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78th Year, No.135
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts fair and cooler weather tonight and tomorrow with temperatures in the mid-70's. Low tonight in the mid-40s. No rainfall is expected.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, May 16, 1968
FALLING PLYWOOD DAMAGES CAR
The roof of this car was crushed Wednesday when 18 sheets of three-fourths-inch plywood fell about 25 feet from a crane used in the construction of the plaza joining Spencer Library with Strong Hall. A gust of wind apparently tipped the crane. Looking into the car is Laurence C. Woodruff, professor of biology and owner of the car.
Student rights approved at WSU
A statement insuring student rights and freedoms has been endorsed by the Wichita State University (WSU) faculty.
The approval of the statement made WSU the first university in the nation to give full faculty and student approval to such a statement.
Dr. James J. Rhatigan, dean of students, said the measure was passed by the faculty senate in February, by the student body in April, and the faculty Monday.
The action came about through student requests, not demands, Rhatigan said, and there had been no "precipitous crises" in connect-
tion with student rights on campus.
WSU's statement followed the guidelines of a statement drawn up by five national higher education organizations, including the American Association of University Professors and the National Student Association.
Among the student rights and freedoms established at WSU are:
Student treatment in the classroom. A Court of Student Academic Appeals was set up to deal with academic problems ranging from charges of plagiarism to appeals for grades that students feel are unjust.
Several KU AAUP members have approached Abrams about appealing his case. He said they want to appeal the case regardless of his decision, possibly to set a precedent for future disputes.
The contents of the report were incomplete and incorrect, according to Abrams. He said it contained only the statements of Marjorie Whitney, chairman of the department of design, and Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts. No other design faculty members were interviewed and Abrams was not asked to refute any of the charges made against him, he said.
He said, "I have already secured another position and any appeal now would take several years to complete. It just wouldn't do any good."
Abrams said the investigation took nearly four months to complete and it is now too late to appeal the case.
Violation of academic freedom is one grievance which the AUAP
of implementing the rights in some instances.
Rhatigan said that, in general, the statement broadens areas of student responsibility in all phases of university operation by defining the student role.
Participation in institutional government. An example of such student participation is a weekly meeting of a Student-Faculty Relations Committee created before this week's passage of the statement. Students now have representation in all but three or four faculty committees. Rhetanian said
The KU chapter of the AAUP had earlier investigated the case, and then decided it had no jurisdiction over the matter. It decided he would have to appeal to the national chapter.
See Abrams, page 15
Freedom of expression in the classroom. Rhatigan said there had been no instance of violations of student rights but the statement was a demonstration of "good faith" by the university.
He said the statement is one of principle but does include means
Norman Abrams, assistant professor of design, remains undecided whether to appeal his dismissal to the national chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), but has said he probably won't press the case any further.
The number of students on See Student Rights, page 16
Abrams is undecided on appeal
"Coeducational living is the most significant change in the last two years," Fred McElhenie, assistant dean of men, said. Two years ago was the first time during the regular term that Kansas University students had a choice of coeducational living. It existed during summer sessions in the past and started with McCollum Hall as the first coeducational hall during a regular term, McElhenie said.
KU housing is improving
These changes involve both physical and administrative adjustments which include coeducational living, monthly steaks and hall carpeting.
Editor's note: This is the first of two stories dealing with housing at KU.
Although there have been difficulties with this program, McElhenie said he feels "personally
By Jerry Bean Kansan Staff Reporter
Men's residence halls are changing annually to provide more services for residents. Added services and programs are what some student organizations have been asking for during the last few years.
the program has been very successful and believes the students feel so also."
There have been difficulties in coeducational living, however. Some students prefer not to live in the social atmosphere presented when coupled with members of the opposite sex. Others resent having to dress up for meals to eat in a coeducational dining area. Others say they don't want to lose the security and privacy they enjoy by not living in a coeducational hall.
In the transition to coeducational living, adjustments had to be made in communication with the residents, McElhenie said.
