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The South' s Outstanding College Daily

Tuesday Evening, May 2, 1967

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

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NEW STUDENT EIGHTS CODE
IS APPROVED; COOPER DRIVE
STADIUM SITE IS SUGGESTED
Board Asks
New Study
Of Locations

Picketing
Statement
Is Altered

By DICK KIMMINS
Kernel Staff Writer
The Board of Trustees today

requested the Athletic Association to conduct a "feasibility
study" of constructing a 50,000-sefootball stadium on Cooper
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Two other sites recommended

by the committee which studied
the stadium location include
areas related to an Urban Renewal, project near the Jefferson
Street Viaduct or land between
Limestone and Broadway streets
near Euclid Avenue.
The study is to be conducted
before the July 21 Trustees meeting and will include exploration
of parking facilities, fitting the
stadium into the University's
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needs, and the refor ingress and egress
quirements
to the stadium.
Four locations had been under consideration by the board.
They were the University farm on
Nicholasville Road, Spindletop,
Coldstream Farm, and the Colong-rang-

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left, and W. Garrett Flickinger are key
figures in the long battle to enact a new student
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and Professor Flickinger, as chairman of the
Senate's Student Affair Committee, fought for
the code's adoption by the Senate.

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University Trustees gave
unanimous approval this afternoon to what has been called
one of the most progressive student rights codes in the nation.
This was the third time the
Trustees have considered the
code after it gained the approval
of the University Senate. Today
it was reported back with minor
revisions from a committee of
Trustees.
Gov. Edward Breathitt complemented students, faculty, administrators, and Board members
on the code, calling it "a very
responsible action."
In sending the rights code to
the Trustees, the Board's subcommittee removed a restricting
amendment that had been approved by the University Senate
at its final session on the code.
The amendment, submitted
by Prof. WasleyKrogdahl, would
have required organizations to
notice of the time,
give
place, and reason of any demonstration they might hold.
This amended the code's original statement that "suggested"
University officials be informed
of demonstrations in advance so
they might provide protection.
W. Garrett Flickinger, chairman of the Senate's Student Affairs Committee, said that the
amendment changed the committee's intent. Additionally, Professor Flickinger said that he believed to require notice of the
purpose of a demonstration might
be unconstitutional.
Trustee Sam Ezelle who was
coma member of the three-ma-n
mittee that studied the code was
known to oppose the amendment.
Other Board members on the
committee were Smith Broad-benthe chairman, and Mrs.
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"Today's young people enjoy most noble outrage against
be only good
not only unparalleled ease and justice all
the comfort but enormous freedom
intentions unless Americans,
Johnson Monday
oper DrfVe site.
young and old, involve them
of inquiry, freedom of expression
right to dissent and what he porColdstream location, trayed as the parallel right to and, yes, freedom of dissent,"
The
selves, unless they go into the
which had been the prime site, answer.
field, unless they translate their
he said.
was virtually eliminated from
Speaking to the 1967 White
"That free spirit we need, best ideas into practical results.
consideration after a student ref- House Fellows and several other too," he said, "for freedom of
"It is a sad fact that less
erendum conducted in early De- guests, Mr. Johnson declared that speech can never harm us if we than 50
percent of the eligible
cember 1966.
freedom of speech can never harm
remember that freedom of speech
voters under 25 exercise their
In that referendum, in which the nation "as long as we restreet. We must right to vote. This is the lowest
is a
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street. guard every man's right to speak,
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member it is a
level of participation in any age
but we must defend every man's group in America.
right to answer.
"The world cries out not only
"Your generation may feel a
for the presence of the young
sense of outrage because it is
but for their participation."
inheriting a world with unsolved
The President spoke at a reproblems. But we need that restception in the East Room of the
less spirit."
Special To The Kernel
"It is the motive power be- White House.
demonstraLOUISVILLE-Threats- of
a disrupting
a
Mr. Johnson included a few
forward
tion have forced cancellation of Louisville's Pegasus Parade, a hind every makes. step man
or a country
good humored jibes at the press
Louisville has been plagued
regular feature of Derby Week.
in his brief speech and ended
"There is only one catch:
Rexford Blazer.
demonstrawith
The cancelation announcethe sternest impatience, the with a tlirust at critics in genThe sweeping rights code is
Board of
ment came after the Derby Board tions ever since the
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greatest power of speech, the eral.
met Monday night Aldermen defeated an
of Directors
month.
ordinance late last
with Louisville safety officials.
The llev. Martin Luther King,
Thomas Rallantine, president of
the Derby Festival Committee, singer Aretha Franklin, commed-iaDick Gregory, CORE direcsaid that "inasmuch as previous
Festivals have brought tor Floyd McKissick, and SNCC
Derby
150,000 to 200,000 persons to the director Stokley Cannichael are
downtown area, (the parade) is acheduled to arrive in Louisville
canceled in order to protect the tliis week for more demonstrabest interests of the participants tions as the Saturday Derby approaches.
and the spectators."
In Jefferson Circuit Court
The cancelation will mean a
Monday morning, Judge Marvin
for Louisheavy financial loss
a final legal
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maneuver to keep
open
a quarter of a million spectators
demonstrators out ofjail.
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In 1965, the parade was named
whites were held in contempt of W. Garrett Flickinger, chairman of the Univerone of the ten best in the U.S.
Douglas Schwartz, James Kemp, Eugene Bradcourt April 21 after they marched sity Senate Affairs Committee, directs an aside
ley, Judith Kemp, and Maurice Clay. Not shown
by the Department of Commerce.
are the student members of the committee: Mary
a week earlier in violation of at members of the committee during the Senate's
This year's parade was to have
included 25 floats, 150 horses, and Sternberg's restraining order consideration of the student rights code. The
Virginia Dean, Marsha Fields, Winston Miller,
members are William F. Alton, Lewis Donohew,
and Sheryl Synder.
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Progressive Step

