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Cfimmonwralth "to bear effectively
the responsibility for cherishing,
protecting ami supporting our
schMls." Fdtieation. he added, "i
the lifrhlood of demo ruey ami
only through constant demotion In
rdueation.il endeavors i.m our war
of life be cuaranterd for futuro
generations."
Point ii n: out die tu(icrt's responsibility tor hi ,, n di-.i- .ttii'ii,
Dr. Dukiy stated: "No urmcisity
can ho much h'(Tr Ih.TiT the
preparation ;unl ambition cf tin
stiulcnt.s whom it enroll.. There-hir- e
we are interested m h.ivm.;
the best possible stut!et;Js .mil then
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he had been appointed Dean of the College of
Education in 1313.
In June. 1356 he was named
Presidtnt and assumed office on
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September 1.
He has had considerable experi- encp-i-n
teaching from theelemen- tary to the college level. Active
in his piofessional field, he has
headed several educational groups.
He has been a leader in civic
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affairs and community projects.
As a final local tie, he Is married
to the former Miss Hetty Drymon
of Lexington, and they have three :
cliiidien.
Among Dickey's predecessors are
such men as James K. Tatterson,
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Dr;rafc'.y'McVey,'and Dr. Herman L. Donovan.
Patterson became the first presi1'
dent cf the University following
Its creation as a separate A to M
College. Upon his retirement some
32 years later, he had held the
In augii ration High Ugh I
University together through sev- viai Moziny periods. At one time congratulations are extended by Governor A. B.
Dr. Dickey was appointed UK nresident l.st s,n.
DO"owea money on his Chandler as he presents the University seal to Dr.
terr.ber. but was not officially ' nducted until this
own securities tr intnw fhit thiri"ink G. Dickey at inaugural exercises Tuesday.
week due to a f ull calendar.
campus wculd be completed.
Several cf the buildings of that
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original campus are still in use, continue to operate. However,
among them the Administration under his guidance
Building, White Hall, and what is managed to limp along. the college
When Mcnow
Club.
Vey retired in 1941 after 23 years,
In 1917 Dr. Frank L. McVey took he left
over the presidency from Judge financial the school with a steady
foundation.
Henry S. Barker. He nursed the
It is my pleasure to welcome you
Retiring president Dr. Herman
University through the economic L. Donovan took over where Mc- to the University of Kentucky. The
depression of the late '20s and Vey left off. He
continued to multitude of opportunities which
early '30s. At one time there was expand the educational
are
facilities greatyours for the asking make a
some doubt as to whether it would and goals of the University.
institution. Each person who
Dr. Ernest Meyers, associate procomes to us has something to contribute, and it is our cherished fessor in the psychology departChandler Says :
hope that each person who leaves ment who died last summer, has
this institution will take with him been succeeded by Mr. John Dona-ho- e,
an advanced graduate stusomething which will aid in building a better nation and a better dent.
world. To the many students of
The late Dr. Meyers came to UK
the University of Kentucky we in 1948 as an instructor in the
bring you greetings and wish you psychology department,
later adwell in your educational venture.
vancing to the position of associate
By JOHN EGERTON
Frank G. Dickey
"Integration is going to be carried
professor. He directed the introout one way or the other," he
President
ductory course in psychology.
Govemcr A. B. Chandler said
Tuesday that the next president stated.
In answer to
of the United States could be a the integration a question about
southerner if the South will pre- Rock, Arkansas, problems in Little
the governor had
sent a man who "has an outlook this to say:
"President EisenacceptatJe to the country as a
hower's decision to send troops
whole."
Little Rock to
The governor, here for the in- intointegration was enforce peaceful
the only course
auguration of President Frank G. open to
him. He had no other
Dickey, did not comment on his
own chances of becoming presi- choice."
"As for Governor Faubus (Ark.
dent, but said that the South's
terback assignments. The Cats also
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Faubus). his statement
chances to produce the next presiuavr in uieir ranit-- uiwuv.... !T'A:,
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troops into Arkansas without his Georgia
the 'candidate represented but permission is, of course,
Tech, third-ranke- d
team defeated season last year and
incorrect. in the
-- aiiat principles he stood for.
average in
After all, it's the National Guard, studded nation, the sophomore posted an 11.7- - rushing ' ' passed up
