kansan
This is the last issue of the University Daily Kansan to be published before Thanksgiving vacation. Publication will resume on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
What's Inside?
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Rhodesian students' opinion of Ian Smith . . . see page 7; ATO dedication and AKL ground breaking . . . see page 4; Law School distinguished professorship . . . see page 12;
76th Year, No. 46
Monday, November 22, 1965
Students Protest Rhodesia; African Letter Urges Force
By Robert Stevens
Twenty-two KU student demonstrated in protest Friday before the British Consulate's offices in Kansas City, protesting Rhodesian independence.
After the demonstration, two officers of the KU African club presented a letter to the acting British consul, A. V. E. Gray, urging that Britain use force to
Related Story . . . page 7
bring the downfall of the former colony which broke away from Britain. Nov. 11.
Gray met the officers: Ebeng Kawadza, Rhodesian graduate student and club president, and Grima Negash, Ethiopian junior and club secretary.
The letter read:
"We, the members of the African Club at the University of Kansas in the USA, strongly demand the use of military force by your government to bring law and order in Rhodesia.
"Economic sanctions not backed by full oil embargo have no effect on the Smith regime, but hurt the indigenous Africans whom you claim to protect since Smith and his henchmen have boarded enough wealth to be above and beyond the effect thereof. It is definite that the neighboring racist regimes of South Africa and Portugal have promised and in fact support the rebels to the hilt.
"Africa cannot and will not permit an all-white paradise to exist amidst the misery or over-exploited population of the majority of Rhodesians. The present rebellious regime which you have deliberately given a free hand is responsible for all of the most atrocious, hideous and tyrannical acts ever committed in Rhodesia.
"We, therefore, demand that Her Majesty's government hang Ian Smith and his immediate henchmen as traitors, which Her Majesty's government has pointed out they are.
"We endorse the resolutions of the OAU to take whatever action
they deem appropriate in the event of Her Majesty's government's hesitancy.
"We students are not a bellicose group, though the measures we are advocating seem so. They are indeed measures which, if immediately effected, can prevent ominous bloodbaths that can come about due to inaction.
"May God bless us all. God save the Queen!"
The students carried signs which read "Hang the rebels by their eyelids from jungle trees," "Give hell to the racist regime," and "Britain Use Force."
Gray said, "I told the gentlemen (the officers) I would forward the letter outlining their feelings to Her Majesty's government.
"I outlined, however, that we feel the economic sanctions Britain has imposed on Rhodesia will be enough to bring the country back into line. Using force would be like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer."
Woman's Courage, Quick Aid Help KU Student Hit by Car
Late on a rainy afternoon eleven days ago, a car smashed into the man and his bicycle, throwing him to the pavement, shattering one of his legs in many pieces.
At that time, Errol Wahl, Valley Center freshman, was in danger of losing his leg . . . today, due to quick thinking on the part of a KU woman, the help of friends and family, and his desire to get well, he is on the way to recovery.
Wahl, a chemical engineering honor student, former valedictorian of his graduating class, and a Summerfield Scholarship finalist, was struck near Templin Hall (his home at KU) as he was returning from class.
Two cars behind the accident, Pam Ellington, Saratoga, Calif. junior, and one of her friends saw what was happening, and swerved their car over the curve. Without hesitating, Miss Ellington jumped out of the car and gave Wahl first aid.
Her roommate later said that one of the things that struck Miss Ellington the most was that there were quite a few men standing near the scene, shaking their heads saying, "what a terrible thing . . . isn't it a shame."
Wahl was conscious during the entire time following the accident and the ride to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
In the first moments following surgery, there was fear that he still might lose his leg. Miss Ellington's action had held the loss of blood to about a cupful, and no transfusions were needed during the operation. Pieces of bone had been carefully recovered at the site, and the surgeon was able to re-structure the leg.
Because his classwork was so important to him, friends in several of his classes brought him notes and assignments, and worked with him so that he wouldn't fall behind.
Wahl was taken into surgery at 9 p.m.
