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University Daily Kansas Monday, April 15, 1957
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Time For A Change
Wednesday the question of an All Student Council constitution revision will be put before the student body for approval by referendum.
Considering the unworkableness of the Council constitution in its present form, almost anything would be an improvement.
Fortunately the Wednesday proposal will not be a question of "almost anything"—what has been proposed was worked out by some of the best heads on the present Council.
Both political parties are for the change. Both parties at different times have proposed plans similar to the one now before the students. The question now is, will the student body accept the revision? We hope so.
And who will administer the new system if it is accepted?
that question must be answered by the political parties. Their job will be to run for office the best qualified people they can find. The popular appeal of certain candidates in the past has won them the election, all right, but to our minds they were complete busts as administrators.
We say again: If the candidates do not have good student government interests at heart, then they should not be elected.
If either party can find a man (or woman) who has the same non-partisan attitude, the same knowledge of government, the same rational approach to problems that Ted Barnes has exhibited, and runs that man or woman for office, then the problem is solved. Unfortunately Ted is not going to be on the campus next year, and so is disqualified. He would have been our choice.
The constitution says that candidates for student body president must have been a member of the All Student Council. Perhaps this restriction should be waived in the coming elections. It is not acceptable to us that there are not potential student leaders who have never been on the Council.
In summation, we say vote "yes" for the constitution revision Wednesday. Then make it work by voting into office qualified candidates.
—Jerry Dawson
Mediocrity Or Disinterest?
25 Years Ago-
(Editor's note: This editorial appeared in the April 15, 1932, edition of The Kansan and still rings true today.)
Many critics of the University assert that most of the instructors are not well fitted to teach, that they are in other words, only mediocre. They do not take any interest in their students and teach only for the money and the opportunity to do research work, these critics say.
Most of these statements are questionable. No doubt a few of the instructors are misfits. If they are, they do not remain long at the University. As a whole the staff is quite capable. If we are to put the blame on anyone, we must place it at the door of the students.
After all, they come to the University to learn; the instructor is hired only to help
them, not to do all the work of finding an education for the student. The instructor doesn't have time to teach each student individually. The student must spend a little of his time in doing a little work on his own hook.
A great number of the students are nothing more than parasites living off the intellectual food that the instructors give in their lectures. The greater number of students who are not satisfied with their instructors are those who are not interested in their classes. It would take a better story teller than Irving Cobb to keep them interested in their class lectures.
If a student is really interested in his subject he can learn with only a small amount of encouragement from the instructor. And strange as it may seem, it is usually these students who make a success of a college education.
... Letters ...
In the Wednesday issue of the University Daily Kansan there was an article entitled "Quiet War" about Cyprus.
A Turk's View
dence with tragic words, we don't see much of what is happening.
It sounded very poetic—those poor people in Cyprus fighting for their independence. As long as we stay away from the facts or take the role of a player who tries to raise tears in the eyes of the audi-
Where is Cyprus? A very important question, so we'll come to that later.
Who lives in Cyprus? If you're thinking that the Greeks in Cyprus should be independent, why shouldn't the more than one-third of the population made up of Turks be independent also?
The third question is: What are
the Greeks fighting for? Are they really fighting for their independence? Or is there another reason underneath this very innocent cover?
In the article there were also such sentences as: "The British need of Cyprus as a base." It is much better than Russia using it as a base. Cyprus is very important as a base, but would the Greeks be able to protect it from communism?
Another sentence: "The populace of Cyprus, the great majority of which are Greeks, wishes to be united with Greece."
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS By Dick Bibler
Such confusion in thought! In the first paragraph there is a statement about "people who wish to govern themselves." After all, they don't want their independence, they want to join Greece.
Let's wait a little before we make any comparison in history (comparing the Cyprus situation with American independence). Let time make the comparison.
May we ask, please, why the other people besides Greeks should be under the dominance of Greeks now?
"It is no use the Prime Minister pleading the Turks in aid." Very, very flat statement. Do you know what Turks feel about this?
Yuksel Tekeli
Ankara. Turkey graduate student
Dailyl Yansan
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