KU
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 76 of its 100 Years
76th Year, No.141
WEATHER: COOLER
LAWRENCE KANSAS
Details on Page 5
Monday, May 23, 1966
—Photo by Emery Goad
BRAIN-PLUCKING AND FINGERPRINTING For the second Saturday, KU men marched on Allen Field House to take Selective Service tests in hopes of getting student deferments from the draft. Four hundred seventy-five out of the 556 registered showed up for the exam, according to the registrar's office. After straining their brains to pass the test, students lined up to be fingerprinted.
Wescoe okays rules relaxing AWS code
A new set of regulations for women students at KU was approved by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe today upon a recommendation from the Council on Student Affairs. They will be effective beginning with the summer session.
The rules were originally to apply also to second semester sophomores but that provision was rejected by the AWS senate
The major provision gives to junior and senior women and women students over 21 the freedom to enter and leave living groups at will unless a written request is filed with the dean of women by the parents requesting their daughter observe regular security hours.
before the rules were given to COSA.
The specific regulations, which apply to all undergraduate women living in organized or approved housing at all times the university is in operation, are:
"I am satisfied that members of the university community holding diverse views on these matters have had an opportunity to 'have their say' even though, of course, not all have 'had their way'," Chancellor Wescoe said.
Classification as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior shall be determined, for purposes of AWS regulations, by the number of years from high school graduation.
All living groups' security hours
shall be 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday; and 12 midnight on Sunday.
Exceptions are 1 a.m. from the last day of fall semester finals until the day before classes reconvene, and from the last day of spring semester finals until commencement.
Weather cancels ROTC Review
Freshman women may have 10:30 p.m. security hours on nights of required meetings.
Adverse weather conditions Friday afternoon forced cancellation of the Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) Chancellor's Review, but the Student Peace Union (SPU) picketed anyway.
SPU demonstrators planner to picket militarism at the site of the Review in Memorial Stadium. When a spokesman for Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe called off the review, the demonstrators decided to march from the Kansas Union to the Military Science Building.
ONLOOKERS watched the demonstrators, read their placards, but generally did not comment.
At 4 p.m., 22 protestors, carrying signs reading "Protest Slaughter, Drop ROTC," "I like Bertrand Russell" and "Make Love, Not War," began their march along Jayhawk Blvd.
A freshman or sophomore woman shall be in her residence by the hours stated above and may not leave before the building is officially opened in the morning.
After walking through the Military Science Building, during which time they maintained a "silent vigil", the demonstrators retraced their steps to the Kansas Union, and the march broke up.
According to Lt. Col. Gerald Hallas, professor of Air Science, the Review will not be rescheduled. Cadets who were to receive awards during the review were cited by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe at 3:30 p.m. that afternoon in the Military Science Building.
A junior or senior woman or one 21 or older may enter and leave her residence at her own discretion, according to a system formulated and regulated by her individual living group, provided that the system is approved by the dean of women.
If the parents or guardians of a junior or senior woman student under 21 file a written request with the dean of women that their daughter or ward shall observe security hours, that request will be honored.
Sign-out systems will be established and regulated by individual living groups.
Each living group must provide an opportunity for women to sign out and in for the evening.
Each woman student who will be away from her living group overnight shall sign out and in personally, the information will be kept in a place removed from public view.
A junior or senior woman who leaves or returns to her living group after security hours shall sign out and in personally.
THE CULTURE GAP
Students reject music's charms
Editor's Note: Why does a "culture gap" exist among young people? What can be done about it? A member of the Kansan staff examines the questions in a series of articles.
"They're afraid they're going to get bored—they don't have the daring or curiosity to try it. If we could get them inside the door just once, it's more than likely that would have the effect of stimulating them." Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts was speaking of KU students who generally don't attend cultural events offered here. He was mirroring the concern of another faculty member who said, "We're selling them short."
By Carotyn Drury
Explaining the root for his concern, Dean Gorton gave the example of attendance at the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra concert. Hoch Auditorium has a
seating capacity of 3700. While it was filled, many faculty members and townspeople, in addition to several bus loads of visiting high school students, took many of the seats. Probably about 2,000 to 2,-500 University students attended the concert, Gorton said. Out of the total of 13,500 enrolled here, that isn't a very large percentage. Of course, 400 music majors were required to attend the concert. This leaves a total of 1,600 to 2,100 non-music majors who attended the performance.
WHY ARENT THE students attending concerts, operas and plays in larger numbers? How can we reach students who aren't taking advantage of what the University is offering them? These are two questions posed in Dean Gorton's mind.
"Lots of boys think it's sissy. You don't see too many football boys there," was the answer sug-
guested by Barbara Stone, Lubbock, Tex., senior. Masculinity and the arts just don't go together in the mind of the public. An extreme example is the typical feeling of the male towards ballet. While many males secretly see beauty in the ballet, most would never admit it.
"If the fine arts could be integrated into the schools and a larger proportion of the students participated, the arts would eventually be general knowledge. The students would assume that it was just part of life," advised John Boulton, instructor in wind and percussion instruments. "Once the arts became part of general knowledge, there would be no stigma attached."
MUSIC IS INTEGRATED more closely into the life of the people, both adults and students, in Europe. Boulton said. And it's integrated more closely right at the
A journalism student said that what the School of Fine Arts needs is a good public relations man so that it can advertise its events and make them appear more interesting. If good posters were made, he said, "They could reach the people who are interested and would go if they knew about the event."
beginning of one's education. Children four to five years old attend concerts with everyone else. When anyone misses a concert, including the child, it's almost thought to be a bad omen.
about the events Dean Gorton went one step further, saying, "It's the responsibility of the student newspaper to advertise these cultural events. You can talk all your life about the fact that a newspaper's not supposed to be slanted. However," he said, "any newspaper forms public opinion through the amount of space and the make-up given to individual stories. The paper
can play a great role in making these things seem important."
A CULTURAL CALENDAR was also suggested. As proposed, this would include announcements of plays, lectures, operas, concerts and recitals. It would be distributed at the beginning of each semester so that students would be able to plan their schedules with these events in mind.
An interested music professor recommended using more stories preceding cultural events.
"The appreciation of the arts should come early," Boulton said. He gave an example of one organization that is trying to attract children: Young Audience, Inc. This organization sponsors chamber concerts given at grade schools throughout the country. The concerts consist of serious music, but are not lengthy. The orchestras play on the floor with youngsters gathered around them. The mu-
See CULTURE GAP page 6.