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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
76th Year, No. 27
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts fair skies for tonight and tomorrow. Winds will be westerly about 10 miles an hour. Temperatures will be cooler tonight dropping to 30.
Tuesday, October 26,1965
Photo by Dan Austin
HELP NEEDED—Sterling Hamilton, Yonkers, N.Y., freshman from McCollum Hall, gives blood for Mike O'Neill.
Resolution May Revise ASC Vote
By Stephen Russell
Reapportionment, a recent concern of the U.S. Senate, also perplexes KU's All Student Council. The large population in the living districts is threatening the proportional representation on the ASC.
BILL BRIER, Shawnee Mission senior and chairman of the ASC Elections Committee, said he will present a resolution to rewrite the ASC elections bill at today's council meeting, 7 p.m., in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
He said the resolution will call for the appointment of a committee of past election committee chairmen to rewrite the bill.
"Under the current standard, if there are more than eight candidates from one district, the ballots have to be counted by hand," he said.
A tremendous counting problem will arise this fall in at least two districts. Either some districts will have to be split or the proportional system will have to be abolished, he said.
MIKE McNALLY. Bartlesville, Okla., junior and ASC chairman, said he will also introduce a resolution at this meeting which would empower him as ASC chairman, to set up a committee to investigate the possibility for an ASC retreat.
The retreat would be a training program in student government for all council members. To be held after the fall elections, it would be especially helpful to the 25-28 newly elected members, to orientate them with parliamentary procedure, the ASC Constitution and their duties as council members.
AMENDMENTS to ASC bills numbered 25 and 28, introduced
at the last meeting, will be brought up before the council from the Committee on Committees for a vote.
Vix Prager, Atchison junior (Vox-Men's Small), with his amendment to bill No. 25, seeks to limit the number of members to four on the Student Opinion Poll, an executive committee; and to set an unlimited maximum according to an approval from the ASC chairman.
RON PEDEN, DANVILLE senior (Vox—Engineering), with his amendment to bill No. 28, wants to add a representative from the Board of Class Officers to the organizational observers of ASC meetings provided for in the bill. The Associated Women Student Senate and The International Club are the only organizations presently represented with observers.
Dr. Ralph Canuteson, former director of the KU Student Health Service, is recovering from a critical chest condition at Oslo, Norway.
Dr. Canuteson Recovering
Canuteson, who retired after 37 years of service, was traveling with his wife in Europe this summer when he fell ill.
Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler, acting director of the health service, said, "He has been out of the hospital three weeks and will continue to recuperate and visit friends before returning to the United States."
Last year, Canuteson was given the 1965 Hitchcock Award by the American College Health Association for outstanding contributions in the field of college health.
Students Answer Blood Call For Sophomore in Accident
By Irvana Keagy
When the call came, more than 300 KU students were willing to give their blood to another student Monday. They stood in lines and many waited more than two hours, some cutting afternoon classes, to donate blood.
A Red Cross mobile unit from the Douglas County Red Cross Chapter was set up in the dining room of Templin Hall, a men's residence hall, at 10:30 a.m. Monday. The drive was scheduled to end at 1:30 p.m., but the last donor did not leave the hall until after 4:30 p.m.
THE BLOOD WILL go to Mike O'Neill, sophomore from Fort Lewis, Wash., formerly of Leavenworth, Kan., who suffered head and internal injuries in a one-car accident Oct. 16.
O'Neill, a resident of Templin, was reported in fair condition at the KU Medical Center, and doctors said he will undergo brain surgery today.
"Great, just great," Tom McCracken, St. Louis, Mo., junior, president of O'Neil's floor and organizer of the drive, said. "I went to all the residence halls (on Daisy Hill) and had them announce over their public address systems that the drive had started."
"WHEN THE BOYS saw some of the girls coming over, they started giving blood too," he said. (It was estimated that about one-fourth of the donors were girls. During the day, three boys and one girl fainted.)
"For a while they had the place flooded. Some never even knew the guy, and had never even seen Mike. Great, just great," McCracken repeated.
Mrs. Jo Byers, executive director of the Douglas County Red Cross chapter, said 115 students were present as donors, and 95 students actually gave blood. At least 150 students were turned
Counter Movement
"OF THE PEOPLE I've talked to, 100 per cent have agreed with it." Weiss added.
THE TEXT of the letter follows: "We, the undersigned at the University of Kansas (living group's name), wish to make clear to you, the fighting men in South Viet Nam, that we heartily disagree with recent demonstrations by misguided minorities claiming to represent the majority views of students and faculty alike.
By Walt Jayroe
A rough draft of the letter has been written and a mimeographed copy will be sent to various living groups, he said. He added that he would welcome revisions and any other ideas which would improve it. An effort will be made to circulate the letter among KU faculty members, too.
Letter Planned Backing War
A counter movement directed toward the anti-war and draft demonstrations of a week ago has been initiated at KU.
"It started out as a dormitory project (Joseph R. Pearson Hall), but everyone was so enthusiastic that we decided to include other living groups and faculty at KU" he said. "I've really been amazed."
Jay Weiss, Augusta junior, with the help of other KU students and faculty, plans to send a letter to Gen. W. C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam, expressing support and appreciation for the American war effort. The letter will bear the signatures of any KU student or faculty member who wishes to express such a feeling.
SHARI MOREY, Lawrence freshman, said she was taking a nap in her room in Lewis Hall, a freshman women's residence hall, when she heard the announcement over the hall's public address system. She said she did not know O'Neill, and had never given blood before, but decided to donate her blood when she heard the announcement.
WEISS SAID he got the idea while reading about a telegram sent by a Wichita State University fraternity Thursday night. The telegram conveyed support and attempted to show American soldiers that the demonstrations did not represent a majority of college student opinion.
away because of a lack of supplies needed for the procedure.
"WE, TOO, are students and teachers and we are indeed thoughtful that men like you are willing to give their time, their effort and in some cases their lives, so that all of us may enjoy freedom, the peace, and the security which we all value so much."
Dave Walters, Wyandotte County junior, who lived on the same floor as O'Neill, said he did not know him personally, but had some definite reasons for donating blood.
LES COHN, OVERLAND Park freshman, said, "I knew through
"They needed blood! I thought it would be a new experience, because I had never done it before and like I said, they needed it." Walters said.
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Weiss explained that the letter would probably be sent air mail.
"It's cheaper and would be more personal than a telegram," he said.
"I DISAGREE with them. They're kind of pitiful. They don't appreciate the men in South Viet Nam and they don't represent the majority. In fact, they are a very small minority."
Weiss, a major in Spanish and Latin American studies, spoke on his own views of the demonstrators.
He said the demonstrations had a demoralizing effect on America's soldiers.
About the draft Weiss said, "If I'm called I'll go. As to the morality of the draft, I'm not positive.
WITH THE HELP of volunteer workers Weiss said he hopes the letter will be ready for mailing within a week.
But it hardly seems fair to enjoy freedom without making a sacrifice"
He urged anyone interested in signing the letter to contact him at Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
The Collegiate Young Republicans and the Collegiate Young Democrats are also planning a letter supporting the U.S. action in the Viet Nam war. Three hundred copies of the letter are to be printed with space on each one for 20 signatures.
Photo by Bill Stephens
JAY WEISS . . . writes a rough draft.