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Students Powerful In Latin Schools
Latin American students do take an active part in the operation of both their government and their universities, but not to the extent that most Americans believe.
This was the conclusion derived from the discussion and exchange of ideas last night between the 13 student leaders from the University of El Salvador and KU student leaders.
THE VISITING GROUP, consisting of 10 men and three women, is visiting KU this week as part of a
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30-day tour of the United States sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
The informal discussion last night was intended to give members of each group a better understanding of the feelings and functionings of the other group.
An interpreter from the State Department who is accompanying the group, attended the meeting to facilitate communications.
THE VISITORS, who seemed eager to explain situations in El Salvador and learn about the United States, have already latched on to some of the true spirit of the "Crimson and Blue." Several male members of the group appeared at the meeting wearing KU sweatshirts under their sport coats.
Napoleon Eugenio Cardenas, 26 year-old seventh year medical student, explained the general organization of the University of El Salvador.
At the conclusion of the discussion, the visitors expressed their appreciation to the KU student leaders for an enjoyable and informative evening by presenting a pennant of their university to Reuben McCornack, KU student body president
SPEAKING THROUGH the interpreter, Cardenas said there are seven main schools which comprise his university. Because of the lack of facilities, all the schools are not located on the same campus.
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The visiting group consists of students from the medical school with an enrollment of about 250, the dental school with about 140, and the chemistry school with about 300.
The law school has the largest enrollment, estimated by the group to be between 600 and 1,000. The total enrollment of the university is about 3,000.
BECAUSE OF THE limited facilities of the university, only students with the highest grades on entrance examinations are enrolled.
Pedro Jose Rosales Carreras, 24 year-old third year chemistry student and president of his school's student body, said that Latin American students have a direct participation in the election of the university officials.
THESE SIX representatives include two faculty members, two students, and two adult members of the profession who are not otherwise associated with the school.
A General Assembly, consisting of six representatives from each of the seven schools, is elected each year.
This assembly, one-third of which is made up of students, elects a "rector," equivalent to our chancellor, every four years.
One student and one dean from each school, the rector, and two other officials comprise the maximum authority group called the Superior Council. The students have more than a one-third majority in the council.
LINO ERNESTO MARTINEZ, 21 year-old second year chemistry student, said the deans of the schools are frequently removed by the students. For example, the chemistry school has had as many as three deans in one year.
A 90 per cent vote by the student body can impeach the dean. Martinez said this power is often used wher
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a corrupt or incompetent dean does injustice to his position.
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THE DISCUSSION grew a little lighter as it neared its conclusion. The topic of discussion turned to social customs of the two countries, and the Salvadorans joked about the American customs and the American misconceptions of their own.
Students have the freedom to belong to any political party they wish, Martinez said. The students said they are against the present government of their country and cannot support it because the election was "a fraud."
Noemi Sanchez de Tinetti, 23-year-old fifth year medical student, has a husband and nine-month-old child at home. She is staying at Lewis Hall this week and said she was very surprised to see the couple kissing in front of the dormitory at closing time.
Cardenas then drew a round of laughter from his classmates with a quip to the effect that in El Salvador, they hide behind the doors to kiss, rather than doing it in the open.
IN HER COUNTRY, Mrs. De Tinnetti said, the girls are allowed to go out with boys before 6 p.m., but after that one of the parents must accompany them as a chaperon.
After the discussion, a member said his group is enjoying the visit here very much, and is very happy about the KU students' acceptance and interest in the group.
In New Orleans, he said, the hosts were very friendly, but did not make a concerted effort to understand or converse with them.
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Discrimination Brings Plea To Assist CRC
Ellison Sees Need Of Negro Support
Nolen Ellison emphasized the need for Negro support of the Civil Rights Council (CRC) and discussed means of gaining the needed support at last night's meeting.
"I think it is most important in getting Negro support for the organization if those Negroes who come are to feel like a part of the group." Ellison, a Kansas City senior, said.
HE SAID THAT it is not enough to expect Negroes to come just to discuss problems; they must also want to come to see friends.
HOWEVER. Ellison said, the percentage of Negro students willing to do this kind of work would probably be greater than the percentage of white students because they don't run the risk of being looked down on for doing it.
"If they just come and sit, no one knows their name, and they feel they are not an accepted part of the group, they are not likely to come back." Ellison said.
Most Negroes feel that the CRC is impersonal. They feel it does not really make any difference to the group whether they are there or not, Ellison said.
ELLISON ALSO said that on this campus there would only be a small number of Negroes willing to work in civil rights activities.
"Among his friends, the Negro would be considered doing something beyond what he needs to do
"There is only a small Negro group at KU," he said "and most of them feel satisfied with what they have. They are doing something that most Negroes don't get a chance to do — going to a major state university."
