Very good years
It was a very good four years . . . even if the Class of '67 doesn't inherit the earth.
It hasn't been easy for most of it, what with seven final weeks, the English Pro, and the Western Civ behind us, not to mention that all-important week fast approaching.
Hopefully, in the years to come, we won't remember the bad classes, the bad professors, or the foolish things we did, but whether we admit it or not, the seniors of '67 have been influenced by KU.
WHAT WILL WE REMEMBER? In some cases memories of Friday afternoons at the Jayhawk or the other local taverns will prevail, and the remainder of the years will be submerged in an alcoholic cloud.
For most of us, there are other events which will stand out.
We've seen such diversified entertainers as George Lincoln Rockwell and Harry Belafonte . . .
... THE RAZING of Old Fraser and the controversy surrounding New Fraser ...
. . . the KU civil rights demonstrations and the banning of cigarette sales . . .
... the days of Gallopin' Gale Sayers and the days of the world's fastest man, KU's own Boy Wonder Jim Ryun . . .
. . THE BEGINNING, but not the end, of the war in Vietnam...
. the extension of women's closing hours and the formation of the Council on Student Affairs . .
... the Decline and Fall of Jack Mitchell and Bill Easton ...
. LBJ's election and the inauguration of the Great Society ...
. . STEPPED-UP SPACE efforts from both the U.S. and the USSR...
... the deaths of Winston Churchill, Herbert Hoover, and Mr. KU, Fred Ellsworth . . .
. duck races and the Greek Week Chariot Races...
. . . ASC election eve charges of bribery and student apathy for almost everything . . .
... A DREARY NOVEMBER Friday in 1963 when an assassin's bullet found its mark in Dallas . . .
It has been a difficult four years. At one time or another all of us have wanted to give up and get married, join the Army or the Peace Corps, or take a long trip (with or without benefit of LSD)—do anything to get away from the grind of classes, late papers and hour exams.
But we didn't give up, and perhaps that is the real test. We bitched and sulked and got through somehow.
WE'LL MISS THE FRIENDS, the good times, and maybe some of the classes, but most of all we'll miss KU.
It was a very good four years.
Barbara Phillips
In Retrospect
Another year at the University of Kansas has passed.
But for the present, for the here and now, this year does count.
And while the memories of that year may still be fresh, still be burning in the mind, it doesn't amount to much in the context of the other 100 years of this University.
AFTER ALL, this year we watched Jack Mitchell get busted and Chancellor Wescoe contemplate bolting. We saw Fraser Hall go up (all seven stories of it) and those ugly huts in back of Strong go down. Uncle Sam, pocketbook bulging, graciously married us to the Space age with the promise of a science building and, maybe as a wedding present, gave us millions more to build another Daisy Hill Delight.
Although we didn't pull in any Fulbrights for extracurricular fun, the likes of Edward Albee lightened the drudgery of everyday college. But somebody has made a campaign issue of the lack of headline-drawing speakers and so maybe next year, we'll get one (the Kansan humbly suggests Premier Ky or President Nasser).
The students—God bless 'em—rose and fell with the tide.
EVEN A HOT, intellectual issue like student government failed to arouse much concern. Beer in the Union and abortions and dope on campus generated just a bit more enthusiasm than the ASC—but just a bit more.
But it was just one year at the University of Kansas and all that stuff could wait. There would always be another one. —The Editors
Campus Forum
Thoughts on civil rights, Vietnam
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To the Editor:
The central thesis of Mr. Dreher's recent open letter to KU Civil Rights seems to be that individuals who are sympathetic to the civil rights problem should go elsewhere, whether that elsewhere is Selma, Ala., or a "Texas university," and take a more involved stand in national affairs by "publicly renouncing and rejecting Negro leaders" who support violence. Not to do so makes such individuals either "cowards or hypocrites," but to do so, Mr. Dreher leads us to believe, would earn them the restoration of his "confidence and support."
THIS PLEA SEEMS to have been stimulated by the unfortunate incident of student rioting in Texas, an incident perceived in a rather paranoid fashion by Mr. Dreher as a war stimulated by Negro leaders. From what I had been exposed to in the news media, I would think that Mr. Dreher would find it very difficult to reinforce that perception with fact. I don't however imagine this would bother him much, since he would probably perceive the lack of evidence as proof of the subtle subversive nature of the "International Negro Conspiracy."
