Murphy back to scene of success, controversy
Franklin D. Murphy, former chancellor of the University of Kansas, will return to his alma mater to give an address Thursday which concludes the Century Seminar on Man and the Future.
His talk, entitled, "The Changed and Changing State University," is quite appropriate for the man who accepted the KU chancellorship in 1951 as the youngest man ever to hold that position, and guided it for nine years.
WHILE AT KU Murphy was known for his efforts to expand the educational programs of the state of Kansas as well as those at KU.
During his tenure the enrollment grew to 45 per cent. He established the distinguished professorship program and initiated several foreign exchange programs.
Murphy, 50, has been the chancellor at the University of California at Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.) since 1960.
He accepted the top KU position coming from the KU Medical Center at Kansas City, where he served for three years as dean.
Murphy was former Beta Theta Pi fraternity member at KU. His stay here is marked in the building named after him, which houses the School of Fine Arts.
HE IS KNOWN throughout the nation for his achievements, which include original member of the board of directors for the United States Committee for the Atlantic Congress, and past chairman of the Advisory Commission to the state department on Educational Exchange.
While at KU he served as a member of the board of trustees on the Kress foundation; the Carnegie Foundation; the Meninger foundation; the Eisenhower exchange foundation; and the Ford foundation on University and World Affairs.
FRANKLIN MURPHY Ex-KU chancellor
Clurman versatile in theatre roles
Harold Clurman, one of America's most respected theater personalities, a much sought-after director, author and critic, who is now executive consultant of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in New York City, will speak here tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in Hoch Auditorium.
The topic of his speech is "Has a Theater a Future?" Because of his long and close association with the American theater in all its phases, Clurman's discussions on the subject have great range and authority, discernment and wit.
CONSIDERED TO BE one of the most brilliant men in the theater today, Clirman has made a great impact on the lively art in America. The broadway and Hollywood luminaries he has launched and developed include John Garfield, Franchot Tone, Marlon Brando and Elia Kazan.
He has directed Julie Harris, Betty Field, Helen Hayes, Shirley Booth and Lee J. Cobb—to name just a few.
Besides directing productions for the new theater, Clurman's functions include the preparation and formulation of drama programs, the guidance of the actor's training program, and the development of a permanent acting company.
"Chancellor Murphy's leaving is a great personal shock and loss to the Kansas educational system," said the chairman of the Board of Regents.
When Harold Clurman co-founded the famed Group Theater in 1931 with Lee Strasberg and Cheryl Crawford, he contributed much to the development of the permanent resident theater concept in this country. He was the Group Theater's managing director for 10 years. He also directed many of the theater's outstanding Broadway productions, including "Golden Boy," "Awake and Sing." "The Gentle People" and "Paradise Lost."
Clurman has directed 24 plays
WHEN THE GROUP Theater disbanded in 1941, Clurman continued working on Broadway for two years. Then he went to Hollywood where he directed films and wrote a biography of the Group Theatre, "The Fervent Years."
since returning to New York in 1945, most recently the Marcel Archard-Harry Kurnitz mystery-comedy, "A Shot in the Dark." Other memorable plays he has guided are "Desire Under the Elms," "Tiger at the Gates," "A Member of the Wedding," "Bus Stop," "The Touch of the Poet," "Waltz of the Tereados," and "Orpheus Descending."
Stories of Murphy's resignation, announced March 16, 1960, were carried throughout the United States. The Kansas City Times of March 17 said his resignation may have been prompted by "... continued harassment in the last four years by Gov. George Docking and a recent split which developed in the State Board of Regents."
IN THE 1960 budget session, Gov. Docking vetoed a bill passed by the Legislature which would have provided funds for a new engineering building. Murphy and Docking were engaged in a long-time feud over education policies and legislative appropriations to state supported schools. Docking, a Democrat, charged Murphy and other college and university presidents with playing politics.
Murphy said he believed "moldest progress at the university" was achieved at KU during Docking's tenure "in spite of unreasonable and indeed unprecedented handicaps."
More than 500 students rallied in disapproval of Murphy's resignation. One student carried a sign saying, "To hell with Docking, Hurray for Murphy." One student yelled, "We can get a cheaper governor!" Another replied, "Oh no, they don't make them any cheaper."
Students circulated petitions asking the State Board of Regents to select a successor as near like Murphy as possible. It was into these footsteps that Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe stepped.
Daily Kansan
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Tuesday, April 12, 1966
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