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University of Kentucky1966
MARCH
KY.,

Vol. LVII, No. 98

LEXINGTON,

WEDNESDAY,

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Eight Pages

Unirersitf to host State High School
Festival: Page Two.

UK students to spend spring break at
'Y' in Chicogo slums: Page Five.

Nexus, a coffeehouse, helps students
communicate: Page Three.

Conley is unanimous choice for lost
All Star team; Wildcats get DPI cham-

Drama

Editor discusses Student Center Board
vote on mrer; P9 Four- -

pionship; Joroci is outstanding
omore:

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Center Board Stops Consolidation

Dy TERENCE HUNT
Kernel Managing Editor
PI aiming lor tlie
proposed merger of Student Congress with the Student
Hoard
was blocked Tuesday niglit when the Hoard
voted decisively to reject the constitution
that would join the two.
A nine to one secret ballot
against the
constitution dissolved the tight timetable on
which the two bodies were working to institute the document this semester. One
member abstained from voting.
Had the Hoard passed theconstitution a
joint effort of Congress and Board members
it would have been voted on by Student
Congress Thursday night and again by the
Student Center Hoard, and then ultimately
decided by a campus referendum.
If passed, the new constitution would have
created the UK Student Government Associa

committee."
SallieList, secretary of the Student Center
Hoard, said, "I don't think the document
puts into words what we wanted. I don't
think we should pass it." Miss List also
argued the constitution should place final
authority of UKSGA matters with President

of Student Affairs
Oswald or
Robert Johnson.
This was the apparent consensus of the
Board: the idea is good and the proposal
should be followed up but the proposed
document doesn't do the job.
Blithe Runsdorf, treasurer of the Student
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Center Board.
Hoard members ganging up against the
constitution earl)' in the meeting complained
the document was "vague, too complex, and
put too much power in the UKSGA selections

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the president and the selections committee
of the new body. "Not that I question that
it can't be done, but who can do t r
she
asked. "An organization cannot stand without leadership." Miss List and Miss Runsdorf
both worked on the new constitution.
Other opposition came from members
pointing fingers at "a weak programming
board." The proposed constitution allows
for eight administrative departments, each
vested w ith a special, responsibility.
Duties under these departments are explained in the constitution such that a broad
general interpretation can be made. Hoard
members thought it should be better defined.
"It is a good picture, a good idea,"
Miss Runsdorf said, "but if you don't hae
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Speech Contest Winners Named
Winners in the Joseph P. Kennedy speech contest
sponsored by the Patterson Literary Society are
from left to right, Stanley Craig, first place winner,

third place winner John Patton, and second place
winner Jack Peters,

Three UK Students Leave
For Viet Talks In Capitol
Three
University students
were due to leave for Washington early this morning, carrying
three very different sets of ideas
to a Vietnam consultation with
whatever governmental officials
will see them.

Robert Frampton, J. Douglas
Newton, and Don Pratt plan to
spend about two days in consultation, which is sponsored by
the National Student Christian
Foundation, the organization
which is behind most of the
Protestant student groups on
campus.
The three man UK group has
appointments with Kentucky senators Thruston Morton and John
S. Cooper, but also hopes to
meet with other senators, such
as Robert Kennedy, or Sen. J. W.
Fulbright, of the foreign relations
committee.
The trip is being made on
short notice, and it is expected
that plans will be made during
the trip.
Frampton, president of the

UK chapter of Students for a
Democratic Society, last night
said he hoped to find out "in
depth" what the senators' views
on Vietnam are.
More specifically, he is interested in Sen. Kennedy's proposal that the National Liberation Front be included in Vietnam negotiations. The National
Liberation Front is a communist
organization.
"My own personal inclination
is to support Kennedy on that,"
Frampton said. "I think that
we're probably all going to recommend that the further escalation of the intensity of the war
be halted-- at
least not to add
any more troops to those that

are there."

Pratt characterized himself as
a liberal, but not necessarily the
SDStype of liberal. As the organizer of the University delegation,
he said he had hoped to encourage
some students who were more
conservative than himself tojoin.
He perhaps has found his
conservative in Newton, who said
he probably saw the Vietnam
war a bit differently than most
college students: "I'm one of the
few people who is a really firm
believer in what we're doing
there."

