Show offers global tour
Exotic dancing, colorful highlight international
By Norma C. Romano
Jules Verne's fantasy of travel around the world in 80 days was surpassed by KU faculty and students as they toured the globe in only two and a half hours Saturday night.
Serving as guides were 200 American and foreign students as they presented the 13th annual International Festival.
The program was presented in the middle of a colorful background. Hoch Auditorium was decorated like an exotic bazaar. A kaleidoscope of jewelry, paintings, fabrics and pottery served as the frame for the 8 p.m. show.
THE MOOD ranged from the flamboyance of a Latin American chacha to the fragile movements
of a Thai love dance; from the power of an African war dance to the swirl of a Chinese ribbon dance.
Chinese students ended the show but were first in winning the program competition, with their skillful performance of a silk ribbon dance.
Between the various performances were light moments of humor and songs. David Finch, British graduate student and master of ceremonies, sprinkled the program with jokes and humorous skits.
Latin American and African students received honorable mentions for presentations of a Caribbean cha cha, a Puerto Rican mambo, a Venezuelan "joropo"
costumes
and Zulu war dances and songs.
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FANS, STRIKING costumes and skill were followed by the audience as "Boo-Cahe Choom," a Korean dance, was performed.
The Indian group, winner of last year's show, sang "Qawali," a song discussing the joys and sorrows of love.
Another example of the program numbers was a miniature "promenade" where German, Austrian and Swiss students met each other, rode bicycles and sang around a bonfire built by a Swiss mountain climber.
In the exhibits division, the winning country was the Philippines, with an artistic display of silk materials and other objects.
Three win in moot contest
Three second year law students were chosen as the winners of the James Barclay Smith Moot Court competition Saturday. They will attend regional competition later this year.
First place honors went to John Neal, Hutchinson; second place to Brian Grace, Lawrence; third place to Floyd McHenry, Newton. David Smith, Edmund, Okla., who also competed, received fourth place. Neal and Grace will form the team to argue at the regions; McHenry will be the alternate.
Justice Earl E. O'Connor of the Kansas Supreme Court; Judge Wesley Brown of the U.S. District Court at Wichita, and Judge Frank R. Gray of the Douglas County District Court, heard the two-man teams argue. They judged the students on their individual performance.
KU can boast having one of the top five pom-pon girls in the nation. Karen Dunaway, Topeka sophomore, achieved this distinction when she was selected from over 800 college and university contestants to be one of the five finalists in the Miss Cheerleader U.S.A. contest.
Cheerleader contest finalist
The students were awarded bronze medallions with the KU seal. The medallions were given by James Barclay Smith, professor of law, for whom the KU competition is named. Certificates and books of value in the law field were also presented as prizes.
As a result she will travel to Cypress Gardens, Fla., next week to try out for the No. 1 spot in the finals.
Lewis Tyler, Prairie Village graduate student and member of the judging committee, said, "It was difficult to make a decision. Every country did a splendid job in arranging the exhibits."
Comparing the program to last year's, Prakash Nagori. India junior and program chairman for the festival, said, "Considering the diverse activities being held on the same evening, we still drew a good crowd and seemed to please the audience."
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New officers chosen by Young Democrats
Chet McLaughlin, Bethesda, Md., junior, was elected president of the KU Young Democrats in elections held last night.
"I plan to get the club together during this election year and hope members will learn how to conduct a winning campaign from meetings such as the Democratic Campaign Seminar," McLaughlin said.
The seminar will be held Saturday at the Memorial Union Building, Washburn University.
Olson, La Mesa, Calif., sophomore, executive vice-president; Sandy Doran, Omaha, Neb., junior, first vice-president in charge of membership; Doug Irmen, Shawnee Mission freshman, second vice-president in charge of publicity; Sam Pestinger, Beloit sophomore, treasurer, and Jane Winchester, Leoti freshman, corresponding secretary. Barbara Davidson, Allen freshman, and Dick Ladesich, Merriam sophomore, were re-elected collegiate council representatives.
Other officers elected at the meeting last night were: Don
A new book, "Alaryngeal Speech," by two members of the KU School of Medicine faculty will be published soon in Springfield, Ill.
Doctor's book to be printed
The authors are Drs. William M. Diedrich, associate professor of speech pathology, and Karl A.
Youngstrom, associate professor of radiology.
The authors present a new concept for developing esophageal speech through the use of the artificial larynx.
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BARK PAINTING
Australian aborigine painters do not have to worry about the rising cost of paper. The display of their work which opened at the Museum of Art yesterday shows how they use tree bark almost as effectively.
Australian aborigine art begins month-long exhibit
MARILYN STOKSTAD, museum director, described the paintings as work in charcoal and earth colors (brown, white, orange, reddish brown and black). Art objects are also included in the display.
The museum's display of Australian aborigine art work is a by-product of KU's expanded international program. While teaching as a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Edward L. Ruhe, professor of English, became interested in aborigine art and started a collection. Most of that collection is now on exhibit at the museum.
In preparation for the painting, aborigines peel bark off large trees and treat it to the right
stage of smoothness. Then they paint their world of hunting and gathering on it.
"Some of the trees must be real big." Miss Stokstad commented. "The average piece of bark is two feet tall and one foot wide."
SINCE HE HAS found that Australian anthropologists have neglected this area of aborigine life, Prof. Ruhe has compiled a catalogue on the collection. It is available free at the museum.
"We are rather pleased with this display," Miss Stokstad said. "It is the first time we have had art from Australia and, except for an exhibition of African sculpture two years ago, this is the only display of primitive art in the museum."
Totems, pipes and objects such as turtles, snakes and stars are among the art objects in the exhibit.
The paintings will be on exhibit until May 1.
SUA Art Forum
"Fundamentals of Graphic Humor and Cartooning"
By Prof. Arvid Jacobson
Tuesday, March 29
3:30 p.m. in the Sunflower Room of the Union