BALLYHOO—These men from Mars put on some showmanship yesterday near the Chi Omega fountain to increase interest in the race for Little Man on the Campus, who will be elected at tomorrow night's Student Union Activities Carnival. Tom Dorney, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore hits the dirt smiling after just being "shot" by Larry Jones, Milford senior, standing in the background with barberpole tie. Standing above the fallen hero in the well fitting coat is Ron Claiborne, Amarillo, Tex., senior. Giggling with childish delight is Phil Comstock, Unionville, Mo., junior, who is swthed in white cloth. The Lawrence Journal-World's photographer, Harry Elliott, apparently had too much of the scene as he flees with camera in hand.
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Senior Picnic Begins Saturday's Events
Seniors wil be racking themselves out of ber rather early tomorrow morning. They have to be at Allen Field House by 10:15 to catch buses headed for the Senior picnic.
The picnic will be at Heck's farm, three miles northeast of Lawrence.
Food is not the only attraction at the picnic as the Senior Calendar queen will be announced.
Seniors will practice new vells which they will use to try to drown out the pep clubs at the game.
The general public will not know her identity until game time.
At game time, candidates for the SUA Carnival Queen and Little Men on Campus will be introduced. Clowns from the Carnival will distribute leaflets and an occasional free ticket for a skit or booth.
from 6 to 11 p.m. in the Kansas Union. Skits and booths will be presented by organized houses. General admission is 75 cents and tickets for the individual acts are 10 cents.
Carnival Queen and LMOC will be announced along with the Carnival's skit and booth winners at 11 p.m. in the ballroom.
The SUA Carnival will be held
The senior section for tomorrow's game, containing 1,00 seats, has been cut out of the pep section. All seniors must wear white shirts to be admitted to the section.
The usual after game reception in the Kansas Union will not be held because of the Carnival.
The section will be held by police and KuKu Club members until 12:50 p.m. for all seniors attending the class picnic Saturday morning, and then open to all other seniors who have their Class of '59 ID cards.
Another attraction for game fans will be the debut of the new Jayhawk. After many delays, the big blue bird will be ready to fly.
Racial Issue Not Political, Vox Says
"We were ejected on the platform we have." Gee said. "We feel that it is most important for us to work on the promises we have made before coming up with new promises."
Tom Gee, Leavenworth senior and president of Vox. said:
The discrimination issue is a major plank in the Allied Greek-Independent party platform announced Sept. 25.
"We think that a committee of students sincerely interested in the problem may accomplish a great deal more than a political party using the problem as a major issue in its platform."
The Vox Populi party agreed last night to avoid making racial discrimination in Lawrence a political issue.
He said they would wait until spring to announce a platform. "Then we will be able to include all the issues that arise between now and the election."
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Oct. 17, 1958
56th Year, No.26
Sunnyside Rent Aids Stouffer-Murphy
Chancellor Franklin D. Murpny told a delegation from the All Student Council Housing Committee yesterday that rent from Sunnyside is helping to finance Stouffer Place construction.
The chancellor refused to release Sunnyside financial records to the students. He said he could tell them more than they would be able to determine from the records.
"Anytime you have substandard housing, you must make provisions to replace it," the chancellor said.
"No fractional part of any financial record of the University will be released except on order of the Board of Regents," he said.
The ASC Housing Committee was discussing the housing situation with the chancellor because of several complaints from Sunnyside residents that their homes were not being maintained properly for the amount of rent paid.
J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, said last week that Sunny-side rent covered only operating expenses of Sunnyside.
"If we had not established a replacement fund, we would not have a Stouffer Place," he said.
The chancellor said the operating expenses include depreciation costs and a replacement fund.
KU was lucky yesterday as the device placed in Strong Hall proved not explosive. However, in Wichita a man was killed when a bomb exploded in a package he was carrying and calls went out from various cities for a full investigation of the numerous bombings throughout the nation.
