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Thursday, Dec. 19, 1957
55th Year, No. 66
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Drive Carefully In Holiday Rush
"We urge all students to use extreme caution in order to get home for Christmas safe and sound and not become a statistic," campus police chief Joe Skillman said today.
"A possible exodus of over 8,000 students will be leaving Friday and driving conditions will be most hazardous," he said.
Clearing tonight and colder except extreme northwest. Friday partly cloudy and warmer in the west. Low tonight 20's northwest to lower 30's southeast. High Friday generally in 40's.
The Weather Bureau forecast for tonight and Friday:
"In past years there have been tragic accidents involving students going to and from home and we are trying this year to avoid these tragedies," Chief Skillman said.
He said that there will be extra Highway Patrol and other traffic officers both on Douglas county roads and state highways.
So far in 1957 there have been 532 traffic accidents in Kansas. The December total is 21. In 1956 there were 636 deaths, 76 of them in December. Chief Skillman said that only six per cent of traffic deaths are caused by faulty car mechanism and the rest are caused by drivers.
He also said that all regular parking zones except H, J, and the Student Union guest lot will be open to anyone beginning Saturday noon.
Time and no parking zones on Jayhawk Boulevard will be observed except on Christmas Day, Saturday afternoons and Sundays.
(An editorial, "Don't Crash the Party," Page 2.)
Three Injured, $2,600 Damage Caused In Crash
Two cars driven by KU Students collided about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday slightly injuring three and causing an estimated $2,600 damage.
Injured were Darrell Owen, Great Bend freshman, and Margaret Crawford and Kathleen Archer, Ottawa High School students. They were treated at Lawrence Memorial hospital and released.
Miss Crawford received multiple bruises, Miss Archer a bruised ankle and Owen a face laceration.
The policemen said that the Wagner car, a 1957 Chevrolet going west on 11th Street, hit the Owen car, a 1947 Studebaker going south on Illinois.
Summons were issued to Robert Wagner, Concordia junior, for failure to yield the right-of-way and to Owen for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, Lawrence police officers said.
Reserve Books May Be Checked Out Friday
Miss Crawford's legs were pinned under the seat of the Owen car.
Books on reserve in the undergraduate and education rooms of Watson library will be checked out for Christmas vacation beginning at 10 a.m. Friday. They will be due at 9 a.m. Jan. 6.
Students may check out one book a course from general reserve if there is more than one copy available. Books on limited reserve with only one copy available will not be checked out.
ASC Letters Support KU Budget Request
ASC Appeals To Docking
The Honorable George Docking
The Governor's Office
Topeka, Kansas
Dear Mr. Docking:
We, the students of today, are constantly aware of the opportunities presented to us by the American educational system. We are also aware of the responsibilities which these opportunities entail. Due to the ever increasing struggle for world leadership which challenges our country, we believe that the highest possible quality of education must be made available to all students if they are to be equipped to meet this challenge.
We, the students of the University of Kansas, realize that in future years we will be competing with graduates of leading colleges and universities throughout this country and the world. Therefore, we are particularly concerned with the quality of educational opportunities made available to us in the State of Kansas. Highest quality must be maintained in many fields.
The highest standard of academic attainment on the part of the instructional staff must be achieved. An adequate instructional staff to meet the rapidly increasing number of students entering higher education should be both obtained and retained. Basic research should be developed to a maximum degree by faculty and graduate and undergraduate students. The finest possible facilities for the education of your young men and women, such as libraries, laboratories, equipment, buildings, and classrooms, must be provided.
From the standpoint of the student who is facing the next 50 years, these points are of vital importance. We appeal to you, who are responsible for the continuing high quality of our educational opportunities, to take the next necessary forward steps.
Sincerely yours,
Richard P. Patterson
All Student Council chairman
Robert G. Billings Student body president
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy issued a statement today commending the action of an All Student Council committee supporting the University's budget requests.
The committee sent letters to Gov. George Docking, the Board of Regents, and the two chairmen of the Ways and Means Committee of the state Legislature. The letters urged that the highest quality educational opportunities be made available in Kansas.
The action was taken by a committee organized by the All Student Council to study proposed budgets of state schools.
"I think it is a fine letter," Chancellor Murphy said. "It is a friendly letter, one concerned not only with salary increases, but with the University."
Chancellor Murphy said he wanted it clear that this was a student action, not sponsored by the University.
"I am happy to see students taking the initiative in a problem of this sort. We sometimes forget that our schools, after all, are for the students' benefit. Certainly no one can take offense at this broadly based, friendly letter."
The Kansas State All Student Council, adopted a resolution Monday, containing four points also aimed at supporting pay raises and a larger budget for state supported schools.
The resolution called for a recommendation sent to Gov. Docking, an appeal to the Kansas State student body to call on their representatives to support pay raises, an appeal to the other schools for support, and that students seek their parents' support for a larger budget,
CAROLING IS FUN-Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Epsilon fraternity late Wednesday night. Phi Kappa Psi social houses serenaded Sigma (Daily Kansan photo)
Here's A Committee To Check Committees
A "Little Hoover" committee to investigate student government was organized by the All Student Council cabinet Wednesday.
Student body president, Bob Billings. Russell junior, appointed Jim Austin, Topeka sophomore and president of Vox Populi, Campus political party, chairman of a 6-member committee to investigate ASC committees.
Austin said he would appoint three members to the committee after the Christmas holidays. Billings appointed Barbara Everley, Eudora junior, and Dorothy Wohlgemuth, Cummings junior, to serve on the committee.
The committee will analyse the ASC committees to see if there is any overlapping or some aspect of student government not yet covered, Billings said.
This will give the minority party a chance to correct anything it thinks should be done, Billings added.
Ticket Sales Increase
Ticket sales for the basketball double-header Friday night have increased and there is a possibility that Allen Field House will be filled to capacity.
Earl Falkenstien, business manager of athletics, said a crowd of 14-15,000 is expected, and a heavy sale of tickets at the gate could make it a capacity crowd of 17,000.
Kansas State plays the University of California and Kansas plays the University of Washington Friday. Saturday night the four trade opponents and play in Ahearn Field House in Manhattan.
This is one of the few times during the season that two of the nation's top three college basketball teams will appear on the same court in one evening. KU is second and K-State third in the three major polls this week.