Monday, November 6, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Paint and popularity
Backstage boss creates
By Linda McCrerey Kansan Staff Reporter
The first time I saw him I was talking to two theater students backstage in the University Theatre, discussing actors and debating who had contributed most to KU's theater department in the last few years.
"Clarence," one actor laughed suddenly.
"Clarence, sure!" the other said. "Seriously, he's worked in every single play in the last four years."
A little muscular man whizzed by, punching one actor in the arm on the way—apparently Clarence's universal sign of affection. A few minutes later he focused before us.
"Iiya, Clarence," they said, and one immediately took him on in an arm-wrestling match.
Clarence P. Seaver is shop foreman for the drama department. He supervises set construction from the drawings and is responsible for creating the illusion of reality on stage.
Clarence won the match—he always does—and started around the shop. A tattoo ("My angel, L.E.S."—his wife) peeped beneath his T-shirt sleeve. That day
--he wore a dried leaf burned over his heart.
Correction
The name of Roger D. Hill was erroneously included in the anti-Vietnam war petition published in the Kansan Friday. Hill does not subscribe to the statement published with the petition.
"A girl gave me that this mornin'," he said. "Now we're pinned."
His "office" is a cavernous, square room behind the stage, filled with planks, buzz-saws, tool chests and paint buckets. A ladder leads to a painting platform two stories high.
Stacks of frames were propped under the platform, filed for future shows.
On the wall is a neat little sign—students made it—lettered in
silver and surrounded with silver stars;
Shop Foreman
Clarence P. Seaver
"We've tried to standardize some things." Clarence—no one ever calls him Mr. Seaver—was saying, "so we won't have so much waste when we strike. Like these here doors. We've made thousands and thrown 'em all away before we decided to make one size for permanent doors.
"We've tried to build more
See Clarence, page 10
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
Nov. 7 Ski Club Meeting—Film & Speaker 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 8 Classical Film, Alleman 7 & 9 p.m., Dyche Aud.
Nov. 9 Special film,
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
8:00 p.m., Hoch Aud. & Discussion
Nov.10 Popular Film Series,
11 The Night of the Iguana
12 7 & 9:30 p.m., Dyche Aud.
Nov. 13 Down payment due for Christmas Ski Club trip to Jackson Hole
Nov.13 through Nov.16 WORLD AFFAIRS WEEK
Nov. 13 Paul-Henri Spaak
10:30 a.m. Hoch Aud.
Questions & Discussion
Paul-Henri Spaak & panel
1:30 p.m., Kansas Union Ballroom
The SUA Music Forum is opening its 1967-68 series with a discussion of Contemporary Music by Mr. Austin Ledwitt, Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Wind and Percussion. Other lecturers already scheduled for the series are on serial music and program music. This is an opportunity to widen your knowledge of various fields of music—don't miss it! To make our program a success we ask your attendance in the Music Room of the Union on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 3:30 p.m.