Governor Cnanaier
not the Arkansas State Guard." now an Kentucky Wildcats are the halfback slot.
even ciariter norse to
the annual Southern Governor's
win the Southeastern Conference
.Convention at Sea Island,. Georgia,
excrown than most
in order to be here for President
perts had thought.
Dickey's inauguration. One of the
II) Cards
questions to be discussed at the
The one big question remaining
governor's convention was the posStudents may obtain ID cards to be answered is: can the prossibility cf a southerner becoming
pect of greater depth in the form
in the lobby of the Coliseum
president.
of about 40 sophomores offset the
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The governor said the South is Yellow fee receipts must be pre- Lloss of experience to a decree that
01 a
"fighting against inevitable sented.
win auow ine
combination capable of winning In
change" in the integration issue.
Late registrants must show the class of competition to be chall receipt slips to
have pictures for lenged?
ID cards taken from 9 a.m. to
tackle Lou Mich1 p.m.
Lost ID cards -- should
aels is back as the mainstay of
Flu Shots
Aftr hir
ri
be reported to the dean's office.
the squad. The Cats are also Miss tomorrow, the Cats play host
A $5 deposit is needed to have
All University students mav
bolstered by returnees Dou in FinriH.
v.ir.nH Viw. C:
a second picture made.
now obtain Asian flu shots at
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Shivelv. one of the finest ends in H
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the University Infirmary from
Students who have lost rethe South, and last year's leachng" to 'finish
Kh a, fourth m
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from
ceipt slips must report to the
C,UVtnS' t0P SEC'
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Seventy-fiv- e
dean's office and obtain a letter bSeld8 star.
The Floridians have triple-threcents Is the charge for these
from the registrar's office in
Sophomore Lowell Hushes and halfback Jmi Hountree and their1
inoculations.
order to pick up ID cards.
Kenny Roberts,,,! w ill leading ground gamer Kd Sears
to' buttling for the starting quur- - .it lullbuik returning this .season '
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eliminate the
necessity of constructing many
new buildings here on thr campus.
A significant building program U
underway and other new buildings
are bring, planned.
"The new Medical Center, .science building, dormitories
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housing units are either bcm(?
constructed or plans are beinsj
drawn.
"New buildings, however, for engineering, commerce, social science, agriculture, law. education
and other areas will be necessary
in the immediate future.- "All of these plans for student,
faculty and educational facilities
are predirated on the belief that
state supported institutions are Intended to serve the state." Augmenting the nrrd for ripandrd
facilities at the University, Dr.
Dickey said an enrollment of between 12,000 and 15,000 U expected
here by 1965, the 100th anniversary
of the school'! founding.
Led by the Marching 100. a pro
cession of several hundred faculty
members and delegates moved!
from the Fine Arts Building to
the Coliseum.
After an invocation by the Rer.
Donald Anderson, pastor of Wood
land Christian Church. Lexington,
the University Choristers sang "A
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When Dr. Frank O. Dickey formally accepted the presidency, of
the University of Kentucky Tuesday alteiroon, he became the
eighth man to hold the position
since the ichool opened in 1865.
Dr. Dickey, the youngest presi
dent ever to hold office at the
University, was born in Wagoner,
Oklahoma on December 1, 1917.
His mother was a native of Lex- ington and he praduated from a
Lexington high school after attending elementary schools in
Wichita Falls. Texas.
Transylvania College awarded
Mm a bachelor's degree in 19.13
and he then attended the University of Kentucky for graduate
work. lie received a Master of Arts
degree in I'M J and the Doctor of
Education in 1P47. He then did
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oe!ai ue car.ns cz-Title contending Auburn is in
the fourth notch on Kentucky's
grinding schedule. The Plainsmen
whipped the Cats 13-- in their last
meeting and have
hopeful Jimmy Phillips and two cf
the finest halfbacks on one team,
Tom Lorino and Bob Hoppe, bade
again to plague the Blue.
On paper the Wildcat's schedule)
takes an easier turn in their fifth,
sixth and seventh games against
L.SU. Georgia and Memphis State.
LKU and Georgia have been hit
heavily via the graduation routi,
but could field u capable young,
rough outfit. The Bulldogs have
a pair of talented passers, but art)
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Freshman, Lost In Crowd, Is Awed By Inauguration Exercises

