Dailu hansan
Monday, Nov. 30, 1959
57th Year, No. 48
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
OH, WELL—It's back to the books as students begin the 20-day "school lapse" between vacations. Having just returned from the Thanksgiving holidays, they'll leave officially December 19 on the Christmas vacation. Until then—the midnight oil burns again.
'Smile, It Could Be Worse; So Students Did—And It Was
By Carol Heller
We are not very thankful after our return trip to KU after Thanksgiving vacation.
The trip cost us $112.41.
We left Wichita bright and early yesterday morning. Our car had no heater and we had only $4 between us and we had eaten no breakfast, but we weren't worried. The sun was shining and we planned to be in Lawrence by dinner time.
At noon our back tire went flat 10 miles south of Topeka. Our spare tire was flat, too, and the jack wouldn't work—and we didn't know how to operate a jack anyhow.
We sat and waited 45 minutes for a Turnpike patrolman to come to our rescue.
No Heater . . . No Lunch
The car had no heater and we had no lunch.
At last the tow truck came to take us to the service area. No one there had ever heard of Simca tires, so we couldn't get new tires. Instead the service man put a boot on one of our ruptured tires.
We were sad as we regarded the $10 servicecharges bill. We had to save about $2.50 of our $4 to get off the Turnpike and we had spent a dollar to buy a sandwich.
We showed the service man the $100 check our mother had given us.
"Sorry, it would ruin us to cash that big a check," he said.
So we wrote a check on an empty checking account and hoped we could beat the service man to the bank today with our money.
The service man was gay as he drove us back to our car.
"You kids don't have troubles," he informed us. "A guy came through last night who had so much trouble that he had to sell his car to get money to get where he was going."
Bumping Towards Lawrence
Finally we climbed into our cold little car and bumped off toward Lawrence at 40 miles an hour.
We thought about money as we drove and drove and drove. . . $50 for two new tires and $12.41 for Turnpike expenses. It could be worse, we rationalized.
It got worse.
Our transmission fell apart just as we pulled into Lawrence at sundown.
Birth Control 'Not Political Issue'
We added another $50 to our mental money musings.
Oh well, we sighed. We saved 20 cents by taking our laundry home to mother.
Birth control will not become a major issue in the 1960 presidential election three KU professors said today.
John Grunnum, assistant professor of political science, said the question has been brought up to embarrass Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass) and to emphasize Catholicism.
He said that he didn't think it would remain a major issue.
"If Kennedy does win the democratic nomination it may be brought up again, but I don't think that there is enough difference in opinion between the other candidates and Kennedy to make this a major issue," he said.
Controversy has centered around the question as to whether or not the
Sen. Kennedy has expressed opposition to the use of federal funds for birth control measures in foreign lands.
However, he commented that the question of "population explosion" should not be confined to Roman Catholic candidates for high office.
U. S. should promote planned parenthood throughout the world.
"I doubt that it will become a major issue in this country because it is not a major problem here," he said.
Walter E. Sandelius, professor of political science did not think the issue would be of any importance.
Mark Plummer, assistant instructor of Western Civilization, said. "I don't think it will become a major
issue in general, but it might be a big issue between candidates for the Democratic nomination for president."
Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn) has said planned parenthood is no field for the United States to set policy for other nations.
Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo) has given his qualified approval to the plan.
Adlai Stevenson, said he did not feel the United States should impose birth control programs on foreign countries but said the United States should consider aid in this area.
Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of California, also a Catholic, was not prepared to answer to the statement.
Docking Wants Civil Pay Rule
Gov. George Docking has asked Atty. Gen. John Anderson to determine the constitutionality of laws giving certain powers to the State Finance Council. The council sets the pay scale for some KU employees.
One of the duties of the council is to establish a schedule of civil service pay raises and categories. The council granted two additional pay grades to civil service classifications affecting KU Buildings and Grounds employs and all office positions in September. Each pay grade is a 5 percent increase.
