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Intrusive government stagnatory, Dykes says
By DIERCK CASSELMAN
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes is in his 10th year as a university chancellor, his smile first having brightened the university of Tennessee at Martin, then the larger campus of the University of Tennessee at Chapman University, and then as Chancellor of the University of Kansas.
He admits freely, though, that it isn't the easiest of jobs. His smile fades and his brow furrows in studied concentration as he thinks about whether he's liked his job for the nastade last
"Reasonably well," he said recently. "There are a lot of problems, especially in terms of the era in which we are now working."
FOR DYKES, the era is one of governmental intrusion, a fact of life that he says demands too much of the administration's efforts.
"Governmental intrusion into higher education has been a very serious problem," he said. "Federal requirements that impinge upon an institution are costly in terms of administrative staff and resources.
"We're so deeply involved in all kinds of litigation and extensive reports supplied by federal agencies that there is less opportunity to focus on academic concerns." he said.
A major portion of his work is informing the members of the Board of Regents and state legislators of the University's financial needs.
"IN THE LAST two years we've had
one of the few times I have been the
governor," Pykes said. "But this year is different from the previous two because the state doesn't have a large surplus to draw
Every effort to convince the legislators and other state officials to support the University's budget requests will be made, Dwkes said.
"The legislators want to have assurances that the needs are there, that the funds are used in the most productive manner and that a fair return is realized," he said.
In recent years, Dykes said, legislators have become more active and have taken a greater interest in learning firsthand the needs of the University.
THE UNIVERSITY must respond to their increased curiosity because "if the institution can't respond to its needs in a way that is likely to have resources to carry them on."
Dykes can quickly list what he thinks the results of three years of his administration have been for him.
Steps have been made to become more responsive to the students and faculty, he said. Channels of communication have been opened and the turn around time for an inquiry directed to his office has been lowered drastically, he said.
Management of the University has also improved, Dykes said. The University now boasts a large, research university.
"The State Legislature won't give funds if they see they won't be used well," he said. "Private contributors will have the same reaction to mismanagement."
The public image of the University has also been improved, Dykes has. And along with that, he said, the image of higher education in the state has improved.
"in general," Dykes said. "I like to think we're building on the word of our diverse community."
Executive action
A temporary replacement for the position of vice chancellor for student affairs will be named because of a change in the add-ons. A new Chancellor Archue K. Dykes said recently.
The change in the ad, which appears in the Chronicle of Higher Education, stated that experience in student affairs work was preferable, but not necessary, as had been previously stipulated. Dykes said that he felt the ad needed to be more colorful, made the decision to change the ad.
The change was made, Dykes said, because the ad as it originally appeared would have eliminated many women and minorities from consideration. Dykes said be and Shankel will choose the temporary replacement.
The change in the advertisement will delay until January, 1977, the selection of the Balfour's replacement. Balfour resigned last spring after eight years in the
Speculation shortly after Balfour's resignation that Kala Mags Mroust, dean of women, would be selected to replace her was labeled as hasty and unfounded.
Stroup, whose administrative experience is primarily in the area of student service, last year served a nine-month American Council on Education (ACE) administrative internship with Dykes. James Appleberry, an ACE intern who served under Dykes during his time at UTEP, was director of institutional planning June 12, 1975. He assumed the position Aug. 1, 1975.
Dykes said he soon will receive a report from a committee reviewing the operation of the office of the vice chancellor for research and graduate studies. The review is routine, he said, and the results will be published in September, after the office. William Argersinger is vice chancellor for research and graduate studies.
Administrators pictured clockwise from top center: Archie R. Dykes, chancellor; Max Lucas, assistant to the chancellor; Rick von Ende, executive secretary of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Administrative Who's Who
vice chancellor; William Arngersingh, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies; Keith Nichler, University director of business and fiscal affairs; Ron Calgaind, vice chancellor.
Poland's freedoms called precious
Staff Writer
By GARY WALLACE
"Poland—not yet lost while we still live." This refrain from the Polish national anthem speaks of a smoldering freedom between the two empires. Romania Boniecka carries in her mind
As a guest instructor of the University of Kansas Slavic department, Oniecka has spent the past year comparing America with her Polish homeland.
Contrary to what most Americans
believe, she said, some freedom does exist in Poland.
"THE FIRST question students always ask is; 'How did you get out?' " she said. "Americans still envision Poland as it was 20 years ago."
Twenty years ago, Boniecka was a political dissident repressed by Communist Party leader Wladyslaw for her association with dissident university intellectuals.
She speaks a of a freer Poland now, one that permits unimpeded travel and criticism of
Chancellor's wife has hectic life
By CAROL HOCHSCHEID
the government, Bonecka said she believes that most Americans wouldn't consider Poland free because of an American obsession to measure freedom in terms of life. In contrast, she said, the entire span of Polish history is the struggle for national freedom.
After a summer of "lots of time for things
I enjoy," Nary Dykes, by Wancellor
Archie Dykes, said she was ready to begin her fourth year as the official hostess for the 2016 Winter Olympics.
