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Tuesday, June 8, 1976
University Dally Kansan
Events
Professor PETER YAUSCOUGH, of the UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS in England will speak on "Computer Assisted Learning in Modern English" at the Kingdom! 4 a.p.m. today in 123 Malott.
There will be an ORGAN INSTITUTE RECITAL at 8 tonight by ALBERT GERKEN on the carillon.
SUA SUMMER FILMS presents "Breathing Together," a documentary about the lives of John Gnlsburg, the Hoffman, John Lennon and David Aitken at 7:30 on tonight for Auditorium Rudolf.
Grants and Awards
PETER MORALES, Lawrence graduate student will serve as an instructor at the University of Oviedo, Spain during the 1976-77 academic year. CHAE JNEE LEE associates professor of political science, will teach in Korea during the summer of 1977.
A University of Kansas faculty member and a graduate student have been awarded grants by the FULBRIGHT-HAYS program to study abroad.
THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES has awarded two Grants-in-Aid and one one联hip to three KU professors. G. DOUGLAS ATKINS, associate professor of English, received a Grant-in-Aid to teach at the University David M. BERGERON, professor of English, received one to study patrons of English drama, 1558-1642.
F. ALLAN HANSON, associate professor of anthropology, received a fellowship to study religion, philosophy and world view of the New Zealand Maori.
He's been working on a statute of Moses for nearly nine years and it could take him another two to three years to finish it.
Sculptor casts Moses
"I'm a fast worker," Elden Tefft, professor of sculpture, joked yesterday.
The bronze statue will be about 10 feet tall and weigh between one and two tons, Tefft said. When it is finished it will stand in front of Smith Hall, which houses the School of Religion, and will face the building's stained glass window.
The statue's design is based on the official University of Kansas seal, he said. The KU seal shows Moses, the Hebrew leader who led his people from Egypt to Palestine, kneeling in front of a burning bush, which symbolizes God.
The status, however, shows the figure of Moses with his arms crossed in front of him rather than with his palms together. This is being done so it won't be identified strictly with one religion but will be a symbol of inner strength to all, Tefft said.
The stained glass of Smith Hall will stand for the burning bush and the statue will be bellow with openings to allow the viewer to look through it.
This open effect symbolizes the spiritual feeling of religion, which is more concerned with the souls of people than outward appearances, he said.
"from a distance the figure will look solid and life-like," Teit said. "But you can't be so realistic as to show every hair and skin pore. You have to be abstract, to show the innermost feeling rather than just the exterior."
The KU School of Religion commissioned the sculpture, which Teft works on without pay. He can work on it for only a few hours and must attend his other duties as a teacher and sculptor.
In the last nine years nearly 100 of his sculpture students have helped him with the statue, though it isn't part of any regular class. Tefft said.
He has no idea of what the total cost of the materials has been. He said he it wouldn't be extravagant, Tefft said that making the statue had been a long, involved process.
He spent the first year looking for a site to build his house. He finally rised he finally settled in Learned Hall. During this time several small clay models were made in designing the final version of his house.
The first working model of the statue was made with light steel. Layers of styrofoam,
wax and clay were added later to stabilize the design, Teff said.
From this a plaster mold will be made and baked at 1,000 degrees. When the mold is sturdy enough, bronze will be poured into it and left to harden for 20 minutes.
Wax is now being applied to the working surface of a mirror and bronze brushes still on camph. Teef said, "The wax is so sticky that it can be applied."
"There's plenty left to do he," he said. "could it get it this summer if we get the
Most statues are as hollow as the one of Moses will appear to be and are much lighter in weight than one might expect, Teft said.
"It would be impossible to move large statues inside a building if they were solid brone," he said. "Also, bronze shrinks if left in a large, solid mass."
The statue of Moses isn't the first sculpture that Tefft has done for the KU campus. He sculpted the busts of former chancellors Wescoe, Strong, Murphy and Snow. The busts are in the buildings named for these educators.
But his most well-known work is the statue of the Jayhawk in front of Strong Hall, the bird which he referred to as "the pterodactyl." The Jayhawk he sculpted is the representative looking then to the usual smiling representations of KU's mascot, Tefft said.
Many people think the sculpture is ugly and mean-looking, or that it resembles a buzzer more than a school's symbol, but they still look at it with disbelief. Over the sculpture he completed in 1866.
"It's more in the spirit of the fighting Jayhawks rather than a cartoon character," Tefft said. "Besides, some people get tired of cuddy mascots."
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