ASC to Seek Wilson's Files
Sunnyside financial records will be requested from Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy Thursday by a delegation from the All Student Council Housing Committee. These files were refused by J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, last week.
Sue Chapman, Lawrence senior and chairman of the committee, in a report to the ASC last night, said her committee intends to determine from the housing records whether the rent charged at Sunnyside is being used only for operating costs of the project.
Mrs. Chapman said the committee is making a thorough investigation of the complaints received from Sunnyside residents about their rent and maintenance service. She said that a list of the complaints would be completed sometime next week.
Wilson told the Housing Committee last week that the Sunnyside rent covered only operating costs, but that no financial records on Sunnyside are available from his office for student organizations.
The Associated Students' Constitution now has a preamble which sets down the principles and goals of the council members. A resolution was introduced at the previous ASC meeting to adopt the preamble which was passed last night.
A bill proposing that the nomination of class officers be made through political parties was returned to the Committee on Committees a second time for study.
Election of class officers is now non-political, but the bill, if passed, would make class officer candidates subject to the same rules on nomination, qualifications and voting procedures which apply to the election of representatives to the ASC
In other new business, Marjorie Williamson, Hutchinson junior, was appointed Secretary of Public Relations, and the period from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. before each ASC meeting was established as an informal discussion period for Council members.
John Husar, Chicago, Ill., senior and chairman of the Committee on Committees, said that the committee felt there was a need for better communications between the Council and the students, but that the Constitution provided for the establishment of a communications system and that the bill was not needed.
A bill introduced at the last meeting which proposed to establish a newsletter to improve communications between the students and the ASC was defeated.
A section of the Constitution also brought about the defeat of a bill to establish a National Student Association Committee at KU. Husar said the bill merely repeated a point already in the constitution.
YEA, SENIORS!—Against a background of senior calendar queen candidates, Dick Jones, MePherson senior and head cheerleader, reads special senior cheers and yells for the approval of an audience of more than 900 seniors at the
Daily hansan
Senior Coffee this morning in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Lending Jones moral support on stage are, from left, cheerleaders Howard Elfeldt, Kansas City, Mo., senior, and William Fricke, Jefferson City, Mo., junior.
56th Year, No. 24
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1958
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Fails in Attempt to Get Books And Her Report's Late, Too
By Carol Allen
I was on my way to Watson Library after my nine o'clock class. My history report was due at eleven and I thought I would grab a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, copy a few pages, and ace it flat.
Usually I never have any trouble getting into the library. There are always plenty of empty tables in the morning—even in the undergraduate room.
I wasn't worried about having to wait very long. I just thrust both my elbows out and was about to shout "fire" when I tripped on a rope.
But today there was a long line to get in. In fact, it was clear out to Jayhawk Boulevard. I decided there must be a lot of other students with history reports due at eleven o'clock, too.
Books were piled all over the sidewalk in front of the rope and a sign hanging above said "livres."
I wasn't very proficient in French but I could read "Bookstalls on the Kaw" and decided this was the auction I'd read about.
This was even more wonderful than getting into the library. All my life I had wanted a set of the
Gorton Named to SpecialCommittee
Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts has been named to a special screening committee of the Music Advisory Panel of the International Cultural Exchange Service.
The panel has been designated by the State Department to pass upon professional artistic qualifications of artists and organizations applying for assistance under President Eisenhower's Special International Program for Cultural Presentations.
The panel will have its first meeting of the fall in New York on October 22.
Encyclopaedia Britannica for my very own. I would just buy myself a set.
The folks had sent me $10 on my house bill. But that didn't have to be paid until Oct. 20 and I knew they wouldn't mind if I spent the money to further my education.
The man on the ladder was shouting three dollars and I thought that sounded wonderful. I said "yes." But somebody else started bidding against me and it was a good thing.
I don't know what I would have done with six volumes telling me how to become a taxidermist.
Somebody else paid $5.50 for 11 volumes of American literature and one of my instructors paid $2.50 for three volumes on French.
I was tempted to invest my money on a 10-volume set of Presidential messages and papers but I didn't want to flunk that history report. It was a shame I couldn't have bought it though. It sold for $4.50.
