Wednesday, August 24, 1977
University Daily Kansan
New face and sound for symphony season
Orchestra's first KU appearance Sept.
Although the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra has been performing since 1973, its Sept. 18 concert will be the group's first performance on the University of Kansas carneus.
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Russell Wiley, emeritus professor of music at the University Theatre in Murray Valley.
"Professor Wiley is our first permanent conductor so we're very excited about the upcoming season." Paul Gray, president of the orchestra said. "This should be our best year yet."
The symphony comprises members from the Lawrence community, KU
students and professors and a few high school students.
Zamir Bavel, professor of computer science, is concertmaster for the symphony.
science, is concertmaster for the symphony. Ravel said he was pleased that the concert would be at KU because it would give him a great opportunity to enjoy the music of the orchestra had to offer.
Charles Hoag, Howard Boyajian and George Lawner, all professors of music, served the symphony as guest conductors until Wiley was named.
"These conductors have been marvelous," Carol Worth, public relations director for the symphony, said, "but
having a permanent conductor will give the orchestra continuity.
or besides a condiment.
Bavel said that a permanent conductor would also give the symphony an opportunity for growth.
probably used them more. Piece plans planned for this season, Bavel said, include the "Scorerer's Apprentice" and "Peter and the Wolf."
portunity for growth.
Bavel said that Wiley appreciated the talents of the guest conductors and would probably use them in his concerts.
Margaret McKinney, general manager of the symphony, said that garage sales, fund drives, and the musicians' union helped pay expenses.
Worth said that a few businesses provided support and that union funds supported the free children's concerts.
Sponsors of the symphony, who donated $50 each, were given front row seats at the symphony's summer concert in the Lawrence Opera House.
In spite of financial problems, the symphony feels very strongly that the elderly and students should be able to purchase symphony tickets at a discount. Worth said.
"All of us feel that the symphony is one way the university and the community can support each other," she said. "Music instructors play with students, they get a thrill when they sit next to their students get a thrill when they sit very best.
"The symphony fills a need for these musicians. Many of them come to every festival."
recommend.
"The symphony gives an opportunity for KU and the community to come together and enjoy music."
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A band director is now conducting the Lawrence Symphony.
The conductor, Russell Wiley has directed the University of Kansas bands for 34 years, originating KU's Band Day and founding the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
But he also conducted the KU symphony orchestra from 1941 to 1957, as well as conducting professional orchestras in San Antonio, Sioux City, Dallas and Mexico City.
Wiley said he came from a large music-loving family. His father played a violin and his mother played an organ.
"When I was five or six, I began picking out tunes on the fiddle by ear," he said. "Before I could read music, I could play 40 or 50 songs."
Wiley said his first public appearance was at a revival meeting.
Victims, myths receive attention
Today, the service is staffed by eight volunteers and Eike and Pettit. Both women hold only part-time positions. The service has been extended to give assistance immediately after a rape and to provide ongoing support if a victim desires it.
The service began in the spring of 1972 under the Women's Coalition after Pat Henry was assaulted on the University of Kansas campus and decided that assistance needed to aid women like herself through the war. In April, 1973, shein the fall of 1973, Cake Eike became director, and a separate service began.
Referrals of rape victims come from Headquarters Crisis Center (841-2345). KU information (844-3566), the police department, and ten staff members are on call at all times.
Music man' conducts symphony
*After a day's work, I ride out on my pony and play religious songs for the
Rape happens only in the late hours of the night or in dark alleyes. Rape is committed only by a total stranger. Rape happens only to those women who actually provoke their attackers. Rape happens only to someone else. Right?
Dispelling myths such as these is one reason the Douglas County Rape Victim Support Service (RVSS) exists, Casey Ease and Polly Pettit, co-directors, said. The service, however, also offers a program of assistance to rape victims.
Fifty-one per cent of reported rapes, the handbook said, occurred in homes. One study concluded that 50 per cent of the rapists were known to their victims and that the rapists tended to choose their victims because of their vulnerability, not because the victims attempted to entice or provoke their attackers.