Ai last I reached the door and
down to the
Among tlu noise and the hustle and hustle of the crowd at people filed in, in their caps and ( handler finally rotof
I stood there wondering whether
gowns. It brought back memories real Important part
the Inatuu-ratioit had been worth It. I did have
the inauguration last Tuesday, was one slightly confused
the induction of the presi- a hard time In the crowd, but I
of last May, when I was filing in,
in my cap and gown but for a dent.
had witnessed something that I
different reason.
President Dickey men gave his hadn't seen before. To me it wan
. I wm
to wonder whether
This was my first time (and
the three
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probably the first for a lot of
to witness an inauguration
of a president of a university. It
was also my first time to see the
awarding of honorary degrees.
Upon arrival at the Coliseum, I
was swept into a mshinc crowd of
smartly dressed men and women,

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had come to a style show
stead of an Inauguration! Wow.
Some of those hats. . . .!
By the time I had located a seat,
the organ began playing. Chills
went up and down my spine as I
watched the processional. It was
quite a sight as the hundreds of
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Thank heavens, Vice President
Chamberlain let the audience re- main seated while the processional
was coming in. It enly lasted for
25 minutes!
Well, to get to the speech-makinIt seems that everyone there
had something to say and they
said it! After a long talk. Gov.

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honorary degrees.
Following him were the Uni
versity unorisiers singing me Anna
Mater. Boy, what a relief it was
to stand up! Next was the benediction and the mad rush was on
again. Everyone else was in just
as big a hurry as I was to get out.

a wonderful occasion and I
joyed it very much. DutI'm only
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For Social Fraternity Pledges
By DON DKATON

