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LEXINGTON,

KY., TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1901

Eight Paget

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SAE Sets New Record

In Second Derby Win

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity won tlie Little Kentucky
Derby bicycle race for the
second consecutive year Saturday. Their time of 11:02.5
minutes set a new track record,
33.9 seconds less than last

LKl) (Juevn Her Court

Miss Linda Wooriall,

freshman from Paclurah, was Judged quern
of the little Kentucky Derby Friday night. Reigning with her
were, bottom left. Miss Betty Patrick, barrodsburg; Miss Ann
Bell, Iouisville; rear. Miss Mary Ware, r'outh Ft. Mitrhell; and
Miss Ann Goar, Knoxville, lenn.

year's.

Sororities Favor
2 New Colonies
UK's 10 sororities have voted to allow l'i lkta Fhi and
Delta Camma sororities to organize colonies lu re next fall.
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Faculty approval of the
and asked that any rrport in the
Mill mast be secured before
Kernel be withheld until the pro- the two groups can come on cam- posal was presented to a Faccolonl-ratio-

pus.
The cclonie

ulty rommittee Thursday for final
have already been derision.
the Panhellenlc
One sorority source said all but
approved
Council.
one sorority voted to allow the
Dean of Women Doris M. new groups on campus.
Seward and her assistant. Miss
Faculty approval would come
Pat Patterson, refused to comment after the sororities had authorized
on the voting outcome the colonization of the two groups.
yrnterday
by

SU Board Elects

Stewart President

The 1961-6Student Union Hoard has elected Dave
art president and Bill Crain vice president.
Stewart, a graduate student from
Louisville, was vice president of
this year's board and Region four
of the Association o f College
Unions. He is a member of Oml-cro- n
Dtlta Kappa, Lamp and
Cross, and Sigma Delta Chi honorary fraternities.
Crain, a junior premed major
from Flemingsburg, was the
board's SI B Topics chairman and
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a member of Omlcron Delta
Kappa honorary fratrrnity.
Other olficers are Brenda Booke,
Arts and Sciences sophomore from
Miami, Fla., secretary; and Jack
Ewlng, Agriculture junior from
Greensbuig, treasurer.
The new olficers will be installed
at a banquet Thursday night in
the Stuck nt Union Building.

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The bicycle race was the feature
of what some call "the nation's
biggest college weekend."
The LKD weekend's activities
included a coed tricycle race, costume and queen contests Friday
night. The big race and Judging of
the pit stops, climaxed by the
Browne
George Shearing-Ted- d
concert, were Saturday.
Reigning over the events was
Linda Woodall, freshman sponsored by Keeneland East and
Her
Alpha fraternity.
Kappa
court included Betty
Patrick,
Keeneland 4W and Kitten Lodge;
Phi
Ann Bell, Boyd
Epsilon; Carolyn Goar, Jewell
and Mary Ware, Patterson
Chi.
Hall
3
won
the Debutante
Boyd
Stakes Friday night with Ann
Miami, Fla.; Anne TuckMack,
er, Lexington:
Shirley
Revis,
Louisville; and Martha
Cane Valley, riding the tricycle.
"Dice and Vice" was the theme
of Kappa Kappa Gamma and

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Dillard House and Haggin
was third.
There was a tie for second place
in the pit stop decoration contest.
Weldon House and Haggin B with
"Native Dancer" shared second
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and
place honors with the
Phi Kappa Tau's "Pony Express."
The first annual turtle derby
was won by tne chl Omega so- roritys Lightening, who finished
ahead of the Alpha Gamma Rho's
Speedy Gonzalez.
There has been no accurate tabulation of the profits earned by
the weekend's activities, but Dick
Lowe, LKD Steering Committee
chairman, estimated $8,000 was
grossed.
He said the decreased size of
the Steering Committee made
things a lot less confused and
helped them to function better.
Lowe said:
"This was an outstanding Steering Committee, interested in the
project. Everybody did their Jobs."

