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58th Year, No. 105
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Friday, March 17, 1961
Eberhart Hits UP, Says Party Not'New'
By Ron Gallagher
Max Eberhart, Great Bend junior and Vox Populi candidate for student body president, last night attacked what he called the University Party's "image of newness."
He was speaking at a pre-election rally of Vox house presidents and representatives at the Kansas Union.
"THE UNIVERSITY PARTY is new in name, but its make-up is old." he said. "It is essentially the allied Greek and Independent Party. The freshness they point out is not necessarily genuine."
Eberhart charged that UP is not attempting to act as a representative of all KU students. "I would think that a party that represents the students would at least run a full slate of candidates," he said.
"IT IS OFTEN HARD to see what student government does," he said. "It has accomplished many things the student is not aware of."
The AGI was a campus political organization that dissolved in the Fall of 1959. The make-up of AGI and UP is similar, UP adding one or two more Greek houses.
Eberhart was referring to UP's failure to enter a candidate in the race for ASC representative from the Law School.
He credited Vox with the establishment of an IBM system of elections, an ID exchange program, student Blue Cross plan, increasing li-
library hours one hour this year until 11 p.m., split elections and the redivision of dormitory living districts.
"We have delved into the realm of the National Student Association." he said. "This has a lot of opportunities for KU. Vox originated the idea of our present NSA committee on campus. Through Vox we are trying to have their regional convention here the last of April."
Eberhart said that through UP's adoption of Vox's closed primary system the ASC has been able to do away with primary elections this Spring, saving about $225.
Vox has always selected its candidates by interviews conducted by its Executive Council. "Last Fall UP mocked us because of our selection system," Eberhart said. "In five months they have joined us."
DAVID E. WILSON, Lawrence graduate student and former ASC member and Ron Dalby, Joplin senior and student body president also spoke at the rally.
Wilson accused Alan Reed, Leavenworth junior and UP candidate for student body president, of not having a constructive view of what student government can do.
"Reed proposed a plan for a merit system of committee appointments," Wilson said. "It is such a good idea that Vox has been using it for three years."
Dalby Backs Eberhart; Explains Role of ASC
Ron Dalby, president of the student body, told Vox Populi last night that the All Student Council, although only a segment of the student government complex, controls nearly all campus activities.
Dalby also formally endorsed Max Eberhart for student body president. He said that "the only way a person can become acquainted with student government is to work in it.
"AND IT IS for this reason, his experience and knowledge of student government, that I endorse Max Eberhart."
He said that he has worked closely with both candidates and believes that Eberhart has a more thorough knowledge of the far reaching responsibilities of the student body president.
The majority of Dalby's talk was on student government.
"THE ASC is the over-publicized part of student government. Student government is so far reaching
that it is a difficult task to explain its many facets. It has wide control of many student activities through its financial backing of them."
He listed the Associated Women Students, the Student Bar Association, and the Business School Council as examples of ASC financed organizations.
"The committees appointed by the student body president control almost every activity on campus." Dalby said. "Vox established a committee that operates on a merit system three years ago to appoint members for the more than 200 committee posts."
HE SAID THAT the merit committee appoints such committees as the Kansas Union Operating Board, which controls the Kansas Union and to an extent the Student Union Activities; traditions committee, which selects cheerleaders; publi-
Student Charged With DWI
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Joe S. Stoddard, Liberal sophomore, was charged last night at the Lawrence police station with leaving the scene of an accident and driving while intoxicated.
He was charged with hitting two cars parallel parked in front of Snow Hall at 10:05 last night.
An estimate of the damage to the cars was not available.
Weather
Cloudy and cold this afternoon with rain south and central mixed with snow southwest. Cloudy tonight with rain southeast and rain mixed with snow extreme east. A little colder west portion. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer west decreasing cloudiness east portion with rain ending extreme east.
According to the police report, witnesses reported seeing a 1953 white and black Chevrolet hit the car, continue west on Jayhawk Boulevard, and turn north on West Campus Road.
The police found the car at the intersection of Engle and Westwood Roads. Stoddard had run into a light pole.
He said he didn't remember hitting the cars. Stoddard was taken to Watkins Hospital for treatment of a face injury.
He was then taken to the Lawrence Police station where several intoxication tests were given.
Stoddard was released this morning on $600 bond. The Lawrence Police Court will hear the case Thursday.
PHOTO EXHIBIT—Jack Schrader, Parsons senior, hangs a photograph to be shown with the "Visual Essay" exhibit at Spooner Museum March 25. The exhibit will feature photographs of ancient art.
