Daily Hansan
60th Year. No.145
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, May 20, 1963
'64 KU Budget Gets Approval
The creation of 27 new faculty positions,47 civil service positions and salary increases for both groups were the major factors in the $1.3 million increase in KU's operating budget for the 1964 fiscal year.
The increase was approved Friday by the Kansas Board of Regents. The 1964 net operating budget is $17.6 million. The 1963 budget is $16.3 million.
BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS by the Regents were made in working out the details of the appropriations granted to all state universities by the State Legislature.
Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor of finance, said that the legislature had granted essentially everything to KU which the Board of Regents had allowed them to ask.
The original budget was approved by the Regents before it was sent to Topeka, Nichols explained.
He said that only one civil service position that had been asked for was not granted.
THE $17.6 MILLION in state support represents only about 54 per cent of the total budget of the University. The remainder is financed by student fees, grants, and other revenues.
Auxiliary enterprises, which consist mainly of the dormitory system, student health and a few other minor operations, supplies a revenue for the University of about $4 million.
The new positions, salary increases and new operating expenses and new building utilities account for more than $1 million of the rise over the present fiscal year.
THE NEW FACULTY POSITIONS added $350,000; the new civil service positions, most of them in the buildings and grounds department, $100,000; salary increases about $400,000; and new operating expenses and new building utilities $186,000.
The salary of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe remained the same at $26,000, but Dr. C. Arden Miller, dean of the KU medical school received an increase from $20,400 to $21,500.
In other action, the Regents approved a co-operative exchange of consultants by the Medical Center and the Kansas City University Dental School.
The agreement means that the Center and the School will reinforce the staffs of each other with leading medical and dental authorities.
The agreement, on a no-fee basis will become effective July 1
Art Thefts Threaten Student Exhibits
Thefts of art work from the exhibition corridor in Murphy Hall will probably cause the displays of student work to be discontinued next year.
"Students have refused to show their work in Murphy Hall," said Dwight Burnham, associate professor of drawing and painting. He said insurance companies have refused to insure the exhibits, since so many items have been stolen. $ \cdot $
The most recently known theft was that of a painting by Dave Yust, Wichita senior. Yust said his painting, which is four and one-half feet wide and five feet high, was stolen during the Paul Winter concent in Murphy last week.
JUST HOW MANY pieces of art work have disappeared is uncertain, since the department of drawing and painting does not keep a file, and since not all the students who have had work stolen have notified the KU police.
A NUMBER OF small paintings disappeared earlier this year, Yust said. He said this was the fourth painting he had lost this year. Some sculpture has also been taken.
not have gotten it in a car, he said. The students in the department of drawing and painting had previously agreed to exhibit large paintings, since because of their size they would be harder to steal.
"Whoever stole the painting could not have gotten it in a car," he said.
Burnham said thieves have made off with about one painting each show.
"I don't see how we can continue the exhibits," Burnham said. "Only student work is shown, and if the students won't contribute work we can't have an exhibit."
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — (UPI) Radcliffe College women staged a reverse panty raid on Harvard last night and touched off a noisy demonstration involving 2,000 students.
Radcliffe Coeds Raid Harvard
Police broke up the disturbance and arrested eight Harvard men on charges of disturbing the peace and alleged property damage. They were to be arraigned today.
There were no injuries and no major damage.
The uprising, blamed on spring fever and pre-exam pressure, started when 150 Radcliffe women marched a mile to Harvard Yard and shouted to men in Winthrop House, a male dormitory, to throw them underwear.
Some of the men threw shorts and others dropped water bombs and bars of soap. One Radcliffe student said the raid was planned early yesterday.
AND MUSIC TOO—Despite root beer, pretzels, and pseudo musical renditions by members of the KU administration, there was music at the annual Pops concert too. The KU orchestra and
choir gave their last performance of the season before a large audience in Hoch Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Here is Robert Baustian conducting the KU orchestra. (Photos by Joe Isom)
Musically-Inspired Staff Steals Show at Concert
By Carol Lathrop
Root beer, pretzels, and music were combined yesterday afternoon to make a Pops Concert.
The concert attracted an audience who filled the first floor of Hoch auditorium and part of the first balcony.
Because of illness, Chancellor W. Clark Wescoe was unable to appear as the guest conductor. However, George Smith, vice-chancellor for institutional planning, capably directed the combined orchestra and chorus in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
AS ALL RENOWNED conductors, Vice-Chancellor Smith achieved much from the members of the orchestra and chorus by his individualistic style which had a peculiar
resemblance to that of a baseball player trying for a home run.
Dean Emily Taylor
Following the number, Smith was given a record, "Music for a Frustrated Conductor."
Four promising soloists made their debuts at the concert. James Hitt, registrar, Emily Taylor, dean of women, Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor of finance and executive secretary of the University, and Arthur (Dutch) Lonborg, director of athletics and associate professor of physical education, demonstrated their talents on instruments that were shipped to Hoch from Massachusetts Street.
Hitt played first vacuum cleaner, and Dean Taylor played second vacuum cleaner in the modern, multi-concert number. Both instruments were upright vacuum sweepers.
Nichols played the horizontal vacuum, and Lonborg played the floor polisher.
THE CONDUCTOR, Robert Baustian, said. "They had a nice, clean performance."
Head waiter, Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, and other members of the faculty served root beer and pretzels to the audience. The waiters wore aprons, maid hats, and bow ties which resembled enlarged butterfly wings.
Selections played by the orchestra and chorus included "We're on Our Way," "Water Music," and "Echo Song."
The chorus sang several Negro spirituals. One spiritual, "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel," went out of control as the singing wheel rolled too fast for the choral members to stay together.
CONDUCTOR KREIBIEL said. "That's what happens when our gears don't mesh."
Weather
The weather bureau predicts generally fair and warmer weather today with widely scattered showers forecast for tonight. Partly cloudy and cooler weather is expected Tuesday. Today's high will be near 70 with tonight's low in the 40's. The high Tuesday will be in the 60's.
The group ended that section of songs with "Dry Bones." Krehbiel recalled his experiences while in Russia on a Fred Waring tour.
The most popular number in the second part of the program was "What Kind of Fool Am I?" It was arranged by the Lawrence high school music director.
The finale, "Hello, Kansas" was written and composed by Allen Crafton, professor of speech and drama, and John Pozdro, associate professor of organ and theory.
SUSAN ERHART, Lawrence freshman, won the drawing. She was given a five dollar gift certificate.
Money from the ticket sales will go to provide a music scholarship for a KU student.
James K. Hitt