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LAWRENCE. KANSAS
NO CARS ON campus does not halt election communication. Don Welch, Prairie Village freshman, contacts workers at Murphy Hall and the Kansas Union from in front of Strong Hall with a "walkie-talkie."
Two direct-line telephones between polls are being used for the first time in this election.
"Walkie-talkies" and direct-line telephones have been called into play in this year's election.
One line connects the main poll in Strong Hall with the poll in Murphy. The other connects Strong with the Kansas Union.
Phones Speed Intrapoll News
"I SHUDDER TO THINK what it might have been like if we hadn't had them. They were used an awful lot today." Bock Tieszen, McPerson junior who is elections committee chairman, said.
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He explained the devices are properly called "full period phones." When the receiver at one end is picked up, the telephone at the other end rings.
Tieszen said use of the phones in future elections is up to the election committee, but he recommended they be used.
ALTHOUGH THIS is the first election in which the phones have been used, Tieszen said walkie-talkies were used when the polls were first decentralized last semester.
They were being used by University Party yesterday to direct car pool operations.
Daily Hansan
"They didn't work too well, because of static from the car engines," said Alan Stamper, Plainville junior. He said the devices would be used for at least a while, today.
Thursday, April 4. 1963
60th Year, No. 118
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Opponents of the Wichita University Act, angered by University President Harry Corbin's reaction to the new law, pressed for its repeal today in the state legislature.
The Wichita University Act, bringing the municipal university into the state system of higher education, was signed into law last week by Gov. John Anderson.
The House Education committee planned to introduce legislation to repeal the act as soon as the bills could be drafted.
W. U. Opponents Press for Repeal
Award Draws 35 Nominees
Thirty-five faculty members have been nominated for the 1963 Hope Award, according to Mary Ann Warburton, Coffeyville senior and chairman of the selection committee.
The Hope Award is given each year to the outstanding faculty member by vote of the students.
Others from the College are Seymour Menton, professor of Romance languages; Franklyn Nelick, associate professor of English; C. P. Osborne, professor of philosophy; Edward Ruhe, associate professor of English; Frederick Samson, associate professor of physiology; Ambrose Saricks, professor of history; James Seaver, professor of history and director of western civilization; Vincent A. Serpa, assistant instructor of Romance languages; A. A. Strassenburg, associate professor of physics; Arvid Shulenberger, associate professor of English; Lewis Whee-lock, lecturer of history.
A furor developed yesterday over remarks Corbin made about the school coming into the state system, however, and the education committee voted 10-9 to introduce legislation repealing the act.
THE NOMINEES from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are Oswald Backus, professor of history and the Slavic Soviet area; Gordon Bennett, assistant instructor of English; Cora Downs, professor of bacteriology; William Gilbert, associate professor of history; Stephen Glass, instructor of classics; J. Eldon Fields, professor of political science; Sidney Johnson, professor of German; Paul Kitos, assistant professor of biochemistry; Austin Lashbrook, associate professor of classes; and Stuart Levine, assistant professor of English.
BRUCE A. LINTON and Calder M. Pickett, professors of journalism, are the nominees from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information.
The Business School nominees are H. K. L'Ecuyer, associate professor of business administration, and Keith W. Weltmter, professor of business administration.
Oscar Haugh, professor of education, and Nita Wyatt, assistant professor of education, are the nominees from the School of Education.
NORRIS S. NAHMAN, associate professor of electrical engineering, is the nominee from the School of Engineering.
Nominees from the School of Fine Arts are Robert Montgomery, instructor of design, and Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice.
Edward Smissman, professor of pharmacy, is the nominee from the School of Pharmacy.
PAST RECIPIENTS who are ineligible for the 1963 Award are also among the nominees. They are Clayton Krebblah, associate professor of music and 1959 Award winner; R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry and 1960 Award winner; Allen Crafton, professor emeritus of speech and drama and 1961 winner; and Vaclav Mudroch, assistant professor of history and winner last year.
The Hope Award committee, which is composed of one senior from each school, will examine the qualifications of each nominee.
The criteria are based on the nominee's willingness to help students, his success in stimulating students or challenging the students toward thinking, devotion to the profession, contribution to the general cultural life at the university, and accomplishment of scholarly works.
The winner will be announced April 29 at the Senior Coffee.
The award of $100 is part of the senior class gift of 1959 to the University.
Change Seen in CRC Meetings
The Civil Rights Council discussed last night whether the council should continue meetings in the face of lagging support.
Don Warner, Topeka senior and chairman of the CRS, told members that he did not see any reason to continue the weekly meetings when no one comes to them.
The meeting was attended by three other members besides Warner. Marsha Dutton, Colby senior, Douglas M. Hager, Hutchinson junior, and Frederick Tiffany, Lyndon senior.
Negroes have attended two of the meetings this semester.