The University Board of Trustees indeed took a monumental step
today in approving a student rights
and discipline code. Now the University Administration will have definite guidelines for handling student disciplinary problems, and students will be guaranteed due process of law in all proceedings within
the University's framework.
The rights bill has been defined
by some as one of the most progressive and liberal student codes
in the nation. Perhaps the most
significant aspects of the code are
sections designed to eliminate the
"in loco parentis" responsibility of
the University. The code was designed under the philosophy that
the University is not responsible
for imposing punishment for state
or local law violations.
Students at some universities
throughout the nation are subject
to strict University codes as well
as civil codes. Thus students who
break civil laws may also be punished by their university. UK students will no longer have to fear
this type of double jeopardy.
Elimination of this concept, and
the outmoded "in loco parentis"
but
philosophy, are
welcomed developments.
In short, the new student rights
bill clearly defines academic and
disciplinary' offenses, and establishes the mechanisms to handle
offenders, including an organized
system of appeal.
long-awaite- d,

A Reply To
An editorial in

Editor-in-Chi-

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entitled "Culture Didn't

Herald-Lead- er

Rub Off on Some at UK" shows
a great lack of understanding about
University life and college students
today.
The premise of The Herald editorial is that the Festival of the
Arts, held last month, evidently
didn't provide much of an atmosphere of culture for some UK students, because many of them go
around saying naughty words, such
as "bitch in."
Speaking of The Kernel's lead
story on the "Bitch In," The Herald
editorial explicates, "The writer
could not have been any prouder
d
of his story than the
who had learned to cuss.
boy"
The editorial concludes that "if
means the right to
wear clothing that reeks of filth,
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to go unshaven, dirty, and
to classes, then it is high
time for our college officials to
step in and set some standards
of dress, deportment and simple
manners
Although the editorial admits
the "Bitch In" was called for a
worthy topic, it is automatically
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We especially commend the
Trustees for changing a section of
the code as submitted by the Faculty Senate that would have required 24 hours notice to the Administration prior to any demonstration. This section also would
have required notice of time, place,
and purpose of demonstrations.

These restrictions went far beyond the intent of the Faculty Senate's Student Affairs Committee,
the group which designed the original document. It is unfortunate
that such a section was ever passed
by the Faculty Senate, but it is
indeed encouraging that the Trustees have realized that outlawing
spontaneous demonstrations would
be a serious infringement on the
rights of free speech and assembly.
By passing the student rights
code, the Trustees have shown that
this University is dedicated to the
pursuit of knowledge and free inquiry and expression. Scholars in
this community now will be able
to pursue these activities without
threat of suppression or punishment.
Numerous individuals and committees have worked unselfishly
to perfect the rights code and to
get it approved by the Trustees.
The entire University community
now will benefit, and we would
hope that many other universities
and colleges will use the code as
a model for their institutions.

