Daily Hansan
58th Year, No. 106
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Monday, March 20.1961
Phi Beta Kappa Sets Precedent, Gets 10 Juniors
Ten KU juniors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the first members of that class to be so honored by the KU chapter of the national liberal arts honor society in its 71-year history.
The ten, each of whom has a grade point average of better than 2.8 and has earned 75 or more credit hours in liberal studies in five semesters, were elected under changes in the KU chapter's bylaws approved last spring. Since its beginning in 1890 as the first Phi Beta Kappa chapter west of the Mississippi River, the Kansas chapter had honored only seniors.
All but one of the ten attained the credit hours and grade points for senior standing at the end of the first semester of their junior year. Five of the group are earning double majors for their bachelor's degree.
The ten juniors are Diane Coen, Kansas City, Mo; Harold W. Fearing, Lawrence; Richard M. Harper, Prairie Village; Phillip Higginbottom, Winfield; Alan Latta, Wichita; Nancy March, Dieue Sur Meuse, France; Daniel C. McColl, Arkansas City; Patricia A. Monseth, Kirkwood, Mo.; Frances Scholz, Kansas City, Mo., and David C Trowbridge, Prairie Village.
Their initiation will be March 30. Speaker at the ceremony will be Peter Odegard, political scientist of the University of California.
High Court Rebuffs La.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Supreme Court today affirmed a lower federal court ruling which threw out a package of Louisiana laws aimed at preventing the integration of New Orleans public schools.
The court's brief order rejected three appeals from the lower court decision of last Nov. 30.
decision of last session.
The ruling was appealed by the New Orleans parish school board,
State Attorney General Jack P. F.
Gremillion and the Louisiana Legislature.
The legislature had also sought review of a later decision which forbade New Orleans banks to withhold school board funds. The accounts had been impounded by the legislature.
The school board, which had been trying to carry out a school integration plan, asked the Supreme Court to return the schools to their "traditionally segregated basis" while the state is fighting federal courts for sovereignty in education.
LUIS MAYOR . . . We (Cuba) don't want a partnership with anyone.
Students See Need for Latin American Reform
Three Latin American students told the Current Events Forum that change is ahead in Latin America.
The three students were Hans Krause, Caracas, Venezuela, graduate student; Luis Mayor, Placetas, Cuba, junior, and Eduardo Eichberg. Buenos Aires, Argentina, special student.
KRAUSE, DISAGREED with the methods for change. Eichberg and Mayor supported revolutionary methods. Krause favored evolution, such as Venezuela is trying today, he said.
Krause said:
"We are ruled by a colony of rich, the church and the army. But that is gradually fading away. We are always changing our army, and officers get kicked out. Sooner or later we don't have an army. The land reforms are helping do away with the wealthy ruling class."
Krause explained that corruption was traditional in Latin America. He said that the United States could not be blamed entirely for "foreign domination." He said "someone "must be there to receive the money."
EICHERG AND MAYOR agreed that Latin America must overthrow the wealthy ruling class and the army. She must get rid of foreign domination. They said that Latin America wants to be independent, that the countries want the "right to their own destiny."
"The United States' democracy has meant intervention in Latin American affairs. We are living two histories. The North has a high standard of living and the South (Latin America) is lagging behind socially, economically and politically."
Eichberg said:
He pointed out that in Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela the average citizens are still as ragged and hungry as ever. He said that John Foster Dulles was wrong about capital spurring development. Mayor supplemented Eichberg's statement by saying that two thirds of the world's people are hungry and that most of those are in Latin America.
The students blamed the social system of the Latin American countries for the unemployment, hunger, disease and illiteracy. The social structure is headed by the ruling class of wealthy land owners and the military forces.
MAYOR SAID:
"There hasn't been a major war in Latin America for 20 years. Why do we need an army? We don't. We must wipe it out."
Eichberg pointed out that Argentina had as many generals as the United States, that there were 10,000 officers in the Brazilian army and that one third of the government's money went to the army.
Eichberg said that it is time for a social revolution such as those taking place in Africa and Asia. He said that the years showed that the Latin American governments were converted into the puppets of the United States. He said that the courage to change society did not come from the politicians but from (Continued on page 8).
Weather
Rain, snow and sleet today ending tonight. Becoming partly cloudy Tuesday. Highs today mid 30s. Lows tonight around 30. High Tuesday 40s.
Senate Committee OK's Retirement Bill
TOPEKA — (UPI) — A public employees retirement bill expected to cost the state an estimated $4 million was voted out of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee today.
Included in the measure will be general state employees and faculty members of the state universities and colleges. The faculty members would come under Teachers Insurance Annuity Association (TIAA) coverage, with other university and college employees under the general plan.
Benefits of the general retirement program would be one per cent of the final average salary times years of service while participating in the program, and one-half per cent for prior service times years of prior service, with a maximum of $6,000 annual salary for prior service.
