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"POCO" AT WORK-Bernard (Poco) Frazier, KU's sculptor-in-residence, chisels on one of his latest works, a religious figure for a Kansas City school. Students assist Mr. Frazier with some of his work (see below).
Tuesday, April 15, 1958
Amid a cluttered, but somehow ordered assemblage of tools, stone, clay and other materials, works one of KU's two professional artists, Bernard (Poco) Frazier. A 1929 KU graduate, Mr. Frazier has returned to the campus as Sculptor in Residence.
KU's Own Sculptor Helps Local Artists
Maintaining a private studio near his house on a former farm area west of the Stouffer apartments. Mr. Frazier works with advanced art students, creates his own projects, and introduces visitors to his layout.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
"As sculptor in residence my job is to bring professional viewpoint and operational methods to the campus to help provide a professional sculpture atmosphere, not only for students of art, but for the uninitiated," Mr. Frazier said.
His two-room studio is too small for the three personal projects on which he is working. In one room he and a group of students are completing a marble statue of St. Francis de Sales which will reach a height of 16 feet, 8 inches and weigh close to nine tons. Built in four parts, only two of the statue's sections can fit in the room. The remaining pieces are housed under a tarpaulin in the yard.
A second project, a concrete cast for the facade of the Bishop Miege High School and Chapel, Kansas City, Kan., is being completed in the other room. The facade, a 60 by 14-foot area, will be cast from a clay sketch.
The sculpture will depict how God's grace helped Bishop Miege in his task of opening up the midwest in the 1850's. It will show a hand of God stretching across the Great Plains from a church in Leavenworth to the Rocky Mountains. The hand will be bordered by the Platte and Arkansas Rivers. Behind the hand will stand the pointing Christ with Bishop Miege kneeling by His side.
Mr. Frazier's final work at the
presen. is a $9\frac{1}{2}$- foot-high statue of the ascending Christ, to be carved from black walnut wood. The figurette will be inexact to the extent that it is asymmetrical; that is, it cannot be cut in half any way and have two similar parts.
In relation to his position he said, "My presence at KU gives students a chance to know that an artist is an ordinary man who goes to work and solves a difficult problem with intelligence, logic, and a great deal of sympathy with the viewpoints and opinions of his fellow man."
The marble statue of St. Francis is the only project on which advanced students are working.
Two Frazier works are at KU. He sculptured the bronze Campanile doors, and his "Mare Colt" is on display in the Art Museum.
55th Year, No.125
Prelock Calls Write-In 'Cheap Political Move'
Must Live In House, IFC Tells Officers
Police departments in the region and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been working on the case for a week, but no trace of Burns has been found.
All Inter-fraternity Council officers will be required to live in their chapter houses during their terms of office, as the result of an amendment to the IFC constitution, approved at a council meeting Monday night.
The new rush week rule requires rushees to live in University dormitories with 11 p.m. closing hours.
The amendment, which has met with opposition in the past from fraternity members, has been proposed several times in previous years. It was tabled before being brought to a vote at an IFC meeting two weeks ago.
In other action, the council passed a new rush week ruling, approved a fraternity service award and nominated officers for the 1958-59 school year.
Campus police report that no information is available on the whereabouts of John P. Burns, Olathe freshman, missing since April 1.
The nominated candidates for council office will be voted on at the next IFC meeting April 28.
John P. Burns Still Missing
Burns was reported missing after he failed to keep an appointment on the campus with his father during Easter vacation.
Patterson Saves Fire For Convocation
Some campus political leaders reacted sharply Monday to the weekend announcement of a Vox Populi-backed write-in campaign for student body president and vice-president.
Your Income Tax Is Due Today
The write-in candidates, John Downing, Kansas City, Mo. junior; for president, and Carol Plumb, Overland Park junior, for vice-president, announced their candidacies Sunday.
This is an exclusive reminder for the moneyed students on the campus.
The United States Bureau of Internal Revenue and the State of Kansas are waiting for your statement of income in 1957.
State and national returns must be postmarked before MIDNIGHT. Things get tough after that.
Jayhawker Issue On Sale Today
The third edition of the Jayhawker, featuring campus activities and organizations, went on sale today. Tom Pettit, Topeka senior and Jayhawker editor, said the magazine will be sold at the campus information booth and the Jayhawker office in the Kansas Union. Sales representatives will take orders in organized houses.
