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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 7, 1968
Teachers ponder before action LEA threats strike after March
The Lawrence Education Association (LEA) will not strike. It will wait until March when the Kansas Legislature acts on the proposed salary schedule before taking action, said Comrad Downing, LEA president.
If legislation on the LEA proposal goes through, the members should get the full $6,000 base they are requesting. Downing, in a meeting yesterday at Lawrence High School, said they would abide by the rules of the Kansas State Teachers Association in not taking action. They would withhold negotiations on contracts until March.
Pessimism has been expressed over the passing of the legislation by John Vogel, representative from Lawrence and a member of the education committee. The reason for this is that the Kansas Legislature has refused to bring the legislation out of committee and Governor Docking is strongly opposed to it, Downing said.
If after March the legislation is not passed, Downing said, "We will act after that date." However, the LEA is "not threatening to
strike," but is "definitely firm as an organization and is not strike-bound."
Kansas school districts are placed in groups by the State Public Institution according to salaries. The Lawrence schools are in group No. 2 which consists of eight schools. Of the eight schools Lawrence is the fifth lowest in salaries. At present, Lawrence teachers are receiving $5,-100.
KU students organize Rockefeller committee
A group of KU students is supporting Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination for President.
Calling themselves "Citizens to Nominate Nelson Rockefeller organization," the students laid preliminary groundwork for an extensive campaign for the New York governor at the Kansas Day celebration Jan. 29 in Topcape.
Scott Nunley, Ashland, Ky. graduate student, and Dan Austin, Salina senior, are co-chairmen of the group.
"We wanted to make a visible demonstration of our support for Rockefeller." Nunley said, "He represents the moderate element of the party and perhaps is the most logical nominee."
Austin said the organization seeks to inform Kansas county chairmen that there is a Rockefeller movement in the state.
"We also wanted to counter the Reagan movement, began earlier by a Topeka group, Austin added. KH organization, did it.
The KU organization distributed pamphlets, buttons and automobile bumper stickers, all in support of Rockefeller, to persons attending the festivities.
Grades don't make grads
Getting a degree from KU isn't all academic ability. Sometimes it takes perseverance.
The College sampled every tenth graduate last June and discovered a wide range of collegiate experience.
One of the 47 graduated with highest distinction, two with distinction, and 26 had been on the honor roll, nine of them for six semesters or more. But 14 had been on probation at least once during their undergraduate careers, seven more than once, and four had been dropped for poor scholarship.
One had been on the honor roll five semesters, had been on probation one semester, and had been dropped once for poor scholarship.
The moral: one semester doesn't make a dropout.
After talking with Republicans from across the state, Nunley said he found the Nixon feeling to be prevalent, but doubted whether the former vice-president could defeat President Johnson.
"I am certain that Rockefeller could beat Johnson," he said enthiasciastically.
"The Republicans are fences-sitting right now," he continued,
"They don't want to commit themselves to either Nixon or Rockefeller. It all depends on how Nixon does in the Presidential primaries. The delegates may go right into the convention on the fence."
Nunley said about six KU students participated in the campaigning effort during the traditional GOP event.
Bloodmobile stops visits to Lawrence
The Red Cross bloodmobile is no longer coming to Lawrence.
Mrs. Jo Byers, director of the Douglas County Red Cross chapter, said beginning Feb. 19, weekly blood collections will be made from 4.30-7 p.m. each Monday in the Community Building basement.
The weekly program, which was used in the past, can handle 30 pints of blood each Monday, which would allow for a collection of 1,560 pints per year. These would be used mostly for emergencies.
Mrs. Byers said a bloodmobile will continue to visit KU two times per year. The next visit will be in April.
The bloodmobile program is being discontinued in Lawrence, because in the two years it operated, less than 1,000 pints of blood were collected.
Congress has cut by $82 million the amount of money allotted nationally to colleges and universities for buildings. The cut from $5.9 million to $3.4 million available to Kansas for university construction will affect KU in the future, Wescoe said.
The paradox lies in the fact Congress has cut construction appropriations to universities while making more money available for student loans, the Chancellor said. Thus there will be a greater influx of students and inadequate facilities to handle them. The end of draft deferments for most graduate students adds to the paradox, for there will be too few instructors available to the increasing number of underclassmen.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said yesterday the recent Congressional decision to cut federal allotments to universities for construction is "tragic" and "paradoxial."
The groupings determine how much a school can appeal for in raised salaries beyond the legal limit of $5,500. The Lawrence schools, because of their ranking, are able to appeal to the legislature for a raise beyond the limit.
LEA has proposed that the school foundation finance plan be more equally distributed in the cost of education and base more of the representation of financing over schools on state collected taxes.
Federal aid cut to hurt. Wescoe says
Chancellor Wescoe said the 20 per cent cutback in defense and space agency spending will create a serious deficit at KU. The cutback is in spending for research at universities and will directly affect what Wescoe say are "dramatic developments" in NASA research at KU.
"TEACHER INTERVIEWS:
The ABC Unified School District, located in the Los Angeles County area, will have a district representative on campus Thursday (P.M.) February 15, 1968, to interview teacher applicants. Interested persons should sign up in the placement office now!"
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