The Winners
Twenty-six students won seats on the All Student Council in the general election, representing nine schools of the University and seven living districts.
Sophomore, junior, and senior class officers were also selected in the election.
ASC
Following are the winners in each division:
College—Sara Carnahan, Topeka junior, and Frank Naylor, Kansas City, Kan. junior both Voy
sas City, junior, both Vox.
Engineering—theOtheodore Hall, Garden City junior, Vox.
Business—Larry Dieker, Westphalia junior, Vox.
Fine Arts—Dorothy Trickett, Topeka sophomore, Vox.
Education—Marjorie Williamson, Hutchinson junior, Vox.
Pharmacy—Robert Iott, Livingston, Mont., junior, Vox.
Journalism—Martha Crosier, Lawrence senior, Vox.
Law—Mikel Stout, Bazarar first-year law, Vox.
Graduate—Kenneth Wainright, Syracuse senior, Vox.
Unmarried-Unorganized Independents—Sarah Anne Shaffer, Rus-
bition Vote and Louisiana Blichman Preserve Village session, ACI
Men's Dormitories—James McMullan, Long Beach, N. Y., sophomore, Vox, and Walter Brauer, Bonner Springs sophomore, AGI
Women's Dormitories—Betty Bumgarner, Tulsa, Okla., junior, Vox, and Mary Carol Stephenson, Pittsburg sophomore, AGI.
Married—Don Schmalzied, Dighton sophomore, Vox.
Co-op and Professional Fraternity—Alan Cohn, Kansas City, Mo. freshman. Vox.
Sorority—Linda Rundle, Bonner Springs junior, and Mary Sue Childers, Merriam sophomore, Vox. Sharon Hagman, Pittsburg junior, and Martha Rowe, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, AGI.
Fraternity—Ronald Dalby, Joplin. Mo., sophomore, James Henderson, Wichita junior, Rudy Vondracek, Timkin junior, all Vox. Barry Ken Gray, Lyons sophomore, AGI.
Class Officers
Senior Class—President, Richart Barnes, Ssneca; Vice President, Roger Stanton, Marysville; Secretary, Janet Cameron, Topeka; and Treasurer, Melinda Williams, Kansas City, Mo.
Junior Class—President, Lynn Anderson, Atwood; Vice President, Terry Kiser, Omaha, Neb.; Secretary, Beverly Bagley, Brentwood, Mo.; and Treasurer, Deana Grimm, Omaha, Neb.
Sophomore Class—President, Fred King, Kansas City, Mo.; Vice President, Thomas N. Turner, Kansas City, Mo.; Secretary, Connie Kay Boyd, Plains; and Treasurer, Roger Wiley, Harrisburg.
Referendum Passes 4 to 1
A referendum giving smaller schools a better chance for representation on the All Student Council passed yesterday by a 4 to 1 margin.
Of the 2,912 ballots cast, 2,142 were for and 715 against the referendum. There were 55 void ballots.
Under the new rule a school will be represented if 75 ballots are cast or if 50 per cent of the school's students vote in the general election, whichever is least. Previously, 75 ballots have been required regardless of school enrollment.
Index
Engineering Exposition—Page 8
Election news—Page 4, 9, 12
World roundup—Page 4
KU Relays—Page 7
Sports—Page 6, 7
Income tax socialism?—Editorial,
Page 2
Brucker Backs Ike's Firm Berlin Stand
BERLIN — (UPI) — Secretary on the Army Wilbur H. Brucker warned the Soviets today that President Eisenhower meant every word when he said the United States will not budge an inch on Berim.
Brucker told a plane-side press conference on his arrival here the Russians must be told in advance there will be no appeasement in Berlin.
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56th Year, No.127
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
About 75 Vox stalwarts and supporters gathered at the Lakeview Lodge to await the returns.
Austin Leads Vox In; 20 ASC Seats Taken
Thursday, April 16, 1959
The Vox Populi camp was the scene of general celebration last night as the returns from the counting room were announced.
