The 'quiet revolutionary'
Dean Saricks is 'reform-minded'
By RICHARD LOUV
Kansan Staff Writer
To picture the gaunt, sad-eyed man as a revolutionary would be something like thinking of Eugene McCarthy as a pole-vaulter.
Yet, Rick von Ende, Abilene, Tex., graduate student and All-Student Council chairman called 'Ambrose Saricks, assistant dean of the Graduate School, a "quiet revolutionary."
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, when asked how he would describe Saricks, removed his cigar from his mouth, thought a moment, and slowly said, "he's one of the greatest men I've ever known."
Change advocate
One of the first to advocate a drastic change in University government, Saricks served as co-chairman on the student-faculty committee that shaped the Senate Code.
Photo by Richard Louv
"In 1965 and 1966 when the faculty government was being reorganized, an ad hoc committee was formed to review student government and prepare a position paper by the summer of 1968," Saricks said.
The events and attitudes during the spring of 1968 demanded quicker examination of University government.
Dissent brings action
"When Student Voice threatened a demonstration for more student participation in University government, I was visited by Al Martin, a former student body president; Joe Goering, Moundridge senior and student body vice-president, and Dave McClean, a member of the College Intermediary Board. They proposed a committee be set up to work on the problem.
"It was evident student government at KU didn't amount to much. It wasn't so much that Student Voice was alone in its demands, but the issue had considerable support from students." Dr. Saricks said.
"There were so many people who worked on this. I was co-chairman with Clif Conrad, Bismarck, N.D., senior and student body president, and long hours were spent by a great many people.
"I can remember saying last summer that if we didn't get together in this University soon, we were going to have a reaction from the outside, and it wouldn't be a good reaction," Sarices said.
Any campus ought to be in a position to take care of itself, Saricks said.
"If the state legislature is brought into a university to solve its divisions, it will lead to all sorts of trouble." he said.
disturbances on other campuses, he said, was a sense of frustration in not knowing to turn to make student opinions known. Saricks said.
"I think the frustration here will be eliminated with the code, but despite shouts to the contrary, there is a long tradition of students and faculty making decisions together. Students just didn't know where to go to be heard." he said.
One cause of the recent
He voiced some doubt whether the new Senate Code will function well, considering the large number of dedicated people it will demand.
"If we don't get enough students and faculty working hard, it won't work, regardless of the document.
"Clif Conrad and I figured out the hours the student body president must spend at only committee meetings next year, and we decided he won't have time to go to class," Saricks said.
Ambrose Saricks
"I have to confess I'm a little worried we won't have enough people to give the new government the time it needs. I think we will, but until it happens, I'll be worried," he said.
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Forum on Black Justice. 7:30 p.m.
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University Lecture. 7:30 p.m.
"The Appeal of Vedanta to Modern Man." Swami Ranganathananda.
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"The Mikado." 8:30 p.m. Strong Hall Auditorium.
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International Film. 7:30 p.m.
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Cornelius H. van Schooneveld, professor of Slavic linguistics at Indiana University, will speak at 3:30 p.m. Friday in 109 Blake Hall.
He will speak on "The Central Semantic Structure of Russia."
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