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Thursday, November 7.1974
University Daily Kansan
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OPINION
WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE BUTTONS
Baseball mends error with black
Baseball and American society can now hold their heads a little higher. A black manager finally has been hired.
When Frank Robinson was named the manager of the recently baseball erased the biggest derermit on its record. The sport that should have been released is finally received a reprieve.
Baseball is often criticized for being dull, boring and resistant to change—all debatable accusations. What baseball could not defend was its refusal to hire a black manager. That baseball led the way in integrating sports in 1967 that mattered more than all other sports have integrated not only teams but also managerial and administrative positions.
Basketball has always moved at the wrong time, be it too fast or too slow. Even when it acted correctly and corrupted for a past sin by hiring Robinson, his timing was unexpected.
The man he replaced, Ken Aspromonte, shouldn't even have left Cleveland, much less be replaced by Robinson. Aspromonte had done a remarkable job helping the branding, bringing the permanent fever to Cleveland early in the season.
Robinson just last year said he had given up all hope of managing and had been passed off when given the glimmer of hope to remain.
However, even though baseball acted too late and picked the wrong team at the wrong time for the great
breakthrough, it showed surprisingly good sense by selecting Robinson.
There are many other qualified candidates, such as Maury Wills, Jim Gilliam and Bill White, but Robinson touwers
over them all. The arguments used by baseball's establishment in the past against hiring the don't work with Robinson.
Front office executives and
other influential people in baseball's establishment would say they didn't want a token black, but someone who was competent. I dare you to find any baseball man who thinks Frank Robinson is not competent to be manager.
Its rationalizations had run out; badgered by criticism from all sides, baseball had no choice to to hire a black manager.
The only rationalization that might prove to be valid will soon be tested by Robinson: Baseball wasn't afraid to hire a black manager but was afraid to fire one, because of the reaction it might cause. The old racist accusation might surface again.
fired—I don't think his race will be a factor. His thoughts on being fired indicate that baseball picked the right man after its long period of inexcusable delay.
"Jackie Robinson once said I wouldn't make a good manager because I didn't make enough money. You're not recently. "I am black, and I don't ignore that fact. But I'm not going out here as a black manager. You're not managing. Manage me by how I do my job. If I don't do it, fire me."
Mark Zeligman Sports Editor
of any minor league managerial experience didn't stop Ted Williams or Red Schoendienst from being hired.
Whenever Robinson is fired as all managers eventually are
They say they want a manager to prove himself in the minor leagues before he jumps up for the big leagues and manages for five years in the Puerto Rican winter league and has contended for the pennant in the major leagues in Puerto Rico might be adequate experience, the lack
'Polynesia' is South Seas ad
The costumes were beautiful,
the music melodious and the
dances varied and entertaining.
From the first aloha to the last,
the performance of
"Polynesia" was as successful
advertising for the South Seas
as could be imagined.
"Polynesia" was a production of songs and dances from Hawaii, Tonga, New Zealand, Samoa and Tahiti. Part of the University of Kansas Concert Series, it was enthusiastically embraced by the science of about 2,000 in Hoch Auditorium last night.
It was only two weeks after the Miller decision that a jury in Albany, Ga., convicted a theater owner of showing the award-winning film "Carnal Knowledge."
Enjoyable though the performance was, it wasn't exactly what I'd expected. I hadn't expected western guitars and harmonies, fat men dancing all over me, all a rendition of "I want to go back to my Little Grass Shack in Kealeahue, Hawaii."
New obscenity ruling needed
In Miller, the court also attempted to refine the constitutional definition of obscenity. The earlier ruling of Memoirs v. Massachusetts that a film, magazine or book was protected by the First Amendment if it had redeeming social value was trimmed by the Miller decision. Now, material under question must have specific literary, artistic, and moral content. A problem that makes this definition futile is that courts are unable to concur with the intended meaning of the qualitative values listed above.
Here, the court refers to community first as applying to a state and then as to a city. As a result of this ambiguity, judges, legislators and law enforcement officials often are left in a quandary as to who is responsible for obscenity standards in their locale.
The court stated: "It is neither realistic nor constitutionally sound to read the First Amendment as requiring the people of Maine or Mississippi accept public depiction of conduct found tolerable in Las Vegas or New York City. . ."
In June 1973, the Supreme Court attempted to extricate itself from its position as the nation's chief censorship board when it ruled in Miller v. California that local, not national, standards would prevail in deciding obscenity cases. The Miller decision, however, has only deepened the court's position in the morass of case-by-case determinations of obscenity decisions.
Until such a ruling is made, the court will, without a question, maintain its position as the nation's chief censorship board.
One fault in the Miller ruling is the court's failure to define properly the term "community" when it held that community standards would prevail.
The only reasonable obscenity law that the court could make would be one containing these two provisions: prohibition of obscene material from minors and prohibition of obtrusive exposure of obscene material on an unwilling public. Courts of all jurisdictional levels would be able to apply these standards effectively without having to delive into matters of arbitration and constitutional definitions of obscenity.