The group was calm until the school district results were announced.
By Douglas Parker
When it became evident that Vox had carried every school district, they began to whoo it up.
Vox Populi, a fledgling political party a little over a year ago, hit pay dirt yesterday by winning 20 of 26 seats on the All Student Council and landing the student body president and vice president positions.
Jim Austin, Topeka junior, and Terence Davis, Frontenac senior, polled 1,683 votes to defeat Allied Greek-Independent candidates for the top positions, Richard Lewis, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Jane Dean, Overland Park junior.
The AGI pair collected 1,191 votes. The total vote in the election was 2,926, including 49 void ballots and three write-in candidates.
There were nine less votes cast this year than last year's all-time high vote of 2.935.
After closing hours, the male contingent moved into the basement of Bailey Hall where the results were being posted.
"In consideration of the candidates elected I'm sure we have an extremely capable council, and I would like to thank everybody for their support.
Vox Celebrates Election Results
In a statement made last night, winning presidential candidate Jim Austin said:
"The turnout this year was just slightly under that of last year. The totals are right on the nose, which indicates no cheating. The new elections bill is the biggest advancement in student government in the last 15 years."
For the first time in party leaders' memory, all nine schools of the University will have a voting seat on the ASC, due to the affirmative vote on the referendum requiring fewer persons to vote in a school district to gain voting privileges.
The 1959 election was all over by 11:30 last night as IBM machines flicked out the last ballots on the presidential race.
Easy Count
Not over a half dozen people were needed to tabulate the votes, in sharp contrast to the smoke-filled counting room of last year when dozens of students counted ballots by hand until 3 and 4 in the morning.
It was in such a session last year that Vox gained its first political victory, capturing 17 seats, plus two more non-voting ones, and pushing write-in candidate John Downing, Kansas City, Mo., senior, into the presidency.
AGI held on to seven seats last year, all of them with voting privileges.
While AGI lost only one seat on the council through this year's polling, Vox gained two more voting seats through the addition of the School of Journalism and the School of Law on the new referendum rule.
Voting Privileges
One representative this year from the Co-ops and Professional district will not have voting privileges, since only 50 votes were cast in that group.
Fifty votes would have been enough in a school district to gain voting rights, but since a living district was involved the right was denied. A 75 per cent majority of students living in the district is needed to gain a voting seat.
There was minor realignment in the number of representatives from
Instructor to Speak On India's Neutrality
Harold A. Gould, instructor of sociology, will speak on "India: Is Neutrality Defensible?" at the Current Events Forum at 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union Trophy Room. A question and answer session will follow the short talk.
living districts over last year. The fraternity district dropped from five to four; the sorority climbed from three to four, and the women's dormitories dropped from three to two.
Quota System
The quota system decides the number of living district representatives. If 75 to 200 votes are cast, one representative is elected. If 201 to 425 are cast, two can be elected. The ratio continues up to five candidates.
President-elect Austin won over Lewis by approximately the same margin of votes as in last year's presidential race.
For Austin it has been a short but busy climb to the presidency. In the fall of 1857 he began tying together pieces of part of the broken Pogo party, shortly thereafter becoming Vox Populi party president,
(A tabulation of voice totals will be found on Page 12.)
Elliott Calls For AGI Changes
The president of the Allied Greek-Independent Party said last night a "complete reorganization" of the political party is in line for next year.
As the election results were tabulated, Terry Elliott. Ft. Scott junior, told The Daily Kansan:
"This will mean one of two things. Either a new party doing away completely with AGI will come into existence, or a serious reorganization of our present party is necessary.
"This reorganization will mean a distinct effort to get new people into the party." he said.
Elliott attributed Vox's success to superior organization.
He said he thought AGI was hurt by the story in The Kansan of several charges against AGI.
Elliott said that he has heard comment on both sides of the fence concerning the AGI pamphlet "Frankly Speaking."
"I definitely know some houses where it helped us," he said.
IBM Vote Counting