Group rates K.C. poll
KU students, faculty and religious advisers, who participated in the Fair Housing Campaign, met yesterday to evaluate their first attempt at sampling the opinion of the Greater Kansas City area this past weekend.
"It was more than a satisfying experience," Tom Moore, KU member of the Religious Adviser Committee, said.
Moore said that it was rather impressive to realize that almost everyone in the area his group was assigned to canvass knew about the campaign.
"EVERYBODY HAD HEARD about it, so we did not walk into their homes as strangers," he said. Hostile treatment was, according to Moore, a rarity.
"The most common response was that of finding people fearful to sign the Good Neighbor Pledge," Moore said. "They were afraid of having their names published. However, they wanted to sign." he added.
The Good Neighbor Pledge which states the signer is willing to accept as neighbors responsible persons regardless of their creed, color or race, was signed by a fourth of each campaigner's quota. Every person engaged in the campaign was assigned 50-80 homes.
Caldwell to work in national library
George Caldwell, head of the Watson Library Reference Department, has been appointed to the Library of Congress staff.
His new post is head of the Public Reference Section, one of the main points of contact with readers outside Congress.
Caldwell was a Summerfield Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa at KU. He graduated in 1948, and did post-graduate work at Harvard and Columbia.
Staff of 5 began it all!
When KU's opening date was set for Sept. 12, 1866, the Board of Regents elected a faculty of three professors, a lecturer on hygiene, and a janitor.
"WHEN NOBODY WAS AT home," Moore said, "a door-sign was left stating that we had been there."
Colorful incidents dotted the campaign, according to Moore. One woman refused to sign "for anybody, because nobody ever signed anything for me."
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The Fair Housing Campaign has had, according to Moore, official recognition by reputable Kansas City groups and persons such as the city's mayor.
"THIS CAMPAIGN has helped the moral rightness of fair housing. It is a worthwhile purpose," Moore said.
Another door-to-door canvass for signatures will be conducted next weekend in Kansas City, again.
"Getting signatures on a pledge is just a means to an end," Moore said. "The main purpose of the campaign is to develop community-wide support for freedom of opportunity in housing."
University of Kansas Theatre Experimental Series Frederick Durrenmatt's THE PHYSICISTS
March 23,24,25,26 and 30,31, April 1
Tickets: $1.50 or 75c with current Certificate of Registration
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SUA Announces
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1966 GREEK WEEK
TONIGHT Greek Sing Hoch-7:30
THURSDAY-Greek Banquet-Union Ballroom-5:45
FRIDAY All-Star Football Memorial Stadium-4:00
SATURDAY—Chariot Races-1:00-Memorial Stadium
-Greek Relays-2:30-Memorial Stadium
- Tug-of-War - 4:30 - Potter Lake
— Banquet $2.00 — Everything Else Free