University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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I FACTS was organized shortly before the general election in the spring of 1951 by a group of stu- dents who felt the need for a new type of campus political party. The founders hoped to re-establish student government as an important phase of campus life by campaigning on actual issues, and to replace the old Creek-Independent political di- vision with one in which the parties stood or fell by the principles they embraced. The neW,party's principles and its democratic organization attract- ed many supporters and its membership grew Watkins Hall in Fall Splendor independent girls manage all their affairs th facts rapidly before the spring election. The principles to Which FACTS is pledged are aptly stated in the preamble to the party's constitution, which reads: In order to stimulate among the students of the University of Kansas an active in- terest in the affairs of this campus, to replace the present Greek-Independent division with one based upon issue, and to raise the standards of campus life through better understanding of and wider participation in student government, we associate ourselves together and establish this constitution for the Society for the First Actually Constructive Ticket fmcrsy. The democratic organization of the party is evidenced by complete absence of hier- archies, inner circlesn, or 'aimperial potentatesn. The party decides upon its policies at open meet- ings in which all members have an equal voice and an equal vote. FACTS candidates for office are selected in an open primary election in which all members may vote on all nominees. FACTS FACTS Prez Dirks and ASC Chief Logan the top brass scrutinize party policy.

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Uongratulations from Chief Trustee Becker the new guardian of the constitution. new job To a certain extent, therefore, its operation is always a hit clumsy, a hit inefficient, hut somehow vigorous enough to he one of the oldest forms of organization to he found in our civilization, with its roots, indeed, back in the days of earliest recorded history. It will survive in the future only as its rights are defended, only as the various ele- ments treat the rest of the University community with respect and tolerance, only as freedom of thought and speech and action is rigorously upheld. Each of us has a part to play in torn would gladly trade titles. upholding the great traditions of K.U., which was born in a troubled period of our national history when our Kansas pioneers were throwing off shackles and insisting on the freedom which is our great American heritage. Each of us has a part in the perpetuation of the fine traditions of the University, which has made it one of the nation's greatest, and one of which all of us are proud to be an indefinable hut indestructihle part. Deane W. Malott, K.U. 321 PRESIDENT, CORNELL UNIVERSITY page seventeen President Malott and Governor Dewey

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Just as Americans Make America - the Students are the Backbone of KU . . . Fraser, the University's Oldest Hall, is a Hub of Friendly Conviviality. t u d n t . . the Facts plan the big rush the new K U-eds the new men a cartoon candids