Terry Smith, Wichita sophomore, used his tape recorder to tape Chemistry 21 lecture notes for him. Hardman brought Wahl notes from an English class they both have. A man from Joseph R. Pearson Hall also brought him class notes.
Visitors, many of them new friends, came to the hospital just to cheer him up. His mother, Mrs. Frank J. Wahl, moved into a local
motel and spent most of the daytime during the ten days talking to him.
(Continued on page 6)
KU Professors Evaluate JFK
Steve Russell
A shot fired from the shores of the United States echoed around the world two years ago today.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, has stimulated world-wide evaluations of him, and his administration.
Kennedy is viewed by members of KU's political science department as a great president whose potential was not given time to materialize because of his death.
"THERE ARE paths that lead upward to a better future. This was the chord he sounded both at home and abroad," Roy Laird, assistant professor in the department, said.
"There is no doubt in my mind, and I felt this particularly in Europe, that the man's greatness was without equal in what he promised the world and in particular the younger generation," he said.
Laird, who was in Europe at the time of the assassination, said Kennedy's potential for greatness is measured by the fact that Europeans tended to regard him as their first President because of his intellectual stature
"AS THE LEADER of the country, I think he clearly kept for himself a mark of greatness and a new level of achievement," Laird added.
"But there just wasn't time or opportunity for him to prove his stature or to realize his full potential." Laird said.
Herman Lujan, assistant professor, explained why so many of Kennedy's programs did not pass during his administration. "You must remember that he was dealing with a recalcitrant Congress.
"THE ASSASSINATION accentuated his presidency, but he definitely was one of the first to call for a national effort in dealing with certain basic problems." Lujan said.
"ALTHOUGH IT'S A little too early to tell what the outcome will be, Kennedy's ability to assert leadership, intellectual ability and the ability to comprehend complex problems made him a remarkable human being.
John Grum, professor in the department, gave Kennedy's most important legislation as the foreign trade bill, and emphasized that Kennedy had trouble in getting the legislation that he wanted.
Walter Sandelius, professor in the department, said Kennedy initiated a program for the times despite the brief duration of his administration.
HE SAID IT IS POSSIBLE Kennedy's programs have been carried through by his successor with more success than he could have had because of the assassination. He believes Kennedy's programs, because of their nature, were headed for opposition and that the assassination weakened the position of those opposing them.
"I'm inclined to think that neither Kennedy nor a successor would have had the success with Congress that Johnson has had since the assassination," he said.
Sandelius said the whole world favored Kennedy because of his personality, youth and intellect. The president represents this country in the eyes of the world and Kennedy did more than most presidents have done to raise the position of the office in the esteem of the world.
Sandelius said Eisenhower was headed in this same direction and Johnson, because he has committed himself to carry through Kennedy's program, has also followed it closely.
Rainy Recess for Eastern U.S.
KU students are beginning to leave for the Thanksgiving recess, and travel conditions will be good for the central part of the nation, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau at Topeka.
ACCORDING TO the Weather Bureau's forecast, tonight will be cloudy to partly cloudy with mild temperatures west of the Mississippi Valley. Low tonight will be in the 30's. East of the Mississippi, it will be cloudy with moderate to heavy rain from the south of the Mississippi north to Pennsylvania.
Students traveling east of the Mississippi will have to drive in the rain probably only part of the way. A clearing trend will move eastward to the Appalachians Tuesday with rain continuing east of the Appalachians along the eastern seaboard.
The northeast quarter of the country will experience cold weather Wednesday. Students
traveling in this part of the country can expect cloudy skies and some snow from Pennsylvania to the New England States.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN mild in the Plains States and in the southeastern quarter of the country Wednesday. Skies will be partly cloudy in this area.
Cold air from the north will move down through the eastern half of the nation on Thanksgiving Day causing more rain. Weather will be cool and dry in the central and south-eastern parts of the country on Thanksgiving.
Unless unforeseen developments occur in the weather patterns, students traveling in Kansas and border states will be able to enjoy normal road conditions. Students traveling further east and northeast will probably experience rain and possibly some snow.