KU Bomb a Fake; Explosive Kills Man in Wichita
Joe Skillman, campus police chief, said the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has reported there were no explosives contained in the crude "bomb" found by a jailor.
The only clue to the hoax, a crumpled piece of scratch paper, was also taken by the KBI and is being analyzed.
"We are investigating several leads which might lead to something in a day or so." Skillman said.
In Wichita, a man who was reportedly playing the role of a "Good Samaritan" was killed early this morning when a package he was carrying exploded in Wichita's Municipal Airport.
According to reports, he had found the package on Braniff Airline's flight 301 and was taking it to the lost and found office when the blast occurred.
The victim was tentatively identified as Forrest Don McCuiston, a tool engineer for Douglas Aircraft Co., of Tulsa, Okla.
Mostly fair through Saturday. Cooler over state tonight except northwest portion. Low tonight 35 northwest, 40s elsewhere. High Saturday 70s.
Federal, state and local law enforcement associations were called upon by besieged cities to conduct a full probe of window breaking and bombings in churches in the east.
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Federal Loans Enter
The chancellor said that the only place the University can borrow money for a project like Stouffer Place is from the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency.
He said the agency requires that rent from the project bring three-tenths of a per cent more than the minimum rent, in addition to donations to create a, "sinking fund,"
In the event the rent from Stouffer Place is not sufficient to cover loan costs, money from the "sinking fund" is used.
(A sinking fund is a means whereby a given amount of money is aside on definite dates eventually culminating to pay off the entire loan.)
The fund established from Sunny-side rent financed the construction of road, walks, equipment costs and other construction costs at Stouffer Place.
Is There Another Way
Sue Chapman, Lawrence senior and chairman of the committee, asked if unfurnished housing units similar to Stouffer Place could be provided at lower cost.
The Chancellor said such a project might amount to a $5 a month reduction.
Dr. Murphy said the University is "deeply interested in married student housing, but the problem of additional units is a financial one."
Scholarship halls and some campus dormitories are financed by gifts of alumni. But not many persons seem to want to make gifts of this kind to married student housing, he said.
Kansas statutes provide that no tax money can be used for married student housing.
Mrs. Chapman said she would
confer with the housing committee at a later date to see if there were other ways that would aid Sunny-side residents.
Left Above Protest
"The 54 Sunnyside units are being left above my protest," the chancellor said
"If I had my way the whole business would go," he said. "But without Sunnyside there would have been no place in the past for married students."
He pointed to the progress made in married student housing in recent years. In 1952 there were 186 apartments in Sunnyside. Now there are 240 units in Stouffer Place and 54 apartments in Sunnyside.
Sunnyside rent in 1952 was $40,
he said. Since then it has increased
$15. But graduate assistant salaries
have been raised from $1200 to $1700
during that time, he said, assuming
most of the occupants fell into this
category. Stouffer Place charges
from $60 to $70 a month.
If more money had been spent to maintain Sunnyside, he said, there would have been no way to replace the sub-standard Sunnyside buildings.
Pittsburg Has Low Rent
Two new apartment buildings, similar to Stouffer Place, were opened for occupancy this summer at Pittsburg State Teachers College in Pittsburgh.
These are one or two-bedroom apartments in modern brick buildings. Rent is $55 a month for onebedroom apartments and $60 for two-bedroom apartments.
A. Thornton Edwards, housing director at Kansas State College told The Daily Kansan that married student apartments at Kansas State rent for $25 and $29 for one and two-bedroom apartments respectively.
UNMASKED JAYHAWKER—Ed Cooper, Hinsdale, Ill., senior who has worn the Jayhawk costume at football games the past four years, examines the new Jayhawker costume to be ready for tomorrow's game. The bird is four inches taller than the old one and weighs approximately 25 pounds. It is made of aluminum piping. While some students may think the bird is for the birds, Cooper says he's looking forward to cooler weather when he will be in the warmest place in Memorial Stadium-inside the new Jayhawk.