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Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
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77th Year, No. 54
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow with temperature tonight in the low 30's.
Thursday, December 8, 1966
A E Phi invited to colonize here
By JUDY FAUST Assistant Managing Editor
Alpha Epsilon Phi, national social fraternity for women, has been invited by KU's Panhellenic Association to colonize here.
The decision is the result of more than a month's planning and discussion among Panhellenic Presidents' Council, national officers of Alpha Epsilon Phi, and the sorority's alumnae in the Greater Kansas City area.
IF THE INVITATION is accepted, Alpha Epsilon Phi will be the first sorority established at KU by colonization. A colony is a group of collegiates officially affiliated with a national sorority, but whose members are not yet initiates. The period of colonization is designed to give them time to develop the size, strength, and Panhellenic requirements necessary for chapter status. The decision to advance to chapter status will be made jointly by the so-
BULLETIN
The United States, the Soviet Union and other countries have reached an agreement on a treaty banning nuclear weapons from outer space.
President Johnson said the draft of the treaty was prepared by the Outer Space Committee of the United States.
He saw it as "an important step, towards peace."
In the statement read to newsmen in Austin, Tex., the president indicated he would send the treaty to the Senate early next year for ratification.
rority's national officers and the collegiate Panhellenic.
According to the provisions made by Presidents' Council in a letter to Alpha Epsilon Phi, the group may begin colonization immediately following Panhellenic's formal spring rush period. The first step will probably be a general meeting and Panhellenic orientation to which Alpha Epsilon Phi national officers will invite those eligible collegiate in whom they are interested.
Avery is responsive to Viet Nam gift idea
ALSO INCLUDED in the provisions is a three-year colonization period limit. If at the end of this time chapter status has not
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Four Class Congress of 1969 officers met with Governor William Avery Tuesday to discuss plans for establishing a gift from the people of Kansas to the people of South Viet Nam.
Dave Keesling, Herington sophomore and class vice-president, said the Congress hopes to coordinate Kansas colleges and private individuals in drives to raise $400,000 to send to South Viet Nam.
THE SOPHOMORES meeting with the governor in his Topeka office were: Doug Irmen, Shawnee Mission; Jim Blakely, Topeka; and Lois Orth, Bushton. They are chairmen of the service, promotional and overseas projects committees, respectively. Keesling also met with the governor.
The governor said the Congress "sounds worthwhile" and indicated his belief that Kansans would accept the monetary gift idea.
"Heaven only knows what college students can do," Avery said. "They can do anything when they set their minds to it.
"It's reassuring to know there's a feeling of responsibility in the students."
THE GOVERNOR SAID he will see what he can do about the "gift" idea, and will keep Keelsling posted on further developments.
The money will be used, Keesling said, to support a hospital or orphanage in South Viet Nam. The project's completion will have to go through the Defense Department and the South Vietnamese government in Saigon.
—UDK Photo by Dick Doores
“IF THEY DON'T MOVE THESE #*@%?#) $ CARS IN ONE MINUTE . . ”
Steve Russell, Topeka senior, gets a bit perturbed at finding his car hemmed in on all sides. Parking problems at KU are explored on page 3.
Frosh listed 'fair' after two-story fall
A freshman was listed in fair condition this morning at the KU Medical Center after he fell last night from a second story rooming house balcony at 1325 Tennessee Street.
Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, and hospital officials identified the student as John Joseph Stocker, 18, of New York City. Stocker's campus address is Ellsworth Hall.
Alderson said the circumstances of Stocker's fall are not known other than that he fell 15 to 20 feet about 9:30 last night.
Stocker was admitted to Watkins Memorial Hospital for observation, but early this morning was transferred to the medical center where he is being treated for a head injury and a fractured wrist or arm.
Habla sie le 'Kurdish'?!
Peace Corps test called 'kicks'
By BETSY WRIGHT
The Peace Corps booklet clutched tightly in nervous sweaty hands was reassuring.
"Some die-hard 'language dropouts' refuse to believe that those unable to learn a foreign language in high school or college can learn one in the course of a summer. They can and they do," it said.
One of America's record holders of non-distinguished grades in foreign languages was taking the Peace Corps language aptitude test.
Only the repeated assurances of Peace Corps recruiters that the test was: (1) non-competitive (2) not an elimination factor from the Peace Corps and (3) required with applications to the Corps, had brought this linguistic flunkee to the testing center.
Eleven persons were taking the test last night, which is being given each day this week in conjunction with Peace Corps Week on campus. The others were much more composed, apparently not belonging to the ranks of language improbables.
When the test was handed out, it became apparent
that it was divided into three sections. The whole test required 30 minutes of undivided attention.
Perhaps the first part of the test required the most vivid imagination. It presented the tested one with the phonetical spelling of a word. It must be added, however, that Peace Corps phonetics are not necessarily the same as those used by the less adept at languages.
The idea of this primary section was to match the alleged phonetic spelling with one of five words which would most nearly match its meaning. Close observation brought this applicant to the conclusion that loud whispered attempts at figuring out how the word would sound were not appreciated by probably more proficient neighbors.
Having spent some years speaking English, the applicant anticipated an excellent showing in the second section. The applicant was subsequently disappointed.
In this testing area, the applicant was given one sentence which had a word underlined. All he had to do then was pick out a word in a following sentence which corresponded in sentence usage to the original
underlined word. It seemed simple enough in the samples:
Something like "The 'man' is unhappy," would be followed by an obvious subject such as "The cat is blue."
But when it came to the real nitty gritty, it seemed that the indirect object in the test sentence was matched by at least five indirect objects in the answer.
With despair the once-interested-in-the-Peace-Corps dropout fell into the last part of the test. The applicant had heard about this unsettling section of the test. It consisted of 24 Kurdish words and their English counterparts and four minutes to look at them.
After the four minutes, the inevitable removal of the English vocabularyly took place, and the test taker was asked to pick out the English meaning.
Comparatively speaking, this part was kicks. It gave this taker a chance to add several additional words to her already vast cosmopolitan vocabulary. If for no other reason, everyone should take this test in order to see what a fun language Kurdish can be.
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