53 Say Council Tenure Rule OK
A student poll conducted by The Daily Kansan this week indicates that over half of the 100 students asked think the All Student Council tenure rule for student body presidential candidates is a good one.
Dave Wilson, Leawood junior—"No, it is definitely not, in my judgment. For one thing, it slams at the students' ability to choose a good candidate for president and vice-president and discourages participation in the Student Council and in functions of student government. It helps kill their interest when only one out of 300 is eligible the way it runs now."
The ASC constitution requires that candidates for president and vice-president must have served on the Council.
Ken Zabel, Wetmore sophomore—"I don't believe it is a good one. It narrows the field so much. There is no rule like that for the national president. The experience they get isn't even necessarily helpful. If we have that, of course people from ASC are going to be able to be president."
Fifty-three students called indicated they believe the rule is a good one. Only 22 said "no" to the question, and 25 gave no definite answer, explaining both sides or saying they didn't know or didn't care.
Frank Moore. Holton senior— "From a democratic point of view, anyone should be able to be nominated, but the way student government is on the Hill, it would probably seem best that they should have served on the Council."
Among the comments on the present rule were these:
Tom Kennedy, Wright-Patterson, Ohio senior—"I think it's a very, very good idea, because I've worked in organizations before where the new leader came 'blithely and dumby into office. It's very seldom you're going to get somebody who can come in with no experience and take over unless you have a real leader type. It's not impossible, but it's improbable."
John Schultz, Iola junior—"I don't think that in such a restricted group there are all the people with the qualifications for these offices. There are undoubtedly many more who are more qualified who have not been on ASC."
Tom Coe, Salina freshman—"I agree that a lot of political parties would like to get anybody in, good or bad. You'd have a better selection if you take someone who's been on the Council."
Jim Weber, Paola special student—"It has its good and bad points. It does limit the number of students who are eligible to run for the office, but it does insure the election of persons who are experienced with the ASC. All in all, I feel that the good outweighs the bad."
Gary Williams, Paola senior—“Frankly, I don't see that it makes much difference. I don't feel that the Council is justified. They do nothing and there's nothing for them to do.”
These students had no opinion on the question:
Dale Brethower, Nevis, Minn. senior (an ASC member) "At the
present time I don't know. We don't have enough reliable information right now to decide. For instance, more investigation will have to be on how much does this restrict the candidate for office, and other pertinent questions."
Richard C. Stroud, Larned senior — "It would be a good rule in that it would eliminate the chances of getting a student body president who knows nothing of the procedure.
"The rule is not good because it might keep a good man out of office just because he hasn't served on the ASC. I don't believe that all students qualified for the job are or have been serving on the ASC."
A few students professed great disinterest in the whole affair. Two comments by students who asked that their names not be used were: "I don't know a darn thing about it or the ASC and couldn't care less."
"What's the ASC?"
Weather
Thursday, March 13. 1958
Partly cloudy to cloudy this afternoon with occasional light snow west portion. Tonight and Friday clear to partly cloudy. A little colder over most of state tonight and not so cold Friday. High today in the 30s, low tonight 10 northwest to 25 southeast. High Friday 35 to 45.
Although the Harmon Construction Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., was apparent low bidder Wednesday at $1,832,259 for the general construction of two men's dormitories at KU, a series of alternate bids were received for plumbing, heating and electrical work.
$1.8 Million Bid On Dormitories
J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories, said the bids are being studied and contracts will be awarded in the next few days.
The dormitories, named Olin Templin Hall and Lewis Hall, together had been estimated to cost about 3,200,000. They will be located on Daisy Field at 15th and Iowa streets. Each will have seven stories and a basement and will be T-shaped with brick masonry construction and concrete frames. They will house 864 students.
Beadnall Electric Corp., St. Joseph, Mo., was apparently low for electrical work with a bid of $248,-141. Kendall Plumbing, Inc., Wichita, was apparent low bidder for plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, at $644,000. The bids were for both dormitories.
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The scholarship is now given in memory of all women who have died while attending the University. The name of Virginia Maddox has been added to the list of those women being honored.
The award was originally set up as a memorial to two University women, Fredericka Ekbald and Geraldine Cuddy, who died in an automobile accident in 1948.
The AWS scholarship is awarded each year during the spring semester to one or more girls with good scholastic and activity records. This is the tenth year that the scholarship has been a regular part of the AWS program.
55th Year, No.106
On that evening women's closing hours will be extended 30 minutes to 1:30 a.m., with the stipulation that the women's escorts will contribute money for each of the 30 minutes the couples are out after the regular closing time of 1 a.m.
"Wee Hour Fee," this year's project by the Associated Women Students to raise money for their memorial scholarship fund, will be held the evening of March 29.
