KU
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
76th Year, No. 75
WEATHER: COOLER
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Wednesday, February 9, 1966
Hitt Says Draft Talk Scares Men to Enlist
Publicity concerning drafting of college students into the armed forces was termed a "scare technique" today by James K. Hitt, registrar and member of a liaison committee with the Selective Service.
"The current publicity concerning the draft is part of a scare technique to get volunteers until June, when the colleges release grades and the Selective Service decided what to do with students," Hitt said.
"I tell the student to keep from worrying and do what he has to do here at school," he said. "The one that retains his poise and works is the one that will graduate as he plans."
HE SAID KU men feel the draft is looming directly in their future. Actually, Hitt added, the Selective Service is only using the fear of draft to secure men who wish to join.
At the same time, Hitt affirmed that students will be required to take a test in May to qualify for a student deferment.
Hitt is a member of the liaison committee with the Selective Service of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
"THE MASSIVE buildup of the U.S. military forces due to the Viet Nam conflict has exhausted eligible non-deferred men and the Selective Service is looking to the prime age group in the nation's colleges and universities," Hitt said.
The test was recently established and within a month the Selective Service will let bids to testing companies to compile the exam. KU will be a testing center for those men that want to take it.
Hitt stressed that local boards
are not required to use the test as a basis for draft. It will only be used in co-ordination with physicals, grades, and family status.
National law states that no student who is carrying a normal load and has good enough grades can be drafted during the academic year. This means that probably no students will be drafted into the service before June.
"A C average kept students in school during the Korean conflict and will probably do the same in the next year or so, depending upon developments in Viet Nam," Hitt said.
HE CITED several examples of students who dropped out of KU in January to enlist. Some of these did not leave because of grades but because they felt it
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WATKINS HOSPITAL
ASC Urges Expansion
A resolution recommending that Chancellor Wescoe give all possible priority and consideration to expansion of Watkins Hospital was the major topic of discussion of the All Student Council last night in the Kansas Union.
The resolution was introduced
during the Jan 11 meeting of the ASC by Dan Vossman, Beloit senior (Vox-ASC Treasurer). The original recommendation was that the administration take immediate steps to devise architectural plans for the expansion. This was tabled and revised to the present recommendation.
PRINCIPAL REASONS for the
Magazine Editor To Give Address
The editor-in-chief of Look magazine, Gardner Cowles, will challenge newspaper editors to provide imaginative leadership for their publications when he delivers the 17th annual William Allen White Memorial Lecture tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the Kansas Union.
Cowles' talk, entitled "Let's Not Let Apathy, Smugness, and Fear of Change Stifle the Wonderful Newspaper Business," will be given on the birthdate of the late William Allen White, famous Emporia editor. Kansas newspaper editors and trustees of the William Allen White Foundation from across the nation are expected to attend the William Allen White Day events.
John P. Harris, editorial editor of the Hutchinson News and owner of Harris Publications, will announce the Kansas editor receiving the foundation's citation. This presentation will be made at the William Allen White Day luncheon in the Kansas Room of the Union.
WARREN K. AGEE, dean of the School of Journalism, will present the 9th annual national citation for journalistic merit at the lecture on behalf of the foundation.
GARDNER COWLES Visiting Lecturer
Dean Agee, director of the White Foundation, added a program for high school journalists to the schedule of events. Invitations to participate in the program were sent to schools within a 50 mile radius of Lawrence.
THETA SIGMA PHI, professional journalism sorority, and Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, are sponsoring a dinner Thursday at 6 p.m. to honor Cowles.
Cowles will arrive in Lawrence Wednesday evening and leave Friday morning, preparatory to a four week trip to Africa.
need of expansion, as stated in the resolution, are:
The original design, in 1930, called for adequate health facilities for an enrollment of 4,600 students, the maximum expected at that time.
Space formerly used for hospital rooms has been usurped for other purposes, and the present bed capacity of 52 is nearly half the original planned capacity.
$\textcircled{1}$ The laboratory, X-ray, and pharmacy departments also suffer from lack of space, and are, therefore, inadequate for their present loads.
- SEVENTY TO 80 per cent of the student body uses the hospital each year. Last year 63,505 students used the facilities.
Mike Sizemore, Newton 2nd-year law student (UP—Law), and Bill Reese, Hiawatha 2nd-year law student (UP—Unmarried-Unorganized), objected to the resolution, saying that consideration should be given to academic buildings first.
Discussion was directed to Dick Schaffer, Beloit fifth-year pharmacy student and chairman of the Student Health Committee.
Schaffer replied that sick students spreading ailments around campus would injure the academic program also.
MIKE McNALLY, Bartlesville, Okla., junior (VOX-ASC Chairman), said the purpose of the resolution was only to convey to the chancellor the opinion of the ASC that there is a need for Watkins expansion.
Following discussion, the resolution was adopted as amended by the ASC.
BILL ROBINSON, Great Bend junior (Vox-Student Body vice-president), outlined plans of the Centennial Committee and subcommittees for the Inter-Century Seminars and festivities during the Centennial celebration week of Apr. 11-15.
STUDENT LABOR ORGANIZER CARL BANGS Distributes Membership Pleas
Union Nets 41 In Initial Drive
The Kansas Union businesses depend on student help, Frank Burge, union director, said in reaction to the newly-formed Student Labor Organization.
Burge said he hoped students did not feel exploited. He said he would make further comments later.
FORTY-ONE STUDENTS have joined the Student Labor Organization, which is dedicated to raise wages of University-employed students, said Carl Bangs, Prairie Village junior and the secretary-treasurer of the group.
"One half the people who joined today are working for the University," Bangs said.
Members are recruiting switchboard operators, library and cafeteria workers as well as other student employees.
"WE WANT TO have enough members to have some bargaining power," Bangs said. "For the downtown merchants it means the threat of a student boycott."
He hopes to discuss the issue with the student council and the
Office of Aids and Awards handling student employment.
Leo Schrey, Leavenworth junior and student body president said he wanted to know more about how the organization planned to accomplish its goals.
"This is the first time in quite a while that I've heard of any action on the subject," Mike McNally, Bartlesville, Okla., junior and All Student Council president, said. "I'd encourage Mr. Bangs to contact his representative and let us in on it."
BANGS, A PRE-THEOLOGY student, was traveling in Europe with Mike Jennison, New York City sophomore and vice-president of the group, when the two became interested in wage problems. Bull sessions and talking to other students indicated that there was support for the idea.
"If the students continue to show the same response as they have shown today, the organization should succeed," said Bangs. The membership drive will continue this week. A table has been pleaced near the Information Booth for interested students.