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Pi Beta Phi social sorority lost the third and final round Tuesday in its fight to gain land for a new chapter house on 15th Street, northwest of Allen Field House.
An ordinance for rezoning of the area for use as University housing failed at a meeting of the Lawrence City Commission after a 3-2 vote for the ordinance. A 4-1 vote by the commissioners was required to pass the ordinance.
In previous readings the ordinance was approved by four of the five commissioners. The one changed vote was made by John T. Weatherham, Lawrence mayor.
MOTHER IN PRAYER—Joyce Malicky, Baldwin freshman, plays Assunta, the careworn mother of six children, in "The Saint of Bleecker Street." Miss Malicky won praise from The Daily Kansan's reviewer for her performance. (Daily Kansan photo)
Pi Beta Phi Loses Rezoning Fight
Mayor Weatherwax told a Daily Kansan reporter Tuesday that his change of vote was not a change of mind.
Last week, in giving his reason for voting for the proposal, Mayor Weatherwax said it was important that the city aid the University in solving its growth problems. He said Tuesday he still believes this is true.
"It is poor zoning to pick out one lot and not make it part of an original over-all plan," he said. "Good zoning tries to take a whole area and reserve it for certain conditions."
He explained that if the ordinance was passed other zone A area (single-family dwellings) would be subject to rezoning. Zoning changes should be the result of a comprehensive study, he said.
"If I had voted 'yes' it would have been final," he said "To vote 'no' leaves things just as they are."
"I think the City Commission will, in a short time, engage a firm to study the zoning problems in that area," mayor Weatherwax said. "After this is done, intelligent rezoning ordinances could be proposed within a year."
The City Planning Commissioner had recommended several weeks ago that the sorority should not be allowed to build in the area. The report containing the recommendation was not approved at the City Commission two weeks ago.
"It has been suggested to study the whole area west of the campus to find 20 to 30 lots for student housing in the near future," he said.
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Instead, the City Commission gave instructions for a new ordinance to be drawn up to allow for construction of multi-use dwellings.
The audience is invited to ask questions and participate in the English-style debate between KU and Harvard University at 8 tonite in the Kansas Union Javhawk Room.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The debate will open the second annual Heart of America debate tournament with 32 teams from 18 schools participating.
The unemployed workers in Kansas numbered 13,308 in January, an increase of 38.9 per cent over the preceding month, according to the Bureau of Business Research.
Debate Invites Audience Help
All 27 offices of the Kansas Employment Security Division shared in the increase. Garden City led with a 160.0 per cent rise; Hays followed with a 122.0 per cent and Concordia had a 109.9 per cent rise. The lowest increase was in Wichita which had a 5.9 per cent rise and Kansas City marked up the greatest number of unemployed workmen, 500.
The question to be argued is "Resolved: That Killian is to be preferred to Keats." Taking the affirmative for KU are Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott senior, and Ray Nichols, Lawrence sophomore.
The Heart of America tournament will begin its first round Thursday morning and conclude with the championship match Saturday afternoon. The teams in the tournament will debate the national collegiate question "Resolved: That Membership in a Labor Organization as a Condition of Employment Should be Illegal."
Students from the Kansas-Missouri area debating the negative for Harvard are James L. Kincaid, Kansas City, Mo. senior, and David L. Bynum, Coffeyville junior.
State Unemployed Up 38.9 Per Cent
Compared to the year-ago level Kansas unemployment increased 21.4 per cent.
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Council Slaps Down Amendment Motion
AWS Ex-Officio Senate Member Appointed
An ex-officio Associated Women Students Senate member was appointed at a meeting of the AWS Senate Tuesday by Tudy Youngberg, Lawrence junior and president-elect of the Senate.
Nine delegates were named to the Intercollegiate Associated Women Students regional conference Saturday through Monday at Dallas, Tex.
Installation of new Senate officers will be at 4 p.m., March 20. An officers' retreat for evaluation of AWS by both old and new officers will be March 21.
Martha Crowley, Pittsburg junior, was named by Miss Youngberg and will be a committee chairman, as are other Senate members.
The Senate also heard committee reports on completed plans for Greek Week March 23-29.
They are Kala Mays, Lyons, Gayle Kinemod, Bushton, Eleanor (Tudy) Youngberg, Lawrence, juniors; Alice Gould, Kansas City, Mo. Gretchen Griswold, Silver City, N.M. sophomores; Diane Hoisington, Paradise, Nan Newton, Kansas City, Kan., Sharon Mather, Stafford, and Ann Hoopingarner, Dallas, Tex. freshmen. The delegates will be accompanied by Miss Emily Taylor, dean of women and AWS adviser.
A St. Patrick's Day party, the "Shamrock Shindig" will be held from 7-9 p.m. Monday in the Military Science Building for Jay Sisters and their counselees, according to Miss Mays, Jay Sister program chairman.
An atomic bomb, missing only the fuse that would have made it a disaster-dealing nuclear horror, plummeted from a U. S. bomber into a farmyard near Florence, S. C. late Tuesday, setting off a chain reaction of investigation and international concern.
