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Thursday, Feb. 14, 1963
60th Year, No.83
Augelli Praises Latin Lectures
John P. Augelli, professor of geography, today termed the first three of a group of lectures sponsored by the University of Kansas Latin America Area Studies a "complete success."
By Terry Ostmeyer
Prof. Augelli, chairman of the Latin America Area Studies Committee, said student response to the first three lectures has been very gratifying so far.
He said attendance at the lectures has been good even though certain classes have been required to attend because the talks pertained to their fields of study.
"More important from my point of view is not the attendance, but the attitude of the audience at these lectures," Augelli said.
PROF. AUGELLI noted that many of the students attending the lectures are actually not studying the Latin America areas, but are simply interested in hearing the lectures.
LAWRENCE KANSAS
Augelli said the special series of eight lectures is to include a variety of fields represented by the most distinguished Latin American authorities in the country.
HE SAID these lectures are also in conjunction with a seminar, "Higher Education in the Americas," which is in session here now.
"They are designed to provide the opportunity to bring to the attention of our University community some of the more critical problems affecting Latin America," Prof. Augelli said.
In addition to the public lectures, each visiting educator will:
- Lead a discussion in the seminar on "Higher Education in the Americas."
- Enter in a professional exchange of ideas with the Latin America Area Studies Committee and faculty and students from the department the lecturer represents.
PROF. AUGELLI commented that the involvement of KU and its students with Latin America is expanding and that the Latin America Area Studies program has sensed this growing interest.
The three educators who have appeared in the program so far are Joseph Stycos, professor of sociology from Cornell University, who spoke on "The Population Explosion in Latin America"; George Blanksten, professor of political science at Northwestern University, "The Alliance for Progress and Political Revolution in Latin America," and Jacob Beuscher, professor of law at the University of Wisconsin. "Agrarian Reform in Latin America."
The next lecture will be given Wednesday in Fraser Theater by Preston James, professor of geography from Syracuse University, who will speak on "The Riddle of Empty Brazil."
Lecturers in the near future will be Charles Wagley, professor of anthropology at Columbia University; Joseph Johnson, professor of history at Stanford; Lincoln Canfield, professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois, and his Excellency O. Campos, Brazilian ambassador to the United States and distinguished economist.
Weather
Partly cloudy and colder weather is forecast for this afternoon and Friday. The high today will be 33 degrees with a low tonight of 15 to 20 degrees. A high of 38 degrees is forecast for tomorrow.
Women Say Bus Ran Too Often To Get Support
Bv Kav Jarvis.
The majority response to a Daily Kansan poll today was that the night bus service to the campus, discontinued Monday, ran too often for the expected support.
The women did feel that it would be missed, however.
The buses left the freshman and upperclasswomen's dorms at 20 minute intervals. The bus company explained that 20 passengers would be necessary for each trip to make the service profitable.
AN EXPERIMENTAL bus run was tried Tuesday night to determine the actual need for continued service, but an official of the Lawrence City Bus Service said the busses carried only one passenger.
"There doesn't seem to be much need for the service," he said.
The experimental run went from the dorms through the West Hills area, to the shopping centers and downtown.
MOST OF THE WOMEN interviewed said they did not realize the experiment was being conducted.
Chris Robinson, St. Mary's senior and counselor at GSP, said, "I appreciated the service when it was running but it ran too often to expect 20 people per trip."
She also thought that patronage would probably decrease as the weather improves.
Carolyn Craven, Lawrence senior and president of Lewis Hall, said, "In the beginning it seemed like a good idea but the women didn't seem to support it."
SHE SUGGESTED a bus going (Continued on page 12)
JFK Requests Domestic Corps
WASHINGTON—(UPI)President Kennedy asked Congress today to set up a Youth Conservation Corps with 15,000 members and create a National Service Corps similar to the Peace Corps operating abroad.
In a special youth message keyed to the theme of serving young people better so "they will serve their nation better," Kennedy also proposed an expansion in the overseas Peace Corps.
The proposed Conservation Corps would provide work and training for 15,000 youths in national forests and recreation areas.
The National Service Corps would be a domestic Peace Corps, composed of volunteers of all ages willing to serve in hospitals, mental health centers, schools, on Indian reservations, and in city slums or depressed rural areas.
THE PRESIDENT called for early Congressional passage of his proposed Youth Employment Act. This would set up a $100 million program for establishment of the Youth Conservation Corps and also provide for federal payment of half of the wages and related costs of youths employed on non-profit, community services.
