Daily hansan
Lawrence, Kansas
61st Year, No. 76
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1964
P-t-P Refuses to Submit Required Budget Report
By Roy Inman
Jerry Harper, Lawrence senior, chairman of People-to-People, in a brief appearance before the All Student Council last night, re-affirmed his stand to not submit a formal budget report to the council.
Under a stipulation approved last October, all service organizations supported by the ASC are required to report every two months on their financial status. Harper refused twice before to give a report to the council, and as a result the P-t-P funds were frozen Jan. 7. By a vote last night of 15 to 8 with one abstention, the funds remained frozen.
The stipulation also calls for organizations to acknowledge financial support of the ASC on all newsletters and similar publications.
HARPER'S STAND on the frozen funds involved more than making the report, however. "Our relationship is highly unsatisfactory," Harper said. "People-to-People must be unyoked from ASC. We have enough to do without bothering with campus politics and other such trivia," he said.
Ray Edwards, a vice-chairman of P-t-P and an ASC member, explained Harper's remarks. "The chairman of People-to-People is appointed by the Student Body President," said Edwards, Bethesda, Md., junior. "This could bring about virtual control of the organization." He also pointed out that P-t-P fund allocations are controlled by the ASC.
Harper said P-t-P's balance at the business office is $1,504.97, but that unpaid bills amounting to $200 had piled up since the funds were frozen.
HE BEGAN his two-and-one-hall minute statement with "Being before the All Student Council this evening fills me with a deep sense of pride, responsibility, and reverence: pride in the fact that I came even though I had promised myself I wouldn't; responsibility in that I can state my position before such an eager and responsive audience, and reverence at being permitted to address such a distinguished group."
Harper expressed his confidence in P-t-P and its value to the campus. "I sincerely believe (however) that the students of the university, particularly the international students,
would like to see us independent of the ASC. It is imperative."
In response to Harper's remarks, John Stuckey, Pittsburgh senior and chairman of ASC, said that P-t-P funds would remain frozen until the ASC informed the business office otherwise. "I did not expect this type of report," Stuckey said. "I don't know for the life of me what the ASC did to make everyone so mad. I just don't understand," he said.
ALI HASSAN, International Club representative, said Harper's speech was "Very disrespectful to the council. His words were not for an assembly such as this. His sense of humor was ridiculous."
Marshall Crowther, Lawrence sophomore, said, "We must manage to stay objective. But Jerry (Harper) must realize that People-to-People is a creation of ASC, and is subject to the same rules as the other organizations.
"He (Harper) says that he wants to 'get out from under the ASC,' but the control of organizations is clearly spelled out in the bill and constitutions book of the ASC. The administration supports public relations and educational groups, and the ASC supports social, administrative and service organizations," Crowther said.
BOB STEWART. Bartlesville, Okla., junior, felt that the P-t-P funds should be released as a sign of good faith, but, "We should still require a report."
required planned meeting Thursday between Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe, Stuckey, Crowther, and Harper may break the deadlock, but a vote would have to be taken and passed by the All Student Council before People-to-People could use any of the frozen funds, Stuckey said. Dr. Wescoe is a member of the national board of People-to-People.
A study of the All Student Council committee system is underway.
Scott Linscott, Topeka junior and chairman of the special "Little Hoover commission," reported on its activities at last night's All Student Council meeting.
"The commission hopes to make a detailed study of the entire mechanics of the ASC's committees." Linscott said. "We hope to be able
KU Faculty Salaries May Reach New High
to suggest improvements for a more compatible working relation between the committees and the council." A finished report is expected in one month, he said.
By Susan Flood
Faculty salaries at KU will hit peak if the Kansas Legislature approves the 6.5 per cent compromise increase now before the House.
Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor for finance, said this will provide a considerable influence after the past two years of four per cent increase. Approximately 630 full-time faculty members will be affected.
JIM CLINE. Rockford, Ill., junior, proposed a resolution concerning student season football tickets. The proposal would improve the season ticket distribution, meaning fewer seats in the end zone of Memorial Stadium, and could raise the price of student tickets from $1.50 to $4.00.
"KU WILL not move up noticeably in relation to the Big Ten or the national average," Nichols said, "but it should help equalize the scale in relation to Wichita University."
"In order to get better seats at football games, we will have to pay something extra, undoubtedly." Cline said. "Then too, the increased cost would help relieve the $240,000 debt for the expansion completed last fall."
to the Registrars.
The Board of Regents originally requested a 12 per cent increase for professors and associate professors, to be distributed on a merit basis. This figure also included a 5 per cent increase for assistant professors and instructors and a 10 per cent raise for graduate teaching assistants.
The governor's budget of $421.1 million is $2.1 million less than the state is currently spending. The Republicans, in a closed caucus Monday, proposed a plan to finance the budget by delaying until 1966 the distribution of $12.5 million in sales tax residue and by increasing cigarette and liquor taxes.
HENRY A. RUBB, Topeka banker and chairman of the regents, had previously suggested a half-event state sales tax increase to provide for the salary boost. Bubb, speaking at the Kansas Conference on Higher Education held here Dec. 13, said
Nichols added that the source of the revenue for the increase is up to the legislature to determine.
Although the salary increase falls short of the regents' request, the total funds authorized by the higher education bill are $707,060 above the governor's recommendation.
The proposed 6.5 per cent salary raise amounts to $45,947,552 of the $88 million higher education appropriations bill.
