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Drama Department Announces Production Schedule
By KATHY PICKETT
Konson Staff Reporter
A madwoman in France, the notorious Don Juan, a gullible emperor and Jesus in New York will be featured in this year's productions of the University of Kansas department of speech and drama.
Auditions for the plays will be Aug. 28-30. There will be five major productions, plus six in the William Ike Theatre series and two in the K.U. Theatre for Young People.
The major production series will open with the musical "Godspell." It is a recent hit that has toured all over the United States. It tells the story of Jesus Christ in a contemporary setting.
"Goddess will be directed by C. William Keeler, assistant professor of speech and drama and a costume artist he directed "The Playboy of the Western World," a popular theatre department's most successful productions.
"Goddess" will be presented October 18,19,20,25 and 27.
Are–If you Think You're by Laigi Pirandello. It will be directed by John Reich.
The second major production will be "Right You
"Right You Are" is a 1917 play that shows the relativity of truth and the contradictions in life. Three people cling amid tragedy. They are stranded on one another and in vain to find a single truth.
Pirandello was an Italian playwright influenced both by the commedia dell'art and by naturalism. He was also associated with the theatre of the grotesque.
The third major production will be "The Mad woman of Chaillot" by Jean Giraardoux. It will be directed by Tom Rea, associate professor of speech and drama and associate director of theatre.
"Madwoman!" is a 1945 fantasy about a mad countess. Through her machinations all the agents of Madwoman fall into disbelief.
The play is written in praise of simple and homely routines. Typical of the theme is a line from the composer's music, "Love is a dream."
that a sensible woman can't set it right in the course of an afternoon."
"Madwoman of Chaillot" will be given Feb. 14-16, and 20-22.
The fourth major production is "The House of Blue Leaves" by John Guare. This is a modern tragi-comedy. It will be directed by Ronald Willis, associate professor of speech and drama and theatre. He directed the summer production, "The Glass Menagerie."
It will be presented March 21-29.
"Don Giovanni," written in 1787, was called "the greatest opera ever composed" by Rospini, Gounod, and Richard Wagner. It is classified as a "drama novel." ("The Renaissance of") The original title was "The Rake Punished."
The final major production will be the opera "Don Giovanni" by Mozart. The director will be Jed Davis, professor of speech and drama and director of the theatre.
The opera contains many world-famous aria and songs. It could be considered a tragedy or a comedy, depending on one's fondness for the infamous Don Juan.
There will also be a "William Inge Theatre Series." This series presents plays of a more intimate nature. Many are one acts, and some are written by KU playwrights.
"Don Giovanni" will be presented April 11, 12, 19 and 20.
The first in this series will be "Peps Threnodes" by Eric Anderson, McPherson graduate student. Anderson was the first recipient of the William Ige memorial scholarship for young plawytrichs.
"Pepa Thredenion," which tells of a death knell to the "Pepa generation," will be presented Oct. 3-17.
The second Inge production will be "Don Juan Tenorio," or Zorilla. It will be presented in conjunction with the Spanish Baroque Festival, Marcia the instructor of speech and drama, will be the director.
"Don Juan Tenorio" will also tie in with the opera "Don Giovanni." It was written in 1844 and is considered the most popular Spanish play ever written.
It will be presented November 7-16.
The third hage play will be "Collision Course," by various authors. It will be directed by the directing officer of the school.
It will be presented December 9 and 10.
The fourth presentation will be "Brunches" by David Willis, Wichita graduate student. It will be directed by Mike Wise, Lawrence graduate student. It will be given Jan. 30 and 31. Feb. 9.
The fifth Iteh production will be "An Evening or One Act Plays", by various authors, including Gene Pinder. Elk Grove III, senior. It will be presented Feb. 26-28, March 1-8.
The final Ing production will be "An Evening of
Puppet Theatre" by various authors. Terry Asia,
assistant instructor of speech and drama will be in
charge of it. It will be given April 35.
There will also be two children's theatre productions. "The Emperor's New Clothes," by Charlotte Chorpenning, will be given Oct. 5. It will be directed by Asla.
"Reynard the Fox," by Arthur Faquete, will be presented Feb. 1. Preson Sisk, Lawrence graduate student and KU box office manager, will be the director.
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Annouerg said a person, especially in a college environment, could learn so much that he lost his mental stability because of his self-esteem and excited emotional understanding and insight.
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"intellectual insight in never enough," he said. "There has to be some blend of deep feeling and understanding. When they're told they have trouble. They tend to get split here at KU."
The typical student's visit to the clinic is a 50-minute interview, Shouberg said. The treatment varies from year to year, depending on the patient load and the individual
"A at a university the size of KU, instead of living and working and studying all day with the same people, your life is fragmented," Bins said.
