Dailu hansan
Tuesday, March 31, 1959
Imaginary spiders, candy filled with toothpaste, and the lost wallet with the inevitable string will join countless other pranks for the jester's day of glory tomorrow.
April Fools' Day, the delight of all practical jokers, is here again.
Probably few of the species have not fallen victims to phony telephone calls or the ripped pants routine. The others possibly indulge in this fun themselves.
Fools' Follies to Be Seen Tomorrow
EIGHT MORE WEEKS—Virginia Gross, Lee's Summit, Mo. freshman, returns to Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall after spring vacation for the final weeks of the semester.
But how many know the reason behind all the tomfoolery?
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
All Fools' Day, as April 1 is sometimes called, began as a holiday too long ago for one to accurately pin-point its inception. No one is quite sure why we celebrate it. But there is a theory.
Some say April 1 was set aside because France adopted the reformed calendar in 1564. Up to this time the New Year began on March 25.
People were accustomed to make New Year's gifts and calls on April 1. When the change came, some people refused to accept it and others forgot.
Their smarter friends made fun of them by having mock ceremonies and sending silly presents. A person so fooled was called an April fish, meaning one who is easily caught.
By the time the American colonies accepted the new calendar in 1754, the custom of April fooling had already expanded to other countries.
The same kind of good-natured fooling is done today. Nobody really cares why the custom began.
By the beginning of April everyone has spring fever, and who can find a better cure than fun and fooling?
56th Year, No.115
Vox Platform Lists Ten Point Program
A 10-point platform encompassing subjects from student housing wages and government, to library closing, parking restrictions and coffee services has been announced by Vox Populi, campus political party.
Allied Greek-Independent, the opposing party, has not prepared its platform as yet. Each party is preparing for the general election April 14 and 15.
Vox's two candidates for president and vice president of the student body, Jim Austin, Topeka junior, and Terry Davis, Frontenac senior, both endorsed the platform.
"I think that the platform as a whole, if carried out, will definitely be an aid to students and student government. In the past, student government has not dealt with direct issues that affect the student personally. This platform should satisfy that deficiency," Austin said. He continued:
"I feel that some of the planks—that concerning the amendment on representation and those handling the parking and library situations during final week—are more important than others, but all the planks are representative of good student government."
Davis, who is currently a Vox representative to the All Student Council from the unmarried-unorganized voting district, said regarding the Vox platform:
"As an independent student, our platform is especially attractive to me. It deals with specifies which affect the student as an individual, rather than attempting to state, in
Lewis, Dean Head AGI Election Race
Richard D. Lewis, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Jane E. Dean, Overland Park junior, have filed petitions for president and vice president of the student body with the All Student Council elections committee.
structure, a hyperbolic paraboloid. Engineering students previously experimented with a hyperbolic paraboloid two years ago.
The two students, who have served on ASC, will be on the allied Greek-Independent ticket.
CRAZY TENTPOLES—The engineers are at work east of Lindley Hall preparing for the coming Engineering Exposition. Shown is their
broad generalities, solutions to all the problems of student living."
Davis felt that little has been done in the past to help relieve the low wage situation currently forced upon students. He said:
"Since I feel that wage rates on campus are inadequate, I feel that anything we can do along these lines would be a great help to student financial problems. I hope some day that our incomes will more nearly meet the expenses of attending KU."
Tom Gee, Leavenworth senior and Vox president, said upon releasing the prepared platform:
"We plan to have our candidates for student body president, vice president and the ASC campaign on this platform and, if elected, stand on it.
"This platform is not idle, political talk. We have worked on it for some time and are proud of it. Of course, fulfilling it and all the unforeseeable things which are sure to pop up during the year will be quite a job. But after our successful year this year, we feel ready to take a bigger, more firm, step forward. Naturally, we must get elected first."
Vox Populi last year defeated the incumbent AGI party in the spring elections, taking 20 ASC seats to AGI's seven. What is more, Vox candidates, John Downing, Kansas City, Mo., senior, and Carol Plumb, Overland Park senior, were elected president and vice president on a write-in ballot, concluding a whirlwind four-day campaign.
Vox is now in its second year of existence. AGI was organized in 1954 after the old Pachacamac party split. The other faction organized POGO, a party which succumbed in 1957.
Jim Austin
Terry Davis
Vox Platform Text:
As the successful political party last spring Vox Populi has done its best to effectively represent all students in student government. This year we have attempted to distribute committee and Council work fairly among students in all schools and living districts.
Steps have been taken toward the correction of some of the student housing problems, along with such things as the new student health program and the IBM election process.
The following are specific areas which Vox Populi feels need further work:
1. Although a number of people have worked hard to correct some of the housing problems this year, we feel that the housing committee should continue work on the problems that now exist among the independent students living in unorganized housing. Further, the policies of the Housing Office should be stated clearly.
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2. A year ago we said that committee appointments should be made only on the basis of petition and with the approval of the All Student Council. This is what we consider to be the foundation of your student government and we will
Scattered showers and thunderstorms mostly central and east this afternoon and over east portion this evening ending tonight. Cooler west and central tonight. Low tonight 38 west to 40s east. High Wednesday 55 to 65.
maintain support of this practice in the future.
3. Vox Populi will continue to work all year to inform students about student government through the ASC public relations committee. This includes not only ASC activity but committee work as well.
4. Some work has been done this year in establishing curriculum committees, but a great deal remains to be done. Vox will work toward the formation of a curriculum committee in each of the schools of the University.
5. Although the problem of student wages has been considered in the past, the problem still exists and should be taken to the ASC labor committee.
The following are specific points which should be brought to the attention of the ASC:
1. Extended library closing hours.
2. Improved new student orientation program (including both freshmen and transfer students).
3. Expansion of the student union "coffee service."
4. Lifting zone parking restrictions during final week.
Vox Populi heartily endorses the constitutional amendment which will be presented to the student body for approval April 14 and 15. The Associated 'Students' Constitution now states that a school district must poll 75 total votes in order to be entitled to voting privileges on the ASC.
The amendment provides for a voting representative if the school polls either a total of 75 votes or 50 per cent of the students enrolled in that school, whichever is the least. We feel that this will guarantee fairer representation in all schools.