Blacks define goals
By MIKE FREDERICK Kansan Staff Writer
Black student organizations at universities and colleges in Kansas, although not affiliated, have many common goals and attitudes.
The general purpose of most groups is to make a more relevant environment for black students. At present, black student organizations are newly formed, and many have not yet developed power structures capable of dealing effectively with the campus administrators.
Phi Kappa Alpha, a black student social-service organization at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, is representative in several ways of the current trend of black students banding together to form a louder voice for their grievances.
Being new, its primary function is to get black students together. "We establish orientation programs for new students and plan parties for the kids to get acquainted," said Shirley Brown, Kansas City junior and service chairman.
"We plan to become more politically oriented later," she said. "But, we are doing something now."
Numerous goals
The goals sought by black student organizations are numerous. At Kansas State University in Manhattan, the Black Student Union (BSU) is actively working for more black history courses, more positions for black students in the student government and on residence hall staffs, more black faculty members and more black cheerleaders.
Representation in these areas is taken for granted by white students, but for the blacks it is a struggle to gain ground in these areas.
Cornell Mayfield, Jackson, Miss., junior and parliamentary member of the BSU at K-State, said "We are tired of token changes such as black history courses that are offered for no credit and are open to history majors only. We want courses that deal realistically with today's blacks. Sociology, psychology and human development courses are needed."
Black culture week
Black culture week is a popular function among black students on many campuses. The events most often included in the festivities are fashion displays, guest speakers, dances and Afro-American craft displays.
In Topeka, members of the Black Organized Students Society at Washburn University held a culture week from March 10 through March 14. A student spokesman explained that the event was designed to unite black students and to display examples of heritage. "We want to develop a stronger sense of identity," he said.
Many of the smaller colleges in Kansas do not have black student organizations. Explainin that the percentage of black students at small colleges is low, James Smith, Wichita sophomore at Fort Hays College in Hays, said the students feel that their numbers are not large enough to form an effective organization.
90 per cent membership
At the University of Kansas, the BSU claims 90 per cent membership among black students.
An active group, the BSU has commemorated the death of Malcolm X with a memorial march down Jayhawk Boulevard, created a separate all black pom-pon squad, and is working on a student newspaper.
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KU chancellors start young
Comparative youthfulness is becoming a tradition in the chancellors of the University of Kansas.
Chancellor-designate E. Laurence Chalmers is 40 years old. When the now vice-president for academic affairs of Florida State University becomes KU's 11th Chancellor on July 1, he will be 41.
who leaves office June 30, was 39 when appointed, 40 when he assumed the duties.
The youngest, Franklin D. Murphy, 1951 to 1960, was 35 when he assumed office. His successor, W. Clarke Wescoe,
Deane W. Malott, 1939 to 1951, was 40 when chosen and 41 when he took office.
Their predecessors were older. Ernest H. Lindley, 1920 to 1939, and Francis H. Snow, 1890 to 1901, were 50. The others were well into their 40's or older when they came to KU.
Two had been presidents. Lindley was president of the University of Idaho and Frank Strong, 1902 to 1920, was
Wescoe and Murphy were medical deans and directors of the complex KU Medical Center.
president of the University of Oregon.
Snow, first Chancellor from within the University, was a professor of biology. Malott, the first alumnus named, was an associate professor in the Harvard Business School.
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