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Regent's History Told in Magazine
THIS SITUATION culminated in the dismissal of the late Ernest H. Lindley from the chancellorship of the University in December, 1924, about a month before Davis was to leave office. But, Chancellor Lindley was jobless only three days.
The story of one of the most turbulent periods in KU's history is told in the current issue of the Kansas Alumni magazine.
In the article, "The Hectic Birth of the Board of Regents," Fred Ellsworth, who served 39 years as alumni secretary, tells how the administration of higher education in Kansas was transferred from a politically dominated board to the bi-partisan, independent board of regents.
After the state supreme court upheld the firing, the late Governor Ben Paulen immediately after he assumed office, directed the board of administration to reinstate Lindley immediately. The board complied.
The first part of Ellsworth's article entitled "Who's Running the Show?" appears in this month's issue of the Kansas Alumni. It tells about the political interference in the operations of KU by the 3-member board of administration. The problem became acute after Jonathan M. Davis became governor in 1923.
In next month's issue Ellsworth will tell about the passage of legislation which freed the state colleges and universities from outside domination except at the overall policy level.
Bronze casting, as practiced in most sculptural foundries, has changed little from ancient times. Industry has improved techniques but the sculptor must modify them radically, according to the article.
"FROM CLAY TO BRONZE," also in this month's Kansas Alumni, tells the story of how Carlos Frey, a member of the class of 1960 and a professional artist in Liberal, and Professor Elden Teft applied modern science to the ancient art of bronze casting.
Frey and Professor Tefft worked last year with research aimed at a combining of ancient and modern casting methods and at establishing guide lines which would make sculptural casting less hit-and-miss.
Research such as this has made KU a recognized center in bronze casting. Two national bronze casting conferences were held here in 1960 and 1962 with a third planned for March 26-28 of this year.
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The KU brass choir set out yesterday afternoon on a 97-day tour of the South Pacific.
Brass Choir Goes To South Pacific
The 21-person choir will perform tonight in Okinawa. Other stops include Ceylon, South Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan and Thailand. The group will then stay three weeks in Australia, and on the way home, will perform in Hawaii.
Sponsored by the bureau of cultural affairs of the U.S. State department, the choir will play most of the concerts at colleges and universities in the countries visited.
William H. Avery, Kansas representative from the Second Congressional District, will speak to the Young Republicans at 7:30 p.m. today in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
The purpose of the tour is to promote closer ties and better understanding between Asian college students and U.S. students. Mr. Kenneth Bloomquist, chair director said.
Candidate for Governor Speaks to Young GOP
The choir will return to KU May 17.
Avery has announced his candidacy for the governorship of Kansas. He is one of ten Kansans who have announced for the office, five of them KU graduates.
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Sam Evans, chairman of the KU Young Republicans, said the Avery talk would not be a campaign speech.
Dean J. W. McGuire Says Business. Society Bound
Business and society are inexorably bound together, J. W. McGure, Dean of the School of Business, said yesterday.
Explaining the relationship between business and society, Dean McGuire spoke before the Faculty Forum. He talked about the growth of business schools in recent years and their attempts to teach about business.
"One of the aims in education is to prepare people for life" and most people will be in contact with business, Dean McGuire said. Business schools have changed from a "how-to" approach to an "understanding" approach in teaching, he continued.
IN SPEAKING ABOUT the study of business, Dean McGuire said that in our society formed of different groups, criticisms of business have arisen.
"In recent years many have begun to fear that business is dominating these groups," he said.
The source of a manager's power has also come into question, McGuire
said. He said the "little people" which include small stockholders really don't have much to say about who becomes manager.
A second question has arisen because "business is especially bureaucratic," McGuire said. However, he continued, in recent years the idea of social responsibility has come into business.
HE EXPLAINED THE result of this idea by quoting from his book, "Business and Society": "Business men still have the same appetite for profits, but they have better table manners."
McGuire also mentioned the role conflicts in business as interpreted in such novels as "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" and "Point of No Return." People try to blame business, McGuire said, for the individual problems outlined in these books.
But, businessmen are an integral part of our society and "we are all equally guilty or non-guilty." he concluded.