University Daily Kansan
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When Don decided to enroll at K.U. I felt that in a school of that size education would be a mass production comparable to manufacturing at The Boeing Company where I am employed. If the student got it, fine; if not it was their hard luck. Let me put the record straight now. I was far from right. My daughter told us after she and my wife visited Don at Ellsworth Hall on Parents Day, "That we took a boy to school, but in that short time he had become a man."
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The boys in the Hall never showed us anything but respect. A head was never turned to look at us while going about the corridors. The Dean and Hall Director showed a genuine interest in our loss. The sending of flowers and attendance at the funeral by Dean Alderson with several of the residents of the Hall showed us that Don had many loyal friends.
I must say and I speak in behalf of the entire family that we owe Dean Alderson, Mr. & Mrs. Crawford (hall director), Lee Peters (Wing Counselor) and the others of Ellsworth Hall a debt of gratitude that we can never repay. All we can say is thanks for a job well done.
When we returned to get Don's belongings we were again treated with great respect. There was an abundance of offers to pack or help us in any possible way. We were asked and accepted the invitation to eat in the cafeteria with the boys where Don had worked while there.
John H. Spradlin Winfield, Kansas
No Discrimination
In its issue of January 16, the UDK published a letter by Said Sidik in connection with the International Club election of officers. The letter caused a considerable upheaval among the Arab students and made them question the motives behind the writing. Some described the action as denouncing one's nation and traditions. Others attributed the action to the close association of Mr. Sidiki and Miss Karaman, who was running for the vice presidency of said club.
Whatever it is, the letter was a shock and a slap to the dignity of the Arab student.
As most of the Arab students did vote against Miss Karaman, Mr. Sidki describes the action as "more emotional than rational . . . a double discrimination."
The emotions of Mr. Sidki are obvious since he defended the person of his friend and escaped the issues that Miss Karaman stands for. For one thing, she just can't believe how "Arabs do not accept the fact" of existing Israel. The phrase in quotations is her favorite saying. It is not the place here to discuss the Arab-Israel conflict in detail, but Arabs do not tolerate such savings.
Miss Karaman is an Arab who may consider her Arab nationality no less than any other person.
But she is blameless because she is oriented by some Israeli slogans and burdened by responsibilities of her legal nationality—Israeli.
As for the discrimination quoted above, I will say that the ballots were confidential and every member did vote as he or she pleased. Some candidates are to be elected and others are not to be elected. So where is the double discrimination Mr. Sidki is talking about? It is too bad that some candidates are not to be elected, but it is unwise to interpret it as a discrimination—or what is worse, a double one. Ismail Shaltuni
pampered so as not to injure my fragile and impressionable young mind. I should be surrounded with false friends who take on the guise of being my benefactors; for what? Monetary gains. All of these noble endeavors should be done for my protection.
Jordan senior
I think not! Why hide me from the reality of life which I must face? Why surround me with older students to whose will I must succumb and whose actions I must imitate? Will such actions make me a desirable individual and a benefit to our society? I should begin now to get my taste of the true world and also adjust to the fact that most people actually don't care about me.
I am deeply indebted to Sally Sieg and Cheryl Paul for telling me exactly what I am. Now I realize I am unorganized, undisciplined, and unwanted. Alas—no one cares for me. Oh-agony, the pain of being a freshman in Elsworth.
It is a shame that two young ladies (and also the majority of students on campus) should judge the freshman men of Ellsworth by the actions of two individuals. Such uninformed and ungrounded opinions are sick.
Unloved Frosh
Wellington freshman
Herblock and Rayf'
Better I should be coddled and
Jeff Hill
What! I repeat, what! is the meaning of the article "Poor Ole PayF." This attack on the Republican party was very uncalled for. The word conservative seems to have a stigma attached to it, according to what is written in the Daily Kansan. The Kansan has continually published articles attacking men and institutions of the right wing. Every liberal who has an axe to grind seems to be written up in the Kansan.
A good example is the daily use of a Herblock political cartoon. Herblock's very liberal position is obvious. If the student newspaper would like to represent the views of all the students, it should include a few political cartoonists with middle-of-the-road and even conservative viewpoints. Herblock is constantly harping on the threat of the right wing. This becomes tiresome after awhile, even to some of my liberal friends.
The liberals attack the John Birch society for calling people Communists, but awhile back the winner of the campus speech contest used the term Goldwater fascist. What is the difference of calling a person a communist or a fascist? The opposite of a Goldwater-fascist remark is Kennedy-communist.
I feel that the Daily Kansan should show a little more equality of opinion. I have not yet seen one attack against a liberal position in the Kansan. As a starter, let's get rid of Herblock's political cartoons.
