Daily Hansan
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1964
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
62nd Year, No.18
(Photo by Black)
SENIOR CHEERLEADERS—Five of the senior cheerleaders warm up for senior day Saturday. They are (left to right) Dave Nesbitt, Ron Evans,
Bill Flannagan, Clare Casey, and Mike Watson. Not pictured are Mike Miller, Dave Brill, Gene LaFollette, and Jon Alexiou.
Soviet Flight Shocks Barry, 'Need Renewed Space Efforts'
TOPEKA —(UPI)— Sen. Barry M. Goldwater today demanded “a major re-direction” of U.S. space efforts in light of what he called “the shocking news” about a multi-passenger Soviet orbital flight.
The Republican Presidential candidate said this in leveling a broad scale attack on President Johnson as "a part-time president" who is out politicking while "major crises . . . are burning."
GOLDWATER ACCUSED Johnson of activities ranging from "a political travesty of the Lord's Day" to giving a short 10-minute shift to Philippines President Diosdado Macapagal in San Francisco Sunday.
"Because of his full-time politic-
ing, we now have a part-time Presi-
dency."
dent," Goldwater declared. "We have a part-time President when we are faced with full-time and full-scale problems."
Goldwater's remarks were in a speech prepared for delivery at a rally in front of the State House at Topeka.
IN ACCUSING JOHNSON of sloughing off his presidential duties. Goldwater said:
"As the part-time President pressed his full-time political campaign on Monday, we received the shocking news that the Soviet Union has launched a multiple - passenger spacecraft into orbit. . .
1 have pleaded for years for a realistic emphasis on research in this area. Instead, this administration has dedicated billions of dollars
and the virtual entirety of its space efforts, to a moon shot.
THE MILITARY possibilities of space have been downgraded by this administration as, indeed, has most research into the advanced weapon systems which we so urgently need to keep the peace in the face of Soviet advances scientifically, and Soviet threats politically.
Goldwater specifically struck out at the President's Sunday activities.
"ON SUNDAY, while the President visited church after church and city after city in a political travesty of the Lord's Day, he was able to spare only 10 minutes for a visit with the President of the Philippines," Goldwater asserted.
USSR Space Ship Back Safely; Possible Red Moon-Race Edge
MOSCOW —(UPI)— The Soviet Union today brought its three-man space ship safely back to earth.
The pilot and his two passengers were reported "feeling fine."
The space bus called Voskhod (Sunrise) orbited the earth 16 times in 24 hours and 17 minutes, traveling 437,500 miles.
Then, on orders from the ground the biggest of all space vehicles came back to earth at 10:47 a.m. (3:47 a.m. EDT).
For KU reactions to the space shot, see page 3.
It landed "at the pre-assigned area after successfully accomplishing the set program of scientific exploration," said Tass, the official Soviet news agency.
Tass did not say where Voskhod was launched or where it landed. But it said it was designed to stay up 24 hours, although other sources
The feat of the three Soviet spacemen—Pilot-Commander Col. Vladimir Komarov, 37, scientist Konstantin Feoktistov, 38, and space surgeon Eoris Yegorov, 27—raised speculation that Russia is ahead of the United States in the race for the moon.
James E. Webb, Chief of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said in Washington yesterday that the United States is "in a period of catching up." But he said the American Saturn V Rocket "is designed to overcome that lead."
The three Voskhod riders made their trip without the usual masked, pressurized space suits. Instead they wore regular wool suits and jackets and no masks. Tass said.
search at Bochum, Germany, said the craft was launched from the Aral Sea region in the Kazakh Republic more than 1,000 miles south of Moscow. The Bochum Institute said the ship also came back to earth in the same place.)
(Although there was no Soviet confirmation, the West German Institute for Satellite and Space Re-
Radio Moscow said this was the shortest Soviet space journey since the 1961 flight of Gherman Titov, the second Russian cosmonaut to go into orbit, who traveled 435,000 miles. All other Soviet cosmonauts have flown well over one million miles. The only American astronaut to travel farther than Titov so far is Gordon Cooper, who flew 575,000 miles 17 months ago.