Of WBKY For Fall Term

Grades
Ready Soon

Dick Lowe, junior radio arts major, was named WBKY
Station Manager for the 1961 fall semester at the eighth annual
radio banquet of the Department of Radio, Television, and
l ilms last night.
Ten awaids were presented to
Lowe, from Northboro, Mass., WBKY staff members for their

Maybe---- -

David M. Sheets, director of Machine Statistics, said yesterday the
forms lor printing the mid-tergrade reports should be expressed
here by today.
The Lexington Sales Book Company "promised to get them here
by Tuesday."
But he spoke with an air of
pessimism after repeated promises
that the materials would arrive
earlier.
Midterm grades will be processed one hour after the materials are received by Sheets. Last
woek he estimated it would take
tvo houis to process the fotms.
Sheets said, "Just un error. We
have to order the tonus uhead
ol time."

Kappa Sigma, winners in the costume parade.
Holmes 2 and Bradley Hall
won the pit stop or tent decoration
contest Saturday afternoon during the race. Their theme was
"Best Oasis."
Second to SAE in the bicycle
race was the Bradley's Best team.
nine seconds behind the winners.
Phi Delta Theta was third.
Riding for SAE were Dave Clin-es- s,
Huntington, W. Va.; Bucky
Teeter, Guthrie; Bill Smith,
Jim May, Ft. Wright; and
Jim Congleton, Lexington.
Boyd 3 led Jewell 3, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha XI Delta. Delta
Zeta, and Jewell 4 to win the tricycle race and set a new track
record of 1:30.45 minutes.
In the costume parade Delta
Delta Delta and Phi Kappa Tau
were second with "Before and
After." The "Sheik of Araby and
His Scary Harem," sponsored by

Diclc Lowe Named Manager

T--Z

Students with names beginning with "T" through "Z" may
get their midterm grades
sometime this week three
weeks before final examinations.

He Made It
Dave C'liness rides the Sigma Alpha Epsilon bicycle over the
finish line as the fraternity wins the LKD bike race for the second
consecutive year.

Congratulations
of
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Turtle Derby, is shown at the
the first I
Untuning, winner
left with the I'M Omega turtle trainer. Miss Lynn Sower from
Frankfort. At the right, Miss Sue Kay Miller congratulates Miss
Ann McDonough who has just won the Debutante Stakes
for Boyd 3.

has served as a staff announcer,
memoer oi tne sports stair, and
assistant program dir e c t o r at
WBKY. He will succeed Wayne
Gregory, senior from Richmond.
A freshman
radio arts major
was appointed station manager for
the 1961 summer term.

Phi Beta Kappa To Initiate 11
Alpha Chapter of l'hi lkta Kappa will
initiate 11 students today at 5 p.m. in the
Student Union Music Room. The principal
speaker will be Transylvania College l'resi-deDr. Irvin E. Lunger.

Students to be initiated have made academic
standings of 3.5 or better for seven semesters.
Initiates selected this spring include William
David Arnett, physics; Sue Ellen Ball, political
science; Nancy Bid well, English; Emajo
Journalism.
Martha D. Fiusier, physics; Patrick J. Furious,
hbtory; Bruce H. Majhew, sociology; Nancy
Wacker Pig. Spanish; Jeruld II. Richards, philoso- -

phy; James William Tolliver, chemistry; and Margaret Combs Watson, English.
Marilyn Ann Meredith and Glynda Sue Stephens, each with a 4.0 academic standing, will
the Freshman Book Award. Selected on the
basis of scholarship, the two students will receive
$25.00 to be used toward the purchase of books.
Three Juniors and two sophomores from the
College of Arts and Sciences will be recognized
for their outstanding scholarship at the banquet
following the initiation.
They are Charles Richard Eckel and Morell E.
standMullins, boih sophomores with a 3.9 over-a- ll
ing; Steadman Thomas B.igby Jr., Michael Neville
Morgan, and Gertrude Cuiriiuu Weijb, juniors
with a 3.9 over-a- ll
standing.

