University Daily Kansan, January 30, 1984
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CAMPUS AND AREA
Black commemoration will have wide appeal
By the Kansan Staff
The activities planned for Black History Month at the University of Kansas are not just for blacks, the college's office of minority affairs said yesterday.
Vernell Spearman, the director, said that the office had scheduled several activities to inform the rest of the community of the contributions blacks had made and the problems they were fighting.
This is the eighth year that Black History Month has been celebrated by the minority affairs office at KU, said. But it's the 88th year it has been celebrated nationally. This year's theme is "Black Americans and the Struggle for Excellence in Education." Spearman said.
"IT IS AN educational experience. we hope, for everyone," Spearman said. "What we hope is that people won't just see this as a black event.
"With the caliber of speakers we bring in we hope to attract many people from our communities."
John Slaughter, chancellor for the
University of Maryland, will be this year's featured speaker at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7, in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
National Black History Week, the forerunner of Black History Month, was initiated by Carter G. Woodson in 1926, Spearman said.
Woodson was a historian who started the Association of Negro Life and History in 1915. He died in 1950.
Several events will take place to commemorate the event, including a jazz concert, which will feature the Jazz Ensemble I and a KU chair, both directed by Ron McCurdy at 8:00 p.m. Feb. 1, in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
There will also be a Black History Month Film Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Feb. 11, in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
A film and discussion on the plight of black Jews will be held at 8:00 p.m., Feb. 16, in the Council Room of the Kansas Union. The discussion will be led by Lisa Freund, the Washington Congressional Representative for American Association for Ethiopian Jews.
Prayer in schools opposed by local schools and clergy
oy STEPHANIE HEARN Staff Reporter
President Reagan's call for public school prayer last week has prompted several officials to offer amendments to the 1963 Supreme Court ruling which declared worship in public schools unconstitutional.
But Lawrence religious officials and school principals oppose the amendments that promise heated debate on the Senate floor.
John Macauley, KU associate professor of religion and history, said that politicians propose school prayer amendments not because they were necessary, but because politicians knew that it was an effective way to gain the support of religious organizations.
ONE OF THE amendments that would allow prayer in public buildings, including public schools, was introduced by Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker after a request made by President Reagan in his State of the Union address last week.
Macauley said that he agreed with
the 1963 ruling because he thought it was not the function of the state to deal with prayer.
"You can't have state money being employed to support a private function," he said.
"WE HAVE SUCH a variety of denominations represented in our school that any kind of institute would be difficult." Arevalo said.
Robert Arevalo, principal of Centennial Elementary School, 2145 Louisiana St., said that he disapproved of an amendment proposed by Sen. Strom Thurmond, R.S.C., which would allow oral prayer in schools but would prohibit the government from writing an approved prayer.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was also opposed to establishing a uniform prayer. He proposed an amendment to the ruling that would allow a moment of silence or meditation. Orrin was principal of South Jordan High School (274 Jordana) said, "I think allowing oral prayer is unconstitutional, but I see nothing wrong with time reserved for private meditation."
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