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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Dec. 6, 1956
Why The Change?
The Kansan Board, governing body of the University Daily Kansan, met Tuesday afternoon to consider a proposal to strike the clause from the Kansan Board constitution which states that the policy of the paper shall be neutral on political matters both on and off the campus.
When the word gets around, people are going to wonder, "Why the change?"
When put to a vote, 16 members, all students, voted "yes" to the measure, while only four "nos" were recorded, passing the proposal.
We maintain that college students are responsible and can be trusted to the Nth magnitude with matters so delicate that a miscue would mean violent repercussions. We maintain that, if the college student is denied responsibility, then his education is to suffer.
We feel that the change is not a gate left open
for the unqualified to run in and slam behind them, to do evil.
Instead, here are the controls that are set up to prevent unwarranted remarks on the part of The Daily Kansan;
1. An editorial committee, consisting of both students and faculty members, establishes the editorial policy of the paper. If a stand on a certain issue is desired by members of the board of the Daily Kansan staff, it must first be presented and voted on by the editorial committee.
2. If, after the editorial committee's consideration and approval, a stand is found to be undesirable, it may be repealed by the Kansan Board, to which the editorial committee is subordinate.
Perhaps the change will produce positive results. That is its intention.
If not, then we can only admit that we have tried and failed.
—Jerry Dawson
I see that the gent who hung Chuck Mather to the tree Monday night has finally gotten his way. That is — he has gotten the event publicized. I thought that we could get away with keeping it quiet, but apparently he talked to someone else besides us that night.
Editor:
I was sitting in the KUOK office Monday night, about one a.m., when Ken Plumb came upstairs to report that someone had called the Daily Kansas office, and reported the event. I surmised that it was the person that had hung the dummy. We went by the library, and there it was. I can't say that I was tremendously impressed with the idea. Finally, we called the campus police to inform them, and they took it down. I thought that might be the end of it, but no such luck — the guy that pulled this stunt apparently wanted everyone to know about it — anyway, the reports hit the papers. I sincerely regret that — this sort of occurrence deserves no publicity.
Sure—you can say in defense,
"This is a feeling of the students,
and add that—in that case—"We
have no right to suppress it."
Haven't we?
If the person who pulled off this stunt had done it in front of the library at high noon, in view of everyone, I would have said that he deserved some publicity. But anyone who has to sneak up and hang the dummy at midnight is a punk, and doesn't even deserve consideration.
I have about the same opinion of this guy as I had of the gent who stole the wildcat last year "in the interest of school spirit," and I suppose that he'll try to pass this off with the same excuse. "It was all in the interest of school spirit" — I bet. If it was for school spirit, the least that they could have done was hold a rally beforehand. I would have gladly come to it, if only I'd had an invitation. And so would have coach Mather. I'm sure.
In closing, let me say this: the guys that kidnapped the wildcat last year tried to capitalize on this after they were assured that they wouldn't be punished. I imagine that the people responsible for the hanging would be willing to do this, too. Well—why should they be allowed to? As far as I'm concerned, they don't even deserve enough consideration to be thrown out of school for vandalism. they're punks—and I'll say it in public. If they'd like to reply, they can do it in public. John Branigan.
I'm afraid that I'll have to agree with Chuck Mather, in wondering whether the guy that hung coach Sikes in effigy is graduated yet ... if he is, he left some friends behind him. I sincerely wish that he had taken them with him.
Kansas City, Mo., senior (Editor's note:
This letter has expressed a very thoughtful idea. The person that tried to promote this idea also phoned two Kansas executives after midnight so that he could promote his little scheme. When asked his name this punk was not man enough to give it.
However, even though unfortu-
Just Browsing . . .
We managed to fight our way through the traffic and the pedestrians to go to the big basketball game Monday night, and, all in all, it was quite a shock to our rather sensitive nervous system.
At times there was so much noise that we could scarcely collect our wits, and sometimes some of the students even acted a little bit delirious about something or other that was going on.
By the time everyone got through stamping his feet up and down—
Walt
probably to test the strength of the barn — we were a nervous wreck, and we haven't been able to study since. Imagine, stamping their feet. Of course, they used to do it at football games, but only when it was nec-
to avoid frostbite.
And speaking of frostbite, how about this tremendous weather we've been having? Imagine, being able to wear light jackets around the campus in the middle
of December, which is allegedly pretty close to winter and Santa Claus-time.
(We just checked, and winter doesn't officially begin until Dec. 22. However, it might interest 'all of you to know that today is the birth-day of Martin Van Buren. He was born in 1782.)
And in case you haven't figured it out by now, this is a pretty dull day—the kind of "nothing" period which is the ruination of the day-by-day columnist. Everything we hear or see refers in some manner to Wilton Chamberlain, and it seems like everything that could be said has already been said.
We did hear some sort of rumor about them hanging one of the coaches in effigy, but we don't have any details. Must have been some sort of demonstration of school spirit, but no one around here can figure it out.
But they're going ahead with their skiing trip, and it should be worth while. After all, it's not every day that a student from dear old Kansas gets to see some real live snow.
And, as we were saying, it's a dull day. But cheer up—only two weeks until vacation.
nate, it is absolutely necessary to report all events that deal with the University. It was strictly a promotional scheme probably started by only a few. Still it was of news importance.)
-Dick Walt
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The Roman army marched at a pace of three miles an hour and was expected to cover 24 miles in a day's march.
The first aircraft flight in the British Empire took place on the frozen waters of Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, Feb. 23, 1909. The plane, the "Silver Dart," was built by the Aerial Experiment Association pioneered by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.
When a Roman legion was badly defeated and lost its "eagle" or standard, the legion's number was stricken from the military rolls and never used again.
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