Summer Session Kansan
Friday, July 17, 1964
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WELCOME TO OKINAWA—That's the message of Miss Riko Yonahara to Kenneth Bloomquist, director, as the KU Brass Choir arrives in Naha,
the first stop on its three-month goodwill tour. Mrs.Bloomquist is in the background.
Brass Choir Tours Theaters, Universities Tourist Attractions, During Free Time
(Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of articles concerning the KU Brass Choir's recent tour of the Far East.)
By Emery Goad and Dan Austin
Malaysia — High admission prices, poor scheduling and inadequate publicity by the U.S. Information Service hampered the KU Brass Choir's tour of Malaysia, two choir members contend.
Although the choir was in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, for a full week, they only gave two concerts. Some choir members felt that admission prices discouraged attendance by Malaysian natives. They also blamed the U.S. Information Service for poor scheduling. In countries previously visited, the choir gave as many as two concerts a day to enthusiastic local citizens.
DURING THEIR FREE time, choir members were at liberty to enjoy local theatres, universities and tourist attractions.
Transportation around the cities was by Mercedes-Benz taxis. Since most of the time spent by the choir was touring the cities, the two towns of Singapore and Penang were especially interesting since they were free ports. In these two cities, goods and souvenirs could be acquired cheaply.
The choir was housed in the most modern hotels in the Malaysian cities. Their hotels with swimming pools and large restaurants were quite a change from the accommodations in the previous stops on the goodwill tour.
"WE DIDN'T WORK very hard, but we had a lot of fun" reported Roger Rundle, pianist and French horn player for the brass choir.
Nationwide elections were being held during the stay of the KU Brass Choir in Malaysia and this was very interesting to some of the KU'ers.
The United Front party under the current Prime Minister gained many votes as well as an additional percentage of seats in the governmental system than they had previously.
THE GOVERNMENT in Malaysia is patterned after the British system due to the fact that Malaysia was under the influence and recently gained their independence from
Great Britain. It also was noticed that there were several leftist political organizations working in the country and trying to get a foothold
One interesting fact about the country of Malaysia is that more than 50 per cent of the population is under 21 years of age and in Singapore, where the group stayed for several days, 80 per cent of the people are Chinese.
AS PART of the goodwill tour the choir visited several of the country's universities, including the Malaya Teachers College. Here the KU students taught the local students how to do the twist and other dancing fads.
In personal conversations with these college students, choir members found that the question most often asked of them was about the American culture and more definitely about dating practices in the United States.
AT THE UNIVERSITY of Malaysia the council of National Study Organization was holding a three-day conference and they were hosts for the KU Choir at a dance.
The Brass Choir was given briefings by the USIS or the U.S. Embassy as they entered each country as to what to expect and what they should do and what they should not do.
At Nanyang University, known for its leftist demonstrators, the choir played jazz at the request of students.
AT THE BRIEFING prior to their stay in Malaysia they were told that Communist agitators might possibly ask "loaded" questions at Nanyang University.
Far East Settlement Heads African Summit
The majority of the KU students were not faced with this problem in Malaysia, but one choir did find this
CAIRO, U.A.R.—(UPI)—The Middle East News Agency (MENA) reports that Algeria and Morocco have reached a final settlement on their border dispute.
to be true during a stop at a university in Australia.
"This is the one place on the tour we visited that I would like to return to," commented Mike Berger, Brass Choir member, as he referred to Malaysia.
Mena said a joint communique on the settlement will be issued before the African summit meeting today.
IBM Computer Becomes Major Campus Transition
A major campus transition is scheduled to take place at the University of Kansas sometime next week in the form of a computer.
The new computer, an IBM 7040, is expected to leave the IBM Data Center in Minneapolis today and be transported to the University by truck.
It appears rather amusing that the new machine fails to possess a
Recent Surge Boosts Grants To $4 Million
A last quarter surge of nearly $11_2 million in grants for sponsored research and associated training projects at KU and its Center for Research in Engineering Science brought the total for the fiscal year to nearly $4 million, William J. Argersinger Jr., associate dean of faculties for research, has announced.
The total does not include research performed at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, which receives almost as much support as the Lawrence campus from federal agencies and private sources.
Grants to KU in the quarter ending June 30 were received for projects in 25 schools, departments, and divisions, ranging from anthropology to zoology.
They include botany, chemical engineering, chemistry, child research, civil engineering, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, comparative biochemistry and physiology, the School of Education, electrical engineering, entomology, geology, Guidance Service, the School of Law, mechanics and aerospace engineering, microbiology, music education, natural history, nuclear engineering, physics, psychology, social work, sociology, and speech and drama.
The total of $3,932,787 in grants received for research and associated training projects in the fiscal year 1963-64 at the Lawrence campus is a new record, Dean Argersinger said.
name such as Novak III or Mr. Genius, however, things continue to change rapidly in this current world of ours. Numbers have taken over, and as a result one might wake up to find one of his future generation referred to as 76043201, or possibly 119764372.
The difference between the new IBM model and the older 1620 IBM computer is simply this: the 7040 will be a binary machine whereas the 1620 computed decimal notations. Another fact of interest is that the present computer is able to add up to 1,100 five digit numbers per second while the one on the way will be able to add at the rate of 66,000 five digit numerals per second.
Gross size, maximum speed and cost are the three prime requisites in considering a computer, according to Richard G. Hetherington, director of the Computation Center at Summerfield Hall.
The cost difference between the two models shows the 7040 at three times the price of the present computer. However, the new computer provides an increase in overall capability of approximately 5 to 10 times greater than the 1620.
The old IBM computer will be placed in the High Energy laboratory of the physics department. It is scheduled to be used solely as research apparatus and not in any form as a computer.
This replacement is part of a recent drive in expansion going on here at the University.
Wichita Boys Held After Wild Chase
MEADE, Kan. — (UPI)— Three Wichita, Kan., boys were being held yesterday in the Meade County jail after they led officers from two states on a wild chase.
Meade County Sheriff Arlie Johnson said the chase originated Wednesday at Forgan, Okla., after the boys left a gas station without paying for gasoline.
The boys, ranging in ages from 16 to 18, allegedly stole the car at Wichita.
Two of the boys were held as parole violators.
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