ONE, TWO, THREE — Jan Rodgers, Paradise junior, and Howie Elfeldt, Kansas City, Mo.,
senior, members of the elections committee. double-check ballots in last night's counting.
Daily hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No.122
Thursday, April 9, 1959
Composers hear Chancellor
Murphy Scores 'Puritanism'
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy called for the "destruction of Puritanism" in a speech last night before a group of faculty members and visiting composers.
Chancellor Murphy spoke at a banquet for members of this week's Mid-American Symposium of Contemporary American Music.
"Puritanism is the kind of tradition which has made it unrespectable for a young man to cry in the presence of beauty. It is one of the difficulties we encounter when young people come to us at the university level," he said.
Introducing Chancellor Murphy
Flu Epidemic Could Hit Here
Dr. Ralph I. Canuteson, directo of the Student Health Service, sait today it is "not impossible" to have an epidemic of flu here.
Two students are in Watkins Hospital with virus influenza and it is likely that nine more illnesses at the Hospital will be diagnosed as flu he said.
Only two other cases of flu have been reported in the state, Dr. Canuteson said, both in Western Kansas.
"The weather is proof that all students should have the flu vaccine." Dr. Canuteson said.
One of the largest influenza epidemics in history started in September. 1918, he commented.
More than 2,400 students had shots earlier in the year, making the total number 2,700 who have been vaccinated, he said.
"Not as many students are taking advantage of the flu vaccine as we would like." Dr. Canuteson said.
"The vaccine is available for the students to receive. If we give it out, we are doing our part. All we can do is offer it. It is up to the students to take advantage of it," he commented.
"In the 15th century, he would have been Lorenzo the Magnificent; in the 18th century, a Thomas Jefferson; and in the 20th century, he is the Chancellor of the University of Kansas, where he can be a patron of the arts with George Docking's money."
at the symposium banquet last night, Dean Thomas E. Gorton of the School of Fine Arts said this;
Chancellor Murphy said cultural activities like the symposium are essential. He said the symposium is another step forward in the continued development in creating and performing the arts.
Chancellor Murphy replied that he had not found the money yet, but assured his audience "the search goes on eternally."
"Activities like the symposium are not icing on the cake; they are essential to creating a whole human," he said.
The chancellor also spoke about Soviet music and art. In the Soviet Union, he said, creativity is squeezed out of literature, and painting and
sculpture are lacking in creativity. Russian ballet achieves creativity by taking folk tales for themes and building around them, he said.
"An effort is made to teach every child to read music by the time he finishes seven years of formal schooling. There is a continued pre-occupation with music as an important part of life in the Soviet Union," he said.
Chancellor Murphy said amateur music is encouraged in the Soviet Union, especially in factories and in the cities. Small groups meet for music, sports, and chess in the evenings.
"If you could combine the intensive interest in music and the willingness to devote time, money, and materials of the Soviet Union with the freedom we have in the United States, you would have the ideal life," he said.
"If somehow we at the University can convince young people to live richly in their emotional lives, we will have a flowering in our music world." he continued.
Exhibition of Wood's Works Opens Sunday
The exhibition, to be shown through May 30, is the last in the series of the works of the three midwestern regionalist pointers. The other two exhibitions showed the work of John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton.
In connection with the Wood exhibition a special sales exhibition
The Museum of Art will open an exhibition of the works of Grant Wood with a public reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
On display in one of the smaller galleries in the Museum are 19 original signed lithographs by these three artists, loaned by the Associated American Artists Gallery in New York City. These prints are for sale to the public.
The Wood exhibition will include 54 works taken from the East and West coasts as well as from the midwestern collections. Because of their fragile condition a number of Wood's paintings have not been loaned.
of the lithographs of Curry, Benton, and Wood has been arranged by the museum.
The Museum, which receives no commission from the sale, organized it because of the great demand noticed each year among persons wanting to own works by the three regionalists.
Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Saturday and 1:30
p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Vox Outvotes AGI, 951-501
Vox 'Populi outvoted the Allied Greek-Independent party nearly two to one in the campus primaries yesterday and Tuesday.
Party primaries produced 1,452 votes—951 Vox and 501 AGI. About 1,600 students voted, the other votes accounted for the non-party class officer elections,
The primaries serve as a test of comparative strength, since the parties normally nominate only as many candidates as can be elected in the general election. The number of candidates depends on the votes cast in each district.
