THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
The University of Kansas
Wednesday January 18, 1978
Lawrence, Kansas
Vol.88, No.73
Staff Photo by DONALD WALLER
Country style
anat good old country music walked through the halls last night as the Lemming Family helped to celebrate the opening of the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. The
family was one of six music groups that played in six different galleries during the opening of the $5 million museum.
Repairs affect relays, graduation
BY MARY HOENK
Stuff Writer
Renovations to Memorial Stadium, which began in mid-December, have forced the relocation of the 1978 Kansas Relays, but the team's undegraded ceremony is to be deterred.
The KU commencement committee is planning to hold graduation at the stadium, even though Clyde Walker, KU athletic director, has stated that the athletic department's policy is to schedule no public events in the stadium while renovation is in progress. The job is scheduled for completion in September 1978.
Larry Heeb, chairman of the commencement committee, said yesterday that the committee was working on an alternative location for commencement if the stadium was unavailable for the May 22 graduation.
"But every possible effort is being made to use the stadium," he said. "We're just not ignoring the possibility that the stadium might be ready."
HE SAID construction progress will depend on many factors, including weather but that the committee would wait as long as possible. The committee should move the ceremony to an alternative site.
To date, construction crews have begun to remove seating and to work on concrete
restoration, but the work may have been slowed by cold weather. Walker said.
According to Walker, the policy was implemented by the athletic department, partly because of insurance regulations. The insurance company that represents the裁判部 for the project has insisted that no public event shall take place at the stadium because of potential liabilities.
The policy was put into effect also because of problems that would result if the construction were delayed to allow public events, Walker said.
In accordance with this policy, Waker announced Dec. 13 that the 1978 Kansas Relays would be scrapped because of the $1.8 million renovation plan.
BUT THE relays committee and intercollegiate track departments have since designed an alternative meet to be held at five locations, according to Liz MacGregor, one of three student coordinators for the relays committee.
Bob Timms, head track coach, said that although the Kansas Relays as an event would be held at Missouri Stadium,
renovations were important enough to have priority over the use of the stadium.
"It is really something the whole department needed and in the end a lot of the renovations will also be beneficial to the track program," he said.
Timmons also said that his department did not know how much the renovations would affect the relays until mid-December when Walker made his announcement.
Find decision was not See REPAIRS page five
HE SAID the final decision was not
Staff Writer
By DIRCK STEIMEL
Gov. Robert F. Bennett's recommended fiscal 1979 budget for the University of Kansas has a "fighting chance" of passage by the legislature, State Rep. Mike Glover, D-Lawrence, said yesterday.
The governor's proposed budget, unveiled before the legislature last week, includes a University budget of $109,233,245. This much more than KU probably will spend this year.
The main items of the governor's budget were a $6.2 million allocation for renovating Watson Library, funding to complete the new hospital at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a 7 percent increase in faculty salaries.
STATE REP. Lloyd Burzi, R-Lawrence, said the governor's budget for KU would have a much easier time passing the bill than it does now. That higher education had a higher priority in the legislature than last year and that there would be more money to work with.
Glover said the legislature would act on the bill to fund KU and other state universities late in the session because it must be passed by the governor's house and finally by a conference committee.
However, Glover said, "it's going to take a lot of selling to convince rivale legislators to spend more on higher education when we have farm problems and partly on their minds."
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News Capsules
From the Associated Press. United Press International
Death penalty debate set
Richard Von Ende, executive secretary of the University, said that KU administrators had already signed an agreement.
TOPEKA-House members are to begin arguing the first major floor debate of the 1978 session today—whether to
John Carlin, house speaker, bypassed hostile legislative committees Monday and referred the death penalty bill directly to the House floor for debate. Last week the House Judiciary Committee rejected a similar bill, refusing to recommend its passage and also refusing to send it to the House floor.
The proposal, as sent to the House floor, would make capital punishment an option in cases of first-degree murder committed maliciously, willfully, deliberately and with premeditation.
only one motion, honoring the late Hubert H. Humphrey.
House members introduced bills that would limit the granting of underground water rights, permit state income tax credits for a percentage of tuition at approved educational institutions, allow mental patients access to psychiatric records, and move supervision of state nursing homes.
Motion honors Humphrey
Park talks: none indicted
TOPEKA-Kansas state legislators daylight adopted on election day, has supported Hoydert H. Wyattney.
Civilitet, who interrogated Park for four days, said that though Park's testimony had been extremely helpful, news reports of it were grossly exaggerated. he also said that the absence of criminal conduct among a vast number of officials.
SEOUL, South Korea—Despite reports that Tongusan Park implicated many U.S. officials and members of Congress during recent testimony, Benjamin R. Givellt, a lawyer for the department, said yesterday it was doubtful any indictments would result.
JERUSALEM—New Middle East talks opened yesterday with Israel and Egypt taking hard line stands in support of their positions while the United States staked out the middle ground asking both sides to reach a just, lasting and comprehensive settlement.
The public speechmaking by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamal, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance lasted only 17 minutes. See story page two.
Vance
Middle East begins talks
Malpractice ruling sought
TOPEKA-A western Kansas doctor is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to declare the state medical malpractice insurance law unconstitutional because it requires doctors to buoy coverage whether they want it or not.
The request came after a decision barrier Byron T. Liggert, a Great Bend physician, from practicing medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
Locally
Jimmy Green may not make it to the Feb. 21 dedication of the new law building named after him, but law school officials say the famous old statue will be moved to the new building by the fall semester.