The shift in practice focused on orienting the student government in the hall to serve as a better communications link, McElhanie said. This year the student government is more familiar with the arrangement and communications have improved.
Scottsboro: the citizens have a fast-dying memory
Scottsboro, Ala., is a town with a great deal of civic pride but a fast-failing memory. Townspeople are quick to ask how well-liked their little town—nestled down in the multi-colored green mountains and calm blue lakes of northern Alabama. There is also little hesitation in telling that there is no Negro problem in Scottsboro.
By John Krueger
Scottsboro has changed little in the years from the early 1900's. Everybody comes to town on Saturday, and every "First Monday" (the first Monday of every month), there is "Swap Day" in Scottsboro. People for a 200-mile radius come to Scottsboro on this day to trade, sell, barter, bicker over politics and just sit, whittle and talk.
Everything is sold or traded on this day. One man remembers, continued on page 17
What they have learned from the McCollum experience will be incorporated into the administration of two more halls next year. Oliver and Ellsworth Halls will be operated as coeducational facilities coordinated with the college-within-a-college program beginning in the fall of 1968. These halls will house members of the corresponding college-within-a-college when possible.
Centennial college, whose administrative offices are located in Ellsworth, will house men and women students who are members of that college in Ellsworth. In the past, Centennial college men have lived in Ellsworth and the women have lived in Oliver.
Oliver and Ellsworth will continue to have members of fraternal groups associated with the halls through membership in a college and the fact that all freshmen are enrolled in the college within-the-college program. These sorority and fraternity members and students from unorganized housing are affiliated
See Wilson, page 6
Watkins: no funds available Chancellor's list excludes the hospital from "top University needs."
By Sandy Zahradnik Kansan Staff Reporter
The no-money plight of overcrowded, understaffed Watkins Hospital seems to be left up to the University administration to solve.
A three-week joint investigation by the Washington staffs of Senator James B. Pearson (R-Kan.) and Representative Larry Winn (R-Kan.) has turned up no federal aid program under which the hospital might be eligible for assistance.
For the past decade, Watkins has been trying to serve KU's burgeoning enrollment (which has topped the 15,000 mark) in a building and with a staff designed to care for an enrollment of 3,000 to 4,000 students.
The hospital was given $250,000 by the state Legislature two years ago to build a new wing, but the University has to match these state funds with another
$250,000 before the $500,000 wing can be started.
And right now, that $250,000 is more of a phantom than the Loch Ness monster.
The Endowment Association can't give the money for the wing because it can invest only in buildings which will repay the investment and possibly add interest, Irvin Youngberg, executive secretary of the Association, said.
The only way the Association could help would be if someone gave it money specifically earmarked for a hospital wing, he added.
And so far no one has.
The $18.6 million Programs for Progress, a capital funds campaign by the University to raise money for buildings, professorships, scholarships, and similar projects, can't give money because a Chancellor-approved list of the top University needs has already
Watkins was not included in the list.
been compiled and given final approval by the Council for Progress.
And now it seems even the federal government doesn't have a program under which Watkins could get funds.
The team from Pearson's and Winn's offices have found no available funds under the entire Higher Education Act. Carston Johannson, who works in Pearson's legal office, said that act would be the most likely place to find something.
"There was nothing available in that area," he said. "There are no funds for that purpose, although there might have been if the hospital was used to teach nurses or doctors."
In Winn's office,ice and Larry Sheppard said probably the quickest and most feasible thing to do would be to take the state
funds and try to get private donations to get the rest of the money.
Both Johannson and Sheppard said that chances for getting federal money for Watkins didn't look too good right now because of the federal revenue bill now in Congress which would cut back federal spending.
H. L. Reppart, field engineer for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Topeka branch, said this department had no funds for hospital construction as such.
Under the College Housing Loan Program, a hospital would be eligible for a loan for the housing of student nurses, interns, or resident physicians. But Watkins has neither a school of nursing nor does it have internships and residences. Repart said.
"It does not appear that Watkins Hospital would be eligible for any assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development," he added.