University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 14, 1986
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Football tradition compared to law school's
History of standout individuals adds prestige to both programs, Valesente says
By PAMELA SPINGLER
Football head coach Bob Valesenor could not be found in Parrot Athletic Center yesterday afternoon. He received a change of venue.
Valesteś spoke about the KU football program to about 15 law students in Green Hall in a weekly noon forum sponsored by the Student Bar Association.
Although he wasn't on his turf, he stuck to his priorities, with academics ranking first, he said.
"There is no rule that says if you want to be a good football player, you should be a bum," he said. "In the long run, when you are 40, you realize what you did in the classroom was more important than what you did on the football field.
"You don't build a good house unless you have a strong foundation. Education is the foundation of our society and, in this atmosphere, it should be held in high esteem."
Valesente compared the football program to the KU law school. He
said that both had the tradition to attract top recruits.
"Traditionally, the law school is ranked as one of the finest in the country, and it started with these people on the walls," he said, pointing to the pictures of graduating classes that line the room.
"KU can attract a lot of good football players because of tradition." Valesente said. The tradition doesn't tame the crowd, but from individual players, he said.
To help build a stronger tradition
he said, a sense of continuity was important.
Valesente compared the number of football coaches, 34, to the number of basketball coaches, six, that the University of Kansas has had since the programs began. He said programs had difficulty flourishing if leadership kept changing.
In any type of business, if you keep changing the leadership, it will cause problems.
The continuity of the leaders also helps the team build a winning attitude, he said.
"We have a fragile attitude on this football team because we haven't had continued success," he said.
Valesente mentioned the team's opponent this week, the University of Nebraska, and said its football program was one of the best.
"If I lost three tailbacks, I would have to go ask a manager to play." he said. "Nebraska has a true system of red-shirting that they've worked out. They have a truly outstanding football team."
Class displays a bit of culture
By PATRICIA FEENY
The School of Education created a melting pot in the Kansas Union yesterday.
Pat Weiss, assistant director of economy education and curriculum and instruction, and her multicultural education class displayed cultural elements from countries such as Poland, Ireland, Japan, China and Germany.
The school requires education majors to take the class, which teaches students about the contributions that ethnic groups have made to the United States. Forty-five students are enrolled in Weiss' section of the class this semester.
"This gives students the chance to display the products from different ethnic groups that have contributed to America." Weiss said. "It is a required class so that all students can appreciate the multicultural perspective."
She said some students in the school
culture and to write a research paper.
Peggy Bolin, Fairway sophomore, said, "She's a good teacher. She makes the class interesting with this and things like field trips. She keeps our attention better than a textbook or lecture."
The class took a field trip to Haskell Indian Junior College recently.
we get first-hand knowledge on how Italians lived," Bowie said. "We can relate to Italian-Americans now."
Weiss said participation in the exhibit and enrollment in the class would help those students who went into teaching to integrate different ethnic cultures and to know more about their studies in the students in their classrooms.
"With the cooperation of Haskell, we learned more about Indian cultures." Weasd said. "More culturally diverse cultures within a single tribe."
Bolin said she learned that the noodles used to make spaghetti were not from Italy but probably from China.
Lara Bowen. Overland Park junior, was part of the Italian culture exhibit.
Kathy Fick, Overland Park sophomore, was responsible for contributing information about prominent Irish Americans. In ad-
The Polish table displayed sheet music, an album, graphs and even a polish sausage.
"It's been helpful," said Mary Holt, Great Bend sophomore and member of the Polish culture group. "We've learned about different places."
Rob Podrebarae, Kansas City, Kan. junior, said he didn't know that Polish-Americans had the highest median income of all European groups in the United States.
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When the art first arrived, some of it was displayed in insufficient space
Shankel said that University officials had promised Thayer the collection would be displayed properly, but that Thayer became upset when it apparent the university had it build a building for the collection.
'The newer building, together with the collection, has made Spencer one of the top five or six university museums in the country.'
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in Strong Hall, but Thayer threatened to move the collection to San Diego. Shankel said.
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"She actually gave some of it to a San Diego museum, but she stopped in 1926, after the collection was moved to Spooner Hall." Shankel said.
Spooner, which had served as the library, became available after Watson Library was constructed.
The collection remained in Spooner until 1977, when it was moved to the Spencer Museum.
The museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free and tours may be arranged in advance for groups of 10 or more.
At the time, Spencer said she wanted to make a lasting contribution to the arts in the Midwest
Helen Spencer, a former KU student and wife of Kansas Citizen Kenneth Spencer, announced she would be retiring in 2016. Indiana lighthouse building in 1974.
Whether harmonizing on Bach or the Beatles, the King's Singers work to please audiences
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"We do as varied a program as possible," he said. "We span different styles. There is something that works for everyone, and it is better for the audience."
The King's Singers will not be at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday day singing for the Queen, but at a church in Plymouth Congregational Church.
The King's Singers formed in
Bob Chilcott, who sings tenor with the group, joined the King's Singers most recently. He said he started by pure accident 15 months ago when he stood in for someone else.
1968 in the king's College Chour at Cambridge University. The two original members are Alastair Hume and Simon Carrington.
The King's Singers, performing as part of the University of Kansas Chamber Music Series, at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 959 Vernunt St.
The King's Singers are six men, ranging in age from 28 to 46, who perform songs from 19th century labs and Bach to the Beatles.
The group has been nominated for and has received several
Wednesday's performance will include a selection of English madrigals, "The Lamentation of Jeremiah" by Thomas Tallis, "Time Piece" by Tim Rose-Price and Paul Patterson, and "Five Songs on Poems by Robert Frost" by Richard Manners.
Hume and Carrington have gone from singing informally with friends to singing on the "The Tonight Show." The Today Show is a special special for Public Broadcasting Service, "On Stage at Wollotrap."
Grammy Awards. It has released more than 20 albums in the United States.
In addition to the lamentations, the group will perform folk songs, spirituals and contemporary tunes.
"We have a pretty big repetition and we are always adding new music to it," he said. "We cater to an audience where we can. Sometimes we get special requests."
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Chicott said the concert numbers were chosen democratically by all members of the group. For a January concert in Japan, they added a Japanese program to their reptoire.
Chilcote said the group enjoyed singing in all places but found the Hollywood Bowl exciting.
"I it really depends on the concert menu," he said. "Some things work better in a church, like religious lamentations. Some sound better in the Hollywood Bowl. Every concert has good things about it."
All of the songs Wednesday will be performed without any musical accompaniment.
The working routine of the group is rigid, Chicot said. They come to the United States frequently and are in a different place every day.
This season the group will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra, at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, in the British Festival of Minnesota and on the Wang Celebrity Series in Boston.
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