KU POLLSTERS—KU Young Republicans sample student opinion. John A. Grothusen, Ellsworth sophomore, ask the questions over the telephone as Jerry W. Dickson, Newton junior and president of YR, records the answers.
More than half the students answering the Young Republican student opinion poll taken last week believe KU has courses designed to "wash out" freshmen and sophomores.
First YR Poll Answers Given
The question revealing this opinion was, "Do you believe that the University already has courses designed primarily as freshman-sophomore flunk-out courses? If so, name some."
Seventy-four students answered "yes," 47 "no" and 16 gave no opinion. The 74 named the following as "flunk-out" courses:
ENGLISH, 42; physics, 13; mathematics, 12; biology, 10; chemistry, 9; psychology and history (United States and Modern European), 5 each; and sociology, logic, economics and foreign language. 1 each.
Asked to comment on the large number of students who called English a "flunk-out" course, W. P. Albrecht, professor of English and chairman of the English department, said:
"We certainly do not design any course for that purpose. Since so many take it, the gross number (of students failing) is somewhat higher than in other courses. But I don't think that the percentage is particularly high."
Prof. Albrecht said the percentage of students who fail English is greatly exaggerated and is not out of proportion to other courses.
ANOTHER QUESTION was, "Do you believe that such courses are fair in that they eliminate primarily those students who really are not mentally or emotionally prepared to do college work?"
Sixty-five answered yes, 53 no and 17 gave no opinion.
The students answered; yes, 24;
no, 106; no opinion, 2
Respondents apparently felt KU courses are tough enough now. One question asked, "Do you believe that University courses should be made tougher in order to weed out inferior students?"
The poll also asked, "Should this University adopt a policy of selective admissions?" Fifty answered yes. 83 no and 2 had no opinion.
THE 50 WO ANSWERED "yes" were also asked, "On what basis should admission be granted?" Ten had no opinion, but the others suggested these bases for selection:
Some type of entrance examination. 24; high school standing, 9; College Board Examinations, 6; higher out-of-state requirements, 1.
The final question of the poll was, "Should the probation requirements for freshmen and sophomores be raised from 0.8 to 1.0 as they are for juniors and seniors?"
The answers were: yes, 28; no,
85; no opinion, 22.
The poll sample was selected by University IBM machines using a random number table, Jerry Dickson. Newton junior and president of the KU Young Republicans said this selection method is designed to give a scientifically accurate random cross section of the KU student population.
THE POLL WAS TAKEN by telephone by members of a Frosh Hawk committee and by members of the poll group. The callers contacted 140 students.
The questions were phrased by the poll group and checked for objectivity by Ray P. Cuzzort, associate professor of sociology and anthropology.
Dickson said the Young Republican group was "encouraged by the success of the poll. It is as scientifically accurate as any poll conducted to determine opinion can be."
Private Support For KU Increases
By Walt Blackledge
Some seeds have a way of drifting far from "home" and starting new growth in new fields.
Lawrence residents may have tossed such seeds in the air when they started the HELP-KU fund a year ago.
"Nothing succeeds like success, and the fact the Lawrence residents responded through the HELP fund so enthusiastically . . . planted a lot of seeds," says Maurice Barker, executive secretary of the Greater University Fund (GUF).
Lawrence HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) unites residents of the city and surrounding countryside in a campaign for private support for KU. The success of the local program boosts interest in private support of higher education elsewhere.
"Private support of the University of Kansas—a state university—is of tremendous significance because of the number of things it enables the University to do that it could not do otherwise," Mr. Barker says.
He explains that private support provides some of the basic ingredients of higher education, such as scholarships, student loans, research grants and facilities, and student housing.
"The only way this can be done is to establish among the alumni that they have a stake in this," he says. Much has been done for the University, he says, by interested alumni who not only help with their support, but also encourage others to help.
Lawrence HELP-KU was established to encourage contributions to a fund for loans to students attending KU.
A similar program is getting under way in Kansas City with the establishment of the Greater Kansas City Friends of KU. This organization will collect money to loan to KU students from the metropolitan Kansas City area.
The same pattern is repeated throughout Kansas, and even beyond the state. There are 125 workers in Wichita, 30 in Salina, 15 in Junction City, and more than 50 in Bartlesville, Okla.
About 20 per cent of KU students come from the metropolitan Kansas City area, Mr. Barker says. He estimates the University will loan these students approximately $150,-000 each year.
The Topeka group emphasizes contributions without restriction on their use, but donors may designate their gifts for special purposes.
Although the Greater Kansas City group will emphasize student loans, donors may earmark their gifts for other purposes. Mr. Barker says.
Topeka is another place the Lawrence HELP example is bearing fruit. A committee of 150 persons is working to collect funds for GUF from the capital city.
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HELP Kicks Off Campaign
The Lawrence HELP-KU committee will kick off this year's campaign with a banquet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union Ballroom
Henry Bubb, president of Capitol Federal Savings & Loan Association in Topeka and member of the Board of Regents, will speak.
CAMPAIGN WORKERS attending the banquet include deans, administrative officers, faculty members, members of the board of governors, team captains and committee members of HELP.
Dolph C. Simons Jr. is general chairman of the HELP committee. Simons is also chairman of campaign will be carried by divisions, working in specific areas.
