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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 20, 1964
Cut in Bookstore Rebate
Decision Helps Students
The decision to reduce Kansas Union Book Store refunds from eight to five per cent during the next four years is an action that will benefit a good many KU students who find that the cost of getting a college education is hard to bear.
The refund reduction amounts to about $22,500 annually and will be used to pay a loan to match federal money which is made available to the University under the National Defense Education Act.
Congress recently increased the maximum amount of money that each school may use from $250,000 to $800,000. One-ninth of this money must be supplied by the participating school.
The $90,000 freed by the refund reduction over the four-year period will insure KU's full participation in the federal loan program.
"Members of the executive committee of the Memorial Corporation voted unanimously to use part of the patronage refund for this purpose, and we are pleased that the Kansas Union can be the means by which students will receive in this way not only the $22,500 a year they ordinarily would have returned in refunds, but approximately $900,000 in loans next year," Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students and chairman of the executive committee, said.
"KU has been assured of a major source of student aid next year." Robert Billings, director of aids and awards, added.
The decision also had a significant side aspect apart from the obtaining of badly-needed money for student loans.
On March 21, the All Student Council passed unanimously a resolution recommending the step to the executive committee which includes administration officials, the student body president and vice-president, the chairman of Student Union Activities, and alumni.
It is praiseworthy that the members of the ASC recommended the refund money be used to expand the opportunities for education at KU, rather than for some other less valuable purpose.
Notice the situation at Kansas State. During the past several months KS students have been under pressure to raise money through increased activity fees to help finance an expanding athletic program.
The members of the ASC are to be commended for making a wise choice in goals and values that can only increase the opportunities for higher education. All concerned with the refund decision have contributed to the stature and future of the University.
Rick Mabbutt
The Mythical Rights Bill
As the Senate's civil rights debate goes into its tenth week, it is obvious that supporters and opponents of the rights bill are not talking about the same kind of bill at all.
Proponents are discussing the bill actually before the Senate. The opponents, for purposes of fright propaganda, have in effect drafted a mythical bill that they oppose. It has the following provisions:
1. The Federal Government and not the states will now fix voting qualifications. (The real bill only says states cannot enforce racial discrimination against voters.)
2. Public schools must be brought into a racial balance. (The real bill specifically rejects that idea.)
3. Employers must hire from minority groups by quotas. (The real bill only says an employer cannot refuse to hire an applicant solely because of his race or religion.)
4. The Federal Government can deny all aid to any state that affronts the purpose of the bill. (The actual bill permits denial of aid to projects—not to states—that create racial discrimination.)
5. Hotel, restaurant and entertainment operators must admit any ill-behaved, ill-dressed citizen who seeks entrance. (Nonsense; the bill only says the operators cannot refuse entrance solely because of race or religion.)
6. The Government is authorized to tell homeowners to whom they must sell their homes. (The bill does not even discuss such housing matters.)
7. Private clubs must admit Negroes (or Mexicans, Catholics, Protestants, Indians, Jews, etc.) (The actual bill exempts private clubs.)
8. The Attorney General will be a dictator. (The bill allows him to go to court to seek enforcement of the law.)
9. Well, then, federal judges will be dictators. (They are empowered to issue injunctions to enforce the law, which is hardly unusual.)
10. Jury trial will be denied in rights cases. (The issue does not come up in the present bill, since it provides only for civil actions. Jury trial is not today required even for criminal contempt cases, but the bill may be amended to permit it.)
11. Enforcement of the rights bill requires federal police everywhere. (The bill requires no police anywhere; largely, it leaves enforcement up to court action by those aggrieved.)
12. It shall be illegal to discuss segregation, or to express discriminatory thoughts. (The bill prohibits anyone from threatening or coercing others to disobey the law, which is a far cry from denial of free speech and press.)
In short, the whole picture of the rights bill drawn by Southern propagandists is one of a terrible tyranny being forced upon a majority of Americans in the name of a minority. We are asked to believe that this is the sort of horrendous plot for which the House voted by an overwhelming 290 to 130. How silly can propagandists get?
The answer to that question seems to be that they will be as silly as necessary to avoid any honest discussion of the facts of the civil rights case. Fearing facts, they insist upon constant repetition of hokum. That is the content of their mythical bill.
