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CAMPUS AND AREA
The University Daily KANSAN
Speech will explore use of science in literature
Theories of chemical science and human relationships are paralleled in the writings of Goethe, Henry Adams and Thomas Pynchon, said Richard L. Schowen, Solon E. Summerfield Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Schowan will speak on "Elective Affinities: Science, Certainty and Freedom in Henry Adams and Thomas Pynchon p. 105; woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union
"The point of this lecture is to explore the way the three writers have used scientific ideas in their work," Schowen said.
All three authors write about the ideas of bonding that occur in chemical substances and in human relationships, he said. Each writer also addresses substance change, which produces uncertainty and freedom.
Overseas study aid available
Information will be available on Fulbright-Hays Grants, KU Direct Exchange Scholarships, ITT Fellowships and students during a year of study abroad.
Graduating seniors and graduate students eligible for the grants and 80% scholarships.
Students interested in overseas graduate studies can learn how to finance them at a meeting at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Jawhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
Sept. 28 is the last day that the office of study abroad will accept applications for Fulbright Hays Grants and Direct Exchange scholarships.
For more information, contact Anita Herzfeld at the office of study abroad, 203 Lippincott Hall.
Haskell picks centennial head
A South Junior High School teacher was appointed last week to coordinate the 1984-85 centennial celebration at Haskell Indian Junior College.
Clencene Hills, who teaches speech and drama at South Junior High, 273 Louisiana St., is the former chairman of the Douglas County Bicentennial Commission. Gerald E. Gipp, Haskell president, announced Hills' appointment Thursday.
The opening convocation for the cen-
tenual celebration will start at 1 a.m.
the following afternoon.
Prof to lecture on death theme
A professor from the University of California-Los Angeles who has studied death and dying will lecture on suicide and death in April, "kick" at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 in 4076 Wescoe Hall
Edward Schneidman, UCLA professor of thanatology, has long been interested in Hermann Melville, author of "Moby Dick." Dick Hardin, KU professor of English.
"Schneidman has written quite a bit on suicide," Hardin said. "He wrote an article on the death of Herman Melville. I guess his psychology interest led him to Melville."
Anita Herzfeld, director of the office of study abroad, will speak at noon Wednesday on the influence of the Spanish language on English-speaking Costa Ricans.
Her speech, the first in a brown-bag lunch series sponsored by the Center of Latin American Studies, will be in 109 Linnockt Hall.
Herzfeld said her speech would be in Spanish
Several years ago, Herzfeld taught in Costa Rica as part of a cultural exchange with the University of Kansas. While there, she met a group of black students who spoke English better than she did.
She said that the students spoke a Creole language based on English vocabulary. The language, called "nekeyapuy," was spoken to Costa Rica's native Spanish, she said.
Today will be mostly sunny with a high around 80 and easterly winds of 5 to 10 mph. Tonight and tomorrow will be clear to partly cloudy. The low tonight will be in the mid-50s, with the high tomorrow in the 80s again.
Weather
By SUZANNE BROWN
Staff Reporter
No banners or parades marked Lawrence's ouie Lalder Day holiday yesterday.
But the peaceful streets on a day traditionally given to community celebration did not surprise Charles Warriner, KU professor of sociology.
Warriner said the lack of activity in most towns and cities on Labor Day was a symptom of a U.S. decline in community feeling.
"We don't even stop and pay attention to that anymore," said Warringer.
The decline in community feeling, he said, has weakened the significance of holidays such as Labor Day and Memorial Day for U.S. communities and made these days predominantly family holidays.
In the past, Warriner said, residents of
"The community stopped and paid attention to what was important to the community," he said.
towns and cities celebrated together on holidays.
LABOR UNIONS CREATED Labor Day in the late 19th century as a salute to the workers. In 1882, a New York City carpenter and union president suggested to the newly-formed Central Labor Union that it hold an annual parade demonstrating worker unity, followed by a picnic or festival for workers and their families.
The idea was received enthusiastically, and its popularity spread quickly.
In 1894, the U.S. government made the first Monday in September a holiday for District of Columbia residents and federal workers. By the 20th century, as workers began to receive better pay and working conditions, most states had made Labor Day an official holiday.
A FEW LARGE Labor Day parades still take place in major industrial cities such as New York City, where about 250,000 AFL-CIO members marched along Fifth Avenue yesterday. But such celebration has died in many areas.
Regina Morantz, associate professor of history, said it was no surprise that Labor Party leader Bill Clinton was a strong supporter.
"We don't honor labor in this society," she said.
Morantz said that the spirit Americans admired was not that of the laborer, but that of the entrepreneur, the person who worked to elevate the economic status of his or her parents.
Warriner said that Americans seemed to need a special day to remember workers.
“If we don't stop to laud the working man, we forget about him,” Warriner said.
ONE LABOR DAY tradition remains intact. For many years, the day has marked
the start of U.S. presidential campaigns.
Yesterday morning, Derfocrafic candidate Walter Mondale and his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, began their race at New York City's Labor Day parade. President Reagan opened his campaign in Orange County, Calif.
Though many American banks and schools close on Labor Day, many retail stores close as well.
Beth Quinlan, a floor supervisor at Gibson's Discount Center, 2125斯沃斯St. said that the store was fairly busy yesterday and many of their customers were shopping for ordinary household items.
"Some people probably don't think it's a real special holiday," she said.
TRACEY HELMERT SALES clerk at K-Mart Delivery Store, 3106 St.辽, st. her store had as many customers yesterday as it did on an average Saturday or Sunday.
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Jim Sherman, chairman of the department of human development and family life, drove a tank packed with friends and co-workers down Jayhawk Boulevard Friday
afternoon. The ride was a gift to Sherman, who celebrated a birthday on Saturday.
