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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, May 7, 1968
Sen. McCarthy gets Choice '68 triumph
Sen. Eugene McCarthy won a decisive victory over Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in the Choice '68 results released in Washington, D.C., last week.
From 1,072,830 votes cast on
1,200 campuses across the nation
April 22-24, McCarthy received 285,988; Kennedy, 213,832; former Vice-President Richard Nixon, 197,167, and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, 115,937.
McCarthy scored well across the nation, but strongest in the
'Voice' explains—
(Continued from page 1) voice on academic affairs through representation on the University Senate was an improvement in communications.
Goering said this representation "should result in a responsible voice or communication in this University."
"This is a very radical thing—something which even Berkeley and Columbia don't have," said Joe Goering, Moundridge junior and vice-president of the student body.
In contrast to the students asking for student rights, Marty Yaseen, Lawrence graduate student, said students should be concerned with their community. He urged them to do something about Building and Grounds men who supported families on wages of $1.30 per hour.
"I am tired of hearing of student rights," Laseen said, as he urged students to consider the lives of the Lawrence minority groups and the poor housing which foreign students are able to secure.
Yaseen reached many of the students with a question.
"What about the foreign students who will go back and say they had to live in slums, because that was all they could get here," Yaseen asked.
A mustached student commented he wasn't impressed with what was happening and interpreted the meeting as an administration stall-off.
"I think Chancellor Wescoe is stalling for time and waiting for the semester to end. He realizes that this meeting won't mean anything once students have left for the summer. He probably expects it to all blow over," Lee Campbell, Leawood junior, said.
Five seniors complete Honors program here
Five KU seniors have successfully completed the program for honors in English, Max Sutton, professor of English, announced recently.
Honors candidates study independently and participate in small seminars taught by members of the senior faculty. They broaden and deepen their knowledge of literature and enhance their ability to read critically and analytically.
East and West with about 90 per cent of the college student votes counted.
The students are Virginia H. Livesay, New York, N.Y.; James Preston Fambrough, Lawrence; Robert L. Meredith, Bartlesville, Okla.; Robert Alan Schuler, Bartlesville, Okla.; and Gary Kent Wolfe, Springfield, Mo.
Fambrough, who graduated in February, won the $100 award from the KU Endowment Association for the best performance on the final examination for honors students.
Only first-choice votes were included in determining a winner. Other results included 57,362 votes for President Johnson and 18,500 write-in votes for Vice-President Humphrey. Former Gov. George Wallace received 33,000 votes, followed by Gov. Ronald Reagan with 28,000 and Mayor John Lindsay with 22,000.
McCarthy also received more second-place preferences than any other candidate. However, Rockefeller, fourth in the first-choice category, received a higher total of second-and third-choice nods than McCarthy.
Significantly, Kennedy backers were more likely to rate McCarthy as a second or third choice than were McCarthy supporters likely to indicate consideration for Kennedy.
The same was true between Nixon and Rockefeller. Rockefeller was more frequently marked as a second or third choice by Nixon voters than was Nixon rated a potential candidate by Rockefeller loyalists.
Although Nixon carried the
Infant behavior to be discussed
Lewis Lipsitt, director of the child study center at Brown University, will discuss "The Study of Infant Behavior: A Big Booming Buzzing Confusion" at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
The colloquium is part of a series sponsored jointly by the departments of Psychology and Human Development and Family Life.
Southern vote, Kennedy made his best showing against McCarthy in the South. McCarthy rated 11,000 more votes in the far West than did Kennedy. In New England McCarthy was backed by 29,000 against 16,000 for Kennedy and 9,000 for Nixon. McCarthy outscored Kennedy 55,000 to 29,000 in the Mid-Atlantic area, including Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Asked to indicate party preference, 37 per cent of the students responded Democrat, 29 per cent Republican and 33 per cent Independent. About 44 per cent of the Choice '68 voters will be eligible to vote for the President in November.
Kennedy received 124,000 votes from stated Democrats, while McCarthy totaled 112,000. Of those replying Republican, 33,000 voted for McCarthy and 12,000 for Kennedy. Declared Independents favored McCarthy with 111,000 votes as opposed to 53,000 for Kennedy.
Reaction on the referendum questions was strongly critical of present policies in Vietnam. Immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces was the demand of 17 per cent. Phased reduction won the support of 45 per cent of college voters. Only seven per cent advocated the current level of military action with 12 per cent favoring an increased level of warfare and 21 per cent for all out U.S. military efforts.
Bombing should be halted temporarily according to 29 per cent of the voters. Another 28 per cent supported permanent cessation and 25 per cent called for intensified bombing. Only 11 per cent accepted the current bombing level and four per cent looked to nuclear weapons.
Education and job training virtually tied for priority in government spending as a means to meet the "urban crisis." Riot control was supported by 12 per cent; housing six per cent; and income subsidy three per cent.
Choice '68 was jointly sponsored as a public service by Time, Inc., and Sperry-Rand's Univac Division.
German banquet features awards
The annual KU German department honors convocation will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Forum Room with 31 students scheduled to receive scholarships and awards, H. E. Huelsbergen, associate professor of German, announced Friday.
Featured speaker at the dinner will be Friedrich Strusch, chief consul of the West German consulate in Kansas City. Strusch, whose speech will be in German, will talk on "Student Demonstrations in Germany." It is expected that Strusch will discuss the recent turmoil in German universities brought on partly by the attempted assassination of Rudi Dutschke, a leftist student leader in Germany.
Huelsbergen said the purpose of the convocation is to honor and award prizes to all students who have excelled in the German language since enrolling in German courses.
Awards will consist of several books printed in German and given to the KU German department by the West German government. The value of the scholarships to be awarded has not been released.
ATTENTION SENIORS
YOUR GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE ARRIVED. PICK THEM UP AT THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE
KANSAS UNION BOOKSTORE TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY MAY 7th & MAY 8th