The Herald
alize that the effort was not a
product of a radical fringe, but
of a group The Campus Com-- ,
mittee on Human Rights which
sought to improve the life and
social standing of the Negro at
this University. Perhaps the Herald should have had a reporter
at the session.
The CCHR selected the name
for the gathering, and in this usage "bitch" means nothing more
than a grave gripe. "Bitch" is
commonly defined as a slang word,
meaning, "a complaint; to complain; gripe." Furthermore, the
term "bitch in" has been used
as a synonym of "gripe session"
throughout the nation in recent
years.
As for the fact that the Kernel
used the word "bitch in" in reporting the event, we can only
say that a reporter would not refer to Expo '67 as the Toronto
Fair, when speaking of it as a
proper name. In addition, a good
newspaper should serve as a mirror of society by reflecting the
events of the day and not distorting stories to please a few
persons who cannot keep up with
the accepted meanings of a few
common words in the English lan''
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"Those Demonstrators Are Getting
More Radical All The Time"
Letter To The Editor

Rupp's Negro Problem
Politics today is being invaded
by show business personalities.
Fortunately, as long as there are
Phil Pattons and Don Pratt s, we
may rest assured that a reverse trend
is not impossible. In calling for an
investigation of discrimination on
the basketball team, Patton and
Pratt display the potential for a
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comedy team. They might hire Kernel editorial writers to furnish their

material.
They have charged that Adolph
Rupp is trying to recruit only superstars among the ranks of Negro players. Of course he recruits only superstars; how did he become the Baron
of Basketball? The first Negro Wildcat must be a superstar; nothing
less will succeed.
The fact that Lew Alcindor got
offers from white Southern colleges
is proof that great players can do
the most to break down color barriers.
In short, the ideal first Negro
for UK would be a Perry Wallace
a student, great player, sterling
character. Unfortunately, both Negroes and whites insist on settling
for less for "a Negro," as in
"When will Rupp learn, he can't
win without a Negro?" If racism
means the superiority of one race
over another, then it's pure racism
to imply that Rupp could take any
Negro, put a Kentucky jersey on
him, and have instant Lew Alcindor. Rupp has said many times that
he's not going to waste time and
money by signing "a Negro" just
for the sake of integration. He recruits players who have earned the
privilege of being Wildcats.
Rupp told a Sport Magazine reporter that getting good
boys depends more on current
success than past tradition. (For
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Issel, Mike Pratte, and Art Laib
signed with UK in the wake of
Rupp's Runts. This season's 3
record would hardly have impressed
Harold Sylvester.) But, he added,
80 percent of his signees consistently come from Kentucky which,
.as, we all know, .has one of, the
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worst elementary and secondary
school systems in the nation.

Rupp has said repeatedly that
the five best Negro players in the
state do not qualify academically
for athletic scholarships to UK.
(According to a Lexington Leader
story, Jim McDaniels went eight
elementary
years to a
school.) At the recent "Bitch In,"
when the subject of McDaniels'
eligibility was raised, a Negro student said, "There must be enough
rich alumni around who could take
care of that." Look what hap--'
pened to Illinois thanks to rich
alumni. Kentucky basketball history has already been marred by
one scandal, which is more than
enough. Besides, the campaign to
scare away Westley Unseld shows
the alumni's opinion of integraone-teach-

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tion
It seems that The Kernel and
Student Government think that all
Rupp has to do is call, "Here,
boy," and he can get any boy,
Negro or white, that he wants. The
fact is that even average players
get up to 50 college offers, and
Alcindor got 200. If a Negro has
such freedom of choice, it's not
surprising that many of them shy
away from UK. They obviously
don't care to be called "nigger"
by their own "fans." And there
are those away games in Georgia,
Mississippi, and Alabama.
I congratulate Perry Wallace for
his courage in breaking the SEC
color barrier. I congratulate the
first Negro who plays for UK,
whoever he may be. But I also
give credit to the Negro athletes
who honestly believe they can't bo
martyrs for the cause of integration
and go where they know they'll
be accepted and even deferred to.
seats
Rupp can give them front-roin the Coliseum, steak dinners, and
brochures about the educational
program at UK.
But he can't make them come to
a staunchly racist
university if
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('nntiniiril I'rom Var
perhaps the most comprehensive
at any university and places UK
in the front rank of institutions
that have defined their relationships with their students.
The code clearly sets out offenses and punishment as well
as devising a system of due
process so that no student is
punished without hearing for an
offense he claims not to have
committed.
The code also defines the
University's responsibilities to
the student and outlines that
the University has no right nor
obligation to punish students
for civil or criminal wrongs they
commit in their capacity as cit-

The document is interpreted
by many, including most UK administrators, as a move away
from the "in loco parentis" concept. According to its authors,
the rights code defines a new
sity-student
relationship in the
areas of a resident in housing,

