NEWSMEN: The 1969 AmSECT Conference will UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA be held in the Detroit Statler Hilton NEWS SERVICE-2o-JOHNSTON HALL Hotel. News media representatives are MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 invited to attend any of the lectures JULY 1, 1969 r and the awards banquet JUly 19. A press room will be staffed during business For further information, contact: hours. Advance copies of the program ROBERT LEE, 373-5830 can be obtained from the AmSECT Office, 287 E. Sixth St., St. PaUl, Minn., 55101. MEDICAL GROUP CONCERNED WITH MECHANICAL METHODS TO HOLD CONFERENCE IN DETROIT (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The American Society of Extra-Corporal Technology (AmSECT) -- technicians, surgeons, and para-medical personnel concerned with heart-lung and kidney-dialysis machines __ will hold its seventh annual conference July 16-19 in Detroit, Mich. Some 800 technicians, physicians, nurses, administrators, and engineers will be dis- cussing organ transplantation and preservation, kidney dialysis, and cardio-pulmonary technology. AmSECT President James B. Wade, supervisor of the experimental surgery laboratories at the University of Minnesota, explained that clinical extra-corporal technology (mechianical means to stimulate and perpetuate the functions of the human body) is a recent benefit of medical science. Every day hundreds of chronically ill people with severe kidney problems rely on artificial kidney machines and skilled medical technologists to cleanse their blood allowing them to lead relatively normal productive lives. Oxygenation technology -- the use of a by-pass pump to perpetuate blood circulation during open heart surgery -- has been used successfully for more than 15 years. The system, it is anticipated, may be used for longer periods to give a malfunctioning heart two or three days' rest. Wade emphasized more knowledge would be needed to make long-term oxygenation a clinical reality. He also cited the growing importance of organ and tissue preservation as an example of extra-corporal technique. -UNS- f'-f fh UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE-20 JOHNSTON HALL MINNEAPOLIS~ MINNESOTA 55455 JULY 2~ 1969 A JOINT RELEASE FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE DEPARnlENT OF EDUCATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA For further information, contact: JUDY VICK~ 373-5193 or CAROL GURSTELLE~ 221-6418 PROGRAM SEEKS IMPROVEMENT IN LIBRARIES FOR INDIANS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Better library facilities and services for Minnesota Indians is the purpose of a new program being conducted under the auspices of the Minnesota State Department of Education and the University of Minnesota. Representatives from 48 Minnesota schools with large American Indian enrollments are currently attending a five-week orientation institute at the University of Minne- sota. They include certified librarians, teachers and teacher aides from rural and urban, public and private schools. When the participants have completed the orientation phase of the program July 18, they will establish resource centers in their home communities to serve both in-school and out-of-school programs for all ages. During the coming school year they will at- tend five three-day workshops at various locations throughout the state and next June will return to the University campus for a two-week summary institute. The program is directed toward understanding the culture, heritage and needs of the American Indian people; developing techniques for communication; and developing individual library programs with emphasis on preschool and adult activities. Basic materials~ books and instructional materials for the resource centers will 1 be provided for each of the 48 schools in the program. More than a quarter million dollars, including a recent federal grant of $135,000 to the University for this purpose~ is being used to fund the program. Part of the money will come from federal grants to the Minnesota State Department of Education for the purpose of imp.r.'oving Innian pnuc:i1:ion in Minnesota. # (MORE) Indians -2- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The directors of the program, all American Indians, are: Will Antell,. director of Indian education for the State Department of Education, director of the program Ted Mahto, assistant director Lee Antell, associate director ~ Sessions are conducted at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, on the , St. Paul campus. The institute office is in 154 Dining Center. f I ~ Field trips and group meetings are scheduled at other times. Purpose of the group work is the production of an annotated, refined bibliography of available materials on American Indians. Guest speakers scheduled for the remainder of the session are as follows: Thursday, July 3, 9 a.m. -- Marvin Rosen, Superintendent of Schools, Cloquet, Mn. Monday, July 7, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. -- Vicki Jacobson, Burnsville, reading con­ sultant. Tuesday, July 8, 9 a.m. -- Emily Peake, chairman, Minneapolis Indian Center. Wednesday, July 9, 9 a.m. -- Panel of Indian college students: Harry Finn, Moorhead State; Norene Beaulieu, Bemidji State and Deloris Snook, University