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Artist Linked To Society, Boas Declares
The main problem of the arts becomes the main problem of contemporary society, Dr. George Boas, professor of the history of philosophy at Johns Hopkins university, said in the final Humanities lecture Tuesday night.
He looks around to find religion in conflict, philosophy in a fluctuating condition, and science now claiming to be a science of construction, not merely a recorder as in the past, he added.
"One must think of the artist as an interpreter of society as well as a recorder of society," he said. "The artist is bound to be a critic of what takes place as well as an expositor and is sensitive to the social forces going on about him."
The artist can interpret the world through religion, philosophy, and science, because there is no other way for him to see it. Dr. Boes said
One reason artists of contemporary society find themselves out of place is that there is no longer the artist as a creator. They are, as they was, until the 19th century.
The stratification of our society today presents another problem to the artist, he said. "If artists cater to the needs of society they find themselves in a curious situation," he added.
3 From Museum Staff Go To Canal Zone
Dr. E. R. Hall, director of the Museum of Natural History, George Young, taxidermist and Sam Dickenson, museum artist left last week-end for a three-week study on Barro Colorado island in the Canal Zone.
They will take photographs, make sketches and collect specimens while on the island. Dr. Hall said the group would like to obtain a Mazama deer and a White-lipped Peccary. The peccary is a pig-like animal.
The pictures and specimens will be used to develop the tropical life zone exhibit now being planned at the museum.
Barro Colorado island is a sanctuary for wildlife and plants established under the direction of the U.S. government and maintained by the Smithsonian institute.
Two Newspaper Executives Visit Journalism School
Two executives from the circulation department of Capper's publications in Topeka visited the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information Monday and lectured to Prof. Elmer F. Beth's Newspaper Administration classes.
Lab Theatre Plays Scheduled For Two Days In Green Hall
"Red Right Returning," one of two lab theater plays to be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Little theater in Green hall, has undergone some changes since the start of production.
The play, written by Robert Londerholm, college junior, was originally entitled "Kantuck." The new title of this sea story is designed to bring out the importance of the red buoys which chart the boats' path between the rocks.
Wilson O'Connell, graduate student is directing the play as part of his work in Prof. Allen Crafton's advanced play production class.
The cast includes Shirley Strain, college junior, as Jean Steeper, the wife of Mel, a lighthouse attendant who is satisfied with his job and doesn't understand his wife's desire to return to the mainland; John Eaton, college sophomore, as Mel; Jerry Knudson, college sophomore, as Captain Thurston; Patricia Blanks, education junior, as Martha
The other play is "Four on a Heath." It is directed by Miss Strain. The cast includes Murray Trelease, college senior; William Dickinson, college junior; Patrick Sullivan, college senior, and David Conley, engineering freshman.
Jennings, and Jack Glenn, college freshman, as Huk Jennings.
This play is a short dramatic
Professor Receives Ford Fellowship
Edward Grier, assistant professor of English, is one of two Kansans to receive a Ford Foundation fellowship this year.
This fellowship will provide Mr. Grier with an opportunity to study programs in American civilization at other American universities.
sketch of three highwaymen who have been caught and hanged. While hanging from gibbets, they hope, before their souls are taken, to see the boy they reared. He has been shot, but crawls to the heath before he dies.
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