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Friday. November 10, 1961 University Daily Kenson
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Ness Loses Again, To Pagliacci, Yet
By Zeke Wigglesworth
The little old lady sitting in a box at the Metropolitan Opera does not like TV private eyes, cowboys who shoot one another, or Ehlot Ness spraying the air with lead and leaving 50 members of the Capone moblying in pools of blood on the pavement.
SO IT IS WE FIND the little old lady sitting on the edge of her chair as the fourth scene of act one of "Don Giovanni" ensues. The little old lady feels gratified that she gave up Eliot Ness to go to the "Met" as she hears the lovely strains of "Batti, Batti":
The little old lady does, however, like opera. She likes it because the costumes are lovely, the music is divine, and because Mrs. Schultz accused her of being a clod.
Batti, batti o bel Massetto
la tua povera Zerlina;
Staro qui come agnellina
Staro qui come agnellina le tue botte ad aspetar.
le tue botte ad aspetar.
Batti, batti la tua Zerlina;
Batu, batu la tua Zerima
staro qui, staro qui
saro qu, saro qui
Le tue botte ad aspetar.
Lasciero straziarmi il crime.
Frantically the little old lady looks through her Italian-English dictionary to keep up. She gives up and sits back, dreaming of true love in 17th century Spain.
For you music lovers in the audience, a liberal translation of the little lady's favorite love song is:
Beat me, beat me dear Massetto,
beauty your poor Zerina.
Beat me, beat me dear Mastoffe,
beat your poor Zerlina;
Here I am, a willing victim,
beat me till I cannot stand.
Beat me, beat me, your poor Zerlina,
beat me till I cannot stand.
Beat me till your fingers
wear out.
SEVERAL DAYS LATER the little old lady is invited to a tea and cup-cake party at a friend's house. The party ends as the hostess turns on the television set and the "Untouchables" comes on. Sniffing her nose in the air, the little old lady stalks out of the house, saying that she is going to "Faust."
Sure enough, there she is next week in her usual seat, watching the curtain rise on act one, scene two of Faust. "Lovely lads" she says, as the students come out singing:
Soit plein!
Vin ou biere, Biere ou vin,
Que mon verre
Sans vergonne, Coup sur coup,
Un ivrogne Boit tout!
THE LITTLE OLD LADY doesn't like Eliot Ness—but she favors the destruction of alcoholic beverages. So she listens to the students singing (English translation):
Beer or brandy, brandy or beer We're not particular, bring it here
We have no prejudice, glass for glass
We will drink anything you pass
pass.
By now, the old gal has all her friends interested in the non-violent musicals of the opera, so when Pagliacci opens, the whole Sunday afternoon Settin', Knittin', and Gossip group descends on the opera. They sit enthralled as some clown wanders around singing marvelous arias of love and devotion.
They gasp with delight as the fol-
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Harold Fearing, Lawrence senior, occupies a position most students can only dream about. He has the top grade point average—2.9809 in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
But Fearing, who earned his grade average in math and physics, maintains there are "more important things in life than grades" and tries not to lose sleep over his studies.
"I LIKE to do a lot of my studying during the day," he explained. "In physics, you don't have too much day-to-day work. But every so often you run into a problem set that takes 30 hours to do."
Fearing Ranks Top in Grades
He is president of Sigma Phi Sigma, physics society, and a member of the editorial committee of Search, a magazine published annually by members of the KU Gifted Students Program.
In addition, he is a member of the KU Math Club, Alba Phi Omega, service fraternity, and is active in the Wesley Foundation.
FEARING IS carrying 17 hours of course study this year, eight of them in physics, a subject generally regarded by KU students as one of the most difficult at the University.
But Fearing doesn't worry too much about his difficult curriculum or about maintaining his high grade point average.
Upon completion of his studies at KU, Fearing hopes to do graduate work, perhaps at the University of California or Stanford.
"Certainly there are easier subjects than physics," he acknowledged, "but I think that if you like physics, it's not too hard. A lot of students flunking physics are not the ones that intend to go on and major in the subject."
"I SUPPSE the pressure increases a little when you're almost through college and are trying to maintain your grade point average. But on the whole, it isn't too bad."
His final decision, he said, will depend upon the outcome of his scholarship applications to various schools.
Why does he choose this over more lucrative offers by private business?
Fearing's long-range goal is to enrage in university teaching and research.
"I want to be free in deciding what kind of research to do," he said. "I might not have this freedom in private business. Besides, I've lived in Lawrence all my life and I like the atmosphere in an academic community."
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