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An Editorial
To A Better ASC
The petty politics which has been manifest at a good many All Student Council meetings was present again Tuesday night.
In what may have been a "save-face" move by Jim Schultz, president of the ASC, a proposal that the constitution of that body be revised to establish, among other things, a unicameral Council was hotly contested by the president of the Party of Greek Organizations (POGO).
The proposal, whether or not it was designed to give some credit to this year's do-nothing Council, gives the greatest consideration not to a political party, but to the student body as a whole.
POGO's greatest strength lies in the ability of its leaders to command the vote of its members at election time. Schultz's proposal in effect would tear away the structure of POGO by eliminating the Council Senate, where POGO's strength lies, and the proposed Council would then be made up of a proportional representation chosen from various residence groups.
Thus the independents would be given a more equal voice in student government. This is as it should be.
Because of a lack of a quorum when the vote was taken (an earlier quorum was dissolved when several members left the meeting), the motion was defeated.
The stickler is this:
The one recourse left open to Schultz and his backers is to petition for names of 20 per cent of the student body to place the proposal in a referendum.
This is being done. Petitioners will appear at organized houses at mealtime Thursday to ask for the necessary signatures.
The petition would merely place the proposal before the student body April 17. If it is found undesirable, then vote against it. We think it should be approved. Jerry Dawson
Homer's Works Not 'Greek' To Present Day Scholars
The works of Homer have been used for studying a variety of things from agriculture to morals, said L. R. Lind, chairman of the department of Latin and Greek, in the last Humanities Lecture of the semester in Fraser Theater Tuesday night.
One phase of Prof. Lind's lecture,
"The Uses of Homer," was titled
"Homer, The Textbook." In this
phase Prof. Lind said Latin translations of Homer were the first texts used in Rome.
"They did not study these texts for grammatical content or style," he said. "Rather they learned about many things such as generalship, agriculture, politics and morals."
Prof. Lind pointed out how, in more recent times, Homer has influenced the work of our great novelists. As an example he showed how "Ulysses" by James Joyce was based on Homer's "Odyssey." And how Joyce was influenced not only by the events and characters in Homer's epic poem, but also by the style used by Homer.
He also said the French underground used the works of Homer in World War II by taking allegories from them and applying them to the French and German conflict.
Prof. Lind termed Homer the father of Western literature and the founder of the study which is now known as the humanities and liberal arts.
He also showed how Homer was a major influence in the emergence of the modern science of archeology.
They'll Shoot At Lawyers
There'll be shooting at the mock trial in the Douglas County Court House in Lawrence Thursday, when 30 professional photographers train their cameras on KU law students.
The professional photographers, together with 30 high school and college amateurs, will be attending the sixth annual Short Course in Photojournalism being held Thursday through Saturday at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
The mock trial pictures will be part of a special pictorial supplement to be produced by the photographers. The supplement will be devoted to the School of Law and to the mock trial staged by the law students.
He pointed out that archeology began to develop as a real science with the discovery of the original site of Troy which came about when scientists consulted Homer's description of the surrounding area.
Daily Hansan
54th Year, No.118
Wednesday, April 10, 1957
Kansas Engineer Needs Staff Members
Students interested in applying for staff positions on the Kansas Engineer should submit their applications to Tom Griffith, Pratt senior, by 5:30 p. m. Thursday.
Positions open are editor, associate editor, assistant editor, feature editor, joke editor, business manager, advertising manager, and circulation manager.
The Council on Youth Fitness was set up several months ago when President Eisenhower took steps to improve the physical lot of Americans.
Shane MacCarthy, executive director of the President's Council on Youth Fitness, will speak. Ernie Mehl, sports editor of the Kansas City Star, will be master of ceremonies.
Tickets may be bought for $2.50 at relavs headquarters, room 3, Allen Field House. A ticket table will be set up next week in the lobby of the Student Union. The ballroom will hold between 1,000 and 1,100 persons.
The University of Kansas Track and Relays Committee will give a banquet for coaches, officials, and athletes at 6:30 p. m. Friday, April 19, in the ballroom of the Student Union.
