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University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 8, 1961
KU Delegation Splits; Blocks NSA Election
By Carrie Merryfield
The election of two KU candidates for regional and state offices in the National Student Association last weekend was blocked by a split within the KU delegation.
The split between the delegation came at the Missouri-Kansas Regional NSA Convention held here last weekend.
Charles Menghini, Pittsburg junior, who ran for regional co-ordinator of NSA, failed to receive the support of all the KU delegates, "because a political deal was not worked out before the convention."
Bruce Hall, from the University of Missouri, defeated Menghini.
THE POLITICAL DEAL was offered last Monday by Charles McIwaine, Wichita senior. McIwaine told Menghini that if he would support his (McIwain'e's) resolution during the convention, McIwaine and several other members would support Menghini's election
Menghini said he could not compromise his political principles and refused the "deal."
Jerry Dickson, Newton sophomore, made an unsuccessful bid for Kansas vice-chairman being defeated by Bruce Pemberton of Ottawa University.
Both Menghini and Dickson were discussed at length during the election. Liberal and conservative brands were tossed about eloquently by Scott Stanley, Bethel first year law student.
STANLEY, WHO OPPOSED Menghini, said Menghini was a narrow-minded liberal and would listen only to the liberal point of view.
"We don't want the same idiocy that has run NSA to continue," he said. "It is liberal lunacy, it is not representative of the views of the KU students, and we don't want it."
Stanley continued, saying he did not feel Menghini was representative of the Kansas students.
"KANSAS NEVER WAS, is not now, and I hope it never will be a liberal state," he said. "Why elect someone as chairman who represents only a small part of student thought. Kansas is a conservative state, keep it that way."
After the election, Menghini said he was not surprised that he was defeated.
"I had been warned, I guess," he said. "I refused to make a deal, so I had an idea then what would happen. I do feel that the NSA members were chosen because of their intelligence and capabilities, not because their political views are, or are not representative. I can not speak for the majority of the students because I don't know what the majority thinks but we on NSA work by our own convictions, because we don't know and can't know what the average Joe College thinks."
DICKSON'S DEFEAT TOOK less time to accomplish, but the discussion was as sharply against him as it was against Menghini.
Carol McMillen, Coldwater junior, said she did not feel Dickson should be elected to the Kansas vice-chairman's post.
"I have worked with Jerry for one year," she said, "and he certainly doesn't represent my views, not do I think he represents a majority. He is a conservative, and if he is elected, all forward and progressive thoughts will be stifed."
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Jerry Palmer, El Dorado junior, asked the Kansas delegates to stop bickering among themselves, then he called for a vote on the Kansas vice-chairmanship.
Dickson said after his defeat:
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"It WAS APPARENT from the outset that a majority of the delegates to the convention were of the extreme liberal variety. My candidacy was a protest against what I felt was a convention that did not represent the majority views of the students in their respective schools."
The convention turned to the discussion of a Cuban resolution that asked the U.S. to recognize Cuba and to oppose the present regime.
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The meeting bogged down in parliamentary procedure and a quorum count was called for.
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Bill Eagelstein, from Missouri University, the present regional coordinator, was chairman during the convention.
HE SAID THAT 11 schools were needed for a quorum He was questioned on the authority of the number, and for a few moments there was doubt as to the actual number of schools in the conference.
When the necessary quorum of 10 was established, business began and the hassle over the Cuban resolution continued
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Delegates from the University of Missouri called the resolution a condemnation of the U.S. government, but KU delegates, who worked on the resolution, said it was only criticism.
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ARTHUR MILLER. Pittsburg sophomore, said it was not a condemnation, but a subtle criticism.
It recognized the violation of the human, civil and political rights of the Cuban people by Fidel Castro and suggests that if Cuba continues to be an avowed enemy of the U.S. that we (the U.S.) have no choice but to oppose the present regime. The resolution passed.
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Approximately 50 senior women attended the American Association of University Women senior tea yesterday afternoon in the Kansas Union.
AAUW Senior Tea Honors Haughey and Clawson
Dean Taylor gave a speech on the national aims of AAUW and what its program has to offer for women graduating from college.
Haughey, Billings, Mont., and Sara Clawson, Hartford, who were named the outstanding senior women during All Women's Day on May 1.
The tea was held in honor of Kathy
Introduction cards were passed out to all the senior women present. This will enable them to start attending AAUW meetings as soon as they graduate.
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