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By GENE C LADES
Kernel Associate Editor

Appearing lcfore a Faculty Club lunchcalled Foci, Dr. Richard
Three University faculty tncmlcrs Butwcll, director of the Patterson School
Wednesday discussed several ways the of Diplomacy, Dr. Douglas Schwartz,
University has missed the lxat on its professor of anthropology, and Dr. Willis
trek toward becoming a major Criffin, coordinator of international educainstitution of higher education.
tion discussed critically the University's
Charges were leveled that the Uni- role in the nation and the world. The
versity has fallen short by not offering hour session was not entirely negative
courses in Asian languages and is slipping but few solutions were offered to counter
farther behind the "major" schools in the many problems suggested by the
teaching the culture of nations like In- speakers.
donesia and China.
Dr. Butwcll, speaking first, said, "At
It was also charged that too much the
University, I regret to say, there is
emphasis is given to football and basket- not a
single course devoted exclusively
ball in relation to minor sports and that
the basketball team has been segregated to China or the Chinese. The student
for far too long. '
who wants to learn the Chinese lan
eon program

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guage must go outside the Commonwealth."
He charged the
Russian
studies program has experienced
in important resects during the
five-year-o-

last

half-decade- ."

"Is it because the Soviet Union is
less important in 1967 than it was in
1962?," he asked.
Dr. Butwell said, "Many universities
with the Agency for International Development, Peace Corps, or other such
projects developed instructional programs
as a result of these relationships."
Northern Illinois University, he said,
is not a "major" school nationally or
even in its own state but has a "much
praised Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Corps-men.-

He said, "Indonesia, is not the major
focus of a single course in our University.
The Indonesian national language is not
taught at UK.
"I'm not saying the University should
offer instruction in all the histories, culture and languages of the diverse peoples
who inhabit this planet," he said. "I'm
saying there is no university in this country which I would consider 'major' which
does not teach the Chinese language and
many other things alxmt China."
Dr. Butwell said China is too important to be ignored by anyone. He said
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Murrell Tells Noon Crowd

