Thursday, April 18, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
17
Sculptors free to try almost any material
BURNING IT OUT
Tom Silver, Palo Alto, Calif., graduate student, puts the torch to his mold as part of his graduate study work.
"LBJ"
This bust of President Johnson in a Trojan helmet was created by Mack Whitney, Lane graduate student.
Bronze, stone, clay, wood and plastics are only a few of the materials students in the sculpture studio in Bailey Annex are using.
"We like to keep a basic program which covers all aspects of sculpturing." Elden Tefft, professor of sculpture, explained.
"We give our students freedom and provide the tools and working conditions. We've tried not to set a limit on thinking—we encourage abstract and non-objective art." he said.
This philosophy has paid off. In the last few months several sculpturing students have won awards in major art shows. Howard Fox,
San Angelo, Tex., graduate student, recently won a $250 award at the Mid America I art show in Kansas City. David Smith, Hadley, Mass., graduate student, displayed his work at the 10th annual Omaha Art Show, and Tom Silver, Palo Alto, Calif., graduate student, took first place honors at the 10th annual Designers-Craftsmen Show at KU.
KU's sculpture studio boasts one of the first bronze casting foundries on a university campus. Also on campus is the National Sculpture Information Center, which corresponds with sculptors throughout the United States, providing information on
new materials and techniques. On April 9, 10 and 11 the Center sponsored a convention at KU for over 300 sculptors. The major topics of discussion were plastics and the use of lighting with sculpture. Guest speakers were Roger Bolomey, Frank Gallo, and Bruce Beaslye, three major artists of plastic sculpture.
Although most students agree the teaching process involved in sculpture classes is very beneficial, they complain there is a definite lack of space.
"We've got all this great equipment and no room to put it in," Silver said. "Our larger pieces have to be worked on down underneath the stadium."
During the spring enrollment, three to four potential classes of students had to be turned away because of the lack of working space in Bailey Annex.
Photos by Bruce Patterson
STARTING A LONG PROJECT
Bruce Hiles, Overland Park freshman, begins work on a block of stone. It may take several weeks before his project is completed.
New coed dress code allows slacks at dinner
Mealtime dress in women's living groups is changing.
Almost every residence or scholarship hall has amended the dress code prescribed by the dean of women's office. The code in the "Handbook on Official Policies for Women's Residence Halls" states the proper dress:
Breakfast, house or coffee coat except in coed halls where campus or casual clothes must be worn and covered hair curlers may be worn.
Lunch, slacks and bermudas may be worn; no curlers are allowed.
Dinner, Monday through Thursday, campus clothes, meaning skirts and sweaters or blouses or dresses, may be worn. Friday and Saturday, slacks or bemudas and covered curlers are permissible. Sunday dinner requires dressy clothes and heels and hose.
The code has been changed in Corbin, Gertrude Sellards Pearson (GSP), Hashinger, Lewis, McCollum, Miller and Oliver Halls. Naismith Hall, a private co-educational hall, does not enforce a dress code. Sellards and Watkins Scholarship Halls have not changed their dress codes and Douthart Scholarship Hall is in the process of changing the code. None of the sororities have changed their dress codes.
The new codes in effect, or about to go into effect, basically change only the dinnertime dress. The new codes permit slacks, shorts or other "casual clothes" for the evening meal.
Hashinger and GSP have much the same dress code, with "casual clothes" allowed at lunch and "nice" slacks and shorts allowed at dinner. No curlers are allowed at either meal, except Friday and Saturday dinner.
Lewis and McCollum both allow curlers during Saturday lunch, if the curlers are covered. Otherwise, their codes are the same as the other large halls, like Corbin, GSP, Hashinger and Oliver.
Miller's new code allows neat slacks or shorts to dinner. Sweat-shirts are taboo. Friday and Saturday are "grubbies nights" when curlers are allowed.
Douthart's house committee has approved and sent a revised code to the dean of women's office for approval. The revised code will let the women wear slacks and shorts to lunch and dinner but will not allow curlers.
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega and Delta Gamma allow slacks and shorts to lunch. School clothes (dresses, skirts and sweaters or blouses) are required for all evening meals except Friday and Saturday and a dress-up meal in the middle of the week in the sororities having them.
None of the sororities deviate substantially from the dress code.
The other sororities require dresses for lunch.
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