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provide protection of, and facilities for, those who seek knowledge." Today's student is an
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3,000 students voiced their choice
for a new stadium, only 9.2 percent said they would prefer the
Coldstream site.
Some 73.5 percent voted for a

site within walking distance of
campus.
Student Government President Carson Porter presented the
results of the referendum to a
Board of Trustees that had already been attacked for its statements favoring the Coldstream
site.
Lexington

merchants were
strongly opposed to moving the
stadium out of the downtown
area and merchants were known
to favor the Cooper Drive site
over Che other proposed locations.
Following the student vote
and the continuing merchangop-positiothe Trustees quietly began to reevaluate the stadium
sites. It was that
evaluation that led to tostatement asking the Athday's
letic Association to look closely
at the Cooper Drive site.
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conduct in and out of the elasv
room does not impinge on lie
tights of other scholars, the University should not use its owcrs
to either condone or condemn."
Today's approval of the code
climaxes 15 month's work by the
Advisory Committee on Student
Affairs to the University Senate.
Before the report was sent to
the Board of Trustees for final
approval, it was considered by
the Senate in four sessions.
During its consideration, the
report endured, in the most part,
attempts by more conservative
faculty members to retain some

The Board had authorized
construction of a stadium at
Coldstream at its June 1966 meeting.

In other business the Trusapproved a list of degree
candidates subject to completion
of their academic requirements.
Final examinations end Saturday
and commencement exercises will
be Monday. Students will not
have their grades, however, until sometime thereafter and diplomas will be mailed to graduates.
The Board also activated the.
School of Mathematical Sciences
in the College of Arts and Sciences and named Prof. Wimbcrly
Roystcr as director and associate
dean of Arts and Sciences.
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ment of Matliematics until a successor is found.
In addition, Dr. Charles T.
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ton followed the recommendation
of President John VV. Oswald and
Dean Ellis F. Hartford of the
Community College System.
Dr. Wethington's appointment will be effective July 1,
although he will not move to
Maysville until early fall.
The new director has been
here since 1964. From 1964-6he was an instructor in educational psychology. He became
acting director of the Lexington
Technical Institute in 1966.
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The Board also named four
new department chairmen in the
College of Engineering.
They are Dr. Hans Conrad,
professor of material sciences and

chairman of the Department of
Metallurgical Engineering; Dr.
Roger Eichhorn, professor and
chairman of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering; Dr.
Robert B. Grieves, professor and
chairman of the Department of
Chemical Engineering, and Dr.
Robert Cosgriff, professor and
chairman of the Department of
Electrical Engineering.

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Maysville Community College.
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epts.
Committee
(ih.iit man Mick
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inger
the I 'nivcisilx si ude nt i I. it
;is a student and as a memI lie le
ber of an organization.
the t'niwisity
port icmows
student relationship in the ateas
of housing, emplovmc lit. and retailing. Prof. Mickinger said.
"The University would he no
different and would have:
rights as any other land
lord, cmplovcr, cr retailer . . .
and the student would have the
same rights as any tenant, employer or purchaser," Mr. Mickinger noted.

Board Asks Study Of Stadium

sentence any offender of disciplinary rules. Judicial power of
Administration deans has been
absolved.
Establishment of a University Appeals Board, empowered
to hear all appellate matters of
University disciplinary violations
and faculty complaints of academic violations.
Establishment of disciplinary regulations concerning University organizations.
Concrete regulations prohibiting organizations to discriminate against any person due to
color, race, sex, or religious affiliation.
Prior to the Senate's acceptance of the new rights code, the
only University statement formerly governing student discipline said:
"In issuing rules for the regulation of the affairs of the University and the government of
its students, it is not deemed
necessary to set out details. The
University expects all students to

Finished?
If you are, the International
Center will be glad to send your
books to students in developing
countries.
"Books, all kinds, are desperately needed abroad," Ben
Averitt, foreign student adviser
and director of the Center, said.
The Semester End Book Drive
is cosponsored by the I.C. and
the International Book Project,
with headquarters in Lexington.
Mrs. J. Farra Van Meter,
founder of the Project, said of
the drive, "Students in many
countries try to go to college
without texts, because no texts
are available, or because they
are too expensive . . . Not everyone can

institution."
The (ode was drafted by a
committee under
the philosophy that the University is not responsible for imposing punishment for state or local

an employer, a consumer, a
scholar, the subject of discipline,
and a member of organizations.
Among the proposals accepted
by the Senate arc:
A complete definition of actions meriting disciplinary punishments, including 10 disciplinary and two academic ofFenses.
A clear definition of University and student roles as landlord and tenant.
Establishment of a University Judicial Board, replacing the

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as a member of a community of
schol.irs , . . and so long as his

hold to the strictest stat.d.irds of
honesty and to conduct themselves in a seemly maimer, bearing in mind that their conduct
determines in a large measure
their reputation and that of the

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