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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 13, 1968
On the gap...
The generation gap has made the big time. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has added college campuses to his list of dangers to American life.
"It would be foolhardy for educators, public officials and law enforcement officers to ignore or dismiss lightly the revolutionary terroism invading college campuses. It is a serious threat to both the academic community and a lawful and orderly society," Hoover warned in a press statement a week ago.
This has a tendency to put all generations upfight. Older people, who swear by Hoover and the law and order ideal, immediately see the specter of anarchy in every student request for voice in college and national affairs. They insist students should stick to studying their books.
College students feel beleaguered and complain that adult society is ignoring the voice of the future.
And the generation gap widens even more.
All of this makes university life confusing to the freshmen and the oldtimers.
Should students have more voice in campus management or should university learning be unstructured? Or is complete administration guidance necessary and should students go to college, tote books and keep university convention intact? Or is the answer somewhere in between?
If it sounds scary, don't be alarmed; more frightening dilemmas wait beyond the diploma.
This year's freshman, born in approximately 1950, have had much exposure to the notoriety of student demands for voice and student riots. They also have heard the arguments of the growing ideal of law and order above all else.
But before choosing to be a flaming campus liberal or a staid conservative or a combination of both, take a long cool look at what you're thinking.
But do believe in what you believe. If you decide to accept the values you were weaned upon, whatever those may be, know why. If you decide to rebel, whether it be conservatism or liberalism, know why.
The charge of hypocrisy aimed so often now at the older generation's values might have less validity in the next if both the liberals and the conservatives of tomorrow were sure of the ideals they're forming in college by Allison Steimel - Editorial Editor
The Hill With It by john hill
The silver-haired man walked up to the Campanile and put a dime in the slot.
"Good evening, Mr. Phelps," began the tape-recorder from deep inside the Campanile, addressing the man who strangely resembled the father on the old "Fury" show who had to ride out to save Joey and Packy whenever the tiger escaped from a traveling circus each week.
"To be concise," said the considerate tape-recorder, "KU enrollment is a mess. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, will be to have your Enrollment Impossible forces enroll a student who needs required courses to graduate and have him actually get those courses. As usual, should you or any of your Enrollment Impossible forces be caught, the Chancellor will disavow any knowledge of your existence."
Somewhat awed by the awesome task, Phelps looked at some photographs and enrollment instructions.
"The photograph you are now looking at is a cross between a gorilla and a porcupine," the tape-recorder said.
"But what do you get when you cross a gorilla and a porcupine?" asked Phelps, wishing Fury could help.
"We don't know, but it would probably get through those lines pretty fast. Do you have any other questions?"
"Yes. I understand the MWF abbreviation, but what does the R in the TR listings mean; "
"That's for the classes to be held on Rursday. God-like, the administration has created a new day."
“Oh, and another thing.” the recording continued, “Campus cops, wearing helmets and carrying billy clubs will form a ring around the tables where the required courses are being hoarded by those liars behind the tables. Any students attempting to fulfill his requirements will be mayor-daleyed back away from the table. Any questions?”
Phelps carefully weighed the decision in his mind.
"Tape-recorder," he finally said, addressing the tape-recorder, "we've had some pretty difficult assignments, which we've overcome, not to mention getting used to that snare drum in the background all the time. But we choose not to accept this mission. It's just too impossible."
"Jim," began the tape-recorder, in a sad but fatherly way, "we never told you what would happen if you ever refused an assignment, did we?"
The tape-recorder thought for a moment, and then got a sly grin on his face, neither of which is easy for a tape-recorder.
Phelps panicked and turned to run, but self-destructed in five seconds, leaving only a wisp of smoke to hear the Campanile serenely tolling the hour over the KU campus.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Published at the University of Kansas daily during the academic year except holidays and examination periods. Mail subscription rates: $6 a semester, for students enrolled at Lawrence, Kan. 66044. Accommodations, goods, services and employment advertised offered to all students without regard to color, gender or race are expressed are not necessarily those of the University of Kansas or the State Board of Regents.
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Alan T. Jones—President
Ron Yates—Vice President
Rose Rowland—President
Allen Winchester—Treasurer
The regularly published Daily Kansan for the 1968-69 school year will begin Tuesday, Sept. 17.
Enrollment system archaic
Enrollment procedures are often criticized. Even attempting to organize a smooth enrollment system at a university the size of KU is a major stumbling block.
But enrollment, a teeth-gnashing experience for most, certainly can be made less frustrating in the future.
Paying attention to information, signs, bulletins and people who are in the enrollment areas to aid the student, can facilitate enrollment immensely. But when you can't find the signs! For example, many students reached the last table with class cards in disarray and with no idea of what to expect when they at last reached the end of the line. This information was posted last year in the stairwell to the main floor of the union.
This year, because the College-within-the-College occupied this hallway, students had to find other ways down from the class selection areas. Although signs were posted, many students did not see them and hence the final confusion.
More confusion arose over the definition of graduating seniors. The registrar's office was swamped with calls from first semester seniors wondering if they had to abide by the alphabetical schedule which applied only to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.
At the class card tables often the lines were
long for a particular subject, say Political Science I, and ridiculously short for other upper division courses in the same field. Some people manning the less frequented subject lines logically should have been placed to help those enrolling students in the more popular and larger courses.
Students enrolling early must realize that class openings have to be held back for those enrolling later. Some people are going to have to take classes with miserable hours but if a person is unfortunate enough to enroll late he should not be totally deprived of a chance for a decent schedule.
One of the principal problems was handling those CWC students who came in the north doors of the Union instead of the south doors, where the CWC enrollment was held. Many tried to go past the regular checkpoints instead of reporting to their specified area. Signs should have been placed outside the north doors.
Much of the confusion of enrollment is avoided on other campuses by pre-enrollment scheduling. After an abortive attempt at partial pre-enrollment last year the University has decided to wait before it is attempted again.
A systematic approach, one which will make pre-enrollment feasible and not end in the confusion that resulted last year, is necessary. Hopefully the University will not wait too long before attempting this program again.
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