But six candidates—one Vox and five AGI-were eliminated in the primary.
The five losing AGI candidates are Nancy Knauss, Garnett sophomore, women's dorsitory; Delano Lewis, Kansas City, Kan, junior, fraternity, Russell Marcinek, Chicago, Ill. sophomore, men's dorsitory; Sherron Skaggs, Dodge City sophomore, sosority; Paul Willey, Caldwell junior, business school.
Vox candidate Harold Archer, Olathe junior, was dropped from the ballot after a tie vote was decided in favor of Louis Lawrence, Great Bend sophomore. Archer and Lawrence were running for independent unorganized representative.
Jan Barker, Russell, senior class president; Karen Johnson, Topeka, and Gwendolyn Gray, Coffeyville, senior class secretary; Charlotte
Four class officer candidates were also dropped from the ballot in the primary. They are:
Dohmann, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore class treasurer.
Dave Wilson, Kansas City, Mo. senior and chairman of the ASC elections committee, said the turnout far exceeded his expectations.
One hundred six students voted in the business school primary, 128 in the women's dormitory district, 135 in the unmarried-unorganized independent district, 246 in the men's dormitory district, 492, in the sorority district, and 503 in the fraternity district.
Ballot counting took about two hours last night. Votes were counted on IBM machines in the statistics lab in Bailey.
Forum, Concert, Will Conclude Symposium
Wilson said counting the general election ballots will probably take less time than the primary.
"With the kinks in we'll cut our time about in half," he said.
(Candidates for the general election are listed on Page 3.)
A concert at 8 tonight in the University Theatre will conclude the first annual Mid-American Symposium for Contemporary American Music.
Robert Baustian will conduct the Symposium orchestra in a rehearsal of the scheduled works from 2 to 4 p.m. in the University Theatre.
No Liquor Problem Say Deans, ASC
Three KU deans and the head of the All Student Council Social Committee indicate they believe KU has no liquor problem.
Asked about the procedure for trying a person or group accused of a liquor violation, he said:
Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, said this week that only a few individual liquor violations have been brought up for disciplinary action.
"The judicial setup is somewhat complex because the individual house or hall, judicial branches of the Associated Women Students and All Student Council, and the personnel offices all enter the cases."
University regulations permit no liquor or beer on state property or in any student housing University-owned or private.
Dean Woodruff was asked if he had made a statement earlier this year that students would be better off drinking in the living quarters than in their automobiles. He answered:
"Although I may have made the statement . . . I was only speculating on a situation which is easy to speculate about."
Emily Taylor, dean of women, said her department places emphasis on social conduct rather than drinking alone.
"Actually the evidence doesn't bear me out on this because drunken driving still prevails where there are bars. It's merely speculation," he repeated.
"There is really very little trouble in this respect. There has been a decrease in freshman women's drinking this year."
AWS regulations say minor violations will be dealt with by the individual group, and repeated minor or any major violations will go before the Board of Standards through the Dean of Women's office
The Board of Standards is composed of a member from the AWS Senate, senior women members and representatives of the organized houses.
"Any judgment made by the Board of Standards can be appealed directly to my office," Dean Taylor said.
Dean Taylor said she has received
some complaints from girls that only intoxicating beverages were served at some parties. She said:
"This is not even being courteous. By serving only liquor, you are forcing a person to do something he or she may not want to do. The simple matter of being a good host would not allow this."
"The only things we have had have just been rumors. I don't know just what the procedure would be if we came across a violation."
"This is the first year the social committee has dealt with the student liquor problem.
"Although the subject is frequently discussed among administrators, I do not feel our situation on campus is too troublesome. I believe the vast majority of KU students understand why we have rules and regulations, and, more particularly, how good standards affect them on and off the campus."
Richard Sharp, Kansas City, Kan. senior and chairman of the ASC Social Committee, said no formal complaints have been received by his committee concerning liquor violations. He said:
In a prepared statement, Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, said:
Sharp said he thinks the University regulation against drinking in students' private homes and apartments is ridiculous because it is impossible to enforce.
Sharp said two groups have been called in this year by his committee for drinking "and the low standards of their parties," but he said no fines were levied upon them.
He declined to name the organiza- tions.
Weather
Cloudy with occasional snow extreme west this afternoon, spreading over west tonight and diminishing Friday.