A-Bomb Falls Accidentally By UNITED PRESS
Presidential Tenure Rule Retained By 13-5 Vote
By a roll call vote of 13 to 5, the All Student Council Tuesday night defeated a move for a constitutional amendment to strike the ASC tenure requirement for student body presidential candidates.
The motion was made by Carol Plumb, Overland Park junior, and supported by Ed Prelock, Cleveland, Ohio senior.
"The student body is intelligent enough to elect a qualified person for president," Prelock said. "There should be more people eligible to run."
In the discussion following the motion, Jim Schultz, Salina senior and former ASC president, and Bob Billings, Russell junior and student body president, defended the present rule.
"Time for Better Plan"
Billings said, "We're not doing this for a political party. Vox has candidates to run. There's no need to railroad this through. We have time
Union Addition Awaits Approval
The loan, to be handled by the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, has been given preliminary approval.
Pending approval of an $800,000 loan this week, a six level addition to the Kansas Union will be completed in June 1960.
Additional funds for the proposed $1 million addition would come from the sale of bonds, Plans, subject to approval by the State architect and FH and FHA, call for construction on the north side of the Union
Frank R. Burge, Union Director, said Tuesday the addition would permit expansion of present facilities to get ready for an expected surge in enrollment in the 1960's. He said a need for the addition has already been shown.
Lawrence city officials have received plans showing a relocation to Baumgartner Drive behind the Union. The new addition would extend westward under the drive. The new entrance would be at the sidewalk along Mississippi Street.
Robert Mann and Co. of Hutchinson has been commissioned to plan the building. Construction will begin this October if the loan and bond sale is approved, Mr. Burge said.
65 To Attend Model United Nations Here
A total of 65 students from 14 colleges and universities in a 4-state area will attend the 1958 Model United Nations Assembly at KU Friday and Saturday.
The meeting is to allow students to assume the roll of delegates to the U.N. so they can learn U.N. procedure, difficulties and solutions. It also gives college students practical experience in the necessities of international cooperation and an opportunity to hear authoritative presentations of current problems.
The main part of the meeting will consist of General Assembly meetings and committee hearings. Proposals to go before the Assembly will be formulated and discussed at the committee hearings.
Dr. Clifford P. Ketzel, assistant professor of political science, will
serve as faculty adviser for the group.
Each school participating will represent a country in the U.N. Schools sending more than four students can represent two countries. Schools in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas will send delegates.
Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science, will talk at the closing banquet Saturday night on "Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet's Number One Peasant."
Mr. John Steiniger, former foreign service officer who has just resigned from several years in the Middle East, will speak at a luncheon Friday noon. A former member of the United States Information Agency, Miss Emile B. Ader, will speak Saturday noon.
to work out a better plan." Schultz also implied the motion was political, saying of his term as ASC president last year, "I learned one thing. All political parties on the campus are interested in electing members—be they good or be they idiots."
$500 Voted for Conference
Judy Anthony, Kansas City, Mo. senior, said of Prelock's statement, "I don't think the majority of the people on this campus know what they want."
About campus politics, Schultz said. "I haven't seen a more desplorable situation than here at KU at election time."
In defense of the motion, which would have brought the proposed amendment to a student vote, Prelock said "There is no better indication of what the students want than to let them vote on it."
In another action, the ASC voted a $500 appropriation for expenses of the proposed International Affairs conference for the spring of 1959. If the conference is not held, the money will go back to the ASC.
Prelock, chairman of the conference committee, reported on its planning progress. He said the committee estimated maximum expenses might be $4,000, and that it was possible much of the money might be contributed by one of the national foundations. Other plans to meet expenses include contributions from other Big Eight schools with the $500 from KU.
Prelock presented the committee's tentative schedule for a 3-day conference, including a possible televised panel discussion and the formation of a Big Eight U.N.
The proposed "anti-packing" amendment, which would forbid filling ASC vacancies occurring within eight weeks of a general election, was sent from the Committee on Committees and Legislation to a subcommittee of Dale Brethower of Nevis, Minn., Dan Schrepel of Pratt, and Wendell Wallace of Omaha, Neb., all seniors.
Non-voting consultants for the subcommittee will be Joel Sterrett, Topeka senior, president of the Allied Greek-Independent party, and James Austin, president of the Vox party. The subcommittee is to report its findings in two weeks.
To Select Queen Candidate
Following up a letter of invitation from the Drake Relays Committee, the Council passed a motion that the track team select a KU candidate for Drake Relays queen. Each organized house may nominate one woman. Those not living in organized houses may enter by presenting a petition with 25 names.
The Council also:
Voted $100 for the Forensic League to meet intramural expenses (trophies, posters, and engraving).
Passed an amendment eliminating the Community Lecture Series Committee.
Set up a training program for apprentice members of the ASC. Three ASC members will work with the new members after spring elections to make them familiar with Council procedure.