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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 24, 1968
Yell leaders, Bilotta defend 'sick' cheers
By JOHN GILLIE
Kansan Staff Reporter
"Give 'em Hell, Big Blue. Give 'em Hell."
That yell will remain part of Saturday afternoon football at KU as long as students want it, said Vince Bilotta, KU alumni field secretary. Bilotta is also the man in charge of KU's Pom pong girls and yell leaders.
The yells led by Bilotta's charges have come under criticism recently in letters to the Kansan.
"We're making every effort to keep things in good taste," Bilotta said. "We're trying to make our yeals spontaneous, short and powerful."
The "Give 'em Hell " cheer, "Go get Gonzo" and "fumble" were singled out by the letterwriters as distasteful.
"If the student body wants us to go back to high school yells like 'V-I-C-T-O-R-Y that's the senior battle cry,' then we'll be more than glad to do that. I don't think they do," Bilotta said.
"If a few people don't see eye-to-eye with us, then we can't help it. If a contact sport is too much for them, then maybe they should spend Saturday afternoon at home reading Peanuts." Bilotta suggested.
"Except for a few mistakes," said head yell leader Bob Hartman, Oceanside, N.Y., junior, "I can't see how our cheering squad is contributing to sickness and
moral decay as the letter-writer said."
The mistake Hartman talked about occurred in the Indiana game when Don Autry was injured by an Indiana clip.
"A section of the students started yelling 'Blood makes the grass grow' and one of the yell leaders chimed in on the microphone. We almost had a confrontation on the field," Hartman reported.
"After the game we discussed this yell for about an hour and a half," Hartman said. The yell leaders now try to start another yell when the fans begin 'Blood makes the grass grow' or 'Kill, Vernon, kill.'"
KU yell leaders first heard a variation of that yell last year at Indiana where the students shouted, "Kill, Clarence, kill." Hartman commented.
"We've had some reservations, though, about 'Give 'em Hell,'" Bilotta said. "The mikes in the student section reach the parents and alums on the west side. But the student body considers this one of their favorite yells." Bilotta said. "The word 'Hell' is certainly a part of a college vocabulary."
"We appreciate criticism and constructive help but, I don't see how we can appease just one or two compared with a majority of the student body who are cheering for the team" Hartman added. "I frankly think our yell-leading squad is the best we've ever had."
By TOM WEINBERG and JUDI DIEBOLT Kansan Staff Writers
The proposal to merge security offices at KU, a move which has been residing in the State Finance Council deep-freeze for almost two years, may be thawed out next month.
Police offices may merge
The proposal would re-classify the offices of Traffic and Security, Buildings and Grounds Security, and Residence Hall Security.
Terence Scanlon, secretary of the Finance Council and chairman of the State Administration department, when asked about the delay said:
It would also include a raise in salary and re-classification of security officers as Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant or Patrolman.
"It is hard to place the blame
on any one person or department. I do agree that this important proposal has been unduly stretched over a much longer period of time than necessary.
"The KU administration has not put too much pressure for the proposal during the last two years. But neither has much action been taken by this department."
The proposal was made by the Kansas Board of Regents, in February of 1967 at the request of the University administration.
"We rejected the proposal to re-classify KU security offices at the time because we felt we needed to investigate all the other agencies, which included all the Kansas universities and colleges plus the State Capitol agency," Scanlon said.
Scanlon said action can not be taken on the KU situation without re-classifying other state
agencies employing security officers.
"At the same time that we rejected the proposal, we asked all other Kansas agencies to submit to us information of their respective re-classification," he said.
Scanlon said KU was not the only school that had been vocal on the issue. "Wichita State University has many problems with security. They are situated near the ghetto area. They have also expressed an acute need for security revisions."
R. Keith Lawton, vice-chancellor of operations at KU, said earlier this month, "Crime is on the increase generally. For several years we've felt it desirable to consolidate all campus security under a single head."
Theater company awards grant to KU radio-TV-film department
Re-classification and consolidation must be approved by the members of the Finance Council.
A $1000 grant from a theater company will be used for research, publication projects and graduate fellowships in film, the Radio-Television-Film Committee announced yesterday.
chairman of the University's Radio-Television-Film Committee.
Commonwealth Theaters of Lawrence awarded the grant of $1000 a year for three years to the KU Center for Film Studies for the current year and for graduate work beginning in 1969, said Bruce A. Linton,
Linton accepted the award from Richard Orear, president of Commonwealth Theaters, Inc., and Eldon Harwood, Lawrence Manager.
Members of the State Finance Council include: the governor, leiutenant governor, presidetn pro-tempore of the state senate, speaker of the state house and senate, and the chairman of the house and senate Ways and Means Committee.
Linton said the film program at KU is unusual in the Midwest at the breadth of its offerings.
The designated function of the Finance Council is to approve, modify or reject rules, or to regulate under the Kansas Civil Service Act recommendations submitted by the Personnel Director, approval of the establishment of all positions and pay scales.
"Give 'em hell. Big Blue!"
"Give 'em hell, Big Blue!" Bob Hartman, Oceanside, N.Y., junior and head KU yell leader.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Marine Capt. Charles Robb, husband of President Johnson's elder daughter Lynda, will be promoted to major around the first of November.
The Defense Department said Tuesday that Robb, who has been in Vietnam since early this year, was one of 1,124 Marine captains chosen for increase in rank by a selection board.
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