Teach-in to observe national 'Earth day'
Earth Day, a nation-wide effort to draw attention to the increasing problems generated by pollution of the environment, will be observed at the University of Kansas with an environmental teach-in in the Kansas Union ballroom on April 22.
The teach-in will be an open forum titled, "The Politics of Ecology." Robert Aangeenbrug, professor of geography, will moderate a discussion on the question, "The Ghetto and the War: Is the Ecology Movement a Diversionary Tactic?"
Other activities scheduled for
Earth Day, according to Mrs. Barbara Day, spokesman for the Ecology Action office of the Wesley Foundation, include continuous films and discussions on problems created by pollution.
Speaking Wednesday night will be William La Mont, city planner from Boulder, Colo. His talk is being sponsored by the Douglas County Improvement Association, a group working with Ecology Action to sponsor Earth week events.
The teach-in will continue on the 23rd with lectures in Hoch Auditorium by several KU professors including Keith Armitage, biology; Ross McKinney, engineering and James Koevenig, biology.
Other events of Earth Week will include a canoe trip on the 25th from Perry Dam to Lawrence; a community workshop on environmental quality on the 26th; a panel on air quality in Lawrence on the 27th and a speech by Paul Erlich, author of "The Population Bomb" on the 28th.
Mrs. Day said the Ecology Action group was mostly concerned with local problems of pollution
in Lawrence rather than with the nationwide demonstrations on April 22 when events will take place on more than 1,000 campuses and 6,000 schools across the United States.
The chief mobilizer for the national observance of Earth Day is Environmental Action, Inc., a non-profit youth group, formed three months ago in Washington. D.C.
In New York, Fifth Avenue will be turned into a pedestrian mall for two hours, with activities for
Census taking requires skill
To be an enumerator for the 1970 census you have to be able to do more than count; patience and diligence are of key importance.
children and others who want to enjoy a leisurely stroll without having to dodge automobiles.
Mrs. Joe Wilson, a crew leader, is helping to train one of three groups of enumerators who are preparing the census returns for Douglas county. Her group of 17 persons will cover the greater part of Lawrence proper, or about 7,000 units.
These groups are faced with checking and editing all the forms and checking to see if any questions have been answered falsely.
swered iokingly, Mrs. Wilson said.
But like KU, most campuses will restrict their participation to teach-ins and discussions aimed at calling public attention to the problems of all types of pollution.
One of the problems the groups will face is trying to get answers from returns that were not answered correctly or were an-
Some of the questionnaires were not taken seriously she said. Some forms were sent in from non-existent addresses. One person listed herself as a concubine, which is a mistress or secondary wife of less stature in certain polygamous societies. Another person wrote on his questionnaire, "Free Charles Manson." To some questions occasional answers of "none of your damn business!" were given.
The enumerator trainee is sworn to secrecy and is subject to federal imprisonment if any classified information is released. Trainees are taught to edit the census long and short forms, to check for mistakes and errors, to back-check addresses and names and to call those people with defective forms and try to attain the needed information.
6 KANSAN Apr.14 1970
The Kansan erred in printing the name of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity as Theta Kappa Epsilon in Monday's issue of the paper.
The mistake appeared in a story about the relocation of members of Kappa Sigma fraternity, whose house was severely damaged by fire. Members of Kappa Sigma have relocated to the Tau Kappa Epsilon and the Sigma Nu fraternity houses and apartments.
Kansan makes error; story misnames frat
"Most are doing a beautiful job," said Mrs. Wilson. "About three in a hundred at the most are the ones responsible for the 'messed-up' forms."
Now the enumerators' jobs are to code the data and when the data is complete, send it to Jeffersonville, Ind., where all the information from all over the United States will be run through computers and compiled.
There are more than 100,000 clubs or associations registered in Finland.
The information that will be released first will be population counts. Some of the more vital statistics probably will not be released for almost a year, Mrs. Wilson said.
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