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VOL. XXVDI, NO. U
Huffman
to head
AUEC
Dr. William Huffman, Dean of
University College and the Sum­mer
Session, has been elected
vice-president and president-elect
of the Association of University
Evening Colleges. The election
was held at the annual AUEC
convention in Buffalo New York,
this November.
His duties as vice-president are
immediate. those as president will
be taken for a year beginning in
November 1967. He has been a
director-at-large and an executive
committee member for the last
two years.
All major universities and col­leges
in the United States and
Canada are members of the Asso­ciation.
Its goal is increasingly
high standards for continuing edu­cation.
Dean Huffman has also been
appointed to the Louisville and
Jefferson County Planning Com­mission.
He was sworn in Dec. 8
by Judge Allen Schmidt in the
ab ence of County Judge Marlow
Cook.
Also appointed to the Commis-ion
were Joseph Wimsatt, Wil­liam
Cain, John Sawyer, Ernest
Worful, Otto Knop, Sammy Lee,
and Jack Quick.
Dean Huffman holds a Ph.D.
from Northwestern University.
He is now a member of the Rotary
Club of Louisville and the Sales
Executive Council of Louisville. A
native of Columbus, Ohio, Huff­man
has been at UL since 1947.
The University of Louisville
Library's schedule for the
Christmas vacation is, as fol­lows:
Dec. 19-22, 8:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m.; Dec. 23-27, closed; Dec.
28-30, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Dec.
31-Jan. 1, closed; Jan. 2, 1:00
p .m.-10:00 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF LOmSVILLE, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40Z08 DECEMBER 16, 1966
SAC now responsible
for . all social events
Stop for Safety
Alpha Phi Omega's display of
safety devices and photographs of
accidents attracted much atten­tion
this week at its place out­side
the SUB.
By Beverly Burlett
The "infant" Student Activities
Committee has tackled a man­sized
job. Voting unanimously to
accept the Student Senate's pro­posal
that they assume control of
all campus social events, the two­year-
old SAC has demonstrated
-'Confidence and initiative.
"We can do a better job than
has been done in the p.1st," com­mented
Jack Smith, SAC mem­ber.
He explained that this is due
to their large budget and ready
access to information concerning
bands and singing groups. These.
resources would eliminate unnec­essary
red tapE~.
"This added responsibility can
also be an outlet for people who
want to serve," he continued.
UL professor new co-chairman
for West End Community Council
By Nancy Tribble
When Dr. Harvey Webster
moved into Louisville's West End
six years ago, it was to enjoy the
comforts of a home "surrounded
by 40 trees ... 100 yards from the
river." But if the University of
Louisville English professor was
looking for peace and quiet, he
found little.
Webster started working with
the West End Community Coun­cil,
a citizen's organization formed
to promote harmonious race re­lations
in the West End area, and
now will soon become a co-chair­man
of the Council.
To assume duties next week,
Webster cites as one of the Coun­cil's
prime aims the attmpt to
maintain "as close to an inte­grated
community as possible."
Many white people have been
l e a v i n g the West End as
Negroes move into their neigh-borhoods-
a phenomenon, Web­ster
fears, which could result in
ghetto conditions and riots as in
Watts and Chicago. "We are try­ing
to dissuade whites from mov­ing
away."
The professor terms his interest
in the West End Community
Council as a matter of "personal
involvement," an involvement
which began during his college
days. Attending Oberlin, an in­stitution
which admitted "Negroes,
then women," Webster became ac­quainted
with many Negro stu­dents.
It was at this time, he
states, that he first became sym­pathetic
with the Negro and his
position in American society.
This week the professor has
been busily putting up posters
advertising the Louisville pre­miere
of the movie "Is Paris
Burning?" at Cinema I Dec. 21.
As the West End Community
Council will receive a substantial
share of the first-night profits,
Webster is working for a large
turn-out.
Webster joined the University
of Louisville faculty in 1936 but
has left the University on several
occasions to do research work and
teaching assignments. Last year
he was a "distinguished visiting
professor" at the University of
Montana.
Webster has found some time
along the way for writing. He has
published editions of Mark Twain's
Life on the Mississippi and The
Mayor of Castorbridge by Thomas
Hardy. Author of a study on Har­dy,
On a Darkling Plain, Web­ster
is currently working on a
book dealing with contemporary
British literature.