outstanding contributions to the
station. All are radio arts majors
except Hume McClure, electrical
engineering major from London.
The other recipients are: Shirley Boyd, Ashland; Charles Sprad-li- n,
Prestonsburg; James Allison,
Lexington; Dick Lowe, Northboro,
Mass.; Kathy Roper, Jasper, Ga.;
Henry Woford, Danville; Tex Fitzgerald, Lexington; Robert Branson,
Louisville; and Elizabeth Ann Fox,
Harlan.
Students selected to attend the
Internship program at WHAS-Tthis summer were also named at
the banquet. This program, arranged by the University and
WHAS-Twill enable the students to receive six weeks of training in all aspects of television work.
Those selected are Henry Woford. Robert Branson. Mollie My-lfrom Warsaw, and David
Blakeman, a former WBKY station manager from Frankfort.
Strart Hallock, acting head oi
the department, waj master ot
ceremonies for the banquet.

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THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Tuesday,

May 2,

11

Five Roads To Death

American Testifies
In Eicliinaiin Trial

witness from Ft. Lee,
JERUSALEM, May 1 (AP)-- A
N. J., Dr. Leon Weliczker Wells, testified today in the trial
roads
of Adolf Eichmann that there were five main-travele- d
to death for the Jews in the Polish camp where he was held.
Prisoners had their skulls SchetTer said he broke down
crushed, died from freezing, when a witness described a Nazi
and disease, and deportation train on which mem-we- re
trangulation
killed by guards In "shoot- - bers 0f Schef fer's own family were
;n competitions," he said.
taken away. He told reporters that
Wells was born In Poland and only four of his family of 62,
there when the Nazis at- - eluding relatives, survived,
"I only wanted to hit him
(ncked Russia in 1941. He was 16
:it the time. He arrived in Jeru- - (Eichmann) once." Scheffer told
to testify.
police. "Why don't they kill him?
ralrm last night
Wells was the fifth witness to What are they doing?"
come before the court today and
Earlier, two telegrams signed by
in Eichmann ordering the execution
describe Gestapo atrocities
Poland.
of specific groups of Jews were
The lurid cruelties they related put In evidence in an effort to
caused a spectator in the gallery. link him directly with wartime
Zvi Scheffer, 46, to go into hys- - exterminations. Eichmann's attor-ieric- s.
Scheffer suddenly Jumped ney. Dr. Robert Servatius, prompt-t- o
his feet, began shaking his fist ly disputed the messages,
at Eichmann in the prisoner's box.
and yelled:
"Where Is my family? Kill. Kill."
ID Photographs
Four policemen grabbed Scheffer
stuPhotographs for 1961-6- 2
and hustled him out of the courtdent identification cards will be
room. Proceedings were momen5 p.m.,
taken from 9 a.m. to
tarily interrupted. Virtually everytoday through Friday, In the
one In the crowded room stood up east corridor of the Student
to look and the president of the Union Building. All students exCourt Justice cept graduating seniors are recourt,
Supreme
:vioshe Landau, called repeatedly
quired to have pictures made.
ior order.