Professor says 'tanks' for birthday ride
Staff Reporter
By JOHN REIMRINGER Staff Reporter
It all started as a play on Jim Sherman's name.
Sherman, chairman of the department of human development and family life, celebrated his 46th birthday Saturday. On Friday, Sherman received a birthday card from staff and faculty in his department picturing a World War II Sherman Tank.
After that, it was only natural for Annette Elder, a secretary in the department, to have her husband, Brad, drive his tank into town to give Sherman a ride.
At 4:30 p.m. Friday the tank, actually an M-5A4 high speed tractor used to carry personnel and mortars in the Korean War, waited to ambush Sherman near the loading
dock on the south side of Haworth Hall. Brad Elder said he used the army-surplus tank for farming
"I hope it'll start," Annette Elder said as staff members awaited Marsh's arrival
About 50 people cheered and clapped as Sherman emerged from the building and was confronted by the tank, which was armed with machine guns, bearing the words "Happy Birthday, Jim."
"Where did you get that?" Sherman asked, clapping his hands and smiling. "I love it. Thank you very much, this is great."
One of the lookers told Sherman that the surprise was not over yet. He still had a tank
crawled onto Sumymside Avenue, 17 people were crowded on the deck
"You sure we're not going to both get arrested?" Sherman said Brad Elder.
By the time the tank invaded rush hour traffic on Jayhawk Boulevard, Sherman was at the controls. The traffic controller near the Chi Omega Fountain had already surrendered her booth and the tank met no resistance stronger than the stares of pedestrians and motorists as it rumbled through the heart of campus.
At that point, nearly everyone present wanted to hop on the tank. When the tank
At the corner of Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Road, a bearded man in a gray pickup truck looked slightly nervous as Sherman steps back around the corner from 1000 Folsom's puddle.
Back at Haworth Hall, Sherman parked the tank on a curb and dismounted, smiling like a child who had finished playing with a new toy.
"That was really fun," he said.
Three groups aim for increased voter registration
By the Kansan Staff
The KU chapter of the Associated Students of Kansas, Delta Sigma Theta sorority and the KU College Young Democrats will kick off separate voter registration drives Sept. 10.
Sandra Binyon, Wichita senior and KU ASK's Task Force 84 coordinator, said the organization hoped to register as many as 4,000 students. ASK is a state-wide student lobbying organization, and Task Force 84 is its voter registration and education project
The drives are an effort to get KU students to register and to vote, members of the three groups say. The organizations hope to put together a coalition of voters. Douglas County's list of registered voters
"What we really want to accomplish is to get people involved. People complain about politics, the political system and certain candidates," Binyon said. "It's my personal opinion that if they don't vote, they shouldn't complain."
Don Burke, Fayette, M- senior and co-chairman of the College Young Democrats voter registration committee, said yesterday that the organization hoped to register 3,000 students and Lawrence residents.
Kelli Frey, Topeka senior and Delta Sigma Theta's co-chairwoman for its registration drive, said yesterday that the sorority wanted to register at least 100 voters.
ASK will set up a table in front of Wescoe Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Sept. 10 to Sept. 14 and from Sept. 24 to Sept. 28.
Binyon said she did not know yet how many students would help with the drive. KU ASK will hold an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
The College Young Democrats will set up a table from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 10 to Sept. 27.
Burke, the College Young Democrat co-chairman of voter registration, said that students could register for any party and that the group's registration table would be
Delta Sigma Theta, which will share its table with the College Young Democrats, will be at the Union from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Sept. 10 to Sept. 14. They also will have a table in the Union at the same times Sept. 17, 19 and 21.
Vogel fills vacancy on StudEx
By JOHN HANNA Staff Reporter
A journalism student senator was named Friday to replace the chairman of the Student Senate Executive Committee, who resigned last week.
Robert Walker, the former chairman,
resigned Aug. 28 in a letter to Carla Vogel,
student body president Chris Coffelt, Hays
was dismissed on April 15. Was chosen
Friday as Walker's successor.
Walker said yesterday that he left his position because he was frustrated with student government and because he wanted to start a new Young Republicans association at the university.
Vogel said that she and Dennis "Boog" Highberger student body vice president, chose Coffelt because of her experience in Student Senate. This is Coffelt's second year as a journalism senator.
COFFELT'S APPOINTMENT STILL must be approved by majority vote of the Student Senate at its first meeting Sept. 12 Highberger said he expected no problems with the appointment.
StudEx is the Student Senate's executive committee, and its voting members include the student body president and vice president, the chairmen of the Senate committees and the three student representatives on the University Senate Executive Committee.
The Student Senate Treasurer and Executive Secretary are non-voting members of StudEx. The StudEx chairman can vote only to resolve a tie.
Coffelt said she accepted the position because she wanted to ease instability caused by two resignations that have occurred since Vogel and Highberger took office in September. Mr. Highberger was chairman in April, following the resignation of David Friend, the previous chairman.
WALKER. A KANSAS City, Mo., senior, now is enrolled as a student at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Mo., where he also is president of the Young Republicans.
Walker said he had considered resigning since spring, when he decided he wanted to become involved in politics at the state level.
"It provides more of a future for someone. The opportunities are far more valuable." Walker said. "There's no future in student politics. It's a dead end."
Walker said he discovered this summer that Northwest Missouri State had no chapter of the Young Republicans, and he decided to start one. He said other universities in Kansas and Missouri already had well-run chapters.
"I saw it as an avenue to get involved," he said.
HE ALSO SAID Northwest Missouri also was attractive because its tuition for in-state students was about $500, compared with the more than $1,400 he would have paid as an out-of-state student at the University of Kansas.
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