KANSAN
79th Year, No.59
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Friday, December 13, 1968
--chase real estate including the vacated Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, 1246 Oread; and an old fraternity house occupied by the Western Civilization department, 1233 Oread.
UDK News Roundup By United Press International
Carpenter won't testify
WICHITA, Kan.—Model Cities Assistant Director Frank Carpenter, allegedly beaten by nine men in October, declined to testify against the accused but was expected to appear today after consulting his attorney.
Carpenter, who along with Model Cities part-time employee R. W. (Jaddy) Blake allegedly was beaten in a Wichita motel room the night of Oct. 17, said Thursday at the preliminary hearing for the nine, he would elaborate on his decision not to testify after a session with his attorney. Common Pleas Judge Daniel D. Dwyer excused Carpenter to speak with his attorney.
Czech commies warned
PRAGUE—Industrial workers today warned the Communist party against ousting parliament President Josef Smrkovsky, a reform leader under pressure since the Aug. 21 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
One workers' group announced it would use "any means including a general strike" to prevent Smrkovsky's political downfall.
Strong Hall tree a giant nuisance
Most people have enough trouble with the small Christmas tree they put up in their homes, but the Buildings and Grounds crew had giant-sized problems with the Chancellor's tree yesterday.
First of all, the tree was too large for the doorway to Strong. A 20-foot tall Scotch Pine had been cut from the site of the new Humanities Building. The tree's branches extended laterally about half its height, so workmen disassembled the center section of the double doors to make room for the tree's entry.
The tree then proved too big for the ceiling of the Rotunda, so the bottom was sawed off.
Erecting the tree was accomplished by laying a scaffolding across the observation deck and hoisting the tree into position.
The tree revolves in its stell base and the balancing operation is delicate. Harry Buchholz, superintendent of the physical plant, said the balancing of the tree was the most difficult part of the entire job.
Over 475 lbs. of lead weights balance the tree as it revolves twice each minute.
The decoration process seemed easy. Workmen used a portable extension ladder to reach the top-most branches, then plugged in the tree and let it wind the lights and streamers around itself.
Judge refuses injunction
CHICAGO-U.S. District Court Judge Richard B. Austin has refused to issue a temporary injunction barring the city of Chicago from prosecuting persons arrested during the Democratic National Convention.
Austin yesterday denied a request by the Chicago Legal Defense Committee that he rule unconstitutional the city's ordinances under which some 685 persons were arrested during the August convention violence.
Nine granted asylum
STOCKHOLM—Sweden granted asylum today to nine American servicemen opposed to U.S. Vietnam war policy, raising to 149 the number of GIs in legal exile here.
U.S. forms new plan
PARIS—The United States and South Vietnam today put forth a new plan to get Vietnam peace talks started with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
American officials said the plan was designed to end the wrangling over conference room arrangements that has been stalling the opening of the talks since Nov. 6.
--chase real estate including the vacated Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, 1246 Oread; and an old fraternity house occupied by the Western Civilization department, 1233 Oread.
Building plans rejected
By LINDA LOYD Kansan Staff Writer
WICHITA—The Kansas Board of Regents yesterday rejected for the third time revised plans for Wescoe Hall, KU's proposed humanities building.
Both the original 25-story design and a later 15-story design were abandoned earlier this year for lack of funds.
Regents voted in October to retain the original three-wing, five-story plan, but eliminate the tower until funds became available.
Eldon Sloan, Topeka, chairman of the Regents' building committee, said the redesigned plans would necessitate continued temporary housing of some departments because 100,000 square feet had been lost in the building's redesign.
"The committee is presently studying the situation and negotiating with State Architect William R. Hale and Woodman and Van Doren, a Wichita architectural firm," Sloan said.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe earlier attributed the delay to "inflationary trends" and "two-year assessments."
Sloan, however, said the delay is due to problems of design and an "excessive cost on the part of the architect. The architect says it can be built for $5.8 million, but all contractors' bids have been around $7 million."
In other Regents' action concerning KU, the 1968 improvement program was amended, calling for the remodeled quarters in Snow Hall to be used by the biological sciences.
"The estimated cost of $300,000 would be paid for by restricted fees made available by federal funds," Wescoe appealed.
Filed annually with the Board of Regents, the improvement program is a list of anticipated repairs and improvements for the upcoming fiscal year.
Regents also approved Wescoe's request for the University of Kansas Endowment Association to purchase real estate including the vacated Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, 1246 Oread; and an old fraternity house occupied by the Western Civilization department, 1233 Oread.
Max Bickford, executive officer of the Board of Regents, asked for a postponement of the building committee report of the proposed KU space technology building.
Preliminary drawings for the building, financed jointly by the state and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), were approved by Regents October 18. NASA is contributing $1.8 million to the project, while state and private sources are contributing $354,000.
Attending a series of meetings across the state in the last month, Regents discussed the needs of higher education with chancellors and presidents of state universities and colleges, alumni and state legislators. Last night they met at Kansas State University in Manhattan and today are meeting in Topeka.
Haskell students face discrimination
By DAMON LASHBROOK
Kansan Staff Writer
Last in a series
In light of an almost 70 per cent school dropout rate nationally, American Indians generally and Haskell students specifically, are beginning to question the type of education offered the Indian. More specifically, the Indian is questioning the type of education offered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) which is supposedly geared to the Indian student.
Dr. Robert A. Roessel, Jr., a leader in Indian education, describes the problems faced by the Indian with relation to the BIA:
"It has been a deliberate policy in Indian education to try to make white men out of Indians. But of late Indians have begun to question this policy and to ask whether it is necessary for them to lose their heritage in order to become citizens of the United States."
Dr. Murray L. Wax, KU sociologist, and his wife Rosalie H. Wax, KU archaeologist, have written in various articles that the BIA doesn't have enough contact with the Indians and that the BIA views the Indian in the white man's perspective although the BIA is composed of many Indians.
But if changes are needed in the BIA and at Haskell Institute for the Indian, what are they?
The student council at Haskell has asked the Haskell administration for a change in closing hours and that there be no lights out at 10 policy for the students. Students also complain the Haskell administration uses coercion to stem the students drinking by threatening to write the students' parents and reporting his action on the students personal record.
The administration's rationale is, (See Haskell page 16)
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