Bill Easton Fired by Athletic Board
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LAWRENCF, KANSAS
62nd Year, No.118
Campaign Poster Burns As Election Draws Near
Tuesday, April 20, 1965
Last night between 8:30 and 9 p.m. a large UP "Russ-Larry" sign was burned in front of the Alpha Chi Omega house at 1246 Oread.
Betty Burgat, Topeka junior and vice-president of the sorority said. "We don't know how it happened. We were having house meeting when it started."
"I was coming upstairs," she continued, "and the girls said 'Quick! Grab buckets of water — it's on fire!"
THE SIGN was on the front lawn, a few yards from the house Miss Burgat said. There was no damage to the house itself, according to Miss Burgat, and the fire was extinguished quickly.
"We don't know if it was all a practical joke or what," Miss Burgat added.
Mike McNally, Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore and ASC Elections Committee co-chairman, could not be reached this morning for comment.
This is just one of the many activities during these pre-election days.
Bill Henry, Leawood junior and co-chairman with McNally, said this morning that he knew nothing of the incident.
University of Kansas students
Pay at Home'—
KU students using automobiles in Douglas County, but living in other Kansas counties, may now pay their personal property tax in their home county. Darwin Rogers, Douglas County assessor said yesterday.
Car Tax Changed
The amendment states that cars in possession of students who are attending universities located in other than their home county "shall be listed and taxed in the county in which the owner resided as of Jan. 1, 1965."
Rogers said the Kansas legislature in April passed an amendment (House bill No. 589) to the Kansas law which formerly required all personal property taxes to be assessed and paid in the county in which they were located on or before Jan. 1, 1965.
will go to polls in Strong Hall, Murphy Hall, and the Kansas Union Wednesday and Thursday to vote in the ASC spring elections.
THIS AMENDMENT does not, however, change the ruling on out-of-state students with cars in Douglas County, Rogers said. "Out-ofstate students still have to pay in this county," he said.
Rogers added that he was going to ask for more clarification on the position of out-of-state students on
On the ballot will be candidates for student body president and vice-president, 10 ASC representatives from the nine academic schools, and sophomore, junior, and senior class officers. An amendment to the ASC constitution will also be voted on.
the property tax at an assessor's meeting in Emporia on Thursday.
Asked how this new change in the tax law would be handled since many KU students have been assessed both in Douglas County and their home Kansas county. Rogers said, "Our office is working back and forth with the other county assessors."
ROGERS SAID the Douglas County office has notified each county assessor of the student residents in his county who have also been assessed in Douglas with the notation to contact Rogers' office if the home county plans to take care of the assessment.
Rogers said students can notify their home county that they have already been assessed in Douglas County and prefer to pay here.
"They have an option to still be assessed here." he said "The new amendment just doesn't specifically require them to be taxed in Douglas County."
The polls will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. during both election days. Ballots will be counted as soon at the polls close Thursday and after ballot boxes are delivered to the Statistical Service in Summerfield Hall.
He noted his office has made assessments on 783 out-of-county student cars.
MCNALLY, said the results of the election should be complete about 4 or 5 a.m., Friday. Results of finished counts will be posted in the Hawklet in Summerfield.
McNally said 37,000 ballots had been printed. Students will have seven ballots to mark when they step into the voting booth.
If the required number of eight poll workers for each poll cannot be recruited, McNally said the poll would close.
Kansan Disavows Vox's Red Stamp
Copies of the University Daily Kansas (UDK) were delivered to several dormitories Monday with "Courtesy of Leo Schrey, Bill Robinson" stamped in red ink on the front page.
This was done by members of Vox Populi and does not reflect the endorsement of any candidate by the UDK in its news columns.
Mike McNally, Bartlesville. Okla., sophomore and chairman of the elections committee, said no violation of campaign rules was involved.
McNally said that the parties involved had told him that this practice would cease.
By Karen Lambert and Glen Phillips
Bill Easton, track coach at KU for the past 18 years, was fired today as head track coach, effective June 30. Wade Stinson, athletic director, made the announcement this morning.
"It is to be regretted that differences which have arisen with Mr. Easton over the proper administration of the track program have become so irreconcilable," Stinson said. "It has seemed best to terminate his relationship with the University of Kansas intercollegiate athletic program.
"MR.EASTON'S unwillingness to follow the administration and financial procedure necessary to the successful functioning of the athletic program, procedure which coaches of the other sports seem to have no difficulty following, has led to this unfortunate conclusion of a long and successful career as track coach at the University of Kansas, which has brought national prominence to coach Easton and KU track and field," Stinson continued.
"A large measure of the responsibility for that prominence has been the enthusiastic support of the track program by the Athletic Board, the student body and the University administration. KU track and field will continue to have that support."
Commenting this morning, Easton said, "It is unfortunate that people at the head of our institution are not interested in the things I stand for. Therefore I assume they eliminated me from this position because of my high standards."
He added that he had no immediate plans for the future.
machare plans for there. There was aparently already some friction between Easton and the athletic office.
