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THE SUMMER SESSION kansan
A student newspaper serving KU
WEATHER MILD
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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77th Year, No. 7
Tuesday, July 2, 1968
Provost Surface closes sabbatical
By Meri Maffet Journalism Camp Reporter
Journism Camp Reporter Provost James R. Surface reported to work at Strong Hall last week for the first time in nine months.
On leave at Harvard since Sept. 1, Surface returned to Lawrence early last week to resume administrative duties in the Chancellor's office.
The leave was "a refreshing change of pace" for Surface who spent his year at Harvard teaching business policy and organizational problems, required courses for fulfillment of the Master of Business Administration curriculum.
HARVARD AND KU are similar in fundamental aspects of education, Surface said; both universities shum departmentalization and strive to provide graduates with a general education in business administration rather than attempting specialization in any one field. The major differences lie in the educational approach and available facilities.
The Harvard School of Business, a graduate school, has been a pioneer in the use of the case method of instruction.
Students are given actual cases involving company problems to research and evaluate in order to
propose realistic solutions. Students' individual recommendations are presented in class discussion after decisions have been reached.
THIS CASE method provides the student with two advantages, Surface said. It allows a student to practice his persuasive techniques in trying to convince his classmates of the merits of his recommendation, and it allows students to learn persuasive techniques from others.
During a student's final semester at Harvard, he is required to write a research paper dealing with a contemporary problem of a company. The student is required to make personal contact with the company and gather all available information about the problem. After analysis, the student makes a recommendation for a solution of the problem, submitting one analysis to his professor and one to the company he represents.
Frequently students later find employment with the firm which they represented in university research.
James R. Surface
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES at Harvard are oriented toward a large class atmosphere. Classes generally contain 80-105 students while at KU 40-70 is average. U-shaped discussion rooms similar to those in Summerfield and one and one-half hour sessions permit the larger classes.
Students at Harvard are expected to maintain an "A" or "B" average. Distinction, pass, low pass, and unsatisfactory are used instead of letters, but a number system of averaging grades is still retained.
During the school year, the Surfaces lived in Lexington, Mass. Surface said the distance between home and Harvard necessitated a 15-30 minute commuting trip each day which was a great disadvantage in bad weather.
Mrs. Surface worked with a volunteer group helping to improve school libraries in Roxbury, an underprivileged area of Boston.
"We had a wonderful year back there, but we looked forward to coming home," Surface said.
— Kansan Photo by Mike MaGee
STARS OPEN TONIGHT
Repertory actors practice a scene for the opening performance tonight of "You Can't Take It With You."
'Cavalcade of Comedy' opens tonight on stage
By Christine Thompson Journalism Camp Reporter
"A Cavalcade of Comedy" opens tonight at 8:30 p.m. with the first performance of "You Can't Take It With You" by Kaufman and Hart in University Theatre.
The play is under the direction of Mike Pedretti, theater graduate student, on the main stage of Murphy Hall.
Single admission for individual shows for University students are $1.50 each. Season coupon books are $4 each. Campers will be admitted with an ID for 75 cents.
"YOU CAN'T Take It With You," is a story about a real zany family," Jed H. Davis, director of theater, said. It will also be performed July 5, 17 and 23.
The play centers around the family members' concern with
their own pursuits and interests and their not caring if their pursuits are socially acceptable.
KU summer theater repertory players will perform "La Parisienne" by Henri Beque under the direction of Robert Findlay, July 3, 6, 16, 20 and 25 in the Experimental Theater.
HENRI BECQUE'S "La Parisienne" (The Woman of Paris) is a biting but humorous satire on French marital involvements in the 1880's. A new twist is given the 'conventional' menage a trois when the dutiful wife Clotilde finds herself a new 'friend' who can advance her husband's position in government. The position once accomplished, however, Clotilde — with an appealing but nonetheless alarming applomb — is pleasantly satisfied to settle down with convention once again,
with happy husband on one hand and former lover on the other," stated Findlay.
The third in the series, "Once Upon A Mattress" which tells about the tribulations of a kingdom seeking a mate for its prince, will be performed July 10, 12, 19 and 24 "in-the-round" on the University Theatre stage.
Professor's Professor-III
Quirk to add 'chinks'
James P. Quirk, professor of economics, has been designated as a co-holder of a National Science Foundation grant to "add a few chinks" to the few basic theorems of economics there are in relation to the reaction of a nation's equilibrium to a severe shock.
WEATHER
Mild temperatures and partly cloudy skies will continue through today according to the U.S. Weather Bureau. The high today will be in the low 80s with the low tonight around 60.
"Once Upon A Mattress," based loosely on the musical, "Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen, is directed by Pamela Roberts, theater graduate student.
According to Quirk, the model societies which the project studies only provide information that is useless to apply to any modern-day nation. The study's value lies in the expansion of basic truths such as, "businessmen try to make
THE REASON these theorems and their expanded versions cannot be applied to say, the United States, is because the cut-and-dried answers coming from these model societies are invalidated from the start by the necessity of using variables when dealing with modern nations.
profits," by using the answers to conceivable situations that might arise. In time he hopes the truths will be expanded to embrace the problems that face the definitely "non-model" nations of the world.
The unknown factors involved included the politics, the consumer needs, the technology of the producers and the organization of the markets within each separate nation. Every variable can produce a reaction different to each country.
The two questions that the study considers when it observes a society are whether it self-balances itself after a shock or whether it shows a tendency to oscillate. Eventually, the accumulation of information will lead to accurate predictions of an economy's reactions.
THE BROADWAY hit that lampoons the Establishment, "A Thousand Clowns" will be performed July 11, 13, 18, 25 and 27 by the repertory company players in the Experimental Theater and is under the direction of Janis Hewitt, theater graduate student.
Kansan Photo by Jan Maxwell
Kansas Photo by Jan Maxwell
James P. Quirk
"A Thousand Clowns" by Herb Garner according to Miss Hewitt is "a unique comedy which has kept recent Broadway and movie audiences in high spirits. It involves Murray, a free lance TV script writer, who completely rebels against conformity within society until he is finally forced to 'deal with the available world.'
See CAVALCADE on page 3
Independence Day set as KU holiday
The Fourth of July will be an official University holiday and no classes will be held, although most classes are meeting Friday.
The Summer Session Kansan and the Kamper Kansan will not be published on Friday, because of the holiday. The next Kamper and Summer Session Kansans will appear next Tuesday.
The Midwestern Music and Art Camp will hold morning sessions although most classes will stop at noon.
A fireworks display in Memorial Stadium and sponsored by the Lawrence Jaycees will be held at 9 p.m.