THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Wednesday, December 14, 1966
Fun or fatigue face 14,000 KU travelers
By BETSY WRIGHT
Barry Schmurtz, all-America KU student, has decided to grace his family with his presence for Christmas this year. Fervently praying perhaps, that this kindness will be rewarded by a Christmas stocking plane ticket to Vail for that last week fling.
Regardless of their motives, Schmurtz and 14,000 or so of his KU peers will have to find some transportation home. And in some cases, it may be hard.
This train is bound . . .
Take trains, for instance. If Schmurtz planned to ride by railroad, he had best made reservations some time before Thanksgiving, train officials say. The three lines serving Lawrence, however, have added extra cars to soak up the Christmas rush, and a few trains may still offer a corner to stand in.
Trains headed for the Chicago area, home of the second largest number of out-of-state students, exhibit a particular overload. Indeed, so customary is the Chicago smash, that seat-grabbing has become an art.
A sly Chicago-bound student will devote little time to the main car seating situation, because all seats will undoubtedly be taken by the time he reaches the train. He will, instead, immediately adjourn to the nearest rest room, n hopes that a small space still remains on the perennial plastic couch.
If all else fails,he may join the
many others sitting on suitcases in the aisles. One veteran of many hours on her Samsonite now carries a folding camp chair for such emergencies.
Along with the trials and frustrations of the Illinois express, however, the first Christmas parties of the season often spring up there. Liquid Christmas spirits, combined with vacation exhilaration and Christmas cheer, are said to produce fantastic Christmas caroling by the time the train reaches Illinois.
Reservations or Bus
Those losing out in the train game, might next try the bus depot. Because buses come frequently and are on a first-come-first-served basis, the reservationshy student may have a sporting chance here. Bus depot personnel also report that extra vehicles have been added for the holiday mobs.
Many students, a local travel agency reports, have also made reservations to fly home for Christmas. Unlike spring and semester vacations, however, the reservations are almost completely for good "hometown" areas, rather than vacation wonderlands.
But none of this really helps Parry Schmurtz, because he hails from Dry Gulch, Wyo., a mini-polis of 45. What do such unfortunates do in their attempts to go home for Christmas?
Board with travel?
Board with travel:
One hopeful and economical
—Photo by John Kiely
HUNG UP ON TRAVEL
Beloit bound junior, Marie Scoggan, checks on who's-going-and who-wants-to-go-where at the Union travel board.
step for the despairing student is the Kansas Union travel board. This handy U.S. map contains hooks upon which those wishing rides or riders may hang their appeals. The board now sports about 75 blue "riders wanted" tags and 160 pink "rides wanted" cards.
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Ryun wins top athlete
New York—(UPI)—Kansas University's teen-age miler Jim Ryun became the youngest athlete to be named the Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated Magazine, by virtue of his world record 3:51.3 mile.
Ryun, a 12-year-old sophomore, bested Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles, auto racer Jack Brabham, skier Jean Claude Killy and Bobby Hull, hockey star with the Chicago Black Hawks.
—UDK Photo by Dick Doores
"GIMME THAT BALL!"
Two forwards, Tiger Pat Foley and Jayhawk Rodger Bohnenstiehl, vie for ball control in last night's KU 70-54 victory over University of the Pacific.
Vice-chairman picked
ASC pledges action
By RUTH ROHRER
With 23 newly-elected members, the "new blood" was evident last night when the All Student Council (ASC) unanimously pledged to "work with a true spirit of cooperation," and elected a new vice-chairman.
They also heard committee reports from the Human Rights Committee (HRC), campus chest committee and student regulations committee.
BRIAN PARKER (UP—graduate school), London, England, graduate student, opposed by John Hill (KUPA—large men), Waverly senior, was elected vice-chairman. The office was left vacant when Tom Rader, Greensburg junior, was dropped from the council for non-attendance.
"I have been very unimpressed with what hasn't been done by the ASC," Barker said.
Backer, who was student body president of the University of Birmingham in England, said he had never seen so much student apathy.
"This is a very crucial year for student government," he said. "Unless something is done this year, it may just disintegrate."
A RESOLUTION introduced by Allen Russell (VOX—large men's). Scottsbluff, Neb., junior, was passed unanimously. The resolution stated that members "pledge to work with a true spirit of cooperation seeking fundamental
issues only instead of arguing over trivial points, acting always in the interest of the student body and community of KU and disregarding factional and personal differences."
Struby said the names of those who replied with signed statements will be published "so students may know where fair housing exists."
Carl Struby, Leawood senior and chairman of the ASC Human Rights Committee, presented the results of a survey of housing discrimination in Lawrence. Of 190 questionnaires sent to landlords in Lawrence, only 55 replies were received —37 of which were signed.
DICK DARVILLE, Shawnee Mission senior and chairman of the Student Regulations Committee, presented recommendations for changes in the structure of the Council on Student Affairs (COSA).
Recommendations to COSA were:
to have prior public announcements of topics for discussion.
to encourage individual CCSA members to carry on outside discussion with students concerning issues.
to do away with the informal agreement among COSA members to not discuss issues with others in the university community.
- to educate the university as to COSA's powers and functions.
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