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Bosley Crowther, motion picture editor of the New York Times for more than 25 years, has been named as a speaker at the William Allen White Foundation's Centennial Seminar this spring.
mation Agency; and Stan Freberg, advertising consultant and satirist.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Wednesday,February 7,1968
He joined the Times staff in 1928 as a police reporter. In 1932, he became assistant editor of the drama department. Since 1940, Crowther has been a motion picture critic watching more than 250 films a year. In his critical reviews, he has continually urged his readers to demand higher standards of excellence in movies
Other speakers scheduled during the three days of critiques, discussions, and lectures include Bill Moyers, publisher of Newsday and former press secretary to President Johnson; Ben Bagidkian, a noted press critic; Carl T. Rowan, syndicated columnist and former director of the U.S. Infor-
Crowther is the fifth speaker selected for the April 28-30 seminar on "The Role of the Press in a Free Society."
All Student Council flexed its muscle last night at its biweekly meeting and passed several resolutions, designed to make KU students rest more easily knowing that ASC is on the job. Several other resolutions were tabled until the next meeting.
Bosley Crowther
Webb, Stoddard elected by ASC
By Sandy Zahradnik Kansan Staff Reporter
In a flurry of action, ASC members present elected Terrie Webb, Clearwater freshman, secretary and Rick Vonende, Abilene, Tex., graduate student, vice-chairman. Bob Stoddard, Shawnee Mission sophomore, was assigned to the ASC Calendar committee, and Clifton Conrad, Bismarck, N. Dak., junior, and Kathy Prewitt, Wichita junior, were appointed COSA representatives.
Getting down to business, the ASC passed a resolution to meet every Tuesday instead of every other Tuesday. A motion to send a note of thanks to last semester's secretary was also passed.
Several minor items of business were brought up, but action on these resolutions was postponed until the next meeting. ASC Bill No. 34, concerning a Committee on Fair Housing for Foreign Students, was tabled in the wake of dickering on whether or not there would be dickering if the bill was brought to a vote.
The resolution to repeal ASC Bill No. 26, dealing with continuous or year-to-year membership in the Associated Student Government of the U.S.A., was tabled until the next meeting.
Action on a Student's Rights Statement was postponed due to the fact that the statement was eight pages long and no one had had a chance to read it.
"Comments for the good of the Council" were duly heard and recorded. Among the items of business brought up was a request that Curt Heinz, Topeka senior and head of the committee dealing with student seating at athletic events, be invited to the next meetings to give the findings of his committee. Heinz did not attend the Monday meeting.
The meeting was adjourned.
Legislators submit bills for loyalty oath
TOPEKA—A loyalty oath bill that would require all state employees to sign a statement that they support the U.S. and Kansas constitutions was introduced Tuesday in the Kansas Senate.
University professors and others employed by a university, including students, would be among those required to sign the oath.
Earlier Tuesday, the House Judiciary committee introduced a loyalty oath measure aimed only at instructors or professors in public schools, colleges or universities.
The wording of the two oaths called for under the separate bills is similar.
U. S. District court in Kansas City ruled invalid last fall a Kansas law requiring state employees to sign an oath that they did not advocate the overthrow of the government and were not a member of any organization that did.
The federal court decision was based on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
The Senate, SB 631, was introduced by Sen. Keith Sebelius, R-Norton. If passed by both chambers and signed into law by the governor, the bill would require
To the Student Body:
Stop booing Owens asks
The University of Kansas basketball team and its coaches are privileged to have the finest support from its student body of any school in the country. You have been a tremendous inspiration to all of us participating in basketball here at the University.
I would like to ask a special favor of all of you. As a matter of common courtesy to teams visiting Allen Field House,would you please refrain from booing our opponents and their coaches when they are introduced.
I hope that we can reward your tremendous support with another championship team this season.
Ted Owens
Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
all state employees to sign the oath by Jan. 1, 1969.
The text of the oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United
State employees who refused to sign the oath would not be paid by the state.
States and the constitution of the State of Kansas, and faithfully discharge the duties of , so help me God."
The oath is set out in the Kansas statutes.
House Bill 1958 makes it unlawful for instructors or professors to serve without signing the oath.
K.C. patrolman died from officer's bullet
KANSAS CITY, Mo—(UPI)—A bullet that killed policeman Hugh L. Butler, 30, in a gun battle at a tavern Friday night, was fired by a fellow officer.
Police Chief Clarence Kelley made the announcement Tuesday in a special news conference. The determination was made by the laboratory of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington.
Another bullet in Butler's body was fired from a gun held by Terry McCullough, one of the participants in the tavern disturbance.
Patrolman Theodore Allen fired the wild shot, which was described by Kelley as "clearly accidental." He said no charges will be filed against Allen.
"We feel, however, the full facts should be made public, both in
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the interest of investigative integrity and to apprise our citizens of the perils our men encounter almost daily," Kelley said.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts cooler tonight and warmer Thursday. Lows tonight should be in the lower 20s. The precipitation probabilities are near zero tonight and 10 per cent Thursday.
Fees must be paid soon
Students who have not received a fee statement by today must report to the Office of Admissions and Records window 2 in Strong Hall to pick up fee statements.
William L. Kelley, associate registrar, said more than 200 of the fee statements mailed Monday have been returned for lack of correct Lawrence address.
Students paying after Feb. 14 will be charged a $10 late fee. Enrollment will be cancelled for those paying after Feb. 23 but students will be reinstated upon payment of the $10 fee.
Faculty approves of longer final period
Almost all KU faculty members who were asked to comment on the new two-week final examination period voiced their unanimous approval of the system.
A cross-section of professors and instructors was asked whether it favored the new system, whether it made grading of exams easier, and whether the two-week period (in the case of graduate students) gave them more time to prepare for their own exams.
John T. Alexander, assistant professor of history, felt the extended examination period gave the faculty more time to prepare for the second semester and their own research.
Louis Dellwig, professor of geology, did not believe the new system would be very helpful to students if the exams were bunched together over a two-or-three day period. He favored a system which would
terminate classes with the Christmas vacation thus giving the rest of the time to prepare for finals.
However, most professors and instructors interviewed felt the new system was advantageous, not only to the undergraduate, but to the graduate student, also. Katherine Roback, a teaching assistant in anthropology, said the two-week period gave her more time to grade exams.
Ronald Tobin, chairman of the French and Italian department, said the longer period was much easier for the instructors because they had more time to prepare for their own exams. Tobin also added, the longer exam period seemed to reflect a much more relaxed atmosphere among the undergraduates taking the finals.
Some of the instructors contacted indicated they gave the same final last semester as they had given
Mary Makepeace, assistant instructor of biology, said students deserved a chance to show what they learned from the course. With the three hour final, plus the added time for preparation, students were being given this chance. Mrs. Makepeace also said the extra week gave her more time to prepare biology labs for the next semester.
during previous semesters. The only difference between the old and the new finals was the time in which students had to complete them.
Faculty members also agreed that with the new system there were fewer requests by students for final exam scheduling changes because of too many exams in one day.
Oliver Phillips, professor of classics, may have summed up the overall consensus of faculty members when he said, "It was so much easier on me that it seemed my students did much better on their finals."