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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, No.92
WEATHER COLDER
LAWRENCE KANSAS
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Monday, March 6, 1967
—UDK Photo by Mike Okun
THE RULES OF THE GAME
In a scene from Rock Chalk winner "Boobs in Toyland," Ringmaster Bill Sampson (center) explains the rules of the game to Wesley Payne (left) while referee Cranston Cederland looks on. All three are members of Alpha Kappa Lambda.
'Toyland's sweeps Revue
Alpha Kappa Lambda and Alpha Chi Omega won top honors for "Boobs in Toyland" in the 1937 Rock Chalk Revue held Thursday through Saturday in Hoch Auditorium.
The fraternity and sorority won the first place trophy and six category awards for the adventure story of a new toy trying to make the grade in Santa's workshop.
THE CATEGORY AWARDS were: Best choreography, best ensemble, best singing, best costumes, best sets and best script.
Cindy Earp, Lawrence senior
and member of Alpha Chi Omega, presented the "outstanding female performance" for her part as "Reggedy Ann."
The second place trophy was awarded to Beta Theta Phi fraternity and Delta Gamma sorority for a spoof on class enrollment and freshman orientation at KU. The story was entitled "Table Eight-Nirvana in the Wilderness."
Charles Kraemer, Marysville senior, and member of Beta Theta Phi gave the "outstanding male performance" as Whimpy.
Law school adopts new grading system
The School of Law has a new grading system.
The change was approved Friday by the Law School faculty.
Previously, the school had, in addition to the regular KU threepoint system, an additional grade distinction of C plus.
No plans for gift
No plans exist for the $75,000 which was left to the University by the late Roy A. Roberts of the Kansas City Star.
"This is a provision in his will," Irvin E. Youngberg, executive secretary for the KU Endowment Association, said, "and this won't be carried out for at least a year before some settlement is made.
In fact, there has been no notice of the bequest yet.
"It would be premature of us to have any thoughts, opinions, or ideas," he said.
THE WILL HAS just been entered in probate, and the probation of an estate takes at least a year, according to Youngberg.
James K. Logan, dean of the School of Law, said the D plus category was added at the request of the students.
THE NEW SYSTEM has a B plus (good for 2.5 grade points), and a D plus (rated a 0.5 grade points).
"We had set the new system up to have a C minus grouping, but the students wanted the D plus to be in the inbetween grade.
Students are graded on a passfail system in courses "which we feel it would be hard to assess one student against another," according to Logan. This includes, for example, such courses as "trial judge clerkship" when a student actually works for various judges around the state.
"Our reasoning for this (the seven-point system) is to recognize grades and achievements which we cannot currently recognize."
THE LAW SCHOOL also has a limited pass-fail system which will be retained.
"In these courses, we hope the students' own interests will stimulate him to do more than just enough to get by."
Logan said pass-fail is used in "self-motivation" courses.
the fraternity and sorority won the category award for best original song.
RUNNERS-UP IN Rock Chalk were:
This grading system will be in effect starting this semester.
Delta Chi fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority for a war-on-poverty satire using LiI Aln2 character.
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Chi Omega sorority for a satire on a large multiversity.
Attendance for the three nights has not been determined. Will Price, Wichita senior and Rock Chalk producer, said the Saturday night production was a sell-out with about 3900 attending.
NINE PAIRS of men's and women's living groups entered competition to be chosen to appear in Rock Chalk. The four finalists were selected during the Christmas vacation.
Rock Chalk is sponsored by KU-Y.
LBJ wants tight draft
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.—(UPI)—President Johnson told Congress today he will curb unfairness in the draft by ordering callups of 19-year-olds first, picking them by lottery, and tightening deferments.
While announcing sweeping revision of the Selective Service System, he put off a decision on whether college undergraduates should be deferred. Their deferments will continue, he said, while he awaits more congressional and public debate of this politically thorny issue.
JOHNSON TOLD the House and Senate in a special message that he will halt deferments for graduate students, except those in medical and dental schools. He said many post-graduates "have managed to pile deferment on deferment until they passed the normal cut-off point for induction."
Officials said it will take at least a year and probably longer for the lottery system to come into effect because so many details have to be worked out. Johnson
set a Jan, 1, 1969, deadline for completing the overhaul.
Administration experts said it will take some time, how much, they do not know, for Johnson to issue new orders on deferments, since this too carries many unsolved complications.
But in essence, they said, there would be no marriage deferments or deferments for fatherhood except in hardship cases. Other hardship deferments also would continue but on a "tightened" and nationally standardized basis.
THE HEART of the new system will be what Johnson called "a fair and impartial random system of selection," a method still to be devised by a special task force but one which, officials said, would resemble a lottery.
Men of 18 who are classified I-A would be placed in a "selection pool" from which the needed number would be chosen when they are 19. Since this pool would be replenished annually with new 18-year-olds, men who are not called would be less vulnerable to induction as each year passes.
WEATHER
The United States Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures tomorrow will take a sharp turn for the colder, with highs expected in the 20's.
COLLEGE STUDENTS or others with deferments would be placed in the current year's selection pool when their deferments expire if they are under 35 years of age and they could be picked as if they were 19-year-olds in that particular year.
Officials said they did not know whether a man planning to enter graduate school next year would be barred from deferment.
Johnson wrapped his draft package into a message asking Congress to extend for another four years the Selective Service law which is scheduled to expire June 30.
Final exam schedule:
Students favor revision
By CHIP ROUSE
Student reaction seems to favor revision of the final examination schedule proposed by the Council on Student Affairs (COSA).
The resolution recommended extension of the final examination period to two weeks instead of one.
Other proposals include:
- ONLY TWO FINAL examination periods of three hours each will be scheduled on each day of the two-week schedule.
- Arbitrary scheduling of final examinations in lecture courses will be prohibited.
Many students believe altering the final examination schedule is good and should be given special consideration.
Steve Worford, Wichita junior, said finals comprise a very important part where grades mean so much. He said finals should be spread out to allow the student more time to prepare and to eliminate the possibility of having two or three exams on one day.
JOHN PRATT, NEW YORK sophomore, also voiced approval of the proposal. "This semester
I will have three finals on one day," Pratt said.
Enforcing a "stop week" has been proposed before by various organizations and individuals. Dave Langston, Wichita junior, says a "stop week" before finals would be more beneficial for the student than a two-week final examination period.
Susan Adams, Wichita freshman, disapproved of the resolution. "I don't see any reason to spread finals out over a two-week period; one week is bad enough."
"A final examination revision is a good idea because arbitrary scheduling often conflicts with other finals," said Marilyn Buller, Lawrence freshman.
"SINCE THE UNIVERSITY puts so much emphasis on finals, more time should be given to prepare for them."
The resolution must be approved by the University Senate before it may go into effect.
James W. Drury, professor of political science and chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee, said the proposal wouldn't be considered for adoption in 1967.