Mona Lisa's U.S. Debut Turns Smile to Smirk
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Two thousand enthusiastic dignitaries gathered to behold the Mona Lisa last night, and in the hubbub that ensued the famous lady's smile might almost have been a smirk.
The microphones went dead, forcing President Kennedy to shout his barbed witticisms; the elevator failed, forcing him and his family to walk, and glaring glass obscured the painting.
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Most of the elegantly clad congressmen, cabinet members and diplomats who attended the American debut of Da Vinci's masterpiece—by invitation only—neither saw the painting nor heard what was said about it.
They missed a great deal. The officials on the platforms by the painting didn't miss too much, though. With the microphones dead, French minister of culture Andre Malraux's poetic tribute to the Mona Lisa was altogether lost.
Kennedy fared somewhat better. Resorting to a shouting campaign style of oratory, he heaped praise on the painting and on France.
Then he turned to some barely-veiled barbs on France's desire to become an independent nuclear power.
"We in the United States are grateful for this loan from the leading artistic power in the world, France," he said.
"And I want to make it clear that grateful as we are for this painting, we will continue to press ahead with the effort to develop an independent artistic force and power of our own."
Corps Prestige on Line
Robert Gruenthner, Breckenridge, Okla., junior and vice chairman of the KU Peace Corps committee, said last night the Corps lacks the prestige among the Big Eight schools that People-to-People has.
Gruenthner spoke at a Corps committee meeting last night in the Kansas Union.
Gruenthner, who attended the Big Eight student government conference in Columbia, Mo., Dec. 15 and 16, said that the Big Eight representatives were cold toward the Peace Corps idea, although similar to P-t-P in promoting better international relations.
One of the resolutions which the KU delegation proposed at the student conference concerned the Peace Corps. Gruenthner suggested all Big Eight schools establish Peace Corps committees and exchange ideas to promote the Corps program.
"Last year the conference representatives pushed P-t-P for all its worth. They took positive action."
"Although the group unanimously voted in favor of the proposal," he
P-T-P Plans Trip East
Plans for an American Field Service tour to the East Coast will be discussed at a People-to-People meeting at 7 p.m., tomorrow in the Kansas Union.
William G. Schaefer Jr., Shawnee Mission junior and KU P-t-p chairman, and Mrs. Clarke Schmelzer of Kansas City, chapter promotion chairman of AFS, will speak at the meeting.
Twenty-five juniors and seniors to be chosen from KU will chaperone the five-week bus trip for high school foreign students enroute to their homes abroad. AFS pays the chaperones' expenses.
Sharon Foster, Birmingham, Mich. senior and chairman of the P-t-p hospitality committee, said last night that AFS representatives asked KU P-t-p to help with the summer project this semester.
Since that time, P-t-P has created an AFS committee to distribute applications and to make a preliminary selection of the student chaperones. Miss Foster said, however, the AFS makes the final selection.
P-t-P Leavenworth Tour Is Saturday
People-to-People is sponsoring its final industrial tour of the semester Saturday.
The bus tour to Ft. Leavenworth will leave from in front of the Kansas Union at 9 a.m. and return to Lawrence at 3 p.m.
Lunch with the foreign student officers at the fort will cost $1.25 per person.
said, "the voting reaction was hesitant."
Students interested in traveling to Leavenworth may sign up at the P-t-P office in the Union.
'Fantasticks' Shows Thwarted Romance
Take one girl and one boy in love. Separate them by a wall and inject two feuding fathers into the story and you have the plot of the "Fantasticks," the Experimental Theatre production that opens Friday.
Murphy Hall box office reports that the 80-seat Experimental Theatre is already sold out for the Friday and Saturday night performances. Tickets are $1.
Student ID cards may not be used for this production.
Official Bulletin
Topeka Public Schools, Topeka, Kansas, for elementary teaching positions in Fall of 1963. Friday, Jan. 11, 1963, 9:00 to 5:00, 305 A & B. Student Union.
Parkville, Mo., Public Schools for Sept
Teacher Appointment Bureau 117 Bailey
Teacher Appointment Bureau 117 Bailey
Interviews for teaching positions:
International Students: The January People-to-People University Industrial Campus trip will be to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, where students will have lunch with officers. AlLIED Command School. Set up today in the F-I-P office in the Kansas Union.
UK Exchange Scholarships 1963-64 to England, Scotland, France, Germany, and Switzerland; applications due Jan. 15. Instruction and application forms at 306 Fraser.
Ph.D. Reading Examination in German.
Ph.D. Jan. 12th, 9:30 a.m., 411 Summerfield.
TODAY
Episcopal Holy Communion, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth, Chapel
Radio Production Center, 7:30 p.m.
Ramblin 220 Flint, Executive Comm. Meeting
Le Carce Francais se réuniru mercréci le 9 janvier, à 16 h. 30 dans la salle 11 de Fraser. Réunion spéciale de la Fête des Rois. Tous sont cordialement invités.
TOMORROW
Mathematics Staff Seminar, Prof. L. M.
Mathematics Department, 119 Strong, 3:30 p.m.
Spheres, 119 Strong, 3:30 p.m.
Organic Chemistry Colloquium. Ernest Bainbridge, Coomemolyl Radical '33. Malott, 4:00 p.m.
Der Deutsche Verein. Donnerstag den 10 Januar 5 Uhr. 502 Fraser. Prof. Milton Schmidt, schätzt über "Die Minnesinger." ihr werden auch unei Offizies auswühlen.
Catholic Masses, 7:00 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
St. Lawrence Catholic Chapel, 1910 Stratford
Aldon Bell to Discuss Old French Colonies
Aldon Bell will address the final meeting of the Africa Study Group at 8 p.m. tomorrow night in the Oread Room of the Kansas Union. The subject will be, "History of the Former French Colonies in Africa."
Dean Taylor to Talk On Rush Housing
A meeting of all upperclassmen who have registered for sorority rush will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Hashinger Hall. Miss Emily Taylor, dean of women, will discuss housing for formal spring rush, to be held between semesters.
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Poetry Hour to Hear Dr. Zhivago Verses
The poems of "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak will be read at the SUA Poetry Hour at 4:30 p.m., Thursday in the music and browsing room in the Kansas Union. The poems are appended at the end of the controversial book for which Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1958.
Sam Anderson, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literature, will read the poems.
Brazil Voters Ask For Strong President
Rio de Janeiro — (UPI) — Brazil is 5 to 1 in favor of giving president Joao Goulart the formal powers he was denied 16 months ago by generals who charged he was linked with Communism, it was reported today.
Nearly-complete returns from Sunday's referendum showed 4,682,-019 votes in favor of making Goulart the nation's official chief executive, to 912,321 for continuance of the plan nominally vesting power in a premier and making the president a figurehead.
University Players Presents the Off-Broadway Hit
'The Fantastics'
Jan. 11-19 Experimental Theatre 8:30----1 dollar
Tickets now on sale at University Theatre Box Office
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