Fridav. September 5, 1975
University Daily Kansan
New French major adds culture
A new major that gives students a better opportunity to concentrate on the study of French culture is now being offered by the French and Italian department.
In addition to the French language and literature major, a major in French language and culture is also being offered beginning this semester.
Bryant Freeman, chairman of the French and Italian department, said yesterday the change would give students a chance to concentrate on the area in which they were more interested, either literature or culture.
A new course in the culture area is France of Today, a class Freeman said would probably alternate each semester with another new course, Contemporary French
According to Freeman, students in the Contemporary French Press class, which will begin this spring, will analyze and read current magazines and newspapers from
Freeman said the two new courses and another course, Studies in French Culture, would be requirements for the language and culture degree.
Freeman said Studies in French Culture would be a three-hour course with areas of study in French art, music and cultural heritage.
Carillon repairs delay concerts
During the last two weeks, Albert Gerken has been carrying a toolbox instead of sheet music to the carillon keyboard in the Memorial Campanile.
Gerken, University cariollonne for 13 years, said Wednesday he has been replacing some of the moving parts and insulation in the 24-year-old carillon.
"I'm just trying to keep it in running order," he said.
Because of the repairs, Gerken's Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening recitals have been canceled until the end of September. He said he usually planned such a trip to New York to breasts but this summer he was too busy and he had to posthe project.
A firm from England manufactured the 83-bell carillon and has examined it only twice since it was installed. As a result, Gerken has had much of the responsibility of maintaining and repairing the instrument.
Gerken, an associate professor of music, does most of the repair work on weekends. He said the carillon needed a major tuning and adjustment so it would require more help and a sizable investment.
"It doesn't get the attention it deserves," he said, "primarily because it's too expensive."
There are 16 students taking the France of Today course this semester. Freeman said there were about 50 French majors, but he did not have many of them who switched to the new culture major.
Freeman said enrollment in the French and Italian department was up about eight per cent from last fall. The oriental languages and literatures department was the only other foreign language department in the university a substantial increase in enrollment.
"I'm only speculating, but maybe there's increasing sensitivity to the fact Kansas trades a lot with both Japan and China," Burton said. "Maybe there's an interest to do more more language course work for business reasons."
enrolment. He said 249 had enrolled there this fall compared to 187 last fall.
He said the greatest increase was in chinese language courses and courses at universities.
The University of Kansas astronomy club just missed being the discoverers of a new
Robert Burton, chairman of the department of oriental languages and literature, said that department had a record
A star in the constellation Cygnus expired Friday and was spotted in Japan 16 October. It is about 520 km wide.
Astronomy club 2nd in nova sighting
A nova occurs when a star explodes, which accounts for the short period that the nova is visible. A star going nova can in-its original brightness up to 10,000 times.
The Lawrence sighting, made by Jim
Hammer, Derby junior, came before any news of the Japanese sighting had reached Mr. Hammer.
Hammer's sighting last week was made during an open house of the observatory sponsored by the Astronomy Associates of Philadelphia, and an open house every clear Friday night.
Humberto Campa, Caracas, Venezuela,
junior, and a member of the AAL, said the
school's administration has been very
concerned.
supernova, the difference being that a supernova is brighter and is visible longer.
However, observations Monday night showed the star was considerably dimmer on Friday. Therefore, Campins said, the star is thought to have been a nova. A supernova would have remained brighter longer.
The star is visible to the naked eye, and Campins said, appears slightly reddish.
Inflation affects price of meals but not tipping
Inflation has generally pushed up prices in local eating and drinking establishments during the past year but local businesses have also remained with the same if service is good.
A waitress at JB's Big Boy Family Restaurant, said yesterday she noticed people were ordering smaller meals as prices increased. However, she said tips were generally the same as those of a year ago.
The star can be seen about 8:30 p.m. and is almost directly overhead, he said.
Both employees and customers said that the size of tips, which composed a large proportion of the employees' incomes, depended on the type of service received.
Scott Shankel, manager of Ken's Pizza Parlor at 27th and Iowa, said tips to the delivery boy and the waitress were as good as ever.
"If the pizza arrives quickly, tips are usually high," he said.
Cocktail waitresses at several local clubs said tips were holding up, despite a price increase.
The Massachusetts Delicatessen reported increased tips. Bob Schumm, manager, said, "Tips are just about double. I think they'd dip due to better service, decor and food."
A local businesswoman said her tips depended on service. "I used to always leave a tip; now it depends on what type of service I get," she said.
However, a waitress at the Eldridge House Dining Room and Club, said that she felt tips had not declined, but that waitresses weren't getting a "cost-of-living" increase.
"People are supposed to tie 15 per cent now, but 50 per cent still tie 10 per cent," she added.
Most people questioned said they were in the same name size tip that they had left in the shirt.
"I havegave by the old 10 per cent . . . and
Still stick by it, " a Lawrence resident said.
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