What's Inside
Presidential Power . . p. 2.
Novelist on Campus . . p. 3.
Duckless Spring Fling . . p. 6.
Big Nebraska Battle Tonight
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Weather
76th Year, No. 70
Partly cloudy and warmer with a low tonight in the teens. Southerly winds will be at 10 to 15 miles an hour.
Tuesday, January 18, 1966
Viet War Policy Supported In GOP State of the Union
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Republican congressional leaders today stood firm in support of presidential policy in Viet Nam but charged the administration was silently stealing $8 billion a year from taxpayers.
In a GOP "State of the Union" declaration Monday, the administration was blamed for a 2 per cent rise in the cost of living which was "the equivalent of a secret sales tax that silently steals $8 billion annually. . ."
THE DECLARATION, delivered by Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen and House GOP Leader Gerald T. Ford, produced prompt Democratic rebuttals.
President Johnson dampened the GOP bid for attention by releasing two major news announcements just before the Republicans went before color television cameras in the historic old Supreme Court chamber.
National GOP Chairman Ray C. Bliss, a dozen senators, some 60 House members and their wives listened in silence as Dirksen replied to the President's foreign policy outline of last Wednesday night.
THE ILLINOIS Republican offered this "rational course" for the war in Viet Nam: continued peace efforts combined with intensified military action as expert judgment deems this necessary.
He said the nation cannot fight
a costly war abroad without "setting priorities at home." He challenged the Democrats to help trim home front spending.
THE REPUBLICANS gave this reply to the President's expressed concern for the nation's poor: "We will not sacrifice poor people. We will sacrifice poor programs, poorly conceived and poorly carried out. We will sacrifice poor administrators. We will sacrifice poor arithmetic in public accounting."
Richard W, Connor, Oelwein, Iowa, and Patrick J. Morey, Royal Oak, Mich., were in satisfactory condition at Watkins Memorial Hospital this morning.
Anticipating details of the President's forthcoming budget, Ford said that, "We need truth in budgeting by the White House."
Two KU sophomores were injured early this morning in a one-car accident five and one-half miles west of Clinton.
Auto Crash
Two Hospitalized
Police said the driver of the
car, Connor, ran through a T-intersection with which he was unfamiliar. The car, a 1963 Ford convertible, jumped the ditch, plowed through a fence, and came to rest on its side with Connor pinned underneath.
KU is Icy on Kid Boozing
By Giles Lambertson
The passenger, Morey, walked to a nearby farmhouse and, with the assistance of the tenant, righted the car. Both men left the scene in an ambulance, according to a police spokesman. The car was badly damaged.
Alcohol Education or should tots be taught how to drink?
The question—and all of its interesting sidelights—has been raised with the publication of a Harvard professor's proposal to instruct elementary and high school students in the art of social drinking. According to the professor, such coursework would help acquaint the next generation with the evils—and benefits—of alcoholic beverages and, hence, help eliminate excessive drinking.
Mrs. Dorothy Elliott, journalism graduate student, mother, grandmother, and former elementary and high school teacher, was asked if she saw any merit in the proposal:
"From the teachers' standpoint, it would be unwise. Elementary teachers have so many extra duties now—such as lunch count, the handling of activity tickets, and the filling-out
"Absolutely none. In the first place, many parents wouldn't approve of such instruction. It would be too controversial a subject to be taught in a public school with anything less than the unanimous approval of the parents.
of varied reports—that they wouldn't have time for such a program. Besides where would it all end. Would we next begin teaching sex education and experimentation, and the art of gambling?
"And couldn't it pose the problem of teachers nibbling a little on the side?" (Can you imagine a plastered clay instructor or a tongue twisted phonics teacher?)
If the proposal became a reality (a distinct impossibility in the Carry Nation State), would such activity-sponsoring organizations as the KU-Y sponsor one more activity, a Vodka Hour?
Tom Moore, adviser of KU-Y, commented: "The Y at KU is not a temperance organization. Nor is it an advocate of drinking. We just accept the situation that there are some members who drink and some who don't and let it at that."
"My own view is that people need to be taught good standards. The reasons people drink are as varied as are people but certainly there is a general standard. For instance, many students think no party can be a success with-
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—Staff photo by Bill Stephens
"WINTER IS ICUMEN in, Lhude sing (profanity)," Ezra Pound, "Ancient Music." "Neither snow nor rain nor winter clothing shall keep these watchers from their appointed stations," U.S. Post Office (with editing). "Say, look at that, look at that, look at that," Charlie (007 GPA) Bheaver. Winter does not seem to have much of an effect on hardy
souls who stand their positions as if it were the season "when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of etc." From the steps of Green Hall down Jayhawk Boulevard, it may be seen that it takes more than a cold wave to daunt or discourage certain hardy souls.
No charges were filed.
The Choice Full Load or Full Uniform
Draft-eligible students wishing to remain in school next fall are advised by James K. Hitt, KU registrar, to carry at least 15 or 16 hours next semester.
Hitt, who has recently returned from Washington where he has conferred with military and draft officials, said there will be a big "re-shuffling" of the draft by June. He explained the stockpile of non-college draftees is rapidly being depleted and local draft boards will soon have to dip into the ranks of college students.
"MOST EVERYBODY will get through this semester," he added.
HITT SAID the minimum hours a KU student must take under present policy is 12 hours, but he emphasized it is only the minimum. Such states as Oklahoma require the student to take a minimum of 15 hours before they are deferred.
though this semester," he added. Students making satisfactory progress toward graduation stand the best chance of being deferred, he said.
"Don't shut yourself out of the play by taking too few hours next semester," he said.
The admission test for graduate study in business will be offered February 5, in room 303, Bailey Hall.
"Only students with the best over-all records will be back next fall." Hitt added.
he advised students to exert every effort to bring their grades up. Those running into difficulty this spring should consider going to summer school, he concluded.
Tests Given
Registration forms and a bulletin of information including sample questions should be obtained before January 29 at the Guidance Bureau.
The law school examination is required for admission to all of the area law schools. The business school examination is required by 100 graduate business schools throughout the country.
UMKC, MU, and KU law schools all require this examination plus various academic requirements for admission.