HIS PROPOSAL to enlarge the overseas Peace Corps would bring its strength to 13,000 volunteers by September, 1964. It started this year with 4,350 members in training or in service in 44 countries and Kennedy estimated it would have 9,000 by the end of this summer.
The President also requested extension of the Juvenile Delinquency Act for another three years, and reiterated his recommendations for increased family welfare appropriations, education, child care, and a supplemental appropriation for a comprehensive nationwide medical immunization program.
These local projects would include hospitals, schools, parks, settlement houses and similar establishments. Kennedy estimated it could employ 40,000 youths the first year.
THE PRESIDENT also was displeased that juvenile delinquency cases brought to court more than doubled in the past decade; that too many children were not as physically fit as they should be; that infant mortality in the U.S. is still higher than in countries such as Sweden.
Emphasizing the difference between his Youth Conservation Corps and community projects under the Youth Employment Act and the National Service Corps, Kennedy said:
The President recommended that the domestic Peace Corps start with "a small, carefully selected volunteer corps of men and women."
"THE YOUTH employment bill will advance this nation's material wealth and strengthen its economy," he said. "The National Service Corps—which will not be limited to young people—will add (Continued on page 12)
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Landlord Takes Name From Housing List
By Jackie Helstrom
The landlord who was accused of practicing racial discrimination has voluntarily removed his name from the University housing list, Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students said today.
This decision came when the landlord was contacted by the
Walter Bgoya
"...prelude to achievement..."
Walter Bgoya
Off-Campus Housing Committee
yesterday. According to Dean
Woodruff, the landlord is no longer
interested in renting to students.
A two-hour meeting of the committee was held yesterday afternoon to investigate a letter of
complaint that had been received by the Office of the Dean of Students from Ivan Smith, Jefferson City, Mo., junior. Smith charged that he had been discriminated against while looking for an apartment on the University housing list.
This is the first case to be investigated by the committee since it was established in November, 1861, when the University policy of prohibiting discriminatory landlords from using the housing list was announced by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
Wescoe said at that time, "If, as a result of an investigation of a complaint involving a room or apartment on the University housing list, the Off-Campus Housing Committee finds that a student has not been treated fairly in his contacts with the property owner or that a student has, acting in good faith, been refused a room because of nationality, color, or faith, the address of that particular room or apartment will be removed from our housing list. The University is not interested in 'test cases, checks, or traps.' Our responsibility is to help the student who wants and needs housing."
The Committee that met yesterday consisted of Dean Woodruff; Donald K. Alderson, dean of men;
Emily Taylor, dean of women; J. J. Wilson, director of dormitories; William A. Kelly, professor of law, and Frank E. Dance, assistant professor of speech and drama. They met with Smith and Marsha Dutton, Colby senior, who cooperated with Smith in the case, and Don Warner, Topeka senior and chairman of the Civil Rights Council (CRC).
"... thorough investigation ..."
Ivan Smith
high investigation ...'
The board questioned all the parties involved, and each point was carefully considered, Smith said after the meeting.
"They were especially interested
At a meeting of the CRC last night, Warner said that any action of the committee is not to be considered an achievement on the part of the CRC. It will only be indicative of the concern of the administration and their willingness to deal with any discrimination that exists, Warner said.
in everything we had said throughout the whole incident," Smith added. "The investigation was very thorough."
"By their action, they have shown that they are interested in equal opportunity for all students and in acquiring equal housing for them." Warner said.
"We do not want to remove names from the list, we want to convince people that what they are doing is wrong. But something had to be done and this may be a prelude to something that is really an achievement," Bgoya said.
It was also brought up at the meeting by Walter S. Bgyoa, Tanganyika sophomore, that the action that the committee has taken should not be considered a victory for civil rights, but merely a small step in the right direction.
warner expressed confidence that the letters of complaint of all the other students which the CRC has cited as having had trouble finding rooms because of discriminatory practices will be received by the Office of the Dean of Students.
"In addition to the four already mentioned, we know of two more students who are also going to send complaints," Warner said.
Pete Townsend, Topeka sophomore, and a friend were looking for a room together, Warner said.
Don Warner
"...equal opportunity ..."
They called five different names from the housing list on the telephone. The renters were anxious for them to come to the house and see the rooms, but when they appeared a few minutes later, four
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