The contention that only cowards and hypocrites are concerned with local problems is, of course, ridiculous, unless we should assume that either there are no significant local problems (at least on this side of the river) or that local people are somehow less important than people elsewhere. The hypocrisy seems to be within Mr. Dreher since he seems to be saying, "I support civil rights, but not now and especially not here."
MR. DREHER'S TRUE feelings are probably most openly demonstrated in the last sentence and last word. That he would teach his child contempt for "NIG-GERS" (his word), under any circumstances, evidences some pretty naked bigotry and that he would rest the decision to do
Richard W. Pollay Assistant Professor of Business Administration
not. I find it much more plausible to believe that Mr. Dreher will teach his two-year-old girl "all about NIGGERS" regardless of the action taken by KU Civil Rights.
unis or not on the issuance of some brief statement of censure exposes the latency of that bigotry. I personally find it difficult to believe that anyone would make such a decision so affecting the character of their child dependent upon whether such a statement of censure is issued or
First, the United Arab Republic's action both in asking for the removal of the United Nations troops from the Gaza strip and in mobilizing her forces is only a defensive measure against the Israeli threat to Syria. Syria is both a sister Arab state and a country with whom the United Arab Republic is bound with a common defence pact.
Second, both the invasion of Samu in Jordan, and the recent attack against the Syrian borders (April 9) are a testimony to the aggressive intentions of Israel.
THIRD, THE confrontation is not only limited to the United Arab Republic and Israel, but includes all of the Arab world. Its outcome may be beyond any calculation.
With the tension growing to a new climax on the Arab-Israeli borders, and the unfair publicity given to it, the Arab students feel it is imperative for them to write a statement clarifying the Arab position.
We feel that this confrontation should be an alarm to all those who love peace, so that they may be able to take a hard look at the whole problem. We also feel an obligation to remind all peace lovers that this confrontation is not the first and may not be the last of its kind as long as Israel is determined to carry on her aggressive policy.
My side of the coin
The gulf of Agaba is not an international waterway, and it never was. Anyone who takes the trouble in looking at the map of the area will find this most true. Historically and geographically the gulf of Agaba is an Arab waterway and any argument to the contrary is geared to ignore the facts.
Khalid Sabih
The Arab students are distressed to hear of such phrases as the use of force. The Arabs never responded to a threat and never will. The Arabs believe that peace is the only road to a healthy development and progress.
Khalid Sabih
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Daily Kansan editorial page Thursday, May 25, 1967
To the Editor:
I should like to reply to Mr. David Wilson's letter on Vietnam. Mr. Wilson's letter, it seems to me, reflects the simplistic notions that surround much of the discussion of this war. As children we learned that Communism is totally evil and that, whatever the cost, the world must be saved from Communism. Anything, especially Americanism, is better than Communism. Although it is discouraging, I am afraid Mr. Wilson's thinking has not shown much progress since grammar school. I quote from his letter: "On one hand, if you feel that there is not a Communist conspiracy which includes movements of the National Liberation, then Vietnam and Southeast Asia are still safe for the people and the U.S. should withdraw unconditionally. On the other hand, if you believe that the people's freedom is threatened and that we can help insure their freedom, then we must stay for freedom's sake." What else can one make of such comments?
IWOULD LIKE to point out to Mr. Wilson that the American conception of freedom does not necessarily have much value for a peasant who is victimized by landlords, democracy has little meaning for people who are starving, and American salvation is a determent to those who are struggling to reunite their country and free it of foreigners. What sort of freedom are we preserving in Vietnam? The freedom for the peasant to remain a lackey to the American supported landlord, or the freedom for the Vietnamese people to see their country overrun with American bases, soldiers, capital and industry? Certainly not the freedom for the Vietnamese people to have a Communist or a non-Communist government. If Mr. Wilson could escape for a moment from the perspective he learned as a child, he would find an American a bit off-step in its vocalization of freedom and its actual practices.
It was extremely informative, I must add, to learn that Ho Chi Minh is a figurehead (for Russia and China, I guess). Mr. Wilson must have access to the information that President Johnson keeps saying his critics are missing. Indeed, if Ho Chi Minh is a figurehead for Russia and China, might I suggest that President Johnson is a figurehead for the CIA. Now there is an interesting rumor.
Howard Hruby Valley City, N.D., graduate student
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