THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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Ryun pulls muscle during speed drills
Two members of the Harkness Ballet dance to the strains of Tchaikovsky during last night's performance in Hoch Auditorium.
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Jim Reun, KU's world record-holder in the mile and 1500 meters, apparently pulled a hamstring muscle late Tuesday afternoon while going through speed drills in preparation for KU's opening outdoor meet with UCLA, Saturday in Los Angeles.
Ryun was running the 440 when he felt a twinge in his left thigh and pulled off the track. His leg was immediately packed in ice and Dr. Bernard Joyce, a specialist, examined it. He recommended that Ryun be hospitalized overnight in Watkins Hospital so ice could be applied throughout the night.
Coach Bob Timmons said he was not sure if Ryun would be able to compete in the UCLA meet and he did not know how serious the injury was.
Dr. Mary Hatfield, who examined Ryun at Watkins Hospital, said there was not much swelling on the leg.
Timmons said this could be a sign that the injury might not be serious, though he said Ryun would be taken to Topeka Wednesday, where he will be examined by Dr. Joyce to determine how serious the injury is.
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures today with a slight chance of scattered showers. It will be clear to partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures tonight. The low tonight will be in the mid 40s.
BALANCE, GRACE AND POISE...
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--encompassing traditional ballet, Mexican folk dances and modern symbolic choreography. The audience frequently responded with applause and demanded 12 curtain calls for the four ballets presented.
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--encompassing traditional ballet, Mexican folk dances and modern symbolic choreography. The audience frequently responded with applause and demanded 12 curtain calls for the four ballets presented.
78th Year, No.106
LAWRENCE, KANSAS Wednesday, March 27, 1968
Ballet fills Hoch auditorium and demands 12 curtain calls
Despite a plague of technical and backstage problems, the Harkness Ballet Tuesday night presented a program of dances which caught the fancy and the applause of a capacity audience in Hoch Auditorium.
The dances, set to music ranging from Tchaikovsky to an electronic soundtrack, covered styles
Wescoe treats sick stagehand
A stage carpenter for the Harkness Ballet was treated by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe after apparently suffering a heart attack during the performance last night in Hoch Auditorium.
Paul Latham of Miami, Fla., collapsed backstage during the second ballet of the program. He was helped to a dressing room where Wescoe gave him first aid after answering to a call for a doctor. Latham was then rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Latham was reported in fair condition this morning.
Difficulties began slowing down work as soon as the company's stage crew began moving equipment into the auditorium stage early Tuesday morning. It became apparent that there was not enough room backstage for the three truckloads of equipment and scenery, and as a result most of the scenery was not used. Lights had to be hung, a sound system installed and control boards set up in the wings, all of them connected by miles of cable.
However, if confusion reigned backstage, what occurred onstage was an exhibition of grace and control which kept the audience fascinated for two and a half hours.
The first dance, set to the themes by Tchaikovsky, introduced the audience to the traditional ballet as it might have been performed in Tchaikovsky's time.
The second dance. "Canto In-
Humanities building plans shrink to 15-story height
arranged to accommodate more offices. The glassed-in concourse areas between the wings will now have to double as student study areas.
The proposed $5.8 million 25-story humanities building to be built on the site of old Robinson has shrunk to 15 stories, Keith Lawton, vice chancellor for operations, announced today.
Seven of the classrooms in the two five-story wings have been redesigned as offices and office space in the tower has been re-
Lawton said, even though the tower portion of the building has been reduced, the loss in space will be minimal.
As plans for the building reached the completion stages, it was realized that $5.8 million might not cover the extra 10 stories. As a result the size was reduced and space allotments within the building rearranged.
dio," was a departure to a Mexican theme, which described a brief encounter between a young man and a pig-tailed young woman. Costumed in outfits reminiscent of those of flamenco dancers, Finis Jhung and Marlene Rizzo danced to a haunting melody accompanied by marimbas and the almost tom-tom beat of the tympani.
Reductions made were: class-
rooms from 51 to 44; offices, from
487 to 436; and seminar rooms,
from 28 to 27.
