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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
3
Eldon Turner, a 29 year old Salina graduate student in American studies, notes that Frank Janzen, 24, Kansas City Kansas senior majoring in Russian, shifted his Vietnam stance to please the crowd. He observed three political lines in Janzen’s talk and remarks on goal trends.
Dave Goodlaxson a 22 year old Des Moines Iowa philosophy graduate student attended a speech seen as heavy on slogans with little program. He noted interest in change over Kennedy and found his negotiation with the National Liberation Front a rare novel point.
A St. Louis senior comments on a visiting speaker, praising sincerity but criticizing sensationalism and emotional rhetoric about the war. The writer notes alignment with Kennedy, resistance to abrupt troop withdrawal, and concerns about audience reactions.
Lawrence High School students prepare for an April 5 dance in the gym featuring the Young Raiders. Proceeds benefit the senior class gift as hundreds attend the Spring Festival of Fun with 16 booths raising funds for the AFL chapter.
Max Stalcup, LHS guidance counselor, surveyed LHS seniors from 64 to 66 who took advanced calculus and foreign languages and compared their high school grades with spring 1967 KU results. Among 38 calculus students, 9 A, 16 B, 13 C. 16 kept, 8 rose, 14 fell. For German and Spanish, 18 students showed 8 A, 5 B, 5 C. 10 maintained, 3 rose, 5 dropped. No D drops recorded. Average high school GPA 2.43. KU GPA 2.01 for calculus students. 2.2 high school GPA. KU 1.74 for language students. The study supports continued double-A classes and notes some limits.
An Oak Ridger teen writer surveys high school students on going steady. They describe it as mutual care and understanding rather than a status symbol, noting challenges like limited dating experience and potential future marriage, while some see it as an intermediate step between dating and engagement.
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