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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 28, 1996
Plan For Future K.U. Needs
University officials are predicting that by 1970 KU will be serving from 15,000 to 17,000 students, a figure that seems astronomical when compared with the present enrollment of 8,500.
But the administration and an equally alert legislature are not standing idly by waiting for the increase to make the present physical plant of the University outmoded.
In student housing, the University this fall has the full use of Gertrude Sellards Pearson hall housing 440 women. Also on the drawing board is another men's dormitory which will house 430 men, twice the capacity of Carruth-O'Leary halls.
Rapidly taking shape near Allen Field House is the new home of the School of Fine Arts, which will represent a total outlay of $2.4 million by its completion next fall. The structure will house one of the finest fine arts facilities in the nation.
In his opening convocation address, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy outlined ways in which the University is preparing to cope with the enrollment boom.
Construction soon will be underway on Stouffer place, a $1 million married student housing development which should be ready for occupancy by the fall of 1957. Also approved by Board of Regents is an additional married student project to be near Stouffer place. Stouffer place will honor Dr. Ellis B. Stouffer, former University planning committee chairman. That committee laid many of the plans for present and planned expansion.
Dr. Murphy indicated that permission is being sought this fall from the Board of Regents and the Kansas Legislature for funds for the remodeling of Blake hall as the new home of University Extension, closest tie of KU with citizens of Kansas.
Funds for two additional dormitories to be located southwest of the main campus are now being sought from the FHHFA.
Also in that request are plans for the construction of a new building for the KU School of Business, the addition of a wing to Snow hall and permission to initiate planning for a new home for the School of Engineering and Architecture. Other buildings will be planned according to need, he indicated.
The administration also has led the way in expanding research activities at the University, relaxation of requirements for gifted students and cultural activities, giving proof that mere buildings are not enough to make a great University.
KU students, faculty, and Kansas taxpayers can be proud of the positive approach being taken toward the future, and will be equally proud on the day when 17,000 students walking the campus becomes a reality.
The University administration, the Board of Regents, and recent Kansas legislatures are to be commended for their insight into the problems of the future, a future in which higher education will be increasingly important.
Conforming Editorial Loses Water
Bob Lyle
Conformity and its beneficial aspects was the topic of Jerry Dawson's editorial in Wednesday's University Daily Kansan.
First, Mr. Dawson says that being a non-conformist can be fatal in college since it "brands one as either 'green' or eccentric." Can Mr. Dawson show where it has been or can be fatal?
Little of it holds water.
Second, Mr. Dawson, himself, said that being a non-conformist brands one as either "green or eccentric." Can Mr. Dawson show where anyone besides himself brands a non-conformist as either "green" or eccentric? It is suspected that this statement comes from Mr. Dawson's own store of personal opinions and should be regarded as such.
woman your seat, but sometimes a man finds he must do what he thinks is right and not always that which is comfortable.
Fourth, Mr. Dawson mentions the simplicity of a blouse or sweater and skirt for winter wear but he neglects the ultra-complicated combination of a woman's summer skirts with all their petticoats and wires and stiff materials. Women don't simply dress simply; they dress fashionwise and at present the fashion happens to be simplicity.
Third, Mr. Dawson referred to a coat-and tie-garbed law student who saw his fellow students in slacks and a sport shirt and immediately conformed because it was more comfortable. Would Mr. Dawson also be in favor of this same student retaining his seat on a public bus while women stood? This too is more comfortable. Not that coat and tie wearing is a social courtesy like giving a
Fifth, Mr. Dawson's closing paragraph says students "may as well learn to conform now," and he lends proof to this statement with the deterministic gem which says: If the Supreme Court has trouble changing society to acceptance of something "unusual," what chance will insignificant you have? That is to say, if a person doesn't like the way things are going, he has two alternatives. One, suffer, and two, commit suicide.
Mr. Dawson's heart may have been in the right place when he expounded his views, but his editorial should have been in Pravda.
-Ray Wingerson
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(Note-Today we continue our series of informative articles designed particularly to meet the needs of freshmen men.)
Football is a game for men, and even if you aren't big enough to play it, you should never pass up an opportunity to show off your masculinity by taking the girl friend to the game on Saturday afternoon.
Then, even if you're not big enough to play the game (and admit to her that only physical or moral reasons stand between you and a spot on the varsity), you can astound the little dollie with your knowledge of the sport of big, red-blooded, American men.
Because girls, by and large, know even less about the game than you do, and also care about it to an even more minute degree, if such a formula can be comprehended by you non-engineers.
You say you don't know enough about football?
Well, don't let that worry your iddy-biddy heads for an iddy-biddy second.
So, the thing to do is bluff. (Men have a better word for it, but you can't use it here.) Just give the l. d. the impression that you know what's going on all the time.
- LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
When something that really baffles you comes up, just play the strong silent type. If she presses you for an explanation just say,
(We counsel only through the mails, not by personal appointments. Send your problem to MUSH, in care of The Daily Kansan.)
"Oh, it's much too complicated to explain now. I'll tell you all about it later."