Bob Hurt, of the Topeca Capital-Journal, quoted an incident of the dispute this morning in his "Capitalizing on Sports" column.
APPARENTLY EASTON had ordered a new pole vault box for use in the Kansas Relays. After the box had arrived, Easton was confronted by Stinson, who termed the new box an unnecessary purchase. Easton explained that the box was required by the rules.
... Coach Easton
James R. Surface, vice-chancellor, spoke for Chancellor Wescoe, who is out of town on vacation.
"THE HIRING AND dismissal of coaches is a matter within the jurisdiction of the Director of Athletics and the Athletic Board," Surface said. "I understand that Mr. Stinson has consulted the Athletic Board and the Chancellor about the situation and that his action meets with their approval.
"I regret that the action was necessary," he continued. "I have no further comment on Mr. Stinson's statement, which speaks for itself."
Steve Straight, Shawnee Mission sophomore, saw Easton today before the removal was announced.
"He told me he'd been fired. He's a heck of a coach—a great coach.I don't know what we'll do to replace him."
coach. I don't know what we' re going to do. Straight, a high jumper, had been off the team since the Texas Relays. Easton reinstated him recently.
EASTON HAS RECEIVED distinguished honors during his tenure at KU. In 1960 he was selected as the nation's top collegiate coach by the U.S. Track Coaches Association.
His proteges have broken three world records, twice in shot-put and once in discus competition.
Strict Policies Outlined for Football Tickets
Student seating at football games next year will be on the basis of classification, the All Student Council (ASC) Athletic Seating Board announced last night.
T. J. Snyder, Independence senior and chairman of the Board, explained the announcement. "This means that seniors will be in their own section, the juniors in theirs, and so on," he said.
"The Board has two purposes for this change," Snyder said. "First, the seating on this basis will promote better school spirit," he explained. "Second, this system will assure seniors of the best seats available."
SNYDER attributed the changes to complaints this year because of a mix-up in seating. Several seniors ended up on the 10 yard line while graduate students were on the 50 yard line. He said the changes should virtually eliminate this kind of problem.
Snyder stressed that, like last year, season tickets must be reserved this spring for the games next fall.
Snyder said the ticket sales will be conducted on a one-day-per-class basis. He explained that people who will be seniors next year will be able to reserve their tickets on Monday, May 3.
Snyder added that new students will reserve their season tickets at previews to eliminate a last minute rush. He said the Board expects to sell 6000 season tickets to these new students alone.
"Graduate students next year will be able to reserve their tickets on Tuesday," Snyder said. "Then next year's junior on Wednesday and sophomores on Tuesday," he added.
"MARGINAL cases of first semester student classifications will be taken care of individually at Allen Field House by representatives of the Board." Snyder said.
"Pharmacy and engineering students with fifth-year classifications will be allowed senior tickets," he added.
In cases where a person of one classification wants to sit with a person of another classification
they must both go on the day of the lower classification.
"For example," Snyder explained, "if a senior wants to sit with his junior girlfriend, then he will have to get a ticket as a junior."
Snyder said that marriage is the only case where a classification can be raised.
"IF A student cannot appear at Allen Field House on the day he is scheduled he must file a petition with the Seating Board," Snyder explained. He added that this petition must be received before the last day, May 6, or the student will probably be considered a new student.
"Then we can guarantee him a
Weather
Clear to partly cloudy skies are forecast by the weather bureau for tomorrow. Temperatures will be mild with a high in the 70's. There will be southerly winds with a velocity between 10 and 20 miles per hour. Tonight's low will be near 50.
seat deep in the end zone," Snyder said.
As in past years, students who cannot appear themselves may send their money and their IDs with the representative for their block.
"The reserve options are $1.50 for a season book of tickets," Snyder explained. "These options can be bought in blocks of up to 25 students."
"I want to stress that this year the tickets will not be issued on a first-come-first-served basis," Snyder said. "Formerly, students have formed extremely long lines as early as 6:30 a.m. outside the Field House." He said that this year the Board is trying to avoid this problem.
"AFTER ALL the options have been reserved," Snyder explained, "then the blocks for the senior sections will be placed in a hat and drawn out." He said this system is impossible to beat and that pure luck, not politics, will decide the seating arrangements.
"After the senior blocks have been decided, the graduate student blocks will be drawn, and so on." he said.
Snyder mentioned the possibility of picking up the tickets during enrollment at the Kansas Union instead of at Allen Field House.
"We have a few problems to solve, but we hope to have a table at the Union during enrollment similar to the car registration table," Snyder said.
Nsyder said that tighter controls on the student tickets would be enacted and enforced next year.
"FORMERLY, the student tickets were non-transferable and definitely could not be sold," he said. "Under a proposed system for next year a student will be able to transfer his ticket to another student by going to the Field House and filling out a transfer receipt," he explained.
"The ticket will then be stamped 'transferred.'" Snyder said.
Snyder said there will be strict enforcement by the Lawrence and KU police. He said that students will be in the seats they are given and that contested seats and overcrowding will be settled strictly.