Model UN Delegations Huddle to Plan Maneuvers
Bv Nancy Schroeter
Student delegates huddled in small groups last night to decide last minute maneuvers for action this weekend at the Model United Nations.
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In and around various conference rooms of the Kansas Union, the African, Arab, Western and Soviet blocs conferred on the resolutions on the agenda and proposed amendments and new resolutions.
Eight resolutions now stand on the agenda before the opening of the Model U.N. at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning in Hoch Auditorium. The resolutions include proposals concerning the Security Council, South Africa, the admittance of the People's Republic of China, disarmament, Israel, Kashmir Plebiscite.
Oder-Neise boundary of Poland, and peace keeping operations.
THE AFRICAN BLOC stands "solidly behind" the resolution on South Africa, according to Timothy Miller, Wichita sophomore and chairman of the African bloc. The resolution which was proposed by Tanganyika requests economic sanctions against South Africa for its apartheid system. If the sanctions do not work and the policies regarding the colored people by the Republic of South Africa do not improve, member states of the United Nations are asked to break off diplomatic relations with the Republic of South Africa, the resolution states.
The delegation from Dahomey proposed another resolution to support the resolution on South Africa, David Michener, Lawrence senior and head of the delegation from Dahomey, said. Michener said that the African bloc supported the resolution which asks for the African bloc to resist any changes in the agenda. The South Africa resolution is now second on the agenda of business for the Model U.N. Any changes could possibly be made from the floor when the Model U.N. meets.
THE PROPOSAL on the Security Council, asking for a change in the constitution of the Model U.N., is sponsored by the U.S. The present eleven members of the Security Council would be changed to fourteen and an affirmative vote by nine members would be sufficient
for a decision by the Security Council on procedural matters and questions of Pacific Settlement of Disputes, the resolution proposes.
An amendment to the resolution was proposed last night by Ghana and Ethiopia to give veto power back to permanent members of the Security Council. The original resolution takes this power away, Larry Knupp, Great Bend senior and chairman of the delegation from the U.S., said.
New Zealand's resolution proposes to establish a permanent U.N. peacekeeping force under the control of the Secretary-General. The force, composed of from 500 to 1000 volunteers, could be sent into countries requesting the force by the Secretary-General of the UN, John Sharp,
Osawatomic sophomore and chairman of the New Zealand delegation, said.
IF MORE TROOPS were needed,
Sharp explained, a two-thirds vote
of the General Assembly could
approve the use of troop contingents.
An amendment was proposed to this resolution by the Philippines and the Republic of China. The proposed amendment would increase the peace keeping force from the present 500-1000 to 5,000 individuals.
Other resolutions on a denuclearized zone, foreign aid, and the Panama Canal might also be discussed if proposals are brought before the Model U.N. and the General Assembly moves to consider them.
Daily hansan
Lawrence, Kansas
The Model U.N. will start Friday and adjourn Saturday afternoon.
Thursday, April 30, 1964
61st Year, No. 130
MISS LAWRENCE-KU—Cathy Bergstrom, Topeka junior, was crowned last night in the Kansas Union Ball Room as Miss Lawrence-KU. Shown flanking Miss Bergstrom are (left) Norma Sharp, Arkansas City junior, the second runner-up and Constance Crum, Manhattan freshman, first runner-up.
KU Girl Chosen Miss Lawrence
Catherine Bergstrom, Topeka junior, was selected "Miss Lawrence-KU" last night, and began a trip that perhaps leads to Atlantic City and the "Miss America" pageant.
Constance Crum, Manhattan freshman, was named first runner-up and Norma Sharp, Arkansas City junior, was second runner-up.
MISS BERGSTROM was selected from a field of 12 semifinalists who participated in evening gown, talent, and swim suit competition last night.
Pat Wise, Wichita sophomore, and Jacki Garland, Lawrence freshman, were also named as finalists, and competed with Miss Bergstrom, Miss Crum and Miss Sharp in a personality competition.
"I guess I'm still stunned," Miss Bergstrom said in a telephone interview this morning.
"Last night I just came home and went to sleep," she said.
Last night I just came home and went to sleep Miss Bergstrom gave an essay on her choice of physical therapy as a career for her talent presentation.
"I cannot deny that helping a child walk for the very first time would be a most rewarding experience," she said.
"And I cannot deny that my gifts of hope and patience are the gifts which I can best give.
"COURAGE IS CATCHING," she concluded.
Miss Bergstrom is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, and is active in Angel Flight. She likes to read, sew, and sing, "though never by myself," in her spare time.
She has been a competitive swimmer, and was a medal-winner in the AAU Junior Olympics.
Contestants were judged 50 per cent on talent (trained and potential), and 50 per cent on swimsuit, evening gown, and personality interview competition.
Poise, personality, graciousness, beauty, and gentility were some of the qualities to be considered by the judges.
Joanne Woster, Mission junior, was selected "Miss Congeniality" by a vote of the contestants.
Student Panel Reviews Discrimination Conflict
By Susan Flood
A panel on fraternity-sorority discrimination last night rehashed current controversial issues.
