Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
62nd Year, No. 79
No Violence Mars Gambia's Freedom
Monday, Feb. 15, 1965
By Lacy Banks
This is the age of fiery revolutions: the age when freedom and independence come at the price of violence and destruction. But not all countries follow that stormy path. An exception is Gambia, a small African nation of 316,000 people, which will declare its independence from England this Thursday.
THE AFRICAN CLUB WILL celebrate the occasion with a special program at which Swaebou and Burton W. Marvin, Dean of the School of Journalism, will speak. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Union.
Although a sophomore from Gambia, Swaebou Conateh, will not be home to celebrate the occasion, he will still share in his heart "this wonderful rebirth of my people."
"Our independence did not come at the price of bloodshed. It came gradually and peacefully." Swaebou commented. "I don't think there will be much trouble for us, for many of our leaders were trained and able to run our country long before we even thought of independence," he said.
Gambia was England's first African colony, but the last to gain independence in West Africa, he said. "This was because of our small size (4,000 sq. mi.) and limited resources, making us very dependent on England for outside trade and educational management," Swaeebou said.
Gambia is naturally situated to handle overseas trade, Swaebou said, because it lies along the lower 288 miles of the Gambia River—the only river navigable by ocean-going vessels at all seasons for more than 200 miles from its mouth. The river, on which steamers and barges travel regularly, is its principle means of communications.
GAMBIA SHARES THE RIVER with neighboring Sengal which surrounds her on all sides except the seacoast, Swaebou said. "We are so close together that it can be said that we need each other. We hope to work toward a kind of union between the two countries which will also serve as a beginning for the greater objective of Pan-Africanism," he said. "This would stop any disputes which might arise on the
use of the waterway so important to our economy
"There has been some talk of completely uniting the two countries." Swaebou said. "But although Sengal and Gambia are basically the same people, Sengal has a French background and Gambia an English one, and each has her own language and cultures."
THE PARTY IN POWER now is the People's Progressive Party headed by D. K. Jawara, who was educated in England and returned with a program that appealed to most people, especially those in the provinces, Swaebou went on.
"The foreign policy will be non-alignment." Swaeebou said. "We just want to worry about being ourselves and be our own judges of issues on the international level. We are small but we want to play our role fully in Africa and in the world."
The enrollment of any student whose fees are unpaid Monday, Feb. 22, will be cancelled.
Hitt 'Urges' Fee Payment Immediately
Planning to stay at KU this semester? Then it would be wise to pay your fees this week, counseled James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions, today.
Directions for fee payment can be found in the green schedule of classes bulletin. Fee payment hours are 8:00-11:45 a.m. Monday through Saturday, or 1:00-4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students can obtain their fee cards in the basement of Strong Hall. They must have their KU-IDs and spring registration certificates when they pay at the Business Office.
Suggested letter schedule for payment: E-I, Monday; J-M, Tuesday;
N-S, Wednesday; T-Z, Thursday;
A-D, Friday. This schedule is only SUGGESTED, emphasized Hitt, and
fees may be paid at any time. Those unable to pay Monday-Friday should
pay Saturday morning.
Fire Ruins M.U. House
Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, homeless after a fire in their home early Sunday, planned to move into temporary quarters today.
The fire was reported at 12:27 a.m. after Howard Wright, Columbia law student, and others noticed smoke coming from upstairs while watching television in the basement.
Some members helped in an effort to rescue most of the furniture from the basement chapter room. But little was saved from the two upper floors.
FIRE CHIEF Max Woods was uncertain as to the cause of the blaze. The fire did start in a second-floor closet and spread quickly to the third floor.
The fire department had the blaze under control in an hour, but were still flooding the smouldering building until 7 a.m. Water damage to the basement, first and second floors was considered extensive.
A spokesman for the group said the 60 members would live in a dormitory on the University of Missouri campus.
All 60 checked into a Columbia hotel Sunday after the fire destroyed the top floor of the three-story brick and frame structure and damaged the second floor extensively.
THE FRATERNITY said plans were already being made to build a new house, possibly using part of the old structure. The building, one of the oldest on the campus, was insured for $250,000 and valued at $500,000.