Carrol Crossfield, detective at the Lawrence Police Department, said he WS, a police officer.
people," he said. "The recognition they gave me was food for the soul."
Wrong--to all of the above, according to a handbook sponsored by the Kansas Community Rape Prevention and Victim Support Project.
gave Wiley to KU in 1934 when he was 27. Under his direction, the band program grew from 95 players to a department of four bands that have taken national tours and appeared on national television.
Wiley retired as director of the band in 1968 and retired from KU in 1974.
He said that the September 1 concert would have something for everybody. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," "Chausson Symphony," and the "Swan of Tutonella," a piece for English horn, will be on the program.
Wiley said that the symphony had received good support from the community and the public schools because members of it were there as well as from the university.
down to the station with the victims, and letting them know what to expect."
Still, a large number of rapos to unreported. The FBI reported that in 1974, there were 56,000 reported rapos. Most of these were cases of nonreported rape are much higher.
Of the reported cases, Justice Department figures report that only 51 per cent of the rapists are ever arrested, 88 per cent of those arrested are prosecuted and only 15 per cent of those who are prosecuted are ever convicted.
evPettit, of the reason that such a low conviction rate is obtained, Pettit said, is because of prosecution problems. Only certain things can be admitted as evidence, she said, and often the victim is afraid to identify her assailant.
"The juries who have to be convinced test their victims instead of their insulators."
However, Eke and Pettit said they thought that this situation was beginning to change. The educational aspects of RVSS reach into this area, Pettit said.
Referrals to the RVSS are completely confidential, Elke said. Even among office members, last names of victims are never used.
There are three stages that most rape victims go through after the rage. Petitt
"We are simply trying to satisfy the victim's emotional needs," Pettit said.
The first week, the victim usually stays in a state of acute shock. After that, she said, there is a period of outward adjustment during recovery, even when want to think or talk about the attack.
"The community feels this symphony belongs to them, and that is good," he said.
The third stage is the resolution stage, which is a sorting-out period, she said. Hopefully, by this time, the victim can put the experience in its proper perspective.
"We try to let the victim know that she is not alone in going through this," Petit said, "and I will keep you safe."
RVSS is partially funded by the Governor's Committee on Criminal Ad
Ideals, violence are city's roots
ministration. This fund is matched by money from the Douglas County Revenue Sharing and the city of Lawrence Community Development.
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officials were. After a while, their presence began to look ridiculous.
The novelty of setting in Lawrence soon wore off and the stream of immigrants died down to a trickle. Lawrence was quiet, yet an undercurrent of trouble nagged the town.
Missourians suspected that Lawrence was a station for the Underground Railroad that led fugitive slaves up north to freedom; they were arrested in the city of Lawrence leading 11 slaves northward.
MEANWHILE, Colonel S. W. Eldridge had built a bigger and better hotel on the site of the old Free State. Some churches had begun construction while the townkirk began drinking water so the church could make them stop until Carry National axed her way into town.
Kansas became a state on June 29, 1861, and Lawrence lost the capita to Topka. Union was shot dead in the fighting state was in a bad position. Her friends were miles away
Lawrence had become a haven for runaway slaves and was looked upon with hatred by Missouri. After the Emancipation Proclamation, the city housed the fugitives and helped to make them self-sustaining. A school was established to teach them to read and write.
Tension peaked when, in 1863, William Quantrill and his pro-slavery men raided Lawrence. Approximately 143 men were killed and the district and about 56 homes were destroyed.
from the plains; to the east, Missouri was a hostile neighbor.
Lawrence was prosperous during those first years of the war. But skirmishes on the battlefield grew larger, and the city grew more apprehensive.
When the flames from Quantrill's fires flickered out and the ashes of the town were only a light, the townpeople picked their dead out of the ruins and buried them. They then dedicated themselves to rebuilding Lawrence.