Furnace ignites dialogue with fiery atmosphere
The Fiery Furnace is blazing into its second year at KU with students providing the sparks.
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The Furnace is the coffee-house in the basement of Canterbury House. Jacke Thayer, Ellsworth senior and Episcopal assistant to Rev. Thomas Woodward, chaplain, is in charge of the program and activities of the coffee-house.
Gang extortions hit WSU campus
WICHITA — (UPI) — Wichita State University officials meet today with police to discuss ways to stop a gang of teen-age mauraders who have been attacking and beating students, including a 220-pound football player.
Most of the beatings and extortions have taken place in the area around a parking lot and the fine arts building.
The gang, believed to be from nine to 12 boys led by an older ringleader, has been roaring the campus at night for the past two weeks.
The incidents have included beatings and petty extortions, but no strong armed robberies in the true sense of the term.
Sunday two students, Lester M. Goldberg, 22, and Jerry B. Cunningham, 18, were attacked and beaten near their residence. Goldberg suffered scalp cuts and facial bruises. Cunningham was not injured as badly.
One student, who declined to give his name, said he was beaten and the victim of an extortion all within 10 days. One time he gave one of the gang 50 cents and was allowed to pass.
BEGUN LAST year as a pilot project for KU, the Furnace is still working for a meaningful dialogue among students who attend. "The dialogue part should get going in a couple of weeks when we get the staff together," Miss Thayer said.
The name "Fiery Furnace" comes from the Biblical story of three men whose faith was put to the test by fire. The analogy is that the Furnace is a place where ideas are put forth and challenged.
The ideas may be put forth in various forms-orations, poetry, dramatic readings, folksongs, or any other form of expression." The management wants the customers to contribute their ideas. We aren't going to use the Furnace as a soapbox for the management," Miss Thayer said.
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Sigma Kappa—Pool Your Gold,
Pi Kappa Alpha—Wagon Wheel,
Rugby Club—Hit the Bartender,
Delta Tau Delta—Roulette Wheel,
Delta Gamma—Messin' with the
Maidens, Chi Omega—Leap Frog,
Alpha Delta Pi—Frontier a Go
Go, Kappa Alpha Theta—K.A.T.
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Lambda Chi Alpha—Showdown Pitch, Tau Kappa Epsilon—Jail, Sigma Nu—Beaver Shoot, Triangle—Outdraw the Machine, Templin—Ball Toss, Phi Gamma Delta—Ping Pong Shoot, Phi Kappa Tau—The Little Squeeze, Hashinger—Bootlegger's Daughter.
R. J. SMITH, KU graduate and now a student at General Theological Seminary in New York, had the same views. He managed the Furnace from its opening until August of 1966. Smith said he was around to collect money on the coffee and prevent physical violence.
In the past year, the Furnace has provided a place for forums on Rhodesia and Viet Nam. Open discussion has been encouraged and there have been efforts to attract members of all sides. Smith said the imbalance in some discussions was because members of one side did not attend.
The Furnace also hosted Allen Ginzburg for an evening. Ginzburg read various poems and chants. The evening was the biggest attraction the coffee-house has had.
THERE ARE also the folksingers. The campus talent has a chance to perform at the Furnace. Coffee-house performances last anywhere from five to twenty minutes and there are breaks in the scheduled entertainment when anyone can perform.
Physically the Furnace is not elaborate. The walls are bare with an occasional painting, art photograph, or sketch put up by wire or tape. Resting delicately on the pipes is a mounted photograph of Ginzburg.
The ceiling is merely the floor of the upstairs with the ducts and pipes showing. There is a genuine furnace—central heating type—back in one corner.
There is no stage or elevated platform for the performers. The area in which they perform is lighted by a single flood source. The coffee pot and other refreshments are located in a small storage room off the east side.
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He cited one area in which the University could improve.
"If we want to serve all students under the 'open door' policy, we must expand our counseling program. It is vital that every student be given proper guidance concerning his future," he said.
