Wednesday, December 18, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
KU Rifle Club finishes own equipment
By STEVE NAFUS Kansan Staff Writer
The KU Rifle Club had a problem. All other Big Eight schools were using sophisticated, expensive international-free style rifles, and the KU club could not afford them.
Their solution was to buy unfinished stocks and finish them.
Maj. Frederick Perrenot, the club's adviser, explained that finished stocks may cost $80 to $100 apiece. By doing the finishing themselves, club members saved about $50.
Although the best tournament rifles are precision-made in Germany, the KU club uses standard .22 caliber rifles supplied by the Army.
Fine tournament rifles are generally made only for accuracy and have little other use. They weigh about 12 lbs., Maj. Perrenot said, and are impractical for hunting.
Unfinished rifle stocks are supplied by a stockmaker in Perry, Kan. The stocks are pre-cut and shaped, but the various grips and handles and handles an individual shooter might specify are not included.
The Rifle Club sponsors a team which competes with other Midwest Clubs in shooting matches. Most Big Eight schools attend these matches.
A shooting match lasts from 50 to 200 minutes. A 200 minute match is a full international match, while 50 minutes is a quarter international.
In a match, shooters fire from three positions, standing, kneeling and prone. The shooters fire at a small target 50 feet away.
Because of this Richard Daly, St. Louis, Mo., senior and captain of the rifle team, uses a hypnotist to increase his concentration.
During a long, close match, accuracy often falters due to loss of concentration and fatigue, Mai. Perrenot said.
Because the rifles are so heavy, most shooters use straps or slings to help hold and steady them. The rifleman's art is so precise, said Maj. Perrenot, that even breathing or a pulse-beat can make a difference in the final score.
"The shooter must have perfect control over his body at all times. His body must be
Ready . . . aim . . . fire
Looking down a rifle barrel mounted on a KU-finished rifle stock is Durinda Johnson, Moline, Ill., sophomore, as instructor Rick Daley, St. Louis, Mo., senior, offers suggestions.
KU prof appeals case
An assistant law professor who filed suit last spring alleging the unconstitutionality of the Vietnam war, is now waiting action by a federal Court of Appeals.
Velvel filed a response to that motion stating the appellate court ought to have briefs filed and hear an argument. "The appellate court denied the government's motion, and the case is now pending the filing of briefs," he said.
"The District Court decided I'm not a proper party to raise the question, and it's a political question not to be decided by the judicial branch." Velvel said.
Lawrence R. Velvel, assistant professor of law at KU, said the District Court dismissed his case, but it has been appealed.
"The government filed a motion asking the appellate court to affirm the lower court's decision without the filing of formal briefs and without an oral hearing. The government's position, in essence, was that the claims I am raising are so frivolous the case should be dismissed." Velvel said.
Velvel said the appellate court would decide the case.
Velvel's complaint filed last
In his complaint Velvet stated defendants President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, have unlawfully exeeded their Constitutional authority by conducting a war without legal authorization and have unlawfully taken into their own hands the Congressional power to declare war.
Reviews scheduled
Students taking the Western Civilization Comprehensive exam Jan. 11 may attend review sessions Jan. 8 and 9.
spring stated, "The United States has been fighting a large scale war in Vietnam without a Congressional declaration of limited or general war."
He contended Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution—"Congress shall have the power to declare war"—is being violated.
Two sessions, each covering one semester's work, will be given from 7:15-9:30 p.m. in Strong Auditorium.
superbly conditioned to assume the various positions and hold them throughout a match without becoming unsteady when shooting," said Maj. Perrenot.
physical education department by teaching three sections of marksmanship for women students.
The Rifle Club also assists the
Maj. Perrenot said women often make better marksmen than men. They have better
concentration and are not as likely to forget small things, he said.
Anyone can join the Rifle Club Perrenot said, but the better marksmen are selected for competition.
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