4 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Wednesday, November 20, 1968 Find help for Watkins Long exposure to a problem induces boredom. And when the problem is as complicated and as full of dead-end answers as is that of KU's Watkins Hospital, indifference sets in. For years now Watkins has been the subject of many a wrathful editorial writer and letter to the editor besides the criticism, sympathy and derision of countless students. This semester is no exception. However, familiarity with Watkins' problems unfortunately doesn't dissolve them. And today the approximately 15,000 students of KU are serviced by a hospital technically alone only staffed for 8,000. Watkins is a state institution financed by private funds. Because of this, its operating budget comes from student fees. Appropriations from the state legislature, such as the $25,000 granted this fall, are hard to come by and can be used only for construction. Staffing is presently perhaps Watkins' most crucial problem. The intricacies of its state-owned, but privately financed status, put Watkins' physicians under Civil Service laws and these dictate their wages. Top wages for a Watkins' doctor is $17,736 annually. The University of Missouri pays its beginning doctors $18,000 with generous benefits. A salary increase for a Watkins staff member comes only after about 10 years service when a five per cent longitudin increase can be given. Although Watkins advertises both nationally and internationally for doctors, it is understandably difficult to find physicians willing to accept these wages. This is only one of the problems facing Watkins; there are many others and have been for years. The student population of KU is not likely to diminish in the coming years. Nor is the future bright that, without help, Watkins will be magically transformed overnight into an adequate service. All and any possible solutions to ease Watkins' problems should be looked into, including increasing state appropriations, encouraging private donors to designate money for Watkins, or perhaps even changing the status of the financing of Watkins. But the attitude of throwing one's hands up into the air is also no answer. Don't just complain about Watkins. Ask why it must be so and encourage KU student organizations and administration to find solutions to its problems. Alison Steimel Editorial Editor the rock hound By WILL HARDESTY The Electric Prunes, after creating a sensation with MASS IN F MINOR, bring forth another liturgical rock work in RELEASE OF AN OATH on Reprise. The album is sub-titled "The Kol Nidre." The liner notes say that many times peoples have been conquered and forced to forswear their principles and adopt the beliefs of their conquerors. "But no man of principle can live with himself having forsworn the ideals that he lives by. In yearning to free his spirit of the conqueror's yoke, he has conjured up a psychological release that enables him to break the chains that bind him to an oath made under duress and in violation of his principles. Such a lament is the Kol Nidre—a prayer which cleanses the spirit and enables man to start anew, with his eyes again on the stars." The album is kind of an auditory "2001: A Space Odyssey." The music is now or in the future, but the religious idea is primeval. “Release” is better than “Mass.” “Mass” was traditional music played on modern equipment. “Release” is modern music based on traditional forms. The traditional and modern are blended in just the right amounts-neither is dominated by the other, but they compliment each other. After listening to the album, you feel established religion might not be so bad after all, if it would only adapt to now. The album is developed like a church service: "Kol Nidre," "Holy Are You,""General Confessional,""Individual Confessional,""Our Father, Our King,""The Adoration,""Closing Hymn." While the album may never sell a million copies, it is worth buying, particularly if you liked "Mass." KANSAN Kansan Telephone Numbers Newsroom- UN 4-3646 Business Office- UN 4-4358 Published at the University of Kansas daily during the academic year except holidays and examination periods. Mail subscription rates: $6 a semester, $10 a year. Second class postage packages, goods, services and employment advertised offered to all students without regard to color, creed or national origin. Opinions of the University of Kansas or the State Board of Regents. A student newspaper serving the university of Kansas, Lawrence. Executive Staff City Editor ... Bob Butler Assistant City Editor ... Kathy Hall Editorial Editor ... Alison Steinel Editorial Assistant ... 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Mr. John writes that General Walt "paced back and forth in the shadows as if telling a secret." My own impression was that the General left the podium to speak from the edge of the stage so that he might speak in a more personal manner with the "troops," the cadets, midshipmen, and servicemen who comprised the majority of his audience. Mr. Johns writes that, "since most of (General Walt's) speech dealt with these acts (Communist atrocities), I got the impression that you enjoyed these the most." I was given a paper by an SDS member not long ago which spent its entirely decrying American atrocities in Vietnam. Does this mean SDS enjoys American atrocities the most? I doubt it! Mr. Johns writes that General Walt "told us about a war that wasn't a war." But Mr. Johns neglected the fact that Walt said it was a struggle for peace, freedom, and a better way of life. Mr. Johns contrasts the Vietnamese people flocking to the polls with the fact that several newspapers were closed for criticizing the government. He "forgot to mention" that the General was not supporting regime, but was using this as an example of the fervent desire of the Vietnamese for free, popularly elected leaders. Mr. Johns makes the General smack of racism by calling attention to Walt's use of the term, "colored boy." I think Walt is proud of all our soldiers who risk their lives so that Mr. Johns can speak out, and he was trying to show that, regardless of trouble at home, men of all races love and will die for their country. Mr. John writes of the little Vietnamese girl who, he's cure, "has a bright political career ahead of her." His comment, I'm sure, was an insult to the Vietnamese people, about whom he knows absolutely nothing. Mr. Johns writes of the American soldier that General Walt spoke of as having the "type of attitude that we don't need over there." He "forgot to mention" that the soldier later asked General Walt to forget what he had said and to let him stay in Vietnam. I was shocked upon reading this defamation of character, and so, as Dick Johns is a friend of mine, I went to his residence hall to get his views on my criticisms. I was stunned to hear from his own lips that he had deliberately misquoted and misrepresented General Walt just to heap discredit upon the military! Owen K. Ball Evergreen, Colo., sophomore McColum Hall To the Editor: 1 would anticipate a rash of responses to the "student infuriated" letter of November 7, so I will condense my response to allow others space. I have on repeated occasions been treated with skill and consideration by the dedicated staff of Watkins. A great many "civilians" would go far to be seen by the physicians and nurses that work (unfortunately with vastly inadequate facilities) at our hospital. The plant and equipment have been outgrown, however, I am saddened to have this factor generalized to include the staff that rather heroically carries on there. Watkins, please don't take your cue from the outburst of one or a few irate writers. Orv Wiebe Graduate student ... quotes ... By United Press International CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Richard Strickler, a Harvard junior, hailing arch-rival Yale University's decision to admit women: “. . . Girls add something.”