Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
59th Year, No. 139
Tuesday, May 15, 1962
Zimmerman Wins First In National Contest
Fred Zimmerman, Lawrence junior, today was announced as the winner of the second annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation national journalism competition. The William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information placed second among the 48 accredited schools and departments of journalism in the nation.
The announcements were made in Washington by President John F. Kennedy. Zimmerman received the medallion for distinguished achievement in journalism from the President in White House ceremonies at noon.
The KU School of Journalism placed first in last year's contest and senior Frank Morgan was second in individual competition.
In addition to the medallion, Zimmerman will receive a fellowship of $2.200. The school will receive a matching merit grant plus a merit grant of $2.000 for the second place
finish. The University of Nebraska placed first in the 1962 competition.
Zimmerman placed seventh last year and received an $800 fellowship. The School of Journalism received $5,600 in merit grants last year and awarded the first scholarship from the investment income last Saturday.
ZIMMERMAN'S FIRST place award was based on the following stories:
October — (news) — second place with the lead story on the Negro march protesting housing policy; November — (sports) — sixth place for "Kansas Football Fizzles in Final Game," a story from the KU locker room after the loss to Missouri; December — (editorial) — four points for editorial, "Love and the Birchers," which discussed the Birch Society and Robert Love, Wichita Bircher, who had spoken the Friday before at KU.
HRCQuestionnaire Ruled 'Anti-Clause'
The Human Rights Committee questionnaire on Greek discriminatory clauses probably can give only one result — that favoring voluntary Greek removal of the clauses, two KU professors charged last night.
John Grumm, associate professor of political science, and Ray Cuzzitt, associate professor of sociology, based their evaluations of the questionnaire on information available concerning public opinion polling. Both professors have experience in this area.
ALTHOUGH PROF. GRUMM and Prof. Cuzzort were interviewed separately, they agreed that three basic parts of the questionnaire needed improvement. They said that part four in the questionnaire would
5 to Be Honored By KU, Alumni
Five KU alumni will receive the University citation for distinguished service to mankind. The citations will be conferred during Commencement exercises June 4.
The five are Carey G. Croneis,
Houston, Tex., class of 1923, chancellor of Rice University; Melvin E. Griffith, class of 1934, public health expert now in charge of International Cooperation Administration's malaria control for Southern Asia; Victor O. Lednicky, Manila, Republic of the Philippines, class of 1911, mining engineer and industrial organizer; Alvin S. McCoy, Prairie Village, class of 1925, Pulitzer-prize winning Kansas editor of the Kansas City Star, and Charles E. Strickland, Mason City, Iowa, class of 1914, retired public utilities executive.
THE CITATIONS were voted by a secret committee on the basis of each man's contribution to human welfare. The University does not confer honorary degrees but the citations carry a similar distinction.
Chancellor Croneis, a native of Bucyrus, Ohio, came to KU as a graduate student and earned the M.S. degree in geology in 1923. He taught at KU, Arkansas, Harvard and Wellesley and in 1928 began 16 years as a member of the University of Chicago faculty. He became president of Beloit College in 1944, resigning 10 years later to become
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cause the final result to be slanted.
The other two parts the professors
criticized were the first and last
questions.
The objection to question four arose over the alternatives offered in answer to the question, "... which of the following do you feel would be the best organization to accomplish this removal (of clauses from Greek constitutions)." The alternatives are:
- The administration of the University
- The All Student Council
- The All Student Council
- The Inter-Fraternity Council and/or the fraternities and sororites themselves.
PROF. GRUMM SAID, "THE DIF- fliculty with this question is that it measures a cultural value that we all accept—voluntary action as opposed to force.
"It's like asking whether the government or business should regulate prices. I think everyone would agree that business should be responsible. But this is where the HRC questionnaire fails. It does not project itself to answer the question of what should be done if voluntarism fails to correct the situation."
PROF. GRUMM SAID THE fourth part of the questionnaire would have been more realistic if there had been a fourth alternative. He suggested the following question as suitable in this situation. "If the voluntary correction method fails are you willing to have something done about it?"