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classification tests may not pledge a fraternity until they hae ing, we cannot definitely say for groups for men in oianie
the dormitories
fome time yet."
for freshmen. They were elected REPAIR SERVICE
made a satisfactory standing, according: to a newly-enforceby the 50 freshmen who attended
ruling by the Interfraternity Council.
a YMCA camp at Camp Daniel Electric Shavers, All Makes
How will the IFC's new ruling pledge than In years past. "These
Boone Sept.
Watches
American
flffect the fraternity rush system boys," he said, "are, on the whole,
Serving as
for the Swiss, Jewelry Repairs, Liters
in the first year of
a more intelligent group than any
committee will be Robert Wain- preceding group, and they are only
ment? This is the foremost quesRonson, Evans, etc.
scot t. Mornmgview. Ky.; and Richtion in the minds of all the fra- - out for rush because they want to
ternity men on the UK campus, pledge a fraternity. Although the
ard Ramey. Williamsburg. Ky.
especially in view of the fact that average pledge class is expected to
The official title of the group will
this year's rush registration is far be smaller, the quality of the
E. Main Corner Esplanades
be the Coordinating Council for
txiow that of a year ago.
pledges will be better. Whereas In
the Men's Dormitory Clubs.
CO
per cent THE FRONTIER Mind UK Tress..
This year approximately 350 boys" the past only 50 to
signed up for rush, as compared of the pledges have been initiated,
"The Frontier Mind." to be pubwith a grand total of more than 85 to 90 per cent of this year's lished Oct. 4 by the UK Press, will
560 last year. The number signed pledge classes can be expected to explore the cultural contribution
up will amount, according to IFC become active members of their of the legendary Kentucky fronpresident Bill Gillespie, "to a mere fraternities.
tiersman.
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fraction of the total."
past, 8 out of every 10
in the
Author of this book is Prof.
Gillespie stated that although plcdses failed to make their stand-th- e Arthur K. Moore, of the University
(Author of "Hon foot ? Wuh Chr,k," etr )
new ruling had affected the incs first semester. Does this mean English Department.
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number of boys signing up for that the two boys out of every ten
In his study, the author has
rush, he did not believe that it who make acceptable averages will undertaken the task of separating
accounted for the drastic reduc- - be lost to the fraternity system? the real frontier type from the
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tion in the rushees' numbers. One Not necessarily, for. according to mythic buckskin hero. Moore
other factor to be considered, he Gillespie, "the IFC and Dean states that the frontiersman did
Ilxlny logins my fourth year of writing this column
said, is the drop of more than 300 Martin feel that a greater pcr-i- n not possess those high qualities of
mid, as before, 1 will continue to explore ilie iue-- i thai
spirit which both his
men's enrollment.
centage of these boys will make mind and
grip the keen young mind of campus America burning
When asked if this drop could favorable standings than in pre- - contemporaries and present day
to him.
have
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t ntuu in uif ui;ue sin- - vinll.
questions like "Should housemother he forced to n tiie
Thprr-nn rlnnvino- writers denies attributed
that the illiterate
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dents away from the fraternity that a fraternity occupies a
at 'JS?'' and "Should pajamas and robes be allowed at,
emigrants possessed vast creative
system, Gillespie said he believed
first-hoplace in the pledge's powers and made worthwhile conclasses?" and "Should proctors be aimed.'" and
the trend to be toward waiting
tributions to government, educa- life."
"Should picnicking be permitted in the stacks?" and
until the second semester to go academic
out for rush.
By freeing these boys of their tion, religion, and literature.
"Should teacher above the rank of a " iate prot'eM.r
Fj'oL-.Mcoij also
author..
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- Gillespie also said the fraterni- - obligation to-- a fraternity;-w- c
are of "The Secular Lyric the Middle
powered "to pei t'orni marriages'.'" and "Should capIn
ties expected a greater percentage enabling them to devote more time English." and of numerous articles
ital punishment for pledges be 'ahol?s lied?''
of the total number'.of rushees to to their studies, and, in the end, on Chaucer and medieval jx)etry.
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thi.s column.
Philip Morris Incorporated makes Philip Morris cigarettes. They also make Marlboro cigarettes. Mailboio is
what I am going to talk to you about this year.
Before beginning the current series of column-- . I made)
nn exhaustive study of Marlboro advertising. This took
almost four minutes. The Marlboro people don't wa-t- o
words. They give it to you fa-- t: "You get a lot to liko
in a Marlboro . . . Filter . . . 1'luvor . . . I'lip-to- p
Pox."
Well, sir, at first this approach seemed to me a littlo
terse,-bit naked. Perhaps, thought I, I should drapo
it with a veil of violet prose, adorn it with a mantle of
fluffy adjectives, dangle some participles from the ears
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box. What else do you need to know?
So, with the Marlboro .tory quickly told, let u turn
immediately to the chief problem of undergraduate life
t lie money problem. This has always been a vexing
dilemma, even in my own college days. I recall, for
example, a classmate named Oliver Hazard Sigafoos. a
great strapping fellow standing 14 hands high, who fell
in love with a beautiful Theta named Nikki Spill.ine,
with hair like beaten gold and eyeballs like two tablespoons of forgctfulness.
Every night Oliver Hazard would take Nikki out to
dine ami dance, and then to dine again, for dancing made
Nikki ravenous. Then they would go riding in the wan
boats, and then Nikki, her appetite sharpened by the sea
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wouid tike her home, stopping on the way to buy her a
pail of oysters or two.
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To raise money for thcc enchanted evening', Oliver
Hazard took on a number of part-tim- e
jobs. Between
classes he cut hair. After school he gutted pen lies. From
dusk to midnight he vulcanized medicine balls. From
midnight to dawn lie trapped night crawlers.
This crowded schedule took, alas, a heavy toll from
Oliver Hazard. In the space of a month he dwindled from
200 to 101 pounds but that, curiously enough, proved
his salvation.
Today Oliver Hazard is a jockey, earning a handomft
living which, combined with what he makes as a lymph
donor after hours, is (jiiite sullicieut to cuib Nikki's
gii h
Todayjhey are married and live in Fpper
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Each year millions of dollars are spent in vainly trying to
cure the common cold, yet the average citizen cannot get adequate psychological help until he is past the stage where he
can be helped.
Now, perhaps more than ever before, everybody pretends
to respect the intellectual rebel. This respect lasts until the
rebel. laughs at some traditional belief.

