'Smut and sex'
'American Dream' questioned
The sixth annual tour of a University of Kansas acting troupe to nations in Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain for the U.S. State Department has caused considerable controversy.
Provost James R. Surface said last week of the situation,
"There seems to be a good deal of misinformation about the troupe, what it is intended to do, and what it will perform."
An article by columnist Drew Pearson for release March 31 said Secretary of State William Rogers had been summoned to a House Appropriations committee hearing by Ohio Representative Frank Bow on the grounds that the University of Kansas planned "to spread smut and sex" behind the Iron Curtain.
The article continued that Rep. Bow read excerpts containing "four-letter words" from "Kaleidoscope of the American Dream," taken from a dramatic portrayal of "Chicago."
"Kaleidoscope," Surface
explained, "is not a scene from one play but a collection of scenes from several plays written by American artists in the 1930s who have looked at the American dream and how it was affected by the difficult times of the Depression and later."
The program was presented on the KU campus in October and toured cities in southeast Kansas—Parsons, Fredonia and Chanute.
The cast of six students left for the European tour April 2. The production in Europe will be given primarily before groups of drama students in Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and West Germany.
Jed Davis, head of the University Theatre, said the European tour is merely an exchange of information and actor training rather than for the purpose of performing.
He added that two scenes have been cut from the production for the European tour, but that the government did not tell
No lack of speakers seen for Renaissance Conference
Speakers from 30 colleges and universities will lecture at the annual Central Renaissance Conference at KU Thursday through Saturday.
Kenneth S. Rothwell, professor of English and local chairman of the conference, said this conference is the mid-America affiliate of the Renaissance Society of America. He said the purpose is "to stimulate interest in that European-wide movement we call the Renaissance."
Lecturers, Rothwell said, will discuss "the Renaissance, in
City commission today chooses new mayor, vice mayor
The new Lawrence City Commission today will choose a new mayor and vice-mayor from its members at the commission meeting in city hall, Don Venhaus, assistant city manager said yesterday.
On the new commission are incumbent Jim Black, a local homebuilder, Richard Hughes, a local physician, and J. R. Pulliam, manager of Terrill's department store and a member of the Lawrence City Planning Commission.
Two holdover members from the previous commission, Donald Metzler and Clark Morton, also are on the new commission.
Engineering meetings slated here tomorrow
Approximately 125 persons are expected to attend the 14th Structural Engineering Conference tomorrow in the Kansas Union Forum Room, said Donald Metzler, civil engineering professor and associate dean of the School of Engineering.
Sponsored by the State Highway Commission, Kansas Consulting Engineering Firms and the KU School of Engineering, the conference will feature speakers from New York City, Chicago, Bethlehem, Pa., and Arlington, Va., Metzler said.
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general, as it manifests itself in philosophy, literature, English history, art, foreign languages and science."
He said the lectures will be given in seven sections in the Kansas Union Pine and Forum Rooms April 11-12.
Featured speakers, Rothwell said, are Donald M. Frame, Columbia University and leading authority on Montaigne; Sears R. Jayne, Queens College, City University of New York on Edmund Spenser; Allen G. Debus, University of Chicago on Renaissance science, and Sesto Prete, University of Kansas, on Textual Criticism in the Renaissance.
He added that there is a $10 fee for the luncheon, social hour and dinner but there is no charge for those who attend lectures only.
them to take the scenes out.
In addition to the lectures, Rothwell said a collection of rare books will be exhibited in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Renaissance medals and bronzes will be on display in the Museum of Art and a recital of Renaissance music and scenes from a 16th century French play will be presented.
"We have used our own self-descretion," Davis said.
Two students receive top journalism prizes
Two KU journalism majors, Carla Rupp, Moundridge senior, and Linda Loyd, Ottawa junior, will be awarded top prizes in the feature writing contest sponsored by the Kansas Press Women at their annual conference Saturday night in Hutchinson.
In the campus version, scenes were presented from "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, "Awake and Sing" by Odets, "Death of a Salesman" by Henry Miller, "American Hurrah" by
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The scene from "Chicago" also is not in the Eastern European production. It was replaced in early March by an original dramatic sketch by one student member of the cast, Douglass Wasson, Chambersburg, Pa., senior.
The scene from "America Hurrah" was dropped from the tour of southeast Kansas because of the difficulty of touring the bulky props and costumes—and for similar reasons—from the
Ace Johnson, head honcho at The Stables (famed home of the KU student), gives a little self assuring chuckle as he climbs aboard another bucking bronco in preparation for this week-end's KU Rodeo. Unfortunately Ace will need a little bit more than self assurance (in any shape or form) on any attempts to ride outraged horses or brahma bronze. But Ace, the man this year's rodeo is dedicated to, is a true sportsman at heart and will be putting on a brilliant demonstration for area fans on how to dismount and land gracefully from a variety of rodeo stock during this weekend's rodeo events.
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THE 3RD ANNUAL KU RODEO
April 6th through 13th has been proclaimed Rodeo Week in Lawrence, honoring the up and coming Third Annual KU Rodeo. It's an appropriate distinction to a local event which is fast becoming a major stopping place on the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association circuit. Providing tremendous competition for talented cowboys and cowgirls from Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, all rodeos proceeds go to a general fund to establish scholarships for club members interested in NIRA competition.
The color, action and excitement involved in rodeo has built a large and enthusiastic following among fans of all areas and walks of life. In previous years student support has been adequate, but this year's goal is to make it exceptional. So make it on out to the Douglas County Fairgrounds to any or all of the shows for a great change of pace while at the same time supporting the KU Rodeo Club.
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