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Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No. 6
WEATHER CLOUDY See Weather—Page 3.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, September 26, 1966
Staff photo by Lynniel Q. VanBenschoten
PLOTTING NEXT MOVE
David Traxler, Pittsburg senior, attempts to out-wit an opponent during a chess tourney at the Kansas Union yesterday.
Chess tournament begins 6-week play
Two hours of silence described the atmosphere on the third floor of the Kansas Union yesterday as about 20 KU chess players gathered for an all-university tournament.
Sponsored by the Student Union Activities Council, the KU Chess Players began its 10th annual tournament which will last through six following Sundays.
Walter Stompquist, president of the University chess group, believes chess is an imaginative sport.
"CHESS REQUIRES MUCH mental work and challenges the brain to plan strategy like men fighting a war," Stompquist explained.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Don A. Varvel, tournament chairman, agrees with Stompquist but pursues his statements further by saying, "I like to play chess because it's competitive; it's a game in which one puts his mind against another."
SPORTS—KU's first football victory of the season over Arizona —35-13. Page 6.
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS in the tournament were conducted yesterday. The following were the groupings for the first day:
Editorialists - Editorial writers discuss senior parties. PAGE 2.
Features—Uncle Jimmy Green's cane is loosed on the law students. Page.4.
Neil Schechter—Donald Varvel, Michael Evans—Walter Jennings, David Traxler—Bill Newton, Richard Douglas—Bill Bushka.
Walter Stompquist—Doug Hensley, Blake Jensen—Roger Alexander, Larry Williams—Jim Kotas, Jim Donovan—Bill Remmers.
KU-Y offers new camp
"The senate is a major attempt to involve freshmen in the KUY," Don Hineman, Dighton sophomore and co-chairman, said. "A freshman steering committee plans the programs, freshmen, acting as senators, draft bills, and then have an opportunity to support them during a three-day senate session held in December," he said.
The Freshman Model Senate one of 14 KU-Y activities, was explained to approximately 150 persons at last night's KU-Y information meeting.
Freshman Camp, a pilot project for the KU-Y, will be held at Camp Santosage, Independence, Mo., on October 8-9. "This camp offers freshmen a chance to meet members of the faculty, distinguished upperclassmen, and other freshmen to discuss relevant points about college life," Don Beahm, Great Bend senior and project co-chairman said.
Hineman said the deadline for interested freshmen to apply for a position on the steering committee is Friday.
Aldon D. Bell, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and professor of
See KU-Y—Page 3
Study abroad
KU students travel
It's a small world, they say. And for KU students, the globe is growing yet smaller, in terms of accessibility.
"There are so many chances and reasons to go abroad in college," one girl argued, "and the chances are that if you don't go now, you never will."
Not only are opportunities for student travel and study abroad on the increase, but the interest in that direction is growing, too.
FRANCIS HELLER, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and director of international programs, reports,
Motto, no hats bugclass
By WILL HARDESTY
Student protests are being formed. Small groups are gathering in smoke filled rooms to argue vehemently. Several students have begun hunger strikes.
Uh-huh. Yeah, sure. Would you believe nobody gives a -----
AS A WHOLE, the class is presenting a strong and unified front of indifference, confusion, and conflicting opinions.
The seniors this year will not have cowboy hats, and their sweatshirts will be inscribed "and we shall inherit the earth."
Students are very adamant in making statements, but usually conclude their remarks with a strong convinceiver like "I guess" or "but it really doesn't matter to me."
The most controversial subject is the inscription. Some feel it is not fitting.
Carolyn Wortman, Atchison senior, said she really didn't like this "thing" on the sweatshirts.
CHERI BALL, Olathe senior, described her feelings as disappointment and concern. She was disappointed in the lack of hats and choice of mottos, and concerned that the motto would be taken as "and the meek shall inherit the earth."
"I think it's overly religious," said Judy Wilder, Wodsworth, Ohio senior.
John McGee, Independence senior, thought the inscription should be more comical and less serious.