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Problems that students commonly face, according to Binnin and Shoulberg, include depression, sexual abuse, and the need for adolescence to adulthood, facing new responsibilities and decisions the first time away from home, self identification and the need to learn.
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Kansan Staff Reporter
"Students come here for many reasons, ranging anywhere from a numb feeling that things aren't going well to the point of committing suicide," he said.
The last time I wrote a term paper, I was surprised when my roommate came home and told me the exact location in the library where I'd been. She doesn't have ESP, and she didn't spy on me from behind stacks of books.
John L. Glinka, director of libraries, said recently that one of the main problems of the library was maintaining up-to-the-minute condition. Assistants were not always able to keep up on housekeeping duties, he said.
GLINKA SAID the library received an increase in funding for next year, but only enough to maintain present standards of quality.
She knew where I had been studying because of the books I'd left behind. Library assistants are supposed to shelve these books, and they'll get the funds, they can't always get this done.
Glinda said the library must give service to customers first priority. Thus, if someone
Shouberg estimated that 10 per cent of the study body needed to seek help at the clinic. Last year only 858 students, fewer than half of the student body, visited the clinic.
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All Mentally Ill, Psychologist Says
By PAT NANCE
Kansan Staff Reporter
"I think that if there are any questions in his mind, then he should come in," Shoullberg said. "Obviously I believe in psychotherapy. I'm not interested in helping more find out why they are and who they want to be."
A student should not wait until a problem becomes serious before seeking help, according to the school.
Everyone is at least slightly mentally ill at some time in their lives. William A. Bimbs, clinical psychologist at the Mental Health Center of Jackson Memorial Hospital, said yesterday.
"I like people to see us as a coping mechanism. Bims said, "We all trying to figure out what we want."
"Some patients are very disturbed," said Donald Shoulberg, psychologist. "We also see a great many students who are, in every sense of the world, normal."
There has also been damage to both Watson and Spencer, he said. During high winds and rains last spring, the walls were damaged. Nothing was seriously damaged in Spencer, but a wall in Watson became damaged. Several hundred books were damaged.
needs help finding something in the library, they will be given attention. With the shortage in help, he said, the maintenance of the stacks can't always be kent up.
Another problem is the lack of reader space. Glikka said this had been a problem for several years. During peak periods of rain, children, will people even be sitting on the stairs.
Another problem is that the library is running out of space. Glinka said they had at most one to two years of book storage space left.
"I really believe that it's a tragedy," he said. "In this age group you have to give to a person a chance for life. I take any suicide talk or gesture very seriously."
In addition, he said, the clinic is a crisis intervention center. A staff person is on call
Binsn said the clinic offered individual counseling, group therapy, conjoint psychotherapy (such as with a married couple) and counseling with families.
problem. Last year the average patient was treated for nine sessions.
Shoubeng said one of the major functions of the clinic was the prevention of suicides.
seeking psychotherapy than in the past, according to Shoubregue, because more people have experienced trauma.
In recent years more people have been
"I think that there's a broader un-
indulging of psychotherapy from a humili-
nering experience," she said.
Many students prefer to seek help from peer counseling groups such as the counseling center, he said, because they are afraid or afraid of professional counselors.
"There has been a great deal of fear, particularly in light of the Eagleton affair and the Ellisbury break-in, of records being kept on such cases; our records are kept in absolute confidence."
WATSON has already been outgrown,
Glinka said. But he said he didn't know
whether Watson would be added to, or
become a new library building would have
to be built.
The clinic also provides counseling for students with alcohol or drug-related problems, according to Shoubeng. He said he saw the use of drugs as often being a religious quest or an attempt at self-healing.
Both Bins and Shoubring said they disliked the term "mental illness."
"It's a destructive way of attempting to find meaning in life," he said, "insight may come, but it's not integrated into one's total experience, the unconscious instead of befriending it."
"However, I certainly don't agree with the people who say it doesn't exist," Binns
buys cannot be produced cheaply, Helyan said. The library has to have sources the general public won't have, and these specialy books have risen in price.
The library is also having trouble funding books and magazines. They were given extra funds to account for the increase in stock, but they have had to cut back on periodicals ordered.
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E. L. Eames Helyar, assistant director for technical services, said the library was spending more and more for periodicals even though the number of subscriptions went down. Because of the inflationary prices, funds for books had to decrease.
Prices for books purchased by the library have also increased, Helyer said.
library have also increased. Helyer said.
He said that books bought by the general
public had not risen in price and that this
matter was due to the library to show a
need for more funds.
Glinka said the University of Kansas library had a responsibility to continue buying the luxury books. Because KU's library is the largest in the state, other libraries depend on it for inter-library loans.