wtory Again

Dr. Straus Heads

Research Group

Dr. Robert Straus, chairman of
of Behavioral
the Department
Science, has been elected chairman
of the Cooperative Commission on
the Study of Alcoholism.
The commission is comprised of
25 representatives of the major professional and scientific areas concerned with alcoholism. It was
created in January, 1950, to administer a million-dollgrant
from the National Institute of
Mental Health.
In September, the commission
will begin a
program of
The Central Kentucky Lecture and Concert Series will reviewing current knowledge of aland
coholism and formulating
present the Concertgcbouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Thursday, testing new hypotheses of the
causes, prevention, and treatment
May 4, in Memorial Coliseum.
The orchestra, directed by Ber- - York Times, attained its reputa-nar- d of the disease.
con- - tion under the leadership of Wil-ce- rt
Dr. Straus has written many
Haitink, presented a
articles about alcoholism and is
in Lexington in 1954 when lem Mengelberg.
Mengelberg served as conductor coauthor of "Drinking in College."
they toured North America for
the first time. During the tour 45 of the New York Philharmonic He is associate editor of the Quarfrom
concerts were given.
terly Journal of Studies on Alcohol.
This musical organization, whose
.performances have been described
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"Blithe Spirit," a comedy by
Coward, will open tonight in
3uignol Theatre. It will run Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
The play, directed by Wallace
3riggs, was called one of the funniest plays of the 1940's by New
York critics.
TW cast includes Charles Dick-n- s,
Mary- Warner Ford, Linda
Brown Rue, Don Galloway, Penny
Mason, Peggy Kelly, and Carolyn
stroud.
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senior
candidates for 1961-6- 2
class officers. A general class
is scheduled May 10.
election
Chuck Touhey of Medina, N.Y.,
is back at shortstop for the University of Mississippi nine. He led
Ole Miss in hitting last year with
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Social Activities
Elections
ETA BETA TAU
Zeta Beta Tau recently elected
Myron Pass president for the
coming year.
Others elected were Dennis
Mori, vice president; Jed Abinms,
secretary; Allen Siskind, treasurer;
and Harold Pass, historian.

Till DELTA TIIETA
David Graham, Bellevue, was
elected president of Phi Delta
Theta.
Others elected were Raleigh
Lane, vice president; John Pro-vin- e,
secretary; Tommy Devins,
Prent Smith, alumni
treasurer;
secretary; O. K. Hackley, pledge
trainer; and Jack Davis, warden.
THETA SIG OFFICERS
Theta Sigma Phi, women's
Journalism honorary, recently
elected Beverly Cardwell, Junior
from Morgantown, president for
the coming year. Kathy Lewis,
Junior from Louisville, was chosen

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Meetings
Dvan Ami Doivo Join In

Even Dr. Doris M. Seward, dean of women, turned out for the
Turtle Derby which was held Saturday in front of the Student
I'nion. Dean Seward's turtle, Dnwo, was carried to the rare in a
bo. I'nfortunately, Dowo was one of the many who preferred to
remain in his shell rather than brave the competition of the turf.

Sweethearts
Bettye Sue Maratty was
selected as the sweetheart of
Alpha Oamma Rho fraternity.
Miss Maratty,
Junior Arts and
Sciences major from Taylorsvllle
and a member of Kappa Delta,
was crowned sweetheart at the
fraternity's annual Pink Rose
formal.
Eleanor Burkhard, a Junior foreign languages major from Liberty, was recently selected as
sweetheart of Farm House fraternity.

Engagements

fRESHMAN Y
The Freshman Y will meet at
6:30 p.m. in the Social Room In
the SUB.
The group will evaluate the past
programs of the Y and discuss the
possibility of organizing a Sophomore Y next semester.
HOME EC CLUB

The Home Economics Club will
Jane Goff, Junior Arts and Set- - meet at 6:30 tonight in the Home
ences major from Winchester and Economics Building. Dr. James
memoer oi Kappa nappa uam- - Gladden will speak on "Religion
ma. to Willie Hodgkins, a member and Mixed Marriages." There will
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First place in the costume parade at the LKD Debutante Stake
Friday night goes to the entry of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
and Kappa Sigma fraternity. From left, Emily Maxwell, Bob Starker! ; Julie Meers, Nick Hull.

Spring Brings Host Of

Pin-Mat- er

Pat Mollison, sophomore physl- cal education major from Niagara
Falls, Canada and a member of
Alpha Gamma Delta, to Michael
Lowry, senior electrical engineer- lng major from Bethesda, Md.,
and a member of Sigma Nu.
Ann Piper, Junior history major
from Russellville and a member
of Alpha Gamma Delta, to Ben
Pember, Junior engineering major
from Mayfleld and a member of
Pi Kappa Alpha.
Judy Moberly, sophomore in Arts
and Sciences from Frankfort and
a member of Alpha Gamma Delta,
to Connie Rice, a member of
Kappa Alpha at Georgetown Col- -

