Dioramas

Junket

Processes in Making
Model Dioramas Will
Be Explained by
William Campbell

Some of the arduous processes of
«making model dioramas will be ex-
plained by William Campbell, grad-
uate of the department of design,
and supervisor of the WPA museum
project, at the Campus Junket held

 

tomorrow night in Robinson gym-

nasium at 8:15.

A series of six dioramas, which
have been completely made in Law-
rence, have been carefully and dur-
ably constructed and are authentic
in every detail.

To those who are unfamiliar with
dioramas, the exhibit will resemble
minature outdoor stage sets com-
plete with actors and beautifully
executed lighting effects. Mrs. Kerr,
national director of WPA museum

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projects, on a recent visit to Law-
rence highly praised the work on
dioramas being done and in none of |
them have they attempted subjects |
that show action and human fig-_
ures.’

This exhibit is similar to that
made by Bernard Frazier which is
in Dyche museum, where a set of
these may be placed. Six copies of |
each diorama is being made and a
set will be placed in museums at
Leavenworth, Topeka, Wichita, and.
Lawrence.

One diorama shows the Pawnee
Indians engaged in making pottery.
A kneeling woman builds the wall
of a jar by coiling a strip of soft
clay and pressing it in place. In the

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Program Fe eatures

Last ‘Ope n House’ Session

Frank Anneberg, °33, tap dancing
on his hands, and playing a trombone
while standing on his head; Benny

Maynard and his musicians coaxing
tunes such as “Old McDonald Had a

Farm” and “Organ Grinder Swing”
from an. orchestra of three bass
jugs, three sets of bottles, and two
sets of test tubes—will be special at-
tractions of the last. “Open House”
of the summer session to be held at
7. o’clock Monday evening in Me-
morial Union building.

Anneberg has appeared several
times in Ripley’s “Believe it or Not.”
During the 1932 Olympics held in Los
Angeles, he walked down the Olym-
pic stadium steps on his hands. The
past year he has been assistant. coach
at North Central College at Napen-
ville; Ill., and at present is recre-
ational director of the Mid-Western
Music Camp at the University.

Carol Johnson, fa’38, will con-
tinue his sketching of summer ses-
sionites for the “Hall. of Fame.” All
persons who have had their portrait

 

sketched and who wish to have them |
must claim them at the close of the
open house. Those who have won a
place in the gallery to date are: Rita
Morris, a student at the Mid-Western
Music Camp; Henry: Werner, men’s
adviser; Richard LaBan, editor of the
Summer Session Kansan; Joscph
Cochrane, ¢’38; Dorothy Gehret,
fa’41; Edith Ferguson; Howard Pal-
mer, e’uncl.; Lewis Copeland, fa’40;
Gene Klemp, b’38; Dr. Forrest C.
Allen, prefessor of physical educa-
tion; Russell Hodge; and Fred ae
tooy, c’39.

Ross Robertson, assistant instruc-
tor in economics, will lead the group
in the singing of “barber house
gems.” As this is the last. party
dancing will be continued until 10
o'clock in the ballroom.

 

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distance workers lash poles together |
to form a frame work for brush
and sod that will make a weather- | : ®
proof home. In another, Comanche, ;
one of the largest of the nomadic |
‘tribes, is shown as it passes Pawnee |
Rock in what is now known as Bar-_
ton country.
Other dioramas picture the Osage
hunters anxiously awaiting the re-
\sults of a shot at a pair of Wapiti,
‘or American elk; a Cheyenne tribe
‘buffalo hunt; and the Eagle dance
of the Kiowa tribe; and a harvest
scene of the Kansas Indians.
, The junket will start at 8:15 in|
order to avoid conflict with the |
education banquet to be held bia) (

same evening.