KU researchers study women composers, cultures
This story is the second of a series on research activities at the University
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The concerns of minorities are popular topics these days.
Appropriately, women, the educational needs of Mexican-American children and Germans in Kansas are the subjects of three research projects here.
Miriam Green, associate professor of voice, is searching for women composers of art songs, and present. She has discovered 625 women composers in her 5-year search and intends to continue even further. she receives no funding for her work
She said finding names and contacts wasn't easy.
"They (historians) never bothered to list the women separately," she said. "Many women used only initials or no first name at all (to identify their manuscripts)."
Green said she had discovered Sappho operated a music school in 600 B.C. and she assumes there were women composers then.
Green performes pieces by women composers. The earliest she has written in is a 1926 opera.
"About one-third of the 625 women I have discovered are outstanding fine composers and musicians, and their material by at least 50 of them to do an excellent top-notch recital by any one of them."
She has found women composers in such places as South Africa and Budapest.
Green said the purpose of the project was to release the knowledge that women can be fine composers and to have the music reprinted and recorded. She hopes to publish a book that would list each composition in order to access the accessibility of her manuscripts.
She plans a recital in November that will feature the same text set to music by a woman and also by a man. Preparations for the Bicentennial of the United States are underway and two KU professors will be part of the festivities.
To call attention to the contributions made by Kansans of German birth or descent, J.A. Gurze and Erich A. Albrecht, professors of German, have begun collecting information on German heritage in the state.
They plan to publish a book about German churches and religious denominations in Kansas, the language usage, newspapers, politicians, scientists, poets and other areas.
According to Albrecht, the Germans brought Turkey Red wheat to Kansas and cultivated much of the state, a fear earlier settlers had been unable to accomplish.
He applied for a grant to boost project funds, but the application was received six hours after the deadline and rejected. The project is supported by the Max Kade Foundation, from which $15,000 was received several years ago.
The Max Kade German-American Document and Research Center has been
established at Watson Library and houses thousands of German-American books, manuscripts, magazines, newspapers, calendars and annuals.
Burzle and Albrecht are seeking materials for the center and for the Ger-
"A teacher who is aware of a child's background is more apt to be responsive to his needs," said Evelyn Swartz, professor of education. A series of experiential courses in bilingual bicultural education has been offered to give prospective students this awareness.
The courses, taught by Manuel and Kathy Escamilla, are designed to give you a strong understanding of Mexican-
American culture. Students are taught to speak local dialects, Swartz said, and are introduced to material about Mexican-American culture.
A total of 12 hours is offered by the University and 15-20 students are participating in the program. A grant of $83,788 from IU funds the U.S. Office of Education.
Swartz said the school hoped to cooperate with Haskell Indian Junior College to train teachers in computer science.
The department of education is also working with a Teacher Corps project on multicultural, multiraclal education and training for children of migrant workers in Kansas.
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Problems complicate committee's search for library director
By DENNIS ELLSWORTH Administration Reporter
Duplication of efforts and communication problems have resulted from the multiple task forces and ad-hoc committees of the University, a representative of the University Senate Libraries Committee told SenEx last Friday.
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Secrecy about nominations to the ad-hoc search committee for a director of libraries or a staff member.
Bjerkel Denier, first year la student from New York, engaged in a playful boxing match in front of Green Hall recently with his
Included were questions about usage of the libraries' committee's recommender list, and didn't know what weight they would carry in recommendations needed on such short lists.
A member of SenEx said SenEx had been concerned since last spring about the number of ad-hoc committees that were being appointed.
He said he thought matters referred to adhoc committees might more appropriately be matters for the University governance system to handle.
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Another SenEx member suggested a meeting with the chairmen of the major Senate committees. Other SenEx members said they didn't think this was necessary
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dog Moses. Moses was Berlaner's "traveling companion" on his trip from New York.
Teachers defend LA&S courses
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
Renorter
Chances are you've heard someone chuckling at some of the classes offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sometimes you don't know sometimes downright funny, course titles.
refuted by most of those involved in the program's organization and operation.
The possibility that these and other LA&S lack the ability to support research in the university of scholarship is strongly unworthy of scholarly pursuit is strongly questioned.
"We don't have any permanent LA&S course catalogs," Jerry Lewis, director of the LA&S program, said. "So titles in the timetable have to tell what the classes are about. Instructors think of the titles that describe their course—it's that simple."
The topics and problems being explored include man's oppression of animals, the world as a stage and the sexual identity of women, and the questions to ask "Why We Are Where We Are?"
Lewis said instructors naturally attend with attention grabbing students currently with attentiongrabbing, this penchant for the unusual doesn't detract from the seriousness of the classes, Lewis
So, apparently, are other people involved in the LA&S program.
Dewey contends that LA&S teachers are concerned about and involved in their courses because most courses are the instructor's own creation.
about these classes," Lewis said. "We're very serious about them."
"Everybody is looking for a pud," said Al Dewey, assistant director of the LAAS program. "But," he said, "it (a pud) doesn't exist anymore."
"There is no tongue-in-cheek attitude
"Look at it this way. If a teacher is eager to teach a course, he's not going to let the student slough off and get by doing nothing in the class." he said.
"People come up with their own proposals," Dewey said. "In the last two semesters almost 75 per cent of our instructors have been rated above the average on the Instructional Survey). If the feedback from the students and faculty members and CIS
isn't good, then that course isn't offered
arain.