He isn't quite pleased with
the way we're doing it, though.
"I would like to submit that
we keep the boys in there, but
at the same time give them the
air power they need. I think as
long as we're putting our men
in there, we're going to have
to give them the support they

He stressed the danger that
Red China would likely enter
the war if the buildup increased need."
much further.
Like Frampton and Pratt, he
Frampton is the only one of is especially anxious to arrange
the three who is attached to a an interview w ith Sen. Fulbright,
chairman of the foreign relations
group. The others are representing only themselves.
committee.

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SUSAN PILLANS
Board President

Government Leaders
Report Mixed Views

After Proposal Fails
Leaders of Student Congress and Student Center Hoard expressed surprise, satisfaction, and disappointment at the unexpected result of Tuesday night's Student Center Board meeting.
The Hoard voted nine to one,
with one abstaining, to throw out
the proposed constitution that
would" merge the " two organizations into one UK Student
Government Association.
"I was definitely surprised,"
Congress President Winston Miller said this morning, "but not
surprised that it was defeated I
just didn't think it would be by
that great of a majority."
"I expected something like six
to four, or seven to five," Miller
said. He explained that he had
heard talk this week that members of the board intended to oppose the constitution.
Susan Pillans, president of the
Student Center Hoard, expressed
disappointment in the board's decision but said she was glad that
the dissatisfaction was brought to
light now, rather than later w hen
support would be needed in the

constitution's application.
"I guess it is just natural to be
disappointed after you work so
hard on something and see it
thrown out the window," Miss
Pillans said.
The board has, however, said
they are willing to continue planning for a merger with Student
Congress but not under the
present constitution.
Miss Pillans said, "In my
opinion, the pressure of time was
one of the reasons that influenced
such a negative vote."
Student Congress and Student
Center Board have been working all of this semester on the
proposed constitution and plan
ned to have it approved or not
with a series of meetings this
week.
Miller said "it seems odd tome
that four members of the Student
Center Hoard w ho had sat in on a
planning session Monday said
the) agreed with evcrthing on
the document. . . they expressed
no disagreement . . . andthcuthe
vote was nine to one against it."
Rebutting an argument
brought up at Tuesday's meeting. Miller said he did not deny
the fact the constitution was
vague, "but it is the nature of
hvlaws not to be specific."

Miller said the constitution
was "no more complicated than
what they (Student ('cuter Hoard)
presently have."
After minor rev isions, the Student ('enter Hoard will continue
to operate under their old constitution and bylaws.
Student Congress representatives will hear Thursday night
two alternatives for operation of
their body.
They can operate under the old
constitution or can consider one
that is not far different from the
one merging them with Student
Center Hoard but doesn't inc lude
the Hoard.

Leadership
To Receive
Recognition

The University's two annual
awards nights, honoring the University's top leaders and scholars,
are scheduled for tonight and
Thursday night.
The women's awards night,
"Stars in the Night," is sponsored by Associated Women Students. It will be held at 7 p.m.
today in Memorial Hall. The
theme is "Climb high, climb
far, your aim the sky, your goal

the stars."

Dr. A. D. Albright, UK's executive vice president, will present academic honor certificates
to about 150 women who rank
in the upper three percent of
their respective college classes
and who have a minimum standing of 3.4.
New members of Mortor
Hoard, Links, Cwens, and Alpha
Lambda Delta, women's honor-ariewill be presented as well
as new officers and members of
the AWS Senate.
s,

The Men's Award Night will
be held in Memorial Hall at
7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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The first festival production
begins at 8:30 a.m. Thursday
w ith the other presentations folr
intervals on
lowing at
Thursday and Friday. All are
open to the public.
Awards for the best performances, the best actor, and the
best actress at an assembly set
for 5: 15 p.m. Friday.
The drama festival is a presentation of the Kentucky High
School Speech League, which is
directed by Dr. Denver Sloan
ol the UK extension stall.
Nearly 500 young journalists
will also be on campus Friday,
attending a press clinic, sponsored by the Kentucky Tress x
iat ion and the School of Journalism.