The professor did his under­graduate
work at Oberlin College
and later received his Ph.D. from
"The SAC will need sub-commit­tees,
providing an opportunity for
more people to work."
Although the SAC's new policy
will not go into effect officially
until next fall, they have already
begun plans for Homecoming.
Michal Morford of the SAC for­sees
expanding Homecoming into
an "all weekend affair." This
would involve bringing in a big
name group for a concert after
the Friday night bonfire. The SAC
plans to have a name band for
the Homecoming dance. The Thor­ough
bred dance, another SAC
focus, will also be a major dance.
"This enlargement of our role
in campus activities gives us the
stature we need to· instigate new
programs," stated Jack Smith.
(Continued on page 8, col. 3)
Dr. Webster
the University of Michigan. Be­fore
working towards his doc­torate
degree, Webster had a brief
stint in the stockyards. Lest any­one
receive a false impression,
Webster quickly points out: "It
was in the post office there
an anticlimax, I know."
Campus police take steps to stamp out evil
Campus Cop on duty
Leavin~ the University Center in the
wee hours of the mominc is an ever­vigilant
campus watchman. A nirht of
crime prevention at UL mmally nets him
liUle more than sore feet.
By Tom Lyons
While lawnessness and/or evil are not
running rampant on the UL campus. Uni­versity
officials are taking steps to stamp
them out altogether.
In addition to the usual compliment of
watchmen, and a special two-man de­tatchment
from the city police, the Presi­dent's
Office has announced plans to con­struct
a guardhouse strategically located
near the dorms. The purpose of the in­stallation
will be to provide security men
with a well-lighted central location to
serve as a communications center and
headquarters. It will also be a place where
people can seek police assistance around
the clock.
Currently the watchmen and two Uni­versity-
paid city police officers handle
campus security. The watchmen, seven
in number, are each responsible for check­ing
particular campus buildings. The two
city policemen cruise the campus in an
unmarked car. On the alert against van­dalism,
they also watch for pilfering from
cars parked on campus lots.
The status of the police on campus duty
is rather unique. They are actually moon­lighters.
Campus duty is a required as­signment
but one which the officers who
have volunteered draw about six or seven
times a month. It is considered "moon­lighting"
in one sense because the Uni­versity
pays their salary. The police
powers of the officers are in no way di­minished
by the change in employers.
The decision to bring the city police on
the campus was made well over a year
ago. "Before the University put the police
on the campus every night, it was a com­mon
saying in the department that they
were carrying this campus right off the
beat," recalled officer Jerry Ho~k, one
of the men on the campus squad. He and
his partner officer, J. E. King, were patro1-
ing the campus when interviewed.
"The problem used to be that a lot of
people who didn't belong here were tak­ing
short cuts across the campus. And
every time they did, they would steal
something. That's a big part of our job
now," said King, "looking for people who
don't belong on the campus."
"I think," Houk added, "that the stu­dents
appreciate this. What few problems
we do have around the campus are usual­ly
from non-students." Houk went on
to point out that the only arrests he has
made in his nine months on campus duty
have been a couple of people caught steal­ing
gas from parked cars.
According to King, "everyone enjoys
this duty because you meet a nicer class
of people, and things ~e uS'Ually very
quiet. The only real exception to this is
Homecoming week."
"Then," Houk added with a smile, "you
really keep busy."
Both officers agreed that the coopera­tion
of the Uni\·ersity ·officials was in­valuable.
They also work closely with the
watchmen and police on the ·oeat. From
time to time they check tJ-1e buildings,
watching especially for vandalism to vend­ing
machines. The offk.-ers ~eldom venture
into the dorms, ex coy t ir. the wee hours
of their shift which ~ :.:ns until 4:00 a.m.
"In most places around the campus,"
said King, "just the presence of the police,
their occasional appearance, is enough to
discourage any disturbances or potential
trouble-makers. That's the kind of peo­ple
we are dealing with."
The new guardhouse will give the po­lice
a headquarters, and will make them
easier to find. A communications gystem
will also be installed to better co-ordinate
security efforts. Plans for the building,
probably to be a brick and glass structure,
will be submitted to the University in
February.