(Editor's Note: The Kansan is anxious to have the conservative point of view expressed intelligently. Readers are encouraged to submit articles to the "Comment"
column and letters to the editor.
As for canceling Herblock—sorry.
—TC)
Jerry Leisy Wichita senior
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1964
Sex Mores
The other night I brought my female "companion" over to my room to show her what it was like. Our relationship had progressed to that stage, one might say. I was promptly notified by my landlady that girls were forbidden in boys' rooms, according to the University Housing rules. But, strange to tell, the "rules" say nothing about boys frequenting the girl's room (where, let me hasten to add, we promptly headed). Now what, pray tell, are little boys and girls going to do in the boy's room that they somehow, magically, would refrain from doing in the girl's room? Well, we all know the answer. It is plain to see that the housing rules are committed to the prevention of excitation, especially of the sexual sort. I propose that these particular rules be changed (for the enhancement of self-expression, of course).
I realize that this is not the world's most pressing problem. In fact, it is quite likely that the world won't come to an end, even if nothing is done about it. This is in contradiction to our young Templinites and Pearsonites (or whoever it was) in their longest-telephone-call exploit and the subsequent, "phoney" controversy that ensued in these columns. Talk about latter-day irrelevancies! However, my concern over the housing rules and their telephone debate have the redeeming element of offering some comment on today's world—mine in the larger aspect of the outmoded mores we are asked to live by and theirs in its own perverted, asinine fashion.
In many countries of the world (e.g. Panama, Algeria, Japan, South Korea, Hungary) the university and its students represent a revolutionary force standing against the ruling elements. But, in Kansas, and the other states, the university has become respectable, reflecting, in a refined way, some of the more sordid aspects of our society. Hence, we have an official sexual morality which emanates out of 19th Century small-town and rural America, and which culminates in a system of mores that should be brought up to date in accordance with what's going on in 1964.
Why are our mores (especially the sexual ones) so far behind the progress being made in the rest of our society? When are we going to refuse to allow small-town, rural America to continue to rule our lives, with its outdated viewpoints? And could it be that Kansas, a real hotbed of small towns and rural areas, is not only the geographical center of the U.S., but also the center of cultural lag?
Name withheld to protect the innocent: my girl.
Makarios Replies To US-British Plan
LONDON — (UPI) — Archbishop Makarios, president of Cyprus, today replied to the United States and Britain on their plan to maintain peace in Cyprus with a 10,000-man NATO force.
Details of the reply were not immediately made public.
ARMED MEMBERS of both communities massed at the trouble spot along the cease-fire line set up last Dec. 28. Crowds assembled behind them in the respective sectors as the British troops rushed in to block any violence.
The answer was turned over to U.S. Ambassador David K. E. Bruce and British Commonwealth Relations Secretary Duncan Sandys by Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister Spyros Kypirianou.
NEW VIOLENCE threatening civil war in Cyprus injected urgency into Makarios' decision today.
A serious outbreak in Nicosia was narrowly averted yesterday when British troops stepped between opposing groups of Greek and Turkish Cypriot policemen. No shots were fired, but observers believed only quick action by the British troops prevented a spark that could have set off the clash which peace-keeping officials fear.
It was generally believed Makarios would reject, or attach strong conditions to, the Anglo-American proposal to station a multinational 10,000-man force in Cyprus to keep the peace between the rival Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. The force would include 2,000 U.S. troops.
Unofficial reports from Paphos, on the southwestern coast of the island, told of new shootings and explosions.
Tension between the communities was rising, creating the fear of another explosion that would shatter the island, invite military intervention by NATO partners Greece and Turkey, and endanger peace in the eastern Mediterranean.
INTER-COMUNAL fighting at Christmas resulted in 200 deaths and led to the influx of 4,000 extra British troops to supervise an enforced cease-fire while efforts were made to find a political settlement.
Earlier thousands of Greek Cypriot students demonstrated against the proposed NATO intervention in the dispute. There was no violence.
In another incident in the capital, five Greek Cypriot policemen tried to cross the cease-fire line, but were stopped and disarmed by Turkish Cypriot police and a British liaison officer.
THREE OF THE Greek Cypriots turned and fled back. When a Turkish Cypriot tried to shoot them, his rifle was quickly knocked from his hands by the British officer.
President Johnson was understood to have urged Makarios to give serious consideration to the Anglo-American proposal for a NATO force. A message from Johnson was delivered yesterday by the U.S. embassy.
Makarios' acceptance of the plan was necessary before the NATO troops could move in. The archbishop, who feared Turkish troops would never leave Cyprus if a NATO force arrived, favored a force responsible to the United Nations Security Council.
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