is there an $8 fine now, but there is a $16 and a $32 fine. The Vox party has done nothing."
"It isn't the Greek who drives from his house to park on the hill. His house is already on the hill. It is the independent who drives from his apartment, rooming house, or from Kansas City or Topeka who pays the $8 fine.
"Austin stated library facilities should be offered 24 hours a day. Library hours have not changed.
"He stated a need for student-faculty curriculum committees in every school to make curriculum recommendations. But his party has accomplished nothing.
"More progressive student leadership would get results. Progressive leadership would surmount barriers. But progressive leadership has not been a feature of the Vox party.
"We feel that only through a new party can in- (Continued on page 8)
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The victims were William L. Andrews, 50, his wife Opal, 41, and their daughter, Jennie Marie 20. The three were shot to death Nov. 28, 1958, at the Andrews home near the small community of Wolcott, west of here. Young Andrews said he shot the three but hasn't given a reason.
Murder Trial of Former KU Student Begins in KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. —(UPI)— Selection of a jury began today in the first degree murder trial of Lowell Lee Andrews, 19-year-old former KU student who has admitted slaying his parents and sister.
in the courtroom of District Judge Harry G. Miller Jr. when the trial began at 10:30 a.m. today. It may be two days before a jury of 12 persons is agreed upon.
Thirty-six prospective jurors were
The state seeks the death penalty. The defendant appeared in a light gray suit and open-collared sports shirt today.
Defense Atty. Harry Hayward said earlier he will argue that young Andrews was insane at the time of the act. No motive has been determined despite extensive investigation.
Oread Men Seethe. But Hall Goes
By Thomas Hough
Oread Hall is being closed by the administration. The residents are seething in anger and the frustration of knowing they can't do anything about it.
Kevin E. Glynn, Kansas City, Mo., freshman and dormitory president, last night summed up the result of a house meeting with J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, and Clark Coan, assistant dean of men:
"Let me get this straight. We've been kicked out, and even though we don't like it, that's all there is to it. Right?"
Mr. Wilson and Dean Coan, seated on a divan where they had just finished an hour-long question period with the approximately 60 residents, nodded assent.
Mr. Wilson said the converted army-barracks men's residence hall must be closed because the administration is suffering a heavy financial loss in keeping it open.
"Oread Hall has served a wonderful purpose, but, after all, its original purpose was to last only five years. We don't like to think about what can happen. You all know what a fire hazard this place is."
The residents of Oread Hall tend to be individualistic in their views on where they want to live, but they preferred Oread for three reasons:
Earlier in the evening,Mr.Wilson had explained the administration's position:
2. There is no compulsory food service, though there is a snack bar with regular hours.
1. It is cheap ($15 per month).
3. The rooms are single ( $ 7\frac{1}{2} $ by 11 feet).
"We're down here tonight to try to help you and we are trying very hard not to penalize you," Mr. Wilson said.
The residents were offered the
choice of moving into the new Lewis Hall, which will be completed by next semester, or to secure housing in private homes.
Privacy Is Desired
The residents asked why the University hasn't built housing for individuals who prefer to live alone and to take their meals somewhere outside of their home.
Mr. Wilson said that it is difficult to work out single room accommodations and that income from food service is a big supporting factor in dormitories.
Questions were asked about residents who already had jobs in other dormitories to pay for their meals. Mr. Wilson replied that living in a KU dormitory required that a student pay for all meals whether the student ate them or not.
He said that, in the case of former Oread Hall residents, arrangements would be made to allow them to continue to work at their present jobs, as long as those jobs are with the University.
Dean Coan said applications for jobs in the other dormitories would be cheerfully accepted.
Glynn dismissed the meeting with a plea for leaving the ancient dormitory without "a blaze of glory."
"We won't kick anybody else out to make room for you, but some will leave and some will flunk out. There will be a turnover that will let most of you secure jobs," Dean Coan said.
"Just the administration is going to tear this place down doesn't mean we have to do it for them. Let's leave like adults and not like vandals. And before you leave, clean up your rooms. That's the best way we can show how we loved our home."
Raymond C. Moore, professor of geology, has begun a one-year term as president of the American Geological Institute.
'The Lost Birthday' Tickets Are on Sale
Tickets are on sale for the University Children's Theatre production of "The Lost Birthday," a play for children six to 12 years old.
Moore Named Society President
Prof. Moore, a member of the KU faculty for 43 years, was the first faculty member appointed to a Summerfield Distinguished Professorship.
The Institute is comprised of 14 national societies concerned with geology and other earth sciences. Total membership is about 75,000. Among the larger constituent organizations are the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.
Prof. Moore has been president of four member organizations. They are: the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society, the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, and the Association of American State Geologists.
Weather
Mostly fair and warmer tonight. Increasing cloudiness and locally warmer tomorrow with occasional light rain likely southwest by tomorow afternoon. Low tonight 28 to 35.