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Campus police were called
to investigate a break-i- n at UK's
Weldon House early Tuesday
morning.
The break-i- n was discovered
at 5:30 when one of the residents got up to study and went
downstairs in the dining room,
only to find several wallets lying
on the table. Several purses were
on the floor.
Campus police went to check
the house. A spokesman said the
intruder must have entered in
a bedroom w indow on the second
floor by a fire escape.
Transistor radios, cameras,
and jewelry were left untouched.
Nothing but $50 in cash seems
to have been taken.
One girl found the contents
of her purse spread out on her
dresser. Her window was found
open.
The front and back doors,
usually locked, were found

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first in a series of books on con-

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and their respective fraternities
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Joe Westcrfield, Phi Kappa Tau;
Secretary Richard Bean, Phi
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Nexus Aids Communication
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Folk singers Louise Kelly and Dan Brock arc shown performing
for students and faculty located
at 313 Rose St. The coffeehouse is open from 8 to 1 o'clock on
Friday and Saturday nights and from 3 to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.

at Nexus, the new coffeehouse

Kernel Staff Writer
Communication has always
been the major problem in the
world. Misunderstanding, or inability to communicate, if you
like, has been the cause of most
conflicts from the Aegaen Wars
to the Watts' Hints.
Nexus, a coffeehouse at 313
Hose St., uses music as a universal language to transcend the
petty differences between people
and really communicate.
Nexus is a Latin word meaning "a connection, tie, or link
between individuals of a group."
The recently opened coffeehouse
in the Presbyterian Student Center fills a void on this campus,
establishing a place w here people
with ideals and dreams can relay
them onto, and usually into, their
contemporaries. Nexus is open
from 8 to 1 on Friday and Saturday nights, and from 3 to 5 p.m.
Wednesdays.
Ed Miller, originator of the
coffeehouse and chairman of the

ceeded.''
Nexus succeeds in communi-

cating with music, but falters
read-

during the frequent poetry
ings. Tops among the poets is
Bonnie Long, who expresses in
a few short phrases the pulse of
a culture. He paints a picture
of despair but trims it with
splotches of hope.
The other poets, among them
Joe Nickell and Harlcy Deal,
compose and read poetry of misty
ideals and ambiguous surrealisms.
The folksingers at Nexus
Mariana Diniotakis from
Athens, Greece, and Talbot t
Nagel from Louisville convey
their feelings about life in a
truly artistic manner.

UNIQUE HORROR MOVIE
SHOWS TONIGHT AT SC
"Freaks," one of the most
shocking motion pictures ever
made, will be shown at 7:30
tonight in the Student Center
Theater. Sponsored by the Experimental Film Society, the film
will be open to the public with
a $1 admission fee.
"Freaks" has been called
"The first film of its kind and
undoubtedly the last it is a
film that could never be made
in our modern day society." It
concerns a group of circus freaks
of the
War II era
who vent their suppressed bitterness and hate upon the most
beautiful lady of the circus.

By STEVEN LAZAR

Kernel Staff Writer
Once in a while a really good show hits town one which
isn't ladened with double meanings, double spies, or hidden
symbolisms. "Inside Daisy Clover," currently playing at the Ken
tucky Theatre, is one of these.
Starring Natalie Wood, the breakdown to finally make her
show depicts the happiness and realize this, but in the end her
plight of a
singer sufferings are well worth her
who finally makes it big in Holl- sanity.
On the whole, the show repywoodonly to find that motion
picture stars don't always shine. resents a very good piece of
Ruth Cordon as realistic acting. There aren't any
or cute gadgets just
Daisy's mother, and Christopher super-spie- s
Flummer as one of her lovers, people who have been taken
the picture shows what can hap- in by the lure of stardom which
Hollywood offers.
pen when a young, starry-eye- d
If you are lookingfor a change
girl enters the motion picture
from the current syndromes
rat race.
Just as the advertisements which the motion pictures today
tell you, "Inside Daisy Clover" offer, see "Inside Daisy Clover."
is the story of what the motion
picture industry did to a sweet
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* Too Much Too Soon
Student Center Hoard's rejection of a merger with Student
Con Kress is a reassuring end to
an
document which
seemed likely of being accepted
without sufficient study.
We do not think supporters of
the proposed constitution were in
any way attempting to "hoodwink"
the students, but we believe the
document was hastily prepared and
some gaping and dangerous holes.
For instance, the prime function
of Student Congress its voice as a
representative body virtually was
overlooked in the proposed document. Structures for controlling programming were outlined, but no
permanent bodies to guarantee
carrying out the representative
function were included.
The setup of the selections board
insured the easy passing down of a
heavy bureaucratic structure with
the outgoing president having an
undue voice in selection of his successor's advisory staff. The Student
Congress president should have the
right to select his own staff, with
the consent of the assembly.
One major flaw in the first draft
was the ommission of the stated
superiority of the assembly in all
matters of policy and appointment.
We believe Congress President
Winston Miller was sincere in believing this was inferred, but the
ommission of the specific clause
gave room for dangerous misinterpretation by future officials who
might be less appreciative of the
principles of democratic government.
The constitution reflected careless haste. Many times it was indicated some points were left for
"future study." It was obvious that
most Congress members knew little
of the constitution they were attempting to negate, much less of
the new proposal. We deplore the
attitude of "let's get this much done