Professional—Dr. Monti L. Belot Jr. (medical), Dr. Paul H. Getto (dental) and Richard A. Barber (atorney); Residential—Ben Barteldes and Paul L. Smart; Business—Bill Bodin, Riley Burcham, Clifton C. Calvin, Chester C. Jones and Warren Rhodes; County—Arthur A. Heck and John Vogel.
R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry, Cora M. Downs, professor of bacteriology, and Raymond C. Moore, professor of geology, are co-chairmen of the campus division.
The advance gifts division has nearly finished its work. It is composed of J. L. Constant, Justin Hill, Olin K. Petefish, A. D. Weaver, Skipier Williams and M. S. Winter.
Other divisions and their co-chairmen are:
Blustery winds and unseasonably cool temperatures marked Kansas weather again today.
Weather
Forecasters promised fair skies and cooler conditions detected little change in temperatures.
Considerable cloudiness, a few snow flurries, windy and cold today. Partly cloudy and cold tonight. Highs today upper 30s. Lows tonight lower 20s. Highs Wednesday lower 40s.
Daily hansan
59th Year,No.101
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, March 13, 1962
JFK Seeks Aid Funds; Cuts by Congress Seen
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— President Kennedy asked Congress today for nearly $4.9 billion in foreign aid and said any less might lead to trouble that all the "armies and atoms" of the United States could not put down.
The President requested $1.5 billion for military assistance and $3.4 billion for economic aid in fiscal 1963, starting July 1.
The total request came to $4,878,-500,000, nearly $1 billion more than he got last year, when Congress voted $1.6 billion in military aid and $2.3 in economic assistance.
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS forecast generally favorable action on the President's requests, but some reductions were expected. Rep. Otto E. Passman, D-La., chairman of the Foreign Aid Appropriations Committee and a sharp critic of the program in the past, called the President's recommendations "preposterous."
"The programs are essential in our national interest, and I am confident the Congress will give very favorable consideration to the request."
But House Democratic Leader Carl Albert said:
Speaker John W. McCormack said
the need for U.S. aid has not lessened since its inception after World War II when, he said, Europe and the greater part of the world would have fallen to Communism without U.S. help.
Kennedy requested only one major aid innovation in his 1,500-word message to the House and Senate. That was authority to set up a separate, $3 billion, four-year fund for the alliance for progress development in Latin America.
Included in the economic aid request was $1.25 billion for development loans, $335 million for development grants, $400 million for a contingency fund and $481.5 million for supporting assistance, which allows nations to put more of their own money into military outlays.
OF THE $3 BILLION, about $600 million would be used in fiscal 1963 for the alliance for progress, which was started a year ago today.
The President, noting that Congress gave him long-term financing authority and approved combining all aid agencies into one last year, said he desired no other major changes in the foreign aid machinery now.
Kennedy made a particular plea for the contingency fund, which he
could use in emergencies. Contingency fund money, officials said, provided cash for increased aid to South Viet Nam in its struggle with Communist Guerrillas.
THE REST OF the request would go to international organizations and programs, investment surveys, guarantees of private U.S. investments abroad and administrative expenses. The request did not cover the peace corps, the food for peace program, the export-import bank and some other activities.
The administration said only $3.6 billion of the $4.9 billion request would be spent in the coming fiscal year. The money request Kennedy made was slightly lower than the spending authorization he asked because there is some money left from previous appropriations.
Administration officials declined to predict how the program will fare in congress, but pointed out that congress cut nearly $1.5 billion from the President's final request last year
There was no breakdown of aid spending by countries. Kennedy made no mention of aid to Communist Yugoslavia and Poland, which has been sharply criticized.
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Wesley Group Argues With Wescoe
The letter is signed by Don Warner, Topeka junior and president of the Foundation; Virginia Griswold, Lawrence senior; Marsha Dutton, Colby sophomore, and Fred Tiffany, Lyndon junior.
The Executive Council of Wesley Foundation has sent a letter to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe saying the administration has an "imperative" responsibility to assist in the abolishment of Greek discriminatory clauses.
A fifth member of the Council, Ronald Halbgewachs, Glen Elder junior, did not sign the letter.
Wesley Foundation was founded on the KU campus in 1924 and serves 1800 Methodist preference students. The Rev. Donovan Hull, director of the foundation, said there is an active group in the foundation of about 200 students. The foundation is supported by the Methodist Church in Kansas.
The foundation elects the Executive Council of the foundation.
The letter was sent in reply to a letter from the Chancellor, in which he suggested that the members of the Wesley Foundation who had written him originally, should set an example by choosing Negroes as roommates.
THE COUNCIL'S REPLY says, in part:
"We agree that much must be done toward integration by individuals on a personal level.
"None of us have red-headed roommates either, but this does not imply we would be unwilling to live
"However, the fact that there are two of us who could have Negro roommates, but do not have Negro roommates, in no way indicates we are not working on an individual level.
with a red-headed person. Those of us who could have had a Negro roommate this year did not know a Negro in our dorms with whom we wanted to live—just as we didn't know a red-headed person in our dorms with whom we wanted to live.
"HOWEVER, WE HAVE MET Negroes this year we would like very much for our roommates and we hope it will be possible for at least one of us to have a Negro roommate next year.
"Similarly, one of us has done much work toward integration from within a Greek organization; but we still believe the administration has a responsibility to help.
"We believe discriminatory clauses in Greek constitution must be stricken now for reasons mentioned in the preceding paragraph and in
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