Discussion of the Sigma Nu discriminatory clause, the role of the ASC and the HRC, individual attitudes and barriers, fraternity and sorority national barriers, the administration's role and the "private" rights of selection presented varying views in the questions and answers
According to ASC human rights committee chairman Arthur Douville, Overland Park sophomore and moderator of the panel, the purpose was to bring "outstanding and outspoken individuals together to interact and discuss the issues and to give interested students an awareness and understanding of the issues."
STUDENTS on the panel were Bob Stewart, Bartlesville, Okla. junior and student body president; James Johnston, Independence, Mo., junior and president of the Interfraternity Council; Karen J. Emel, Colby senior and past Chi Omega sorority president; George Ragsdale, Lawrence senior and chairman of the Civil Rights Council (CRC); Mike Elwell, Wichita senior and past president of Sigma Na fraternity; and Thomas Coffman, Lyndon junior and editorial editor of the University Daily Kansan.
Ragsdale answered Douville's first
question about anti-Greek feelings by saying that the picketing of Sigma Nu rush week-end March 21 and the demonstrations at the Greek Week chariot races March 28 had been misunderstood by some to be anti-Greek rather than anti-discrimination.
"This is wrong." Ragsdale said. "In all our literature and articles we went beyond the call of duty to be cognizant and considerate in realizing the benefits of fraternities and the complexities of desegregation. We were protesting racial discrimination only."
Elwell was then asked to explain the accusation of inertia or inability of the Sigma Nu chapter to remove their national discriminatory clause.
ELWELL SAID the chapter had been instrumental at the national convention two years ago in bringing the issue to the floor for a vote. He said that with many Sigma Nu chapters oriented in the South, they were unable to muster a two-thirds majority vote required to have the national remove the clause.
"The voting patterns indicate some change in attitudes in all parts," Elwell said. "If we can present some valid, sincere reasons rather than the expediency of the pressure at KU perhaps we can convince our national leaders to take effective initiative themselves."
Miss Emel then said the main problem facing sororites was the
Wallace and Bishop Sheen Plea for School Prayer
WASHINGTON. — (UPI)—Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Alabama Gov. George Wallace each attacked Supreme Court decisions forbidding prayers in public schools today and called for action by Congress to override them.
The well known Roman Catholic Prelate and the controversial southern governor appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. The group is considering 147 proposals to amend the constitution to nullify the court's ruling outlawing religious worship as a required part of public school programs.
BISHOP SHEEN criticized the court for taking over what he said was a responsibility of Congress. He said the theory that an effort is being made to eliminate the separation of church and state in this country was "founded on a myth."
Gov. Wallace, in his prepared statement was much stronger. He said the prayer decisions were "part of a deliberate design to subordinate the American people, their faith, their customs and their religious traditions to a godless state."
Bishop Sheen and Wallace appeared after the committee heard a group of leading protestant churchmen condemn proposed constitutional amendments as potential infringements on religious liberty, rather than props for it.
BISHOP SHEEN SAID neither the Catholic nor protestant churches in this country desire any established religion in the United States. He added that "the decision of the Supreme Court on the subject of prayer in schools is founded on a myth—the myth of preventing the establishing of religion or the union of church and state."
Weather
Skies will be partly cloudy today and tonight with chances for a shower today.
Friday the skies will be fair with the winds becoming moderate. The high today is expected in the upper 60's and the low tonight will be in the 50's.
alumni recommendation required for pledging.
"There is a group of interested Greeks who have been meeting since the demonstrations and we are discussing how to get the alumni approval out of the hands of city boards," she said.
JOHNSTON SAID it would be invalid for the IFC to demand the expulsion of Sigma Nu since Sigma Nu has been progressive in its attempts to have the clause removed.
He also said that to cause Sigma Nu to lose its national status would be detrimental to the fraternity system and to the University.
Coffman explained the Kansan is strictly an objective newspaper in its new columns but that the editorials against fraternity discrimination are according to the policy of the editorial editor.
The ASC position was described in part as a mediator group to exchange ideas, analyze and evaluate. Stewart said that as the official organ of the ASC, the HRC should attempt to be liaison between opposing views.
COFFMAN suggested the function of the HRC should be integration, as this was inherent in its name. Stewart replied that the main problem was individual prejudice, which could not be removed by forced integration.
"Forced integration is the last straw," Ragsdale said. "The atmosphere has changed for some progress since the demonstrations, but if the complete refusal to cooperate remains, some intervention may be the only way."
Ragsdale said there is nothing wrong in having KU require that all organizations be free to choose whom they want without binding restrictions.
ELWELL QUESTIONED that even without any clauses, a single member in many fraternities could stop a Negro from being pledged.
"If this should happen soon I would probably scream and suspect discrimination," Ragsdale said, "But even to consider us at all would be an improvement."
"If we consider ourselves leaders at KU then the University should take the leadership in the recognition of equality of all its members," Ragsdale said.
Asked whether fraternities were private or semi-private institutions Johnston said he felt they were private and should remain so as far as the University stepping in.
"TO FORCE integration would be to lose a concept of fraternity." Johnson said. "There will always be groups formed with common interests which may exclude persons for various reasons."
Miss Emel agreed that fraternities
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