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Show utAo ctoon cle OA ly May 8, 1974 I'nUrrMt) of Utah Olive Burt reviews Vol.83 No. 124 writing career 70-ye- ar by SARA NELSON Chronicle staff "Newspaper work can be deadly for creative writing," said Olive Burt Tuesday. She was the guest of a Sigma Delta Chi sack lunch at the Women's Resource Center. Learning to write fast, be accurate, and meet deadlines provides some advantages for a writer, said but it can destroy Burt, creativity. The tiny woman in an ecru lace blouse, tailored pants suit, gentle wrinkles and snowy hair talked informally about her writing career. She sold her first piece to the San Francisco Examiner when she was eight years old. When she was 10 she tried to get a job with the Salt Lake Tribune. The local papers would "hire a boy, never a girl, to report the neighborhood news." One of these boys was lazy enough to let her write his news. The paper paid him $2 a week and for a quarter Burt covered the neighborhood and would interview celebrities who came to town. "Nobody ever told me what to do. I just did what I thought was 4P ) 70-ye- f; V -- ' i v right." r: When the boy graduated from eighth grade Burt was out of a job and contented herself with entering contests and submitting articles. "I've sold something every year since I was eight, except the year I was 10 years old." As a young school teacher she organized student newspapers and ? 1.; taught extra-curricul- journalism classes. She gave Jack Anderson ar his first job--boy scout reporter. University journalism professors Milton Hollstein and Paul Cracroft were some of her other students. Burt is currently writing books. "I do an awful lot of research." she said. She travelled to North Africa, Portugal, and other places Prince Henry had been for one book, and then it didn't a .. JIi n n. ni... num. n.,iM miwrwim i ,1 . .' -- gu V . U4 Olive Burt, certainly one of Utah's veteran writers, spoke to a Sigma Delta Chi conclave Tuesday. make any money. Asked if it's worth it all to write, she said, "Well, is it worthwhile having a kid? They're a problem and you don't make any money." One of two being published Burt has written over 50 books. this year is "Black Women of Valor." She had 85 stories, but an editor's adv isory board has cut the book to four women's stories. "The black didn't want anv whites mentioned, the women's libber didn't want any men. and the social worker didn't want anyone." t For example, a story on a black woman who made a fortune and was active in developing opportunities for other blacks was cut by the Writing is a rewarding experience, says Burt-so- rt a problem and you don't advisory board because the woman had wanted to live in a white of like "having a kid-i- t's make any money." neighborhood. Ticket project to aid ASUU budget pinch The new ASUU administration has completed its 1974-7budget 5 proposals to make to the Assembly. ASUU has fewer funds this year than it has had in the past due to decreased enrollments, and many budget requests will not be able to be met, so consequently many groups will have to earn much of their income through fund-raisinprojects, which ASUU will help to sponsor. The biggest change in this year's budget has been the elimination of a number of the line items requested by many of the clubs, organizations and committees on campus. Instead of the line items, a large g contingency fund has been proposed and these groups will have to go through theAssembly in order to receive ASUU funds. The primary reason for doing this is to divert more funds into the things that will benefit a greater number of students. But these groups will not be left completely without funds. One of these fund raising functions is the selling of tickets to the spring football game in order to raise money for themselves. As a result of a plan designed by Fred Metos the Department of Athletics has consented to sell tickets to the spring football game at half price to these groups which are in need of funds. There are three types of I : -w , .- I "" " tickets: $3.00 chair seats, $2.00 bleachers and $1.00 student seats. These tickets will be sold "Wasted Talents of Women be the topic of Dr. Ph.D.'s' Elizabeth Scott's lecture to be given Wednesday at 7:15 in the North Physics Rotunda 102. is in lecture Scott's in "Women the with conjunction held on series Science" being campus. Scott is presently chairman of statistics at the University of California at Berkeley. She presented a very interesting statistical study at the American Association for the Advancement in of Science meeting 1971. Philadelphia, in will to these organizations for a cost $1.00 and 50 cents respectively, and can be obtained at the Special Events Center ticket office. Thise tickets will be distributed on a first come first serve basis and must be paid for at the time they are picked up. The game will be played on the night of May 17, and all proceeds which the Department of Athletics receives will go into its scholarship fund. Besides providing a means for of $1.50, these organizations to earn money, the game will be a preview for new head football coach Tom Lovat's talents. Lecture will consider plight of female Ph.D. Elizabeth Scott, head of statistics at Berkeley, is this week's "Women lecturer. in Science" was able to demonstrate that the mean high school grades of women Ph. D.'s regardless of discipline, were appreciably higher than the mean score of male Ph. D.'s in comparable disciplines. After the lecture there will be a panel discussion with Dr. Ruth Ault, an assistant professor of psychology, Dr. Richard Ault of of Physics, the Department E. Allan Davis of the Professor Department of Mathematics, and Dr. Jill Bonner of the Department of Physics. Scott, a native of Oklahoma, a In entitled did her undergraduate and paper and doctoral work at the University Criteria "Developing of Measurements Equal of California at Berkeley. She Opportunities for Women," she received her Ph. D.in 1949. Barrage of Indian Days' activities planned University Indian Days will provide a week full of sports, arts and crafts, music and awards to show that "today's Indians are outspoken and involved." The May 6 to May 11 event is sponsored by the Red American Student Organization (RASO) and will be open to the public. Highlighting the week will be Sakohwenonkwas, spiritual leader and subchief of the Mohawk nation. He will spead on topics including Indian prayer, prophecy, religion, history, values and ecology from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Union Building. Indian craftsmen will display and sell leather work, jewelry and blankets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each work day in the Union Building. A course on topics such as mythology, law and politics will feature (en speakers from throughout the country as port of Indian Days. The course will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. M rdc'y through Friday in the Spencer Hall auditorium. Course cards c: n bo two-cred- it obtained from Ethnic Studies, Building 463, Room 103. Wednesday through Saturday, 16 Indian basketball teams will clash in the physical education complex. Except for the 7 p.m. championship game Saturday, all games will be played at 3:30 p.m. "Miss Indian U of U", Outstanding Indian Man, Outstanding Indian Woman, and department awards will be presented Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Union west auditorium. An Indian "country ballad expressionist" will team with an Indian Western rock band to entertain the public free of charge Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Floyd Westerman, called "one of the most 3dmired and sought-afte- r Indian men in America, " will sing for a before an half hour the Sundowners take the stage. The week will Vie copped with an Indian foot race for cash prizes at 9 a.m. starting at h'- Union Building. At noon on the Union patio a ublii. in ii. n ill be held for 75 cents a person. i |