LA&S courses are taught primarily by
graduate students, sometimes by senior
honor students and, rarely, by full time KU
faculty. The LA&S program sponsors about
20 courses a semester and is funded by the
University of Kansas, each of which gives $10,000 a year to it.
Courses are initiated by the teacher by obtaining a faculty sponsor who oversees the course's structure. The proposed class is first screened for the LA&S and governing board. If approved, the class is reviewed by the Educational Policies and Procedures Committee. After obtaining approval there, the teacher provides funding to become a full-fledge class.
Inside the KANSAN
For centuries man has been fascinated by the stars. Although for much of history he could only dream of space and its contents, astronomers since Galileo have used the telescope to bring knowledge of the stars closer to home. The University of Kansas has its own society of telescope makers, and they are working on ways to find out more about our universe. See Page 3.
KU star gazers
Lewis said the purpose of the LAKS program was to offer the student a choice.
Labor day brought some of the driest weather on record, but the National Weather Service forecasted a slight change from expected to be mostly sunny with the high in the mid to upper 60s. The chance for rain has diminished considerably as the cold wave of the last weekend brought Kansas and into Missouri.
Decomposed bodies of 75 Cypriot men, women and children were discovered yesterday in Cyprus against the war between the Turk and Greek Cypriots continues. The Turks have claimed that Greek Cypriots committed suicide during the war. Most are most (largest documented atrocities) of the war on the war. See Page 2.
Cyprus slayings
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Loop to split east area
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Although a final proposal hasn't been prepared by伯缉-Singer-Sim Planning Consultants, Wichita, it has been determined that the road will begin near 11th and Haskell and pass somewhere between them and 10th streets on Pennsylvania Street.
The proposed Haskell Loop will sweep through East Lawrence and break up neighborhoods that have existed for the past 20 years.
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The loop is designed to provide access to downtown Lawrence from the new U.S. W 108.
Residents on the west side of Pennsylvania between Eighth and Ninth will be
It's a small, white-shingled structure. The porch was swept and the living room was immaculate. The furniture was old but well kept.
Herninia Chavez, 805 Pennsylvania St., is one of those who faces viacons.
As you walk south on the brick sidewall, the bricks nearly hidden in unmown grass.
Cavez didn't know where or when she would be relocated. She didn't even know whether she had any choice in the matter. "At first I was a little upset." Cavez
"I're going to be put out of my house, I expect a fair deal. I would like a place not far from a church, a grocery store. I'd like someone to experience. You know, I don't drive," she said.
Loop proposals have encountered organized opposition from the East Lawrence Improvement Association (ELIA). Clark Brubaker, president of the ELIA, said he didn't fully understand the present plans for the road.
The ELIA is composed of residents of East Lawrence and associate members, who contribute money, from all over the city.
"But, as far as I'm concerned, it be fine if they'd put it in right," Brubaker said. "If it comes as originally proposed, well, we (ELIA) told it down the other night."
"Two years ago we just started a group," Brubaker said. "We made our bylas and elected officers. Then we got kind of hooked up with HUD (the department of Housing
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With the cooperation of HUD, ELIA received $50,000 in revenue-sharing funds. With the money, Brubaker said, ELIA tore down some old buildings, put a street bench, and placed a wall near some park benches, paved the alleyways and planted some trees.
Dykes letter lists priorities
The tradition of low tuition for public colleges and universities in Kansas is being eroded, according to a letter sent Sunday by chancellor Archie R. Dykes to the Kansas Legislature's Educational Planning Committee.
Although tuition rates in Kansas haven't risen as fast as the national average of 14 per cent a year for the last three years, the temptation to raise tuition because it is an easy source of needed money exists and must be avoided. Dwks' letter saves.
John Conard, assistant to the chancellor,
wrote the letter in Dykes' name after
conferences with administrators at the
University of Kansas.
Among the problems and possible solutions listed by KU administrators were
The letter was sent in response to a query from the recently formed Legislative Educational Planning Committee, which asked all state-supported colleges and universities to suggest solutions for problems facing post-secondary education in Kansas.
—the present method of funding public colleges and universities according to the number of credit hours produced doesn't take into account the high cost of graduate education and research. Funding should be based on job opportunities in a program rather than no student enrollment.
Each school needs its role and mission to avoid excessive duplication of program development.
- In the face of projections of declining enrollment, Kansas lacks a policy of improving the quality of postsecondary education.
The question of whether to unify all community colleges, junior colleges, vocational schools, colleges and universities is one governance system must be answered.
"We are not prepared to make a specific recommendation at this time but are inclined to think that a single postsecondary board governing all kinds of institutions is not the best form of governance," the letter said.
The letter also suggested enlarging agreements to co-operate with neighboring states on expensive educational programs. The letter also suggested unnecessary duplication, the letter said.
In the letter the administrators endorsed work by the Kansas Board of Regents, which identified three problems facing postsecondary education in Kansas:
First, the regents said, many existing buildings need extensive repairs and new
Second, continuing education programs throughout the state need to be coordinated.
And third, out-or-state schools don't need the approval of an appropriate commission or board before they are allowed to offer courses in Kansas.
The Legislative Educational Planning Committee is a joint committee of the Kansas House and Senate. Its purpose is to make recommendations to the legislature about changes in postsecondary education in the state.
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Setting his sights
By Kattan Photographer JOYCE MENDELSOHN
Bill Dale, vice president of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Lawrence, checks out a telescope that has components dating back to 1942. Dale is one of several telescope manufacturers.