POLITICAL PAST
First ASC in 1909
By Irvana Keagy
By Irvana Keagy The first student council election was on May 6,1909 when 386 men met to elect the first Men's Student Council (MSC).
At that time no political parties existed and the competition for the vote came in the form of bitter fights between fraternity and non-fraternity men. Action of the first student council was dedicated to regulating class politics.
Sporadic battles have flared between the Greek houses and the independent students throughout the history of KU politics. The appearance of residence halls in recent years has been the basis of organizing the "independent" vote and KU politics have settled on a more even keel.
In the mid-1950's each living group was allowed a representative to the All Student Council, which also helped to cool matters. But before that, each election poll had been the battleground to determine the victor.
In 1912 a group of Roosevelt backers with pro-Taft allegiance and another group with pro-Wilson sentiments, organized the society of Pachacamac and chose the symbol of the Rising Sun. The society became one of the longest-lasting parties KU has yet seen. Although there is no tangible evidence of its presence, rumor still exist that the organization has become an underground party, still influencing KU elections.
PACHACAMAC WAS not a formal political party,but endorsed certain candidates,and for its first 30-40 years,was a group of both independent and Greek students.
With the organization of the All Student Council in 1943, Pachacamac came to be known as a strictly "Greek" organization, and its political machine controlled the council.
Only one fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, stood its grounds against the Rising Sun coalition. But the Betas and the unorganized independent students could not match the solidarity of machine politics of the Pachacamaae leaders.
Through Pachacamac's reign, there have been several short-
lived parties which have flared up protesting the Rising Sun's domination.
ONE SUCH organization was founded in 1922 by Chet Shore. He named his party "Dollars and Cents," and in an effort to tighten political platforms, issued one that was frank, concise, and sounded like a cigarette advertisement.
He issued a statement which said that regardless of who won the election, "classes will not be made any shorter, and . . . we will all come to school the rest of the year.
"Thus it is my plan if elected to conduct a priceslashing campaign; to establish a rest area and smoking room for men, to raise the price of Bull Durham and lower the price of Camels."
The party used original campaigning techniques also, and arranged for a three-piece jazz band to play in the student district. Along with their performance, they passed out Whistle peanuts and Eskimo Pies.
THEIR enthusiasm was to no avail, because Peacchacamac won that election also, and "Dollars and Cents" evaporated.
One effective technique the
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Pach boys used was to set up a voting schedule so each house could vote between classes. The houses required the pledges to vote (each of them once or twice at least). The actives, usually promoters of the Rising Suns, also were obligated to vote.
COMPTON, Calif. — (UPI)—A young, self-professed liberal who disagrees with U.S. policy on Viet Nam today claimed he was the "voice" of Radio Hanoi broadcasts urging American fighting men to lay down their arms.
Ronald Ramsey, 27, a short, bearded man who wears horn-rimmed glasses, told UPI today he produces tape recordings which are shipped behind the Iron Curtain and used for propaganda by North Viet Nam.
HOWEVER, HE refused to give details about production of the program which he said was known as "Radio Stateside" and broadcast by Radio Hanoi.
Ramssey lives in a cluttered one-room flat in the outskirts of the Watts area. Although he is white, he claims he is a "black nationalist."
Any independent, seeing a waiting line of 30 to 40 students every time he went to the polls, was soon discouraged and resigned himself to an apathetic life of the nonparticipant.
A report giving the allotment of student fees will be presented at 7 o'clock tonight at the All Student Council (ASC) meeting by Tom Rader, Kansas City sophomore, and ASC Chairman Mike Mnally, Bartlesville, Okla., junior. The requested information was released by Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor of finance.
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The Health Executive Committee will report on the previously tabled hospital resolution. The Constitution Committee is presently reprinting the ASC Bill Book.
NcMally said the student body is welcome to attend this meeting in the Kansas Union Sunflower Room.
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Lee Shepeard, in an article on campus politics on April 3, 1951, wrote, "Pachacamac has never been known for lily-white political tactics. It was compared to the Tammany Tiger in a 1935 debate, but even Boss Tweed could have taken pointers from some of the Rising Sun party's machinations."
Four ex-convicts admitted in 1937 of stealing more than $2,500 worth of goods from students' homes in Lawrence and Manhattan.
Student Body President Leo Schrey, Leavenworth junior, will appoint new members of the Student Court. Two thirds of the ASC membership must ratify the appointments.
Pending action includes a recommendation that the administra-
McNally said new business at this semester's first meeting will include a resolution to form a committee to review the present University regulations and suggest changes in outdated rules.
8 Daily Kansas Tuesday, February 8, 1966
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