THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
79th Year, No. 8 The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Tuesday, July 8, 1969
Ryun may end career
(Editor's Note: Parts of this story and all of the pictures were contributed by George Wilkens, Miami, Fla., junior in journalism. He attended the National AAU Track and Field Championships in Miami June 29 and on his own initiative took this series of pictures and collected the material for this story for the benefit of the readers of the Summer Session Kansan. Although this event happened more than a week ago, the Summer Session Kansan was unable to present this story until now because of the July 4 holiday.)
A crowd of 10,000 spectators sat in 88-degree heat June 29 and waited to see who would win the AAU one-mile championships.
At the same time, contestants in the event, including Jim Ryun, jogged around the Miami-Dade Junior College Stadium.
When the race was ready to begin and the loud speaker blared out "In lane number one, Jim Ryun," the crowd cheered. Several small children held up a huge sign that said, "Go Ryun. Hello CBS."
Ryun was loosening up with exercises, but he looked tense. As the loud speaker made the second call for all milers, Ryun walked off and headed for the starting line.
The starting gun was fired and the runners were off. Ryun was running second, but soon dropped back to last place on the backstretch of the second lap. Finally he gave up.
Ryun picked up his warm-ups, met his wife and left the stadium. As he headed for his car, reporters and photographers followed him to ask questions. Ryun turned to them and said, "I
really don't feel like talking now, O.K.?" He attempted to give a half smile, but it was obvious that he was very upset.
Ryun returned to the stadium an hour and a half later and said, "I just quit. It's just as simple as that. I was emotionally disturbed immediately afterwards and didn't want to talk to anyone."
Ryun said he didn't know if he would quit running for good. He did say that he plans to run at Zurich, Switzerland, and West Berlin, and "then quit for the rest of the year."
"When you see everyone else starting to pull away and there's no competitive response, the answer is staleness." Ryum said.
Ryum told his friend Rich Clarkson, a photographer for the Topeka Capital-Journal, that he was, "stale from too much competition, too much pressure and too many races."
As Ryun was walking to his car after quitting the race, Marty Liquori was winning the mile championship.
Liquori said he felt confident he would win when Ryun dropped out of the race. "I sort of felt I could handle everybody else," he said.
Liquori admitted he was worried when Ryun jumped out in the lead with Chuck LaBenz at the start of the race. "I had a feeling Jim might be up for this meet and go out at a fast pace and lead all the way. Three years ago in this meet, he took the lead and ran a 3:51.1, which was a new world's record. I thought he might do it again today." Liquori said.
"I guess the reason for my good times the last three races was because I was running against Jim," Liquori added. "I'm sorry he couldn't compete all the way."
KU administrators get salary raises
Annual salaries for new University of Kansas staff members, as well as salary increases for KU's top administrators and deans of schools are included in the $39,167,444 educational and general operating budget for the 1970 fiscal year which begins today.
Dale P. Scannell, who will begin duties as new dean of the KU School of Education this summer, will receive $24,000 annually. The salary for Arthur Katz, dean of the new School of Social Work, is $26,500 per year.
The budget, approved by the Kansas Board of Regents May 15, sets the annual salary for KU Chancellor-elect E. Laurence Chalmer at $37,000. Chalmers will begin his duties at KU in late August. He will receive the same salary as did out-going Chancellor W. Clark Wescoe. Like Wescoe, Chalmers will also receive free use of the Chancellor's residence and an automobile.
Lawrence Blades, new dean of the KU School of Law, will receive $26,000 annually. This represents an increase of $2,000 from last year.
A United Press International count Monday showed at least 589 persons killed in traffic between 6 p.m. Thursday and midnight Sunday.
Salaries for the deans of other
BULLETIN
Kansas counted ten fatalities on the state's streets and highways during the long Fourth of July weekend. Two drownings and three deaths in accidents classified as miscellaneous brought the overall total to 15.
The same holiday a year ago saw five traffic deaths in Kansas.
KU schools, all increased by $1,000 per year, are:
Clifford Clark, School of Business, $26,000; Charles Kahn, School of Architecture and Urban Design, $23,000; William Albrecht, Graduate School, $25,500; George R. Waggoner, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, $28,000; William Smith, School of Engineering, $26,800; Thomas Gorton, School of Fine Arts, $23,000, and Howard Mossberg, School of Pharmacy, $23,000.
A salary for the dean of the School of Journalism is not listed because a full-time dean has not been appointed following the resignation of Dean Warren K. Agee. Lee Young, assistant professor of journalism, is the acting dean.
Salary increases for the top KU administrators are as follows;
David W. Heron, director of libraries, from $24,000 to $25,000; William Balfour, dean of student affairs, from $20,000 to $22,000; Francis Heller, dean of faculties, from $27,000 to $28,000; and George B. Smith, vice-chancellor for institutional planning, from $22,000 to $22,200.
Raymond Nichols, retired vice-chancellor for finance and now executive secretary of the University, from $23,500 to $24,000; Keith Nitcher, new vice-chancellor for finance, $20,000; and Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of student health services, from $21,800 to $23,100.
Keith Lawton, vice-chancellor for operations, from $22,000 to $23,000; James K. Hitt, director of systems development, from $20,-300 to $21,300; Emily Taylof, dean of women, from $15,600 to $16,600; Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, rom $14,000 to $15,000; and James Gunn, administrative assistant to the chancellor, from $13,400 to $14,200.
Ryun prepares for the AAU mile . . .
and sprints to a strong challenging position on the heels of the pacesetter . . .
but soon fades to last and drops out.
Anne and Jim Ryun . . .
walk toward an uncertain future in track.