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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1966
Page
18
The article surveys ongoing education challenges as universities confront future demands. It questions lifelong learning, adult education, maintaining personal student contact amid automation, teaching art, and balancing research with teaching. It notes four days of discussion on Man and the Future and hopes to see second century dreams fulfilled.
Two former Kansas University chancellors Deane Malott and Franklin Murphy are expected among several hundred attendees at a Council for Progress session at 2 30 p m Thursday in Swarthout Recital Hall Mount Oread. The agenda includes funding objectives, governance needs and a timetable for fundraising.
Truman Capote of New York City will visit Kansas University to read from In Cold Blood at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom. He wrote the nonfictional novel after researching the 1959 Clutter family murders near Garden City and interviewed Hickock and Smith. Capote has written several novels and plays and is working on Answered Prayers.
Lawrence firemen faced eight calls over the weekend including four grass fires and two blazes at Crystal Cafe 609 Vt St causing about 2250 dollars in damage. Firemen reported the cafe blaze seen on return from a grass fire at 610 N 3rd St and found the cafe closed at 3 44 p m. A second grass fire occurred at Zimmerman Steel Co 701 E and a small shed fire with a burning light bulb started at 904 Pa St with no damage.
A slate of lectures and performances at the University of Kansas highlights the Mount Oread centennial celebration. Overthe speaker Buckminster Fuller and Arthur Larson address seminars, with Harold Clurman Karl Menninger and Arthur Clarke presenting talks in Hoch Auditorium. A Murphy lecture, procession, noon luncheon, and high profile concerts and opera fill the calendar from April to May.
In a forward looking piece Malott recalls KU’s growth under his leadership from a $113000 annual gift total to over $6 million and highlights past chancellors while posing questions about the university’s future. He envisions continued progress amid debates on education, computing, and research priorities. He expresses hope to witness KU’s second century achievements in a century hence.
The article recalls Chancellor Malott and his wife advancing campus beautification at Mount Oread during a drought period. They hired a landscape architect, started major revamping programs, and oversaw tree planting. The KU Class of 1945 planted 1,200 crab trees as shrubs and sidewalks were relocated, shaping today’s spring campus beauty.
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