Foreign students' show to feature many cultures
Native dances, a judo demonstration, a play, and displays of artifacts from 14 nations will highlight the Fourteenth Annual KU International Festival, Saturday. April 22 in Hoch Auditorium.
Festival exhibits will be open to the public at 6 p.m. and the show program will follow an official welcome address by Vice
Chancellor James R. Surface at 8 p.m.
THE PROGRAM, which is free, is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Foreign Students.
Clark Coan, dean of foreign students, said the students have spent a great deal of time in preparation for the show and added that this year's festival should be the finest yet.
Greek houses are as old as the Hill
Fraternity and sorority life at KU is nearly as old as the University itself.
Beta Theta Pi's chapter came to the campus Jan. 9, 1873, less than eight years after KU's doors opened.
PHI KAPPA PSI came to the campus early in 1876 and a half dozen more came in the 1880's.
Initially the "Greeks" had no chapter houses. Men had weekly meetings in downtown buildings. Women often met at the homes of members.
About half or more of the student body were Greeks and set the pace for campus social life, often dominating activities.
THE CHAPTER HOUSE system began in 1894 when Beta Theta Pi leased a house for three years. The "University Courier" hailed this pioneering move "in which the entire management of the house will be in the hands of members." Others soon followed suit.
But Sigma Chi in 1899 became the first to occupy a chapter house built specifically for that purpose—"a cozy little brick house provided with modern conveniences," a newspaper said.
World War I brought a great building boom in chapter houses providing room and board for upwards of 50 members. The depression temporarily reduced numbers, but after World War II there was another blooming of new chapters and the past decade has seen a steady stream of new chapter houses, with capacity upwards of 70.
TODAY,28 FRATERNITIES and 13 sororities operate chapter houses for 2,500 students, more than a fifth of the undergraduate student body.
Trophies will be awered to the nations with the best exhibits and shows, Coan said.
ARTIFACTS FROM Africa, Arab nations, France, China, Turkey, India, Iran, Latin America, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Trinidad and the U.S.S.R. will be among the booth exhibits.
Having no theme, the festival will permit more diversity in the program shows. Performances range in variety from an Indian "Manipuri" dance to a Japanese judo demonstration and a presentation of "Fujivama."
Africa will lead off with the "Kente" dances. China will feature "The Red Cap," a short play.
THE EUROPEAN nations will make a joint presentation of "A Sketch Tour of Europe for an American."
Other dances will include the Filipino "Moro," "Itik," a duck dance, and "Tinikling," bamboo dances. The Arabs will present a war dance.
Business School gets G.E. award
A $2,500 grant, supporting undergraduate study in accounting and finance in the School of Business, has been awarded by the General Electric Foundation.
An independent trust created by the General Electric Company granted the award to KU in 1952. The GE Foundation is allocating more than $200,000 for studies in science, math, engineering, and business.
Along with other educational projects, the General Electric Company will contribute nearly $212 million this year.
14 Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 19, 1967
SUA CLASSICAL FILM SERIES presents
SUNSET BOULEVARD (United States, 1950)
Gloria Swanson William Holden Erich von Stroheim Fred Clark
Four Academy Awards, 1950; Best American Film & Best Actress (Nat'l. Board of Review), 1950
7:00 & 9:00 Wednesday-Dyche Auditorium Single Admission:60c
Woman to give Church lecture
Advertising's 1966 Woman of the Year, Miss Jo Foxworth will speak at the second annual Basil T. Church Memorial Lecture here, April 27.
Miss Foxworth is a two-time winner of the Advertising Federation of America's ad woman of the year award. She is vice-president and creative director for Calkins and Holden Advertising Agency of New York City. The agency is one of the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., the largest marketing and communications organization in the world.
A RECEPTION and press conference will be held next Thursday at 5:30 p.m. A banquet and lecture will follow the reception, at 6:30 in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. It is sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism.
Basil T. Church, for whom the lecture is named, was a 1920 graduate of KU. He was president of Church, Richards, and Co circulation agency of Chicago. After his death, friends and associates provided funds to finance this annual lecture by people in the advertising field.
Miss Foxworth is the first woman governor of the Advertising Federation of America's five-state second district. Her campaigns are well-known and have won many awards. They advertise such products as cigarettes, automobiles, fashions, food, and home furnishings.
SHE HAS BEEN with the Interpublic Group for ten years. She has a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Among her other honors, Miss Foxworth was awarded the Southern Women's Achievement Award in 1963.
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