Demonstrations also topic
Recent history cyclic
John Higham, professor of history at the University of Michigan spoke on the cyclic changes in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
He spoke mainly on the 1800's and then related his remarks to the current century.
"BEFORE 1850, the United States was a nation with boundless expectations. After the Civil War the nation was looking for order," he said.
In the post-war period, the country realized it was limited in its expansion by certain natural and political boundaries. Trends moved towards doubt and cynicism, and away from optimism.
Urbanization brought sophistication.
"But this was, in part, against the grain of the American people."
"The openness of the Empire parlor was replaced by the stuffiness and formality of the Victorian parlor.
A NEW DISCONTENT began at the start of the Twentieth Century, and lasted until the depression. Then the country became conservative again.
Now in the 1960's, "there may be a new discontent." The nation may be on the cycle away from conservatism.
Higham also answered questions on the recent and continuing demonstrations at the University of Michigan.
He said the sit-ins had a "long and complex history," but the main reason the students demonstrated was "a lack of sense of belonging."
"THE STUDENTS had a lack of sense of participation-not an uncommon phenomenon in a large university."
The chancellor of the university in response to student demands appointed a student-faculty committee to study the entire basic structure and assumptions of the university. Some of the committee's recommendations will be tried next semester and more will be implemented as time goes along.
The State News, the student newspaper at Michigan said the trouble began when three professors in the ATL department were dismissed. Evidently, the "ATL department" is something like a basic English department.
THE STUDENT government council called for mass support of the "sitters-in" and 1,500 students responded.
Higham says the problem now is for the student council to keep control of the demonstration and not let "the radical elements take over."
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"This could really be a good thing with some concrete results if the student council can keep control and the elements that are perennial troublemakers don't take over."
Symphony to perform
Kenneth Bloomquist, KU marching band director, will be on the other side of the baton tonight.
Bloomquist, playing a trumpet, and Paul Tardif, another faculty member, playing a piano, will be the featured soloists in the Little Symphony concert at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall. The director will be Thomas Gorton, dean of the school of fine arts.
THE LITTLE SYMPHONY is comprised of a group of hand-picked musicians, mostly students and faculty members, but including townspeople too.
The program includes the following numbers: Overture to "Secret of Suzanne" by Wolf-Ferrari; Symphony No. 104 in D Major, by Haydn; L'Eventail de Jeanne, consisting of nine numbers by different composers rather like a medley; and Concerto in C Minor Op. 35 by Shostakovich.
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