Tuesday, March 5, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
5
112 looms are still too few
WEAVING DEPARTMENT
Gloria Douglas, Montclair, N.J., sophomore, works on her weaving project using one of KU's 112 looms. KU is noted for having one of the largest weaving departments in the country.
Who's Whose Engagements
Diane Alexander, Arlington, Va., majoring in occupational therapy at University of Kansas Medical Center, to Phil Grecian, Toneka sophomore, majoring in theater.
Elaine Halliburton, Los Angeles, Calif., senior, majoring in English, Naismith Hall, to Michael Dunn, Shawnee Mission, serving the U.S. Navy in Rota, Spain.
Mary Lou Knipp, Onaga junior, majoring in speech pathology, Miller Hall, to Joe David Metzger, Salina senior, majoring in English.
Becky Sue Field, Independence, Mo., sophomore, majoring in business at Central Missouri State, to J. Michael Dooley, Independence, Mo., junior, majoring in civil engineering, Templin Hall.
Ellen Toomey, Tulsa senior, majoring in French, to Dennis Holt, Kansas City senior, majoring in education.
Pinnings
Janie Ferson, Kansas City freshman, majoring in elementary education, Oliver Hall, to Terry Harvey, Roeland Park sophomore, majoring in commercial art, Phi Kappa Tau.
Kathy Pirtle, Wichita sophomore, majoring in elementary education, Kappa Kappa Gamma, to Chris Jeter, Wichita senior, majoring in American studies, Delta Upsilon.
Beth Lallier, Kansas City junior, majoring in education, McCollum Hall, to Rick Lucas, Lakin junior, majoring in accounting and business administration, Delta Chi.
Cille Resnik, Whitewater junior, majoring in apparel merchandising, Alpha Phi, to Joe King, Potwin junior, majoring in architecture, Alpha Tau Omega.
Gail J. Edwards, Lawrence sophomore, majoring in Spanish, to Michael Kurt Feiler, Excelsior Springs, Mo., junior at the University of Missouri, majoring in marketing and business, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Kay Netson, Topeka junior, majoring in elementary education, Sigma Kappa, to Jeff Nash, Atwood junior, majoring in chemistry, Sigma Chi.
Sandra Marshall, Falls Church, Va., junior, majoring in human development and family life, Sigma Kappa, to Richard Shrout, Kansas City, Mo., senior, majoring in history and philosophy, Acacia.
Wendy Berg, Shawnee Mission sophomore, majoring in zoology, to Pete McCool, Leavenworth senior, majoring in mathematics, Phi Kappa Theta.
Although few people outside the design department are aware of it, KU's weaving department, with 112 looms, is one of the largest in the country.
Over 115 students are enrolled in weaving courses this semester in the weaving studios in Broadcasting Hall. Since a student cannot take his project off the loom until it is finished, and since some projects take months to complete, there is a shortage of equipment, Larry Edman, assistant instructor of design, explained.
Before starting on a project, a student must weave a sample. Using threads of different sizes, colors and textures, and by adjusting the loom to produce different patterns, a student can weave fabrics varying from a tweed to a deep pile rug.
Design and occupational therapy students are required to take Weaving I. But members of the staff are quick to respond if anyone questions the usefulness of their work.
"I can't stand it when somebody tells me I'm wasting my time here," said Lois Miller, assistant instructor of design.
"Those people don't realize that they would have no clothes, curtains, napkins, tablecloths or bedspreads without weavers. Before any machine can turn out a fabric a weaver must design the pattern, texture and color combinations."
Evelyn DeGraw, professor of design, said there are now 16 graduate students with grants from the University for research in weaving design. Their topics span from ancient Peruvian weaving to the religious motifs in Medieval tapestries.
KU students learn values of religion in Hindu society
Several KU American students are among the more than 40 Hindus who attend the meetings of the KU Hindu Society five to six p.m. Saturdays at the Methodist Student Center.
Hindu Society meetings consist of prayer, singing of Sanskrit hymns and discussion of the practical application of the Hindu concept of unselfish action.
Most Americans, indoctrinated in the Christian religion, believe other religions are invalid, said Ronald R. Brown, Liberty, Mo., graduate student in mathematics, and David Vaala, Wilmington, Del., teaching assistant and Ph.D. candidate in chemistry.
Brown and Dilip Mehta, president of the KU Hindu Society and Bombay, India, graduate student in chemistry, attended the Billy Graham Crusade in Kansas City last fall.
"Dilip thought Graham was a good speaker until he said people who believe in religions such as Hinduism, the Muslim religion and Buddhism were basing their
faith on something worthless," Brown said.
"I don't believe a Hindu should be condemned to Hell because he doesn't believe in Christ. There are too many different cultures in this complex world for one belief," he said.
Vaala, another American student attending meetings of the KU Hindu Society, said he was first introduced to Hinduism during his undergraduate studies at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.
"Although I was brought up as a Christian, I've recognized less restraints and restrictions in Hinduism than in Christianity. Hindus seem to have more freedom to believe what they want to believe," Vaala said.
However, he said he finds it difficult to grasp the Hindu concept of reinearnation.
Mehta said all Hindus believe in the concept of reincarnation—the migrating of the soul, conditioned by intellect and mind into another body.
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