Mexico expert to boost Latin American project
By BETSY WRIGHT
KU's expanding Latin American Areas program will get a booster shot next fall with the coming of John S. Brushwood, recently appointed Roy A. Roberts professor of Latin American literature.
Brushwood, who has been called the country's leading expert on Mexican literature, will work under the auspices of the department of Spanish and Portuguese.
"I am delighted to be coming to the University of Kansas," Brushwood said, "because of the department's strength in Latin American literature and the strength of the area program."
ROY ROBERTS, FOR years editor of the "Kansas City Star," established the system of professorships in 1958. Recipients of the award receive in addition to a full professor's salary, the annual income from an endowment of $100,000 each.
Currently professor of Spanish
at the University of Missouri, Brushwood served for five years as chairman of the school's romance languages department.
He received his B.A. degree from Randolph-Macon College in 1940, his masters from the University of Virginia in 1942 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1950. Before joining the Missouri staff, Brushwood taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The scholar has written a number of works on Mexican literature, and his recently published book, "Mexico in Its Novels," has been declared by experts the subject's definitive work.
WARREN FRENCH, chairman of the department of English at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, lauded both the book and its author in a "Kansas City Star" book review.
Students who despair at the classroom disabilities of some of their more prolific writer-teachers, may take heart at French's predictions on Brushwood'slee-
turing talents. Labeling the appointment a "richly deserved honor," French said:
"It is difficult to believe that the man who could put this book together does not present significant ideas to his classes in a well organized and lucid manner."
The appointment is seen by University officials as a significant addition to the school's prestige.
"THE UNIVERSITY OF Kansas is honored by the decision of Dr. Brushwood to join us." Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said. "He will add much to an already distinguished program in Spanish and Portuguese and the complementary area program in Latin American Studies."
James R. Surface, provost and dean of faculties, said: "Professor Brushwood is one of the most distinguished men in his field. The fact that he has elected to come here is bound to enhance the University's reputation in his field and in general scholarship."
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HOW GOOD IS THE FIRE protection for KU?
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Audiences averaged from two to 3,000, and two basic costumes were established: contemporary and conventional. Actors had specialized their roles by this time and every performance ended with singing or dancing. An unwritten law, it seems, provided that the audience must always go home happy.
Academies were established during the Italian Renaissance, some of whose students studied classical drama.
PLAYS WERE ELABORATELY planned during the Renaissance and the good ones usually given to select groups on special occasions.
In-between acts were successfully introduced and opera became popular. Box seats were majee and admission prices forever-after destined to vary with scating desirability.
Artificial lighting (including footlights), machinery and machinery shifting devices were introduced and "all the elements of the picture frame stage had developed." Brockett said.
THE THEATER remained relatively the same until the middle of the nineteenth century, and many of its elements are important factors in the theater of today.
KU's theaters are part of that theater of today.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts cloudy skies tonight with slowly falling temperatures and shifting winds. Occasional light rain changing to snow tonight. Low tonight around 40 degrees. High Saturday in the 30's. Partly cloudy and colder Saturday.
"There are only a very few buildings with automatic alarms that I know of, maybe one or two," said John Kasberger, assistant fire chief.
Spooner Art Museum has an automatic burglar and fire alarm, according to a KU switchboard operator.
NO OTHER BUILDING has either.
No building has an automatic sprinkler system.
The residence halls have a sprinkler head in the trash chutes, but no other sprinkler system.
There are several fire extinguisher on the individual floors.
"THESE ARE CHECKED periodically," Wilson said. "But they aren't checked often enough because they aren't checked every day."
The residence halls have to call
in any alarm they have. When an alarm is activated in the hall, it is local only. The alarm sounds in the hall and does not notify the fire department. The desk must do that.
FOR OTHER CAMPUS buildings, someone must discover the fire. Once this has been done, a call must be made to the fire department.
The university has not had much trouble with false alarms. Both Wilson and Kasberger called the problem "slight." For those who turn in false alarms from the university, KU offers summary dismissal. The City of Lawrence imposes a fine of $250-500.
Daily Kansan Friday, January 6, 1967
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By JAY COOPER
John Conard, probable next speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, spoke at last night's meeting of the Collegiate Young Republicans in the Kansas Union.
GOP legislator gives preview of '67 term
Conard's topic "Problems Facing the '67 Legislature" ranged from discussion of the '66 campaign and election to forecasting the work of a Republican legislature with a Democratic governor.
Defending soon-to-be-replaced Gov. William H. Avery, he said, "If you don't agree with a bill don't take it out on the governor but rather the legislator."
He also praised Avery as one of the greatest governors ever in Kansas but reflected that in spite of all he did for the state he was unsecured by a Democrat after only one term as governor. This was the first time this has occurred in Kansas.
"Bill Avery is the guy who had the courage and guts to do what was right for good government and then was thrown out," he said.
Using this as a stepping stone Conard said the legislators will be facing the problem of doing what they believe to be right, or what is necessary to do politically.
In reviewing the problems facing the state Conard described what was needed in the areas of local government, mental health, higher education, and highway work. He explained what could have been done in each area had Avery been re-elected.
Conard said the Kansas highway systems are becoming obsolete even before new ones can be finished.
"We're slipping backwards," he said, "we're not even staying even."
Conard said the recommendation for highway improvement and new highways probably will not be as fully developed as possible because of Governor-elect Robert Docking's campaign issue of tax control.
He said the highway program might be facing two years of being stagnant.
On higher education Conard said although college professors will possibly be receiving a three or four per cent raise, it still will not be enough to hold some of them in the state.
Mental health will be facing a similar problem. Kansas has been a leader in mental health but unless salaries of state hospital and clinical personnel from psychiatrists to psychiatric aides are raised other states will draw them away.
Conard said, "It will be a very difficult period ahead, but very interesting."
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