Rev. Rehorn resigns position to resume University studies
The Rev. Thomas Rehorn Jr., director of the Methodist Wesley Foundation, has announced his resignation and will continue his studies at KU where he plans to work on his Ph.D. in American Studies.
Mr. Rehorn, who has instigated many campus and community activities, became director of the Foundation June 1966. He announced his resignation April 22 at an executive staff meeting.
"I felt it was time to step back and take a look at what has happened in the last three years," Mr. Rehorn explained. "Now I need to do serious study. I'm not a researcher but somehow we've got to blend in one man the ability to do responsible homework. Some people generate too much effort in one direction.
"I've been involved in a lot of action. Now I need to think. I'm a churchman and really excited about the University. I want to find a way to act out that concern in the context of the . University situation."
Mr. Rehorn said he was basically pleased bout the last three years. "We've set a style of action,
oriented and controversial. This is the way it ought to be." he said.
For the last three years the Wesley Foundation has been involved in a great deal of action.
Photo by Ron Bishop
Photo by Ron Bishop
The Rev. Tom Rehorn
Mr. Rehorn said he helped organize the Lawrence Peace Center and the institutional racism courses on campus. He was involved in Vietnam summer in 1966, the
Vietnam peace vigil, the Holiday Inn demonstration and the demonstration against General Walt.
The three church springboards, Rehorn explained, are worship, study and service. He said the stress for him is study and service.
"There are always people coming in to talk about problems. There is a mutual involvement in struggling through the issues and trying to find out what needs to be done."
Counseling is basically in three areas, Rehorn continued. "I talk to students about sex, parents and the draft. As far as the draft is concerned, many people come in to find out what they are in relationship to the draft."
Institutional racism courses have excited Mr. Rehorn the most this year. "This is the first time churches have enrolled that many people in these courses. It showed a real campus interest in racism problems and had a real bearing on campus curriculum."
Mr. Rehorn said the University Christian Movement had made an impact on this campus. "People can no longer make claims that we aren't involved," he said.
Newsweek editor talks on Vietnam alternatives
The Vietnam war will ultimately be forced to stop far short of the United States' original goals, Robert Christopher, senior editor of Newsweek, said last night in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
Testimony finished in Harrison trial
Leonard Harrison, director of the Ballard Community Center in Lawrence is one of the defendants.
WICHTA (UPI) — Testimony was completed yesterday in the marathon trial of nine Negro men charged with assaulting two Model Cities officials.
The state rested after presenting two more rebuttal witnesses and the trial was recessed until Thursday. When it resumes, the judge will instruct the jury and prosecution and defense attorneys will present closing arguments.
This was the 29th day of testimony in the trial, marked by bitterness between opposing attorneys and by contempt of court citations against both sides.
Speaking on "U.S. Foreign Policy after Vietnam," Christopher stated the United States has only two alternatives in Vietnam: to escalate at a savage pace or to make major compromises and face defeat.
"We have a unique problem for the American people to face," Christopher said, "and that is we are facing defeat in a conflict which has become quite large.
"The U.S. public just is not accustomed to defeat," he continued, "and I'm also wondering how defeat in Vietnam will affect our foreign policy. Will our attitude become exceedingly passive and will this passive feeling be prevalent in the public opinion?"
Christopher discussed the possibility that our obligations towards all countries in the future would be "narrowly interpreted and some ignored" if the Vietnam conflict ends in disaster for the United States.
Senate
Christopher said he agrees with Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-Ark., who insists the United States has made "too many commitments to too many countries without considering what is really the vital interest of the United States."
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organizations will be dissatisfied. If the administration is dissatisfied with the Senate decision, it will modify the decision, demonstrate student government impotency, and thus also anger the liberal and radical oriented.
"If they want a revolution at this campus they're going to have it," said Berthrong.
Atkinson, present at the meeting, asked whether or not Berthrong and ISP wanted the responsibility they were invoking. The ISP chairman replied with an emphatic "yes" although he said he felt his head was "on a block." Berthrong said the campus leftists would feel he was selling out while the campus conservatives would feel the radicals were running the University.
Dave Awbrey, Hutchinson junior and ISP student body president, said he realized the importance of the Senate meeting and was going to make sure the Senate takes an immediate stand. Awbrey said responsible student government was at stake and he was tempted to lock the doors of the meeting until the Senate took some action, thus assuming student power.