These were pretty good prices. I might have enough left after I got
my Encyclopaedia Britannica that I could buy some more books. Then I wouldn't ever have to come to the library to study.
They kept selling literature books and I kept waiting patiently. My feet kept getting stepped on and my fountain pen got smashed before I could pick it up. Someone else got in front of me but I pulled on the rope and he was down in a hurry.
My set of Encyclopaedia Britannica—it was next. "I want that," I told the man on the ladder. "Hey you, I want that."
It was already 10:30 but I still had 30 minutes to writie my report. But the man on the ladder stopped to smoke a cigaret and I kept yelling at him.
He finally heard me and he opened the bid. I waved my 10 dollar bill and was going to bid it all at once.
dollars, someone said.
The 29 volume set finally sold
for $38
My report was late!
Amendment Discussed In Today's Kansan
A review of the controversy over the proposed right to work amendment is given on pages 4 and 5 of today's Daily Kansan, including statements from professors, Lawrence businessmen, student political leaders and the official stands of the two gubernatorial candidates.
The Kansan telephoned state headquarters of Democratic and Republican parties for official
statements of Gov. George Docking and Clyde Reed Jr., the candidates.
Other opinions were given by Stanley Penny and Gene Courtney, Lawrence businessmen; Clifford Ketzel and John Grumm, assistant professors of political science, and Joan Stafford and Ed Chapman, presidents of the KU Young Republicans and Democrats, respectively.
$1 Exchange of ID's For Oklahoma Game
Football fans, including exchange ID ticket holders, will be treated to a variety of festivities this weekend.
Student ID cards plus $1 may be exchanged for tickets to the Oklahoma football game Saturday.
Watson Retains Title
By George DeBord
A determined freshman and the complex KU library system clashed Friday in a three-round bout title for possession of a book.
The game but inexperienced newcomer went down for the count in the final round. The knock-out blow was delivered by a talented young girl in a green chemise.
All the guy wanted was a book. This first-year man, who asked that his name be withheld, was acting on instructions from his geography professor when he went to Watson. He was looking for a book on the climatic regions of South America.
The first round was fought in the undergraduate library. The frosh battler hit the card catalogue. The book was not listed.
He backpedaled to the desk. He asked the attendant if the book was checked out. The attendant had never heard of it.
Watson won the first round on
points. But the novice was not discouraged.
He bounced off the ropes and fought his way up stairs to the main circulation desk. The attendant was a young woman. The freshman rushed his opponent with a call slip.
The young woman met him head-on. She hit him hard. He reeled into the corner.
There he engaged the card catalogue.
The novice was tiring fast. He searched the cards frantically. But his wild in-fighting was to no avail. Again, the book was not listed.
Watson had won the first two rounds.
The freshman staggered from his corner at the bell for the final round. It was now or never. He hit the circulation desk with his Sunday punch. He slapped his chair and ran off to the door. "I've got to have this book. Is
"I've got to have this book. Is it on reserve?
Another girl in a green chemise
looked at the scribbling on the paper. She looked through a card file. She shook her head. Then, she disappeared behind a stack of books.
The determined freshman waited as his opponent evaded him.
The girl circled back in close. She feinted to the left and let him have it:
Our hero went down for the count.
"We do not have this book," she said. "Have you tried the undergraduate library?"
"There are many ways to spend four college years, some termed wasteful."
Later, on his way out of the arena, the loser picked up a booklet entitled "Students and Libraries." He turned to the first page and read:
The battered youngster read no further. He threw the booklet in a trash can and proceeded to the registrar's office to drop the geography course.
Terry Davis, Frontenac senior and a member of the Student Athletic Seating Board, said yesterday that ID cards may be exchanged at the information booth on Jayhawk Blvd. from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Only persons of student age are eligible for the exchange, which includes student's wives or friends from other schools.
Identification card exchange will be in effect for the three remaining home games.
As part of the color of the game Student Union Activities Carnival clowns will walk through the stadium distributing circulars describing the carnival.
The Carnival queen and Little Man on the Campus candidates will be introduced in a car parade.
The senior calendar queen will be crowned during half time and her two attendants will be introduced.
Weather
Generally fair and mild through Thursday. Warmer most of southern portion this afternoon. Low tonight, 40 northwest, to 55 east.