Facts about BSU explained to forum
BSU president addresses faculty
Darryl Bright, Maywood, Ill., senior and president of the Black Student Union (BSU), spoke to 50 persons attending the Faculty Forum at the United Campus Christian Fellowship Center. He explained the origin, purpose and goals of the BSU.
He said the movement started two years ago when the pompon "scandal" was affecting numerous campuses. Black students began to look at outer aspects of the University, he said, and wonder why they were left out of so many things.
Now they have started to redefine their role in the University as well as the black liberation struggle, he said. Students address themselves to the needs of black people and can always relate back to the black community
when they are needed, he said.
Since the formation of the BSU, Bright said, black students have been responsible for the hiring of an urban affairs administrator, instituting scholarships and revising the black studies program. They have also been trying to set up a speech pathology laboratory in an east Lawrence grade school and have acted as big brothers and sisters for youth in the community.
Bright said the educational and scholarship committee was trying to set up an urban studies program and that it was responsible for the conference held last weekend. The committee has also established a tutoring program for black students.
Separatism between blacks and whites has resulted from the
search for black identity, Bright said, because the blacks have felt it is important to build their own ideology and define their place in the nation and the world. He said that he thought that it was important for them to know their place in the black liberation movement. At this time, he said, the white man does not fit in the black community and it is going to take a long time to bridge the gap between whiteness and blackness.
The black studies program has resulted from the work of the BSU, but Bright said it needed to be revised.
"As the program is now," he said, "it teaches white people about the black society. I've taken two courses and they have
told me nothing."
He said the courses told him things he already knew about himself.
"We discuss things from a white perspective," he said, "when I need to know about nation building and my place in the black liberation movement." He then added, "I could have taught the class myself."
Bright said the program was undergoing revision and moving toward those goals.
The BSU has also been advocating institutional changes, Bright said. The week before homecoming a list of demands was presented to the Chancellor. The list included requests for a dean of black students, a dean of black student affairs and a new hall to house the black studies and urban affairs programs.
Christmas spirit rings through Hoch Auditorium at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday with the 45th annual Christmas Vespers with Tableaux.
The program comes from the combined efforts of the department of design creating the Tableaux, and the department of music, providing the voices and orchestration.
Vespers feature Tableaux
Combined choirs come from the 100-voice University Concert and Chamber Choirs under the direction of James Ralston, teaching associate of choral music. The Freshman Choir in the balcony is directed by Darrell Benne, assistant instructor of choral music.
The University Symphony Orchestra is under the direction of George Lawner, professor of orchestra.
Candlelighters are Bryan Miller and Ben Temmerman from Lawrence, James Messer, associate professor of organ, will perform on the organ.
The spirit of the Vespers begins with a carillon concert under the direction of Albert Gerken, assistant professor of music theory, starting at 2:45 and 6:45 and continuing as the people arrive for the program.
Christmas carols play from the outdoor balcony of the auditorium. The Brass Ensemble is under the direction of Frank N. Brown, instructor of wind and percussion.
The processional of the 100-voice choir then enters carrying candles and singing "O Come, All
Ye Faithful" by Reading.
The chorus then is seated on the stage of the auditorium with another stage built between them for the Tableaux. The University Choirs perform "Glory be to God" by Pinkham.
The first tableau entitled "A Christmas Hope" then is seen as the Balcony Choir performs "A Babe is Born" by Daniel Moe. The tableau scene is designed by Collene Collins, Leavenworth senior; Loraine Marsh, Blytheville, Ark. senior; and Alan Purvis, St. Louis senior.
The University Symphony Orchestra then performs "Air from Suite in D" by Bach. The University Choirs with the Brass Ensemble sing "In dolce jubilo" by Praetorius.
The second tableau designed by Carol Rhodes, Emporia senior, includes Mary, portrayed by Michele Brothers and six Angels.
The angels are: Clifford Roberts, Putnam, Conn., junior; Gloria Douglas, Montclair, N.J., senior; Dan Bentley, Shields senior; Douglas Elwood, Coffeyville senior; Kenny Gaines, Kinsley senior; and Greg Thomas, Shawnee Mission sophomore.
The next selection is "Joy to the World" by Handel-Mason, and the audience is invited to sing.
Costumes are designed by Barbara Lask, Western Springs, Ill., senior. During the tableau scene the Balcony Choir will perform "The First Noel" arranged by Ringwald-Shaw.
The University Symphony Orchestra then performs 'Farandole'
Current holders of the scholarships are: Cecile Grantham, Kansas City junior; Janice Jones, Macon, Mo., junior; Barbara Lehman, Atchison senior; and Russell Valentine, Topeka junior.
(2nd L'Arlesienne Suite)" by Bizet. An offering for the Christmas Vespers Scholarship Fund takes place to give the audience a chance to contribute to the fund which awards scholarships to student artists and musicians on the basis of talent and need.
The University Choirs and the University Symphony Orchestra then perform "For Unto Us (Messiah)" by Handel.
The next tableau entitled "Berry Lights" designed by Katy Graham, Winfield senior, includes Kenny Gaines and Greg Thomas. The costumes are designed by Gloria Douglas. As the tableau is shown the Balcony Choir sings "Bright, Bright the Holly Berries" by Alfred Burt.
The University Choirs sing "A Hymn to the Virgin" by Britten and then the last tableau, "Journey" designed by Richard Bird, Arkansas City senior and James Eickmann, Normandy, Mo., senior, is shown. Gloria Douglas and Barbara Lask are the figures in the scene.
With the background of the tableau, the Balcony Choir performs "How Far Is It to Bethlehem?" arranged by Shaw-Parker.
Again the audience is invited to sing "Silent Night" by Gruber followed by the recessional of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" by Mendelsohn concluding the program.
Journal features William A. White
"The administration has agreed with everything, of course, every thing as negotiable." Bright said.
William Allen White, the late editor of the Emporia Gazette, is featured in the fall issue of the Midcontinent American Studies Journal.
"A Vision in Emporia: William Allen White's Search for Community" is the title of the article written by Richard W. Resh of the University' of Missouri at St. Louis. Photographs from the William Allen White Collection of the Spencer Library at KU are used on the cover.
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Publicity about homecoming was excessive, Bright said. But that was only on demand, he said, and though it was important, it was only symbolic. He said that he thought that the institutional changes should have been stressed more.
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