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TV Debates, Jets 1960 Political Firsts
WASHINGTON—(UPI)The 1960 presidential election campaign will be remembered for two major innovations: Television debates between the candidates, and the use of jet planes to whisk the opponents from coast-to-coast in a few hours.
Even without jet planes and TV sets, today's campaign methods bear slight resemblance to those of yesteryear.
IN 1802, for example, the Federalist Party accused the Democratic Party of a "disgraceful practice" — soliciting votes.
Prior to that time, it had been considered poor taste to "electioner." The candidate was supposed to "offer" himself to the voters, and otherwise not lift a finger to get elected.
It was that 1840 contest that saw the birth of the campaign slogan. Harrison was a general who had won a victory over the Indians in the battle of Tippecanoe, and his running mate was John Tyler. Their Whig supporters shouted them into office with the battle cry, "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too."
Perhaps the most effective slogan of all time, however, was the one the Democrats used in 1916: "Re-elect Wilson: He kept us out of war."
The first candidate to wage a real personal campaign for the White House was William Henry Harrison, who toured most of the northern and border states in 1832. He lost that year to Martin Van Buren.
MEMORABLE SLOGANS also included Warren Harding's "Back to Normalcy" in 1920, FDR's "New Deal" in 1932, and the 1946 Republican cry: "Had enough? Vote Republican."
HARRISON eight years later ran again. That time he never left his home state — and he won the election.
Abramah Lincoln coined another classic slogan for his second term election campaign in 1844 - "Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream." It was good enough to be revived by the Democrats for Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth-term campaign in 1944.
IN 1884, for example, the Republicans made the sensational charge that Democratic presidential candidate Grover Cleveland had fathered an illegitimate child. Cleveland then made even more sensational news: He admitted it. (He won anyway.)
In 1876, Samuel Tilden was described by his opponents as a "drunkard, liar, perjurer, swindler, counterfeiter, thief, cheat, and fraud." Another candidate, Horatio Seymour, was billed as "scheming, selfish, stealthy, feeble, timid, incept, and weak."
Although modern campaigns can certainly get rough, they are pale things compared to the uninhibited mud-slinging which went on in the 19th Century.
The voters had a really hard choice that year.
Law School Elects Officers
Class officers for the 1960-61 school year have been elected for the School of Law.
The senior class officers are Stanley Adams, St. Francis, president; Robert Collins, Wichita, vice president; Albert Farha, Kansas City, Mo.; secretary-treasurer, and Ronald Badger, Kansas City, Kan., student bar representative.
The junior class officers are George Maier, Kansas City, Kan, president; J. Richard Smith, Arkansas City, vice president; Roger Noonan, Mission secretary-treasurer, and James Lowe, Winfield, student bar representative.
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The freshman class officers are Stanley Lehman, Ablene, president; Thomas Herlocker, Winfield, vice president; Linda Asay, Topeka, secretary-treasurer, and Robert Meeker, Leavenworth, student bar representative.
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The Modern Book Forum will hold its first meeting at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Browsing Room of the Kansas Union.
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Finals for the Campus Problems Speaking Contest will be at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Strong Auditorium.
E. L. Ruhe, assistant professor of English, will review "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" by James Agee.
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Finalists were selected Thursday after preliminaries for the event. They are Karen Stewart, Hutchinson junior; Alan Gribben, Parsons freshman; Horton Kurtis, Independence junior; Rebecca Myers, Salina junior and Pamela Christiansen, Mission freshman.
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ASC to Review Publication Budget
The total budget for publications sponsored by the All Student Council will be reviewed at the ASC meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 306 of the Kansas Union. Other business will include a committee report on the primary elections and possible proposals by the ASC members.
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The scheduled program for the Film Series of Fact and Fiction for this week has been changed. The movie "Face of Red China" which and been scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.
A two hour feature, "The Devil's General," has been substituted in its place. The regular 4 p.m. showing will be in 303 Bailey and two special showings have been scheduled for 6:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. in 3 Bailey tomorrow.
The movie is German with English sub-titles and stars Curt Jurgens. The story is about the conflict between two of Hitler's generals for the control of the Luffaweff in 1941.
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Kappa Alpha Mu, the honorary photojournalism fraternity, will hold a reception at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Women in the organized houses have been issued invitations to attend.
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