Sixteenth and seventeenth floors will be included in plans as alternates when the building goes out for bids.
See Ballet page 8
"Time out of Mind" was a modern dance version of the battle of the sexes emphasizing "the reckless pace of our times." The
COSA discussed women's closing
The Council on Student Affairs (COSA) has made a decision about closing hours for sophomore women, according to William Balfour, dean of students. However, no one will say whether the recommendation is to abolish them or maintain the status duo. The recommendation will go to Francis H. Heller, acting provost, today and then to Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
"Sometimes it takes one day and sometimes weeks for these recommendations to be acted upon." Balfour stated.
It is known COSA discussed, Tuesday afternoon, a resolution submitted by an Associated Women's Students (AWS) representative to abolish sophomore closing. It is also established that COSA will submit something to the chancellor.
COSA and AWS members present at the meeting refused to comment, in accordance with COSA policy that the only person to release COSA decisions is William Balfour, dean of students. Balfour declined Wednesday morning to comment on the meeting.
COSA members will not say if a vote was taken or a decision of See COSA page 9
Draft cards go back to oppose Vietnam war
By Joanna Wiebe Kansan Staff Reporter
Five or more KU students are expected to return their draft cards to the federal government, April 3, as a part of a national "Resistance" movement against the war in Vietnam.
These students are expected to join other objectors to the war in a public demonstration in front of Strong Hall next Wednesday. A group of students also anticipates "storming" the chancellor's office on that date "to protest University complicity." Kent Andrews, Poplar Bluff. Miss., senior and editor of the Screw, the KU underground newspaper, said Tuesday.
How does the University comply with the existence of this present war? Unlike other Kansas universities and colleges, KU does not send to local boards any proof of enrollment and satisfactory progress of the deferred student. This must be done by the student himself.
University complicity comes out in other areas, Andrews said.
"The University allows ROTC to operate on campus. The University takes federal grants for military research. The University allows military recruiters," Andrews said.
In two previous "Resistance" movements in the past year, over 2,000 men reportedly have turned in their draft cards. Prosecution of these resisters has not been widespread, especially in areas where the resistance movement is strong, said Jeff Falk, Chicago Area Draft Resisters (CADRE) representative, in his March 15 visit to KU.
The students who are planning to return their draft cards face serious risks—up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine.
Several thousand young men are expected to relinquish their draft cards Wednesday in resistance demonstrations and services of conscience in nearly 100 campuses and communities across the nation. The number of resisters to the Vietnam war is expected to double, said "The Resistance," a newspaper published to promote the movement.
"If enough young men resist on April 3, a mere two per cent of the nation's youth saying 'No' could effectively disrupt the selective service, and consequently, the war effort, altogether," said Conrad Lynn, the nation's leading anti-draft attorney.
The "Resistance" newspaper, which appeared last week, reports of the KU-Lawrence anti-draft movement:
"Since the days of John Brown, response to radical activity here has been hostile. Although there
is no Resistance organization yet, graduate students are at last talking and discussing alternatives to conscription.
"According to the Screw, an underground newspaper, an April 3 rally could galvanize several probables 'lurking in the wings,'" the paper said.
Non-cooperation with the draft system, expressed by returning a draft card, is one of several responses open to the young man who opposes war.
Canada is a safe, however permanent, haven for some.
Young men eligible for the draft can choose to remain in the system by obtaining a II-S, or student deferment, or any of the rapidly narrowing list of other allowed deferments.
Those with religious objections to war may receive a conscientious objector classification from a friendly local board.
Young pacifists have been known to enlist in the military services to disrupt the system from within. This usually is not very effective, for the armed services have their ways of dealing with disruptive private and officers.
A new paperback suggests "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft," including suggestions such as "offer to love thy neighbor as thyself," or "kill in civilian life." These suggestions are tongue-in-cheek, for the actual list of ways to oppose the draft without fear of punishment from the government can be counted on the fingers of a both arms amputee returning from his stint in Vietnam.
The young men at KU who plan to return their draft cards April 3 have chosen non-cooperation as their answer to their consciences. After April 3, they begin the troubling wait for response from the government.