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THE SUMMER SESSION kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
77th Year, SSK No. 5
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, June 27, 1967
Wescoe presents budget to Regents
TOPEKA—KU is overburdened, underfinanced, underbudgeted, Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said Monday in his annual budget presentation before the Kansas State Board of Regents in Topeka.
Wescoe made his usual plea for state officials to look over the 15 to 1 student-faculty ratio set up by the state "many" years ago.
He pointed out that KU graduated 76% of the Ph.D.'s in Kansas, 36% of the masters' degrees, and educated 35% of the juniors and seniors and 28% of the freshmen and sophomores, and that therefore the student ratio should not be valid for KU.
KU'S BIGGEST budget increase was the $1.6 million salary raises. This was a 8.9% increase.
KU's total proposed budget was $34.7 million, an increase of 14.6%.
WEATHER
A 30 per cent probability of rain is forecast for today by the U.S. Weather Bureau. The high today will be in the lower 80's. Scattered thundershowers are predicted.
Following presentation of the 1969 budgets by the six college and university heads, the Board of Regents met late Monday afternoon to decide on the outcome.
Board of Regents member Henry Bubb recommended to the Board that the fallacy of the 15 to 1 ratio be pointed out in a separate report to the administration.
APFPROVED BY the Regents:
Leaves of absence without pay for the academic year except as noted—Charlotte Craig, assistant professor of German; Thomas M. Creese, assistant professor of mathematics; Chariton Hinman, professor of English, spring semester; Henry Horak, professor of astronomy; Carl Lande, associate professor of political science; Austin Lashbrook, professor of classics; John McNown, professor of mechanics; Kenneth E. Rose, professor of metallurgical engineering, fall semester; James E. Titus, associate professor of political science, fall semester; Jack Weiner, assistant professor of Spanish, fall semester.
Sabbatical leaves at full pay—Joseph H. Camin, professor of entomology, spring semester; Jed H. Davis, professor of speech and drama, fall semester; Arthur P. Klotz, professor of medicine, July 1-Nov. 30.
for contracts to be let for construction of a printing service building at KU. Bids for the building will be opened Wednesday; if an acceptable bid is lower than the limit the Legislature established earlier, contracts may be left without further action by the Regents.
Gave authorization in advance
The state architect is requested to appoint an associate architect for design of the NASA building and a consultant to work with the associate architects for the humanities building in the design, specifications and inspection of the elevator installation for the humanities building.
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—Kansan Pho.0 by Lynnel Q. van Bensenolen
FIRST OF THE LINES
Car keys held the only place she has left, a KU previewer checks into Hashinger Hall and receives the omnipresent packet of materials, after standing in one of the omnipresent lines, and gets her instructions not to lose the ID card which commits her forever to a computer's memory.
Kansas tightens cycle law
By JOE FLANNERY
On July 1, the state of Kansas is tightening up its motorcycle laws.
House Bill 1054, Section 4, will prohibit any motorcycle rider to ride without a helmet and/or riding without a sufficient passenger seat. The bill becomes law Saturday.
The bill was passed in the recent session of the Kansas Legislature after much fuss had been raised about the "death cycles."
Any cyclists not conforming to this bill will
be subject to a penalty of a misdemeanor. For the first offense the punishment for such an act will be a fine of not more than $100 or 10 days imprisonment.
For the second offense within a period of a year there will be a fine existing of not more than $200 or imprisonment of 20 days.
For the third offense within a year the cyclist will be subject to a fine of $500 or an imprisonment of six months.
International Theatre Seminar
Week's session termed real success
By RITA HAUGH
"You can't produce art on Broadway."
This was one of the statements made by Milan Lukes, one of the five guest lecturers at KU for the International Theatre Seminar last Wednesday. Thursday, and Friday.
Before the closing discussion on political theatre, each of the guests explained why he decided to devote his life to the theatre. Mladja Veselinovic, a leading actor of the Drama Theatre of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, explained, "An experienced man finds that the reason does not come as easily as it did when he was younger. If I say, 'I love theatre; I find it is a way to express my inner life to an audience,'—even this is not enough."
A CRITIC OF the contemporary Czechoslovakia theatre and editor of a leading Czech theatre magazine, Milan Lukes remarked, "Nobody is able to give a reason sincerely. Everybody makes a choice, even subconsciously. Every creative art is closely connected with the everlasting effort to find a reason for existence."
E. Alkazi, an actor, director, and teacher of the theatre from India, commented, "In the midst of a play of a speech to an audience, I ask, 'What am I doing here? What are they doing there?' One has to begin on the bare ground in his bare feet. Theatre, to be successful, has to devote something and alleviate
the suffering of everyone from children to factory workers. We are trying to communicate the meaning of the plays even to the barefoot, illiterate man on the street."
The Director of Dramatic Arts in East Germany, Hans Richter, noted, "I liked to see theatre, and therefore I wanted to start in it. Everyone has to live with his conscience or live up to it, or he cheats himself. There is more significance in theatre than any other art."
THE OTHER member of the panel, Roman Szydlowski, a critic, teacher, director, and author from Poland, was asked about his views on theatre as a forum of socio-economic views. He said, "The whole world is a stage on which great politicians stage their plays. The theatre gives a chance to discuss in a much better and more noble way. Plays like Peter Weiss' 'The Investigation' are the most exciting because they get people involved in discussions."
After telling why they entered theatre, a panel discussion on "World Trends in Political Theatre" was led by Bill Kuhlke, director of the KU Experimental Theatre and assistant professor of speech and drama. He mentioned that both art and the theatre are subsidized by the government in all the lecturers' countries.
VESELINOVIC MADE a major point when he said, "Political theatre does not exist at all, because
this is the wrong label for something that deserves a more generous name. Each play has to say something to us."
In evaluating the seminar, Tom Rea, director of the seminar and instructor of speech and drama, commented, "I feel it's been a very successful seminar, especially in attendance. Not only the theatre students, but also townspeople and people from the surrounding communities have attended. I feel this will add to the total program of international theatre at KU."
REA NOTED THAT this was the first seminar of this type at KU. It was made possible by the International Theatre Congress, which was held in New York earlier this month, and which all of the lecturers attended.
Rea presented the guests with mementos of KU. Each received a stuffed Jayhawk and a KU tie tack at the conclusion of the panel on Friday afternoon.
Several of the guests also commented on the success of the seminar. Szydlowski remarked, "It was very interesting; there was a fine atmosphere with interesting participants and a very fine audience."
Richter commented, "This seminar will further understanding between countries on other terms. We must listen and look at the different points of view, not biased against any position—we must really cooperate to the international possibilities of art."
Ryun does it again-see pages 4,6