neth Howe, sophomore prelaw
major and a member of Kappa
Sigma.
Ann Bell, freshman commerce
major from Louisville and a mein- ber of Kappa Kappa Gamma, to
Julian Murphy, Junior commerro
major from Louisviile and a mem- ber of Phi Delta Theta.
Lucy Manley, Junior history ma- Jor from Lexington and a mem- ber of Kappa Kappa Gamma, to
Park Gilmore, a member of PH
Delta Theta at Washington and
Lee University.
Lane Hill, sophomore political
science major from Harlan and n
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma,
to Tommy Gentry, former UK stu- lege.
Judi Sparks, sophomore sociology dent and a member of Delta Tau
major at Transylvania, to Ken- - Delta.

Radio Arts Major
Receives Award
Emajo Cocanougher, a radio
arts major from Lebanon, received
the Theta Sigma Phi outstanding
woman in Journalism award
at Stars in the Night.
She received a $25 U.S. savings
bond and her name will be inscribed on a plaque presented to the
School of Journalism by the Lexington alumnae of Theta Sigma
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Dr. Thomas Clark, head of the
Department of History, will be the
principal speaker at the state
meeting of the Ohio division of
Phi Alpha Theta, national history
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honorary fraternity.
The convention will be held at
the University of Dayton May 6.
Dr. Clark is presently lecturing at
the University of Wisconsin.
Heart and blood vessel diseases
account for the loss of nearly 70
million work days yearly in the U.S.

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TUESDAY

Warren Wheat, News Editor

NEWS STAFF

Scottie IIelt,

Kathy Lewis, Associate
Sports

College Athletics

Professionalism On Campus
All our life we have been told

It is from this attitude of professionalism, perhaps, that such scandals
character. Everywhere we turn we as the basketball point shaving instances spring up. An athlete in the
see the athlete held up as an example to be emulated for he is the employ of a university athletic asleader of men.
sociation has little more compunction
Yet we. never have to look very to turn down a better offer from a
far to find refutations of these glow- - gambler than a plumber has to turn
ing words. Ten years ago, there was down a higher-pricejob.
the University's "fabulous five" and
It is this attitude that must
the startling revelation that members , be stamped out if college athletics
of jhe nation's best basketball team1 are ever to.be returned to the proper
had been guilty of accepting bribes to -- perspective and such events so detrishave points so that New York mental to the ideals of higher educagamblers could fatten themselves on tion prevented. Many in the sports
bets made on games that should have world relize the problem, but we
doubt if all those closely affiliated
been won by greater margins.
with athletic conferences and their
This year several college basketball players, including the captain of members do.
After stating that there is more
the Southeastern Conference champions, have been involved in the honesty in athletics than he could remember in 20 years, newly selected
same thing point shaving.
Big 10 Commissioner William R.
Perhaps the heart of the problem
Reed said last week, "Intercollegiate
lies in the fact that athletics are overemphasized in America's colleges and sports exist within the framework of
universities. College athletics have educational institutions and therefore justify themselves in my eyes
moved far from their original
fitness and recreation and
only so long as they support the inhave been replaced with a form of tegrity, dignity, and purposes of
professionalism differing from that higher education."
of the professional sports only in deReed stated the very reason why
the University of Chicago, while
gree. There is certainly no difference
in motivation.
striving for educational recognition
and high professional dignity, chose
College athletics have been tainted
with the ideals or lack of ideals
to resist the tide of professional colof professionalism. The cardinal sin lege athletics and do away with its
of college athletics is losing, and intercollegiate sports program.
He also pointed out very clearly
programs
recruiting
and
athletic associations why college athletics may be forced
have sprung up to avert the stigma out of existence. There are many who
of defeat.
would prefer to see athletic profesIt has become the practice in col- sionalism removed from the campus
lege athletics to do anything to build and relegated to the citys' athletic
winning teams while avoiding the arenas where it belongs.
If sports are not cleaned up, that
only stigma comparable to losing-gett- ing
is just where they will end up.
caught.

