THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Chalmers fields press queries
By JOE BULLARD Kansan Staff Writer
The man introduced as "Larry" parried the press's questions with wit and thought.
E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., Chancellor-designate of the University of Kansas greeted newsmen this morning with a bow-tie and a smile saying, "it is now time to get down to the nitty-gritty of the University business."
Student protest was the major topic at the press conference in the Kansas Union and Chalmers said he would use a "tough policy against student protest which interfered with the running of the University."
Chalmers pointed out, however, that a tough policy would be the last step and would be taken only if all other means of solving the problem were closed.
Chalmers said student dissent today is a healthy sign compared to the apathy of the 1950's and he was more concerned with the students who dropped out of the society.
Asked about possible confrontations with SDS or the Black Student Union, Chalmers said, "I hope I have frequent opportunities to meet with these groups and communicate with them. I am no stranger to change in higher education. We must remain open to change. However, this change cannot come overnight."
Chalmers said channels for communication between student and administration were open and he wishes to keep them open.
Chalmers said of the ROTC program at KU, "Any thoughts I have about this program will have to wait until I have done more research on the problem. I do think that the ROTC program should be made available to anyone desiring it."
Chalmers expressed happiness about many of the (Continued to Page 16)
Photo by Ron Bishop
Chalmers arrives
79th Year, No. 94
Chancellor-elect E. Laurence Chalmers, Jr. was greeted at Kansas City's Municipal Airport last night by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe. Chalmers and his wife are scheduled to meet with administrators, faculty and students during their three-day stay at KU. Chalmers will assume his position as Chancellor July 1.
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, March 13, 1969
Staff seeks pay hike
By TERRY KOCH
Teaching assistants and assistant instructors at KU are circulating a petition requesting higher pay.
Robert Asch, New York City graduate student and spokesman for an ad hoc committee representing teaching graduate students, said the petition asks for a raise of minimum salaries from $2200 to $2400 for teaching assistants, and from $2300 to $2500 for assistant instructors.
The petition was drafted March 4 at a meeting of graduate
student representatives from 12 University departments and will be presented to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, Asch said.
"Teaching assistants and assistant instructors make up 40 per cent of KU's teaching staff. Salaries lag behind those of most other universities," he said.
"We have 400 signatures on
Support
Asch said the petition is being circulated in two forms. One will be for signature by the teaching graduate students, and another will be a support petition to be signed by faculty and non-teaching graduate students. We have 400 signatures on
The text of the petition is:
the petition now, or almost half the nearly 850 teaching graduate students," he said.
"Assistant instructors and teaching assistants at the University of Kansas comprise approximately 40 per cent of the teaching staff of the University. We, the undersigned assistant instructors and teaching assistants, urge the following:
2. That the salary scale of all
1. That the minimum salaries of all half-time assistant instructors and teaching assistants be raised to $2500 and $2400 respectively.
assistant instructors and teaching assistants be raised yearly in direct proportion to the increase in the University education budget passed by the state legislature in any given year. 1969-70, this would mean about a six per cent increment in salary. The purpose of this article is to provide for increases for cost of living and for experience which are, at present, not specifically provided for.
3. That the state legislature and the University remove whatever obstacles now prevent an entire remission of fee payments for assistant
instructors and teaching assistants."
Priority
Francis Heller, dean of faculties, said, "I agree that teaching stipends are low; but regarding point one in the petition, we must give priority to professors before teaching assistants."
He said point one was a matter of "our own internal distribution of available funds."
Points two and three he said, were matters the Board of Regents would have to decide on, and could not be effective until the 1970-71 school year.
UDK News Roundup
By United Press International
WSU votes on beer issue
WICHITA - Students at Wichita State University will put the issue of beer on campus to a sober test today and tomorrow in a referendum.
If two-thirds of the student body favor allowing beer to be served on campus, the measure will be sent to the Board of Regents for approval.
Civil Rights head chosen
WASHINGTON - President Nixon yesterday named the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, the president of Notre Dame University whom Nixon recently praised for his hard-line stand
against campus disorders, to be chairman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
Nixon also announced that Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, 69, was retiring as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and would be replaced by Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, now deputy U.S. commander in Vietnam.
Bucher makes final plea
CORONADO, CAliif. — USS Pueblo skipper Lloyd Bucher, in jeopardy of court-martial for losing his ship without a fight, makes his final plea today before a Navy court of inquiry.
The five-admiral court will retire to write a decision that could recommend Bucher and others associated with the Pueblo for anything from a court-martial to a decoration.
Guard called at Duke
DURHAM, N.C. - National Guard troops patrolled Durham today after disturbances followed vandalism in the city by students of Duke University and North Carolina State College.
Apollo landing is slated today
SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI) — The precision pilots of Apollo 9 headed home today from a triumphant 10 days in orbit that put Americans within four months of walking on the moon.
James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart set their sights on a 11:01 a.m. splashdown in gentle tradewind seas 180 miles east of the coral isles of the Bahamas.
They were bringing back autographed dollar bills validating four spaceflight records, and knowledge of their masterful tests of the first manned moon landing spacecraft cleared the way for a probable moon orbiting rehearsal in May and a lunar landing in July.
When they left Cape Kennedy March 3 on the last U.S. earth orbital flight planned for two years, the astronauts faced the most ambitious flight plan yet devised. They accomplished
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Weather
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts clear to partly cloudy skies with light westerly winds and highs around 40 for Lawrence and vicinity today. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight lower 20s.
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