der, Murrell said, "I do not think still exists at the University, but
students should dictate grades it has not been caused by the
and curriculum . . . students Administration.
do have the right to suggest in"There is open hostility to
novations," he said, such as no the promotion of discussion of
grades for lower division courses. not even controversial ideas . . .
Murrell said a student seat there is great opposition within
presidential candidate reiterate
his campaign platform and ex- on the Board of Trustees, an- Student Government to the displain why a political organiza- other campaign issue of Cook cussion of any but the most
and Snyder, would possilby be a parochial issues," Murrell said.
tion is concerned with SG.
The candidate, William Mur- source of appeasement for the
Murrell said the reluctance of
Kernel Photo by Steve Rocco
rell, also told the midday crowd student body, and in fact would SG to open itself to discussion
of issues confronting students,
that he would, if elected, "build be no accomplishment.
a student government on this
Warning that a single stu- and the avoidance of issues in The combination of warm, sunny weather, the fragrance of early
campus. I do not think that we dent on the Board of Trustees AWS campaigns is "only part of Spring flowers and a pretty sophomore named Linda Walters render
have a student government now in could not represent the "ur- the greater syndrome that afflicts
a pleasant reminder that those "crazy, lazy, hazy days of Summer"
gency of student opinion," Mur- the entire campus, the syndrome
actuality . . . ," he charged.
and the end of term papers are but a few weeks away.
Murrell, who has been en- rell said the student board mem- that is responsible for the perdorsed and at least partially spon- ber could be hypothetically told petuation of our crisis in free
sored by Students for a Demo"you lost the issue, but you had speech.
"That (syndrome) is the avercratic Society, told the crowd that a vote."
"One vote in 15 is ineffec- sion of people on this campus
SDS is committed to democracy . . . "people should have tive," Murrell said. "Student and in our community students,
control of the decisions which Government needs to represent faculty, and administration to
affect them and the money which the collective voice of the stuengage in creative discussion of
By JOHN ZEH
fundamental issues."
dent body."
finances them."
Kernel Associate Editor
MurreU's campaign platform
Murrell also criticized SnyAs a remedy, Murrell proposed
State Sen. J. D. "Jiggs" Buckman wants to be governor of
was drafted as an organizational der's proposal to "improve The to develop a new rationale for Kentucky to fulfill a "very personal ambition,'' improving ed
policy of the UK chapter of SDS. Kernel." Murrell said Snyder's Student Government. "What we ucation.
makers," have no chance to run
Other speakers in the
plan called for stronger manage- propose is not so much a series
He also is running in the for
governor or other posts. "And
program, one of the Student ment of The Kernel by the Board of programmatics: these will May Democratic primary to bewe need young people."
of Student Publications, which evolve of themselves once the
Center Board Forum Committee's
gin "breaking up the control
He has tried to make a special
Sound Off series, were Martin "would interfere with the rights rationale is provided.
appeal to youth, organizing high
Wheeler, MurreU's running mate, of the press."
school and college clubs for sup"What we need to ask is 'what
David Holwerk, another presiPrimary Profiles
Instead, Murrell suggested the is the
purpose of Student Govport. He has not been too succesBoard help other publications on
dential candidate, and two candiernment?' Until this question is one
sful in getting organized on the
has had in state govfor SG assembly seats, campus, thus assuring a competidates
group
answered, Student Government ernment."
University campus.
Frank Geminden and Linda Man- tive press.
at best can provide a series of
Sen. Buckman said today he
he believes,
In his opening address, MurYoung people,
ning.
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"unless members of the king
Murrell and Wheeler criticized rell said a crisis in free speech
campaign issues offered by presidential candidates Steve Cook
and Sheryl Snyder.
Of an academic review board,
endorsed by both Cook and Sny- Somewhere near the heart of the unrest
"faculty members should not use such meetBy DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND
lies an action taken last fall by Dr. Kamm.
New York Time Newt Service
ings to air their grievances."
At that time, he asked that an invitation to
Dr. Gerald Leslie, head of the sociology
STILLWATER, Okla., -- Oklahoma State
Cook, Vallelxmn
kind of school where the appear at the university's Religious Emphadepartment, warned that faculty resignaUniversity is the
Kmlorscil y SPKK
sis Week, which was held last month, be
tions "on a substantial scale" might result
girls are the ones with the long hair. Stetwithdrawn from Dr. Thomas J. J. Altizer,
from Dr. Kanun's attitude.
sons and boots are common; beards are not.
Brint Milward, a spokesman
During the meeting at which Dr. Larson
But the words of protest have found their the "Death of God" theologian from Emory
for Equal
for the Student Party
announced his resignation, nearly 2,000 stuUniversity in Atlanta.
announced today way to the Red Earth Country.
Representation,
dents and far lty membra gathered peaceThe action seemed inconsistent to some
that the party had voted unaniA vocal minority among the 16,000 stufully in front it the library.
to endorse the candidacy
students and faculty members who had heard
has difmously
dents and 700 faculty members
The following da'', Gov. Dewey
inand fered
of Steve Cook for president
president declare in his
sharply with the policies and methods the
a Republican, leaped to Dr. Kamm's
address last October:
Rafael Vallebona for vice presiB.
augural
of the university's president, Robert
defense.
dent of Student Government.
Kamm.
"I hope that freedom may flourish on
"I think some may le confusing freedom
Milward said the vote was
Demonstrations have been held. More this campus."
with license and I support Dr. Kamm and
taken "after long and careful conThe controversy might have simmered
are planned. A student bill of rights is to
believe he is handling the situation propersideration of all the candidates be submitted to a referendum.
down if the acting director of the Student
ly," the governor declared. Meanwhile, a
and their platforms." He stated
Union had not refused to let the OklaDr. Richard Iirson, 35 years old, the
joint resolution backing Dr. Kamm is Ining
that the
platform chairman of the
homa Civil liberties Union meet in the
graduate committee in soprepared in the legislature.
contains many of the same ideas
"to protect my building.
Startled by the furor over the recent
new party advocates. ciology, resigned recently
which the
Some other faculty inemlxrs are
About 400 students and faculty members
meetings, one student critic of Dr. Kamm
He said the provisions in rights."
follow.
said: "all we really want is a peaceful
met to protest the action. A student-facultCook's platform winch favor an threatening to
Dr. Kamm had accused Dr. Larson of association was formed to fight for "acaBerkeley."
ombudsman, and a "fair and unAnother added: "I would say that's apt,
demic freedom" and less paternalism toward
biased representation system" "inciting to riot," according to participants
but any time you mention Berkeley around
students.
would do much to get Student in a meeting of department heads called alter
a recent student-facultDr. Kaiuiu responded by declaring that
here, ixople run and hide."
protest meeting.
Government moving again.

