It
cramps their style
Strong Hall is 'crowded'
(Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles on dissatisfaction among art students and faculty concerning facilities and other conditions. The first article appeared in yesterday's Kansan.)
By SARAH DALE Kansan Staff Writer
Students and faculty of the art department have expressed dissatisfaction with the situation on the third floor of Strong Hall.
Lack of scholarships, space and exposure to contemporary trends in art epitomize the students dissatisfaction. Faculty members have tried to alleviate the complaints, but many of them say they are working under unjustifiable conditions.
Douglas Sanderson, drawing and painting instructor, organized a special problems class last semester to expose the students to independent work. The class offered students the chance to work independently.
"The University hasn't placed any emphasis on the arts." Sanderson said. "Students and faculty alike have to be involved in art. Students are being cheated in exposure. They need shows and visiting faculty.
"It's deadly for a student to play in a classroom for three and four years painting setups. This is 1969."
Sanderson said independent study and research was and is necessary.
Crowded art studio
Photo by Carol Sue Stevenson
Three art students work on projects in one of the crowded painting classrooms on the third floor of Strong Hall. Both students and faculty are complaining of inadequate work space and insufficient room for art exhibits in Strong Hall.
Pike speaks in Kansas Union
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Bishop Pike mentioned something which his son said to him three weeks after his death which has enabled Bishop Pike to keep others from committing suicide.
He said his son, Jim, said "I wanted out. I found there isn't any 'out.' I wish I'd stayed and worked things out in more familiar surroundings."
Bishop Pike interpreted this meaning as "get with it now."
The fact method, as explained by Bishop Pike, is "selecting the most plausible hypothesis from a multitude of hypotheses in order to arrive at what we are going to affirm." He added "the fact method is disastrous to ecclesiastical doctrine."
He said he does not believe in the doctrine which says because the Bible states something it is true. He added there is no basis for affirming the Bible.
Resolution OK'd
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He said this question is not free from doubt, and if the bill were passed it might provoke a lawsuit to test its constitutionality.
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yesterday said the bill, if passed,
would be declared
unconstitutional.
The opinion is based on the delicately worded definition of a lottery. The pari-mutuel gambling bill contains a redefinition of a lottery which the bill's sponsors feel would exempt it.
The constitution simply declares: "Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are forever prohibited."
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"We cannot reach affirmations by any methods other than the empirical methods which use faith plus facts.
Bishop Pike added there is no data to prove God is omniscient and in fact, there is quite a bit to disprove it.
"Conclusions drawn from data by science usually aren't entailed
in the data. Data is more of a modern influence. A leap of faith ties data and conclusions."
Police school set
KU's Governmental Center announced it will conduct the fourth Law Enforcement Basic Training School March 10 at the Kansas Highway Patrol Center in Salina.
The three week session ending March 28 will include 120 hours of classroom and field training for Kansas peace officers.
A $72,000 grant from the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, is financing the school. A similar grant was awarded last year and was continued because of the program's success said Maynard L. Brazeal, director of police training, KU Governmental Research Center.
"The purpose of the school is to help the officer to be more efficient and effective in protecting the public," Brazeal said.
The courses will be "Police Organization and Related Agencies," "Records and Reporting," "Law," "General Police Skills and Procedures," "Behavioral Studies and Related Subjects," and "Investigative Procedures."
After July 1 the Law Enforcement Basic Training School will be mandatory for new recruits in Kansas unable to obtain 120 hours of Law Enforcement Basic Training in a certified police academy.
Need more freedom
Students in the class said they thought it a worthwhile project. They unanimously agreed having the class alleviated some problems they faced.
"I thought the class was a worthwhile idea which should have continued," said Tim Forcade, Kansas City senior. "The problem was students were constantly conscious of the teacher. Art students are accustomed to working in a classroom with the teacher always there. They couldn't adjust to an independent environment." he said.
A freer environment is what art students claim they don't have. Students need to have their experience widened, Forcade said. They need to think on their own terms.
"I think we have a good faculty, although I think they are underpaid." Forcade added.
"The faculty doesn't suffer alone, though. Art supplies are expensive. Not only do we have to buy books, but a student could easily spend $100 a month on one painting course.
"I've had to have a studio since I was a freshman," Forcade said. "There just isn't the space to work on third floor Strong. There also isn't any place to exhibit the work we do."
Tried to get Union
John S. McKay, assistant dean of visual arts, verified there was no place to exhibit student work."Spooner Art Museum is obligated to display collections for art history purposes," he said."We are trying to get the Kansas Union for a show, but they can't provide the security for the exhibit."
Michael Butel, Wichita junior, said, "Art facilities are insufficient. It seems we could
get rid of the furniture and old paintings in the classrooms. Right now we have about three square feet, each, to work in."
Peter Stebbing, drawing and painting instructor, shared many of the complaints offered by the students.
A good program
"The art department has a good undergraduate program, considering the work produced by the students." Stebbing said. Stebbing's chief complaints concerned the lack of space in the department and low faculty pay, which he claimed is the noorest in the United States.
"I teach 16 to 17 hours a week for $6,000 a year. On that salary I can't even afford to paint. The pay for beginning faculty should be increased to the level of the other schools," he said.
Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor of finance, said he had no statistics from departments at other universities to use as a basis for comparison. The salaries for the fine arts department could not be raised, he said.
Speech research set
Dr. John F. Michel will begin work on the speech process and larynx defects because of a $23,361 grant from the U.S. Public Health Service.
The research associate in the KU Bureau of Child Research will attempt to set standards of comparison against suspected larynx defects cases. He will determine the amount of air needed when one speaks and whether this amount is influenced by pitch or intensity.
The data he can collect from his experiments will be used as a diagnostic tool in larynx problems.