However, he said he would be reluctant to pass how the legislature would view the proposed bill.
Dearneall Tacha, associate dean of law, said Monday that the school had been waiting for study results on how best to teach.
"I THINK the governor clearly analyzed the University's urgent needs like Watson renovation, faculty salary increases and new programs," he said, and provided for them. "Von Ende said."
Of the main items in the governor's proposal, Glover said the faculty salary increase would have the hardest time increasing because the increase is a 50-60 chance of passage.
Tacha said professional statue movers will be called in because of special procedures that will be needed. See story **Pioneer**.
The faculty salary increase would be given to the University in a lump sum and allocated by KU officials to faculty members based on merit and promotions.
ANOTHER ITEM of the governor's KU budget was funding for a fee waiver management.
The program is based on tuition waivers equaling $234,195. The state would provide this extra money for total operations to offset fees not paid by teaching assistants.
Glover said he thought the program should be given more money, because of the need to keep graduate students at KU and to move their moving to higher-paying universities.
under the governor's proposal, women's
athletes receive the $185,115 issued by
the university.
Other items approved by the governor were a $100,000 computer catalog system for Watson Library, a law enforcement instruction program, $381,700 for window glazing and insulation to conserve energy and $150,000 to renovate Sooner Hall.
Many fight cold to open museum
In addition, the governor recommended $335,000 for remodeling and special maintenance of Robinson Gymnasium, $250,000 for renovation of Summerfield Hall, and $60,000 for planning the renovation of Mervin Hall (also the total sought by KU).
BENNETT recommended $10,000 of the
waste-fueled equipment by KU for planning a solid
waste-fueled plant.
By MARY ANNE OLIVAR
The $-million Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, which houses 25,000 works of art, was opened to the public for the first time last night.
Staff Writer
The museum's opening coincides with the 10th anniversary of the establishment of KU's art collection and the 50th anniversary of the KU's art collection, the core of KU's art holdings.
From 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. people streamed into the museum, braving last night's cold weather to browse through the galleries on the building's third and fourth floors.
The museum's first floor is being considered for the art library, which is now in Watson Library. The department of art history and a museum shop are on the second floor. Offices and storage rooms are on the fifth floor.
Spencer Museum was a gift from Helen Foreman Spencer, a member of the KU education department.
CHARLES ELDREDGE, director of Spencer museum, said in an opening announcement, "This is a gift from Mrs. Spencer especially for the students."
Spencer was not able to attend the grand opening. However, she attended an inaugural preview Sunday night, several dignitaries and distinguished people in the arts also attended, including the University's art museum: Slavise Mourvail.
Like the opening of an old 20th Century- Fox movie, beams of light from two large spotlights pierced the sky announcing the festivity.
Former chancellors Franklin W. Murphy,
W. Clarke Wesco, Raymond Nichols and
Deane W. Malott also were at Sunday's
preview.
For the first time since 1971, visitors were able to see about 2,000 seemingly forgotten places in New York City.
LEE BISHP, Bonner Springs senior and an art history major was excited about the opening.
"We're seeing things that haven't been shown for years," she said, referring the statement to other officials.
A NUMBER of other persons shared her enthusiasm.
Admiring the exhibits, Bishop said of the $5 million gift, "The museum was worth even more."
Part of the museum's collection previously was displayed in Spooner Hall. However, Eldridge said 97 percent of the collection could not be displayed in Spooner because of a lack of space. Many of the art works were stored in a fire-proof, humidity-controlled area in Spencer Research Library.
Musical groups played in six of the museum's 12 galleries during the grand opening. Each group played music that corresponded to the gallery they were in.
"After so many months of planning," Johnson said, "the art works are coming to life in this atmosphere, among people and music."
For instance, a country music group played in the 20th Century gallery and the Collegium Musicum played in the 18th Century Gallery.
J. Theodore Johnson, professor of French, said, "It is a remarkable teaching museum. I am really extremely pleased and will bring my students here so that they can experience some of the works of art that are here."
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes praised the museum and said it was one of the first university museums in the United States and would attract people to Kansas.
"IT WILL enrich and enhance the cultural lives of students for years to come," he said.
See MUSEUM page five
Staff Writers
By LINDA FINESTONE
Although an unusually high number of students are expected to enroll late, a change in the spring enrollment schedule on Wednesday affected the number of admissions and records, said yesterday.
Calendar change causes few enrollment problems
Dick said enrollment figures would not be released until later today, but he did not expect an enrollment decline greater than the normal drop from the fall to spring grades. The increase caused by fall graduation and students who drop out before the sorring semester.
However, Dyck said he expected more students to enroll late because of the change in the enrollment schedule, which caused a drop in grades. He said of enrollment and the first day of classes.
He said that 600-800 students usually enroll late.
ENROLLMENT FOR both fail and spring semesters was conducted during a Wednesday-to-Friday period. However, the Regents calendar dictates that classes start on a Monday in the fall and on a Wednesday in the spring, causing the four-day gap between the enrollment and the start of classes.
Enrollment schedule changes were made in the KU calendar last spring to comply with the Board of Regents common calendar.
Chancellor Archil R. Dykes said he thought the gap caused many students to return to Lawrence later than usual. Bad grades were a reason when he been a reason for more students enrolling late.
See ENROLLMENT page five
White of dau
Staff Photo by TIM ASHNER
Bitter cold and northerly winds combined to keep several inches of snow in Lawrence this week. Traffic has slowed and walking through the campus can be hazardous. Light traffic is recommended on campus.