Wescoe Asks Equality Of Retirement Plans
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe has asked the state senate to provide a faculty retirement program for the state colleges equal to that offered by the two municipal universities the state is now aiding.
Chancellor Wescole appeared yesterday with James A. McCain, president of Kansas State University, before the Kansas Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.
BOTH MEN EXPRESSED concern over the type of retirement program being drafted for state employees and strongly urged that the program recommended by the Board of Regents be adopted.
The regents have asked for a funded, contributory, retirement program in which both the faculty members and the state provide 5 per cent of the salaries paid into the fund.
Chancellor Wescoe and President McCain noted the state support given the Universities of Washburn and Wichita.
"NO ONE HAS our opinion about
tins." Chancellor Wescoe said, "but I would like to state that we favor it (subsidies for Washburn and Wichita) as assistance to higher education. What cannot now be forgotten is that those two universities have funded, contributory retirement programs in effect for their faculty members — Washburn, the same program we are recommending; Wichita, a program that has the same end but is funded differently." Chancellor Wescoe said.
"IT WOULD BE tragic indeed for the state to subsidize these programs but turn its back on its own institutions and the faculty members who are continuing to serve it well," he said.
The Senate committee is considerin a contributory program for all state employees, including faculty members, in which both the state and the teachers contribute 4 per cent each.
President McCain emphasized that lack of a retirement program is the greatest difficulty in recruiting faculty members.
Commonwealth Endorses Peace Efforts in Congo
LONDON — (UPI) — Prime Ministers of the British Commonwealth finished their ten-day London conference today with a unanimous endorsement of United Nations peace efforts in the Congo and advocated a "hands off" international policy for Laos.
The prime ministers also called for world disarmament under international controls and for conclusion of an east-west agreement banning nuclear weapons, as well as tests for nuclear weapons.
THEY MADE no further mention of South Africa's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth as of May 31 when it becomes a Republic. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a leading critic of South Africa's policy of racial discrimination, said he had "no doubt the effect will be to strengthen the Commonwealth."
A communique drawn up and agreed to by all Commonwealth leaders made these major statements of principles and aims:
That the Commonwealth nations support "the effort of the United Nations to restore order in the (Continued on page 8)
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Faculty to Debate 'Operation Abolition'
The question is: Resolved—That the San Francisco riots on the House Un-American Activities Committee were Communist inspired as depicted in the film "Operation Abolition."
Four faculty members will debate the issues presented in the film "Operation Abolition" after its showing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Fraser Theater.
Participating in the debate will be:
Paul E. Wilson, associate professor of law, and Donald R. McCoy, director of correspondence study, for the affirmative side; John Ise, professor emeritus of economics, and Eldon J. Fields, professor of political science for the negative.
The NSA committee will distribute copies of an article about the film that was printed in a magazine. Approximately 500 copies have been prepared.
Renewal Automatic
Mitchell Given Life Contract
A life-time contract for Jack Mitchell, head football coach, was approved today by the Board of Regents.
The contract "relates coaching to the academic side of university life," and is similar to the system of tenure applied to faculty members. It provides for automatic three-year renewals after an initial 10 year period, unless notice is given two years before the next renewal.
In the event of termination by either party, however, it provides for Mitchell's continuance on the Physical Education Corporation staff at an appropriate position and salary. The contract ties the salary and job security of the head football coach to that of administrators with comparable responsibilities.
Causes for dismissal of this contract would be a conscious violation of national or conference rules and regulations by the coach, or his knowingly permitting the violation by someone else.
Chancellor Wescoe made this statement about the contract: "It is my hope that this will mark a significant departure from the usual situation in intercollegiate athletics. If intercollegiate competition is going to occupy a worthwhile position in the life of our institutions of higher education then those responsible for its conduct must be accorded the same privileges and rights as members of the faculty, and they must be expected to act in as responsible a fashion.
"Like a faculty member, a coach has a position with the University as long as he wants it, subject only to his wholehearted compliance with the code of ethics and behavior under which the
Coach Mitchell commented:
University operates in all its activities."
"I am delighted that the permanent position of the coaching staff at the University of Kansas has been publicly recognized by its administration and faculty and by the Kansas Board of Regents. My greatest hope is that we can justify this expression of confidence by conducting the kind of athletic program on the field and off of which the entire university, its faculty, students, alumni and friends, can be proud.
"This latest forward step makes me even more conscious of the honor felt by my staff and by me in our association with an institution of such stature and vision."
The contract was approved earlier by the Athletic Board which directs the Physical Education Corporation. It goes into effect immediately.