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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 20, 1964
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Latin Students' Activities Are Political, Social Work Groups
Political activities, social organizations, and school elections are an important part of the extra-curricular program for students at the oldest university in the Americas, the National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, founded in 1551.
Professor Augusto Salazar-Bondy San Marco's representative to the fifth Seminar on Higher Education in the Americas, which has been in session at KU since Feb. 3, made this observation about his school yesterday.
MANY STUDENTS participate in organizations for social work, he said. "The students go into the country to help in the national battle against illiteracy."
Student social work and political organizations comprise the majority of the extra-curricular activities at San Marcos, Prof. Salazar-Bondy said. "Students from my university have some organizations to further interests in the theater, music, and other cultural phases. But they are not so constant nor so (formal) as organizations at KU."
Other organizations on the San Marcos campus revolve around student political activities. These political "unions" do not exert strong forces, he said, but their significance lies in the part they play in student elections.
These groups also reflect trends in national political thought, more so than in this country, Prof. Salazar-Bondy said.
Six political organizations which are most active at San Marcos are the Popular Action group, the Popular Revolutionary American Alliance (APRA), the Student Revolutionary Front( FER), the Socialist group, the Christian-Democrat group, and the Progressive group.
THE POPULAR Action group represents the party of Peru's president, Fernando Belaunde-Terry.
Strongest of the political groups are APRA, which represents a liberal central view- and the FER which expresses Communist ideas.
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Each of the political groups,however, represents less than 25 per cent of the total vote.
Campus elections at San Marcos are conducted from lists of names submitted by majority and minority groups. For instance, from a list of 10 names submitted by the majority groups, the voter selects seven names, and from the list of 10 submitted by the minority group, three are selected. This procedure allows both majority and minority opinions to be represented on the University General Council, the Faculty Council and the Student Unions.
THE GENERAL Council is a body which has no counterpart in U.S. universities. It is the governing body of the university, Prof. Salazar-Bondy said. Represented on this council are the deans from each "faculty" (comparable to KU Schools), one professor from each "faculty", and an equal number of students. This assures students a one-third representation on the Council.
The Council makes all decisions concerning the appointment of faculty, budget, and legal questions. This type of university government is called a co-government system.
"The system works sometimes," he said. "At present there are arguments for both sides of this question."
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He explained those in favor of the co-government system say student participation in administration results in more students interest in the university and work by the faculty. It also gives the student a strong sense of responsibility toward his university.
OBJECTIONS ARE that candidates are not properly selected. "The election is a free election," Prof. Salazar-Bondy said. "The are no qualifications for nomination. Sometimes the good leaders among the students aren't necessarily the best students."
Prof. Salzar-Bondy said no grade average qualifications for election such as those at KU, are required for San Marcos students.
Of the 14,000 students who are enrolled in the National University of San Marcos, about 70 percent vote in the student elections. "Although most students have a political attitude," he said, "most are not directly involved in political activities."
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