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77th Year, No.12
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, July 23, 1968
Accusations denied
Coach stresses teamwork, skill
"Football is a team game and to play a good game we all have to try and work together," Franklin (Pepper) Rodgers, KU football coach, said in reference to the discrimination of Negroes.
In a series of articles in Sports Illustrated on the "Black Athlete," KU has been given widespread publicity about its discriminatory policies.
"There is a problem in the country," Rodgers said in a press conference Thursday, but he insisted there is not a racial problem on the football team.
THE SECOND article of the series was based on the statements of KU football players, Don Shanklin and Willie McDaniel. "What they do is take the skilled Negroes and stack them at one or two positions and let them fight it out, while the white players get their positions automatically.
"The reason is simple, the fans don't want to see too many black faces on the field at one time. The heroes are supposed to be white. That's why they allow a few more Negroes on the defensive team—not as many heroes are produced here."
Coach Rodgers said the selection of athletes is based on skill alone. "I always try to find the best players . . . the only thing that matters to a coach is to win."
RODGERS SAID the actions of the players when outside practice were not regulated by the coaching staff. Rodgers said he had not received any reports of discrimination off the field.
The KU mentor suggested some of the charges might stem from a simple attitude that "every player thinks he should be playing," and it might be comfortable for a Negro that hasn't the football ability to think of his individual failure to play as simple prejudice against all blacks.
Rodgers described the recruiting scholarship situation as a guarantee to athletes of an education, while the athlete guarantees nothing to the team. "All we
A KU ATHLETE must be moving toward a degree as one of the requirements he must meet before he may play. "The coach can not make an athlete study. We can, however, provide the opportunities for an athlete," he said. The athletic program offers a tutoring and counseling service."
ask of the athlete is that he tries to play," he said.
"Anyone who is interested in getting an education can get it," Rogers said. The practice schedule is set up so the athlete can get his class work done and football should not hamper him in school.
The recruiting violation incident last spring, Rodgers explained as his father's anxious efforts to help his son. Two Alabama athletes were recruited by
See COACH on page 5
—Kansan photo by Richard Viets
OH, THE LIFE OF A CANDIDATE
James Logan, Democratic contender for the U.S. Senate, answers questions in a television interview with Claude Dorsey (with microphone) at KMBC.
Manslaughter plaintiff filed in student death
A 21-year-old KU student died Saturday morning of stab wounds received shortly after midnight in a fight in the parking lot of College Hill Manor Apartments, 1741 W. 19th St.
Douglas Weakly, Prairie Village junior in the School of Business, was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
David Carl McArdle, 21, of 816 Lyon Street, was charged with third-degree manslaughter and his bond was set at $5,000.
A preliminary hearing was set tentatively for 10 a.m. Wednesday in County Court. The prison sentence upon conviction of a third degree manslaughter charge is six months to three years.
Tight schedules fill Logan's day
By SID SPELTS Journalism Camp Reporter
The morning had been rough on James K. Logan, Kansas Democrat candidate for U.S. Senator.
Logan had only four hours of sleep the night before and his pale white face and the slight rings under his eyes reflected it. He
started his day at the KMBC television station in Kansas City, Mo., at 9 a.m.
He walked into the building, not anxiously but not reluctantly. He shook the hand of Claude Dorsey, the television announcer, and spoke quietly with him about the television interview they were about to do.
Professors' professor
Fields wins HOPE award
By DIANE WANEK Journalism Camp Reporter
Quiet, well-read, and dedicated is J. Eldon Fields, professor of political science.
—Kansan photo by Judy Bennett
Gesturing for emphasis, KU football coach Frank "Pepper" Rodgers answers a question for journalism campers during a press conference Thursday.
DISCRIMINATION CHARGES QUESTIONED
Fields, a native of McPherson, has been a KU faculty member since 1946. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from KU in 1934, and was later awarded the doctorate at Stanford University. Before coming to KU, he taught at Syracuse University and the University of Chicago.
DURING THE school year, Fields serves as associate chairman of the Political Science Department. He advises approximately one hundred undergraduates majoring in political science.
WHEN ON CAMPUS, the door to Fields' office is never closed to students. A colleague once said of him, "I don't know a better example of the traditional concept of the teacher who is interested in his students as well as his subject."
Fields specializes in political theory "from Plato to the present." "I enjoy teaching. The material never wears out," he said. "For example, one can gain something new each time he reads Plato."
He is spending the summer at KU, as he has for the last 17 years, teaching in the KU Foreign Student Orientation Center.
Because of his dedication to his students, Fields was awarded the only honor presented KU faculty members by students. The award was the HOPE award, which stands for Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator.
The winners are selected by students for "willingness to help students; success in stimulating and challenging students in thinking; and contributions to the cultural life at KU and excellence in the general field of education."
DESCRIPTIONS OF the HOPE award winner who was chosen because of the atmosphere and learning situation he provides in the classroom, several seniors agreed.
"We didn't have lectures, we all participated in a give-and-take discussion," said Allen Russell, Scottsbluff senior, of the classroom atmosphere. "There was something about it; I always felt guilty when I didn't keep up on the reading."
Fields is interested in flowers and gardening. "I'm not one of those rare orchid gardeners, though," he said. "I like to grow things like zinnias." Along with his interest in flowers, he also likes to photograph wild flowers and has compiled a collection of slides of wild flowers which were taken on trips in the southwest United States and as far south as Mexico City.
Fields and his wife Cornelia reside at 1910 Marvonne. Their son James is a KU graduate.
WEATHER
The United States Weather Bureau predicts the cool trend will stay in Kansas for the greater part of the week with highs around 90 and the lows to be in the 60s.
DRESSED IN a gray conservative suit so as not to create a glare on television, Logan walked outside and started an interview on the sidewalk.
Gun control, Vietnam, the draft and to some degree civil rights were cited by Logan during the interview as issues concerning Kansans. His voice was soft but serious as he talked before the cameras.
When the interview was completed, Logan left to talk with labor union officials in private conferences. His purpose was to move the union officials to his political camp. This was not an easy task, however, because Governor Robert Docking is officially neutral and the unions apparently seem to follow his example.
FOLLOWING THE conferences Logan went to the office of his state campaign director, John Jurcyk. Here Logan, Jurcyk and Nick Derrough, Logan's campaign aide, spent an hour planning his time for the rest of the day.
It was evident that the business of his day was sporadic. At times he was busy, running all the time with a schedule planned to the second. At other times it was slow with nothing pressing at hand and nothing to do except make phone calls and plan.
This morning was one of his slower periods. He spent this relatively free time checking his schedule, making plans for the evening and using the telephone to align support.
LOGAN SEEMED to reflect deep thought at all times and it usually looked as if he were thinking of a million things at once. While the three men made rapid plans, Carrie Feinstein, Logan's press secretary, made several phone calls trying to obtain television interviews with the other two commercial Kansas City television stations. She suc-
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