Faculty Senate Backs Wescoe
The KU Faculty Senate yesterday backed Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe in his decision to refrain from administrative action on fraternity discriminatory clauses here.
In a report released by the Senate, the Chancellor was commended for his position "with respect to the problem posed by the existence of discriminatory clauses."
THE REPORT SAID the trend away from discrimination in fraternities and sororites should be accelerated, but that direct action in this direction should be initiated within the chapters themselves and is not likely to be attained by University mandate.
Since the fraternities and sororites are essentially social groups, the report said, they should have the freedom to select their members without interference from the University.
The University, it continued, should not participate either directly or indirectly in the process of selecting and pledging prospective members of fraternities or sororities.
THE FIRST SECTION OF THE seven-section report says national fraternity or sorority constitutional discrimination on a basis of "race, color, religion, or national origin—except for a religious clause in the case of a group primarily religious in purpose—is both
The full text of the Senate's statement appears on page 4.
ethically wrong and also incompatible with the status of the local chapter as a living group enjoying recognition by the University of Kansas."
The second section of the report says that since the only discriminatory clauses in the constitution of KU fraternities may be waived by local chapters, the problem created by the existence of these three clauses is far less significant than actual discriminatory practices.
The report expressed satisfaction with the progress made during the last 20 years by KU sorority and fraternity chapters toward lessening the practice of discrimination.
THE REPORT WAS presented to the senate by A. W. Davidson, professor of chemistry and chairman of the Senate Advisory Committee yesterday at the senate meeting.
The senate is composed of all faculty of the ranks of associate professor and professor.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe stated his policy towards discriminatory clauses in fraternity constitutions at an open Human Rights Council meeting March 18. He said he disapproved of discriminatory clauses, but that individual action and not University pressure is the best way of dealing with them.
KU Officers to National Job
Lovell (Tu) Jarvis, Winfield junior and chairman of People-to-People at KU, and Robert Thomas, Marysville junior and P-t-P vice chairman, plan to drop out of school next week to go to Europe on a liaison mission for P-t-P's student ambassador program.
Jarvis and Thomas said they plan to continue their education at KU some time in the future.
In the meantime they will establish a headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, from which they will tour Europe discussing the P-t-P program and compiling a directory which will be used by future student ambassadors.
Interviews will be held Sunday for replacements for Jarvis and Thomas.
Anyone interested in applying for one of their positions is requested to submit an application to the P-t-P office by Friday.
Profits Questioned
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Sen.
John L. McClellan said today he would keep his investigations sub-
committee in session all summer if necessary to determine why a defense contractor claimed profits of $1,325,000 on work to which he contributed $3,300.
For the fourth day, the Arkansas Democrat recalled executives of the Douglas Aircraft Co. to testify about alleged profit pyramiding on components for the Nike antiaircraft missile, which Douglas had subcontracted to other firms.
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P-T-P to Discuss Program Rules
People-to-People has scheduled a mass meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas Union Ballroom to explain restrictions which have been placed on the P-t-P student ambassador program.
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Marianne Olson, national secretary for P-t-P from Kansas City, will answer questions about the restrictions put forth in travel packets sent to the 150 KU students who have signed up for the summer tour.
"ADVICE AND COUNSELING from Washington has made us aware of the responsibilities involved in such student travel," said James Murray, Leawood sophomore and local travel committee chairman.
Under the amended plan, the traveling students will have a choice of six itineraries, or they may submit an itinerary of their own for approval by the P-t-P national travel committee.
The national committee will screen prospective student ambassadors individually and will decide whether or not they should go on the tour.
"This program is not just a cheap way to get to Europe. Exceptions to the itineraries will be made, but the rules will be enforced," he said.
THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM was called "American Students Abroad," and the chief role of P-t-P was to arrange for transportation to and from Europe. Under this program, the students were to be more or less left to themselves for the summer tour.
However, the name of the tour recently was changed to "Student Ambassadors Program," and several restrictions have been added to the original plan.
The basic requirements of each of the six proposed itineraries are:
- All flight members will be required to attend a two-day orientation in Washington, given by the State Department.
- All will be required to make an initial stop in West Berlin where they will meet West Berlin students and spend a week in their homes.
- All will be required to check into the Brussels office regularly by mail to establish their locations in relation to those proposed on their itineraries.
"In spite of the restrictions, P-t-F is offering the students a flight plan that they can't get anywhere else," Murray said.
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Weather
Considerable cloudiness but no precipitation of consequence today and tonight. Thursday partly cloudy. Highs today and Thursday 55 to 60. Lows tonight around 40.
Strike Cripples NY Schools
There were reports from other
The United Federation of Teachers struck this morning at nearly all of the city's 840 schools, the nation's largest school system with one million students. By noon, only 42 per cent of the high school teaching staff had reported for work, only 23 per cent of the junior high staff, and 58 per cent of the elementary school staff.
NEW YORK —(UPI)—A systemwide strike of public school teachers seeking higher pay seriously affected hundreds of New York City schools today. Several were closed when students rioted and hurled books out of windows.
SEWARD PARK and Bryant High Schools, with only a token number of teachers on the job, were closed after police were called to quell rioting and rowdiness. At Seward students fought in the auditorium and ran through the building flinging books, paper and pencils out of windows. At Bryant there was book-throwing and general unruliness.
high schools that students had thrown tomatoes and eggs at teachers and sprayed each other with fire extinguisher. Thousands of parents, fearing violence, kept their children home from school.
