UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 9,1967
Nescoe Faculty recitals reports to open tonight GUE
KU is having growing pains.
KU is having growing pains. Speaking before a meeting of the Greater University Fund advisory board Saturday at the Kansas Union, Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said that because KU is the largest growing university in the state, finances have become a problem.
Fees have increased for the student and the cost of books have doubled in the last ten years. This is because of growing expenses of equipment, salaries and general facilities, and increased enrollment.
In order to maintain KU's reputation, it is essential to recruit outstanding faculty members. According to Chancellor Wescoe, "The efforts of the Greater University Fund (G.U.F.) mean more to KU than any other single organization."
The G.U.F. has solicited 115,000 contributions totaling more than $4 million since its organization in 1953. The money is not invested but spent as soon as it is received for scholarships, research, and other University programs.
KU is the only state school which reached the estimated enrollment.
Todd Seymore, executive director of the KU endowment Association told the G.U.F. members that the needs of KU are constantly expanding and private contributions are necessary to maintain many KU programs and scholarships.
In order to provide the same resources for students today that the alumni had, private financial support must be solicited.
They ignore all but game
Sunday, two students sat, absorbed in a chess game, in room 305 of the Kansas Union.
Outside, in the Ballroom, an organist was practicing a hymn for the School of Religion's dedication service at 3 p.m. It was now 2:40.
The students were unaware of the organ music.
Two contestants in the nonelimination KU Chess Tournament last week lost their opening ground games. Next week they will play in the second round of the tournament against, as yet, unassigned opponents.
One sat, lips quivering, chin poised on his hands and elbows resting on the table. He had the white chessman: three pawns, a rook and king. He moved a pawn in front of his king for protection.
The other was less absorbed. He sat with arms crossed, silently contemplating his move. He had black chessmen: two rooks, three pawns, a bishop, and king. He used his bishop to capture a rook and put the white king in check.
The threatened player moved the king into the corner and out of check; his opponent moved his rook in and quietly said "check-mate."
Outside the Campanile chimed three times and the service began in the Ballroom, unnoticed by the players.
Music will fill Swarthout Recital Hall two nights this week when two faculty members give recitals.
The first performance in the Faculty Recital Series is tonight at 8:p.m., when professor of voice Reinhold Schmidt will sing.
Accompanied by pianist Paul Tardif, the bass-baritone will sing a Bach cantata, Four Serious Songs by Brahms, and Songs of Travel by R. Vaughn Williams.
Schmidt has been at KU since 1949. Before that he was soloist on the radio shows Evening with Romberg, Chicago Theatre of the Air, and Carnation Contented Hour.
He has been principal bass-baritone in both the Chicago
Opera Company and the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company.
The second recital in the series will be Wednesday, when visiting lecturer Gary Kirkpatrick will play sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms, and Carnaval by Schumann.
Kirkpatrick was a staff pianist at Interlohen Arts Academy in Michigan and has played in more than 100 TV shows and concerts.
He graduated from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and attended the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Vienna, Austria.
Among his many international honors are first prize in the Stephanov Piano Competition in Vienna in 1964, and second prize in the International Piano Competition in Jaen, Spain, in 1968.
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Democratic National Chairman John M. Bailey conceded today Vietnam will be "the big issue" in 1968 and admitted that "right now the heat is on President Johnson."
Demo says 'heat on'
But Bailey, in a report to the Democratic National Committee, predicted that a "bloody gang
fight" for the Republican presidential nomination will pave the way for Johnson's re-election.
"Twice daily, some Republican presidential hopeful comes up with another new plan for Vietnam," Bailey said. "Second guessers, the experts at changing their minds, are after the President in full force."
"We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe, but there was a Turkish prisoner, Baha'u'llah in Akka, Palestine, who had the key." —Leo Tolstoy
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