Kansas connection Group's festival to celebrate activity, history of state cinema. See page 3. SINCE 1889 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1985; VOL. 96, NO. 24 (USPS 650-640) Cool Details page 3 Player, dean dropped from suit By Chris Lazzarino and Mike Snider Of the Kansan staff OLATHE β€” The KU dean of educational services and one football player are no longer involved in a suit that three KU football players filed Sept. 19 against the University of Kansas. Gt Dyck, dean of educational services, and ofensive guard Doug Certain are no longer named in the suit, after action yesterday in Johnson County District Court with Judge Phillip L. Woodsworth presiding. Also, the trial date for the suit was postponed until both parties agreed on a date for the next meeting, said Edward G. Collister Jr., attorney for linebacker D Griffin. Certain, a former plaintiff in the suit, is no longer a party to the players' suit, and Dyck, a former defendant, was dropped from the suit, according to court documents. J. Stewart McWilliams, attorney for tailback Lynn Williams, said, "It just didn't make a difference if he (Dyck) was listed. Initially, we had him on there to make sure that we included the certifying process in the suit." Dyke said yesterday that he had no comment on the developments. Concerning Certain, McWilliams said, "If, in fact, we win and succeed in gaining our remedies, he still wouldn't be eligible to play." Certain could not be reached for comment Judge Woodsworth in an order filed at 5:10 p.m. yesterday in the court said that Williams and griffin were eligible to play college football, subject to head football coach Mike Gottfried's discretion. Gary Hunter, assistant athletic director for administration, said last night that he had not advised Gottfried on the situation because he had not seen the order. Hunter said he planned to meet with Gottfried this morning. McWilliams said, "We will have our day in court." "There are several procedures, including acquiring pre-trial depositions, to go through before the trial." Attorneys for both sides of the suit said they did not know when the trial would be rescheduled. concerning Williams, he said. "I wouldn't say it's a victory, but he's in better shape than he was this time last week. "After last Friday, the University didn't have to play him. Now, it's up to the coach's discretion to play him." See PLAYERS, p. 5, col. 1 Enrollment record set in fall semester By Gary Duda Of the Kansan staff The University of Kansas set an enrollment record this fall with a total 20th-day headcount of 27,141, surpassing 1982's record enrollment by 393 students, the office of student records reported yesterday. The announced enrollment includes figures from the Lawrence campus, the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., and off-campus programs The total headcount increased 1.48 percent from last year's total of 26,744 students. The 20th-day combined total for the Lawrence campus and off-campus programs also set a record of 24,744, passing the previous record of 24,468 in 1980 The figure rose 308 students or 1.26 percent from last year's 24.136 students in the Lawrence campus and off-campus programs. The KU Med Center posted an Students to refuse financing See ENROLL p. 5 col 1 By Jennifer Benjamin Of the Kansan staff Students on the KU Committee on South Africa recently requested University money for travel expenses to a convention in November but decided to refuse any money they may receive because the Kansas University Endowment Association provides it. Jane Ungerman, Lawrence senior and member of the Committee, said yesterday that some members of the Committee planned to attend the Progressive Student Network convention in Chicago. Ungerman said she submitted a request to David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, for $300 about three weeks ago which included details of the trip and reasons for financing. "I found out that funds were available for students to put toward traveling expenses." Ungerman said. Ungerman said she had not heard yet whether the University would offer the students any money. However, a few days after submitting the request, she said, the group discovered that the money for the fund came from the Endowment Association. Ambler said yesterday that the Endowment Association provided the funds to help student groups with special projects. The group probably would have accepted money from other sources, she said, but in this case it will pay for its own expenses. "The Endowment Association was not willing to talk to us," Ungerman said. "We protested at their front desk and told them not just take money from them." "The fund is used to enrich student activities." Ambler said. Students can request money to attend academic conventions orηŽ©η‰Œ Steve Menaugh, public relations director for the Endowment Association, said the money came from the Endowment Association's unrestricted fund. Yesterday afternoon, before the Endowment Association knew of the Committee's decision, Menaugh would not comment about the Committee's request. Students working toward the same goals can exchange ideas and support each other, she said. This enables students to keep in touch with activism on other campuses. The Progressive Student Network comprises groups of students across the country interested in progressive and social issues, Ungerman said. The convention will include speakers and workshops, she said, and the focus may be on South Africa. Nesmith, trainer for 46 years, dies By Liz Maggard Of the Kansan staff Athletic Department officials and athletes yesterday remembered Dean Nesmith, known affectionately to them and hundreds of others as "Deaner," as an inspirational trainer and one of KU's most enthusiastic supporters. Mr. Nesmith, 71, KU's head athletic trainer for 46 years before he retired in June 1984, died early yesterday at his home, 1640 Illinois St., after a lengthy fight against cancer. Special memory services for Mr. Hamlin will be at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 4 at Mesa. "He would have you demonstrate what you were doing when the injury happened," Ryan said. "Then he would say, 'Don't do that anymore.'" Jim Ryun, a 1971 graduate who held world and American records in the mile and 1,500 meter runs, said Mr. Nesmith had some very simple advice for athletes he treated. Floyd Temple, assistant athletic director, said, "Dean and I were very close. There was no finer man. "Dean was one of those very special people. I had the privilege of knowing him for more than 20 years." "He was totally KU-oriented. Mr. Nesmith's tenure as KU's head trainer was the longest of any trainer in Big Eight Conference history. I'm very sad over his death, but I'm at peace knowing he is no longer in pain." Head football coach Mike Gottfried, who worked with Mr. Nesmith during his last season as football trainer in 1833, said, "Dean loved the University of Kansas and had a girlfriend, who probably everyone he knew here. "As I told our players, the older ones are better for having known him, and the younger ones will suffer for having missed him." Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director in charge of the Williams Educational Fund, said Mr. Nesmith was an honored member of the K-Club, whose members are former KU athletic lettermen. The K-Club honored Mr. Nesmith again shortly before his retirement. During halftime ceremonies at the KU-Kalifornia State basketball game on March 3, 1984, he was formally inducted into the KU Athletic Hall of Fame. Konzem the K-Club first honored Mr. Nesmith on "Dean Nesmith Day." Sept. 29, 1979, when he was presented with the game ball after the KU-North Texas State football game. A scholarship for football players was also established in Mr. NeSmith's name and has been given annually since 1980. See NESMITH p. 5, col. 4 Gloria set to pound East Coast The Associated Press Gloria was threatening the Carolinas, and a hurricane watch was posted from South Carolina to Virginia. The watch included North Carolina's vulnerable barrier islands, where campers have begun evacuating. MANTEO, N.C. β€” Hurricane Gloria, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the open Atlantic, spared the Bahamas and beaded for the East Coast yesterday as it spun across the sea with 135 mph winds. Although the storm, which had packed 150 mph winds, weakened last night, emergency plans were drafted and residents were warned to keep track of Gloria in other coastal areas. Before weakening, the 300-mile-wide hurricane had been ranked as a "borderline" Category 5 storm, capable of catastrophic damage. The last time a storm anywhere near the strength of Gloria hit the East Coast, it killed 600 people in New England in 1938. Kansan file photo "If it goes into the Carolinas, this could be a very terrible storm," said Neil Frank, director of the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables. Even if Gloria's winds weaken further before landfall it could be just as dangerous because it might attain such a fast forward speed that there would be less time to evacuate, Frank said. Landfall is expected to occur sometime tomorrow. At 8 p.m. CDT, Gloria's eye was about 500 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. It was moving northwest at 15 mph and was expected to turn northward gradually and increase its forward speed. A special telephone holine was activated yesterday for information about the hurricane. The 1-900-4106-6221 holine was set up for the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 30. It gives callers recorded, up-to-date information, such as storm location, movement and strength, said forecaster Bob Sheets at the National Hurricane Center. AT&T and NBC asked the center to participate in the service, and forecasters agreed to tape messages for the hotline, he said. During Hurricane Danny in mid August, about 7.000 people called the hotline. Aerek Brayall, an AT&T spokesman, said the line would remain active until the hurricane had passed and there was no threat to the mainland. AT&T will not know be able to determine how many people have called the number until midmorning today, Brayall said. wavernous McCook Hall settles into University history By Bob Tinsley It was the day of 1945. Johnny had come marching home and up the slopes of Mount Oread, ready to trade the weapons of war for tools of learning. It was the autumn of 1946. But when the last of the ticker tape to welcome him home had fluttered to the ground, Johnny needed a place to sleep. The KU student population had burggedon to more the... 9 ooo that fall from 5,300 in the spring. space beneath the bleachers of Memorial Stadium caught their eyes. KU hospital officials made frantic appeals to Lawrence residents to open their homes to students. They racked their brains for every possible solution to the post-World War II shortage. Finally the cavers of empty And McCook Hall, constructed beneath the northeast corner of the stadium, was ready for occupancy in November 1946. Many of McCook's first residents moved there from temporary quarters in the old Robinson Gymnasium. Jim McKinney was among that first group of McCook residents, and he said then that it was better than living Thirty-eight years later, McKinney still agrees with the statement he made so long ago. "I lived underneath the stadium. It was fine, and it was a lot better than living in a pup tent," he said Sunday. Mckinney, a native of Hartford, Kan., had just returned from the war, having served in Europe as an infantryman. He left KU in 1948 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Today he lives in Tulsa, Okla., and is a sales representative for Marley Cooling Tower Co., in Tulsa. Across the four decades between his campus years and the present day, he has kept in touch with at least one of his McCook roommates. Merl Lindburg. Landburg, an Osage City native, lived in McCook from 1946 to 1950. During his last two years, he was a hall proctor and lived at McCook for free, he said. "There were a couple of us who were supposed to help them, but I don't know how much help we were." "There was a couple who lived down at the other end of the stadium who looked after the facility to see that we didn't get too out of hand." Lindburg said. Lindburg, a World War II veteran, earned his degree in mechanical engineering. He also lives in Tulsa where he is vice president of power generation for the Public Service Co. of Oklahoma. The only vestiges that remain today of McCook Hall are its cinder block walls and its windows, which are set beneath the archways that ring the stadium. The rooms that 64 KU men once called home now house the departments of construction and preventive maintenance. 1 Ralph Wygle, a walk-on for the KU football team in 1944, was one of the athletes who moved to McCook But Wygle wasn't complaining. "We were fortunate to have a place to live in those days." Wylie said yesterday.