Students Favor Regents' Greek Statement
The announcement by the Kansas Board of Regents, outlawing discrimination in all fraternities and sororities at the six Kansas colleges and universities, was received with enthusiasm by much of the student body, faculty and administration at the University of Kansas.
A statement issued by Sim Stokes, Mobile, Ala., senior, and president of the Civil Rights Council (CRC), reads as follows:
"As spokesman of the Civil Rights Council at KU I would like to say that the CRC is indeed pleased and impressed with the adoption of the policy by the Kansas Board of Regents, outlawing discrimination on the basis of race, religion or national origin in fraternity and campus related organizations.
THE CRC APPLAUDS this timely action both for its spirit of enlightenment and substantial promise of an end to discriminatory practices which have marred campus life in the past.
"Also, the University Human Relations Committee (UHRC), appointed last spring by Chancellor Wescoo, labored many hours to locate discriminatory practices and design administrative procedures for their amelioration. Together these actions fulfill to the letter the demands made by the CRC during last year's protests.
"Finally the CRC would like to direct special recognition to the important role played by our Chancellor, W. Clarke Wescoe, who has consistently worked for the eradication of discriminatory practices at our university.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY the
Board of Regents acknowledges "the right of organizations to establish standards of membership, provided that all students are afforded equal opportunity to meet those standards."
"Just as all student have the right to choose those with whom they would associate on the campus, an organization shall have the right to select its members subject to these principles," the directive continued.
The Board noted, "Nothing in this policy shall be interpreted as imposing a requirement that would
violate the principle of selection on the basis of individual merit."
A BOARD CONSISTING of students, faculty, and administrative personnel, to deal with the enforcement of the directive, will be established by the Chancellor or president of each institution.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said the directive is a very fine statement and a very broad one. "This gives us an opportunity now to educate ourselves."
Concerning enforcement of the
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Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
63rd Year, No. 6
Men Disappear in Ellsworth
Monday, Sept. 27, 1965
No further clues were available Monday as to the identity of two men who caused a room to room search of Ellsworth Hall shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Doris Sindt, resident director of Ellsworth, said sometime between 12:50 and 1 a.m. Sunday, two men rode an elevator to the eighth floor and got off. "The men were seen on at least two floors, and, to the best of our knowledge, left the building within five minutes," she said.
About five campus police called to the hall assisted Mrs. Sindt and some hall officers in the room to room search.
One of the residents, Jill Hatfield, Moundridge, Kan., senior, rode the elevator with the men. She said they told her they had permission to go up and then pushed their way into the elevator.
"It was so wild, I thought they must have had permission," she said. "They were talking wild, but they didn't seem drunk."
nearest stairs immediately. She said she saw them exit by the back stairway.
Another girl, who was visiting a friend on the seventh floor, said she noticed two men walking down the hall. They approached her and asked how to get out of the building. She said they seemed frightened so she told them to take the
The girl described the men as about 18 or 19. One had dark hair and was wearing glasses; the other had light colored hair.
Mrs. Sindet said all women in the building who saw the men were interviewed by the police. The matter was then referred to the dean of women's office and the campus police.
Laurence C. Woodruff, Dean of Students, said punishment would be "handled on individual cases depending on the circumstances."
In Placid Potter: Peril
Photo by Bill Stephen
AFTERNOON DIP—Dogs are frequent visitors friends enjoy a usually peaceful afternoon swim.
at Potter Lake where four of KU's web-footed
Photo by Bill Stephens
FOUR BECOME THREE — Tragedy struck
Thursday afternoon when a dog took chase and
joined the afternoon swim. Feathers in its mouth, the dog returned to bank.
Publisher Claims Reds on Campus
A Topeka publisher has claimed that one of the most active Communist cells in the United States is at KU and that a local publication edited by a former KU student "follows the Communist Party line to the letter."
Bert C. Carlyle made the allegations in a column which appeared in the Sept. 16 edition of the Topeka Pictorial Times, a weekly newspaper he publishes.
LAIRD WILCOX, Lawrence resident and former KU student, is considering a libel suit against Carlyle for statements made about the Kansas Free Press, a journal edited by Wilcox.
A section of Carlyle's column said:
"... do you have sons or daughters in Kansas University? There are nine professors there who signed a printed testimonial last year for a publication called (it gags me) 'The Kansas Free Press.' The last issue was completely on Viet Nam. It followed the Communist Party Line to the letter—with urgent message to get all U.S. troops out of Viet Nam, pictures purporting (sie) to show U.S. atrocities in Viet Nam, and colored accounts of the killing of innocent women and children by U.S. soldiers and Marines.
"THERE IS ONE of the most active Communist cells in the United States in the Kansas University faculty and student body. True—of the professors involved—there are a minority in numb-
—but they are making themselves heard. And they influence your college youngster and mine."
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American Royal Candidate For Queen to be Chosen
The KU candidate for American Royal Queen will be selected at a dinner in the English Room of the Kansas Union Tuesday. The candidate will be selected by a group of faculty members and Lawrence citizens. KU's representative will attend the final judging at the American Royal in Kansas City on Oct. 9.
Candidates from which the KU representative will be chosen are: Joan Danielson, Alpha Chi Omega Leawood senior; Diane Scaver Alpha Delta Pi, Fairrie Village sophomore; Virginia Swann, Alpha Gamma Delta, Russell junior; Shirley Williams, Alpha Omicron Pi, Olathe sophomore; Peggy Haydon, Alpha Phi, Western Springs, Ill. sophomore; Karen Howse, Chi Omega, Warwickshire, Eng., sophomore; Judy Long, Delta Delta Delta, Leawood sophomore; Beverly Ann Smith, Delta Gamma, McPherson sophomore; Mary Linda Rapelye, Gamma Phi Beta, Kansas City, Mc. senior; Karen Renstrom, Kappa Alpha Theta, Omaha, Nebr., sophomore; Debbie Fowler, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Topeka junior; Jan Monsees, Pi Beta Phi, Leawood sophomore.
Lorena Peterson, Sigma Kappa
Salina senior; Cheryl Parmely, Sellards Hall, Leroy sophomore; Carol Ryan, Watkins Hall, Burlington senior; Melissa Case, Douthart Hall,
Overland Park freshman; Mary Lou Knipp, Miller Hall, Onaga freshman; Dee Dee Davis, Ellsworth Hall, Shawnee Mission sophomore; Beth Dunler, W尔斯worth Hall, Russel junior; Karla Hoelzel, Ellsworth Hall, Kansas City, Mo., senior; Barbara Lientz, Hashinger Hall, Shawnee Mission mission; Ann Nuessen, Hashinger Hall, Quincy, Ill., junior; Barbara Ann Williams, Hashinger Hall, North Kansas City, Mo., junior.
Weather
With weekend highs ranging in the low 60's, the heat has been turned on in the 100 campus buildings heated by the University's physical plant.
The United States weather bureau forecasts mostly cloudy weather with occasional light rain to continue. The low tonight will be in the mid 50's and Tuesday's high in the 60's. Winds will be southeast from 10 to 15 miles per hour.
Normally the heat is not turned on until October 15 but because of the unseasonable cold weather classrooms have required warmth after only one week of classes.
The housing office reported that heat had been turned on in some dormitories and if the cold temperatures prevail the operation will be continued today.