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77th Year, No.1
Tuesday, June 11,1968
Kennedy visit is reminisced
By Emery Goad
EDITOR'S NOTE: Emery Goad, KU newspaper correspondent, interviewed the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy during a visit at KU on March 18.
Only four months ago Senator Robert F. Kennedy visited KU on the opening day of his active campaign for the Presidency of the United States.
It was my opportunity to visit with the man who was to die from the same type of violence he spoke of in Allen Field House March 18.
We visited that day about his concern for the poor, for the uneducated and for the underprivileged. His magnetism drew nearly 20,000 students and friends, more than have ever before sat in Allen Field House.
WHILE VISITING at Haskell Indian Institute the Senator told me of his respect for Senator Eugene McCarthy. He alluded to the possibility he and Senator McCarthy might join hands to defeat any opposition.
He asked that I keep it quiet and later as other campaigners joined the race, he announced publicly his wish.
His sincere love for the American Indian seemed a real thing that rainy afternoon, for as chairman of the Senate Sub-Committee on Indian Affairs, he traveled across the country visiting chiefs and Interior officials.
Haskell students lined his exit route nearly three blocks long, their clothes soaking, in an effort to hold hands with the one man who had come to listen to their problems and offer them help.
THE SAME dynamic air of the Kennedy personality was just as apparent in our interview as it was before flash bulbs and microphones. It seemed to be an air of authority and more especially an air of personal commitment. He sincerely believed in what he said.
Logan files for Senate
James K. Logan, 38, who will soon resign as dean of the KU school of law became the first candidate to file for the Democratic nomination to the United States senate.
In his effort to shake hands and write autographs he nearly lost his wife Ethel and friend, Mrs. Scott Carpenter, while enroute to the center of the basketball court.
An earlier announcement by Kennedy aides there would be no press conference was changed by the senator who decided he would answer any student questions from the center of the floor.
He'EVADED questions of college student fleeing to Canada to avoid the draft but admitted the current administration lacked forcefulness in dealing with the Vietnam war. He declared the U.S. should deal with the National Liberation Front. He called for sweeping changes in government.
As in Los Angeles, his orders were the same. No uniformed police officers were to be seen in the vicinity. Security precautions in Lawrence were limited to his travel route.
He said good-bye to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and Kansas Governor Robert Docking hurriedly in the rain.
His "thanks" was sincere to both gentlemen as he told them "we will meet again."
See ENROLLMENT on page 4
Enrollment predicted to hit 7,000
Final figures for credit enrollments last year were 6,929-6,386 at Lawrence and 543 at the Medical Center in Kansas City.
Enrollment for the summer session that is expected to top the 7,000-mark for final attendance when classwork began Monday.
In addition programs of University Extension will bring about 5,000 persons to the campus for periods varying from one day to several weeks and more than 400 boys and girls already are here for the 10-day junior high music division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp. The high school divisions will have more than 2,000 boys and girls here for six weeks starting June 16.
JOINED IN MOURNING
Symbolic of Americans and people throughout the world, the statue of Uncle Jimmy Green and student in front of the KU Law School frames the Fraser tower flag at half mast.
Many activities are set
A concert by famed trumpeter Doc Severinson to a special trip to Abilene and the Eisenhower center highlight this summer's planned recreation.
Doc Severinson will be guest artist Wednesday, July 13, at University Theatre. Severinson was a one night guest at KU last summer appearing in concert
with Skitch Henderson. He is the conductor of the Tonight Show orchestra and will be working with the campers of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp during his stav at KU.
THE TRIP to Abilene will leave the Union at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. Stops will be made at the state capitol in Topeka, Tuttle Creek and Kansas State University in Manhattan, The First Territorial Capitol of Kansas at Fort Riley, Milford Reservoir near Junction City and Salina.
Lunch will be served at Manhattan and the evening meal will feature home style fried chicken dinner at the famous old hotel in Brookville, where Buffalo Bill once staved.
Scott becomes acting dean
WILLIAM R. SCOTT
A 2-year KU veteran has replaced, at least temporarily, KU's youngest college dean.
William R. Scott, professor of Law, last week became acting dean of the KU School of Law. He replaces James K. Logan, who became KU's youngest dean in 1961.
Logan, who only ten years before then was student body president, returned to private practice. He will leave at the end of this month to join the firm of Payne, Jones, Anderson, Martin, and Payne in Olathe. There has been considerable speculation that Logan will enter political office.
Scott, a native of Nevada, Mo., earned B.A. and law degrees, the latter in 1933 from Harvard University where he was elected to Order of the Coif.
He was a practicing attorney in Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyo., and New York City for 12
During World War II he served in the Air Force for four years and held the rank of captain.
years before coming to KU in 1947 as assistant professor.
Scott is a co-author of Kansas Estate Administration. He teaches courses in wills and trusts, titles, and oil and gas law.
WEATHER
The United States Weather Bureau predicts a high today around 90 degrees with a low tonight at 60. The precipitation probability for today is 20 per cent.
In Abilene the tourists will visit the Eisenhower Chapel, Library, Museum, home, and Old Abilene town. Cost of the trip will be $12.50.
FIVE TRIPS to the Kansas City Starlight Theatre have been scheduled during the summer session. The trips will be made in air-conditioned buses which will leave New Robinson Gymnasium at 6:45 p.m. and will return immediately following the final curtain.
Reservations will be accepted on a "first come, first served" basis for KU students, faculty and staff. Tickets are $3, which includes transportation plus $1.50 seat or $4.50 which includes transportation and $3 seat.
The first performance in the open-air theatre will feature John Davidson in "Carousel" on June 19.
See ACTIVITIES on page 12