Relays Weekend Suggests Carnival
This weekend's activities at KU, highlighted by the Kansas Relays, rivals the tight scheduling of Homecoming and Commencement programs.
The "something for everyone" program will provide outstanding track talent, music, floats, scientific exhibitions, tricycle racing and Easter egg hunts, bringing a carnival atmosphere to the campus.
The weekend is named in honor of the three-day, 40th anniversary track meet for the outstanding university, college, and high school students in the nation. Yesterday's 10,000 meter run, officially kicked off the series of events which include everything from the javelin toss to the broad jump.
TODAY
JOHN S. McNOWN, dean of the engineering school, officially opened the Engineering Exposition at noon today with an address at the entrance of the new engineering building.
The Exposition will run through 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon in Allen Field House. Exhibits will include a 10,000-watt nuclear reactor, a subsonic wind tunnel, and the demonstration of two laser beam systems
THE 45TH ANNUAL ENGINEERING Exposition is an open house of the School of Engineering and Architecture. Twelve student exhibits, four faculty exhibits, and five other exhibits will be featured during the exposition.
At 9 a.m. in Memorial Stadium, a series of track and field events will begin with the 100-meter dash-decathlon, and the shot put. Admission to the Stadium is: adults, $1, high school and grade school, 50 cents
Registration for the visiting athletes will continue all day long. The registrets will receive free I-D passcards, from the SUA Hospitality Committee, which
TOMORROW
will enable them to free games of bowling and biliards, and a free movie.
TRACK EVENTS will begin at 9 a.m. with the 110 meter hurdles at Memorial Stadium. The events, which include the finals in all events, will be marked by the flag-raising ceremonies at 1:10 p.m. at the Stadium.
The 1965 Kansas Relays Queen will be presented at 1:20 p.m. by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
The week-end of track events will be closed by the one-mile university relay finals at 5:10 p.m. Admission to the Stadium is $1.50 for adults, $7.75 for high school students and grade school students, and $.50 for KU students.
THE COLORFUL KU RELAYS Parade, an annual feature of the weekend, will begin in downtown Lawrence at 10 a.m. The parade will feature floats, horseback units, marching bands, and other marching units.
A reception and coffee-hour will be held from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the south lounge of the Kansas Union Building for all students, parents, and guests who will be visiting KU.
Coeds and tricycles will replace Ferrari's and grease-ons at the first running of the "Phi Psi 500," from 11-12:30 p.m. in "N" Zone parking lot north of Allen Field House.
All sororities and five women's living halls have entered the race, which will consist of five heats on an obstacle course.
THE HIGHLIGHTS of Saturday evening will be a "Forty Years Ago" street dance at 7 p.m. in the street and parking lot area across from the Union Building.
The street dance, which is free to students, according to Doug Dedo, Birmingham, Mich., senior and chairman of the SUA Dance Committee, "is a return to the days of street dances and night parades."
The Relays Queen and candidates will be introduced at the dance. The Comancheros will provide music until 11:30 p.m.Dress will be casual.
IN CASE OF BAD weather, the dance will move into the Union Ballroom.
Hoch Auditorium will mark the scene of the 12th annual International Students' Festival, which will begin at 8 o'clock. The festival will feature an unusual Lion Dance presented by members of the Chinese Club. The dancers will perform under a large lion's costume.
The evening's entertainment will consist of skits, songs, jokes, and dancing by many of the foreign student groups on campus. Approximately 90 foreign students are expected to participate.
"The Marriage of Figaro," Mozart's comic opera, will be presented this weekend Friday and Saturday for opera goers. Curtain time is 8:20 in the University Theatre.
THE OPERA, based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, 18th Century French playwright, takes the audience on a gay tour through the elegance of 18th Century society. The hero, Figaro, the well-known barber of Seville, will be played by Norman Abelson, associate professor of voice. Tom Rea, instructor of speech and drama, is directing the opera.
Approximately 600 seats are left for each performance this weekend. Tickets may be picked up at the box office, before the performances, for $2.40,$1.80,and $1.20.
Daily hansan
62nd Year, No.116
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, April 16, 1965
Customs of Easter Vary But Message Same to All
By Joan McCabe
Easter in the United States today is filled with a great variety of customs and legends from peoples all over the world. Still, the message of that first Easter morning remains one of hope and joy to all the world: He is not here; for he is risen.
The story of the crucifixion and subsequent Resurrection of Jesus Christ has been told and retold countless times during the past nineteen hundred years. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were the earliest recorders of these events. Their accounts have been enriched through the centuries by folklore and legend until today myths and symbols play a vital part in the narration.
GOOOD FRIDAY is an official holiday in several countries, including Great Britain and some parts of the United States. Among many people there is the feeling that this is a day apart from all others. At one time mines refused to go down in the pit on this day because they believed that some disaster would follow them into the mine.
Today, Good Friday, is the most solemn of all religious holy days because it commemorates the crucifixion of Christ. The name for this day of penitence and mourning is thought to be a corruption of God's Friday.