Relays
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surface, and 40 cents a square foot for the asphalt base. All costs include labor, Timmons added. The KU coach also noted that the track, which will be expanded to eight lanes, will be moved 22 feet to the south and will necessitate moving the score board and eliminating the tennis area at that end of the stadium.
Stinson, in prefacing the announcement, said the track would be named after Hershberger upon its completion.
Future at stake
"It is with a great deal of pride and a great sense of gratitude that we thank him," Stinson said. "Its effect on our athletic program is immeasurable."
Timmons also had predicted that the entire KU track program would suffer measureably in the next few years if some provision for new facilities did not come.
The much needed, all-weather track at KU has been a major source of concern, yet merited little action for the past three years. The future of the Kansas Relays has been at stake along with prospects for continuing to draw outstanding athletes to the event.
Hershberger's donation will finance the majority of improvements which annually plague Coach Timmons. These would include an additional two lanes, a new drainage system, covering, permanent markings and curbing for the Tartan track.
Costs will drop
Countless other problems inherent in the present cinder track will be erased. The costly plight of shipping cinders from New Mexico can be deleted from the budget in addition to the expenses of keeping the track surveyed, graded, dragged, watered, brushed, rolled and marked-a several thousand-dollar process which must be repeated every time the frequent spring rains ruin hours of work in 30 minutes.
The disc plow, rakes, steam rollers and the butane-burning flame thrower pulled by a tractor—all necessary to rehabilitate the muck caused by the torrent that seems to be scheduled with each annual Relays—can now be dispensed with.
Rain always a worry
By far, the biggest headache has been the possibility of rain on Relays Saturday which would totally saturate the present track and completely cancel the biggest KU track event of the season.
With this no longer a worry, Timmons can look forward to an increase in the number of university teams entering the Relays, and the KU meet can hope to hold its own successfully against the stiff competition from other meets.
Only three years ago 26 university teams ran in the Kansas Relays. Last year the number dropped to nearly half that with 14 teams entering. Timmons noted that because of the facility, which he has termed "the worst track of all I have seen in my four years at KU," the Relays has lost two of the finest track schools in the country—Southern University and Texas Southern.
Boston jumped, then left
Last year Ralph Boston, the former world record holder in the long jump, had to schedule his KU appearance for Friday because of a commitment to the Tennessee track carnival.
With the advantages of the new Tartan track—surer footing and fewer injuries, equal performance potential in each lane, a quick-drying surface and uniform smoothness—the KU track program and the Kansas Relays should witness an upswing in name athletes and annual profit. Additionally, KU will be able to attract more prestigious opponents for dual and triangular meets and, with the additional two lanes, will be eligible to host the NCAA outdoor championships.
Frizzell says 3.2 beer is legal on state college campuses
Atty. Gen. Kent Frizzell has issued an opinion that 3.2 beer can legally be consumed on the campuses of the state's six colleges and universities.
Dave Awbrey, Hutchinson junior and student body president, said he will meet with Frank Burge, Kansas Union director, Thursday, to discuss beer dispensing facilities in the Kansas Union.
KU students passed a referendum question in last month's general student election saying they would like to have 3.2 beer sold on the campus.
Frizzell said, "Provisions of the statutes which make it illegal to drink or consume alcoholic liquor upon property owned by the state do not apply to cereal malt beverages."
He said the statutory
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The decision came from Frizzell following a request by the Board of Regents for a ruling.
definition of alcoholic liquor does not include 3.2 beer. He said since there is no statutory prohibition, consumption of the beer would be legal on state campuses.
Awbrey called for a clarification from Frizzell on the ruling.
"At this point we don't really know what he means. We don't know if the ruling states that beer will be just in the Kansas Union, or also in residence halls," Awbrey said.
Mark Retonde, Kansas City senior and Interfraternity Council president, said the IFC would probably pass a resolution sometime next year to allow beer in the houses, if Frizzell's ruling includes living groups. The IFC is presently involved in a suit with the state concerning
fraternity taxing. In order not to affect the court decision, Retonde said the IFC would probably wait until September, when the Kansas Supreme Court would make its ruling.
Awbrey said there is a proposal being made to the Student Senate to allow living groups to decide their own social rules, including the beer issue.
Students a. Wichita State University have also voted in favor of beer on campus in recent elections, but students at Fort Hays State College defeated the issue.
The regents, who administer the state's higher education system, have made no policy decision about the matter but have requested reports from the heads of the six institutions. The subject is expected to be considered at the regents' next meeting May 15.
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