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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Nov. 9, 1964
Hard Work Goes Into Planning KU's 100th Birthday Party
Rv Robert Henry
The official observance of KU's centennial is nearly 18 months in the future, but the University Centennial Committee is already hard at work planning for this 100th birthday party.
Under the direction of committee chairman, George L. Anderson, professor of history, the 22 committee members have been at work since March 20, 1964, when they were appointed by Chancellor W. Clark Wescoe.
The committee has chosen the period of April 13 to June 2, 1966, to be the focal point of the celebration. By concentrating the observance into a relatively short space of time, the committee felt that the centennial would receive greater attention.
ALTHOUGH THE OBJECTIVES of the centennial observance have not been sharply defined, Prof. Anderson said, "The event is one of historical significance and it gives us an opportunity to take a look at what has been done and what might be done in the future."
Prof. Anderson said two events — an opera and a history of KU — are scheduled to coincide with the centennial observance.
The committee has commissioned Douglas Moore to compose an opera which will depict a phase of regional Kansas history. The opera will premier at KU during the official centennial celebration.
Moore has written a number of well-known operas, including: "The Ballad of Baby Doe," "Wings of the Dove," "The Devil and Daniel Webster." He is a former chairman of the Department of Music at Columbia University.
THOMAS GORTON, dean of the school of fine arts and member of the centennial committee, said that the libretto, the text of the opera, has been completed and that Prof. Moore has been working on the music for about a year and a half.
Dean Gorton said the opera will focus on Carry A. Nation, but no title has been selected as yet. Carry A. Nation is famous in Kansas history for her hatchet-wielding campaign against liquor.
In the opera's premier performance, several professional vocalists will sing the lead parts, with students used for other solo roles, the chorus, and the orchestra, Dean Gorton said.
Dean Gorton said Robert Bautian, professor of orchestra, will direct the music for the opera. Stage direction will be handled by the University Theatre.
Prof. Moore will be in residence here in the spring of 1966, holding the Rose Morgan Professorship of music. He will work with advanced students in composition, Dean Gorton said.
THE PUBLICATION OF a history of KU by Clifford S. Griffin, associate professor of history, will coincide but will not be an official part of the centennial. Prof. Griffin's research is independent of the Centennial Committee and was started in 1960.
Prof. Griffin said the history will be published some time in the spring of 1966 under the title of "The University of Kansas: A History 1864-1964."
He said the dates included in his history do not coincide exactly with the period to be celebrated.
Research for the book has been made difficult by the mass of sources which are available, Prof. Griffin said. The major portion of the research has been done in the State Historical Society in Topeka, Watson Library, and in archives kept by the chancellor's office. The chancellor's archives yielded more than 200,000 manuscripts and kept Prof Griffin and an assistant busy all of one summer. The history will probably be about 800 pages long, Prof. Griffin said.
"The 1864 starting date was chosen for the starting date of the book because that is the year the University was chartered by the Legislature," Prof. Griffin said.
The University actually opened its doors to students in 1866.
Prof. Griffin is the author of "Their Brother's Keepers: Moral Stewardship in the United States, 1800-1865." This book was selected in 1963 for the Presidential White House Library—a collection of books depicting past and present American life.
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Screening—James E. Gunn, administrative assistant to the chancellor for University relations, determine what campus events will be a part of the observance; Steering—Prof. Anderson, plan agenda for the committee meetings; Ways and Means—Keith Weltmer, professor of business administration, prepare the centennial observance budget.
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Heritage and Traditions—Natalie Calderwood, associate professor of English, study significant events in the past 100 years. Program—William A. Conboy, professor of speech and drama, organize on-campus observances primarily concerned with a look to the century ahead; News Media and State Wide Participation—Bruce A. Linton, professor of journalism, speech and drama, and director of radio and television, plan and coordinate off-campus participation; Objectives—W. Eugene George, professor of architecture, establish the objec- tion of the historical abwevow-
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