By TERENCE HUNT
Kernel Managing Editor
A quiet noon crowd of about
100 students spread out across
the Student Center patio Wednesday heard a Student Government

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unrelated and probably superfluous programs."
Also charging SG with addressing itself to parochial issues, running mate Wheeler said "we only
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platform of kissing babies and
inspecting toilet seats, said the
charge stemmed from the AWS
sponsored "Penny a Minute
coeds can stay
and SG, more effective use of Night," whereby
out up to an hour past curfew
the Student Center, opening of for a
penny a minute.
cafecooperative bookstores,
Holwerk said the prostitution
terias, and housing units, a rent comes from coeds' dates paying
reform, and representation by
a penny a minute for the pleasprepresentatives.
ure of their company.
Another presidential candi"I had thought of eliminatdate, Caped Crusader Holwerk, ing this," Holwerk said, "but
ilcharged AWS as "running on
licit e money . . . and . . . promulgating prostitution."
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many high schools are teaching
courses in Chinese and this
placed them far ahead of the
University, which has none.
"I could speak in some detail
of circumstances of the Patterson
School of Diplomacy, which is in
need of encouragement," he sakl.
"I could call your attention to
the fact that nowhere in this
University is there today any
systematic attempt to enlighten
our undergraduates and graduate
students respecting the general
phenomenon we know as war."
He said he was "only calling
for some formal
systemic treatment of the subject."
Dr. But well questioned, "why
Fulbright Felduring the 1966-6lowship Competition was Kentucky one of a handful of states
to receive no Fulbright awards
at all under the state quota system?"
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refuse to believe it is

be-

cause the best Kentucky students
are all that inferior," he said.
Dr. Butwell said, "I am not
saying that there has not been
progress in the development of
international studies and international dimension at the University in recent years. What I
am saying is that there has not
been enough of it and that we
are falling behind in tins respect
both in comparison with our
'superiors' and our alleged
'inferiors' in the community of
universities and colleges in this
country.
"Most faculty members would
like to think of this institution as
generally ranking higher in the
hierachy of universities than, say,
Southern Illinois University,
Western
Michigan, or South
Carolina, have done many and
much more imaginative things in
the international field than we
have done here."
Dr. Butwell told the group,
"I realize many of my judgements are unpalatable to some
of you they certainly are to me.
I do not think we need new
programs to meet these needs.
We need to act with some speed.
And we need to employ a flexible approach to our problems.
"The faculty must play its
part," he said. "But the faculty
cannot carry the ball alone. Quite
frankly, there are probably too
few faculty who feel strongly on
this subject. This means that
there must be support from the
administrative leadership of the
University."
Dr. Griffin responding to Dr.
Butwell's comments concerning
the widening gap between UK
and the "major" schools in the
field of international education,
said, "I maintain the distance
between what the larger and
better Universities are doing in
international education and what
they ought to be doing is getting
larger also. It seems the international challenge to education
is growing much faster than what
institutions are doing to keep up
with it."
He added, "it seems to me that
most area study programs in inhave
education
ternational
catered only to a small number
of students and are not yet touching the general education forpurall
poses which are important
our leaders of society, all of our
teachers and people who may
not be specialists in area studies
or foreign languages."

and the training of students to
live in this kind of a world."

"We hope to begin working
on a plan before long," he said.
"A faculty advisory committee
has been formed to consider a

plan."
Dr. Schwartz oriented his remarks toward the University's
image in the nation, saying the

University ought to lead rather
than follow.
"It seems to me that the University has a responsibility in
educational structure to be a
leader," he said. "We know we
are doing less than an adequate
job in education but so is everybody else."
Dr. Schwartz said the University knows too little about
its product. "We have far too
little quality control in this institution," he said.

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vice president, in response to Dr.

