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3 ASC Committees Blasted
Daily hansan
55th Year, No. 97
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Benson Liability To GOP,2 Agree
Two campus political leaders agreed Thursday night that Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra T. Benson, was a political liability for the Republicans due to his farm policy. Kent Pelz, Des Plaines, Ill. senior and Young Republican president, and John Sullivan, first year law student, Lawrence, and head of the Young Democrats agreed, however, that Benson would not be asked to and would not resign.
"I would have to go along with President Eisenhower on keeping Benson," Pelz said. "When people look at the plan, they look
Friday, Feb. 28, 1958
KENT PELZ
at it on the surface and don't project ahead three or five years to see how it will affect the country then. People are going to have to look into the future and see the good in this program."
Pelz said he thinks in a few years the farmer will look back and wish he'd gone along with the Benson plan.
"In the long run the idea of buying up surpluses and paving big price supports is going to hurt the farmer more than it will help him." Pelz said.
He said the Democrats might favor a plan such as this but it was just a method of vote getting.
Asked what he would do if he were running in an agricultural district on the Republican ticket, Pelz said, "I might break the Benson plan down to find out the weak points, but I would still support the plan as a whole, as well as Benson."
Weather
Sullivan said Benson had put the
Occasional light snow tonight in northeast and extreme west Saturday. Colder tonight. Saturday mostly cloudy and colder extreme east. Low tonight 5-10 northwest to lower 20s extreme east. High Saturday 25-35.
Free Withdrawal Ends Saturday
If you're failing a course, now is the time to drop it. After Saturday, withdrawal from a course by a failing student gives him an F for the full course. If the student is passing, he gets no credit for the portion of the class he completed.
Classes dropped on Saturday or before are simply removed from the student's transcript.
Republicans in a bad spot because "Benson certainly isn't popular."
It would be hard for a Republican to win an election in an agricultural district because of being automatically tagged with Benson he explained.
JOHN SULLIVAN
A lot of the present conflict is nothing more than politics, Sullivan said.
"These people who depend on the agricultural vote just want to get rid of Benson to save their jobs. I doubt that they'll get rid of him unless he resigns due to his health. He won't resign on just the issues," Sullivan said.
"I think the Democrats should be quiet right now and let the Republicans carry the ball," he explained.
What Will KU Do If Enrollment Reaches 15,000
"What will we do with a student enrollment of from 15,000 to 18,- 000?" is the problem currently bothering university officials.
A study by George B. Smith, dean of the University, predicts this enrollment for 1970, with the average at 16,400.
Dean Smith finished this study in the spring of 1957. It shows an increase over predictions made in 1954 in two separate studies.
Raymond Nichols, executive secretary, pointed out that last fall, KU had 1,200 more students than predicted for 1960 by the early surveys. He said KU now is about five years ahead of that prediction.
This predicted rise in student enrollments presents a number of problems, including providing adequate housing, classroom, faculty and recreational facilities.
Another major problem is staffing the school with young faculty members from the nation's inadequate supply of available teachers.
"Our dormitory situation is this," Mr. Nichols said. "Our state mill tax allows us to build dormitory spaces for only 200 students a year. "We are losing ground each year, even at our present rate of enrollment increase of about 450 students a year. That rate of increase soon will become faster.
"Under the present setup, we won't get the buildings when we need them." Mr. Nichols explained. Mr. Nichols attributed the current rising enrollment to three factors. They include:
1. A higher percentage of high school graduates going to college, at an increasing rate of about 1 per cent; 2. a "persistence factor" with students remaining in school longer; 3. a rapid rise in the Graduate School enrollment. Future increases also will be affected by a higher birth rate in recent years.
The long-awaited Little Hoover report—a barometer of All Student Council committee accomplishments—was presented to the Council Thursday night. It wasn't very pleasant reading for some members.
Probe Says 9 In Dark About Appointments
The committee, set up in 1954 to investigate the efficiency and accomplishments of the committees, began working on the report on Feb. 1 this year.
The report severely criticized the Public Relations, Labor and Housing committees and complimented the remaining four.
