Friday, February 8, 1974
University Daily Kansan
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Exhibit of Photographs at Spooner Covers 130 Years
BY CAROL GWINN
Kansan Staff Reporter
An oblique shot of a steep stairway, trees standing stark and thin against a bland sky and snow-covered ground, the wrinkles on an old woman's hand bulging out emotion—these photographs capture a naked instant and become surrealistic.
The photographs are part of a display covering 130 years of photography now on exhibit in the basement of the Spooner Art Museum.
The exhibits, called "Language of Light," is in two parts; photographs from the collection that James Enyear, curator of photography at the museum, has worked
with since 1968, and photographs taken by Terry Eaves, a KU graduate.
Eenyeart said yesterday that the photographs were hung in groups that showed how different photographers in 1850 and in 1970 had solved the same problem.
For example, one photograph shows mudhills and the one beside it shows a slab of wood. In both, the texture of the object becomes the most prevalent part of the photograph. The viewer can see the oozing of the mud or the roughness of the wood.
"Where the motive or aura of the photographs is the same for the viewer, whenever common problems have been solved, the photographs are hung together."
Eyentyeat said. "We're still surveying 130 museum photography in what to expect more of, much more interesting way than the one-two-three-four-system." Only 50 per cent of the museum's collection is in that system.
"It's not the best or the worst." Enyear said, "what it fits the idea."
The part of the exhibit photographed by Evans, who majored in painting, is a social documentary which shows the poor people of Kareas.
"There is no room for pity for poor events, Evans has written, 'but there is a reason'."
Her photographs are of old people, young children with grimy faces and mothers
Senate Attendance Rules Adopted
BY SUZI SMITH
and JILL WILLIAS
Kannan Staff Reporter
By a vote of 23-10, the senate approved a regulation that any senator guilty of two unofficial absences or four absences of any kind would be suspended from the senate.
ACCORDING TO the new rule a suspended senator could appeal his suspension within a week to the senate's Elections Committee. Suspended senators will be dropped from the senate if they fail to appeal or if their appeal is denied.
New regulations to insure attendance at senate meetings were adopted last night by the Student Senate after two 15-minute recesses due to the lack of quorum.
Quorum was established after several senators made phone calls to those who weren't present; however attendance soon dwindled once discussion began.
The regulation was introduced as an amendment to a set of revised rules and procedures.
Mert Buckley, Wichita senior and student body president, submitted the rewritten bylaws. He said he rewrote them to reduce the wordiness in old rules and regulations and to bring the senate's rules into compliance with the University Senate Code.
"It is ridiculous to let this go any further," said Cindy Steiner, Kansas City senior and student senator. "Look at this meeting tonight."
"Black and white can be held in a state of preservation," Enyeart said. "Color is difficult, if not impossible, to preserve."
The senate also approved an opinion poll to be placed on next week's student senate vote.
The poll, originally in the form of a referendum, retracts student opinion on the tax reform.
The first of the two questions will ask students to rank "academics, campus affairs and political affairs" in the order of attention they should receive from the
THE SENATORS discussed the ambiguity of the terms.
Einyart said that most photographers produced far fewer works than etchers or painters. "They don't want to be a craftsman."
The poll describes academics as university requirements and curriculum. College affairs are the transportation system affairs, recreation and events. Political affairs are those concerned with the state legislature and Concerned Students for Higher
The second question on the poll asks for student opinion on the funding of Liberal Arts and Sciences courses, student achievement in math or science for teaching purposes, and "Feedback."
photograph that was not signed or otherwise identified.
The people who are going to vote have been following the campaign and will know what is up.
with only 25 members remaining, the senate passed a series of four bills that would revise the method of budgeting the student activity fee.
But Ed Rolfs, Junction City senior who suggested the referendum, disagreed.
FOUR HOURS INTO the meeting and
The new process provides for the eight standing committees to hear budget requests and allocate the money for groups making requests in their areas of interest.
When more than one person or museum wants a photograph, Enyart said, the photographer often puts together several images of the same subject with some negative to produce the same print.
who have many children in small living rooms.
Photographs by W. Eugene Smith, Diane Arbus, Adain C. Vroman and Martin Paffi are some of the black and white shots in the loss of the photographs are black and wite.
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