When the case finally reached the Supreme Court in June 1974, the conviction was overturned. The court held that "it would be a serious misreading of Miller to conclude that juries have unbridled discretion in determining what is 'patently offensive.'" Thus, the court held a reserved right to overrule any standards it deemed unreasonable.
The adage that it is impossible to legislate morals seems to be an absolute in the realm of obscurity legislation. Since the Hicklin rule of 1879, the landmark Roth decision of 1857 and Miller of 1973, the court has wasted precious time perusing filth literature and, more recently, viewing hard-core pornographic films. Regardless of the court's noble attempts to keep smut from Americans, obscene books, movies and plays please our society.
Justice Brennan's opinion in the Carral Knowledge case that "the court has fallen back into the mire of case-by-case determinations" has proven accurate. The court is faced with at least three obscenity cases during its present term.
Contributing Writer
It was rather disappointing that the lighting was turned down whenever the girls danced. I could understand this in the case of one girl who had been hit by a car and poi. But for the most part I would have liked to have seen the girls better.
throughout seemed strange, but very original. Especially effective was the psychedicel lighting during dances that displayed skill with sticks and balls. All lights were turned off so that only the moving objects could be seen.
A distinction between the different countries could always be noticed, especially in the case of Japan, where definitely had the most
It was difficult for anyone not of a particular culture to really understand the dances performed. But the visual effects of the performance could be appreciated by anyone.
Some of the most exciting dances came in the group from Samoa. A highlight was the skillful dance where a stick would snap through the wall as a baton. I lost all 10 of my fingernails during that one.
The dance where three men ran through fire was also very exciting. Supposedly whoever was best at this would marry the chief's daughter. But it would seem that after going home, I would want her any more. Incidentally, the fire must have been real because I saw it smoking.
Decorations and lighting for the entire program were effective. The use of black light
evening to be remembered,
especially because of the different cultural facets shown by the groups represented.
But the most disconcerting thing about the Hawaiian segment was that all the music background to a Pat Bone movie.
Most of the dances from Samoa were athletic and skillful. The audience was enthusiastic during these, even when the performance ended at audience vocal participation was something of a failure.
The biggest disappointment of the performance was the section of Hawaiian dances. These were fun and familiar, but a little too Americanized. One had an extremely fat man dressed in a grass skirt and costume that I didn't know. And there really was a performance of the 1930s song hit "Little Grass Shack."
beautiful costumes, especially when the women took off their long grass skirts. Dances by the more popular, however.
"Polynesia" was overall an
-Kathy Pickett Reviewer
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Readers respond to/ British in Ireland, seat thieves, rape
In recent months, Lawrence newspapers and radio stations have presented news coverage of the arrest and trial of a longtime anti-racism activist. Lawrence Community-University of Kansas Kape Victim Support Service has been aware that in such coverage the identities of these crimens weren't disclosed.
Rape victims
We would like to express our appreciation to you for not misleading your audience in your newspaper stories. Having one's name publicized as a victim of rape or assault is a violation of the law, and people involved in such a crime.
To the Editor:
It is to the advantage of the community that in Lawrence the policy of local media is one of not identifying the victim. We think that such assurance revokes one major reason for such crimes' going unreported. Polly Pettit
Last fall I spent several hours hassling with a group of old ladies at Allen Field House and the tennis courts. We went to football tickets in my hot little hand, anticaping a great season watching my favorite team's games. Every home game you would in my seating do the following:
Move it
To the Editor:
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Refusing to move at all, telling me to come back at half time, calling me every obscure name I have. A combination of the above.
Those numbers on your football tickets aren't for decoration they are. Next time I won't politely ask you to move for the second or third time, take any of your lip or apologize for wanting to sit in my seat. Next time you want your story to the security police.
Margie Gaston Lawrence
Irish backed
To the Editor:
Bernadette Devlin's visit to the University of Kansas has
reawakened considerable interest in the Northern Ireland students enrolled here, express what we know to be a widespread opinion among respondents with regard to the Ulster crisis.
We abhor the barbary
methods the British army is
using. We should be used to
use quell riots can cause
blindness, its rubber bullets are
We think the British army has no right whatsoever to be on Irish soil. The division between Ulster and the 32 county republic has no cultural or natural validity. It was forced so that the most industrialized and profitable region of Ireland could be kept under the control of British capital.
so lethal that even the fascist government of Spain refuses to use them and Northern Ireland is the only place in Western Europe where people are thrown into prison without a trial. There are more than 1,500 such prisoners in Ulster today, but most are being in the Long Kesh and Marae xplodes where conditions, as even a recent Court of Enquiry discovered, are unseakable
While having fundamental disagreements with the tactics used by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), we think the British government is deterent to misrepresent. To compare it to murdereroogs of the Protestant paramilitary organizations, for example, as the British government frequently attempts to do, is a disservice to the truth.
The IRA over the past few years has defended the embattled Catholic ghettoets from all-protestant armed police bigoted all-protestant Ulsman's its bombing campaign is largely aimed at British property and army installations in Northern Ireland, and not at individual Protestants, though there have been appalling incidents where the IRA is completely denied access to radio or television in Britain to explain its point of view.
Anthony McNamara
England manager
Iain Main
Scotland senior
Paul Addison
England manager
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