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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Fuesday, October 17, 1967
French visitor talks tomorrow
KU's Rose Morgan visiting professor this semester, Jacques Scherer, will give a lecture in French, open to the public, at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
Miss Morgan, late professor or English, bequeathed her home at 1101 Missouri to KU to be used for one visiting scholar each semester.
"Theatre et Society en France du Moyen Ages a Nos Jours," or "Theater and Society in France from the Middle Ages to Today," is the title of his talk.
Scherer created the Institute of Theater Studies at the Sorborne in Paris and is now its director. He has given lectures in countries all over the world, including Russia, Japan, England, Afghanistan,
Upper Volta and the Congo.
Scherer, author of 14 books of French theater criticism, is the French editor of "Modern Drama," an international magazine published at KU.
From 1914 to 1943 Scherer was a journalist and radio commentator for the Free French Forces, broadcasting from New York City. Two other visiting professorships have been awarded Scherer, at Michigan State University in 1962 and at Hollins College, Va., in 1963.
The French department and Pi Delta Phi, French Honor Society, will sponsor his lecture Wednesday.
Critic examines lauds Jap films
Women's role changing A recent development in Japanese films concerns the Japanese woman, the critic said. She no longer is just a bearer of children. Her role as an individual is now evolving.
One of the virtues of Asian films is they show the acceptance by the individual of his limitations, said Donald Richie, a noted film critic who spoke Monday night in the Kansas Union.
Richie's KU lecture was made at the invitation of the East Asian Studies Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His topic was "The Japanese Cinema and its Audience."
The Japanese philosophy of accepting limitations reflects what a Japanese actually is and not what he wants to be, Richie said in his speech. Japanese films are thus more realistic in their portrayal of life.
Film on location
According to Richie, "Japanese films are following life. The Japanese films show the individual finding out who he is by being himself, a man is only what he does."
The unhappy ending is very popular with the Japanese, who want a good cry when they see a film, Richie said.
Another realistic feature of the Japanese cinema is the filming in real locations instead of the Hollywood-type sets used in the U.S.
And that can be an advantage.
Depends on the giant. Actually, some giants are just regular kinds of guys. Except bigger.
How? Well, for one thing, you've got more going for you. Take Ford Motor Company. A giant in an exciting and vital business. Thinking giant thoughts. About developing Mustang. Cougar. A city car for the future.
Come to work for this giant and you'll begin to think like one.
Because you're dealing with bigger problems, the consequences, of course, will be greater. Your responsibilities heavier. That means your experience must be better—more complete. And so, you'll get the kind of opportunities only a giant can give.
Giants just naturally seem to attract top professionals. Men that you'll be working with and for. And some of that talent is bound to rub off.
Because there's more to do, you'll learn more. In more areas.
You'll develop a talent for making hard-nosed, imaginative decisions. And you'll know how these decisions affect the guts of the operation. At the grass roots. Because you'll have been there.
If you'd like to be a giant yourself, and your better ideas are in finance, product engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales, personnel administration or systems research, see the man from Ford when he visits your campus. Or send your resume to Ford Motor Company, College Recruiting Department.
You and Ford can grow bigger together.
THE AMERICAN ROAD, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
AN EQUAL OPORTUNITY EMPLYOER.
What's it like to work for a giant?
I'd like a big job please.
"What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth; depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error; the pride and refuse of the universe! WHO WILL UNRAVEL THIS TANGLE? . . ."
with the Beatles directed by RICHARD LESTER
7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Hoch Auditorium Sun., Oct. 22
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