"We cannot operate as an effective group without Negro support," Warner said. "If we are not in contact with them we lose our line of communication and cannot fully understand the problems we are trying to solve."
Miss Dutton said the lack of Negro participation and the small meeting attendance were not the most important factors. She said a group of four is more effective than each person working individually.
Warner, however, said the group could accomplish much without stronger support. He pointed out that two of the four would be graduating this spring, leaving the CRC with two active members.
"There is still a lot we could do if we had more participation," he said.
"I began to wonder how much it was my responsibility to push people to come," he said. "For the last two weeks I haven't mentioned the meeting to anyone."
He said that until two weeks ago he mentioned the meetings to all the members.
Warner said that to get people to come it seemed there has to be some kind of a fireworks display. He said parades and sit-ins are not activities in which civil rights progress is made.
Last week the meeting was adjourned after ten minutes because only one member came.
He said that if they were aware of the situation, they might start coming to the meetings. He also suggested that if the Negro fraternities and sorority were interested, they might appoint one representative from their group to attend the meetings regularly.
Before any decision was reached, Warner decided that he should talk to some of the Negroes who have been supporting the CRC in the past.
"Our continuation depends on how many people are willing to set 7:30 Wednesday evening aside as the regular part of their schedule," Warner said.
The group decided to hold a meeting after Spring vacation to determine whether they should continue to meet weekly or whether semi-monthly, monthly, or specially announced meetings would be best in the future.
A voter lends a hand in student government. The spring election, which ended today, brought 2400 students to the polls.
Slow Voting Pace Threatens 3 Seats
The only hitch in yesterday's voting occurred in Strong, when the heavy turnout exhausted the supply of ballots for the School of Pharmacy. The situation was corrected this morning.
Yesterday's total vote of 1.962 was well ahead of last year's first-day total of 1.656.
The voting pace slowed considerably this morning, stopped momentarily in Strong Hall, and the possibility looms that several schools will not be represented on the All Student Council next year.
Tieszen said the ASC constitution requires a minimum of 75 ballots to be cast from an academic district for that district to be represented on the ASC.
THE VOTING halted at one point when a woman student dropped her senior card into a ballot box in Strong. Elections Committee chairman Bob Tieszen summoned members from both political parties for witnesses and opened the box to retrieve the card. The woman hurried away.
Tieszen said today's total might not be as high, since fewer students would be on the hill for Tuesday- Thursday classes.
A total of 468 persons had voted at 11 o'clock this morning. This compares with 825 at 11 a.m. yesterday, and 538 at 11 a.m. on the second day last year. This year's total vote of 2,430 is ahead of the 2194 figure for a day and a half last year.
In the voting for the 13 ASC seats, three schools may not cast enough ballots to insure their representation on next year's council.
IN ELECTIONS of class officers yesterday's vote totals were: sophomore, 559; junior, 482; and senior, 577.
SO FAR. 27 votes have been cast in the School of Journalism, 48 in the School of Pharmacy, and 38 in the Graduate School. Sixty-nine ballots had been cast in the Law School.
Weather
Generally fair and warmer tonight with a predicted low in the 40s. Partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow with a high near 70. Today's high was in the 60s.
Newly appointed officers of People-to-People discussed plans yesterday for an expanded program next year.
The totals for the ASC seats at closing yesterday were: College men, 421; College women, 431; Business, 81; Education, 159; Engineering, 159; Fine Arts, 105; Graduate, 36; Journalism, 22; Law, 62, and Pharmacy, 43.
P-t-P Officers Plan Expansion
The officer appointments were made after a series of interviews yesterday. Jerry Harper, Lawrence junior, was appointed P-t-P chairman.
Harper said the main work next year would consist of refining existing P-t-P programs. The group will concentrate on the Brother-Sister program, he said, "For I feel there has been a lack of the right kind of activity in this program this year."
Harper said the group plans to enlarge the English-in-Action program and the Forum Committee.
Plans were also discussed concerning the creation of a Speaker's Bureau and a sports committee.
Other officers appointed yesterday are:
Patsy Price, Bartlesville, Okla,
junior, vice-chairman; Dave Martin,
Coffeville sophomore, vice-chairman;
Ray Edwards, Bethesda, Md.
sophomore, vice-chairman; Karen
Indall, Ottawa sophomore, executive
secretary; Milan Loupal, Prostecov,
Czechoslovakia, graduate student,
treasurer; Lance Burr, Salina sophomore,
American Students Abroad
chairman; Frank Bangs, Wichita
sophomore, chairman of the Brothers
program; Betsy Greer, Topeka junior,
chairman of the Sisters program;
Barbara Cowen, Junction City junior,
hospitality chairman; Barry
Farmer, Wichita sophomore, publicity
chairman; Joan Wohlgemuth,
Cummings junior, special projects
chairman; Helen Nott, Evanston, Ill.
sophomore, office staff chairman,
and Patty Koos, Mission sophomore,
membership chairman.