University Daily Kansan Friday. Dec. 6. 1957
One Way Or Another—
It Costs To Drive
For several years Kansas has had a "financial responsibility" law. During its last session, the Legislature went to work to strengthen this law and also take a stride toward ridding the highways of irresponsible drivers.
What is the Safety Responsibility Law?
Whom does it affect?
It is an act of the Legislature to protect everyone in Kansas against financially irresponsible owners or operators of motor vehicles who become involved in accidents.
It affects all motor vehicle owners and operators, including non-residents, when they are involved in an accident injuring a person or damaging property in excess of $100.
What must you do after an accident?
Within 24 hours after a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, injury, or property damage in the extent of $50, the operator of every car involved must file a written report with the Motor Vehicle Department.
In the event the accident results in death or injury to a person, or property damage exceeding $100, a form on insurance information must be completed.
Remember: You must report the accident, regardless of who is to blame. If the operator of a car involved is physically incapable of reporting, persons who are riding in that car must report.
If there is any question about the amount of property damage, file a report and be on the safe side. Failure to report such an accident is punishable by a fine, imprisonment and suspension of your driver's license or non-resident's operating privilege.
Can you lose your motoring privileges?
Yes, both your driver's license and registration plates can be suspended under this law. Within 60 days after receiving a report of an accident, the Motor Vehicle Department must suspend your driver's license and registration plates unless it has received satisfactory evidence that you: (1) have been released from liability, (2) proved not to be liable, (3) executed an acknowledged written agreement providing for the payment of all claims not exceeding $11,000, resulting from the accident, or (4) deposited with the Motor Vehicle Department security sufficient to pay claims up to $11,000.
How can you avoid this penalty?
The law does not apply to an owner or operator, after filing the report.
(1) If the vehicle owner or operator had in effect a motor vehicle liability policy with respect to the vehicle involved.
(2) If there is in effect an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to operation of a vehicle not owned by him.
Vehicle liability insurance must be issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to write vehicle liability insurance in Kansas and must provide the following minimum coverage:
1. $5,000 for injuries sustained by one person.
2. $10,000 for all personal injuries resulting from one accident.
3. $1,000 for property damage.
Remember, for the average person of college age it is much easier to pay a small premium for vehicle liability coverage, than it is to dig upseveral thousands of dollars in the event of a serious accident.
—Bob Hartley
Blasts Schools
TOPEKA, DEC. 5—(UP)—A layman told professional educators today that "inferior education schools should be eliminated" as the first step toward turning out better qualified teachers.
Dr. W, F. Bernstorf, a medical doctor from Winfield, said teachers should police their training programs and "raise entrance requirements."
Speaking to delegates attending the annual Governor's Conference on Education in a crowded House of Representatives chamber here, Dr. Bernstorf said many years ago the medical profession took a "critical view" of its schools and cut the number from more than 600 to 62.
He said standards were raised by weeding out the inferior medical colleges and putting the emphasis on quality in the remaining ones.
Dr. Bernstorf, paraphrasing Will Rogers, said "There definitely is nothing wrong with being ignorant —unless you refuse to do something about it."
He called for better undergraduate and graduate schools of education, higher salaries for career educators and "more emphasis in our high schools on mathematics and sciences."
He said we are in a "worldwide scientific revolution." He called the Soviet Union's forced education of the masses in the sciences the "greatest experiment the world has ever seen."
"We should curtail the elective subjects in high school and make math and the sciences required courses," he said.
A New World
The Asian Student reprinted this from the Hong Kong Standard; Here is a suggested addition to our dictionary:
Sputnik v. t., - niked, -niking, 1 to outmart. 2. to steal a march. To surpass in cunning. As in: He sputinked me and got a date with Mary. Syn., see Frustrate.
Chancellor Murphy was graduated from KU in 1936 and received his M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941.
The underpaid ladies and gentlemen who teach America's children are under fire again.
It seems that in addition to being unable to read, "Johnny," the trade name of today's schoolchild, can't work problems in atomic physics, either.
The emphasis on scientific training has been growing for some time. Not the least among the advocates of more science in school have been military men, who say that America, in order to be strong, must have more scientists.
The military boys may be right. But sincere advocates of additional science courses in our schools have been joined by a whole troupe of alarmists who think the classroom ought to be turned over to the slide rule and the test tube.
Frightened by recent Russian missile progress, these crying critics think America ought to use the same methods as Russia in turning out scientists. Everything from compulsory enrollment in physics to eliminating recess has been advocated in the name of scientific progress.
We needn't be ashamed of our schools. In general, they are of high quality, from grade schools on up. Perhaps it is a just criticism that some public schools don't make their students work as hard as they should.
But we are treading on dangerous ground when we compel students to study subjects in order to further what some think is the national interest. Abandonment of liberal arts training, or even a slackening of interest in it, serves neither a nation nor its citizens.
Larry Boston
During the Christmas vacation, 3,000 or more individuals are to invade the campus as guests of the University. Naturally, under normal circumstances, we welcome any contingent of visitors and extend to them every courtesy worthy of visiting groups.
... Letters
However, when their visit occurs during our absence from our various dormitories and they occupy these dormitories without our individual permission and among our personal possessions, then the courteous welcome will have exceeded all rationality.
Editor:
It is utter absurdity for the University to abuse their "authoritative will" by forcing this act of encoachment upon members of independent dormitories.
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Hospital Gets Grant
by National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. News service: United Press. Mail subscription rates: $1 a semester or $4.50 a year. Publisher: University Kan., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays. University holidays, and examination periods. Entered as second-class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at Lawrence, Kan., post office under act of March 3, 1879.
OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — (UP) — chronic schizophrenia was an-
A $20,000 grant from the U.S. Public Health Service for the first year
of a three-year study on evaluation of treatment methods for watomie State Hospital.
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