Mr. MacCarthy will speak on the importance of maintaining physical fitness and the role youth programs play in lowering juvenile delinquency.
Applicants should list their experience and qualifications in their applications.
Banquet For Relays Teams
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Mr. MacCarthy has held posts in the U. S. departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Labor, and State. During World War II he served as lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.
The relays queens and their attendants will be presented at the banquet.
William A. Conboy, assistant professor of speech and drama, is chairman of the banquet committee. Other members are Arthur C. Lonborg, director of athletics; Millard E. Easton, track coach; Harold Harvey and Gene Courtney of Centron Corp., Lawrence; Walter A. Strauch, Elmhurst, Ill. junior and K-Club representative; Wilmer A. Linkugel, instructor of speech and drama, and Heywood H. Davis, assistant instructor of speech and drama.
Schultz' Plan Meets Opposition In ASC
By BOB HARTLEY and JOHN EATON (Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
All Student Council President Jim Schultz' program for Counou constitution revisions, including a representation change which might mean the end for the Party of Greek Organizations, was countered with lively disagreement Tuesday at the ASC meeting.
After explanation of the revisions by Schultz and nearly an hour of heated discussion between him and POGO President, Bill Jackson, Florence junior, it was found that the revision could not be voted on because a quorum was not present. There had been a quorum earlier when several routine matters were acted on.
Change In System
Schultz
Schultz' proposal for revised representation would change the present system of a Senate and House of Representatives to a 1-body legislature. On the basis of 150 persons to a living district, a strictly representative governing body would be elected. This would do away with representation from University schools, which forms the nucleus of the Senate.
When it was determined that neither party would give ground on the present proposals, a Constitution Revision Committee was formed to go over the following proposals:
POGO now has control of the ASC Senate and AGI controls the House. Campus politicians contend that the new system would cut into the strength of POGO and would increase the strength of the independent vote.
1. A unicameral legislature with only one chamber instead of the present House of Representatives and Senate.
2. Division of the functions of the executive branch of the ASC to a student body president elected by the students and a Student Council president elected by the ASC.
3. More flexibility for ASC committees.
Weather
Fair and mild this afternoon turning colder west and north-central. Scattered light showers east late tonight or Thursday. Colder over state Thursday. Low tonight 25 northwest to 50 southeast. High Thursday 35 northwest to 65 southeast.
4. Changing the present method of representation.
"I feel that this unicameral legislature should be composed of representatives elected according to proportional representation from the various residence groups," Schultz said.
"Whether this bill passes depends on whether certain individuals have student government at heart," he continued.
'Greeks Carry Burden'
In opposing the representation method, Jackson said, "The Greeks carry the burden of the load in the organizations, so why give the Independents something they don't work for? I don't see why we should penalize the Greeks to give the Independents something."
"The present proposal is against POGO's interest, and that's the reason for its stand," said Ralph Varum, Kansas City. Mo., junior.
Jackson
"We are willing to give ground in reaching a compromise proposal," Jackson commented. "When this thing was brought up, the Allied Greek Independents didn't even consult us on the proposals."
"The ASC is nothing but party
Petition Planned
politics," said Thor Bogren, Scranton senior and AGI president. "Our representatives are acting in the name of the student body, as ASC members should. Anything we believe the students will benefit from, the party will go along with."
While campus politicians were voicing their opinions, a group of ASC members planned to solicit names of 20 per cent of the student body on a petition. Such a petition, in valid form, would force a student referendum without the approval of the ASC.
Earlier in the meeting the Council voted to charge 25 cents a copy for the Student Directory next year.
A motion was passed to discontinue further study of a proposed honor system for the University.
(Related editorials, "Problems Elsewhere. Too," "A Campus Third Party?" Page 2.)
Here Are Five Of The Candidates For Relays Queen
JUDY DUNKLEY Alpha Phi
BONNIE GOLDEN Delta Gamma
MARCIA GOODWIN Kappa Kappa Gamma
JANE HICKLIN Douthart Hall
JEAN ROGERS North College
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