Wednesday, September 28, 1977
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Staff Photo by JOHN SHARKEY
The 1977 Kansas Designer-Craftsman Show opened in the Kansas
New exhibit
Union this week displaying the works of the professors of design and local artists.
Designers' show at Union
"I'd rather plow mile-long wheat fields in Kansas than till contour farms in Indiana," is the title of one entry. It is entered in the 1977 Kansas Designer-Craftman Show which opened in the art gallery of the Kansas Union yesterday.
University Dally Kansan
The entry, a ceramic sculpture, was done by William Bracket, associate professor of design and chairman of the exhibit. He worked with the sculptor declined because he is a KU faculty member.
Another professor who received a cash award but also declined was Vernon Cobb, the president of the university.
Brejela received the award and an honorable mention for his blown glass entry. The piece is an elongated black, light green, clear bowlash blown glass sculpture titled "Kansas Dawn."
"The story behind the name is a long one, but if you're a farmer from Kansas you'd understand it."
OTHER WINNERS were: Lynn Anderson, Fort Riley, $20 for a weaving entry; Carole Bowe, Leaward, $25 for a wooden box with a reversible lid; James Connelly.
Lawrence, $25 for an opal necklace; David Hersey, University City, Mo., $100 for a ceramic plate and plate, Elliot Pilot, $250 for a form entry in jewelers and assembling.
Honorable mentions were also given to:
John Havener, professor of jewelry and silversmithing entry; Steve Jordan, Manhattan, for a chain mail container; Larry Kirkand, Milwaukee, Ore.; for a fabric entry; R. Wibb, R. Wilb, Lawrence, for a work entitled "Coming to Kansas from Illinois.
Ellan Evans, Houston, Texas, received the Handweathers' Guild of America judges' choice award, which consists of a three-year guild membership, a subscription to the guild magazine and a certificate for being in the exhibit.
Bracker said he was pleased with the show and is happy with the judges' selec-
"I LIKE the selection of work on display and I think it really gives an idea of talent to people that aren't even involved with art. We're very pleased."
Judging the entries to determine which pieces would be shown in the exhibit were: Eleanor Merrill, a studio teacher weaver; Fred Woel, head of artisan retail at Boston Museum of Art and William Hunt, managing editor of "Ceramics Month," and an Ohio potter.
Among the other projects were a wooden rocking chair, an armadillo-shaped metal piece, a graduate school letter encased in a glass sculpture and a set of metal plaques made to look as if a bullet had been shot through them.
The exhibit, which is limited to present and former Kansas residents, covers entries in ceramics, jewelry, metal works, textile design, wood, leather, glass, enamel and other materials. Of the 62 entries, 88 were the works were submitted by 75 persons.
Bracker said the exhibit will be displayed for a month.
Entrants may choose to sell their work, but a 20 per cent commission is charged by the University for all sales made during the exhibition.
"Sycklon Z.," a play about women's liberation, will open the University of Kansas theater season Thursday night at the William Iane Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Subtitled "A Group of Pieces with a Point," "Sycklon Z" is a collection of short one-act plays that deal satirically with two stereotypes and power in American soccer.
"Sycklon Z" is directed by Juliann Welforth, Canton, Ohio, graduate student. Welforth said the play was based on life, although it was not truly lifelike. She described the work as "serious, but not solemn."
Written by Myma Lamb, "Sycklon Z" comprises pieces that were written in the late 60s and early 70s. They were combined to form one work in 1971.
WOLFARTH SAID the play was concerned with the differences between female and feminine, the issues of abortion, child sexism, racism, homophobia, men and women to control their own lives.
Feminist one-acts to open
"Women are being destroyed by a limited definition of their humanity that chains them to the traditional home and teaches them to make themselves and each other," she said.
"Sycklon Z" does not attempt to alienate the rest of society, but rather to put them in the woman's place so they may understand in a way they cannot escape or deny."
KU women may be noted
Someday memorabilia related to Amelia Earhart, Alberta Corbin and Helen Foresman Spencer may be permanently preserved from women who went KU and the state of Kansas.
Bitsche said for the past year she had talked to people in such departments as art history and women's studies in hopes of receiving a research grant to work on the museum. She said she had been discouraged to find the ideas interesting but too nebulous.
Jody Bitsche, Lawrence senior, has dreamed of a women's heritage museum—a dream that could be made possible with documents relating to outstanding women of Kansas. This collection would include historic figures, as well as women currently at KU, in sports, art, academics and other areas.
Bitsche said she was looking for a room to house such a museum, perhaps in the new Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art or near the dean of women's office in Strong Park.
Business job market good, school official savs
Bitsche said she had scheduled a meeting at the dean of women's office for people interested in her idea for a museum. Although no one attended the meeting, she said she knew of people who would be interested in pursuing the idea.
Job opportunities in business are numerous, even if you do not have a business degree, Frederick Maddus, director of business school placement, said.
Madua, director for the past three years, said that business firms often come to KU to interview almost anybody with a degree, or who has been of training them to become sales personnel.
"It's not unusual for companies to come to KU just looking for people to sell things," he
"They only want someone with a degree because it shows the ability to learn and organize information."
Mauas said the greatest demand was for accountants, market majors, finance managers, and IT professionals.
everybody's selling something, and when you're selling you have to have people who can keep up with where and how the money is going," he said.
The business school graduated 448
data after last year: 140 with Masters, 308
with bachilleran.
Forty-one per cent of the graduate students and 19 per cent of the undergraduates were placed through the business school.
Madus said that although the placement center made contacts for people, getting the contact person involved was a challenge.
"The individuals have to go out and sell themselves. Our job is to get people con-
Madaus said that the effectiveness of a
placement center depends on the emphasis the dean puts on the program.
Every year the placement office compiles a booklet full of student resumes called the Resume Portfolio. This booklet is sent free to 350 prospective employees, said Madaua.
He said that in the past placement directors have also acted as receptionists, so his role as a full-time director is new to the business school.
The total charge to the student for the
100 extra copies of their pensions is $13.
"We will send it (the resume booklet) or hand it out to every company that comes on campus to recruit, and we will send the rest to anyone interested," he said.
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"People don't realize that the placement people worry about them when they are in charge."
Madaua said that the placement center annually orders College Placement Council, Inc. to process applications.
of business firms, along with their salary scales, requirements, and a job description.
He said working in job placement was a two-way street because the center tried to assist students in making job contacts as and find the best possible students for the firm.
"It's a good source for the students because they have requirements and job experience."
"If we can provide solid, educated students for these people, they'll come back."
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"Sycklon Z" takes its name from cyclizine, a medication developed to treat nausea and motion sickness in pregnancy. Wolfarth said the drug had been found to cause birth defects in the children of women who had taken it.
MEMBERS OF the cast are Christopher Build, Independence, Mo., freshman; Debra Heisman, Linwood junior; Sara Hendrick, Lawrence sophomore; Kevin Keating, Great Bend special student; Tjemblym, Shawnee Mission special student, and Lucinda Underwood, Glencoe, Ill., sophomore.
Brenda Loyd, Lawrence graduate student, designed the costumes and stage designs for the play. Student, designed the lighting and is the technical director for the play. The set was designed by Sandra Appleoff, Falls City, CA; and Jennifer Cottle, Belville Junior, is the stage manager.
One-half of available tickets for Inge productions are reserved for KU students at no charge. If tickets reserved for public sale remain in the curtain time, they will be given to students.
"Sycklon Z" will be presented at 8 p.m. through Oct. 8.
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