Most students reported to their classrooms this morning and were encouraged to do so by picketing teachers, who began to march outside schools in the five boroughs at 6:30 a.m. (EST). Many classes were being conducted in orderly fashion by teachers who crossed the UFT picket lines or by supervisory emplovers.
At Evander Childs High School someone hurled an orange and broke a window and the front steps were pelted with eggs. Students at Bayside High School turned on the school's fire alarm system.
THOUSANDS OF older students were sent home so that none of the teachers who reported to work would have more than 40 pupils. Some schools kept all students together in auditoriums where movies were shown.
The exact number of teachers participating in the strike was not known. George Washington High School reported only 52 teachers in attendance out of a faculty of 127, while the Manhattan High School for boys reported 100 per cent teacher attendance. The union claims 15,000 members among the city's 40,000 public school teachers.
THE UNION CLAIMED the strike was 90 per cent effective and said 700 schools were "not working." A UFT spokesman said the strike was "three times as effective" as the first teacher strike, a one-day walk-out in 1960 of 4,600 teachers which caused unruly conditions and mass truancy at 129 schools.
THE TEACHERS, who voted to strike 2544 to 2231, face loss of their jobs under the state Condon-Wadlin bill. They currently earn $4,800 to $8,600 a year and have been offered wage increases totaling $28 million—a $700 annual increase—by the school board. The union's final demand was for wage increases totaling $53 million.
The questionable status of the University Party presidential and vice presidential candidates was eliminated last night as the All Student Council unanimously re-approved the candidacy of the pair.
ASC Reconsiders; UP Men Approved
The eligibility of the two, Gerald Kepner, Wichita junior, and Thomas Hardy, Hoisington junior, had been doubted because both had been absent from an ASC meeting. Such an absence would disqualify them since neither is presently on the council and attendance is required for candidates for the two positions.
EVIDENCE WAS presented last night that Kepner had been in the
Results from the English Proficiency test taken March 1 will be published in the Daily Kansan tomorrow.
Daily Kansan to Print English Pro Results
James Seaver, professor of history and Director of the Western Civilization Program, said the results will be released to the deans of the various schools today.
UP Officer Leaves Party
The treasurer of the University Party has resigned his position and may soon be appointed press secretary for Action, the still unrecognized third political party.
Michael McCabe, Topeka sophomore, said he did not resign because of any personal grievance, but "because I thought that my feelings were more in accord with those of Action than with the University Party.
"I just prefer Action's platform," he said. "I personally like many of the UP candidates in addition to supporting the Action candidates."
He explained that he had discussed the matter with UP party leaders before changing his party affiliation.
Thomas Hardy, Hoisington junior and independent co-chairman of UP. declined to comment on McCabe's resignation.
Harold Johnson, Ft. Leavenworth senior and vice president of Action, said that McCabe is being considered for press secretary and will fill the vacancy on the party's parliament from the small men's dormitory district.
Johnson said that McCabe contacted Action, rather than vice versa.
hospital and Hardy was taking examinations at the time of their absences.
The eligibility question of presidential candidates was mentioned later in the meeting by Mel Saferstein, St. Joseph, Mo., graduate student and chairman of the elections committee, who commented upon one of the present requirements of eligibility of candidates.
SAFERSTEIN SAID the ASC should go back to a previous rule which stated that presidential and vice presidential candidates must be members of the council to be eligible to run.
He said he felt this qualification would be good since it would assure the student body of experienced candidates who have served on the council and know its workings.
There was no action taken last night on the comment.
THE ONLY LEGISLATION acted upon aside from the approval of Kepner and Hardy was the unanimous passing of a constitutional amendment defining the tenure of the chairman of the council.
The amendment provides that the chairman shall be elected from the council membership and if the membership of the chairman should expire during his tenure as chairman, he shall retain his position as chairman as a member-at-large.
ALSO INCLUDED was a statement that the vice chairman, secretary and treasurer shall serve only during their tenure as council members.
This amendment will require a majority vote of the students voting and will appear as part of the ballot in the general election.
Dick Jones, Lawrence law student and chief justice of the Student Court, gave a report to the council and made suggestions for
A student who suffered a broken leg when he fell yesterday on the slippery pavement near the construction site of Dyche Hall Annex is reported in good condition today at Watkins Hospital.
A hospital official said Hans H Krause, Caracas, Venezuela, graduate student, suffered fractures of both bones in his lower leg.
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Harry Buchholz, director of buildings and grounds, said that he planned to ask officials of the construction company working on the annex to rid the pavement of slippery mud.
Muddy Sidewalk Fractured Bones
Two KU students are among 97 college men who have been selected to receive Danforth graduate fellowships providing for four years of study at any graduate school in the United States.
Two KU Men Chosen As Danforth Fellows
ALAN D. LATTA, Wichita senior, and Larry L. Laudan, Lawrence graduate student, were selected from among 1076 candidates from more than 400 colleges.
The fellowships, provide for $1,500 a year for single men, and $2,000 a year to married men plus $500 for each child, in addition to tuition and fees. They are designed for students who intend to teach on a college level.
The fellowships may be held for life and stress personal contacts between Fellows both during their
study and after they begin teaching.
DANFORTH FELLOWSHIPS are awarded on the basis of intellectual promise and character, a genuine interest in and commitment to religion and potential for effective college teaching. They were started in 1951.
Latta, a German major and Laudan, a philosophy major, join 478 other fellows who are now in graduate study and 181 more who have completed their study and are teaching in 112 U.S. colleges and in 20 institutions abroad.
Both Latta and Laudan also hold Woodrow Wilson fellowships which provide for complete fees and tuition at the graduate school of the Fellow's choice plus $1,500 a year for living expenses.