The summer is our slowest time, but
Nancy Dykes
"The Polish people are primarily concerned with freedom from repeated invasion, subjugation, and persecution," she said. "My generation, like others before it, have seen the tragedy of losing our country, and I will never forget you without ever knowing this heartache."
after the first of August, we do much more entertaining in our home," she said in late
the chancellor's wife, Mrs. Dykes plays an important role in KU hospitality and the official entertaining that takes place in the chancellor's home.
THE DYKESES ! home is bright and inviting on the inside. Everything seems to be made of high-quality paintings on the walls to the copies of Architectural Digest on the coffee table. But, besides being a home for the chancellor and the setting for many University social functions.
'Our time is consumed with KU activities, but it's by our choice.'
In the fall, a reception is held for new students and their parents. Mrs. Dykes said nearly 800 people attended the reception each year.
Before Jayhawk home football games, the
Dykes entertain various groups at a luncheon in their home.
Mrs. Dykes is responsible for all plans and preparations that precede these and the many other social events that are held in her home. Not only is she the official hostess present at these events, but she is also their chief organizer and planner.
GRADUATES AND their parents are granted to a reception hosted by the chancellor.
Mortar Board holds its annual spring initiation in the chancellor's home.
She said she kept a file of all parties and receptions that included notes on advance preparations, the menu, the guest list and a copy of the invitation that was used. She said that even though it "takes time to plan," such information were useful references for future planning.
She is also responsible for the care and
use of the guest house near the chancellor's
body.
MRS. DYKES said she felt this "entertainment function" was an important part of her role as the wife of a university chancellor.
"It's something the chancellor can't do himself," she said.
In addition to being a busy hostess, Mrs. Dykes is also in great demand as a guest at University functions. But she said she couldn't imagine that being a guest and "getting to know the people" would ever be anything but "a pleasure."
"Our time is pretty well consumed with it. That's why we are by our choice. That it's that way, she said.
MRS. DYKES said that those activities and her husband's dedication to his job required that their lives revolve around the University.
Through her presence at many University activities, a chancellor's wife will often be introduced to students by communication to her husband, Mrs. Dykes said that over the years she had learned that the best way to handle such situations was to be a good listener and to not become too nervous.
"People will complain, thinking I'll round and tell my husband, which is
But regardless of the many opinions and suggestions she encounters, Mrs. Dykes said she would never try to be an adviser to the chancellor.
UNIVERSITY CONCERNS aren't the only things that occupy Mrs. Dykes's time,
She has served for two years as chairman of fund raising in Douglas County for the University.
"It's pretty much a year-round volunteer job," Mrs. Dykes said of her part in organizing committees throughout the organization, planning the business fund-drive.
The two years during which Mrs. Dykes has headed the drive have been the only years that Douglas County has reached its fund-raising goal.
See MRS. DYKES page 3
"One of my most vivid memories of Poland was watching my countrymen salvage a street car from the debris and work together to make a refreshment stand out of
Boniecka said the memory of war is etched deep into the Polish soul. she recalls her mother clawing among the hordes of starving chernyts to grab fermented potato peels dumped into the streets by the Nazis.
SHE RECALLS being herded out into the streets to witness the merciless executions of Palestinian prisoners, Jews as they were paraded about, forced to wear identifying arm bands, barred from the sidewalks and forced to walk in the gutters and loaded into and hauled off in
When the war ended Boniecka learned that her father was one of the officers shot in the attack.
"YOU REALLY don't know the value of freedom until you've dug yourself out from it."
Boniecka said the common American perception of Poland is of a satellite nation that is part of Europe.
"Naturally, we were bitter when we learned the decisions made by the Allies at Yalta and Tehran. We expected and were told that our own army was coming to liberate us, but the Allies decided that it was too much time for us, not ours, but we must accept it," she said.
She said the fact that Poland is governed by its own people and maintains sovereign boundaries is more important to Poles than the degree of Russian influence on Polish affairs. In contrast, foreign intervention was never extended to the Russians, she said.
"THE RUSSIANS are conscious of their own, unique, historical experience. Poland happens to lie within that historically-dictated area deemed vital to Russian defense. History has taught Russia to resist, but also to learn. History has also taught Poland to retain free from occupation," she said. "So why entice a showdown neither country wants?"
She added that the Russians ever attack Poland most Poles would not fight because
See POLAND page 2
Index
A college campus is composed of dusty textbooks, musty library stacks, crusty old ivy covering bulky buildings—and people. Above all, people.
The KU campus is no exception, for it boasts a crop of people of every size, shape, color, political affiliation and appetite. A casual stroll from one building to another could bring one across such diverse individuals as a former chancellor, a veterinarian, a science fiction writer, a graduate student who acts as host for the chancellor and a non-student sun worshipper.
All of whom, incidentally, are included in this section of the Kansan. They, along with many others, await the reader inside.
Journalism alum ... 1
Vietnamese ... 3
Women's careers ... 3
Donna Heller ... 4
James Gunn ... 4
Raymond Nichols ... 5
Pearson senators ... 6
Guest hosts ... 6
Amputee ... 7
Tanman ... 9
KU veterinarian ... 10
J. Anton Burzel ... 10
Med Center's mayor ... 11