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Kansas Art Shown In Union Displays
Bronze and wood sculpture, jewellery, rugs and unusual wall hangings are being displayed in the Kansas Union browsing room until Nov. 14
Craftsmen from eight states are represented by 143 exhibit pieces in the 11th annual Kansas Designer Craftsman Show.
"At the time of year when Kansas shows her fairest face, beauty is also displayed in this show." Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, said at the show opening Sunday afternoon.
"This show indicates that work is being done which reflects a high level of artistic achievement and technical skill." Alma Eikerman, show judge, wrote in a statement in the show's brochure.
"With the emphasis on soundness, this showing as a whole is somewhat quiet in comparison to the general trend of the country."
The show's "quietness" is reflected in the colors of the exhibits. Ceramics and many of the fabrics are in browns, golds, grays and dark blues with an occasional splash of bright color.
Possums Really Do "Play" Dead When Cornered
NEW YORK —(UPI)— By recording the brain waves of opposums three scientists proved that when these animals "play possum" they're actually playing — in the sense of acting out a part with convincing realism worthy of a stage star.
Possum-hunters have always thought they were acting, one can believe. They've always described the typical drop-dead act of the endangered possum as "play" and the saying, "play possum," has long been embedded in the American language to describe one form of human trickery.
But zoologists and other scientists specializing in animal physiology have never bought it. Since all possums "play possum" when cornered and since possums are considered to be rather stupid, it was more logical to believe they had an automatic nervous reflex mechanism working for them.
Dr. Allen C. Norton and his associates of the Children's Hospital's Developmental and Sensory Physiology Laboratory in Los Angeles, implanted electrodes in the brains of 15 possums. The wires attached to the electrodes constantly recorded their brain waves.
IT WAS SET off by a signal, the scientific theory went — the excited barks and grasping jaws of the overtaking dog. Reflexively the animal would then fall into a state of deep sleep resembling death, unconscious and curled into a tight ball.
THEY RECORDED ferocious dog barks on tape and they rigged up artificial dog jaws, a contrivance which resembled over-sized pincers. One by one these pincers seized the possums by the neck and shook them vigorously, while a loudspeaker gave off with the barks.
Each animal seemed to drop dead and remained limp and utterly motionless for several minutes. All were convincing in this "playing" or acting—and they were playing! In every animal the brain wave pattern during the act was all but indistinguishable from the pattern before it dropped "dead" and after it got up and resumed living.
This was repeated a number of times in all the animals. Then it occurred to the scientists that the animals may have been swerved from normal possum ways by these unwonted intimacies with human beings and the artificiality of both the barks and the "dog jaws."
SO THE SCIENTISTS brought in another set of possums and once the electrodes were in their heads gave them no human society. In due course they brought in a real dog, but one trained not to go beyond cornering a possum and then grabbing it by the neck and shaking it.
Like the patterns recorded in the first set, the brain waves on this second set were those of "a normal, waking, highly alert behavioral state" the scientists reported. "It must be concluded that the folklore is correct. The animal is merely 'playing possum.'"
A beige and white rug sparked a lot of comment. A combination of looped and brushed wool in an amoeba-like pattern gives it texture effectiveness. The rug reminded one spectator of Spumoni ice cream.
Two of the fabric hangings, both award winners, have all the substance of a breath of air. In contrast to those, there are rugs so thick they invite the spectator to take off his shoes and curl his toes in the looped yarn.
KU students winning awards were James Dunlap, senior; Ray Replogle, graduate student; Rex Replogle, graduate student; Joe Atteberry, graduate student; Hampton Hall, senior; Eileen Murphy, graduate student; Janet Skinner, graduate student, and Roger K. Thomason, senior, all of Lawrence.
For the silver and jewelry con-
poisseur, there are display cases of everything from a rosary to chess pieces.
Ceramic exhibits include pots, bowls, plates and a set of "patio pieces."
The house-to-house canvass will begin at 6:30 p.m. with approximately 30 members from each of KU's 39 Greek-affiliated organizations working in teams to solicit contributions. The drive is sponsored by the Panhellenic Council and Inter-Fraternity Council.
Several of the art works are for sale. Purchasing arrangements can be made at the main desk in the Union lobby.
Greeks Hold Fund Drive
Seeking $3,000 in contributions to combat muscular dystrophy, 650 members of KU's fraternities and sororites will conduct a fund-raising drive Thursday night.
Muscular dystrophy is an incurable disease of the nervous system which invades and destroys the voluntary muscles. It is always fatal when it occurs in children. Its victims do not live beyond their teens.
The fraternities and sororites, which sponsor a service project each year, are in charge of the whole city in this year's muscular dystrophy drive. In the past, they have assisted in a drive sponsored by the city.
Chairmen of the drive are Jane Speirs, Dodge City senior, and Mike McNally, Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore.
The drive in Lawrence coincides with a fund-raising effort in the Greater Kansas City area. Donations from the Lawrence area will be added to the Kansas City drive.
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Morality Key'64 Issue Says Barry's Manager
"The arrest of presidential aide Walter Jenkins has more or less confirmed the lack of morality among President Johnson's advisers," according to Morris A. Kay, third district Citizens for Goldwater-Miller chairman.
"This episode has become very much of a liability for Johnson to overcome," said Kay.
"Our most effective campaign issue has been the present lack of morality in government," Kay said. "No government can be successful unless it is a moral government. Especially, the key people of the executive branch must have good character.
"If you are a parent, and the President drives 90 miles an hour drinking beer, you don't want your child looking to him for an example," Kay said.
"Goldwater's campaign against socialism and an ever-expanding federal bureaucracy is our second most successful issue."
Kay cited foreign policy as the third most effective issue for the GOP. "Goldwater knows the policy we must have to remain free. The present administration is engaged in unilateral disarmament and hoping the Communist bloc will follow suit. Senator Goldwater realizes the United States must remain militarily, economically and morally strong," said Kay.
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