Weather
Temperatures are expected to drop to the 40 degree mark tonight, the Weather Bureau predicts. Tomorrow should be fair and mild.
"Are You Ready?" 1965 Seniors Are
The motto of the 1965 Senior Class, "World, Are You Ready?", could be changed this week to "KU, Are You Ready?"—because Saturday is Senior Day.
In preparation for the event, all seniors have been excused by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe from their 9:30 Wednesday classes to attend the senior class coffee.
The coffee will be at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Upon presenting their senior ID's or 25 cents, seniors will be admitted to see the program and pick up their senior sweatshirts.
THE SWEATSHIRTS, which will be distributed before 9:30 and after the program, are cranberry red with short sleeves with a little man over the inscribed class motto.
Sweatshirts will also be passed out at the information booth this week.
"We're hoping that many of the seniors will be able to come before 9:30 Wednesday to pick up their sweatshirts to avoid congestion," John (Tonto) Mays, Lyons, senior class president, said today.
The motto was adopted this summer by some members of the senior class. Mays said.
"We just started throwing out ideas, and we came up with something to the effect of when you're seniors, you're ready to conquer the world. We gave the idea to Tom Staebler (Topeka senior), and he designed the sweatshirt for us with the motto," Mays said.
The senior cheerleaders will be wearing the sweatshirts Wednesday.
Mays will be master of ceremonies for the program at the coffee. During the program, class officers, class advisers, committeemen, and senior cheerleaders will be introduced.
The speaker at the coffee will be Professor James Sterritt, of the department of architecture, winner of last year's Hope Award.
After the program, arrangements for senior day activities will be explained.
AT THE KU-OKLAHOMA football game Saturday, seniors will be in their reserved seat section wearing their sweatshirts. Shortly after one p.m., the nine senior cheerleaders will come out onto the track driving a variety of vehicles (tricycles, motorcycles, wagons) to lead the class in original cheers.
A sampling of the cheers as demonstrated at cheerleaders practice are:
"First and ten; what d'ya know?"
"Flake off. frosh hawks."
"Watermelon, watermelon, watermelon rind;
look at the scoreboard to see who's behind."
The practice also included an idea session to think up additional cheers and songs for the game.
THE CHEERLEADERS appeared in costumes which ranged from a racing driver's uniform to an umpire's shirt and bermuda shorts.
From the discussion of costumes, however, it appeared that many costume changes would take place before Saturday's game time.
"I'm still thinking about some other outfit," Ron Evans, Colby senior cheerleader, said. "By Saturday morning, I should have something really wild thought up."
Dave Nesbitt, Overland Park senior cheerleader, expressed some of the problems facing the group when he said:
"Have you ever tried to pedal a tricycle at my age? Your legs get all stuck up under the handle bars and all."
The nine senior members of the senior cheerleading squad are: Dave Brill, Lewis; Mike Miller, Pratt; Bill Flanagan, Scott City; Gene La Follette, Overland Park; Clare Casey, Alexandria, Va.; Dave Nesbitt, Overland Park; Jon Alexiou, Mission; Mike Watson, Wichita, and Ron Evans, Colby.
The tenth member of the squad will be the big blue Kansas Jayhawk, better known as John McArtor, Webster Groves, Mo., senior.
"You might say I'm a University representative to the senior squad," McArtor said.
THE "JAYHAWK" will be wearing a senior sweatshirt for the game.
John Pound, Fredonia senior, and co-chairman of senior day, said that there had been a custom in the past to crown a senior queen as part of the senior activities.
"We won't be doing that this year," Pound said, "because of a conflict with the presentation of the SUA Carnival Queen candidates at Saturday's game. We plan to crown a senior queen later in the year, but we're not sure when."
Following the game, there will be a senior party from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Alley Room of the Eldridge Hotel with music by the "Flippers."
Pound said this year the party would be limited to seniors.
"IN THE PAST, underclassmen have been allowed in for a $2 admission fee. This will not be done this year. A senior may buy a ticket for his date if she is not a senior for $1 at the coffee," Pound said.
Late senior fees may be paid at the coffee or at the Alumni Office in Strong Hall.