(This, incidentally, is an excellent way to work up to asking her for a date for after the game. By all means do so. You know how much fun those Student Union dances are.
But if your l. d. is like most l. d.'s, you shouldn't have any trouble. The thing to do is catch her when she's gazing green-eyedly at the cheap rinse job on that cute little blonde three rows behind you. Then, burst loose with a proclamation, delving into such mystic phrases as quick-opener, pitchout, flying wedge, statue of liberty, and water bucket.
When she asks you to explain, shrug contemptuously and sneer, "Well, I can't explain it unless you saw the play. Maybe we could go to the quarterback club and see it in the movies and I could explain it." (This is another excellent approach, except, unfortunately, the game movies aren't shown at the drive-in.)
What? Oh, yes, what to do if you get a date and find out she knows more about football than you do?
Forget it, son, forget it. She shows every bit of not being your turn.
Dick Walt
Forget it, son, forget it. She shows every sign of not being your type.
CARLISLE, Pa.—(IP)—A recommendation calling for the re-adoption of the term "tuition" for "general charges" at Dickinson College has been approved by the board of trustees of the college.
Dr. William W. Edel, president, explained the term "tuition" was dropped nearly 60 years ago to avoid financial complications arising from the issuance of perpetual and other scholarship certificates early in the history of the 183-year-old college.
These old scholarships obligated the college to provide tuition-free education to heirs and assigns of the original holders. Hundreds were known to have been issued between 1850 and 1860, and in many cases names of holders were left blank, to be filled in later.
Ten years of tuition-free education could be had for as little as $65, representing 10 years of annual tuition of that day. Technically, these scholarships are still redeemable by heirs of the original holders.
College Keeps Old Promise
For the first time since 1900, the new Dickinson College catalog features the term "tuition." Trustees, in an effort to make good on the promises of college officials of an earlier era, have ruled that the college will redeem these outstanding scholarships in amounts not exceeding the tuition of the time they were issued.
"OUR SORORITY HAS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT,ELSIE MAE."
REVIEW
Inge's Career Over?
William Inge's third "play turned into a movie" finished its run in Lawrence recently.
There is something about Mr. Inge's plays, that suggests his end as a playwright. The quality of his plays should be getting by degrees better instead of by degrees worse.
Before going into the plays themselves let's use Hollywood as a measuring stick. His first hit is "Come Back Little Sheba." The transition from play to movie is slight. The movie could have been shot on a theater set in an auditorium. The color is drab, mood-setting black and white.
Then comes "Picnic". The cameras move to Kansas and shoot impressive grain elevators, park scenes, and sunsets. Yes, it is a good cast, nice photography, and pretty color, but let's move a little further.
"Bus Stop" is slightly changed. It covers about 200 miles while the play limits the scenes to one set just the size of the stage. The locale is different. Seldom does one see the plays namesake, a bus stop and one doesn't see it or anything else in its original environment, Kansas. This play too is in color and a great abundance of scenery is thrown in.
What's the point? Simply this. In spite of some of the products you've seen from Hollywood, they've learned one lesson very well. Don't try to improve excellence.
Mr. Inge's plays have needed a little bit more each time to keep them on a high par. Hollywood played their ace in "Bus Stop." Marilyn Monroe is more than just a poor misguided glamour girl who wanted a chance to act—she is part of that abundant scenery.
Contrary to the normal evolution of a playwright's work, Mr. Inge's first play is by far his best. It has that quality of moody humor that makes one think of Tennessee Williams at his best. The characters are complete and real. This quality is still recognizable in his later plays but it is obscure and spotty.
The situation in "Come Back Little Sheba" is worth writing about. A trapped, alcoholic husband and a wife who stands on the porch calling a dead dog. A wonderful chance to look at the human brain and Mr. Inge opens a hole big enough to see everything. And then he points the way with minute details of human nature. Some of these details hit close to everyone's home. They always do when a character is well created.
There are laughs in "Come Back Little Sheba," but nothing is really funny. It is pathetic. Nothing is more difficult to create than the element of human tragedy. It is dangerous to attempt.
"Picnic" is provincial. However,
"It is good provincial. Here Mr.
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Inge uses something he is more adept at than any other modern American playwright — well rounded, complete minor characters. They are many and they are excellently done in "Pienic."
His major characters aren't quite strong enough to create an adequate feeling of realism. It is sporadic. The characters are more shallow and although this creates a border line of importance in itself, the fact that they do not understand their own situation cuts down the play's major importance.
"Bus Stop" is the last step down the ladder of quality. It is pure comedy, without a single strong character, and totally lacking in realism. As a comedy it's good—it's funny. If you think you might have missed something important in the play, however, and want to read it, don't. You didn't.
The situation is loaded with good possibilities as are all Inge plays. In this case those possibilities are hardly touched. And one gets the idea that no matter how vain the attempt, Mr. Irge wanted more than just a comedy.
Mr. Inge's next play will make interesting observing. Was he taking a rest after writing "Come Back Little Sheba" or is his short life as a playwright ended? If his next play takes another long step down the quality ladder it will probably have a long, one performance run—if it opens.
Gerald Thomas
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