Vol. 2, No. 15 University of Dallas March 11, 1980 News and Information .. THE ~INISTER PRESIDENT OF BAVARIA, Dr. Franz Josef Strauss, who is also an offlc~al candldate for the Chancellorship of West Germany in this year's national el~ctlon, has selected UD as the site for his major policy address while in the Unlted States. As a guest of the University, Dr. Strauss will meet with state and local dignitaries at a reception in the World Trade Center Hall of Nations on Friday. Then on Saturday at 10 a.m. in Maher Athletic Center, the University will confer an h?nor~ry Doctor of Laws degree on the Minister President in recognition of his dis- ~~ ~t~l~n~g=u__=dlsrecord=h~e as a German scholar and statesman. Immediately following the degree ceremony, D~Straus will present-his-aaaress. At t e cone usfon of t e convocation, the Minister President will visit briefly with faculty, students and members of the local media at a reception in the Braniff foyer. Dr. Strauss has held four major federal ministerial posts in the West German government, including Minister of Nuclear Energy, Minister of Defense and Minister of Finance. His UD visit will be sponsored by the Graduate School of Man- agement. * * * liTHEPOET IN THE AGE OF PROSE," the 1980 McDermott Lecture by Dr. Erich Hel- ler, is set for 8 p.m. in Lynch Auditorium on Thursday. Serving as the University's seventh distinguished McDermott Scholar, Dr. Heller is Avalon Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University and an internationally recognized authority and interpreter of modern German philosophy, literature and poetry. His residence on campus will run through March 16. The lecture is open to all members of the campus community. * * * THE EUGENE MCDERMOTT LECTURESHIP PROGRAM has been expanded again this year to include a special COLLOQUIUM ON SHAKESPEARE. Set in Lynch Auditorium on Friday from 3-5 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. -5 p.m., the program will feature present~ ations by McDermott Professor Heller and four distinguished Shakespeare scholars. Participants will be Dr. O.B. Hardison Jr., director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.; Dr. Peter G. Phialas, professor of English at the University of North Carolina; Dr. Roy Battenhouse, professor of English at the University of Indiana at Bloomington; Dr. Jonahtan Miller, M.D., a director for the current series of Shakespeare plays produced by BBC-TV; and Dr. Heller .. Opening the program on Friday at 3 p.m., Dr. Hardison will present a lecture entitled "Loqtc Versus the Slovenly World in Shakespearean Comedy. II Dr. Louise Cowan (University Professor) will respond to Dr. Hardison. Dr. Phialas will open the Saturday session with a lecture on liAsyou Like It: Didacticism of Shakespeare's Comedies," to which Dr. Robert Scott Dupree (English) will respond. At 11 a.m., Dr. Battenhouse will speak on "Comedy in Measure for Measure." Dr. Leo Paul de Alvarez (Politics Chairman) will respond to Dr. Battenhouse. At 2 p.m. Dr. Miller will lecture on The Tamin~ of the Shrew. Presenting responses to his remarks will be Judith French Kelly Drama) and Dr. John Alvis (English). Finally, at 3:30 p.m., Dr. Heller will speak on "Passion and Psychology: Random Observations on Romeo and Juliet amd Hamlet. Responding will be Dr. Michael Platt (English). * * * THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, William Shakespeare's volatile romantic comedy on the subjects of love and marriage, will be the Drama Department's major production for the spring semester. Performances in the Margaret Jonsson Theater will run March 18-22 and 24-27. Admission will be free for all UD faculty and staff members, how- ever reservations will be necessary. Call ext. 314 for reservation information. * * * THE LATEST ISSUE OF DRAGONFLIES, a twice-yearly collection of essays produced by the Psychology Department, is now on sale in the University Bookstore. The purpose of the journal, according to Dr. Robert Sardello (Psychology Chairman), is to augment the work of the UD Psychology Department in its efforts to show that major events and trends in the world (such as: pollution, inflation and energy shortages) reflect what is happening to each of us individually. The current issue focuses on the psychologic- al and mythical "fragments" of stories told in contemporary diseases and pathologies. Now in its second year of publication, Dragonflies continues the theme of "psyche and body" inaugrated in the previous issue. UD contributors to the current issue include Dr. Sardello, Dr. Robert Roman- yshyn, Dr. Joanne Stroud and Waltraud Bartscht. Student contribultors were John Van Ness, a doctoral student from Marshalltown, Ia., and Michelle McKay, a senior from Lufkin. * * * FATHER DAVID BALAS (Theology Chairman) will present the fourth in the series of six 1980 Lenten lectures, collectively entitled "What Catholics Believe," on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Haggar University Center Upstairs Dining Room. The topic of Father David's lecture will be "Faith-- The Cure of the Man Born Blind." On Thursdays for the remainder of the Lenten season, members of the Theology faculty will lecture on classical themes of Christian faith and experiences in the spirit of Lent viewed in light of the comtemporary theological renewal. Next week, on March 20, Father Christopher Rabay will lecture on "Grace-- The Raising of Lazarus." * * * FORMER VISITING PROFESSOR FATHER BERNARD ORCHARD will return to the University on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Haggar University Center Upstairs Dining Room to present a public lecture on "The Two Gospels Hypothesis: The Present State of the Synoptic Problem." Father Orchard is an internationally known biblical studies scholar. He was Vj_ '~U19-Pro£esso of aCLe Scripture from_1976-78. * * * DR. JOHN GOODMAN (Economics) will be one of the feature speakers at the third annual Freedon in Third Century America seminar, held at the Northwood Institute in Midland, Mich., July 27-Aug. 1. Among the other featured speakers will be Robert Bleiberg, editor-in-chief of Barrons and Congressman Ron Paul of Texas. Dr. Goodman will speak on the politics of national health insurance. * * * DR. EMILY SANO, assistant curator of the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth and recognized authority on oriental art, will present the first of six lectures in a special CELEBRATION OF JAPANESE ARTS series on "Treasures of Japanese Civilization" Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Lynch Auditorium. Dr. Sano's topic will be "Subject and Patron: The Warrior in Japanese Art." The lecture series is being sponsored by the Office of Continuing Education. Contact Harris Garrett or Sandra Connell, at ext. 223, for registration information. A fee of $15 will be required for all six lectures.