William P. Albrecht, dean of the Kansas University graduate school, was named chairman of an advisory committee to work with the board of regents to screen candidates for the KU chancellorship to be vacated July 1 by Clarke Wescoe.

The Kansas Board of Regents decided to authorize architects to proceed with revised plans for the $5.8 million five-story humanities building planned for the campus. Originally, plans had called for a 26-story skyscraper, the tallest building in Kansas. But funds could not be assembled and a sharp scaling-down of the project became necessary.