Match Postponed Due To Weather
In Student Center Control Room

now, and let others worry later
about the things we have not
thought of yet."
The proposal would have created a vast, unwicldly, entangled
organization with lines of power not
clearly defined. For instance, departmental directors had little responsibility or relation to the legislative assembly.
The document attempted to mix
the recreational-programmin- g
purpose of the Student Center Board
with the representative-crusadin- g
purpose of Student Congress. Furthermore, these two purposes were
to be combined, weighted equally,
within the UK Student government.
We would not be opposed entirely to some greater connection
between Student Congress and the
Student Center Board. Students
should have a more direct control
of programming than they do now
where the staff member has some
power to veto, and since Student
Congress is the only
representative group, it would be
the logical one to guard this right.
We believe, however, that the
Student Center Board should be
kept as a separate entity from Congress, perhaps as a financial trusBarry Cobb. Cartoonist
with Congress guarding the
teeship
d
proright for
but granting the actual
gramming
responsibility for this to an autonThe most effective and most These papers continue to expose
omous student board.
persistent white voices raised and criticize the racial policies of
This proposal would allow for
against the seizure of independence Dr. Verwoerd's government in the
programming more responsive to
face of bitter attacks and frequent
student desires, yet would avoid a by Rhodesia's white minority reofficial harassment.
have been those of the coungime
confusing entanglement of Student
try's major newspapers: The
Congress and Student Center
These courageous voices may
Rhodesia Herald and Sunday Mail
Board's basic purposes.
of Salisbury and The Chronicle of not survive the next phase of polThe idea of a stronger link beitical development in Rhodesia and
tween these groups should not be Bulawayo.
South Africa, but they will have
abandoned, but we commend the
earned the admiration of free jourFor nearly a week these newsStudent Center Board for realizing
have defied the regime's nalists and the gratitude of free
this is not something which can be papers
new regulations which prohibit the men.
done without more study and concarrying of blank spaces in the
The New York Times
sideration by all UK students.
news columns where censors have
cut out material. Each continues
to print a front-pag- e
announcement calling attention to the censorship and to indicate by white
ment of Housing and Urban DeThe Kernel has falsely reported
space that news items have been
velopment. HUD's scope, more eliminated.
this week that proxy voting is prolimited than its title would indihibited by the Student Congress
This refusal to knuckle under
cate, helps to justify leaving it in
constitution. Proxy voting, howof the mass transit snarl. to expanding controls is in line with
charge
ever, is outlawed in the Congress
the high standards in neighboring
But it could create a difficult conot the constitution.
South Africa shown by the
ordination problem.
We deeply regret this error on
Given the massive and everJohannesburg Star and other papers
our part, and we apologize to Condifficulties belonging to the same ownership
growing transportation
gress president Winston Miller and
of the nation, it would be hard group (Argus) as those in Rhodesia,
members of the legislature for any
to deny the need for a concerted as well as by Laurence Gandar's unfair
criticism regarding this
attack. The President in his message Rand Daily Mail of Johannesburg.
matter.
has graphically chronicled the
of space
"astonishing growth of American limitation!,
welc,m !ttri 'rom readers wishing to comment on any topic. Because received.
should be limited to 200 words. We reserve
and indicated the Longer manuscripts will be accepted at the editor's discretion. the right to edit letters
transportation"
and
The letters
should be signed
follows: for students,
immense unsolved problems left in local telephone submitted tfor faculty members,as name, department and name, college andforclass
alumni,
number;
academic
name, hometown and class; for University staff members, name, department rank; position; for
and
the wake of this growth. Almost
hometown telephone
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letters cannot be
All letters should be typewritten number. Unsigned
and double spaced.
any motorist can add his own of ihf.lth0rd.i!addreStld ,toAthe Editor- the Kentucky Kernel. Journalism Building. University
may
left in the editor"! office. Room
of the Journalism Building.
vivid illustrations to those of the
President.
Mr. Johnson also recommends
a traffic safety act and endorses
a bill setting up tire safety stanThe South's Outstanding
dards. Had the automotive and tire
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We hope that President Johnson,
in requesting a new Cabinet-leve- l

