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Feuding Will
Help No One
The unofficial war being waged between Dean of
Men Leslie L. Martin and the downtown newspapers ca result iu nothing hut a host of ill will on
both sides, as well as casting the dean in a slightly
ludicrous light, due to the Unfounded nature of his
charges against the papers.
Martin touched off the controversy slightly over
a week ago when, addressing an Exchange Club
hmcTuon, he was quoted as criticizing the local
papers .for overemphasizing" unfavorable publicity
about a few University students, while overlooking
the many good deeds of the students.
Both the local papers took exception to the dean's
remarks in their editorical columns and understandably so.
To their comments, we would add that we think
for the dean of men to instigate such an attack
without any apparent provocation for him to create the appearance of deliberately picking a fi'iht
With the downtown papers is definitely out of keeping with the character of the office he holds.
Furthermore, we don't believe Martin's allegations are correct. If there is any "overplaying'' of
items concerning students, it would seem to us to
be in the opposite direction that many times one
of the locals has had to stretch a point, journalistically speaking, in order to include some minor
achievement of a student within its columns.
But even if the dean's remarks were true, a little
discretion would have seemed in order. If Martin
thinks the downtown papers are overplaying student wrongdoings, the thing to do is so inform the
editors and attempt to wrorkout nn amiable solution. The thing not to do fs"fambast these papers
thoughtlessly, knowing full well his remarks will
find their way in print, resulting in nothing but
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More Telephones A Larger Paper
HowAbout Lines? - - Is It Favored?

Some time in the near futurethe readers of
In the midst of all the elation over the construct
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the Kernel will be queried' on a proposal which
tion of a new women's dormitory Holmes Hall
necessary
construction of a new men's we think is a very good one, and a very
and the
residence hall, we would inject a sour note in the one.
University.
The question y ou will be askechis "Do you Want
Some few weeks ago, we had occasion to take proceedings and raise an issue we spoke of once
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a student newspaper which is published four times
exception to a comment in one of the local papers, before telephones.
It has become painfully apparent that none of a week, instead of the present weekly paper's1"
the Lexington Herald, in which they decried the
If this idea is carried out, and we hope it will
our suggestions carried in a previous, issue for imlack of "cooperation" on the part of University of195S, it would entail several
ficials in releasing news stories concerning campus proving the present phone system has been carried be by September,
major changes. Birt the only one which would
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happenings.
affect the students directly would be that '$1.00
Since these earlier proposals were obviously unOne of the points stressed in our editorial was
fee to cover the
that we had always received excellent cooperation heeded, we would like to recommend now, before would be added to their tuition
from many officials. One of those officials to whom these new dormitories are completed, that someone cost of the additional publication."
The paper would, of course, not contain as many
take a realistic look at the present situation before,
we referred was Dean Martin.
Kernel does, or at least not
By cooperating with the Kernel, as he has in the installing more phones in these new living quarters. pages as the present
As we said previously, and as the majority of in each issue. But by publishing four times a week,
past, and by cooperating with the downtown
a more adequate news coverage would be insured,
papers, the dean w ill assure himself that he, in turn, students don't need to be told, the University's
telephone lines are already overcrowded, despite and certainly this coverage would be more timely.
will receive the same cooperation, we feel sure.
Needless to say, the University is rapidly proBut this cooperation cannot be forced. It cannot the protests of a few individuals who maintain that
of small, or medium-size- d
be obtained by heedless, unwarranted, thoughtless UK is fortunate in having so many phones available gressing from the status a
institution, and is becoming a large one. We think
for its students.
statements.
To install more phones on the campus without the Kernel should also grow, just as the University
During bis tenure of office at the University of
an expansion of services, both in the area of more will; we'think that, in view of the expected increase
Kentucky, Martin has often been a
enrollment, a
paper each week will
individual. Many times this criticism may have outside lines, and an additional switchboard to in
a situation be almost fx necessity.
aid the operators, would be-.
been unjust, especially in view of the many ocBut we would like to know what the student
whereby confusion would surely reign.
casions on which the dean has aided students, withSo, we would suggest as item number two on response to this proposal is. Don't write us now,-oout receiving any public praise, Several of our UK
call us-j- ust
think about it. In a few weeks,
residents who have been saved from the mercy of the agenda of the campus planner the phone syswe will print a ballot which you will be asked to
the courts by the dean will undoubtedly attest to tem, and the absolute necessity for expansion' in
the Very near future. (Item number one for this fill out and sci.d in, along with your comments.
bis good deeds.
But one thing for sure Martin will continue to planner, you will remember, was relative to the
be the recipient of criticism as long as he issues Pharmacy Building).
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statements of the nature of this one.
In case oue been snickering at those little green
The dean's latest comment on the situation, one
which was forthcoming last Wednesday iiight, was buildings dotting the entrances to the i ampiis stop
that he now "preferred to let the whole thing drop." - laughing, oiks. Those shacks cost a total t lUOO
paid for by your parking lines.
We certainly hope so.
To t lie Iditor:
Many human beings spend their time doing something
Our nomination for the laiest man of the year
lh.it amounts to nothing at all. Yciy few of m have
is the television repairman lor Cooperstown he
thoughts that are
worth thinking. Very few of
University of Kentucky
still doesn't have all the TV sets hooked up lor lis stop to think thai we are really made by the thoughts
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Entered at the Post Office at Lexinjrton, Kentucky, as second cU
channels : and 11. Oh, well, poor people don't tljat we think.
matter undt-- the Art of March 3. 1879.
holidays and exam.
Published weekly during chool except
need teIeision, am way.
Most of ns are content to remember what some other
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Dave Stewart
Spring is about; here it's about time some fearNews Editor
Paul Daniel
a jiiimime aruestor got. It looks like the majority of
Sports Editor less soul stalled a campaign to keep oil the grass.
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In case anybody wondeis why the Kernel hasn't
"reviewed" Stlus this e.tr, it's because we never
progressed bevond the lust page
that literary
'1 he opening line of the fust story, written
jewel.
by Trof. Sheldon Ciebstein. begins, "As everyone
luiows . . ." We figured if everyone knew it, it
must not be worth reading.
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signs would seem to be in ordef for the hole iu
tho Avenue of Champions.

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