Speaking of the first question Prof. Grumm said, "This question shows a lack of thought. Asking a person if he is aware of something is making him aware of it." The first question says, "Are you aware of the existence of discriminatory clauses in the constitutions of some fraternities and sororities?"
Prof. Cuzzort agreed saying, "The questionnaire was too hastily thrown together. If they had pre-tested it they would have found that question number one was not needed."
The final area of criticism by the two professors concerned the last question. That question asks, "Would you be willing to accept as a member of your house, fraternity or sorority, a member of a minority religious group?"
"ONE REQUIREMENT IN TAKING an opinion poll." Prof. Grumm said, "is to reduce the ambiguity of questions to a minimum.
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January — (news) — fifth place for follow-up story on the January story in the UDK about the firing of Rev. David Butterfield at the College of Emporia and the fact that some students had been prevented from enrolling for second semester classes because they had protested his firing; February — (feature) — second place for "The Voice of KU's Militant Negroes," an interview with Moses Gunn and other Negroes involved in the housing march. Zimmerman's lead was "I sat down with a Negro yesterday and asked him how it feels to be a black man in America"; March — (news) — tenth place for by-lined front page story in the Kansas City Star about Kansas City's master plan for survival in a nuclear attack; April — (investigative - interpretative) — eighth place for the story about the firing of the Rev. David Butterfield at the College of Emporia.
OTHER KU STUDENTS who placed in the monthly contests this year are Bill Mullins, Kansas City senior, tie for third place in editorial writing; Terry Murphy, Lawrence sophomore, fifth place for news writing; James Alsbrook, Lawrence junior, tie for eighth place in investigatory writing; Arthur Miller, Pittsburg junior, 16th place for feature writing; Scott Payne, Bethel junior, honorable mention for news writing; and Bill Shieldon, Williamstown, Mass., junior, honorable mention for sports writing.
The judges for the contest were Roger Tatarian, managing editor of United Press International, New York; Hubbard Keavy, chief of the Los Angeles bureau of the Associated Press, and Basil Walters, former editor of the Chicago Daily News and now president of Newspaper Research Associates, Frankfort, Ind. William Ruggles, former editorial editor of the Dallas Morning News, was an honorary judge.
This is the third major award that the school has won this spring. The Daily Kansan was the first collegiate newspaper to be awarded the Mass Media award by the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the UDK was named an All America collegiate paper, placing it as one of the top nine college papers in the nation.
Troops Ordered Into Thai Crisis
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — President Kennedy today ordered 5,000 U.S. fighting men to take up stations in Thailand to help protect that Southeast Asian nation from the threat of Communist forces in neighboring Laos.
The first contingent of reinforcements, a Marine combat group, will land at Bangkok tomorrow.
Kennedy said in a special statement that "a threat to Thailand is of grave concern to the United States." He said the military move was being taken as a defensive act which is "wholly consistent with the United Nations charter."
Officials said that the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Llewellyn E. Thompson, received the impression from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev when they met last week that the Russians wanted a political settlement of the Laotian problem.
A short time later, Secretary of State Dean Rusk scheduled an afternoon meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin amid indications from high U.S. officials that Russia was willing to seek a political settlement of the Laos crisis.
These officials said they expected Dobrynin would have more specific reaction to U.S. and British protests over the violation 10 days ago of the cease fire by Communist-led Pathet Lao rebels.
In elaborating on the White House announcement, the defense department said an eventual force of 5,000 Army, Marine, and Air Force troops will be established in Thailand. This includes 1,000 U.S. soldiers already there.
The Thai government announced earlier that it had consented to the movement of U.S. forces into its territory.
Then, at 10 a.m. CST, the President announced:
"I HAVE TODAY ORDERED additional elements of the United States military forces, both ground and air, to proceed to Thailand and to remain there until further orders. These forces are to help insure the territorial integrity of this peaceful country."
