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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 4, 1967
Meeting to focus on Asian affairs
The politics, cultures and religions of Asia will be examined by speakers here Nov. 10-11 at the 16th Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs.
More than 200 Asian specialists will attend the conference, the third to be held at KU, according to Grant Goodman, professor of history and chairman of the local arrangements committee.
The principal addresses will be by Stanley Spector, Washington University. "The Cultural Revolution in China—in Japan—in Southeast Asia: 1967"; and Charles O. Hucker, University of Michigan and secretary of the Association for Asian Studies, "Modern and Contemporary China in the Context of the Longer Historical Tradition."
In addition to Goodman, six KU faculty members will be involved in the conference. Thomas R. Smith, professor of geography and director of the East Asian area studies program, is a member of the program committee.
Edgar B. Wickberg, associate professor of history, will lead a panel on orthodoxy and revolt in Chinese history.
A graduate student in art history, Yoshiaki Shimizu, will present a paper to the panel on oriental art, "Some Problems Concerning Ito Jakuchu" Chu-siung Li, professor of art history, will chair the panel.
Robert W. McColl, assistant professor of geography, will present a paper, "The Nature and Use of Specialized Cities in China," to the panel on Asian developmental systems.
The religion and philosophy panel will be headed by Alfonso Verdu, a visiting lecturer in philosophy.
Other panels offered during the two-day conference will deal with the politics of Japan in historical perspective, the Indian images of Indian religion, internal conflict in Southeast Asia, Asian law, the contemporary Middle East, East Asian literature, international politics in Asia and demographic factors in Korea and the Philippines.
There will be an exhibit of publications of KU faculty members working in the Asian area in the Kansas Union, and a showing of Chinese rubbings in the East Asian section of Watson Library. The KU Museum of Art will hold a reception and show an exhibit of Japanese paintings from the 15th to the 18th century. The 36 screens and scrolls are from the collection of Joe D. Price of Bartlesville, Okla. This is the first public showing of the collection, one of the best of its kind in the country, according to A. Bret Waller, museum director.
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Residence halls officially may buy beer with hall social funds.
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The 15th annual Gas Measurement Institute will be held at the National Guard Armory in Lawrence Oct.24 and 25.
"It's in keeping with University policy," said Donald Alderson, dean of men, who approved the official policy change.
Bender, 27, and his wife, Linda live in Topeka where she teaches third grade at Maude Bishop grade school. They are expecting a baby next spring.
The program is a project of the Southwest Kansas Petroleum Industry, the University Extension and the KU Department of Petroleum Engineering.
He was among the state's three finalists for best sportscaster of 1966, but he doesn't believe he is a polished announcer.
vided at parties for those who would prefer soda pop," he added.
"Id much rather see an honest expenditure for beer than wonder how students managed to use 50 pounds of ice at a party," he said.
"The policy does not include liquor as most students are under 21," Alderson said. "I also hope a choice of beverages will be pro-
"The opportunity at KU to learn and improve is vast," he said. "I have never turned off the mike with the feeling that I had done the best I possibly could."
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