Thursday, April 4, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Photo by Moe Behravesh
CUTTIN' OUT
Three McCollum men get an early start on spring break as they head for home late Wednesday afternoon—or perhaps they're off to Ft. Lauderdale?
More than a vacation
Plans for Easter, Passover set
Spring break is not only a time when students can visit with their families or relax after half a semester of hard work. It is also a time when two major religious holidays, Passover and Easter, are celebrated.
Easter, a Christian holiday, commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the focal belief of the Christian faith. Passover, a Jewish holiday, celebrates the time when Moses led his people from slavery in Egypt.
The term "passover" originates in God's command to Moses that he tell his people to daub lamb's blood on their doorposts. When the Angel of the Lord killed the first-born son in each Egyptian home that night, he "passed over" the homes of the Jewish families which had followed Moses' orders.
Pre-Easter services for Roman
Is it a baby backlash?
LBJ can't charm 'em
George Larsen of Newbury Park, Calif., seems to have had some inside word on Lyndon Johnson's plans not to seek reelection. In an envelope postmarked March 21 from Thousand Oaks, Calif., and received by the Kansan four days later, was this one line:
"President Johnson won't campaign this year. The babies would bite his hand."
Catholic students begin next Thursday evening with a Mass of the Lord's Supper at the St. Lawrence Catholic Student Center, 1915 Stratford Road. Good Friday services to commemorate Christ's crucifixion will be held the next afternoon. Easter vigil services will be held at 11 p.m. next Saturday, followed by an Easter Mass at midnight.
Protestant churches in Lawrence and across the nation will also celebrate Easter with Good Friday services, "watchnight" or "sunrise" services in anticipation of Christ's resurrection, and Easter Sunday services.
Passover has been called the "Feast of Unleavened Bread," because when Moses led the slaves from Egypt, they ate a bread which had been prepared without leavening, a substance such as yeast, used to produce fermentation which will lighten the dough while baking.
Jewish services to commemorate Passover begin April 12 with the Friday service prayers, plus additional prayers for Passover. The Jewish people of Lawrence will meet for a community Seder dinner at the Eldridge Hotel Saturday night, April 13.
The eight-day passover period begins with two Seder dinners, on Friday and Saturday night. The meal is begun with an hour-long reading from the Haggadah, which tells the story of the flight of the Jews from Egypt under Moses' leadership.
Certain rituanistic foods are eaten at the Seder dinners, such as an egg, to celebrate spring, the unleavened bread and a green vegetable dipped in salt water which signifies the tears shed by the Jewish people.
During the eight-day holiday, many Jews adhere to the practice of not eating anything which contains flour. Many food packers and producers prepare foods especially for the Passover celebration, said Sandy Goldstein, Shawnee Mission junior.
"The Last Supper of Christ, which is celebrated on Good Friday, is closely related with the whole idea of Passover," said Rev. Brendon Downey, assistant professor of religion and pastor of the St. Lawrence chapel. "This last supper was the Jewish passover meal."
Christian Easter services and the Jewish celebration of Passover are similar because both periods are times of joy, said Bruce Fiman, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore, and president of KU's B'nai B'rith Hillel, a Jewish student group. The Jewish people rejoice in celebrating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, the Christians, in celebrating the resurrection of Christ after three days in the tomb, he said.
For example, specially prepared lots of Coca Cola have "Approved for Passover" stamped on the bottles, she said.
KU talent group to entertain soldiers
"Talented Unlimited," a group of 30 KU students sponsored by Scabbard and Blade, will entertain soldiers at Ft. Carson, Colo., April 6-8 and also will perform at Fittsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colo., the second largest military hospital in America.
The theme of the musical revue show, directed by Bob Bettcher, Lawrence senior, is "Those Wonderful Years" and captures every decade from 1890 to the present.
Two KU bands will play for the show-Paul Gray and The Gaslite Gang with dixieland jazz, and the All Night Flight playing rock'n roll music.
The group performed at Ft. Riley near Junction City March 23, a venture Bettcher termed "a great success." He said the show, not highly publicized, started out with 30 GIs in the audience and ended up with more than 200 who "drifted in"
KU Relays queen finalists announced
Finalists for the Kansas Relays Queen were announced today by Doug McKee, Topeka junior and chairman of the Relays Queen committee.
They are Pam Kohler, Beloit sophomore majoring in drama and a resident of Naismith Hall; Karen Schlapper, Shawnee Mission sophomore, majoring in French education, a member of Delta Gamma sorority; and Jennifer Kost, St. Joseph, Mo., senior, majoring in secondary education and social studies, a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. The queen will be crowned April 20.
The judges were Kyle Craig, Joplin, Mo., junior and student body president; Mrs. Laverne Myers, housemother of Beta Theta Pi fraternity; Ronald Olsen, chairman of the KU economics department; and Richard Raney, Lawrence mayor.
The finalists were selected on the basis of poise, personality, and beauty March 29, from 35 candidates from 23 living groups.
AURH elects new officers
Sale of 3.2 beer in the Kansas Union, election of new officers, and construction of new KU residence halls were issues at last night's meeting of the Association of University Residence Halls (AURH).
Orlyn "Butch" Lockard, Raytown, Mo., sophomore, was elected chairman; Jan Wittmeyer, Ottawa sophomore, was elected first vice-chairman; and Dick Hubbard, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, was elected second vice-chairman of AURH.
Dana Nelson, Belleville sophomore, was elected secretary, and Carl Goode, Kansas City sophomore, was elected treasurer.
AURH representatives decided to discuss in future meetings the proposal to sell 3.2 beer in the Kansas Union.
They also decided that the AURH housing committee will make recommendations to the University administration about construction of new University residence halls.
India official to speak here
The consul general of India, Shantiswarup Gupta, will present a lecture at 8 p.m. April 15 in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
Gupta has served as an attache and under secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, the first
secretary of the Embassy of India in Nepal, the Consul General of India in Saigon, and has held his present position since 1965.
The lecture is being sponsored by the KU India Club and the Student Union Activities (SUA) Current Events Forum.
KU B-School holds honor supper
Many college students look past a career in the business world because they think "there is no room for the intellectual person," Robert M. Oakley, president of John Deere Company in Kansas City, said at a KU School of Business banquet Wednesday evening.
The banquet in the Kansas Union Kansas Room honored outstanding business majors and non-majors who have shown an interest in business and have
maintained a 2.0 grade-point-average.
"Students fail to recognize the opportunities in business," Oakley said. He said students think business firms are only interested in persons with practical experience.
This idea is not valid, Oakley said, because companies need persons with a knowledge of good business procedures who can help start small dealerships to sell their products.
KU coeds eligible for scholarship
SMOP scholarship applications available to any KU woman student at the dean of women's office—are due April 17.
The scholarship, worth $300 a year, is awarded on the basis of
financial need, grades, and activities.
Standing for "Scholarship Money's Our Purpose," SMOP funds are collected through campus projects—some of which have already been accomplished.