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THE READERS' FORUM
Military Ball Debt
To The Editor:
While I can appreciate the concern of members of your staff about
the debt owed to the Student Congress by the three honorary student
societies, your article on page 8 of
the Kentucky Kernel for Thursday,
April 27, 1961, contains several errors
of fact.
First, the debt is not, and never
;has been, $2,200 as you state. In
'February of 1959, a loan of $1,500
was made to the Army and Air Force
ROTC units to finance a Military Ball.
On June 23, 1959, a payment of
$66(do was made to the Student
Congress account, leaving a balance
of $S33.35 due on the debt.
Apparently, nothing was paid on
this debt during the
school
year.
Shortly after assuming the duties
of professor of military science in
August of 19G0, I was appraised of
this debt. In conjunction with Col.
Roland W. Boughton, professor of
aerospace science, a complete survey
1959-19G- 0

was made of the situation, and an
agreement was reached with the three
military societies and with the Division of Accounting and Budgetary
Control to establish a Military Ball
f
account. Into this account,
of all profits of each Military Ball
are to be deposited each year, until
the debt to the Student Council is
repaid.
At this time, there are still three
outstanding bills for the 1961 Military Ball. While it can not be determined exactly, it appears that a small
payment (approximately $35.00) will
be made in the near future towards
the debt from this year's profits. This
process will be continued until the
debt is liquidated.
In summary, the debt is owed by
three honorary student ROTC societies, not by the ROTC; there ARE
plans to pay off the debt; the debt
never was as high as your article
stated, and the debt will be paid.
R. E. Tucker
Colonel, Infantry
Professor of Military Science
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Key To SC Successto the

To The Editor:
The mass student apathy of this
University is increasing as the years
pass. We need only to look at the
increasing number of campus functions that have or are dying out.
Prominent examples are Lances'
Carnival, Creek Week, float participation, big weekends, and the weak
student body enthusiasm over campus
politics and organizations. Those students of at least three years' vintage
can readily testify to this decline.
While this apathetic situation may
have many solutions, a strong possibility would be a well organized,
properly functioning student government. The key to a successful student government is a Student Congress based on a workable constitution.
If Mr. Terrell's statement that
"he felt safe in assuming that not 10
percent of the assembly members
could not now inform their constituency of half the policies they approve," is correct then it seems logical that the present constitution is
not adequate if it lets such "dead
wood" personnel continue to represent the student body. Such conservative thinking as "it would be unwise for the assembly to attempt curing constitutional ills which it cannot say with certainty exist," is not
the answer, progressive action is the
answer.
A careful observation of the federal constitution's composition of tlie
United States Congress could be the
solution of our Student Congress
problem. The United States has 50
states, with 100 senators and 415
representatives in the House, who
represent approximately ISO million
people. The University of Kentucky
has eight colleges, with 99 assemblymen representing aloiit 7,000 students.
Although the Student Congress is
a unicameral legislature, there is no
reason why it can not incorporate
some of the advantages of a bicameral
legislature. It is generally accepted
that history has proved that the
strongest governments are run by
small coalitions or dictators. If 535
United States Congressmen can represent ISO million people, does it not
seem absurd to have 7,000 students
represented by 99 assemblymen whose
attendance record is an utter disgrace. The University of Kentucky
Student Congress should apportion

its seats according
population
of the colleges and reduce its membership to some number around 10,
to which the apportionment would
arrive. With this small size legisla

tive Ixxly, a real majority could be
reached and its members would be
properly informed.
This still leaves one possible problem; who should constitute this "elite
40"? The Kernel has the right and
could publish the names of the inem-lcr- s
regularly attending Student Congress meetings, and give these persons proper recognition. It would then
be up to the student Ixkly to elect
these conscientious persons and eliminate the "dead wood" members
whose sole contribution is to leave
the impression that student congress
is useless.

