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Lawrence, Kansas
61st Year, No. 104
Monday, March 16, 1964
JRP Lodges Formal Protest After College Bowl Contest
By Lee Stone
The Joseph R. Pearson Hall College Bowl team has lodged a protest with the College Bowl committee that may invalidate a semi-final contest that was held last weekend.
As it now stands after the quarter and semi-finals yesterday, the finalists in the question-and-answer game based on the rapid recall of specific facts are the Stephenson and Templin residence hall teams.
But, after the semi-final contest, the JRP team, which was matched
with Templin, filed a protest with the College Bowl committee over the handling of a "toss-up question."
Bob Shenk, Lawrence junior and College Bowl committee chairman, said the protest asserts that the question was handled illegitimately by the contest's moderator.
The toss-un question in dispute is about mathematics. It asks which derivative of a formula establishes inflection points. The answer is the second derivative, Shenk said.
Missouri Team Takes Third Debate Tourney
Unless a toss-up question has an
Southwest Missouri State College won the Heart of America debate tournament Saturday for the third consecutive year.
The negative team from SMS defeated the affirmative from Brigham Young University by the unanimous decision of five judges.
"THE USE OF EVIDENCE seemed to be the key to the winning teams." Kent Keller, member of the Southwest Missouri State team said. "This late in the season everyone has the same evidence and arguments, it just depends on how they are presented," he said.
"The tournament here is one of the strongest in the country, and the competition was stiff," Annette Wright, second member of the winning team, said.
State, the University of Minnesota and Augustana College to gain a place in final competition.
SIXTEEN TEAMS SURVIVED the preliminary rounds Thursday and Friday, and advanced to the Octo-finals. Two KU teams were in the Octo-finals and of the two, one proceeded to the quarter-finals.
The Missouri team won over Ohio
Members of the KU team that got into the quarter-final rounds were Lauralee Milberg, Arlington County, Va., senior, and Fred Kauffeld, Minneapolis, Minn., senior. Other KU debaters who competed in the octofinals were Judson Briegel, Kansas City freshman, and Richard Hoskins, Bonner Springs freshman.
The traveling trophy was presented to Southwest Missouri State College for the third time by E. C. Buchler, professor of speech and drama.
obvious answer like "yes" or "no," the opposing team is to be given the opportunity to answer when the question was not correctly answered by the team asked.
THE MODERATOR, who ruled that the answer to the mathematics question was "obvious," did not put the question to the JRP team, Shenk said.
If JRP had had a chance to try to answer the question, it might have added 20 to 60 points to its team score. Shenk said.
The semi-final score between Templin and JRP was 225 to 205.
Shenk said the "College Bowl" committee would rule on JRP's protest Wednesday. If they rule in favor of JRP, the committee may reschedule the match, Shenk said.
SEMI-FINAL SCORES in the College Bowl matches according to the scoreboard are:
The quarter-final scores were: Alpha Kappa Lambda—284, Prose—240; Stephenson—270, Battenfeld—200; JRP—310, Delta Tau Delta—103; Templain—195, Jolliffe—130.
Stephenson-225, Alpha KappaLambda-185; Templin-225, JRP-205.
The final contest of the College Bowl games will be played on the stage of Hoch Auditorium on March 26 at 1:30 p.m. The contest will be taped for television by WIBW-TV, a Toneka CBS affiliate, Shenk said.
WHETHER THE FINAL is telecast or not depends on two things, Shenk said. First, whether the contest is "good enough," and, second, whether the CBS producers of College Bowl would release their copyright prerogatives, Shenk said.
KU YRs Lead Collegiate Defeat Against Conservative Resolution
The KU Young Republicans led the state conventions of the Collegiate Young Republicans in the defeat of a conservative civil rights resolution at Topeka yesterday.
The resolution, which was introduced by the Kansas State delegation, asked that Kansas senators vote against the civil rights bill now before the U.S. Senate.
THE KU DELEGATION, led by Sam Evans, Salina junior, managed to change the resolution to support Kansas senators who voted according to their own best judgment.
Evans, who missed the convention banquet because he was hoarse and weary from politiking, said the outcome of the convention was "excellent."
Evans was particularly pleased because KU's club was the "only club to be elected to as many as three positions" in the state organization.
STUDENTS WINNING POSTS in the state organization are Jane Oeglerle, Salina junior, secretary; William Porter, Topeka freshman, administrative assistant; and Susan Hartley, Atwood sophomore, first vice-president of the women's organization. This last office was previously held by another KU delegate, Priscilla Osborn, Stockton junior.
MIDDLETON SAID. "A very highly placed person in the state organization of the CYR was instrumental in instigating this support against the conservative clause."
The Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) were responsible for the resolutions opposing civil rights legislation, Evans said. (YAF is a faction in some Young Republicans clubs that backs Barry Goldwater, Arizona senator, for president. It is known among Republicans as an active supporter of particularly conservative measures.)
William Middleton, Kansas State freshman and chairman of the Kansas State Young Republicans, in a private interview described the civil rights bill as "the greatest political power grab that has been conceived by the executive branch of the government in this century."
Evans said the convention appeared to want a civil rights bill, "but not in its present form."
