MAN IN THE CLOUDS
Zeus, played by Rick Walker, Massena, N.Y., sophomore, is sleeping on his cloud in Delta Chi-Alpha Gamma Delta's skit, "Watchman, What of the Knot," or "Alexander's Ragtime Bond," in Rock Chalk Revue.
Rock Chalk Revue starts tomorrow
Rock Chalk '68, with no main theme to bind the skits together, will take the audience from the Orient to Alaska, and through history to meet Alexander the Great and his mother.
"The Gong Bongs Wrong for Wong Tong, or Water, Water, Everywhere," is the title of the skit being done by the Tau Kappa Epilon and Alpha Chi Omega houses. It is the story of a young man forced to marry a girl he does not love—the village elder's daughter.
Brian Bauerle, Harlan, Iowa, sophomore, is the village elder; Twig Rapelye, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, is Wong Tong, the "lucky" groom-to-be; Pam Butterworth, Wilmette, Ill., junior is Ding Em Lee, the sorceress; Claire Ditchfield, Florissant, Mo., sophomore, is Palma Lee, Wong Tong's true love; and Jim Hess, Wichita junior, is Yesman—his name is self explanatory.
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— The U.S. Court of Appeals today rejected former Representative Adam Clayton Powell's challenge of hisuser by the House a year ago.
Bob Cowden, Overland Park junior, and Mary Lou Cowan, Springfield, Mo., junior, are the directors. Cowden said he feels everything is going quite smoothly. The only problem which could exist would be with the dances. "The steps are more difficult than those of the other skits," he said, "and we have more than one thing going on at the same time." However, he feels the dancing is doing very well.
The split decision by the three-judge court upheld a ruling last April by U.S. District Judge George L. Hart Jr. that the Harlem Democrat could not appeal his exclusion.
Delta Chi and Alpha Gamma Delta are going to tell how Alexander became "the Great." "Watchman, What of the Knot, or Alexander's Ragtime Bond" is the title of their skit. "Mother" plays a big part in this play. She is portrayed by Gretchen Van Landingham, Excelsior Springs senior. Alexander is Larry Smooth, St. Louis, Mo., freshman; and Sherri Coleman, Prairie Village senior, is the goddess who helps Alexander out.
Court upholds Powell ouster
Tom Swale, Prairie Village senior, and Nancy Middleton, Kansas City, Mo., senior, are the directors.
"Our scenery is stylistic and creates an illusion of three-dimension," Miss Middleton said. However, this does not cause any problems, she said.
Miss Middleton said three nights of performances in front of an audience will help the actors perfect their parts "Thursday night they will be excited and nervous, but by Saturday they will be almost perfect.
"Keeping the interest of the kids and not letting them lose their enthusiasm is important right now," she said.
RFK cancels
Sen. Robert Kennedy, D.N.Y., who earlier postponed appearances at KU and Kansas State later rescheduled for March 5, today canceled his Kansas trip. No other information was available this morning.
78th Year, No. 86
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Wednesday, February 28 1968
SAGE says salaries below Big 8 average
The University of Kansas is not offering competitive salaries, according to a 30-page report written by the Student Association for Graduates in English (SAGE).
The report, which was submitted to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe in December, pointed out the duties and responsibilities of assistant instructors at KU and made a survey of the salaries paid to assistant instructors at Big Eight and Big Ten schools.
For assistant instructors at KU to receive the average of the salaries paid at Big Eight schools, they would need a pay raise of $500 per year. To reach the aver-
City officials request local retail sales tax
"The tax could prove beneficial to students." Crummett said. "Students who are renting apartments may find that their rent would be more stable. For instance, a landlord must pay a personal property tax and as this increases over the years, he must raise the rent accordingly. The half-cent retail tax would keep property taxes from rising as fast and as much."
Lawrence residents, including KU students, may be paying a city retail tax amounting to a half cent on the dollar soon.
According to Wright Crummett, general counsel for the League of Kansas Municipalities, the estimated revenue from the half-cent tax for Douglas County, including students at KU, Haskell Institute and Baker University, would be $390,000 a year or $9.30 a year for each person living in Douglas County.
City officials were in Topeka Tuesday where they testified in favor of the tax before a House Committee on Assessment and Taxation. The proposed tax, tagged Senate Bill 39, would authorize cities and counties to levy a half-cent city sales tax upon voter approval.
Crummitt said the city sales tax would not include services such as laundry, haircuts, etc. Grocers would also be benefited by the retail tax because their personal property taxes would also be stabilized, thus passing the savings on to their customers through lower food prices.
He said the retail tax would take some of the load off the personal property taxes thereby letting communities reduce them.
Crummmett explained that the average state-wide revenue brought in by the tax would be about $7.60 per person a year. He said if the half-cent tax were voted in, it would equal 12.3 per cent of the city-county taxes on property for one year.
age salary paid at Big Ten schools, KU instructors would need a $1200 pay raise.
Of 30 state universities surveyed, only the University of Mississippi and the University of Oklahoma offer lower salaries than KU for their assistant instructors. All the universities surveyed have Ph.D. programs.
One dies, one hurt in wreck
A KU research associate was killed and a KU graduate student was injured in an automobile accident Tuesday near Alma, Kan.
Basim Sadik Alnaimy, 28, a post doctoral research associate in chemistry, died as a result of the accident. Miss Alia Turck, 27, graduate student in physical education, was taken to Manhattan Memorial Hospital and was listed as being in serious condition, campus police said.
Both are from Iraq.
Coeds molested Monday evening
Two KU coeds told traffic and security officers they were molested on Jayhawk Boulevard Monday night by two youths.
One of the women said that she was walking in front of Watson Library at about 9 p.m. when two youths on bicycles rode up behind her. One pinched her as he passed and then they used their bicycles to block the sidewalk. The coed said she ran into Flint Hall. The youths did not follow.
No complaints have been filed.
As a result of the report, about 15 members of SAGE are meeting with their legislators, starting this Thursday, to ask for total remission of fees, according to Margene Weiss, assistant English instructor and member of SAGE.
The instructors, all residents of Kansas, have written their senator or representative asking for appointments to discuss fee remission. Mrs. Weiss said many schools have no tuition fees for assistant instructors.
The University has 1,000 assistant instructors all paying approximately $100 per semester tuition for six to nine hours.
If the Kansas Legislature approves of the idea at KU, they would also have to do the same for all the state schools, Mrs. Weiss said.
Hi-Y youths here today
Kansas high school students are attending the 1968 Hi-Y Pre-Legislative Conference for the northeast Kansas area today at KU.
About 170 students are spending the day reviewing legislative procedure, the committee system, training for public service, election of officers and holding a mock session of the House of Representatives.
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WEATHER
The Topeka Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy and colder today and Thursday, with a slight chance of precipitation.