Don Warner, chairman of the CRC, added, "It takes a special kind of person to want to keep sticking his neck out to go into these places where he knows what is going to happen. Even when they expect it, it still hurts a little."
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Morgan Elected Alumni President
The new president and vice-president of the Alumni Association have been named for the coming year.
Eugene W. Morgan, Kansas City, Mo., succeeds Stanley Learned; Bartlesville, Okla., as head of the alumni group.
Mrs. Charles R. Bell, Maryville, Mo., is the new vice-president succeeding Mrs. Tom Lillard of Salina.
Morgan who is a 1937 graduate of KU and past president of the Greater Kansas City KU Alumni Association was responsible for raising funds to expand the University's Memorial Stadium.
Mrs. Bell is a past president of the Maryville chapter of the American Association of University Women and former state editor for the AAUW.
CRC Says Service Denied Negroes
The Civil Rights Council (CRC) announced last night that a recent check of two downtown taverns shows that Negroes still are not being served.
Two Negro students walked into Louise's and the Huddle, sat down in boots, but were not served, the CRC said.
THE CRC UNDERSTOOD that there might have been a change in the policy of the two taverns as a result of a recent meeting of tavern owners with the county attorney.
A third tavern, the Harbour, was checked last month and found to have changed its policy. The Negro students were served.
Don Warner, chairman of the CRC, said that he and another white student entered the taverns before the Negroes to watch the reaction and stayed after they left to listen to any comments made by the owners or by the customers in the taverns.
WARNER SAID that when the two Negroes walked into Louise's, she seemed to be ready for them. She told them she had no beer, no cokes, nor anything else they would ask for.
When, instead of leaving immediately, they had remained sitting in the tavern for about 10 minutes, she walked to the front and locked the door and turned off the sign.
An old man, sitting in the booth next to the Negro students, leanned over after Louise had refused them and said, "It just ain't America anymore, is it?" Warner reported.
AFTER THE Negroes left the proprietor said she would not unlock the door for fear the Negroes would return with 50 more.
Warner reported that one customer openly disapproved of her actions. He reportedly asked her if the Negroes had been hurting her.
The owner of the tavern said that she had refused service to the stu-
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U.S. Hopes Go With Envoy; Kremlin's Aid in Laos Sought
LONDON —(UPI)— W. Averil Harriman flew to Moscow as President Kennedy's personal envoy today to try to enlist the Kremlin's help in restoring peace and stability to Laos.
Western hopes for peace in the southeast Asian kingdom rode on the undersecretary of state's urgent mission. He carried a message from Kennedy to Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and planned talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
American sources said Harriman's principal task was to remind Khrushchev of his personal pledge to Kennedy to help maintain the independence and neutrality of Laos.
Harriman told newsmen at London airport he considered "most insulting" and "utterly incorrect" the inference in a recent Soviet note to Britain on Laos that the United States was at fault in the Laotian crisis.
"I think the Russians are trying to curry favor with Red China and put in the accusation on their insistence." Harriman said.
"Let's get it clear—that government (which accused the United States) was not the U.S.S.R., but Red China."
Harriman emphasized he would appeal to Khrushchev to stand by the letter of the agreement the Soviet leader made with President Kennedy nearly two years ago in Vienna.
"About the only thing he and President Kennedy agreed on at Vienna was the Laos situation and
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that Laos should remain independent." Harriman said.
"I want Mr. Khrushchev to take action to quiet the situation and put it back on the rails again.
United States has put in forces was completely ridiculous."
"As I said, I will appeal to Mr. Khrushchev and my appeal will be based on the agreement made in 1961," Harriman said.
Harriman was to stress the responsibility of the Soviet Union as a co-chairman of the 1962 Geneva agreement on Laos for making every effort to restore peace and stability there.
Cloudy to partly cloudy skies are expected tonight with temperatures ranging in the low 50's.
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"It looks as if the Russians in their notes were anxious to please Red China. To suggest that the
Generally fair skies and warmer weather are forecast for Friday with the high in the 70's.
Harriman said he thought Khrushchev had placed some faith in the Vienna agreement and had indicated often he wanted to keep Laos an independent state.
The mission to Moscow was decided upon in telephone consultations between Kennedy and Harriman yesterday after the Kremlin refused to join Britain in a peace appeal on the Laotian crisis. Harriman has been conferring on the crisis with officials here and in Paris.
Britain is the other co-chairman of the Geneva conference which ended Laos' civil war, guaranteed the country's independence and neutrality, and set up the coalition government now threatened by renewed fighting.
The fighting between neutralist and pro-Communist forces in Laos slackened off this week under a shaky cease-fire, but the Western Allies still regard the situation as dangerous.