Couple takes over as 'housemother'
Students direct scholarship hall
By CHERYL BOWMAN
Kansan staff writer
A graduate student and his wife have taken over the housemother's chores at Stephenson Scholarship Hall.
Rodney Bush, Rochester, N.Y., graduate student in psychology, and his wife, Betty, a senior in business, became the resident directors of Stephenson Scholarship Hall last semester.
Last spring the men of Stephenson Scholarship Hall decided they would rather have a graduate couple as their resident directors than the traditional housemother. This is the first time a men's scholarship hall has tried this arrangement.
Hearing to determine if fair trial possible
FT. BENNING, Ga. (UPI) — Testimony will be heard Monday in an effort to determine if Lt. William L. Calley's right to a fair trial was forfeited, either by "command control" exerted from President Nixon through the military chain of command or by undue pre-trial publicity.
The bantam first lieutenant is charged with the premeditated murder March 16, 1968 of 102 South Vietnamese civilians at the hamlet of My Lai 4. He had been charged with 109 murders, but the prosecution last month dropped two specifications—listing seven slayings—from the charge.
Before adjourning a pre-trial hearing Jan. 20, Lt. Col. Reid W. Kennedy, the military judge, said witnesses would be called in an effort to establish whether Nixon and high-ranking army officials exercised prejudicial command influence in ordering Calley tried.
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Defense attorney George W. Latimer says he can show that Ft. Benning commandant Maj. Gen. Orwin C. Talbott, who signed the articles of court-martial, "knew that the President of the United States had spoken" when he ordered the trial.
Kennedy said members of Ft. Benning's chain of command would be available to testify. If it is decided there might have been "command control." Secretary of State Melvin A. Laird, Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor and Army Chief of Staff William Westmoreland may be called to testify.
Latimer said such control would also influence the military officers who will sit in judgment of Calley.
The defense and prosecution also will argue the "free press-fair trial" motion Monday.
In that motion, the defense contends Calley has been done irreparable harm by pre-trial press coverage, which included photographs and interviews with witnesses to the alleged massacre.
The ultimate responsibility of the hall resides with the resident directors, but the Bushes's main duties are planning the meals and taking care of other necessary daily duties.
The men of Stephenson thought no one person in the hall could handle all of those duties efficiently, so they suggested a graduate couple to perform them, rather than one housemother or a student living in the hall.
"We like this arrangement much better," said Patrick Bowman, Leavenworth sophomore. "The Bushes are there just in case we need them. They don't try to act like our mother away from home."
Mark Haefele, Ulysses sophomore, said one of the most noticeable differences between this year and last year was the duties of the vice-president of the hall. Last year the vice-president was the etiquette chairman. He had the responsibility of seeing that the first eight men that entered the dining room sat at the head table with the housemother. This year there is no etiquette chairman.
“During the first week of school last year,” recalled Bowman, “I was late to dinner one night and I had to ask the housemother for permission and beg her pardon before I could sit down. I was always reprimanded for neglecting to escort her to certain places.”
around. The men here are old enough to know what to do without me telling them." Bush said.
"I'm not a guy to police people
The resident director said he did not attend any of the hall meetings because he thought the men were capable of accepting responsibility for themselves.
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"The first time my wife and I went down to dinner, all of the men stood up," said Bush. "I laughed out loud. We have none of that type of discipline now."
Bush, 24, said he thought the closeness in age between the students and himself presented no problems.
"I'm no disciplinarian," Bush said. "I attend many of the late night bull sessions. I am just a friend to the guys."
Bush said he wanted to clarify the image of scholarship halls.
"Although the hall's grade point average last semester was 2.31, the guys here are not bookworms. They're bright guys, but they still have a lot of fun," he said.
The Bushes were included in the hall's initiation at Lone Star Lake during the first week of school. The purpose of this initiation was for the men to learn to know one another. Each new student was given a wooden S with the names of all the residents of the hall carved on it.
"I think I can do a more effective job than a housemother because I am closer to the residents' ages and I can get along better with them," Bush said.
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