But a book is like a candy bar, Helary
wrapped in plastic and the contents
the wrapping is cheaper and the contents
smaller. Therefore a book can be produced
with a cheaper binding and smaller print.
It can also be printed on plastic.
"Antiquarian" (old and rare) books have also gone up in price. Helyar said they had become more rare and had risen about 25 per cent in price.
"We are here more conservative about buying books now than ever. Glinda said.
HELYAR SAID a great deal of selectivity was required in buying books. More than a half-century later, he said. The KU library has about three years' worth of books, or one and a half
Glinka there would be no need for mass cancellations of periodicals as there was several years ago. He said periodicals were the most important sources for schools that have to keep up on current findings. The examples he gave are good examples of this, he said.
One advantage the library has is that it receives a great number of gifts, Helyan said. These are in the forms of books, journals and manuscripts, recordings and photographs.
Helyar that foreign periodicals and the books they published in 100,000 periodicals were published in the world, and he said the library bought 21,000. Many of these are not published in the book market.
"We would limit ourselves if we were to attempt to be chauvinful." Helva said.
attempt to be chauvinistic," Helyar said. Another complaint often heard about the library is the shortness of the hours it's open. Glinka said they had to consider enrollment when they determined open hours. He said the hours would be the same next year, unless enrollment went down in the spring.
New Law School Building to Open in 1977
The new $4.9 million home for the School of Law at the University of Kansas, to be finished in 1977, will be a building designed by Mr. Martin Dickinson, dean of the School of Law.
"THE LIBRARY has been designed to accommodate the accelerating shift from traditional books to microforms. Computer-assisted retrieval of legal sources is already in use for the nation, and the building design incorporates the concept as well," said Dickinson.
"We are planning for the many technological advances in legal education that are already present or appear likely in the future. For instance, capability for digital audiovisual will be provided, along with other forms of audio-visual instruction," Dickson said.
The project, approved by the Kansas Board of Regents in April, should be let for bids this fall, and bids will be received in June. The project team were appropriated by the 1974 Kansas Legislature. Additional funds will be applied to the 1975 legislature to complete the project.
This schedule will allow construction to begin in April or May of 1975. The building should be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1976. School will celebrate its centennial in 1978.
The six-floor structure of reinforced concrete with bronze trim and glass will be built on the west side of the main campus, north and slightly west of Allen Field House.
The main entrance will be on the north from 15th Street.
THE BUILDING was designed by the firm of Lawrence R. Good and Associates of Lawrence for a maximum enrollment of 600 students, a number forecast to satisfy the needs of the school; the facility will include a new courthouse, which will also be equipped to serve as a 50-student classroom. A large, open central hall with windows that will be used for student study and recreation.
Several innovations have been planned for the law library. The traditional large, stone workrooms will be replaced with student study rooms and classrooms on the stacks. Another feature will be the inclusion of several student workrooms, or for groups of four to eight students.
A special feature of the library will be the Raymond F. Rice Room. The room will be furnished by funds donated by the late Raymond F. Rice, a 1968 graduate of the School of Law and faculty member from 1913 to 1926.
As stipulated by Rice, the book collection of the room will be especially designed for use by visiting scholars, faculty members or students and is intended to the history and tradition of the law.
The building also has been planned so that additions to the law library can be made. Dickinson said the planned capacity of 170,000 volumes, measured against the present law collection of 130,000 volumes, didn't allow much room for growth.
Each student will be provided with a locker in the new facility. This feature, included in most new law buildings, is essential for today's student, who, according to the ADA, must read texts, regulations and statute books and other required materials for courses.
Faculty offices are scattered throughout the building, not concentrated in one area. Dickinson said this was done to maximize contact between faculty and students.
Space also will be provided in the new structure for the law school's Legal Aid Center.
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for clients; the Defender Clinic; the Juvenile Clinic and similar enterprises.
Dickinson said a law school building served a constitucity much broader than its student body, and those needs had also been taken into account.
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"The classrooms are designed to facilitate continuing legal education for members of the bar. The library will continue to be readily and conveniently usable by members of the bar and the judiciary. The room is expected to be used often by the students bodies to law school faculty members contribute their services." said Dickinson.
Dickinson added that economy had been a matter of prime concern throughout the design process so that the needs of the law were met. This meant it was also possible cost the taxpayers of Kansas.
"MANY ROOMS have been designed to accomplish a dual purpose with resulting cost reductions," said Dickinson. "For example, the courtroom is also serving as a classroom. The building's two seminar chambers, the jury judge's chambers, when necessary. Every common areas will also serve as hallways, student study areas and social areas."
"Uncle Jimmy Green," the 50-year-old statue and the only full length statue in memory of a teacher on any campus in the United States, will be placed on the plaza area on the north side of the building near the main entrance.