History museum sells gifts and art
A shop specializing in imported gifts is being operated by the Natural History Museum. Jewelry from Mexico and the Philippines, embroidery from Peru, wooden figures from Africa and bamboo toys from Taiwan are sold to museum visitors and KU students.
The shop was opened in November of 1968. The profits support the summer workshop for pre-college students.
This program is designed to give young people the opportunity to understand their natural environment through contact with exhibits, specimen material and literature. Publications prepared by faculty members and graduate students, and other books related to natural history are also available.
The Museum shop subsidiary of the Kansas Union bookstore is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 on Sundays.
Photo by Bruce Bernstein
Museum Shop offers unique items
Kris Mazuu, Lawrence senior, works in the shop operated by the KU Natural History Museum. The shop specializes in imported gifts which are sold to museum visitors and KU students.
KU senior seeks nomination
Michael Glover, Lawrence senior, will seek the democratic nomination for the Kansas House of Representatives.
His chance to represent the 39th district will be decided in the Aug. 4 primary election. Glover said he was familiar with the area and was a product of it because he has lived here for 10 years. He added he thought the issues facing the nation were here in the 39th district.
"Air pollution by the co-op fertilizing plant is a real problem," Glover said, "and their representative hasn't policed the situation.
"Another issue in the election
will be property taxes. We have to find a better system of taxing in Kansas because there is too much taxing in relation to the kind of service they receive."
Glover said he hoped to express his views to all persons in his district by carrying out a door to door campaign. He said the key to the election would be to do well in the agrarian sector of the district.
said. "The tax pays for the government and rich person's benefits because the man with a $50,000 income pays less sales tax than the man with a $5,000 income."
Hoping to be classified as a liberal, Glover said he was opposed to the present sales tax.
"I'm against the sales tax because it hurts the middle and lower income of the economy." he
The University of Kansas Masters of Public Administration program has produced more city managers than any other similar program.
More city managers come from KU courses
Edwin Stene, director of the program, will retire at the end of this year. Professor Sherman Wyman will direct the program after this year. The MPA program has 105 of its alumni holding city manager positions. There are also many assistant city managers who have graduated from this program.
The program began in 1948 for municipal administration. In 1950 the state option was added and in 1962 the national administration and public affairs options were added.
Five out of every nine Kansas city managers have graduated from this program. All Lawrence city managers of Lawrence have come from this program.
The University of Pennsylvania is second in the production of city managers with a total of nearly 100. No other university has produced as many as 30 city managers.
Stene said the majority of students were in the city field but several were in the federal and state levels. The demand by cities for new city managers far exceeded the number of men put out by MPA, he added.
"The biggest problem is recruiting students," Stene said, "other universities have scholarships while we do not."
Stene said there were 18 students recruited for this year but only 10 came. Some were lost to the draft and others were drawn to other fields, he said.
He said in this area of the country there were no similar programs. The University of Iowa,he said,tried to begin the program but they could not get enough students to keep it going.
He said the University of Colorado had more students but they were not an adhesive, academic group. Many of their students took only a few courses and worked for the government full-time.
Chicago Eight rally planned
Stene said small cities could no longer compete with larger cities for city managers from this program. The first graduate of MPA took a position in Holton for a salary of $3,000. Present graduates command much higher pay. For instance, the second assistant city manager of Dallas, who graduated from KU's MPA, commands a salary of nearly $25,000 a year.
Union, said Eric Wolfe, Wichita sophomore and spokesman for the group.
A group of KU students, including leaders of the Student Mobilization committee, is planning a rally and march to demonstrate support for the Chicago 8 and their lawyers. A meeting is planned for all interested students at 8 p.m. Monday in the Kansas
"The march and rally are to demonstrate support for the Chicago 8 and their lawyers who were given outrageous prison sentences for contempt of Julius Hoffman's court," Wolfe said.
Feb. 16
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Julius Hoffman was the judge for the trial of the eight persons charged with violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
CURTAIN CALL'70
Ninth Annual College Auditions for SIX FLAGS
Your talent could win you a star-spangled season at SIX FLAGS, performing for the world's most enthusiastic audiences!
SIX FLAGS needs: VOCALISTS (popular, classical, country and western, rock, barbershop quartettes, folk soloists and groups): DANCERS (tap, ballet, modern, jazz, acrobatic); INSTRUMENTALISTS (banjo players, jug bands, Dixieland bands); VARIETY ACTS (comics, magicians, baton and saber twirlers, ventriloquists, tumblers, trampoline and trampolette artists). ALL KINDS OF TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED.
If selected, you'll work under professional direction in one of SIX FLAGS' many original variety extravaganzas or specialty shows featured throughout the Park. And you'll have the time of your life as a star member of the famous SIX FLAGS family of performers. Audition open to all age groups including college students. Be there!
AREA AUDITIONS
Thursday, February 19 — 3:30 p.m.
Kansas Union - The Forum Room -
First Floor
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
(Registration is 30 minutes prior to audition time.)