The participating service benefits would be limited to $10,000 maximum salary, except for teaching faculty members.
Employees under the general program would contribute four percent of their salary to the retirement program. The state's share would be around 5.5 per cent.
Under the TIAA part of the program, both employees and state would contribute five per cent of the salaries. New faculty members, except those who previously were covered by TIAA, must wait two years before starting their TIAA participation.
Sen. John Murray, R-Leavenworth, committee chairman, said that for city, county and township employees to be covered, there must be an election of the people approving it. If any city or other political subdivision decides to come under the program, all employees in that unit must participate.
For other governmental units, such as hospital districts, a two-thirds vote of the governing body would provide the retirement coverage.
House Defeats 'Rider'
Civil Rights Hopes Alive
TOPEKA — (UPI) — The House today defeated a proposed amendment to a Civil Rights Bill which advocates of the bill contended would have killed the legislation.
Rep, Robert Finney, R-Humboldt, tried to amend the anti-discrimination measure to provide that it would apply to employers of any number of workers, rather than the eight employees specified in the bill.
THE AMENDMENT was shouted down on a voice vote and debate was recessed until 4 p.m.
Finnery argued the clause was "discrimination" in an anti-discrimination bill.
A number of Negroes were in the gallery when the vote was taken and there was some applause.
But Rep. James R. Davis, D-Kansas City, and Rep. Beatrice Jacquart, R-Satanta, did not agree.
Davis, a Negro, said the amendment would render the bill "impossible, impractical and unworkable.
"ACTUALLY, this amendment would defeat the bill," Davis said. He said Negroes believe eight is a just figure, as it would eliminate the small family stores, doctors offices and other small business where the law would be impractical to administer.
Miss Jacquart, vice chairman of the State Affairs Committee, which sponsored the measure, said the amendment "would kill the effectiveness of this bill."
The House Majority Floor Leader, Rep. Charles Arthur, A-Manhattan, said the figure eight already is in the statutes and is a figure widely used in other states. He and Sen. Laurin Jones, R-Dodge City, toured eastern states with such legislation last summer as part of a legislative council study.
'Abolition' Postponed Again
"Operation Abolition" has been postponed again.
A member of the National Student Association Committee said today the film will not be shown Thursday, as was scheduled.
"The plan at the moment is to have the film March 29," said Jerry Palmer, El Dorado junior and a member of the NSA committee, which is sponsoring the film. "That date will probably be changed at today's meeting." Palmer added.
The NSA Committee meets at 4 p.m. today in the Kansas Union.
Palmer said there will be no debate after the film, as was originally planned. Instead, four faculty members will discuss the film.
Sold: Wescoe $141, Taylor $106,Alderson $80
"The first person to be auctioned off this afternoon is Emily Taylor, Dean of Women. Do I hear any bids."
"Corbin Hall bids $5, do I hear any other bids," shouted the auctioneer.
"Gertrude Sellards Pearson bids $7.50."
"Corbin Hall bids $5."
AND SO WENT the bidding at the Associated Women Students slave auction Saturday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
As the auction proceeded the bidding for Dean Taylor turned into a battle of nerves between
GSP and Corbin Hall, while the crowd looked on in wonderment as to how high the bidding would go.
$40 . . . $50 . . . $85 . . . until finally GSP made the bid of $106.25.
A HUSH FELL over the crowd and everyone looked around at the woman doing the bidding for Corbin, expecting her to place a higher bid. But Corbin remained silent and Dean Taylor became the property of GSP.
Chancellor W. Chrke Wescoe created as much excitement when he was auctioned. The bidding,
which was between Corbin Hall and Lewis Hall, reached the highest amount of the afternoon, with Lewis Hall becoming the owner of the chancellor with a bid of $141.50.
Then Donald K. Alderson, dean of men walked onto the auction block to be auctioned off.
THE CROWD became excited with the expectation of heated bidding from the different fraternities who would be looking for a chance to obtain revenge for rulings that had affected their houses.
However, all the bidding by the
fraternities was in vain as the women from Corbin Hall bought Dean Alderson with a bid of $80.
Four of the loveliest slaves to be auctioned off during the afternoon were bought by Delta Chi fraternity for $6. The four girls, who are members of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, will wait on tables at the Delta Chi house Thursday evening.
AFTER THE OFFICIALS from the university and campus organizations had been sold, the auction was broken-up into three auction blocks. Soon the ballroom became
a mass of people crowded around the different auction blocks shouting bids for their favorite female.
The $636.70 collected from the auction Saturday along with the $722 collected from the sale of "late night" tickets March 5, will go into the Memorial Scholarship fund.
The scholarship, which is based upon financial need and participation in activities upon the hill, will be awarded to one or two women on All Women's Day May 1.
This award is given annually in tribute to those women who have died while attending KU.
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