DEAN WAGGONER said one difference exists between Kansans and out-of-state students: a smaller number of non-residents ranked in the upper 20 per cent of their high school classes. About 50 per cent of the Kansas students at KU ranked in the upper 20 per cent as compared to 42 per cent of the out-of-state students.
"I believe KU has succeeded in attracting the best of Kansas high school graduates," Dean Waggoner said. "We have a reputation for having good students and excellent professors; that's what counts."
Last year, 30 per cent of the entering freshmen were in the upper 10 per cent of their high school classes. On the other hand, only one per cent was in the
lower 10 per cent. Of the 2,031 freshmen to enter, 631 were in the highest category and only 19 were in the lowest, Dean Waggoner said.
TO AUGMENT the freshman program, Dean Waggoner advocates recruiting outstanding students into all schools of the University. He thinks this will make the academic rating even higher and, therefore, make KU attractive to all.
When asked whether he would change the open policy, Dean Waggoner said he didn't know. "It hasn't damaged KU. In fact, it probably has been beneficial."
CHAMP PUNT RETURNER
NEW YORK — (UPI) — Emlen Tunnell returned a National Football League record 258 punts during his lengthy career with the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers.
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Monday, October 3, 1966
Announcing... Ecumenical Study Courses Fall'66
FOR SIX WEEKS, BEGINNING OCTOBER 10, Sponsored by — Canterbury Association, KU-Y, Lutheran Student Association, Roger Williams Fellowship, United Campus Christian Fellowship, United Church of Christ, Westley Foundation
United Church of Christ, Wesley Foundation
Leader: The Rev. John Simmons
1. BIRTH CONTROL: ITS PRACTICE AND PRIORITY London The Roy John Simmons
Text: Birth Rate and Birth Right, edited by Marian Maury (60c)
Following a general introduction, consideration will be given: techniques and morality of birth control; the problem with the poor and the rich; the problem in the world of economics; the relevance of the Church.
Time and Place: (first meeting) 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at UCCF Center, 1204 Oread (additional sections arranged if necessary)
II. DISSENTER IN A GREAT SOCIETY
Leader: The Rev. Richard Dulin
Study course will deal with the nature of poverty and the inadequate ways now being used to deal with it; also, the coming racial warfare and the church's involvement in the issues of race and poverty.
Text: DISSENTER IN A GREAT SOCIETY by William
Strinefellow
Time and Place: 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct.11, Alcove A, Kansas Union.
Leader: Dr. Maynard Strothman
III. BEGINNING OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW
Leader. Dr. Maynard Gustinman In the most basic terms possible, O. T. Hebrew will be considered in order to facilitate study and to develop an understanding of the Old Testament by means of preliminary insight into the original languages.
Text: A BEGINNER'S HANDBOOK TO BIBLICAL HEBREW by Marks and Rogers ($4.50), and A BEGINNER'S WORKBOOK TO BIBLICAL HEBREW by Rogers and Armstrong ($2.75)
Time and Place: 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 11 and continuing through the semester at UCCF Center, 1204 Oread
IV. CONTEMPORARY RADICAL THEOLOGY
Leader: The Rev. Don Conrad
An introduction to some modern theologians in the "Death
Text RADICAL THEOLOGY AND THE DEATH OF GOD
by Thomas L. J. Alzzer and William Hamilton
Time and Place: 4:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10, Alcove A,
Kansas Union.
V. Uses and Misuses of The University of Kansas
V. Uses and Misuses of The University of Kansas Leaders: The Rev. Thomas B. Woodward and Jacke Thayer Course will primarily be devoted to an examination of (1) formal and informal power structures within the student body at KU, and (2) barriers to communication and dialogue among students, faculty and administration.
Text: None
Time and Place: 4:00 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 13, Canterbury House, 1116 Louisiana
Registration may be made through your campus minister by Oct. 10, or by mail to the KU-Y office, Kansas Union Bldg., by Oct. 10, or at special table in Union Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 4 and 5.
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