department of transportation, has
done his political homework. It
will need all his political skill and
finesse to bring to pass a proposal
previously recommended by a
Hoover Commission task force,
President Eisenhower, and others,
but never acted upon.
Creation of the department
would affect many vested interests,
both inside government and out.
Mr. Johnson showed due political caution in leaving virtually
untouched the independent regulatory agencies. Sometimes referred
to as "the fourth branch of government," these powerful agencies
have always looked to Congress
for protection from presidential
interference. Students 01 government seriously doubt whether their
independence has tended to serve
the public interest. But had the
President attempted to include
them in the proposed department,
he would almost certainly have
doomed its chance of winning congressional approval.
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By RICK STEPHENS
Kernel Staff Writer
Underlying the excitement and
enormity of a big city are bleak
things: poverty, racial conflicts,
unemployment, and crime problems which not only concern
Secretary Robert C. Weaver and
his Department of Housing and
Urban Development,
but all
Americans.
But to understand the intensity of such problems involves
seeing them face to face. One
cannot read about them or even
see pictures of those who are
faced with them and still realize
their depth. No, one must work
with an organization like the
Duncan YMCA in Chicago where
exposure to the reality of big
city living is most abundant.
John O'Brien, a UK junior
and Student Congress vice president, did exactly this last summer. He worked with seven to
boys in the capacity
of a project supervisor. The boys,
all members of the Duncan Y,
cleaned up urban lots in the
Near West Side Area of Chicago
about 14 blocks out of the Loop:
their reward was money that
would enable them to go to summer camp.
What are his observations concerning race relations, poverty,
urban renewal, and crime in this
area of Chicago?
"Every conceivable minority
group is concentrated in this
area. Among the members of the
Y from this area are Puerto
Ricans, Mexicans, Italians, Negroes, and Southern whites."
"However, there is harmony
among the members of the Y
and I would say that most of
the racial conflicts are instigated
by the parents," said O'Brien.
The kids have been able to
in a common
communicate
language English.
The parents of the foreign
children refuse to learn English
and resent the fact that their
children pick it up. But this
feeling carries over to the other
aliens so that the language barrier
breeds an animosity among the
foreign parents, O'Brien explained.
"When I went to these kids
homes to speak with their parents
about summer camp the feeling
was that I was trying to put
something over on them. They
feel this way about the police,
about Mayor Daley, and the businessmen in whose stores they
trade," he said.
The Negroes seemed to be
more concerned about the kind
of kids that were going to camp

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rather than their nationality. The
breakdown in the Negro family
unit was so obv ious. The mot hers
ran the household, made the decisions whether a man was around
or not; she is the breadwinner,
explained O'Brien.
"There arc hundreds of housing projects in Chicago today
under the direction of various
housing agencies. Each area
seems to have its agency like
the Far West Housing Agency."
"They are enormous and very
attractive on theoutside but within disorganization and filth exist.
Often the work of these people
is seasonal and they have a great
deal of leisure. The recreational
facilities are bad and it's no
rarity to see 300 kids on one
playground. The kids are not
old enough to work and their
parents are to unskilled to de

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mand decent wages," he said.
"Most of thecrimeand trouble
in this area where I worked result