University Daily Kansan, December 6, 1984
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Animal research to remain in use Practicable alternatives not ready, KU prof says
By JOHN EGAN Staff Reporter
Researchers in the near future will continue to use animals for research despite the emotional debate surrounding it, a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry said last night.
Thomas Patton, the professor and an associate professor of research, graduate studies and public service, said two options to animal research were available but would not be widely used soon.
The two alternatives, cell culture techniques and mathematical and computer modeling, will require an enormous amount of testing on animals before they become feasible onions, he said.
PATTON AND JOHN MULDER, the University of Kansas' veterinarian and director of the Animal Care Unit, talked at the Museum of Natural History about the use of animals in research. Much of the presentation focused on animal research at KU.
Patton said that both researchers and animal rights activists had overreacted to the concerns of animal researchers, considering considerations of animal research.
Without animal experimentation, he said, researchers would not have discovered insulin, antibiotics or a polio vaccine.
"Continued medical advances will require continued animal research," he said.
But he said, "I personally feel confident that the outcome of this debate will be a positive one.
"I think, in fact, that some researchers are being educated by the current process. And I think we should be educated to also be educated in the process."
MISCONCEPTIONS HAVE BEEN formed about animal research, he said. Most researchers are not "sinister mad scientists."
"There are probably irresponsible scientists, just as there are irresponsible people everywhere," Patton said.
"Such people, if they exist, should be found and have their rights revoked, non-scientist and scientist, and researcher alike," he said.
In terms of animal suffering, Patton said, animal experimentation, such as testing new drugs on rats and mice, ranks fourth. Animal predation and disease, the slaughter of animals for food and the killing of pets cause more suffering.
Besides the benefits for humans, animal research can lead to the reduction of suffering for animals, he said, by improving surgical treatment for disease and methods of antibiotics used by human groups.
Pharmacology students comprise about 50 percent of the researchers using animals at KU, Mulder said. About 8,000 animals are used in research at the University.
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Vespers retains tradition in 60th year
By THERESA SCOTT Staff Reporter
Each year since the early 1920s students have trekked through the snow to campus to attend Christmas Vespers, a traditional concert that for many marks the official beginning of Christmas in Lawrence.
The first Christmas Vespers was presented by the School of Fine Arts in 1824 Donald Swarthout, dean of the school, conducted the first program in the auditorium of old Fraser Hall that cold evening, a moment of history for his choir sing "Silent Night," and it's been a camp tradition ever since.
RY 1927, BECAUSE of the number of people wanting to attend Vespers, the performance had to be moved to the newly constructed Hoch Auditorium which had a seating capacity of nearly 4,000.
This year, the tradition will mark its 60th anniversary when it is performed at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch Auditorium
Vespers, it consisted of four programs throughout the year. In the mid-1900s the other shows were The Duck and But the December program was kept
The Christmas Vespers tradition has continued uninterrupted ever since, except for one year during World War II when there were not enough male voices to stage the program.
Although Vespers is a tradition, it has changed some.
When Swarthout initially organized
The most obvious change is the name. The show was called Christmas Vespers until 1881 when it was changed to KU Vespers. The reason for the change, said James Ralston, chairman of the voice department, was to make Vespers seem more like a concern, not a religious service.
"PEOPLE 'HAVE' HAVE to believe what they're singing." Ralston said. "It makes no difference to them. They just have to dramatize it."
Ralston first conducted a Vespers program in 1962. He is now responsible for shaping the program, lining
up the music and coordinating participating organizations.
The purpose of the program has also changed. At first, the purpose was to allow major musical organizations and ensembles to show their talent in music, and he seemed fit in well with the spirit of giving that the season brings.
"It is the School of Fine Arts seasonal gift to the University community, to Lawrence and to the surrounding area," he said. "Weing for more people that day than on all other days combined."
"The tableau were too expensive," Ralston said, "and we lost the interest of the art community. Their hearts just weren't in it."
PREVIOUSLY, A LIVING tableau had been a part of the program. These depicted familiar Christmas students are presented by art and design students.
Despite all of these changes, Ralston said that the basic thrust of the program had not changed and that many of the traditions still remained. These include the processional and recessional, the sing-
alongs, the robed choir and the barillon music.
"SILENT NIGHT" AND "Joy to the World" are traditionally sung by everyone, including the audience.
"The collars are getting kind of frayed," he said. "But they still look really nice. They look wonderful from about five feet away."
"O Come All Ye Faithful," by J. Reading, accompanies the annual procession of candle-bearing singers into the auditorium. Mendelsohn's "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is the annual recessional.
The chair robes also are traditional. The robes are about 40 years old and used to be worn for all occasions. Now, they are worn only for Vaspers.
Albert Gerken, University carillonneur, has played music for Vespers on the campanile bells for 21 years. He plays seasonal music for 30 minutes before and after each performance.
Ralston said the robes had just been cleaned for the first time in a few years and they came out really well
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