Evans said the anti-civil rights resolutions sounded like they came right out of an ad.
The KU delegation has also led the convention in its rejection of a resolution proposed by the delegation of Washburn University which committed the organization to support certain Republican candidates before the state primaries.
ART EXHIBIT—Roberta Smith, Oskaloosa senior, president of Delta Phi Delta, honorary art organization, views a sculpture titled "Rhythm Method," by Jon Thogmartin. The Delta Phi Delta art exhibit will be in the Kansas Union until March 28. Story on page three. (Photo by Charles Corcoran.)
KU-Y Pulls Backing From CRCC Pickets
Reversing an earlier decision, the KU-Y has voted not to support the Civil Rights Coordinating Committee in its protest of alleged Greek discrimination.
In the first KU-Y decision, moral support was given to the picketing of Sigma Nu fraternity during an IFC rush weekend March 21, and the Greek Week chariot races March 28.
AT THAT TIME, no decision was made whether this would take the form of monetary support or participation in the picketing.
In an open meeting Friday, the KU-Y cabinet accepted a letter to be sent to fraternities and sororities which reverses the decision of March 6.
The letter says in part the cabinet passed the original motion to support the CRCC "believing that students would realize that the KU-Y cabinet was protesting only against discrimination and not against fraternities and sororities as such."
"IT HAS BECOME CLEAR that this assumption was incorrect and that students do not make this distinction. The cabinet therefore reverses its original action, realizing our policy must not be alien to any type of living group," the letter said.
Discussion of the decision hinged on the basic religious structure of the group.
There had been some question whether the original action of March 6 was constitutional since a quorum of the cabinet was not present. However, Tom Moore, advisor to the Y, said no one had suggested the absence of a quorum at the time.
"THE KU-Y SHOWS that it is open to everyone," Steve Wilson,
Leawood sophomore and member of the cabinet said.
"We don't need to align with factions and thus alienate others to help the Y's purpose."
Kay Consolder, Wichita senior and co-president stressed that the KU-Y was not a "neutral" organization in issues of discrimination.
CRCC chairman George Ragsdale, Lawrence senior, and not a member of the cabinet stated the purpose of the picketing.
"CRCC IS FIGHTING for the sincere, congenial right of fraternities and sororites to associate with whom they wish. Whether by explicit clauses like Sigma Nu, or implicit national controls, the Greeks do not have the choice to consider anyone they might wish to."
"We wish progress not forced desegregation. I am convinced that the benefits of fraternities outweigh the discrepancies, if there are any. I am also convinced of the Greeks' sincerese desire to acknowledge all persons as human beings." Ragsdale said.
"If there were a way without publicity I would like it, but only by outside pressure can we help the fraternities remove the restrictions against freedom of consideration."
In explaining the connection between the KU Liberal Action Committee (KULAC) and the CRC, Ragsdale said they were committed to similar civil rights missions. "as I believe the KU-Y to be."
Tom Moore said that the CRCC had used the name KU-Y in connection with the picketing in "good faith" as to the original decision, but that it would be dropped from any future publicity.
Johnson Calls For Approval of Poverty Bill
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—President Johnson, calling for "total victory" in the war against poverty, asked congress today to approve a five-point, $962.5 million program to help open the doors to prosperity for the nation's poor.
In a special message the chief executive proposed creation of a new federal office of economic opportunity, headed by Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, to lead the battle.
Johnson asked Congress to approve plans for a "job corps" that eventually would grow to 100,000 youths who would be modern-day counterparts of the "CCC Boys" of the New Deal days in more than 100 camps across the land.
He also asked for new programs to help needy students work their way through college and to provide federal subsidies for community plans in attacking poverty in cities and on farms.
THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED formation of a "domestic peace corps" to be called the Volunteers for America, which would enlist the skills of young and old in the assault on the causes of poverty.
Johnson said every dollar he was asking congress to authorize for the program had been included in the $97.9 billion budget he sent to Capitol Hill last January. The total cost comes to 1 per cent of the federal budget, he said.
"We are fully aware that this
program will not eliminate all the poverty in America in a few months or a few years," he said.
"Poverty is deeply rooted and its causes are many.
"BUT THIS PROGRAM will show the way to new opportunities for millions of our fellow citizens. It will provide a lever with which
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we can begin to open the door to our prosperity for those who have been kept outside."
The proposed "job corps" would be composed of youths from 16 to 21 years old who would be selected from those who are not qualified for useful work. A corps of 40,000 boys and men in 100 camps and job training centers around the country is contemplated for the first year.
About half would work on special conservation projects to give them work experience and the other 50 per cent would get a blend of training, basic education and work assignments in the training center.
GOVERNMENT SOURCES said
the corps would not accept drug addicts or other delinquents but would choose those who might benefit most from leaving home and learning in a new environment. Members of the Armed Forces may be used as instructors and federal facilities, including army camps, may be leased to house corps members.
Officials said that a nationally known educator had been selected to head the job corps. His name was not disclosed.
These officials also said the administration had considered and rejected a proposal to lower the draft registration age from 18 to 17 in a move to spot youths who need help most.