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Monday. April 28.1975
University Daily Kansan
Growth marks Gorton's deanship
By ANGELA POTHETES Kansan Staff Reporter
If you sit near the windows of his office you can hear drum, piano and violin music filtering in from other parts of Murphy Hall of which he has always been proud.
Outside the windows, a dove, which he often shows to visitors, sits guarding its
In his office are the implements of an administrator, such as a desk, a conference table, a typewriter, or a printer of the family. He also has several pipe stands and a Steinway piano.
HIS CO-WORKERS in the office—three secretaries and an associate dean—all say they will miss him, but for different reasons.
Don Schield, associate dean of the School of Fine Arts, said Gerton could take a joke from him.
Scheid said he couldn't remember many of the incidents because they were too numerous and trivial, but he recalled once sending Gerton a drop slip for office work.
Jean Mattison, Gorton's personal secretary for 13 years, said she would miss
"It's a hearty, infectious laugh. A Santa Claus laugh. It just rolls out," she said. "I'll miss that, not matter how congenial the new dean is."
Matisse told that Gorton seemed to like the older days, when things were relaxed.
"I've noticed a change," she said. "I think the tumultuous years had an effect on me."
Gorton has slow, deliberate speech, a continual smile, a nervous laugh and, as one of his secretaries says, "pretty, white hair."
Gerton said the best thing he had ever done in his life was to have married his wife,
She said she was sorry that Gorton was retiring. He is 65, and retirement from the deanship is mandatory. However, he will be out of town for music history and possible music theory.
Gorton said he would also work on musical compositions after he retired. Earlier in his career, he composed a symphony, a concertino for piano and orchestra, a symphonic suite and numerous smaller works for choir, piano and voice.
Gerton said they spent much of their vacation in libraries, historical societies, and museums.
Gorton
"You cannot be an administrator and
become a someone else." he said.
compose a symphony every year," he said.
As an administrator at the University of
Michigan, Dr. Morse had been a teacher.
geneological research. He said they would expect the study of their ancestors, especially the study of their own ancestors.
"I don't really like to talk about my farily," he said and laughed nervously. "Well, one of my ancestors, Samuel Warwick, the founder of the town of Warwick, R.I."
included the development of programs in the School of Fine Arts and the dedication of the building.
"As I look back over 25 years, the greatest fulfillment is the development of a full range of programs. For example, there was a program that taught us history. We established these," he said.
"Of course, the physical development, Murphy and his artful arts building, are important components."
Gotton noted some changes in the School of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1975. The enrolment has increased along with the staff.
"THERE HAVE BEEN some changes in students since the 1560s, particularly in the early 20th century."
Students now seem to be less concerned with making a living, Gorton said.
"They want to be creative and hope that someone will be interested in the products of their creativity," he said. "I think it’s hard to create some problems for them later on."
Gordon said that a student from a midwestern school of fine arts had an opportunity for just as good an education as a student from the coasts.
"I think the idealism side of it is very good. But as the economy side of it shifts in the United States, I think it will be increase-support for them to fulfill their aspirations."
FOR EXAMPLE, when the Ivy League schools had glee clubs and mandolin clubs, the universities in the Midwest had choirs and symphony orchestras, he said.
Gorton said he thought that the technical aspects of art could be taught. However, creativity and sensitivity are innate and cannot be taught, he said.
An artist is a sensitive individual, he said, who has creative ability and can com-
pose.
"Artists are the most important people," Gorton said, "because it is the artist who gives life meaning beyond housing and food and machines.
"Without art, we would be reduced to the status of animals."
Then he paused, laughed slid-consciously and said, "Gee. I'm using a lot of high
Special people compete in Special Olympics
Kansan Staff Reporter
By STEWART BRANN
Kenson Staff Reporter
Saturday was a less than perfect day for a track meet. It was windy and humid, and rain clouds threatened all afternoon. But not even the weather could dampen enthusiasm at the Douglas County Special Olympics.
The Olympics, sponsored by the Douglas County Association for Retarded Citizens (DCARC), allowed retarded persons and special education students the opportunity to compete in various track and field events. The event was at the Lawrence High School track.
