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University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 26, 1965
Food and Magic at International Fest
With Walter Bgoya's head in a Chinese guillotine and meals from five countries on the table, some 200 people were entertained at the International Banquet last night in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The Banquet, the annual major activity of the International Club's spring agenda, featured a meal, a short speech and surprise entertainment.
The meal encouraged demands for second and third helpings. It was composed of dishes from each of the following countries: India, the Arab nations, Spain, The Republic of China and the United States.
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ONE OF THE DISHES was "Kachori" from India. It was circular and had an outer layer of pie-like crust and inner ingredients of almonds, mashed peas and spices.
Another example of the dishes was "Lu Beef" from a Chinese recipe. In introducing the meals and their ingredients, A. R. Singh, Indian senior and vice-president of the International Club, said, "In India, there is a popular saying that the three best things in life are to live in the United States, to have a Japanese wife and to eat Chinese food."
"We are very fortunate to enjoy two of these pleasures tonight," he said.
THE DISH was beef roasted in Chinese spices. The spices gave a beef a subtle cinnamon flavor.
An example of the desserts was "Baklawa" from the Arab nations. The dish was made of several thin layers of wheat crust with pecans interspersed between them and clear syrup poured over them.
The other desert, "Kwir," a vanilla pudding with shredded carrots mixed in, was from an Indian recipe. The beverages, coffee and tea, were American products (from other lands, of course).
After the meal, Walter Bgoya, Tanzania senior and president of the International Club, welcomed the group with a speech.
"The atmosphere of this meeting and group tonight is cosmopolitan in that we have people here from different nations in the same room enjoying themselves together," he continued.
BGOYA CALLED the aggregation the "symbol of internationalism" fulfilled.
Bgyoa said there were people present who in their future capacities may influence the world's course and who would thus profit from such social and cosmopolitan experiences such as the banquet.
Bgoya introduced a Lawrence couple, Gene and Susan Kean, who entertained the group with magic tricks and folk songs.
Bgoya reminded the group of American affluence and of the hungry multitudes abroad, then charged everyone with a responsibility of concern for the problems and poverty of nations abroad.
FOOD IS AN IMPORTANT necessity for freedom, Bgova said. "A man's hunger is the shepherd of his decisions and he can not make sincere decisions about politics and peace until his hunger is satisfied.
Gene Kean, a member of the Society of American Magicians, has been a magician by hobby for 17 years. His actual profession is a public relations consultant.
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