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Uiisling Playground Equipment
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EEPORTERS David Allen. Gilbert R. n.ir!ey. Sally Burke, Neal Clay. Ann
Crutrher, Donald C. Deaton. John Efierton. Bill Hammons, Jane Harrison, Betty
Ann lloltzrlaw, James Hudson, Barbara Lake, Hal Leichhardt, Richard Littrell,
Nancy Mrfldow, Dan Millott. Paul Nickles, Guerney Norman, Sally Osteen,
Bobby Perdue. Alice Redding, K. E. Robinson. Paul Scott. Judy Trivette, Jean
Weatherford, Joan Weissmn'-T- , S. C. Wayne Jr., John N. Whitt.

With the formal in.mgiiration of Dr. Frank G. Dickey as
its new president last Tuesday, the University of Kentucky
reached another milestone in its 1)2 ) car-olhistory.
President Dickey is well qualified as he takes his place as
the eighth leader of the University. He possesses those qualities necessary for success in such a trying job as he laces:
capability, energy, and dedication.
A less dedicated man might hesitate to step to the helm at
this time.
T he Univcrsity"()f Kentucky may expect an enrollment of
twice its present one within the next 10 years. Classrooms are
already running over, and no relief is in sight.
The number of students is growing more rapidly than
preparations for growth are being made. The money to pay
lor the necessary expansion in facilities has yet to be made
available.
An enumeration of all the problems would require pages
of space. Finding the. answers and meeting the needs will demand singular devotion and perseverance.
However, Dr. 'Dickey is not alone in facing these problems.
Men in similar positions all over the nation face them, too.
Some of these men will probably not succeed. But we have
faith that most of them will. And we have faith that Dr. Frank
Dickey is among this latter group.
We believe he will lead the University through these next
few years of painful, prodigious growth and when enrollment
and expansion have once again found their new level of normalcy, he will be able to say, "I have done my job."
We wish him luck and offer him encouragement, and feel
secure in the belief that his record in the future will justify

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To the reader:

FRANK C. STRUNK. Edifpr
ANN SMITH, News Editor
DAVE ALTEMUEHLE, Managing Editor
ED FORD, Sports Editor
JAMES BLAND, Makeup Editor
Bill Hammons, Assistant News Editor
Tracy Waldon, Society Editor
Jim Hampton and Norma Shelton, Feature Editors
Bob Smith, Assistant Sports Editor
Ray Cravens and Vernon Vinding, Cartoonists
NORMAN McMULLIN, Adv. Mgr.
PERRY ASHLEY. Bus. Mgr..
JOHN EOERTON. Promotion Manager
JOHN MITCHELL, Staff Photographer

Dr. Frank G. Dickey Faces Problems
As His Presidency Gels Under Way

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LETTERS:

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University of Kentucky officials point with justifiable pride
to the living quarters for married UK students. Cooperstown
apartments are new, clean, relatively comfortable, and compared to anything else in tow
cheap.
Passing citizens and visiting firemen probably adjust their
spectacles and emit a lew "Oooh's" and "AaahV
at the sight of the "nice apartments."' Perhaps occasionally one
of them pauses to wonder whortrr went to so much trouble
to make things comfortable for a bunch of college students
who would not wait to finish school before getting married.
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But all this is simply skirting the issue.

The fact cold and unrelenting is that there is a pile of
bent, twisted, rusting metal lying out in back of the apartments. It has been there for several months to our personal
knowledge.

