the louisville cardinal vol. xliii, no. 20 university of louisville, louisville, kentucky 40208 march 3, 1972
Petition ploy
Theater plight rema1•n s uncertain
By CAROLYN YETI'ER
Cardinal Editor-in-chief
A banner of "Save the Play­house"
signs lines an outside wall
of the former chapel, and faculty
members and students are circu­lating
small yellow petition cards
to the same effect.
Despite the urgent sound of
the campaign, the Belknap Play­house
is seemingly in no immed­iate
danger of destruction, ac­cording
to fine arts department
chairman Robert Doherty, who is
spearheading the petition.
Doherty first learned of the
danger to the playhouse when
Walter Langsom, architectural
adviser to the administration and
another member of the art de­partment,
spotted a plan indicat­ing
a classroom building would
be built on the site of the play­house.
Langsom related the plan to
Doherty, who in turn notified the
art department faculty members.
They expressed loud concern
since the playhouse is the only
one of its kind in the country.
Doherty explained the building
was constructed in the Gothic re­vival
style, which is also referred
to as "carpenter Gothic." He
added that the playhouse is con­sidered
to be the finest building
in the country for chamber music
concerts due to its acoustical ex­cellence.
USA subdivides
into 11 committees
By LANCE MABRY
Cardinal Associate Editor
Half bulletin board, half thea­tre
marquee, a new Master
Calendar will be a source • for
current information on campus
events. To be installed this sum­mer
in the UC Building, it will
be managed and coordinated by
the university relations commit­tee,
which is a part of the Union
for Student Activities (USA).
Announcements by campus or­ganizations
will be color-coded
and attached to the magnetic
board. The cost of the calendar
will come out of the USA budget,
which is presently funded at
$23,000.
Student service
The Master Calendar as well
as a newly-formed travel com­mittee
is a part of the USA's
campaign to provide services of
interest to fellow students. Travel
committee negotiates arrange­ments
for ski trips, European
tours, and chartered student bus
trips to support UVs team's
games.
Another campaign now under­way
is the election of a USA
chairman and committee chair­men.
This will be the first elec­tion
since the merger of the Red
Barn and the Student Activities
Board (SAB) last fall.
The election of the USA chair­man
will take place Thursday,
Mar. 16. Noon Thursday is the
deadline for applying; details are
available in the Dean of Students
Office.
A new responsibility of the
USA chairman is serving as vice
president of the Student Senate.
As a senate vp, campus activities
will become the responsibility of
USA chairman. The job involves
promoting films, lectures, and
rock shows, in addition to annual
events such as homecoming and
basketball festival.
However, committee chairmen
for USA are appointed rather
than elected because skills and
enthusiasm are essential to the
operation of UL's program of
student activities.
The big 11
Applications f o r committee
chairmen are in the Dean of Stu­dents
Office. Deadline is noon
~ar. 30.
The coffeehouse committee is
preparing for the April Arts Fair
and is designing final construc­tions
plans for the coffeehouse
building.
Rock concerts and dances are
planned by the music committee.
The fine arts committee pro­grams
speakers and exh~bits.
Workhorses
A function of the human re­lations
committee is assisting mi­nority
groups in producing their
activities.
Special projects committee is
really a catch-all which devel­ops
short-term projects such as
the making of a film or con­structing
a booth for Homecom­ing
Fair.
Being workhorses of the USA,
publicity, financial, and techni­cal
committees get involved with
every event. Publicity directs ad­vertising
campaigns, financial
keeps accounting, and technical
takes care of equipment needs.
Gerhard Herz of the music his­tory
department joined with
Doherty's group in attempting to
allay destruction of the play­house.
Herz is actively concerned
with chamber music presenta­tions
in the Louisville area.
Indicative wager
Doherty met with Earl Alluisi,
-vice president of plauning and
development, who indicated that
the classroom building would
never be built. Doherty added
that Alluisi reinforced his opin­ion
by betting a month's pay on
the improbability.
The art department chairman
said Alluisi's remarks did not in­dicate
that the administration
considered the playhouse im­portant
enough to save if the new
construction plan was feasible.
"I told him that the only way
it meant anything was if he
signed a petition, which he did,"
said Doherty. "His name is now
first on our list, since the names
are arranged alphabetically."
He added that the ad hoc com­mittee
was still not assured of
an administrative commitment
obligating the university to save
the building. "So we'll still con­tinue
to collect petitions," Doher­ty
concluded.
-Photograph by Skip McNeil
High karate
Chops, kicks, and feints are tke order of tke day for members
of the UL Karate Club. Instructor Van Fleming, who came out of
retirement to v lunteer his services as instructor, holds a black belt
in the art.
Black belt teaches Shito-Ryu
By LINDA JOHNSON
Cardinal Staff Writer
Along with retirement usually
comes the question of how to oc­cupy
~ previously-used time. But
energetic, 69-year-old Van Flem­ing
partly solved his problem by
taking up karate six years ago.
Having worked his way up to
a black belt, he presently in­structs
the members of UL's Ka­rate
Club.
Fleming begins each class with
graceful ballet-type body disci­pline
exercises. These help initi­ate
the necessary proper forms
for the art of self-defense.
Unlike the throwing involved
in judo, karate consists of punch­ing
and kicking, which teaches
the student effective defense
mechanics. Of all the various
forms of karate, Fleming teaches
Shito-Ryu-the same form he
learned from the All-Japan ka­rate
champion, Fumio Demura.
Volunteers help
Fleming came to Louisville
from California a year ago with
his family. The UL club was al­ready
formed, but when its pre­vious
instructor was unable to
continue, Fleming offered his ,
voluntary assistance.
Also aiding the class is a for­eign
exchange student f r o m
Tokyo, Chikashi Furukawa. His
additional knowledge of judo al­lows
him to more fully under­stand
karate techniques.
The Shito-Ryu form Fleming
teaches is listed with the All­Japan
karate Federation, autho­rized
directly from Japan. In
order to obtain a black belt a stu­dent
must first pursue a white
belt, green belt and brown belt,
and the varying grades within
each. According to Fleming it
takes several years to earn a good
black belt.
The 15 members of the bi-
Civil rights
Applications for the Law Stu­dents
Civil R i g h t s Research
Council's summer intern program
are available in room 330, Admin­istration
Building (phone 636-
4949).
The council is an organization
which exists as a tool for law
students who wish to work to­ward
racial, ethnic, sexual or
economic equality using law and
organizational skills. Ron Hooks
of the council's Atlanta office
will be on campus Monday to
weekly class range from begin­ning
to advanced karate students.
But in order to participate mere
interest won't do. According to
stud_ent Rick Receveur, "You also
have to be willing to get a little
exercise."
While Fleming enjoys teaching
his class, he also appreciates the
extra practice towards perfecting
his own form. Dedicated to his
hobby now as much as in the be­ginning,
he plans to continue as
long as he is physically able.
The class meets every Monday
and Wednesday night from 6-7:30
p.m. in the lower level of Craw­ford
Gym.
internships
talk to interested students.
The summer internship pro­gram
is the principal effort of the
council. Law students are reim­bursed
for their subsistence ex­penses
to a limit of $50 per week
for 10 weeks to work with civil
rights organizations, movement
attorneys or directly with com­munity
groups engaged in grass
roots organizing campaigns. LSC­RRC
interns have assisted the de­fense
in many of the major po­litical
trials of the past few years.