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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. Nov. 6, 1962
Miriam Makeba Is Small but Volatile
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Framed in blue, sometimes in fog-orange light, Miriam Makeba—a small candle of a woman alone upstage received a standing ovation at the conclusion of her folk music concert at Ottawa University last night.
Many KU students dotted the standing room only audience which brought Miss Makeba back for an encore and then thanked her with a second standing ovation.
OBVIOUSLY WEARY after the hour and forty-five minute show, Miss Makeba changed clothes quickly and then signed the autograph books of several dozen youngsters.
Then she walked across the Ottawa campus with school officials to attend a reception in her honor. Along the way she discussed her singing, goals, and ambitions.
Speaking in the same shy, often barely audible voice she used to thank her audience for their applause, she said that understanding was her goal.
"I try to tell stories with my songs." Miss Makeba said.
“THE SONGS I SING ARE sometimes happy songs, sometimes they are sad. When I sing each I try to understand the feelings involved and become what the song is,” Miss Makeba said.
From the moment Miss Makeba comes front-center until the spotlights wink the stage dark she is in command.
BUT MISS MAKEBA'S GRAND, forceful style is distinctly her own and however much comparisons suggest themselves they can readily be made inadequate; for she does not merely sing notes, but relies also on the dynamics of her full personality.
Mischief plays in her eyes like wind when she sings a gay Jewish harvest song, for example, but quickly disappears when she turns to an English version of "Love Tastes Like Strawberries."
A native of South Africa she was born in 1922 and has lived most of her life in Prospect Township, Johannesburg.
Miss Makeba will appear briefly at the Saturday night Homecoming Dance in Hoch Auditorium.
BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, England—(UPI) —Victor Poynter, 22, was fined $14 yesterday for buying his bride, Gloria, a beer at their wedding reception in a local pub.
Buys Bride Beer, Gets Fined
The bride was only 17.
Jail Bars in Pastel Colors
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—(UPI) Southern Steel Co., a major manufacturer of jail equipment, says 90 per cent of the barred doors and windows it markets are painted in pastel colors.
Sign of the Times?
LONDON—(UPI)—Sign in a dress shop;
"maternity wear for the modern miss."
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NSA Qualification Tests To Be Dec.8
A branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Security Agency (NSA), will give qualification tests here Dec. 8. Students interested in taking the test should apply for an admittance ticket now.
Application blanks for the test can be obtained through the College office or from Clifford Ketzel, associate professor of political science.
This application should be filled out and sent to the Educational Testing Service at Princeton, N.J.
NSA offers a variety of duties for all levels of college graduates with maiors from liberal arts fields.
Educational Testing Service will then send the student a ticket of admission telling the address.
Any person who is a native-born U.S. citizen and who has or is a candidate for at least a bachelor's degree is eligible to take the professional qualification test.
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