On close examination it reveals itself to be playground equipment that apparently had been used considerably

before being discarded at Cooperstown.
The question, however, has nothing to do with the age or
condition of the equipment, but rather concerns a simpler,
more pertinent problem: Why was this battered playground
equipment dumped and left lying at Cooperstown?
Was it thrown away as being useless junk? If so, then we
suggest there are many places in Kentucky where such junk
would be less unsightly.
Was it the intention of the people who left it there to
assemble it and provide a playground for the children of
Cooperstown? If so, then why has this not been clone? It
would seem impossible that the University services are so disorganized that this mess could be completely forgotten. And
it would seem equally improbable that it would be relegated
to the trivial and unimportant. Not the Cooperstown that we
are so proud of.
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Perhaps the most likely explanation is that a Maintenance
and Operations crew brought the equipment to Cooperstown
and dumped it there. That was as far as their instructions went.
And M&O is not an organization that does anything without
work orders submitted through the proper channels.
But somebody did order the junk piled up over there. This
same somebody apparently does not care whether it is assembled, removed, or left to clutter up the grounds and provide
a dangerous hazard for the children of Cooperstown residents.
It would not be impertinent, perhaps, to suggest that this
somebody, or anybody else who has such authority, take immediate steps to have this mass of metal put together so it can
be used, or have it hauled away and thus remove an eyesore
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and a hazard.

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interest of the readers of the Kernel. Letters from anyone will be
printed so long as they are not
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Undue pressure could possibly be
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This is why we are as anxious to
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anxious to be protected. Nevertheless, we can think of r.o situation
which would warrant the writing
of an anonymous letter.
To us. such a thing smacks of insincerity and falseness, and it gives
rise to the sntaky suspicion in our
mind that the writer is not entirely
earnest or else has made statements so ridiculous that he would
not admit to anyone that he made
them.
We repeat our statement made
in the beginning: this space is to
be used in the interest of the readers, and we sincerely invite everyone to make use of it. We reserve
the right to edit any letter we print
on the basis of space limitations or
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Outside of these few retrictions,
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lambaste, lampoon, or gripe.
From now on, the contents of
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be without someone to hear your
side of the story. We offer the opportunity the rest fs up to you.
Sincerely,
The Editor

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'Happy pills" don't really make

you happy. They just make sad-

ness tolerable.

Long ago it became apparent
that you can't get .something for
nothing. That's why we are so

wary of

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and

back-slappe- rs.

The satisfied man asks little
from the world and invariably has-hi- s
request filled.
,
This may or may not be true,
but we heard that a dog ran down
the hall in the social science building the other day and the floor
shook so that classes had to be dismissed. If it doesn't fall down for
another year or so, though, we'll
have a new hospital to take care
of the casualties.
The pharmacy building still
doesn't have a back door. It looks
as though the pharmacists have
put Satan behind them for good.

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UNIVERSITY SOAPBOX

Ravencraft Says
By DAVE RAVENCRAFT

President
Student Government Association
(The University Soapbox will be a regular feature on
4he fdiioriil piic-.o- .
the Kernel. It will be written by a
different person each week. The opinions expressed here
will not necessarily coincide with those of the Kernel
editor.)
The welcome mat for freshmen has been retired for
another year. Most students have finished struggling
through this semester's registration, and our new president has been inaugurated. Even though welcomes have
been given and greetings exchanged it seems lining to
say hello again to all our students, new and old.
Here at the University of Kentucky you are standing
on the threshold of a new era. With an industrious chief
administrator, a new staff in the dean of women's office,
and numerous other changes in key personnel, thi institution is equipped to make giant strides in the field of
education.
' Vet with all these advantages there seems to exist one
major drawback. This problem might best be defined as
a breach between the University staff and the student
body.
To an interested observer It might appear that student
problems and needs are not readily understood by the
administration. Maybe this condition exists because University officials have more important issues at hand such
as, what to do with the Increasing number of students,
where to bulk! new class rooms and dormitories, or, in

SGA To Show Much Progress
general, the growth of this University community. Maybe
these officials do not share the feeling that a problem
exists and maybe they just do not care.
On the other hand, however, it could be that the student demands are too great. Maybe students want too
much and will not compromise to gain additional benefits.
They want representatives to obtain these benefit