Schwartz' comments said, "We
say the University. That is just
too big an 'it' to assign the responsibility to recruit Negroes.
If 'it' has a social responsibility
each of us shares it personally.
We can work at it, we don't
even have to be a department
chairman."
Dr. Albright asked Dr. Schwartz if the anthropology department has been out recruiting
Negroes. Dr. Schwartz said no
and maintained that the athletics
department is given money for
his and athletes are more in
the public eye.
W. Garrett Flickinger, associate professor of law, the Law
School has started a recruiting
program, but has had to finance

He said the University has
"very little feedback" as a result
of evaluation from graduate students after they have gotten their
degree.
"President Oswald," Dr. Schwartz said, "has facilitated a productive revolution in our academic organization but we
haven't gone nearly far enough.
We've slipped backwards in some
important areas. We have to push
for curricular changes. This push
must not only come from the
administration. It has to come
from the faculty."
He said in educational structure is where the University's
"main contribution to the national academic world can take
place. We are not making our
contribution in this area."
He cited as an example the
new
complex,
being built in Center Campus.
"This classroom tower is
sterile of new ideas. It has offices. It has classrooms. They
are nice, but where are the innovative ideas, he said. "We are
going to spend millions of dollars
to fix the relationship between
faculty and students in offices
and classrooms. Where are the
new ideas that reflect the educational leaders? They are not
there."
Dr. Schwartz then turned his
comments to athletics.
He said more emphasis should
be placed on minor sports such
as volley ball, golf, and tennis.
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"For too long our sports program has been dominated by
football and basketball," Dr.
Schwartz said. "It's time we
said athletics is really part of
the educational institution. Let's
make it a part by supporting
these minor sports, things more
students can participate in. Without broadened minor sports programs, athletics has a hard time
justifying itself as a major part
of an academic institution."

Dr. Schwartz then charged
"it is a disgrace" that the University basketball team has recruited no Negro players.
"We have had lots of talk for
lots of years," he said. "But
nothing has ever really happened.
This year we are told again, 'yes
we are recruiting.' Well I'll have
to see the results before I'll believe it. I've been hearing this
for five years. Nothing has happened."
He said he firmly believed the
administration wants integrated
Dr. Criffin said education athletic teams, but has seen no
coaches and
should be redirected to cover desire among
the broad sense rather than the players.
Western approach.
"If we expect to present an
"I think all the things Dr. image of leadership we have
Butwell has said are all pieces failed miserably in this one
of a plan, even if implemented area of social concern in our
would not necessarily add up to society Dr. Schwartz said. We
what this University wants todo can't possibly have a positive
in terms of rounding out its total image in this country under these
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Dorm Counselors' Value
Once again the University has
been caught in its own web of
contradictions in the area of student freedom. While the Administration may contend that the in
loco parentis doctrine is on the way
out, it obviously still exists and
seems to be growing stronger each
year in the men's residence halls
system.
Entering freshmen are told when
they first join the University community they are considered to be
"mature adults" capable of making their own decisions in respect
to college life. Yet, these same "mature adults" are required to spend
their first year in a residence hall,
supposedly to help them adjust to
a strange environment.
This alone is a serious contradiction to the "mature adults"
theory. The Administration is putting itself squarely in place of the
students' parents by telling them
what is in their best interest. We
believe that if these freshmen are
actually considered "mature adults" by the Administration and
this seems to be questionable
they should be allowed the choice
of their own residence.
The
adjustment reasoning,
which indicates these students are
not mature after all, doesn't seem
to be the foremost factor in the
mandatory residence. The underlying fact seems to be the University's need for the housing revenue
to finance dormitory construction.
This is evident in a new proposal
to require all underclassmen sophomores as well as freshmen to live
in the dorms.
Sophomores have already had
their year of "adjustment," and
therefore to apply the residence
requirement to them is absurd. We
will submit that the University
must use the housing revenue to
finance construction, but when the
dorms cannot be filled except by
a requirement, then something is
definitely wrong.
should
Administration
The
make a serious effort to make life
in the residence halls attractive
enough that students will want to
live there.
Before this can be done, the
quality of the residence halls staff
must be improved. If the University sincerely wants to make the
dormitory life attractive, one of the
first steps is to provide adequate
advising on the part of the staff.
The present system (a corridor adviser on each floor) has not, in many
instances, proven successful in
helping freshmen solve any adjustment problems they may have.
This deficiency usually results
from a corridor adviser who sees
his role as a disciplinarian. He
must gain the respect of students
on his floor before they will ask
him for advice, but distributing
s
does not accom
major
call-down-