of Minnesota. Thursday and Friday, July 10 and 11, 9 a.m. -- Virgil Wurr, principal of Nett Lake School, Nett Lake, MD. Friday, JUly 11, 1 p.m. -- Charles Bruning, chairman of the University's College of Education department of clinical services. Tuesday, July 15, 9 a.m. -- Gisela Konopka, University professor of social work, on how librarians can work with other school personnel. Wednesday and Thursday, July 16 and 17, 9 a.m. -- Jerry Buckanaga, principal of the Pine Point elementary school, Ponsford, Mn. An Indian Art Fair and Pow Wow are planned for the last week of the orientation institute ~ July 14-18. -UNS- J UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE-20 JOHNSTON HALL MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JULY 2, 1969 For further information, contact: JUDY VICK, 373-5193 MACARTHUR TO DIRECT 'THE GHOST SONATA' (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Visiting director Dugald MacArthur is directing the University Theatre's pro- duction of "The Ghost Sonata" during first summer session. The dream play by Swedish playwright August Strindberg will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, JUly 10, 11 and 12, in Scott hall auditorium. Disillusionment is the theme of the drama in which a young man goes through life finding "things are never what they appear to be." "It is an eerie, haunting psychological drama," MacArthur says. MacArthur, 38, is also conducting an acting workshop for members of the Minnesota Theatre Company this summer. In September, he will become associate dean of theatre at the new California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Calif. Cast in the lead roles in "The Ghost Sonata" are Robert Boys, Jr., Michael Tezla and Beverly White, all graduate students. Tickets and reservations can be obtained from the University Theatre's Scott Hall Ticket Office, phone 373-2337, or at Dayton's. # SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION MACARTHUR -- 1968-69 Chairman of the drama department at San Francisco State College where he directed "Marat/Sade" 1964-68 Founder and chairman of the SchOOl of Art and Drama of the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock. His pl'oduction "Of Prisons and Men" (based on real life experiences within the walls) was halted by a court injunction tW0 days before it was to open. (MORE) · ' ... 'Ghost Sonata' -2- 1963 Wrote and directed feature-length film, "Patterns in Jazz" for the U.S. Information Agency. 1961-63 Faculty member at Baylor University where he directed the first pro­ duction of "Long Day's Journey Into Night" ouside of New York City. Permission to do the play was given by Eugene O'Neill's widow on condition "that not a word of the original would be changed." After six of 10 scheduled performances, the play was closed by the president of the university. 1960-62 Directed a number of productions at the Dallas Theatre Center, includ­ ing "Julius Caesar" and a world premiere of "Shadow of an Eagle." Received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College; a master of arts degree from Harvard University and a master of fine arts degree from Baylor University. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE-20 JOHNSTON HALL MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE: 373-5193 JULY 3, 1969 LIST OF UNIVERISTY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL CAMPUS PUBLIC EVENTS . WEEK OF JULY 6-13 Sun., July 6 -- Peppermint Tent: "Bobby and the Dragons," a play for children, Minneapolis campus landing, 3:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays till July 20. Admission and reservations. Sun., July 6 -- Coffman Gallery: "In Search of America," paintings by Robert Meyer; and lithographs, paintings and constructions by Don McRaven, West Gallery, both through July 18. Hours: Sun. 1-8 p.m., Mon·-Sat. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Sun., JUly 6 -- "Aparajito" (The Unvanquished), part of a South Asian Film Festival to be presented Sundays through Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. in the Bell Muse­ um of Natural History. Sunday, July 13, "Apur Sansar" (World of Apu). Free. Mon., July 7 -- University Gallery: "Art of India" through Aug. 23, third floor, Northrop auditorium. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Mon., July 7 -- St. Paul Student Center Galleries: "Oriental Art Objects" by Roger Hintze, through Aug. 15, display cases. Photographs by Cheryl Walsh, through July 31, Rouser Room gallery. Works of Thinji Ishekaua, through JUly 21, second-floor gallery. Hours: Mon.-Fri 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free. Mon., JUly 7 -- University Showboat: Sheridan's "School For Scandal," with Gilbert and Sullivan numbers, Minneapolis campus landing, 8 p.m. Other performances JUly 8-12, 14-19 and 21-26, at 8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. and at 7 and 10 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Admission and reservations. Tues., July 8 -- Music of South India performed by Jon Higgins, Wesleyan teaching fellow, and Tanjore Ranganathan, artist-in-residence at Wesleyan, 8 p.m., Mayo auditorium. Free. Wed., July 9 -- "I Am Twenty" and "The House That Anand Built," part of a noon film series on India, 12:20 p.m., Nicholson hall auditorium.