Of the 32 committee members mentioned, 9 were unaware of being appointed. Two committees (12 members) had never met.
The committee left out several committees, because "much activity is controlled by the faculty, therefore studies could be based upon the student duties only."
The Statewide Activities Committee was not included in the report, as the investigators said "its work is set within certain limits. From all observations, the committee did function well..."
Three of the five committee members were unaware of their appointments. The remaining two members knew vaguely of their positions.
Independence, Mo., freshman; Lynn Anderson, Atwood freshman; Nan O'Brien, Great Lakes, Ill. sophomore; Alan Coombs, Arlington, Va. sophomore; Judy Buck, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore; and Dale Hedrick, Mission freshman.
Although a committee on student labor should be important, apparently the parent ASC does not think so," the report says. The ASC overlooked the necessity of informing the chairman that he was on the committee, it adds.
Continues the report: "The executive branch also displayed ignorance of its job and functions by appointing a chairman who did not petition and who, likewise, had no interest in his committee. This committee could have functioned had all of its members been properly contacted, and had they all been informed of their duties.
Varnum, Billings Named
The majority of the blame for this committee's bad showing is placed upon the shoulders of Ralph Varnum (Kansas City, Mo. senior) and Bob Billings (Russell junior and student body president), who failed by not making any attempt to carry out their responsibilities."
The committee's only recommendation about the Labor Committee is that it "be given a chance to function."
Hardest hit was the Public Relations committee. The summary of the report says:
"The committee, (Doug) Scott, (Ottawa junior), (Pat) Stitt, (Lake-Colo. Cole. junior), (Carol) Plumb.
TAKING A BREATHER—Members of the octette for the 1958 Rock Chalk revue take a rest between numbers. Members of the octette are left to right: Janie Dean, Prairie Village freshman; Phil McCollum, Logan sophomore; Fawn Hooker,
"No one checked into the workings of the committee during the past year to see that the stipulations of the constitution were being followed.
Overland Park junior), fully capable of generating interest in the ASC public relations. What enthusiasm they possessed undoubtedly was curbed by the ignorance of the committee chairman, (Fred) Allvine, (Kansas City, Kan. senior), of his committee's function and duties, and the apathy of his leadership.
"This committee failed due to lack of leadership and understanding by its chairman and lack of interest and observation from its parent body, the ASC.
"A Disgrace To ASC"
At the meeting Billings said to the Council concerning this summary.
"This committee is not only non-functioning, but a disgrace to the ASC."
"I believe that Dick (Patterson) will agree that we feel that none of our committees is a disgrace, but might need some work. We hope that this report will lead the way to a better functioning of these committees."
1. That Allvine be immediately removed from office.
2. That Miss Plumb be made temporary chairman.
The probers' recommendations for the Public Relations Committee included the following:
Also under fire in the report is the Housing Committee. The repeort finds it "a miserable failure."
3. That the committee be made the sole voice of the ASC and that all information be released by it, with the exception of quotes.
"The committee had not met," the report adds. "Three of the seven members knew of their appointments. The names of Varnum and (James) Schultz (Salina senior) have been turned up in questionable appointment circumstances.
"There was no real effort for this committee to function until after (Vyrl) McFadden (Hauston, Ohio junior) had been contacted by the committee. There is no question about the fact that the committee can operate. It is purely a matter of leadership."
Two of the recommendations for the Housing Committee are that McFadden be removed as chairman and that Charles Heath, Emporia senior, be named to the post.
Five Committees Well Run
Committees found to be running smoothly were Social, Traditions, Publications, Traffic and Parking and Student Health.
The report says the Social Committee is "the best operating group among those investigated. It has functioned to its fullest capabilities, and to all appearances, will continue to do so.
"The only suggestion we can make concerns the selection of committee members. A definite procedure must be established... regarding proper admission to a committee seat."
The Traditions Committee, the report continues, "functioned as well as it could within a limited scope. It is interested in performing more duties than it has now.
"The Little Hoover committee finds only one recommendation necessary. Trudy Gier (McPherson sophomore) must be officially dropped from the committee and be replaced by a more reliable individ-
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