The committee in charge of costuming said that there would be no hats in order to save money, and the money "could be put to better use."
"Interest is such that we found it desirable to put a half-time person, Mrs. Audrey Leban, in an office for the purpose of coordinating information on international study and travel. Our ultimate goal is a central information file, and we're still working on it."
In this year alone, about 120 KU undergraduates are either spending their junior year abroad or are participating in the summer language institutes.
PENNY-WISE seniors are worried about their money.
See MOTTOS—Page 3
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—The U.S. Senate today voted to grant anti-trust immunity to the merger of the National and American Football Leagues.
THE OLDEST of the Junior Year Abroad programs is the arrangement made in 1959 among the University of Costa Rica, University of Kansas, and the University of Colorado.
Less than 10 years later, Junior Year Abroad offers resident credit in schools at San Jose, Costa Rica; Bonn, Germany; Bordeaux, France; and Hong Kong or Taiwan.
Summer Language Institutes, often requiring only 10 hours of the language as prerequisite, include Paris; Eutin and Holzkirchen, Germany; Barcelona, Spain; and Moscow.
Heller made a "sheer guess" that 15 to 20 KU undergrads study abroad independently. An inestimable number spend their summers or a year studying under church programs or fraternal organizations' fellowships.
HELLER SAID two types of students apply for the university programs: those who are looking for the cultural advantages, to better themselves as people; and those who want to perfect their speaking ability in a foreign language.
Average cost of the Junior Year Abroad in Europe, Heller estimated, is $2400, including personal expenses and the trip home.
Summer language institutes average about $800 for the essentials of nine weeks' travel, board and room, but can climb to about $1,000 when pocket money and extras are added. The intensive study program in the summer earns six hours credit. Three weeks of supervised travel and often an opportunity for independent travel are included.
RETURNING JAYHAWKERS are generally glad for the experience, want to go back, and usually feel different and more mature.
Marilyn Cathcart, Manhattan sophomore, taught English to youngsters aged kindergarten through high school in Cochabomba, Bolivia, last summer. The project was sponsored by the Methodist Church, but the students, from K-State, Indiana U. and KU, raised their own traveling expenses and were independent of "missionary" status.
Miss Cathcart says, "I had a lot of time to think, because everything goes so slowly there. You learn a lot about yourself—you can always do something meaningful by helping other people."
BEN FRANKLIN, Kansas City senior, spent his junior year in Germany. For him the most valuable aspect was "getting to see people from all over the world. You get different views about the United States."
Independent travel and study is perhaps the most challenging program. Joan Holmes, Leoti senior, spent the last year studying at the University of Berlin.
She comments, "If you're there without a program, you are more free, but then you are stuck with your own decisions. If you make the wrong decision, then there's no buffer between yourself and the system, as there would be with a counselor,
See STUDY—Page 3
New 'security' rules given in handbook
The centennial edition of the student handbook, distributed at enrollment to all undergraduate students, outlines new policies which mark the beginning of the one hundred and first year at KU.
Upon first notice, the handbook seems basically the same except for the replacement of the university seal by the centennial seal and the beige border on the previously all-white cover.
AFTER TURNING to the section setting forth rules and regulations, however, one begins to notice a more substantial change.
One change is the reference to "security" hours instead of the former closing hours for women students. Freshman and sophomore women as before are required to observe security hours. However, as the handbook outlines, "A junior or senior woman or one twenty-one or older may enter and leave her residence at her own discretion according to a system formulated and regulated by her individual living group, provided the system is approved by the Dean of Women."
The system must receive no objections from the parents of a junior or senior woman under twenty-one, or she must also observe security hours.
IN PARENTHESIS under each regulation is listed the name of the group responsible for the particular policy, whether it be the Board of Regents, Council on Student Affairs, administration, or Kansas Statute.
or Kansas State. COSA is responsible for the regulation of "basic conduct;" alcoholic beverages, visiting hours in organized living groups, and housing and security hours for women students.