Friday, December 3.1976
University Daily Kansan
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Jaycees decide not to have pageant at KU
By MARTIN ZIMMERMAN
Staff Writer
A resolution passed recently by the University Theatre Board has persuaded the Lawrence Jaycees to abandon the idea of staging their annual Miss Lawrence-KU beauty pageant at Murphy Hall's University Theatre.
The resolution, passed by the board in response to the Jaycee's request to use Murphy for the pageant, branded the pagenast as "sexist" and said the board "visited with dismay" the use of University of Kansas facilities for such events.
The Theatre Board, which sets operating policy for the University Theatre, is comprised of 12 theatre faculty members and five student representatives who have voting privileges on matters such as the pageant resolution. The theatre is one of four divisions of the department of speech and drama. Bobby Patton, chairman of the department, said yesterday that the resolution didn't reflect the policy of the department.
PATTON SAID HE wasn't a member of the board and wasn't at the meeting at which the resolution was passed, but he said he agreed with the tone of the proposal.
"in terms of the way the pagent treats women, it is very restrictive in its
judgment," Patton said. "I think the consequences of this sort of thing—grading people on their appearance—is destructive."
The board forwarded the resolution to the University Events Committee and to Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor, but the university aren't waiting for them to take action.
Mike Beahen, president of the Lawrence Jaycees, had said earlier yesterday that his organization would look elsewhere for a place to have its paget. He said that after it had received board's resolution, he decided not to get into any arguments with the theatre organization.
JIM KAISER, SECRETARY of the Jaycee, said his group probably would have the pageant in one of the city's elementary schools as it had in the past. He said the organization began raining hopes for the pageant, but the team worked with the KU Band department in putting together their July 4th program at Memorial Stadium last summer.
"The purpose of trying to get Murphy is to get more people in Lawrence to see the pagan, "Kaiser said. "Last spring we had a small School and the gym was full to capacity.
"We've had good relations with the University in the past and we thought they
SenEx members decide against search committee
Tom Rea, associate professor of speech and drama and a Theatre Board member, said he voted against the proposal but wouldn't comment on his reasons for his dissent. Rea did say, however, that the Jaycees' decision not to press the issue with the board was "done in good taste and was perhaps the wisest move."
SenEx members agreed yesterday that a search committee wasn't needed to find a replacement for James Appleberry, assistant to the chancellor.
The decision raised questions of administrative shuffling of positions, but no evidence of such action.
He outlined KU's request for increased faculty salaries and other operating expenses, made in consideration of Gov. Andrew M. Palmer's proposed $5 million increase in general funding for KU.
would agree to letting us use the stage at the theatre."
In other business, SenEx send a student senate request to the Organizations and Administration Committee asking for response to a resolution passed last month. The committee is also seeking representation on promotions and tenure committees in schools and departments.
"Antonioni's dazzling new film."
KAISER SAID that the pageant was the first step to the Miss America pageant, and that many University women had entered the contest in the past. He denied that the pageant was the women and noted that KU scholarships and to $2,000 awarded to the winners.
"If these things are funded, I think we would have a reasonably good year," he said.
Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor,
explained the proposed fiscal 1978 budget
during his monthly attendance at the SenEx
meeting.
Popular Films
Appleberry will leave KU in January to become president of the Kansas State College.
Appleberry was appointed KU director of planning after a formal search, and was later appointed assistant to the Chancellor, that isn't filled through a formal search.
Policy-making committees already are required to have 20 per cent student representation. The resolution suggests, but doesn't require, that schools and departments use students as voting members on their personnel committees.
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