BOOK REVIEWS
THE ESSENTIAL PLOTINUS, translated and with introduction by Elmer O'Brien (Mentor, 75 cents).
Here is an examination, along with the writings themselves of a philosopher regarded as the father of western mysticism. He was Plotinus, third century pagan. This is the first English translation to be based on recent research and the newest critical editions of the Greek original. O'Brien's commentaries and his introduction provide a worthwhile guide to the philosopher.
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, by Shakespeare; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, by Shakespeare (both Signet Classies, 50 cents each).
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These are new editions, with the sharpest looking covers appearing on paperbacks these days. Barbara Everett of Newnham College, Cambridge, did the introduction for "Antony and Cleopatra"; David L. Stevenson of Hunter College did it for "Much Ado About Nothing." Among paperback Shakespearea now available these should occupy a high place.
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"You May Question The Servants Only. After All, This Is A Gentlemen's Club"
The People Say . . .
College 'Mooners'
Editor:
As befits the attitude of all young aspiring intellectuals, we endeavor to cultivate the important prerequisite to enlightenment, the "open mind." With that premise it is stimulating to encounter new challenges in this ideology; one is kept constantly on his toes with all the new and exciting developments of our age. One of the most discussed topics of today, as every collegian knows so well, is sex. The student is ever aware of the subject of sex and has unlimited access to sources of knowledge relevant to it.
Occasionally, one has a "unique" experience which by its "uniqueness" acts as a challenge to comprehension. Recently, we have been so challenged; and far from adopting an indignant attitude of protestation, wish to learn and, if possible, benefit from our experience: It seems that there is a custom—although practiced, we surmised, by a small minority—indulged in by youthful gentlemen who become, to use the vulgar, but expressive, cliché, "hot and bothered." This daring practice we witnessed seems to consist of projecting one's bared posterior from the window of an automobile. (We believe there exists some incredible term like "mooning" for this practice.) We felt a bit dubious, upon observation of this phenomenon, and were even more concerned to learn that such things were evidently looked on with tolerance by our contemporaries. (We certainly did not make the assumption that our observance was the first of its kind in the fair city of Lawrence.) We could not help but liken our evident lack of open-mindedness to the story of the unfortunate young woman in New York who recently was stabbed to death in the presence of not just a few bystanders who exhibited the ultimate of "open-mindedness." Of course, this tale is an extreme and cannot be compared in nature. The comparison, however, lies in the attitude of the onlookers. What could exemplify more completely the open-minded attitude of our nation's people?
Yet there seemed more significance in the fact that the local law enforcement officers had never received such items of interest. Indecent exposure? . . . Oh well, we must remember to be tolerant, we must avoid the stigma attached to "getting involved," we must be
open-minded and attempt to understand; and somehow condescend to ignore what the hell is our generation coming to.
A couple of intellectually aspired co-eds.
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Editor:
Student Service
In relation to the interview presented to the Daily Kansan by our group working on community services, I thought that excerpts from the Congressional Hearings on the National Service Corps presented by a particular student program might be news-worthy for interested KU students.
"... Phillips Brooks House (Harvard) has seen the development of effective volunteering over the past 50 years. It has developed from the basic stages of basketball coaching and hospital visiting to the work which students are doing today: leading groups of youngsters with a high degree of involvement and skill, supplementing the therapeutic work of psychologists, engaging in programs to change the outlooks of those in depressed areas, regarding society and education, and basic rehabilitation in prisons and reform schools.
"... On the basis of its past work in the field, PEH feels that the amount of responsibility and effectiveness which can be attributed to the volunteer has been underestimated in volunteer organizations throughout the U.S. With a well-designed chain of responsibility which emphasizes the educational aspect to the worker as well as the actual performance in the field, the number of programs which can be effectively initiated is indeed impressive."
The statement then goes on to summarize PBH programs which are listed as: General Hospitals Committee, Mental Hospitals Committee, Undergraduate Teachers Committee, Prisons Committee, Social Service Committee (youth programs), Tutors Committee, Reading Enrichments Committee and Campus Blood Drive Committee. All of these programs and a great many others can be started in the Lawrence and Kansas City areas, especially with the enthusiastic response from community groups which we have received.
Thank you for your attention.
ou for your attentive
Sincerely yours
Bill Manning