All of the occupants escaped injury. Bill Eikmann, house president, estimated that 90 per cent of fraternity members' personal belongings were destroyed.
Most of the members' personal losses will be covered by their parents' insurance, but other students returned home for funds to purchase new books and clothing.
Weather
The weather bureau predicts snow and colder temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures will drop to 20 degrees tonight and to a low of 10 degrees by morning. Winds will be northerly at 20 to 30 miles an hour.
Western Civ. Notes First Written To Save Time, Aid Understanding
Happiness may be found in many forms for the KU student - a full pack of cigarettes, and long-awaited senior key, or the Western Civilization notes.
It was not long ago — seven years to be exact — that two KU graduates, a sociology major and a political science major, decided to pool their knowledge and efforts for the future security of Western Civilization students.
In 1958, Gary Breneman and Jeffrey Hadden decided to condense the Western Civilization readings into a shorter version which would supplement and stress the main points brought out in assignments.
Cox aids in the revision of the notes
THE NOTES WERE ORIGINALLY designed for the student whose field was not Western Civilization. They were intended to spare the student, not from reading the assignment altogether, but to avoid reading especially long passages two or three times to thoroughly grasp the material.
Ronald Cox, Wichita graduate student, said, "Too many students misuse the notes. They discover how easy it is to get by without doing the actual readings."
"THE NOTES ARE ALRIGHT as a review but not as a complete substitute for the material." Calvin Gruver, assistant instructor of Western Civilization, said. "It's easy to recognize the students who use the notes because certain phrases are often repeated by students. It becomes especially obvious when the same phrase is used on about sixty exams."
which is done yearly by the original founders.
"If they don't depend upon them it's alright. However, many students tend to accept the notes as gospel truth and reject any other ideas," Colleen Rieger, assistant instructor of Western Civilization, said.
Even though instructors do not endorse the notes as an easy short cut of the course, this obstacle fails to weaken the ardent love of the students for the notes.
The Kansas Jayhawks' game with Oklahoma State will be televised from Stillwater, Okla., at 7:30 p.m. over Channel 13, WIBW of Topeka.
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"They are an extremely good guide
to study from," Annette Luyben, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said. "The problem with too many students is that they don't take the time to outline and the notes provide just such an outline; a good basis around which to plan your studying."
Bob Ritter, Kirkwood, Mo., senior, said, "The material was compressed just enough to be very comprehensive yet leave me more time for my other studies."
APPROXIMATELY 60 PER CENT of the notes are sold within the first month of the semester. As may be expected, there is always a big rush for orders before mid-semester exams and the comprehensive.
In addition to the Western Civilization notes are the General Biology notes, commonly known as the Theta notes.
New Day Sees New Leaders
About three years ago, a KU biology major wrote up a complete set of notes for the course. A short time later, her brother printed the notes for her and made extra copies for those who desired them.
"If the student wants to use the notes, everything is in the textbook." L. C. Woodruff, professor of biology and entomology and Dean of Students, said. "All I want them to do is learn biology."
SAIGON —(UPI)— Dr. Phan Huy Quat, a veteran politician, said today he had been approved by the armed forces as prime minister of South Viet Nam.
Dr. Quat said he received the vital assurance of support from the military leaders at a full meeting of the Armed Forces Council. The council is an advisory body headed by Vietnamese strongman Gen. Nguyen Khanh.
Dr. Quat said that the proposed compromise cabinet includes three deputy prime ministers without distinction of precedence.
They come from three geographical regions of Viet Nam and thus have hopes of satisfying the regional demands for representation in the new government.
DR. QUAT'S PROPOSED cabinet also won approval from a 20-member mixed council of religious and military leaders that still has not been formally announced and which will advise the new government.
Named deputy prime ministers were Maj. Jai, Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu who is from central Vietnam, former Foreign Minister Tran Van Do, who is a southerner, and Tran Van Tuven, who is from North Viet Nam and has connections with the old Vietnamese nationalist party.
Thieu will also be armed forces minister defense minister.
Tran Van Do, who was South Viet Nam's foreign minister and represented South Viet Nam at the 1954 Geneva conference that ended the French-Indochina War, will become foreign minister under the present setup.
