University Daily Kansan Thursday, Dec. 6, 1963
Legendary Newsman Robert Casey Is Dead
CHICAGO—(UPI)—Robert J. Casey, a legendary newspaper reporter and author, died yesterday at the age of 72.
Casey, who is survived by his widow, passed away at St. Francis Hospital in suburban Evanston, where he had been confined since Nov. 24.
FOR 27 YEARS CASEY WAS a Chicago Daily News reporter. One of his fellow workers was poet-historian Carl Sandburg.
During World War II Casey covered the battle fronts from Europe to Africa to the South Pacific as a war correspondent for the Daily News.
He reported the fall of France in 1940, the London Blitz, the D Day landings in France and the Pacific battles.
An author of more than 30 books, his "Torpedo Junction" was a World War II best seller. His latest work was "Grand Slam," published last July, a collection of some of his essays.
CASEY WAS BORN IN Beresford, S.D., in 1890 to Irish-American parents. He gave up ambitions to be a concert pianist to begin his newspaper career.
His first newspaper job was with the Des Moines (Iowa) Register and Leader. He later worked for the Houston (Tex.) Post, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Evening Journal and the Chicago Evening American.
Prior to World War II he gained national prominence as a reporter by leading a schooner expedition from Tahiti to Easter Island, covering the 1933 revolution in Cuba and reporting the crash of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst. N.J.
HE WON THE SILVER star and three citations for bravery during the first World War, which he entered as a private and rose to a captaincy.
'Alice in Wonderland' Begins Today in University Theatre
Amid a flurry of ostrich feathers and crochet balls "Alice in Wonderland" will make her appearance at 4:30 today in the University Theatre after a five performance run in Kansas City's Music Hall.
Althought the Children's Theatre production is staged primarily for Lawrence youngsters. KU's young at heart will enjoy the new approach to the traditional storybook theme.
The play is a kind of juvenile mystery with everyone trying to find out who stole the Queen of Hearts' tarts and convict her. Sharon Scoville, Kansas City senior, is the well-meaning Alice. Mike Jackson, Lawrence graduate student, is the White Rabbit and Hoite Caston, Independence senior, is the Mad Hatter. The Queen of Hearts is Jane Hess, Rogersville, Mo., graduate student.
OTHER CAST members are Ted Lawson, Medford, Oregon, senior; the Gryphon; Keith Jochim, Birmingham, Mich., senior, the Mock Turtle; Dave Jewell, Bird City sophomore, the Black Rooster; Mc-
linda Bertolet, Los Angeles junior,
the Duchess; Lanny Fellers, Lawrence sophomore, the Knave of Hearts; Nancy Marcy, Scott City sophomore, the Dormouse; Dale Gadd, Kansas City freshman, the Yellow Chicken and Nikki Lewis, Overland Park sophomore, a Black Mole
New to the KU stage is the husband and wife team of Richard and Marilyn Scharine, both Lawrence graduate students. Scharine plays the King of Hearts and Mrs. Scharine portrays Alice's sister Margaret.
Other new-comers to the University stage are Mickey Denfeld, Mahattan graduate student, the voice of the Cheshire Cat; Dennis Cooksey, Shawnee freshman, the March Hare; Cindy Houser, Lawrence freshman, the Red Squirrel, and Daneille Goering, Moundridge freshman, the White Mouse.
Performances will be at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is 50 cents for the matinee and $1 for the evening performance.
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3 Honored In Potpourri
Three more trophies will be presented tomorrow night during the second night of finals which begin at 8 in Fraser Theatre.
The KU speech department last night awarded trophies to three students during the first round of finals in the annual potpourri contest.
The winners, students in Speech I, were: Steve Polston, Lawrence freshman; Kaye Whitaker, Wichita freshman; and Richard Rogers, Kansas City, Mo. freshman.
Miss Whitaker spoke on "The Origin of the Mademoiselle from Armentiers", or as she called it "Hinky, Dinky, Parlez Vous", a French war song.
POLSTON DISCUSSED Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal" which he termed "an historic example of the relation of people to the federal government—a concept with which we are faced today.
Judges for the contest were: Allen Crafton, professor emeritus of speech and drama; Lynn Osborn, assistant professor of speech and drama; and William Reardon, professor of theatre.
Rogers, using graphic illustration presented the evolution of the firearm.
Middle East Expert Will Talk Tonight
An expert on the Middle East will discuss the press and mass communications in the Middle East at 7:30 p.m. today in the William Allen White Memorial Reading Room in Flint Hall.
Alan W. Horton of American Universities Field Staff is on a 10-day visit to KU. He is speaking to various classes and organizations on the Middle East.
Tonight's program is being sponsored jointly by Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary men and women's journalism societies. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Battlewagon Draws Crowds
WILMINGTON.N.C. (UPI)—There were 458,851 visitors aboard the World War II battleship USS North Carolina in its first year berthed here as a state memorial.
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Sweaters ... $3.95 to 17.95
Blouses ... $4.95 to 9.95
Skirts ... $6.95 to 17.95
Jewelry ... $1.00 to 3.00 plus tax
Hosiery ... $1.15 to 1.35
Dusters ... $10.95 to 12.95
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Albert Schweitzer's super-human strength might be due to his early poor health, William Moore, dean o the School of Religion, said last night
"When Schweizer was a child, doctors did not think he would live," Dean Moore went on. "It's very probable that this early sickness fostered the development of good habits. Schweitzer learned how to husband his strength."
Schweitzer's Strength Attributed to Health
Dean Moore listed three factors that made up Schweitzer's greatness
"I have read that Schweitzer is slackening some in his work," Dean Moore said. "But at 87, he still does more work than the average man."
DEAN MOORE discussed the life of Schweitzer before members of the Great Men of the 20th Century study group. This was the second in a series of meetings studying Albert Schweitzer, noted missionary and doctor.
—tremendous mental endowment, a body stronger than most and a will that can help him conquer great obstacles.
His areas of work, the dean said, were:
- Music—"He was an artist at the organ keys. He was such an authority on organ building that he could
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write a book about it. He was a composer, critic and music historian."
- SERVICE TO humanity — "He went to Africa as a medical doctor and as an emissary of Christ."
- Theology — "Between 1900 and 1913, while he was a student, he wrote many standard works on theology. As a minister, he traveled, giving lectures and recitals. He visited old churches to rescue old organs that would have been destroyed."
- Ethics — "He has demonstrated his ability in this area in a striking way. He practices reverence for all life."
"But," he said, "Schweitzer only uses his European experience as a stepping stone to more extensive work in Africa."
Concerning Schweitzer's occasional stays in Europe, Dean Moore explained that he could live life there to the fullest, lecturing and giving organ recitals.
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