KU is now about $2,000 per year below the salary levels in the Big Ten Conference.
In the redistribution of seats, some 2,000 non-students on the east side would be transposed to the end zone to allow more student seats nearer the fifty-yard mark.
The proposal was introduced for three reasons, Cline said:
The 2-cent-a-pack cigarette tax increase would hike the levy per pack from four to six cents. A 30-cent-a-gallon tax on liquor would increase revenue from $1.20 a gallon to $1.50. Combined revenue from cigarette and liquor taxes will raise an additional $6 million if increased.
"BUT SOME of those 2,000 people are alumni who have had season tickets in the same spot for seven to fifteen years," Bob Stewart, Bartlesville, Okla., junior, said. "There's bound to be a controversy over this point."
A breakdown of the $20.6 million KU budget request provides for $430,000 student aid, in addition to funds for housing, health and welfare services, plant and library extension, research, summer sessions and student activities.
- To try and assure the students better seating at football games.
- To help alleviate the problem of students changing seats, and the consequent chaos which results from many people being in the wrong seats.
- To cut down on the selling of tickets by students at high profits. CLINE ALSO suggested in his resolution that tickets be sold during enrollment, so that the first-come, first-serve basis would still be in effect.
"Another problem," Cline said, "is that some students who enroll drop out before fee payment, but buy season tickets and see all the home games at student rates."
Cline's resolution passed by a small majority, but he does not plan to take the resolution before the Athletic Seating Board, which would make such changes. "I wanted to see the reaction to such a proposal," he said. "Now my committee can work on a solution which would be possibly more satisfactory to students and alumni both."
LEGISLATION pertaining to the regulation of delegates to conferences was passed unanimously. The amendment provides for the notification to the council by the student body president of any elective positions to be filled at the forthcoming conference, and it also provides for the delegates to give a report on their activities to be filed in the council office. Also, an orientation session must be held by the student body president for the delegates no later than two days after the appointments have been approved, and the secretary shall prepare a resume of the materials from the last conference for the delegates.
A "dead week" proposal for consideration by the Faculty Senate was tabled. Dick King, Kansas City sophomore, and Stewart introduced the resolution, which states that no test be given or papers be due the week before final examinations.
"Outside readings pertaining to the completion of the course would be permissible," King said. "The idea is to give students all possible time before finals for study. We feel that this is the best solution for both faculty and students," he said.
Weather
The temperature today is expected to hit a high of 43 and a low of 25 tonight. The sky will be partly cloudy through tomorrow with no precipitation expected. The high Thursday will be in the 40's.
CLOSE QUARTERS—Riney Lochmann, KU sophomore forward, attempts a uple underneath the basket in last night's game with Missouri, but a Tiger defender knocks the ball astray. Looking on is the other Jayhawker forward, Harry Gibson. Mizzou won, 59-58.
Formal Rush Over; Open Rush To Begin
By Nancy Schroeter
Women's formal rush was over last night when 322 freshmen and upperclasswomen received invitations to pledge. The invitations were issued about 6:30 by rush counselors who lived with the rushes during formal rush.
"I guess along with everyone else I'm relieved it's over," Emily Taylor, dean of women, said.
Last fall over 700 women students registered for rush. But at the beginning of rush 371 freshmen and 91 upperclassmen were going to participate.
DEAN TAYLOR said grades were the primary cause of the difference in numbers. Every rushee must have at least a 1.0 grade average.
Pledge List on Page 4
Open rush now begins.
Not all the students who begin rush week pledge. Dropouts during the week and those who do not wish to sign a preference card on the last day of invitations account for most of the difference according to Dean Taylor. A few do not pledge because the quota in each house is filled before their name is reached.
Any person who has gone through formal rush and has not pledged is eligible, Dean Taylor said.
THE BIGGEST problem is with those who were disappointed during the rush week, Dean Taylor said.
In dealing with this problem Dean Taylor said everybody who works in the organization tries to talk with the student and help her put things in proper perspective. In coping with disappointment, "it's a problem just the same as any other problem," Dean Taylor said.
Relief Reigns As Rush Ends
Screams found their way into the quietness of Corbin and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Halls last night as freshmen received their invitations to pledge. Women ran for telephones as they cried, joked and yelled.
EXCITEMENT occurred after 6:30 when the invitations were issued by the rush counselors on each floor.
"I feel wonderful," Mary Miltenberger, Webster Groves, Mo., freshman, said, after she had called her boyfriend and her parents.
Pay telephones on the main floors were busy as girls came to make calls. Several girls waited in line.
Virginia Kamberg, Prairie Village freshman, said she felt "just marvelous" and was very excited.
"Wonderful. I love it," Nancy Ulmer, Lawrence freshman, said, as she waited in line to use the pay telephone in GSP.
Relief was expressed in the words and the faces of the new sorority pledges. "I'm relieved . . . I thought I was going to crack up." Beverly Wilson, Hutchinson freshman, commented.
Barbara McAlpin, Nashville, Tenn., freshman and one of two Negroes who went through rush, felt she had been treated just as well as any of the other girls who participated. "I really wanted to see a lot of the houses and meet the girls," Barbara said.
Some sororities have clauses in their national constitutions barring certain races from membership.
"I feel that it is their prerogative, but they shouldn't close it to just their race," Barbara commented. She said everyone should be given an equal opportunity to pledge during the formal rush period.