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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 29, 1956
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CAREFUL, NOW—N. Veloso Abueva, graduate student from the Philippines, adjusts one of his buoyant sculptures in the Museum of Art. The exhibit is the prize-winning "Baby Moses."
Foreign Student Shows Floating Sculpture Exhibit
By EIJI TONOMURA
(Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
The winner of the Philippine Republic Award in sculpture in 1954, N. Veloso Abueva, Philippine graduate student, won the City Art Museum Purchase Prize in St. Louis last week for his marble "Water Buffalo." He is now conducting a one-man exhibit of his 40 artworks in the Museum of Art.
Abueva is studying at the University under the University Foreign Student Scholarship. He studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan on Smith-Mundt and Fulbright Scholarships, and was awarded an M.A. degree.
Abueva's exhibit ranges from abstract forms, designs, orthodox religious figures to his buoyant sculptures. The figures are made of metal, plastic and wood. Buoyance is one of the characteristics of his sculpture.
At the University exhibition, Abueva floated "Baby Moses," his first buoyant piece, on the pool especially designed for this purpose.
In 1953 Abueva was preparing for his one-man show in Manila. Among other subjects planned, he had a piece which he cherished most for its "lamentable thought and homage" to his sister Maria who died at birth. His work helped him fit it into morbid a scene to sculpture an infant corpse in the coffin.
"I decided to deviate from my original thought and give life to the infant corpse. With such a change in thought, it was natural for me to think of an incasing crib or cradle. It was at this stage that the idea of a baby 'floating' was born."
"The only thing that kept me working was the simple form of the coffin which I liked and was like a lamp on my arm at the beginning," Aibueva said.
Abueva was born in Bohol, but had his early schooling in Cebu. He showed his unusual talent in sculpture at 14. He first made graveyard tablets for friends and other buyers and launched his career.
In 1949 he went to the University of the Philippines and took his formal schooling under Prof. Tolentino. In 1954, at 24, he won the Philippine Republic Award and was called one of the most promising young sculptors in the Philippines.
Abuwea once wrote his simple philosophy of art in his college paper in Philippine as, "Out of one's imagination and feeling toward a certain
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Three women from the senior Panhellenic Council have been chosen as delegates to the Big Seven Regional Inter-fraternity Council and Panhellenic Conference Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28, at Kansas State College. Manhattan.
They are Eleanor Hawkinson,
Hutchinson, Marcene Steffen, Great
Bend, and Barbara Mills, Olathe, all
juniors.
The two councils have run an information service for the Big Seven on an experimental basis. Information concerning activities and problems of the various colleges and universities are made available to any Big Seven university that wants it.
U.S.-Philippines Policy Discussed
Edwin O. Stene, professor of political science, spoke on "Philippine-American Relations" at the Faculty Forum luncheon today in the English Room of the Student Union.
Dr. Stene was head of the institute of public administration research program and visiting professor of public administration at the University of Philippines in the 19-54-55, academic year.
subject, one should give his own interpretation of it in his chosen medium regardless of the prevailing styles of the period. For a good work of art transcends any period and has a lasting value appeal."
Rehearsals began Wednesday for the annual musicale to be presented by Mu Phi Epsilon, professional music sorority, at 8 p.m. April 19 in Strong Auditorium.
The program will be made un entirely of music by American composers. The musicale is part of the national requirement of the organization, said Sue Gewinner, Webster Groves, Mo.; junior, president of the KU chapter.
The group will sing several choral numbers written for the occasion by George Green, instructor in music theory, and John Pozdro, assistant professor of music theory.
"We will also have a bassoon and clarinet duet, a woodwind quintet, and voice solos," Miss Gewinner said.
Maser Starts A Precedent
Vocal soloists are Bonnie Dinsmore, Overland Park soohomore, and Mary Jo Woofter, Colby junior.
"Seek and you shall find" is at least one person's philosophy of life.
Last week Edward A. Maser, director of the Art Museum, dropped a nickel into the water tank being used for the Albueva floating sculpture show "just to see what would happen." Albueva is a graduate student from the Philippines.
Since then the tank bottom has been bombarded by students with pennies, nickels, and dimes. Monday Mr. Maser was passing through the exhibit room when he saw a student with his sleeves rolled up fishing money out of the tank.
The student told Mr. Maser that he had just dropped a dime in the tank and wanted it back to buy a program in the office upstairs.
He was given a program but the dime stayed in the tank.
University Geologist Inspecting Limestone
Russell T. Runnels, chief chemist of the State Geological Survey at the University, is one of three representatives inspecting limestone screenings in about 16 selected localities in eastern Kansas.
The objective of the trip is to make final selection of limestone piles to obtain samples to study in a cooperative research project of the State Geological Survey, the Kansas State Highway Commission, the Kansas Limestone Association, and the department of geology of Kansas State College.
$500 Award Established
A $500 cash scholarship to be given to an outstanding Great Bend High School senior enrolling in the School of Engineering and Architecture next fall has been established by the Corrosion Proof Fitting Company of Great Bend. The award will be given annually and last for one year.
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Scholarship, 3 Prizes Offered English Students
English majors and students with talent for writing will have four opportunities to earn an award or qualify for a scholarship in the future.
The Kenneth Bockwell Scholarship, established by the English department, is for an English major, junior or senior, who plans to return to the University for further study in English.
The $200 scholarship will be granted for scholastic achievement and proficiency in English courses.
Applications should be submitted, in writing to the chairman of the committee on awards and scholarships, English department, 203 Fraser. All applications should include
Senior Notices Still On Sale
Senior announcements will be on sale until Sunday, April 15. H. I. Swartz, accountant in the Business Office said today. Students may pick them up at window 3 of the business office in Strong.
La Cercle Francais To Meet
Le Cercle Francais will meet at
4:15 p.m. Thursday in 113 Strong
Hall.
a list of English courses taken. The deadline is May 15.
Poetry Prizes Offered
The annual William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry Prize is open to all students, Prizes of $50, $25, and $15 will be awarded. To enter, three copies of each poem, must be submitted to the chancellor's office by Friday, April 13.
Two other awards are for women. The Edna Osborne Whitcomb award is for creative writing and should be turned in to the English department by May 7. Prizes of $75, $35 and $15 will be awarded.
The Helen Rhoda Hoopes Gamma Phi Beta award of $25 is for any paper handed in to fulfill an English class assignment. Entries will be submitted by the various instructors.
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