If campus political' apathy is to
be conquered, Student Congress is the
answer. Perhaps some solid legislation and assertion of prestige might
ignite a flame that will help this campus rise out of its present doldrums.
Instead of toying around with
such nonsense as grammar perfection
and the expulsion of members which
only hurts Student Congress, why
not follow an example which has
stood the test of time, the United
States system of representation? Let's
face it, no amateur constitutionalist
at the University of Kentucky can
ever top the masterpiece created by
our "founding fathers," who I do not
believe can be considered as conservatives.
Matthew M. Kkshinuian

Marry Now?
Is there anything wrong with students marrying while attending college? Should the nation be concerned?
Most observers are inclined not
to get involved in this question. Some
members of society show no concern,
yet others are indignant.
Prof. Margaret Mead, anthropologist at Columbia University, has expressed her views on the subject.
Intellectual life demands some
kind of postponement of domesticity,
she says. Early student marriage is
tying down men so early that they
don't have a chance for full intellectual growth, she continues.
Professor Mead believes young
people need to develop as indiv iduals,
to think, to change their minds and
to explore.
If there is a baby before graduation, "it means the father's term
paper gets mixed up with the baby's
bottles.

Babies are engrossing objects, and
men and women are going to devote all their time to infants, who
will be kit to write great works or
build airships?" she asks.
Married students on the whole are
good students, but only in the sense
that they get through their examinations.
They make the necessary marks
because they have to get the next degree, so they can get the nevt job or
fellowship grant so they can support
their children.
Along national lines, Professor
Mead issues a grave warning. Early
marriages will lead to a settled,
unadventurous people.
security-lovin"It is going to curtail seriously the
contribution that we can make as a
nation to the development of civilization on this planet," she concludes.
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Daily Athenaeum
West Virginia University

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL,

Law Students 'Antics
Over Generation Old

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May

1961-

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PAGING THE PAST
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STIPIIIN rALMFR
Tlie cln'Klislily clever antics of tlie law stinlents are over
n ( neration old. In 19)) a student reporter saiil tin's about bis
classmates in the school of law:
for the night i liters!
sx ..night tMrn w,.re in t.,ilM,.
,
Eo to "blow- - No cU,
They do thiURs-fv- cn
aiH
fl.ur(, tljt
outs' on Friday niyhts, and well, Mr Krrr ha5 Juit,,.a ,,.
By

'Loo-c-ou- t

Mr. Kerr hates to call the roll on
Saturday
morning. Open your
eyes. N.R.'s, for the worst Is yet
come "
to
In furtnrr describing the hap- penlngs of the proceeding week the
rtudrnt publication, the Idea, told
about a mock trial.
"Poor Bob Simms fare the Jury
Saturday morning on the rharxe
perjury. . . . Same old trouble

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b'ow-ou-

f,ro

on

ts

F,lday ? ht? the ,Iaw
wore pretty
when
tration.
or whatever
lt was ln i9()9 came around
In the same April 29(h edu,()n
of ,he IcUa lt was iearnPd that
the men of the ,aw col!ege ha
"at last arranged their classes so
that they could attend the after-c- t
noon home baseball games."

Law Students Hear Itohcrt Kennedy
At Convocation Two Years Ago
By DAVE SHANK

Robert F. Kennedy, brotber of tbe Tresident and now the
U. S. Attorney General, spoke at UK's Law Day Convocation
at this time in 1959.
his committee findings to add

t

serving as chief counsel
for the D. S. Senate Labor Rackets
Committee. Kennedy told the con- Tocatlon gathering that Insuffi- dent laws, lax management, and
eubllc anathv could be blamed for
the widespread corruption In labor
unions.
Without these factors, he said.
men such as Dave Beck and Jimmy
Hofla could not have come to power,
predicted that unless de- fects in the law were removed cor- ruot practices would continue.
Kennedy cited examples from

sup-Th-

port to his statements.
toe fed"al gover"- Ntex' l
men.1 the Tearnsters Union is the

P"(uL he 8aid- The unlon
States- haa ,the Pwwe' to "
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or
UUMUCM, I1C HUUCU.
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Kennedy said part of the blame
for the rise of certain corrupt
labor leaders must go to manage-H- e
ment. "Management has contrib- uted heavily to their rise. Beck
could not have risen to Dower
without business help," h