plish this. In many cases, it does
just the opposite. We believe for
this reason that major
should be abolished. They often result in punishment which is not
consistent and does not give the
student the opportunity of appealing his case to erase the
blemish from his record.
(Last semester, according to one
source in a residence hall, several
students were placed on undated
n
suspension after getting a
for a penny-ant- e
poker game.
Later, a student on the same floor
was found drinking in his room,
but was not given a
The Office of Men's Residence
Hall has obviously yet to contrive
a system to successfully take other
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students, usually with little experience in advising and counseling,
and train them to work with the
problems freshmen have.
The present system for selecting the staff sometimes hires advisers who fail to work out, but
this is a risk any such system
must accept. We suggest cutting
down the percentage of risk involved, and eliminating as quickly
as possible the "bad apples" that
escape the screening of the selection and training programs. Both of
these can be done rather easily.
The possibility of bad advisers
can be reduced with a minor change
in the system. Presently, the staff
consists of three levels the corridor adviser, the resident adviser
and the head resident. The resident
advisers are necessary liaisons for

communication between the corridor adviser and head residents,
but to have 11 of them is ridiculous. We propose, as one corridor
adviser did, a system of two resident advisers to assist each of the
three head residents. Those who
remain as corridor advisers should
receive higher pay for seniority than
first-yecounselors. Such a system would thus eliminate five
"gambles" on new staff members.
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"Fair Is Fair

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You Recall Some More Safety Standards"

Letters To The Editor;

Snyder, Threlkeld, Hohverk Praised
To the Editor of the Kernel:
As Independents and Student
Government Representatives, we
know that better representation
is a vital issue in the current Student Government campaign.

Snyder and Kendall
Threlkeld are the candidates who
have acted, rather than talked, on
this issue.
Sheryl has authored two representation plans this year. The first,
introduced in September, tripled
the representation from men's residence halls and would have doubled the representation from women's residence halls and town students had the latter two portions
not been deleted by the Assembly.
His more recent proposal will provide a structural reorganization of
Student Government giving more
votes to housing councils.
Kendall has served on committees in Student Government and
in President Oswald's Council of
Students actively seeking better
Sheryl

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We Recall Some 3Iore Cars,

Evaluation should put more
stress on the student's view, and
no "second chances" given at the
risk of the resident students. It
g
is our firm belief that the
of the students would be
better accomplished by starting representation.
This is a record of action which
with a new adviser rather than
deserves support.
retaining old ones who have proven
Sammy Suss man
unsuccessful.
President, Coopers
In conclusion, we think the UniSusan Hagaman
should not require any of
WRH Council Representative
versity
its students to live in the dormiPhil Patton
tories. If such a policy is adopted,
Chuck Marksberry
it will be necessary to make livA & S Juniors
in the residence halls more
ing
Prefers kltraml X'
attractive in order for the UniDavid (Brand X) Holwerk's anversity's housing program to be
Essential in help- nouncement for the candidacy for
ing create this type of atmosphere the Student Government President
in the dormitories is a quality ad- must be greeted with more than a
snicker. Mr. Holwerk added somevising system exclusive of
thing that lias been sorely missal
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on this campus for many years,
a sense of where this campus'
campaigns are headed. His platform seems to set no definite goals
that he would desire to enact as
president. Perhaps he has hit at
the heart of the matter.
With respect to politics and
government there are two extremesdemocracy and autocracy.
Here at the University we have the
golden mean the republic. We
elect men to stand for us, speak
for us, and vote for us as representatives in Student Government.
But all of us are responsible for
the conduct and speech of those
to whom we have delegated this
authority. We must ourselves be
responsible to' debate and discuss
the most delicate and divisive principles of internal economy and campus relationships in a constructive
way.
Student Government on this
campus should be more than a mere
legislative body; it should be a part
of the educational program of the
college. It should encourage
activity, and a maximum
self-direct-

opportunity for
growth in individual social
self-realizati-

ed

and
com-petan-

cy

and group effectiveness.