Summer Session Kansan
Tuesday, June 28, 1966
76th Year, No. 5
Lawrence, Kansas
-Photo by Taylor Huebner
THE SWEETEST SOUNDS . . .
Gerald Carney directs the orchestra for the afternoon concert
Photo by Taylor Huebner
GOLDEN VOICES LIFTED IN SONG Music campers put enthusiasm into their efforts Sunday
2 concerts good start for summer
By Diana Armistead
Making a good first impression is known by performers to be important in giving an audience assurance with the entire performance.
The Concert Choir was a little nervous about giving this impression to introduce the 1966 Music Camp when it came on Sunday. As the choir left, however, it should have been with satisfaction, for in one week together the members obviously learned how to work well together.
Their program was "Crucifixus," Antonio Lotti; "Alles was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn," J. S. Bach; "Angus Dei," Vincent Persicetti; "She Dwelt Among Untridden Ways," Albert Carr; "She Walks in Beauty," David Foltz, and "I Hear A Voice A-Prayin'"; Houston Bright, with Darrell Benne conducting.
THE CHOIR SEEMED to be stronger on the last few songs, perhaps because the songs were in English, or because the group had become more accustomed to the audience.
In the afternoon performance the larger Chamber Choir, next on the program, sang "A Choral Flourish," R. Vaughan Williams; "Magnificat," Charles Theodore Pachecelb; "Ave Maria," Anton Bruckner; "Tribute," Ronald Lo Presti; "I Beheld Her, Beautiful as a Dove," Wealy Willan, and "Marches of Peace," Arthur Frackenpohl, conducted by James Ralston.
A choral florishur seemed to have started before the singers did, and they never quite caught up. During the rest of the performance they did a good job with crescendo and decrescendo, but the sopranos were having trouble with arpeggios and at times were noticeably weak.
FOR THEIR FINALE the choir was joined by the KU Brass Choir. The addition brought new life to the singers, and they came forth strongly over the harmonious brass. It was certainly the type of ending that should make members of the group proud.
The orchestra program was "Irish Tune from County Derry." Percy Grainger; "Dovetail, Overture," Robert Muczynski; "Symphony No. II (romantic)," Howard Hanson, conducted by Mr. Carney, and "Three Bavarian Dances," Edward Elgar, and "Finlandia," Jean Sibelius, conducted by Captain J. H. Howe, guest conductor from the Scots Guard Band, London.
The group lost itself and or the conductor several times during "Symphony No. II," but it finally came through and brought the piece to an exciting finale.
WITH CAPTAIN HOWE, the orchestra understood exactly the feelings he wished to convey and allowed itself to really bring out the music of both the "Bavarian Dances" and "Finlandia." It was a beautiful experience, and the audience showed its appreciation with a standing ovation.
The flutes were weak and lost the audience more than once, as did the horns. However, through any troubles the performers showed a certain enjoyment in
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Regents raise fees for Union
By Bill Robinson
The Kansas Board of Regents brought expanded Union facilities one step closer to reality Thursday by passing a $5 per semester increase in student fees. The fee increase will eventually retire the $2.2 million bond issue necessary to finance the Union expansions.
The Board also approved a 7.5% salary increase for KU and KSU faculty members, and a 9% salary increase for the faculties of WSU, Fort Hays, Emporia, and Pittsburg.
THE TOTAL BUDGET for fiscal 1968 approved by the Board is $16,313,421 higher than the budget for fiscal 1967. The budget will be recommended to the legislature according to the following schedule:
Fiscal '88 Request '87 Budget
KU Medical Center $ 20,558,117 $18,048,275
University of Kansas 30,166,114 26,487,402
Kansas State 32,450,801 28,292,833
Wichita State 10,146,407 7,757,030
Pittsburg State 7,698,663 6,173,016
Emporia State 7,765,734 6,713,203
Fort Hays State 5,508,928 4,632,203
School for the Deaf 908,154 835,897
School for the Blind 491,225 440,252
TOTAL $115,694,143 $99,380,722
IN OTHER ACTION, the Board re-elected Max Bickford as executive officer. In further action concerning KU, the Board authorized:
- the KU Student Health Committee to contract with the BMHT Radiological Service for reading X-Ray films.
- remodeling of the JRP north dining room at an estimated cost of $5.000
- changes in leaves of absence for 13 faculty members
- The KU Medical Center to write off $194,018.28 as uncollectable charges
- the KU Medical Center to pay professional fee commissions to an anesthesiology staff
- the KU Medical Center to request architectural consultation using Endowment Association funds
- a request for an extension of the December 15 deadline for hiring dormitory dietary personnel at any step within their respective pay ranges.
Union expansion meaningful: Burge
The new expansion and Service Center of the Kansas Union will be "meaningful, effective and expandable for the future. . . ."
That's the promise of Frank Burge, director of the Union.
Plans for the two projects are currently in the form of artists' sketches and preliminary drawings.
AS DIRECTOR of the constantly expanding Union, Burge has long since realized the need for not only expanded facilities in the main building, but also for a new service center in the southwest segment of the campus. The expansion of the present Union building will be completed within two years, and the new Service Center within three.
The Union expansion will be constructed in such a way that it will be as flexible as possible, in order to meet the increasing space requirements of the Bookstore and the food services of the Union. The Bookstore currently occupies only one-half the storage and sales space it needs to best serve the KU student body.
The Service Center will be designed to "do for those students what they have demonstrated they want done." Preliminary
plans call for a Bookstore extension, dining and snack bar facilities, and a modest auditorium of about 200 seats to be included in the new Center.
WHEN COMPLETED, the Center will serve approximately 7,000 students in the general vicinity of Daisy Hill, Allen Field House and Naismith Drive. A modest number of meeting facilities will be available in order to relieve the frequently crowded conditions of the present Union. Last year, over 12,000 non-academic meetings and functions were held in the Union, most of which were student organization meetings.
The basic prerequisite in the minds of Burge, his staff, and those directly concerned with planning the new facilities is versatility. The major concern of the planners is to provide sufficient square footage, "the allocation of which can help us through the very critical years until the southwest service center is available."
Burge also stresses that both new facilities will mirror the needs and desires of the students, dependent entirely on expression of those needs and desires to the Union staff.