New Forms Evolve In Modern Music
Contemporary music is in a rapid process of change and evolution. Symposiums on modern music offer an important contribution toward greater understanding of the new forms, according to Ross Lee Finney, composer.
Prof. Finney, composer-in-residence at the University of Michigan, is at KU this week participating in the seventh annual Symposium of Contemporary American Music, which features performances of unpublished manuscripts by 25 composers from various regions of the U.S.
Yesterday Prof. Finney delivered the major lecture of the threeday symposium. He discussed how he composed his "Third Symphony," and "Divertissement."
Asked about the contribution of symposiums to music, Prof. Finney answered, "They make an enormous contribution to music but only when the works are well performed, as they are here.
"As is done here, the emphasis should be on the younger composers, with a balance of performances of works of student composers," he added.
THE INEVITABLE question about modern music led Prof. Finney to say, "Modern music is undergoing a tremendous period of change. It is moving towards a breaking of traditions. The destruction of the sacrosanct melody and meter patterns is one example of this. Some modern composers consider these facets of composition uninteresting.
... Ross Lee Finney
"I have a suspicion that music will swing and move into an area where the differences between cultures will have less of an impact on composition." he continued.
"Electronic music falls into this pattern. The universality of sound opens wide the doors for a charlatan, however. Fakers have a desire to shock audiences into being receptive," he added.
In his own compositions, Prof. Finney said that he cannot write unless "I have something that causes friction—I have to have a fight.
"I have to look at music from many different points of view," he continued. "Music is only notes. You have to know what you're doing."
"THE MOST IMPORTANT thing for a young composer to do is learn his craft and keep his imagination," Prof. Finney advised.
Today's symposium activities include a panel discussion with Prof. Finney and Sandor Kallai, music editor of the Kansas City Star, at 3:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall; a carillon recital at 7 p.m. and an orchestra concert at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre.
THE ORCHESTRA concert will include works by William McDaniel of Southern Baptist College in Arkansas; Paul Harder of Michigan State University; William Mayer of New York, Donald MacInnis of the University of Virginia; and Crawford Gates, from Brigham Young University.
More Elections -
ASC to Fill Offices
All Student Council members face one more election tonight when they will select four officers to head the Council next year.
Eight candidates were nominated for the four Council offices at the ASC meeting last week.
Candidates for ASC chairman are: Mike McNally, Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore (Vox, fraternities), and Thomas (T.J.) Snyder, Independence senior (UP, fraternities).
Nominated for vice-chairman are Bill Brier, Overland Park senior (Vox, men's large residence halls), and Conrad Wagenknecht, St. Joseph, Mo., senior (UP, professional fraternities and cooperatives); for secretary: Janet Anderson, Prairie Village freshman (UP, fresher women), and Spring Stidham, Park Ridge, Ill., sophomore (Vox, college women): for treasurer: Don Vossman, Beloit senior (Vox, pharmacy), and John Putnam, Leawood junior (UP, men's large residence halls).
Three pieces of legislation have been tabled indefinitely by the ASC. They are two amendments to the University Facts and Statistics committee and a bill to create a State and Community Affairs Committee.
The bill would try to keep civic leaders and state legislators aware of student opinion at KU on issues and bills which would affect the University by means of personal correspondence and interviews.
Leo Schrey. Leavenworth junior and student body president and one of the sponsors of the bill, said the bill would probably be tabled at least until next meeting.
HE EXPLAINED that the sponsors of the legislation "wanted time
Miner said last night that James Canole, state architect, whom the ASC invited to a meeting to discuss the design for Fraser Hall, will not come tonight. Miner said he talked to Canole by phone Thursday and Canole said he "would tentatively try to come to the ASC meeting next week."
to talk with Chancellor Wescoe about its provisions and also to develop more background on the bill."
- a bill on student seating at all University events which would require all tickets sold for the events to have a definite seat and section number. In the past, many events have just sold tickets in a block and not with specific numbers.
- An Amendment to Bill No. 6 on the Student Communications Board which would allow the Board chairman to select a new chairman.
- Other pieces of business expected to be discussed tonight are:
- An amendment to increase the number of absences allowed Council members from five to seven as ASC meetings are now held every week.
Several meetings ago Miner also noted that many Council members had missed more than five meetings and by the present ASC Constitution should be dropped from Council.
Asked about this, Miner said he would talk "to the two new candidates for ASC chairman (one of whom will replace Miner tonight) and see what they want to do."
"If they can't decide, I'll take the matter as an open question to the Council," Miner said.
Daily hansan
62nd Year, No.128
They were removed from Strong Hall and taken to the County and Lawrence City jails aboard buses. They were released later after they posted $25 bonds or had it posted for them.
The demonstrators were arrested March 8 after they refused to leave the Chancellor's office when it closed at 5 p.m.
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
Civil Rights Protesters Submit Plea of Not Guilty
The demonstrators, mostly KU students, will face a maximum fine of $100 or three months in the county jail if they are found guilty on charges of disturbing the peace, King said.
Tuesday, May 4, 1965
Eighteen participants of the March 8 sit-in demonstration at KU were arraigned in County Court yesterday and entered pleas of not guilty, according to Neil Stone, Shawnee Mission freshman and one of those arraigned.
