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University Theatre Tryouts to be Held
The University Theatre will hold open tryouts for three dramas, two musical shows and one children's play from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. today, tomorrow and Wednesday in the University Theatre, Murphy Hall. Tryouts for these productions are open to all KU students. Actors, singers and dancers are all needed. At least two of the six shows require acting casts of more than 25 persons.
"Paint Your Wagon" by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, William L. Kuhke, instructor of speech and drama; "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov, Jack Brooking, acting director of the University Theatre; "The Fantasticks," a small musical, Phil Harris, Lawrence graduate student;
THE SHOWS to be cast and their directors are:
"The Egg" by Felicien Marceau, F. Cowes Strickland, director-in-residence; "The Trial" by Gide and Barrault, a dramatization of Franz Kafka's novel, Bill Evans, Clarksdale, Miss. graduate student, and "Alice in Wonderland," dramatized by Madge Miller, Jed E. Davis, director of the Children's Theatre.
ALSO TO BE cast in these auditions are a number of roles in "The Boy Friend," a musical set in the "tittering twenties" of Great Britain, by Britisher Sandy Wilson.
"The Boy Friend," last year's University Players show, has been selected for a USO tour that will go to Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines this summer.
Those interested in "The Boy Friend" should contact Sidney Berger, Brooklyn, N.Y., graduate student, in 326 Murphy Hall, or call KU 268.
SINGERS' AUDITIONS for "Paint Your Wagon" will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesday in the chorus room, third floor Murphy Hall. Singers should come prepared to sing one
song, either from a Broadway show or a popular song. An accompanist will be provided, or the singer may bring his or her own.
Dancers' auditions for "Paint Your Wagon, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Rehearsal Room below the University Theatre. Seven women (fandango) dancers and one male dancer are needed. Athletes, gymnists, and acrobats are especially needed in the show.
NASA Man Has Porpoise Purpose
MIAMI — (UFI) — A Miami scientist who wants to converse with porpoises has received an $80,-700 one-year contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Lilly, a neurophysiologist, has been working with dolphins, commonly called porpoises, since 1955.
The contract went to Dr. John C. Lilly's Communication Research Institute at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, it was announced yesterday.
He says the porpoises talk to each other and can be taught to mimic humans. In fact, he says, one porpoise even picked up a southern accent when repeating a sentence after one of Lilly's southern-raised assistants.
Lilly said he tape records the porpoise speech and plays it back at slower speeds because they speak eight times as fast as humans.
NASA hopes to use techniques perfected by Lilly if organisms capable of communicating are found in outer space.
"This work may help us toward understanding of the communications of other organisms, some of which may have communications techniques far more effective than ours," said Dr. Dale W. Jenkins of NASA's environmental biology programs.
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration grant of $100,000, spread over three years, has been made to the University of Kansas for "interdisciplinary" studies in space science and technology.
NASA Grants KU $100,000
Dr. John S. McNown, dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture and director of the KU Center for Research in Engineering Science, will direct the program studies.
First-year spending from the grant will be about $50,000. Dean McNown said at least half of the grant would go to support specific research projects. The remainder will be used to stimulate the training of students in space sciences, and to analyze how KU facilities can best be coordinated into the national space effort.
Research areas in which the KU faculty have already indicated an interest include a study of blood systems in zero-gravity environments by the life sciences department; study of waste disposal in the closed environments of space vehicles by the Environmental Health Center; and external vehicular environment, drawing on experts in several departments.
Monday, Sept. 17, 1962 University Daily Kansan
Coinciding with announcement of the NASA grant was an announcement by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe of the formation of a committee on space science and technology to encourage and guide KU's participation in the national space effort.
NEW YORK — (UPI) — The Berlitz Schools of Languages reports that at least eight well known corporations are paying for language instruction for both wives and husbands who are slated for foreign posts.
Language Studies Pre-paid
Dean McNown is chairman of the committee. The vice chairman is Dr. Kenneth C. Deemer, head of the department of mechanics and aerospace engineering. Other members of the executive committee are Prof. William J. Argersinger, associate dean of the Graduate School, and Prof. David Paretsky, chairman of the bacteriology department.
Marxist Gains Algerian Power
An Interpretive Report By Paul Chwat
ALGIERS — (UPI) — A military leader who quelled a budding battle between opposing Moslem forces emerged today as a possible rival to Ahmed Ben Bella as Algeria's political chief.
Col. Houari Boumedienne, 37-year-old Marxist revolutionary whose 55.000-man Popular National Army (ANP) supported Ben Bella's push to power, is believed by some to hold the key to Algeria's immediate future.
BOUMEDIENNE hurried to the port city of Bougie last week to stop what could have become a battle between his men and Kabylia guerrillas of Willaya (military zone) Three.
He ordered the withdrawal of 250 ANP soldiers who had invaded Willaya Three in defiance of the cease-fire and reportedly impressed Kabylia officers.
Observers saw the success of his mission as the best indication yet of his growing authority.
Premier Youssef Ben Khedda fired Boumedienne as army chief of staff June 30, charging that he wanted to set up a military dictatorship. But Ben Bella re-installed him after shoving Ben Khedda aside.
Boumedienne backed Ben Bella during the latter's conquering march from Oran to Algiers. But most sources believe Boumedienne has his own political ambitions and, as army commander, the power to achieve them.
Boudiaf, a 43-year-old vice premier in the now powerless Algerian provisional government (GPRA), announced he would not run in Thursday's national parliamentary elections, despite nomination on the one-party slate.
AS BOUMEDIENNE gained in stature, Ben Bella's strongest political opponent, Mohammed Boudiaf, left the scene, at least temporarily.
Boudiaf said he was dropping out because Ben Bella "prefabricated" Algeria's first parliament by forcing the choice of the candidates. Since the candidates will run unopposed, their election is taken for granted.
Boudiaf's resignation cut the number of candidates on the one-party slate to 195. Ben Bella's ruling political bureau drew up the list, keeping its political opponents on it to a minimum.
VERY IMPORTANT
Student Season Football Ticket Information
1. NEW STUDENTS AND TRANSFERS MUST APPLY FOR THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS BY 4:00 P.M., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 (student-ticket applications will not be accepted after this September 21 date.)
2. FORMER STUDENTS WHO HAVE APPLIED AND PAID FOR THEIR SEASON TICKETS MUST PICK UP THEIR T.C.U.GAME TICKET BY 4:00 P.M.FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 (no student tickets can be picked up on the day of the game.)
3. FORMER STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR SEASON TICKETS MUST FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURE AS NEW STUDENTS (1. above)
ALL STUDENT TICKETS WILL BE APPLIED FOR AND PICKED UP IN THE MAIN LOBBY (EAST) OF ALLEN FIELD HOUSE. （Field House Ticket Office, Hours 9:00-12:00 a.m. and 1:00-4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, as specified above.)
No Single Game Student Tickets Will Be Sold for the 1962 Home Football Games So Be Sure to Apply for Your Season Tickets Immediately.