'That thing looks like I feel' he says
By Linda McCrerey Kansan Staff Reporter
The people nudged closer to the strange object on the table, their eyes growing wide in fascination.
"What is it?" whispered a little girl.
"Whatever you want it to be, I guess," her friend answered.
Whatever you want it to be, I guess," her friend answered. They watched as the thing on the table, a piece of "found" sculpture entitled "Industrial Baroque," rattled and jangled as if in a nervous frenzy.
A curious crowd gathered around a ceramic pedestal topped with a bright orange smiling mouth, entitled "Baby, Baby, Baby."
"That thing looks like I feel in the morning," laughed one man. If the size of the crowds around "Industrial Baroque" is any indication of its popularity, it appeared to be the favorite object Sunday in the 14th annual Kansas Designer Craftsman exhibit.
"Predator," another favorite of the crowd's, is a dark green fiber-glass man balancing himself on his hands, legs tucked against his sides.
'Looks like I feel'
A sculpture of a head, "Pot No. 1," is really a ceramic cookie jar.
Old piano parts
"Ticklin' the Ivories" and "The Almost Machine" are assemblage sculptures made from piano keys and parts of the sounding board.
All 129 pieces in the exhibit, on display till Nov. 9 in the Kansas Union Browsing Room, are by craftsmen and sculptors who have lived in Kansas at least one year.
Jewelry designer John Paul Miller chose the entries and the winners Sept. 30. Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, announced the winners Sunday. (See that thing, page 12)
Watkins: misery loves company
Ill students were sitting on the floors and leaning against walls while waiting up to two hours to see a doctor.
"The need for adequate waiting room space is alarming and urgent," said Dr. Raymond Schwegler, health service director.
Three to four hundred people come to the registration window each day and have to wait a long time to see a doctor, Schwegler said.
There was standing room only at Watkins Hospital last week.
last year, while the university already has 1,000 more students than last year. Schwegler said.
"If 1,000 students are added each year, and we don't receive money to build an extension, the problem will get worse and worse." Schwegler said.
"We have seven doctors on the staff now and hope to have 10 in January," Schwegler said. "We need more but we don't have any more office space."
Last week the doctors worked straight through dinner until 10 or 11 p.m. Schweger said.
"You can keep stuffing and stuffing until you can't stuff any more. I think we've reached that point." Schwegler said.
To make room for the additional doctors' offices in January, the head nurse's office will be moved to a linen closet. Schwegler said.
There will be another increase of ill students, however, after Thanksgiving, Schwegler said, due to the large number of people bringing different viruses back to campus.
"The doctors are working under a lot of pressure," Schwegler said. "Under too high pressure, quality is lower, accidents happen. An overworked machine is potentially more dangerous than a normally worked one."
In January, the hospital will have one more doctor than it did
"The waiting time will probably increase," Schwegler said. "It is disturbing and frustrating, but nothing can be done about it."
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Serving KU For 78 of its 102 Years
78th Year, No.16
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Religion school open
With the present educational system of most universities, it is possible to complete a PhD without encountering a single religion class, said James M. Moudy, chancellor of Texas Christian University.
Moudy addressed about 500 persons in the Kansas, Union
Ballroom during the dedication of Irma I. Smith Hall, the new Kansas School of Religion.
KU and the Kansas School of Religion, Dr. Moudy said, have made an outstanding exception to the "national blindness" by making religion classes available to KU students.
WITH HEADS BOWED IN PRAYER
The man from U.N.C.L.E., Robert Vaughn, has canceled his Saturday morning appearance at KU
Mrs. Irma I. Smith and Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe are pictured at the dedication of the Kansas School of Religion.
Scheduled to speak on Vietnam, Vaurhn canceled his talk because of a broken toe suffered during filming of his series.
--their first three games to non-conference opponents. Big Eight action begins Saturday at home against nationally-ranked Nebraska which barely escaped a beating by K-State Saturday in Manhattan. The game is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. (See game story on page 7.)
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts fair and warmer weather today, tonight and Tuesday. Light variable winds will prevail today with a high of 60 to 65. The low temperature tonight is expected to be between 40 and 45, high Tuesday between 65 and 70.
Vaughn cancels KU engagement
--their first three games to non-conference opponents. Big Eight action begins Saturday at home against nationally-ranked Nebraska which barely escaped a beating by K-State Saturday in Manhattan. The game is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. (See game story on page 7.)
An official of the SUA Minority Opinions Forum, Vaughn's KU sponsors, said the forum will attempt to reschedule Vaughn in late October or early November.
"You are to be congratulated on your fine administrative arrangements," Moody said.
The study of religion. Moudy said, has been omitted from college curricula by those who advocate absolute separation of church and state.
'Need study of religion'
"If we treat all subjects of the mind in higher education," Moudy said, "and we treat religion with the mind, then religion is a proper subject for higher education."
But it is the study of religion, not the practice of religion, Moudy said, which has a place in higher education. Religious practice should be a personal matter, he said.
The readmission of religion into the core curriculum, Moudy said, will start with a painful re-examination of what a free man ought to know.
Stress hard sciences
Many administrators stress the hard sciences, but, the urgent need of the day is humanity, he said.
"Why not study what man has believed, what he has hoped for, and what he is ashamed of?"
One of the greatest accomplishments in KU history, Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said, has been the resurgence of the religion school. Wescoe said when he came to KU, the School of Religion was a converted schoolhouse with a one-man dean and faculty.
Thanks Mrs. Smith
Wescoe attributed the growth to a serious partnership of Protestants, Catholics, and Jews and the ecumenical mood of the times.
Wescoe thanked Mrs. Irma I. Smith, who gave land worth about $100,000 to the School of Religion, and said her financial support made the building a reality.
The KU Concert Choir, Concert Chorale, Chamber Choir and Brass Ensemble furnished the music for the dedication.
After the convocation, the congregation was led by about 40 religious leaders and KU deans in academic gowns to the front of Smith Hall. Virgil A. Sly, president of United Christian Missionary Service, led the dedication.
(See dedication, page 12)
Kansan staff photographer Mike Harris stops action of KU quarterback Bob Douglass trying to pass against Ohio in rain-soaked Memorial Stadium Saturday. Douglass, a 6-2, 206-pound junior from El Dorado, completed 12 of 18 passes for 153 yards including one touchdown. The Jayhawks have dropped