One of the questions Gov. Docking asked is:
Does the State Finance Council have statutory power and authority to fix a schedule of civil service pay raises or categories?
Greeks Resolve To End Hazing
NEW YORK CITY — (UPI)— The National Interfraternity conference yesterday adopted a resolution calling for an end to hazing of fraternity pledges.
In the resolution adopted at the final session of the conference, the Greeks urged "fraternities to abolish such practices as soon as is practically possible."
Other conference activities included a speech by Indianapolis lawyer Francis M. Hughes, national alumni president of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity, who criticized fraternities for poor scholarship and "general tomfoelerv."
Hughes blamed low scholastic standing and tomyoolery for a drop in the number of fraternity rushees on college campuses.
He said:
"While there are exceptions, fraternity men are becoming more and more a minority group on the campus.
"On many campuses, in spite of swelling college enrollments, we hear the disconcerting news that each year an increasingly smaller number of men are going through rush.
"Fraternity men as a group are not measuring up scholastically to the average male student.
"The mediocrity of fraternity scholarship may be traced in most cases to the extremely low scholastic standing of only a few members," he continued.
Docking contends that the council has usurped executive power.
First Council Meeting
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary of the university, said this morning that the council's September meeting was the first to be held in two years other than an emergency session in regard to the recent financial crisis at the KU Medical Center.
"The council's action provided urgently needed pay changes for people who have been employed here for some time. The addition of two pay grades did not affect the base pay, but it did enable us to give long over-due increases," Mr. Nichols said.
Limit of Pay Increases
Mr. Nichols explained that 80 percent of the Buildings and Grounds employees had reached the limit of pay increases and many others had reached the ceiling for longevity pay increases.
Mr. Nichols said that there were many employees earning less than they were a year ago. He explained that even with increases in pay under the budget which will go into effect this July, they will earn less.
"As you know, Buildings and Grounds employees were taken off prevailing pay rates Jan. 1. (Prevailing wage rates were designed to establish a competitive pay scale in regard to the local scale.) On May 1 they received additional reductions when they (B and G) were taken off hourly pay and put on a salary," Mr. Nichols explained.
Award on Merit Basis
Mr. Nichols said that the salary increases now possible by the additional categories will be awarded on a merit basis.
"As far as I know the council is the sole agency having the authority to effect pay changes or establish new classifications for civil service employees," he said.
Mr. Nichols said that the State Civil Service pay scale in Kansas is the lowest in every category in National comparison.
"This was shown in a study made by the Michigan Civil Service Commission about a year ago. The situation is worst in state hospitals and social welfare agencies," Mr. Nichols said.
The council is composed of the Democratic governor and lieutenant governor and four Republican legislative leaders.
Weather
Fair tonight becoming partly cloudy tomorrow. Low tonight near 30. High tomorrow middle 50s.
Murphy Expresses Optimism Toward KU Budget's Future
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said he is certain that the University will receive the financial support needed to maintain and improve a first-rate institution.
In a statement made at a press conference before Thanksgiving vacation Chancellor Murphy said he believed the University would be granted more money than the State Budget Director has recommended to the governor.
Commenting on the budget director's recommendations, Chancellor Murphy said:
"This is merely the first review of the University's budget. What the governor will present to the legislature as his budget will not be known until January.
"The final word on the money which will be appropriated to operate this university during the 1960-1961 academic year and to prepare it for the tremendous needs of the immediate future, will be spoken by the legislature.
"I have been out over the state a great deal in the past few months and it is my firm conviction that the people of Kansas in rapidly growing numbers are becoming aware of the reality and the seriousness of our problems in higher education.
"I am equally convinced they will demand that our youth not be denied first-class educational opportunities," he concluded.
The Governor's Budget Hearing Committee headed by James Bibb, has recommended that the Board of Regent's proposed budget be cut by $850,335.