Money for the fund originally came from contributions made by friends and relatives of the deceased women. Since then the AWS has sponsored money-raising projects of its own each year to build the fund. It is now about $4100 and is large enough for the scholarship money to be taken from the annual interest.
Strange Looking Baby Studiers
The business management class had been discussing the case of a firm which mixed and delivered baby's formula to the customer's door for a monthly charge. The blackboard was filled with notations on the cost of baby bottles and formula ingredients, the amount of formula consumed by a baby in 24 hours, and the proportion of bottle-fed babies to the total population.
The judging of the pep club sponsored card display contest has been postponed until next week because entries are still being turned in, John Gee, Leavenworth junior and chairman of the inter-club pep committee, said Wednesday.
Contest Judging Postponed
As class was dismissed, the instructor for the next class entered
As class was dismissed, the instructor for the next class entered. Gazing in amazement from the board to the students filing out, he was heard to mumble, "Strange looking group for a marriage and family class."
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'Wee Hour Fee Due March 29
Government Should Act In Recession'
Need'Massive' Intervention Economics Professor Says
It will take "massive" government intervention to arrest the current economic downswing, said Leland J. Pritchard, professor of economics and business administration, in an interview Wednesday,
"The administration evidently thinks it can be fought with psychological warfare," he said. "The situation is a lot worse than they seem to admit."
DR. LELAND J. PRITCHARD
The Harvard University Debate team defeated the KU team of Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott, senior, and Ray Nichols, Lawrence sophomore, in an English-style debate Wednesday evening in the Kansas Union.
KU Defeated In Debate
The question debated was "Resolved: That Killian is to be preferred to Keats." The debaters argued the problem of whether emphasis should be placed on science or humanities in American education.
The audience judged the Harvard team winner by a 38-27 vote.
Members of the Harvard team were James L. Kinecaid, Kansas City, Mo. senior, and David L. Bynum, Coffeyville junior.
Government figures released Tuesday reported unemployment in the middle of February was 5,173,000,the greatest number idle since 1942.
"This present downswing can't be compared to anything that has occurred in this country since World War II," he said.
"The 1949 and 1953 recessions were simply inventory recessions." (An inventory recession, he explained, is caused by attempted inventory cutbacks by businessmen.) "This is not only an inventory recession but a capital goods (plants and equipment) recession," he added.
"If we don't get massive government intervention, a real depression could develop," he warned.
Drastic Price Cuts
Dr. Pritchard said the sound way to have fought the current recession would have been for businessmen to make drastic price cuts before they cut production.
"Businessmen have been pricing their products out of line with reference to the low income groups for several years," he said. "This is evidenced by an approximate 40 billion dollar net increase in consumer credit since World War II."
The overpricing of products is being felt now, he said. Those who have gone into debt are trying to pay off their debts instead of spending. "People don't want to go into debt during uncertain economic conditions," he said.
"The time to make price cuts to increase spending has passed. What will be done now will be a more unsound 'inflationary hypodermic' action. The inflationary hypodermic induces the patient to get up and run around without actually curing him," he explained.
This will mean decreased taxes and increased government expenditures, Dr. Pritchard said.
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Debatina 'Most Valuable' In Forming His Attitudes
"Debating has been the most valuable single thing I've had in forming my attitudes."
Speaking is Ray Nichols, Lawrence sophomores and one half of KU's successful debate team which is competing in the second annual Heart of America debate tournament this week.
His partner, Ken Irby, Fort Scott senior, said debate "develops analytical ability, and you learn that there are valid points in favor of both sides of an argument."
Both men, in an interview Wednesday, agreed that speaking ability was not the most important factor for a good debater.
Irby said "A really good debater has to be able to analyze the other side's arguments."
RAYMOND NICHOLS
Must Think Quickly
Nichols agreed, but said "The most important thing is to be able to think on your feet and to adjust. Sometimes you have only 30 seconds to compose an answer to your opponent's points."
Nichols and Irby seem to know what they're talking about, despite the loss by audience-vote Wednesday night to the Harvard debate team. In four tournaments they've entered this year, they have won three and placed fourth in the other.
The advantages of debate experience. Nichols said, are that "It teaches you research techniques that are invaluable in your school career."
"You learn how to support arguments, and debating teaches objectivity," Nichols said. "You realize there is no black and white on these
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subjects."
Future Use
Irby, who is majoring in history, admitted that debate experience, except for the training in analytic thought, would not be of immediate use for the historian.
Nichols, with a double major of history and political science, saw debating as a help in his future. He said he planned one of three careers: the State Department foreign service, law, or teaching. He said he believed his debating experience would help in any of the three.
The two have been invited to the regional tournament at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, to be held March 24 and 25. If they place in the top five of the ten teams entered, they will go to West Point to compete in the national tournament.