Ranging in ages from 8 to 72, the contestants participated in 50 and 220 yard dashes, softball throw, standing and running, and jumping, high jump, high jump and basketball free throw.
The Special Olympics program was begun nationwide in 1968, Wetberly said, and now includes competition at county, regional, state and national levels.
Judy Wetherby, director of recreation for DCARC, said the Olympics gave the contestants a chance to compete with other persons of similar ability and a chance to win at competition in which they otherwise couldn't succeed.
Almost all the 60 contestants win at least one blue ribbon, according to Wetherby.
Each event Saturday was divided into groups of contestants according to sex, age and ability, she said. First, second and third place ribbons were awarded in each group.
Preparation for this year's olympics in Douglas County began nearly a year ago, she said, with training as part of the team. The schools' special education classes. In January, regular training sessions began, she said, and in the past few weeks, the contestants participated in the actual team to train them with the track meet's format.
Wetherby said that the older mentally retarded persons from local nursing homes were the most enthusiastic participants, and they had the chance to compete with others.
Saturday afternoon, everyone was enthusiastic. The contestants were ready to compete and parents and friends organized their guests sheering galleries. The mood was festive.
Before the events began, all the contestants were paraded down the track to the officials' table by Roger Morningstar of the KU basketball team.
At the table they repeated an oath read by Dale Greenlee, also a KU basketball player. The pledge said, "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brained in the attempt."
And then they were off and running. the competition began with the 50 yard dash, boys first. The runners braced themselves on the starting line, all of them serious about being the first to break the victory string.
Only one runner could finish as the victor,
but that didn't seem to matter. Everyone
CIS revisions sought . . .
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those who decided not to administer the questionnaire.
McKnight said he hoped to correct this by making the survey more responsive to human needs.
Last semester a report by two professors said teachers of large classes or members of a teaching team got lower scores than instructors in smaller classes.
"My goal is that every department that would like to have its own form or section of the survey would be able to have it," he said.
McKnight said that there was a possibility
of having an individual survey designed for each school or department, but that he favored a University-wide survey. Such a questionnaire is less expensive than an individual one and is available to the entire University population, he said.
Individual results of the CIS are kept confidential by survey personnel and computation center counselors. Instructors may make the results available to departing students or staff in the publication; to only the chairmen and deans; or they may keep the results private.
McKnight is working on a two-part survey, he said. One section will be common to the entire University and the other part will be tailored to each school or department. The two, he said, could be combined into one form for efficiency.
That was how the entire afternoon went, as the competition moved from one event to the next. Previous winners tried for second place, while previous losers tried to become winners.
The winners will compete Saturday in the regional Olympics at Shawnee Mission West High School. Regional winners will then participate in the state competition in Nashville. The winners there will be brought to Michigan in August for the national championships.
was jubilant, regardless of how he finished.
And the crowd of spectators, which swelled to nearly 300 by midafternoon, cheered for them all.
Last year Lawrence was hired to host the olympics. Wetherby said DCARC appreciated the active community interest and support for the competition.
The University was well represented at the Olympics. Student volunteers officiated the competition and chaperoned some of the contestants. Ted Owens, KU head basketball coach, was there to shoot the start gun for the 220 yard dash.
Occasionally, someone asked when Ronald McDonald would be arriving. McDonald's provided hamburgers and orange drink for all the contestants and volunteers. When the food came, the Olympics were over.
That appreciation was also expressed in many hot and sweaty faces Saturday after
On the sidelines and between events, the action was anything but dull. Spectators bugged the contestants and contestants but mostly they showed off their ribbons.
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A junior class council, composed of representatives from each living group, will be started at the tjh University of Kansas next fall.
John Hall, junior class president elect, said last week that the purpose of the council would be to encourage committal students and the junior class officers.
In the past, Hall said, class officers have pursued activities without asking students whether they were interested. The results showed that students' activities and loss of interest, Hall said.
The class council will give the class officers an opportunity to find out what juniors are interested in so activities can be designed that students with students' interests! Hall said.
Some members of the council met last week to discuss programs for next fall and orientation week. Ideas from the meeting included a party to promote the sale of college textbooks on an orientation week and the showing of a 1952 movie of the University during enrollment.
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