Faculty committee protests race coding
By Tom Rosenbaum
An ad hoc faculty committee met with Vice Chancellor Raymond Nichols yesterday to protest the listing of the race of every University employee before paychecks would be issued.
Richard Burke, professor of human relations, said the committee met with Nichols after much discussion over the survey. Prof. Burke said the things the committee were protesting were, "that the objectives of the survey were not clearly stated" and the "threat of losing pay in case the faculty members did not comply with the state order."
"THE INFORMATION may later be used for other things other than just for a survey." Prof. Burke said. "It might be used for evaluation and determining promotions."
Another thing to which the committee objected,
according to Prof. Burke, "was the way the information was collected." He said faculty members were coerced into giving the information because of the threat of losing their pay.
In protesting the coding to Nichols, the committee said there was a question of the legality of holding up the pay of anyone who refused to give his race. The committee expressed the hope to Nichols that the practice would cease.
Burke said, "Many faculty members objected to the use of racial categories which are subject to misinterpretation. The information was actually unreliable as how do you tell the exact race of people."
If the University takes no action to end the practice, Burke said the committee will meet again to decide what further action to take.
Nichols said this morning that the cards have already gone to Topeka and all were properly coded, so no paychecks will be withheld.
"Our main concern was in having the paychecks out on time," Nichols said. "I agreed in principle that identifying the race was wrong, but we had a directive to follow."
NICHOLS SAID he told the committee that met with him they could do nothing but follow the directive from Topeka. He said however, "We are concerned and have been in contact with Topeka about the matter."
The directive for the listing of race came from Roy Shapiro, state comptroller last week. The reason for the addition of the race listing, Shapiro said, was to give the Kansas Civil Rights commission a means of determining how effective their work had been in bringing fair employment practices to state offices.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
76th Year, No. 110
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Wednesday, March 30, 1966
Election day starts slowly
By Giles Lambertson
By Giles Lambertson
Fair and warmer was the forecast this morning from the weather bureau as well as the election booths. Voter turnout for campus elections was reported light this morning but gaining momentum.
Early rising voters were frustrated from casting their vote by late-opening polls. The election facilities at Strong Hall were over an hour late—accepting the first ballots at 9:15. The Murphy Hall and Kansas Union polls did not open until 9:30.
POLL WORKERS AT Strong Hall said the ballots were late arriving and the telephone connections between polling locations were installed late.
At 11:00, voting activity had stepped up appreciably in Strong Hall, the busiest poll. Students were lined up at each of two tables, awaiting their chance.
Jim Fragar, co-chairman of the ASC Elections Committee, announced that as of noon, today, 718 students had voted. 443 ballots were cast at Strong, 164 at the Kansas Union, and the rest in Murphy.
The first day of last spring's elections attracted 2,152 students to the polls. However, the polls opened on schedule that day. The two-day total last spring was 4,179.
The polls close today at 6 p.m. and will reopen, if on schedule, tomorrow at 8 a.m.
JIM PRAGER AND KAY ORTH SORTING BALLOTS ASC Elections Committee chairmen do homework.
Photo by Neil Roach
SUCCEEDS MILLER
New medical dean
Dr. George A. Wolf Jr., executive director of the Tufts-NewEngland Medical Center and vicepresident for medical and dental affairs of Tufts University, was appointed provost of the University of Kansas Medical Center and dean of the School of Medicine today by the Kansas Board of Regents.
Dr. Wolf will assume his new duties on July 1, 1966.
Dr. Wolf succeeds Dr. C. Arden Miller, who recently resigned his position of more than five years to return to teaching and research.
"THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS is fortunate in having Dr. Wolf accept its invitation to head up its medical program in Kansas City." Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said today. Dr. Wescoe himself was director of the Medical Center and dean of the School of Medicine before becoming chancellor.
Dr. Wolf has spent his life and professional career in the East. Born in East Orange, N.J., and graduated from Montclair (NJ.) High School, he earned a B.S. in biology from New York University Heights College in 1936 and
the M.D. from Cornell University in 1941.
He served an internship and residency in New York Hospital and the Cornell University Medical College, where he held various positions and practiced until 1952. From 1952 until 1961 he was dean and professor of clinical medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He has held the Tufts position since 1961.
DR. GEORGE A. WOLF New dean, provost
DR. MILLER WILL leave late in June for London where he will pursue a year-long program of study in the comprehensive care of handicapped children, which he has arranged with the assistance of officials of the Department of Education and Science in England.
He will return as director of the Children's Rehabilitation Unit at the University of Kansas Medical Center, a position he relinquished five years before to succeed Dr. Wescoe as dean and director of the Medical Center.
Of Dr. Wolf's appointment, Dr. Miller said, "All of us at the Medical Center welcome it with enthusiasm. He is an able administrator, an eminent medical educator, and a close personal friend to many of us. He will do an outstanding job for Kansas."
DR. WOLF HAS BEEN called upon to fulfill many administrative duties outside his immediate professional responsibilities. He is a member of the executive council of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the committee on research and education of the A.A.M.C.
AWS presidency passes to Hardin
By Kathy Vaughan
Less than a third of the eligible voters turned out yesterday to elect Cindy Hardin, Lincoln, Neb., sophomore, to the presidency of Associated Women Students (AWS).
dency of Associate Suzanne Crawford, assistant to the dean of women, refused to release tabulations for each race. However, it was announced that only 1500 of the 4,783 eligible voters cast went to the polls.
Nancy Gallup, Lawrence sophomore, also a candidate for AWS president, is automatically appointed to the AWS Senate, as are all the first runnersup.
The closed tabulation, held last night in the dean of women's office, determined the vice-president to be Cecily Pitts, Merriam junior, with Jo Ann Emerick, Murray Hill, N.J., sophomore, as first runnerup.
Jo Durand, Bartlesville, Okla., freshman, was elected secretary with Nancy Pinet, Lawrence freshman, first runnerup. AWS treasurer is Kay Orth, El Dorado junior, with first runner-up being Jane Williams, Kansas City, Mo., freshman.
Senators-at-large are Sara Paretsky, Eudora junior; Jacke Thaver, Ellsworth junior; and Kathy Mize, Salina junior.
Other officers are Andrea Speer, Kansas City junior, Cwens advisor, with Sharon Anderson, Kansas City sophomore, as first runnerup; and Martha Lanning, Lawrence sophomore, fashion board representative, with Cheryl Parmely, Leroy sophomore, first runnerup.
New IRC representative is Barbara Hughes, Ottawa freshman, with Dorothy Sloan, Norton sophomore, a close second. Deanell Reese, Salina sophomore, was elected panhellenic representative, with Susan Weinhood, Hutchinson sophomore, runnerup.