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University Daily Kansan
Friday. Jan. 8. 1960
'Ulysses' Described as Boring, Dirty, Funny
"Some people find it a very boring book. Some people find it a dirty book."
Michael McCanles, assistant instructor of English, was speaking about James Joyce's "Ulysses" at the Poetry Hour in the Kansas Union yesterday.
Bitter Satire
"It is hard to describe 'Ulysses'
in a few seconds. It is tremendously
funny if you know how to take it."
He explained that Joyce's story of Gerty MacDowell's dream of love is "a bitter satire on the sentimental symbolism of love novels and adolescent, sentimental love in general."
Mr. McCanles also pointed out that the satire on Leopold Bloom's idealism, and the modern ruler or politician is written with names, dialogue, and stage direction—"the most wonderful stage directions in the world."
An example:
"Bloom": (kissing the bedsores of a
palsy patient) "Honorable wound!"
(NOTE: This is one of a series of comparable expressions used by Joyce to illustrate the bogus quality of political maneuvering.)
Hard to Appreciate Mr. McCanles said that it is difficult to fully appreciate Jovey by simply quoting a few expressions and that Jovey's manner of writing is so complex that its meaning is hard to capture in a few lines.
New Staffers Named for UDK
Jack Morton, Hutchinson senior, will be managing editor of the University Daily Kansan, the Kansan Board announced this week.
Other Kansan Board appointments for news and business staff positions are:
Paul Lewellyn, Hutchinson, business manager; Douglas Yocam, Lawrence, and Jack Harrison, Hays, coeditorial editors, all are seniors.
Richard Crocker, Wichita; George DeBord, Kansas City, Kan.; Raymond Miller, Lawrence, all seniors; and Carol Heller, Mulvane, junior, assistant managing editors.
John Massa, advertising manager; Thomas Schmitz, circulation manager, both Kansas City, Mo. seniors; Mark Dull, Kansas City, Kan., senior promotion manager.
Jane Boyd, Newton junior, city editor; Ralph (Gabby) Wilson, Overland Park junior, and Warren Haskin, Leawood sophomore, co-sports editors; John Peterson, Topeka, and Daniel Felger, Mishawaka, Ind., both juniors, assistant sports editors.
Martha Ormsby, Emporia, classified advertising manager; Dorothy Boller, Kansas City, Mo., national advertising manager, both juniors.
Carol (Carrie) Edwards, Lawrence,
and Priscilla Burton, Council Grove,
co-society editors, and Donna Engle,
Joplin, Mo., assistant society editor,
all juniors.
O'Connor To Discuss U.S. Defense Policy
Raymond O'Connor, visiting assistant professor of history, will discuss the topic, "Is America Safe? The Conflict Over National Defense Policy" at the Current Events Forum at 4 p.m. today in the music and browsing room of the Kansas Union.
Prof. O'Connor, an ex-Naval officer, was formerly with the Naval Department in Washington, D.C.
Political scientists are my favorites. Under their dispassionate stare, politics is pumped free of life.-John Wright.
Mr. McCanles explained that this production had been tried on the stage and was very difficult to perform because of the many actors needed and their vigorous activity.
International Club Meeting
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He then read "Molly Bloom's Soliloquy," which is done in stream-of-consciousness with no punctuation marks.
"Joyce refuses to say female psychology is able to think in an orderly fashion. This is the reason for the lack of punctuation." he explained.
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Clark Coan, assistant dean of men, said today these rooms will be rented at $360 for the semester. $45 more than the semester's rent for double rooms.
Singles Available In KU Dormitories
Single rooms for men will be available in Templin and Lewis Halls next semester.
He said these single rooms will only be available next semester. Next fall, the rooms are expected to be filled with two men.
Men interested in single rooms should contact the dean of men's office.
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