Pianist to give recital
Mrs. Jacquelyn Beahm, pianist, will play a graduate recital 8 p.m.
Friday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Mrs. Beahm earned her bachelor of music degree at KU in 1951. She is an alumna of Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary music society.
The program includes a Busoni transcription of "Sleepers Awake" by Bach; "Humoresque, Op. 20" by Schumann; "Sonata, Op. 58" by Chopin, and "pour le Piano" by Debussy.
Opinon poll cancelled
An opinion poll scheduled by the Student Senate for today has been cancelled.
Bill Ebert, Topeka junior and president of the student body, said the Senate felt the poll might supercede the University convocation Monday morning and influence the students.
Students composers to premier
Premiers of several student compositions will highlight the 12th annual Symposium of Contemporary Music in Murphy Hall May 10-12.
Stanley Shumway, associate professor of music theory and chairman of the symposium committee, described the event as a "showcase for new music."
Gardner Read, contemporary American composer, will be the guest composer at the symposium. Read has written four books on orchestration and is credited with 125 published compositions.
Peace Corps staff to visit
The Peace Corps Western Regional Staff will hold a conference to provide current information on Peace Corps work overseas at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Kansas Union Council Room.
Participating at the meeting will be former Peace Corps volunteers, a representative from the Office of Selection and the Denver office personnel.
There will be a question and answer period with the Washington selection officer, and the Denver office staff will talk about specific Peace Corps programs abroad. Returned volunteers will answer questions about countries in which they have worked.
KUMC plans new department
The University of Kansas Medical Center is establishing a department of family practice for the training of young physicians in the new field of family medicine.
Dr. Jack D. Walker, associate dean, is the chairman of the department.
The committee, funded by the state legislature, will establish guidelines for the new committee and establish a curriculum. They will consider facilities, staffing and pursue federal assistance in some of the financing. This is preliminary to searching for physicians to staff the department. Dr. Walker said.
Dr. Walker said that when the department is established and staffed, the KU Medical Center can seek medical graduates for a three-year residency program in preparation for examinations with the American Board of Family Practice.
Concert to open symposium
The combined choral ensembles of the University of Kansas and the KU Symphony Orchestra will perform in concert at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch Auditorium.
The concert will open the 12th annual Symposium of Contemporary Music, sponsored by the School of Fine Arts.
James Ralston, KU choral director, will conduct "Symphony of Psalms" by Igor Stravinsky and the "Chichester Psalms" by Leonard Bernstein.
Ralston described the numbers as "two of the greatest choral pieces written by 20th century American composers."
Professor plans speech on Kafka
Lawrence Ryan, professor at the University of Massachusetts, will be the speaker at a talk on "Kafka's Psychology to End All Psychology." It will be held at 8 p.m. Monday in the Kansas Union Council Room.
Fifteen aspire to beauty title
Miss Lawrence-KU, two attendants and a Miss Congeniality will be chosen Friday evening at the annual Miss Lawrence-KU pageant.
The winners will be chosen from among 15 contestants. The contestants will be judged in swimsuits, evening gowns and talent presentations.
The contest itself will climax weeks of preparation by Lawrence Jaycees and hours of practice by the girls.
The winner and the two runners-up will receive scholarships provided by local businesses and gifts of clothing from Lawrence merchants.
The annual event begun after World War II is the oldest Lawrence Jaycees' project. The young women chosen to represent Lawrence and KU will participate in the Miss Kansas Pageant, traditionally held in Pratt. Miss Kansas will then represent the state in the Miss America competition.
Tickets for the pageant are available from any of the three Raney Drug Stores or from Jaycee members. The pageant will be held Friday
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evening in the University Theatre at Murphy Hall, said Barb Freeman, Pratt senior and mistress of ceremonies for the pageant.
May 8
1970
Wave of war protests continues
Police and federal troops lobbed tear gas into crowds of college students on at least three large university campuses Thursday in attempts to break up a continuing wave of protests against the Indochina War and the killing of four college students in Ohio.
By United Press International
A United Press International count showed at least 191 colleges and universities were shut down by order of school or state officials. Thousands of students at other schools were on "strike."
The National Student Strike Information Center at Brandeis University put the number of colleges where students were striking with faculty or administrative sanction at 337.
Tear gas was used to disperse demonstrators at the universities
of Wisconsin, Kentucky and West Virginia. Mounted and helmeted police clashed with college and high school protesters in New York City.
Outbreaks of arson and vandalism hit many campuses.
A small force of National Guardsmen carrying clubs but no firearms helped police break up a rally at the University of South Carolina, where demonstrators had occupied the student center.
Most of the protests were orderly and classes went on without interruption at hundreds of schools, but violence and vandalism erupted on some campuses.
National Guard troops moved onto the University of Illinois campus to prevent demonstrators from blocking supply trucks and fire and police vehicles. Guardsmen helped keep the peace in many troubled university communities.
Some campuses were all but deserted, the schools closed by administrative order or classes abandoned by students protesting the U.S. move into Cambodia and the gunfire deaths of four Kent State University students.
Kent State itself—which became the symbol of the young generation's discontent when two coeds and two youths died before the guns of National Guardsmen Monday-is to remain closed indefinitely.
Eight demonstrators were arrested in melees at New York's Union Square Park. The demonstrators staged a sitdown that blocked traffic on 14th Street for an hour and a quarter before police moved in to clear them away.