ANKARA. Turkey —(UPI)— A "caretaker" coalition government was expected to emerge today to tide the country over following the resignation of Premier Ismet Inonu Saturday.
Consultations on a "caretaker" government were planned by President Cemal Gursel, 69, and army leaders to carry on until new general elections expected either in June or October.
Inonu's resignation left Turkey with its first major change of government since 1961. It might take several days of negotiations to find a replacement for the 81-year-old Inonu's minority government, which was turned out by the national assembly.
President Cemal Rugsel was expected to turn to Suleyman Demirel, 41-year-old American-educated chief of justice party, to form a new government.
Inoua, Turkey's only premier since 1961, resigned after calling a confidence motion on the annual budget. Parliament's lower house voted 225 to 197 with two abstentions against the government.
During an impassioned plea for his budget, Inonu said he would resign if the Assemblymen voted against it. The vote fell one short of his figure, but the old warrior chose to resign anyway. He said he considered the rejection on a non-confidence vote.
Inouu has survived two attempted coups by army officers since 1961, an attempt on his life on Feb. 21, 1964, and several attempts by the opposition parties to form a coalition government.
Coffee Lovers Want A Last Drop Free
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Coffee prices.
Amid demonstrations over civil rights, freedom of speech, and in loco parentis (administrations assuming parental authority) at other large universities, KU students have come up with their own unique struggle;
One student group of caffeine consumers has begun a grass roots protest against recent efforts of Lawrence businessmen to raise the cost of staying awake for bull sessions or impending tests.
It is the Committee on Lowering Coffee Prices (COLO-COP), headed by Judy Hellerstein, Denver senior.
MISS HELLERSTEIN was spurred into action when an all-night restaurant she occasionally patronizes switched from a waitress system of serving to a cafeteria system.
Under the old set-up the waitresses served all the coffee one wanted for 15 cents. Now the customer must pay a dime for the first cup and a nickel extra for each additional cup.
"Obviously this is an attempt by the management to make more profit from the people who just order coffee," Miss Hellerstein says, "but that seems like an unfriendly way for them to make money."
"Sure, a lot of people, including myself, often go into a restaurant only for coffee," she continued, "but if they stay long enough for refills they generally feel inclined to order something to eat."
"Besides that, a person really appreciates a place that has low coffee prices." Miss Hellerstein said. "Even if they order only coffee one night, they will come back again sometime for a meal."
Miss Hellerstein organized a petition protesting the restaurant's new policy when she walked in recently and learned of the changes. She immediately wrote a letter to the management and had several students in the establishment sign as petitioners.
"WE FEEL that the recent price
The signers of the letter voted to form COLO-COP, and declared themselves as charter members, with Miss Hellerstein president.
increases are an insult to our intentions as patrons," the letter stated.
Since that time total membership of the organization has increased to around 100.
"We have received no reply from the management as yet," Miss Hellerstein said. "Unless we do, we may have to resort to non-violent direct action."
"This might involve a mass campaign to discourage fellow students from patronizing the restaurant, or perhaps picketing," she said.
One of the techniques employed by COLO-COP to add impact to its petition is to have each signer list any official titles or honors which he may hold. One student added the title "Political Theorist." Another stated he was a "Counter-Insurgency Expert."
WITH THE twinkle in her eyes reflecting the satirical implications of COLO-COP, Miss Hellerstein explained the serious psychological role of the group.
"Most of our members are intense people, deeply concerned about the issues of our day," she said. "Just this weekend, two of our students participated in demonstrations at Kansas City to protest American policy in Vietnam."
"Several of us have worked in civil rights groups and in other minority movements," she explained "These kinds of programs are long, hard struggleg. COLO-COP is more tangible. We think our goals can be recognized in the near future."
"IT'S A HEALTHY and legitimate way to make fun of ourselves, and to let off steam at the same time," Miss Hellerstein emphasized.
"But despite our going at this in a tongue-in-cheek manner, we're serious about getting the coffee prices lowered," she said. "We feel that as students we should start drawing the lines at which the Lawrence businessmen can take advantage of us."