In the past, blacksmiths would not shoe a horse or work in any
Weather
The weather bureau predicts fair weather for tonight. Forecast for Saturday includes partly cloudy skies and warmer weather. Low temperatures tonight should be in the mid 40's.
other way with nails because of their connection with the crucifixion of Christ.
Legend has it that it is very unlucky to wash clothes or linens on this day. Whoever does so will find the water stained with blood, or the clothes spotted with it and a misfortune of some kind will follow.
IT IS ALSO believed by many that water dipped on this day before sunrise without a spoken word has healing power and will remain pure for the entire year.
The most common use of this bread was as a cure for diarrhea, dysentery and miscellaneous other complaints. It was grated finely and given to the patient mixed in milk or water as a medicine.
Eating hot cross buns is one of the few customs of Good Friday which has spread to the United States. This bread according to tradition could be kept all year and was capable of protecting the house from fire and sailors from shipwreck.
In a London inn "The Widow's Son" a bun is ceremonially placed in a basket containing several others by a sailor who receives free beer as his reward. The owner of the inn was once a widow who laid aside a hot cross bun for her sailor son when he was at sea.
THE CROSS ON THE BUNS, often thought to be a Christian emblem, is actually much older than Christianity itself. The first crosses to appear on pastries were associated with the worship of Diana.
One year he did not return but she did not give up hope. She continued to keep a bun for him and hang it up in the bar until the next Good Friday, when she would add it to her growing collection. The widow has long since died but the practice lives on through a special clause in the lease which forces
the new tenants to observe the custom.
A SERVICE of hymns and prayers called "The Three Hours," has become a custom in churches of various Christian denominations in the United States in recent years. A series of short sermons on the seven last words of Christ begins at noon and continues until 3 p.m.
Rev. Thomas Woodward, Episcopal chaplain at KU, will conduct such services at Trinity Episcopal church, 1011 Vt. St. at
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Legislature Adjourns
TOPEKA, Kan. —(UPI)— The 1965 Kansas Legislature adjourned last night, ending a long session of grappling with tax problems.
Adjournment was shortly after 7 p.m. but the adjournment date still is officially April 14 since the legislators had stopped their clocks during a Wednesday night session. Major issues were passed in the closing hours of the session.
Among them was the school foundation finance plan. The program will pour $80.7 million into the public school system, an increase of $36.1 million in state aid. Under the foundation plan the state will finance 40 per cent of the public education costs.
THE PLAN itself sets out details by which the money would be distributed. It ran into opposition from the start of the session by representatives from larger counties, especially Johnson County, which claimed it discriminated against them. Some school districts would receive less aid than under the old system.
The Legislature also set down laws by which private clubs would be governed.
Residents of counties in which such a club is located could become members 30 days after filing for membership. Non-residents could become members by registering in the hotel and paying $2.50 for membership.
The state sales tax was increased a half-cent to 3 cents. It is expected to raise $18.5 million.
AN INDIVIDUAL withholding system was approved for state income taxes. The individual income tax was raised 1 cent in all tax brackets, estimated to raise $15 million.
Minority Opinions Forum
Student of Marxism To Speak
By Harihar Krishnan
By Harihar Krishnan Herbert Aptheker, national director of the American Institute for Marxist studies and a witness for the Communist Party from 1949 to 1957, will speak here at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union.
Apheeker's speech "Communism Menace or Promise?" is sponsored by the Minority Opinions Forum.
Aphekter has acted as a witness for members of the American Communist Party who were brought on trial under provisions of the Smith Act, McCarran Act and Sedition Act.
In a 1964 decision the United States Supreme Court upheld Apteker's contention that the passport provision of the McCarran Act was unconstitutional.
Under this act, any person declared as a 'subversive element' in the country would not be allowed to apply for a passport, would not
be allowed to exercise his voting franchise and would not be allowed to hold certain types of jobs.
Announcing the speech, Phil Harrison, chairman of the Minority Opinions Forum, said, "I hope students will receive this speaker and consider him as objectively as they have representatives of other unpopular opinions in the past."
Apheeker, who has written many pamphlets and 17 books, has also contributed to many scholarly journals in history and the social sciences. He was editor of "Political Affairs" magazine from 1953 to 1963, and of "Masses and Mainstream" magazine from 1948 to 1953.
Asked whether inviting Dr. Aphekter to the campus was in accordance with the feelings of the KU students, Laird Wilcox, former KU student and past chairman of the forum, said, "In my opinion as former chairman, I feel that everyone and anyone should have the right to speak at the University of Kansas."
Wilcox was chairman of the forum when it invited George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, to speak at KU.
The incident raised the question whether persons presenting controversial views should be invited to KU to speak before the student body.
Wilcox, the author and publisher of "The Guide to Minority Opinion Periodicals", continued. "If we can allow George Lincoln Rockwell to speak on this campus, I don't see any reason -why a Communist or anyone else should not be allowed to speak."
"While I do not defend the views either of Rockwell or of Dr. Apheker, I will do everything I can to defend their rights," Wilcox added.
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