It was the first time U.S. troops had been ordered ashore in such a maneuver since the landings in Lebanon in the summer of 1958. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Marines in then in response to the Lebanese government's request for protection in the aftermath of the Iraqi revolution.
The Marine force has been enroute aboard units of the Seventh Fleet for several days. The Marines will be in addition to about 1,000 U.S. Army troops already in Thailand.
It was reported that when the landings are completed there will be
as many as 4,000 U.S. troops in Thailand. Additional manpower from the 25th Army division is expected to land in addition to the Marines.
Kennedy said in his statement:
OFFICIAL SOURCES SAID the "additional elements" referred to by the President included some Marine tactical air strength, to be landed from units of the U.S. Seventh Fleet at the Bangkok naval base at about 8 a.m. CST tomorrow.
"The dispatch of United States forces to Thailand was considered desirable because of recent attacks in Laos by Communist forces, and the subsequent movement of Communist military units toward the border of Thailand."
HE SAID HE ORDERED U.S. forces into Thailand so that "we may be in a position to fulfill speedily our obligations under the Manila (SEATO) Pact of 1954.
The President said the United States was in consultation with SEATO governments on the situation. He also sent word to U Thant, Secretary General of the United Nations, informing him of the American action.
"I emphasize that this is a defensive act on the part of the United States and wholly consistent with the United Nations charter which specifically recognizes that nations have an inherent right to take collective measures for self-defense," the President said.
The U.S. action resulted directly from Communist rebel advances across Laos toward the Thailand border.
"THE IS NO change in our policy toward Laos which continues to be the reestablishment of an effective cease fire and prompt negotiations for a government of national union," the President said.
He also referred to a joint declaration of last March 6 by Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the Thai Foreign Minister which agreed that the independence and integrity of Thailand was important to world peace.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and other high-ranking officials of the military and intelligence services spent nearly an hour this morning in conference with the President and the House and Senate leaders from both parties.
Weather
Fair this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. Widely scattered thunderstorms northwest and north-central late this afternoon and this evening and again Wednesday afternoon. Continued warm and windy. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday in the 80s.
KU Law School Employs Honor System Since 1900
By Ron Wilcox
(Editor's Note: This is the last article in a three-part series on the Honor System.
The University of Kansas Law School has practiced the Honor System since the early 1900s and it has worked successfully.
Jim Lowe, student bar president, said the Honor System is explained in detail to all students at orientation.
EACH STUDENT in the Law School is put on his honor or trust at all times, but especially during the week of final examinations during which the student is to be free from faculty supervision.
Mr. Lowe said that the law students have only one test a semester—that being a 3-5 hour final exam. The student has his choice of either taking the test in the classroom or in the law library. Generally there is no one in the room to proctor the examination.
Each student should be mindful that the Honor System rests upon two primary concepts, namely the individual's personal compliance.
and the enforcement of the compliance of every other student. It is essential to the efficient working of the system that each student realize every unreported violation of the Honor System not only weakens the whole system, but also tends to take away privileges. Violations even directly injure the rights of those who are abiding by the system.
THE FOLLOWING rules are set up by the Law School:
- No person shall give or receive, directly or indirectly, any help in an examination or conduct himself so as to give an appearance of giving or receiving such help.
- Each school year there shall be elected a committee of students, which shall be the governing committee of the Honor System.
- No examination paper shall be taken outside of the Law School building during the period in which such an examination is being taken.
- Any unauthorized and willful taking of another student's book from the Law School premises shall
be considered as a violation of the Honor. System.
Punishment for violation of the Honor System shall be determined by the students themselves, as represented by the governing committee of the Honor System, elected by such students.
THE STUDENT committee shall have the power to make investigations of infractions of the Honor System, hear evidence upon such infractions, and shall come to a fair and honest judgment upon each case before it.
Regular attendance of classes in the Law School is considered of primary importance. Unexcused absences in any courses in excess of hours of credit plus one may cause exclusion from examination and the loss of credit in such course.
A final analysis of the Honor System would clearly point out that the whole system must rely on the responsibility of the student. Without responsibility there can be no Honor System.