Mrs. Norma Harrod, who, along with her husband, have acted as Miss Bergstrom's sponsors, said that no definite plans have been made for Miss Bergstrom during the remainder of her term.
The 18, most of them leaders in the demonstrations over alleged discriminatory University policies, also had their cases transferred to District Court, Stone said.
Three of the students arraigned yesterday will be tried May 17 at 9 a.m. on charges of disturbing the peace. They are: Pamela Smith, former KU student from Kansas City; Bert Rinkel, Scott City senior; and Walter Bgoya, Tanzania senior and one of the chairmen of the Civil Rights Council (CRC).
STONE SAID THEY requested to be tried as a group. The other 92 demonstrators arrested March 8 will be tried separately by jury in the county court.
THE OTHER 15 STUDENTS will have their trial date set June 4, Ralph King. Douglas County attorney, said.
Miss Bergstrom, a five-foot, six-inch. brown-eyed bleton, was KU Homecoming queen last fall. She is majoring in Art History and is a member of Pi Beta Phi social sorority. She is a member of Angel Flight and the Physical Therapy club.
Cathy Bergstrom, Kansas City senior, has been named Miss Kansas to fill out the term of Miss Margene Savage, who was killed in an auto accident last Sunday east of Emporia.
. . . Catherine Bergstrom
Cathy Bergstrom: New Miss Kansas
Miss Bergstrom was first runner up in the Miss Kansas contest in Pratt last summer. She will hold the title until June when a new Miss Kansas will be selected.
The persons arraigned yesterday are: Walter Bgoya; Pam Smith; Bert Rinkel; Max Shellhaus, teaching assistant in sociology; Elene Beth Cox, St. Louis, Mo., freshman; George Unseld, Louisville, Ky., senior; Thomas Coffman, Lydon, a former KU student; Kenneth Topp, Kansas City junior; Arthur Spears, Kansas City senior; Rick
Mabbutt, Shoshone, Idaho, senior; Rev, Thomas Woodward, Lawrence; George Ragsdale, Kansas City senior; Michele Sears, Kansas Cit* senior; James LaCharles, Lawrence; Margorie French, St. Louis, Mo., senior; Nathaniel Sims, Pasadena, Calif., senior; Herbert Smith, Memphis, Tenn., senior; and Neil Stone, Shawnee Mission freshman.
UDK Removes Ad
The first instance of discrimination by an advertiser buying space in the University Daily Kansan has been confirmed by the University Human Relations Committee (UHRC).
In a letter addressed to Burton W. Marvin, dean of the School of Journalism, the UHRC said: "That the University Daily Kansan be notified that the University Human Relations Committee has found, on April 29, 1965, following the receipt and investigation of written complaints, that the rental facilities at Park Plaza South are not available to all students on the basis of individual merit. We, therefore, direct the University Daily Kansan, and all other campus publications, to reject advertisements from Park Plaza South until further notice."
Copies of the letter were sent to John Suhler, Cross River, N.Y., senior and chairman of the Kansan Board; Mel Adams, associate professor of journalism and advertising adviser to the Kansan; and Tom Fisher, Lawrence junior and Kansan business manager.
THE STAFF OF THE University Daily Kansan immediately complied with this directive.
The Park Plaza South management, which has been picketed in the past month by the Civil Rights Council (CRC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), placed advertisements in the Daily Kansan about twice weekly, according to Tom Fisher, business manager. From about May to October they advertised about three to four times a week. The advertisements, three columns wide and eight inches long, brought the Daily Kansan from $100 to $150 a month in advertising revenue.
"The monetary loss should be rated higher though, as their potential advertising revenue is higher," Fisher said.
Yesterday advertisements from South Ridge Plaza Apartments, 2350 Ridge Court, were cancelled at the wishes of the manager.
MRS. RAMON H. PICKERING, manager of the apartments, said, "We cancelled our Daily Kansan advertisement merely to prevent any possible problems such as picketing which could result from advertising. I never felt the need to advertise in the first place and I was merely doing it to help a friend."
The South Ridge advertisement brought about $30 monthly in revenue, according to Mrs. Eleanor Womack, office manager of the Kansan.
Rebels Unite Against U.S. Marine Defense
SANTO DOMINGO—(UPI)—Rebel troops under Communist leadership today began massing forces north and south of the U.S. Marine defense perimeter here, U.S. military sources reported. The rebels had at least three tanks.
A military spokesman said the rebel strength included at least 300
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rebel Dominican army troops and 12,000 armed civilians. He said some of them,armed with 50 caliber machineguns,fired on a U.S. helicopter today.
The spokesman also reported the capture of a midjet submarine Monday at Point Torrecilla, on the Ozama River that flows through Santo Domingo. The two-man submarine apparently was smuggling in arms for the rebels.
Seven Americans had been killed since the United States began landing Marines and paratroopers here last week to protect American and other foreign civilians from the excesses of a revolt that had taken more than a thousand Dominican lives.
The American combat dead included four paratroopers and three Marines. In addition, a Navy petty officer died in a fall related to the combat operations.
Weather
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop over 40 per cent of the state tonight. Partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures are predicted by the weather bureau for tomorrow. Velocity of southwest winds will be 10 to 20 miles per hour. High for tomorrow will be in the mid 60's. Overnight low will be near 60.