The magazine cover has a photograph of a spring scene on the campus with overlaid art work. The final issue will go on sale May 15. Senior pictures and Jayhawker queen finalists will be featured in that issue.
Weather
Fair through Wednesday. Warmer in the east portion tonight. Low tonight 40 to 50. High Wednesday in the 70s.
The eleventh annual Delta Sigma Rho oratorical contest will hold preliminary rounds at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 134 Strong Hall. First prize in the contest, which is open to all undergraduates, is a $300 set of the Encyclopedia Americana.
Speech Contest Begins Thursday
High Monday was 54, and the low was 39.
Second and third prizes are $15 and $10 respectively.
All entrants will give an original 10 minute speech on any subject. Judges in the preliminaries will be members of the speech and drama department.
Ad Tells Kathy's Joy—'She' Kept Promise
The finals will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 22 in Strong Auditorium.
Kathy A. Hoy, Kansas City, Mo. freshman,
"wasn't doing so well" in chemistry. She studied
hard, but "just couldn't understand the stuff."
She had a "C" average but "had to improve,"
she's majoring in medical technology.
"Approach the problem scientifically," they said. Night after night she kept the bunsen burner glowing. She carefully combined a formula of late hours and study to produce a solution.
Test day came. As she left Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall she jokingly said she would "put it in The Daily Kansan" if she got an "A." Friday she knew she had found the solution. She got the
An hour examination was coming up. The girls in her dormitory felt her consternation. They held her hand and wiped her tears as she wailed over electrons and acid tests.
test back with a big red "A" in the corner.
The girls on her floor found it hard to contain their joy—Kathy's too! Eventually all talk of the grade quieted. With a new incentive, Kathy delved into her books—while the girls sneaked to The Daily Kansan. The ad read, "I made an A on my chemistry test. Kathy Hoy."
When Kathy read the paper Monday she screamed—then she laughed. Now she's embarrassed.
"This is just awful. One boy called tonight and wanted me to tutor him. What will Dr. Brewster think? My folks will just have a fit," she said
There were about 26 girls in on the scheme. Kathy is going to "keep smiling" and plan a retaliation to take care of them all.
Jim Austin, Topeka sophomore and president of Vox, announced "100 per cent Vox support" of the ticket.
Dick Patterson, Kansas City, Mo. minor and Allied Greek-Independent candidate for student body president, made a brief statement to The Daily Kansan Monday night, but reserved his heavy fire for the political rally and convocation at 4 p.m. today in Hoch Auditorium.
Ed Prelock, Cleveland, Ohio senior and nonpartisan candidate for president, blasted Vox for what he said was a "cheap and petty political maneuver."
Patterson said, "I hope that all the students will turn out for the convocation. Any further statements will be made there.
Prelock, who will also speak at the convocation, salvoed immediately.
"I feel that only by attending the convocation will it be possible for the students to get a true perspective of the political situation facing the campus now, and get a true picture of the qualifications of the candidates."
"In regard to the recent announcement of candidates for president and vice-president, it is a move by Vox to install two individuals over whom they would have complete dominance and who would be used as a tool to further selfish political gains.
"I know that many people—Vox, AGI, and independent—will vote for me for the office, but I believe that due to my failure to comply with Mr. Austin, the controlling hand of Vox, many Vox people will have pressure brought to bear upon them to vote for the candidates of his choice.
"I would like to reaffirm my stand as a nonpartisan. I have not and will not adhere to cheap and petty political maneuvers. All that I ask is that all students will evaluate the candidates running for the office."
For the students, Prelock said, "Vote intelligently if you want good government. The responsibility is now yours."
In a letter to The Daily Kansan,
Alpha Kappa Lambda social fraternity, formerly a "Vox house," announced it was leaving the party.
AKL president Harry Stewart, Mission senior, said in the letter that Vox president Austin had withdrawn AKL member Tom Bath, Mission junior, from its All Student Council slate "without hearing the voice of his party or the opinion of the candidate."
In another letter to The Daily Kansan, Bruce Lewellyn, Hutchinson sophomore, took the paper to task for serving Vox as "a full fledged party organ."
While lambasting The Daily Kansan, Lewellyn said he lived in "one of the three houses that 'controls' 33 per cent of committee membership in ASC."
"Mathematically, 33 per cent is not a controlling percentage, but... we'll excuse your arithmetic and mark it off to political fervor," he said.
(See editorials, Page 2.)
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