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Madame Butterfly Opera to Open Friday; Oriental Costumes, Hairstyles Recreated
The KU production of "Madame Butterfly" will be he first time a dramatic opera has been presented during homecoming weekend.
Dr. Lewin Goff, director of the show, said in past years a light musical comedy was presented, but he believes the Puccini opera is colorful enough to interest everyone.
Prof. Robert Baustian, orchestra conductor for the opera, conducted "Madame Butterfly" this summer with the Santa Fe Opera Company, and when he returned to KU this fall, he brought a revised set of English lyrics which are being used in the KU production.
The sets for the opera, designed by Bill Henry, are special features of the production, and consist of a hillside outside of a Japanese house, and an interior of a Japanese house.
The costumes for the opera are designed by Chez Haehl, Asst. Prof. of speech and drama. Prof. Haehl has designed costumes for this opera before, and is experienced in handling all aspects of the elaborate Japanese costumes required for this production.
Edward Sooter, Wichita graduate student, will sing the role of B. F. Pinkerton, the Navy officer; Paul Young, Shawne senior, will sing the
role of Goro; Sharon Sooter, Salisbury, Mo., graduate student is Suzuki, Martha Randall, Mankato senior is Madame Butterfly.
Other cast members are:
Robert Seeley, Shawnee Mission freshman, the Imperial Commissioner; Michael Riley, Columbus sophomore, The Bonzie; Roger Winnell, Maryville, Mo., senior, Prince Yamadori; and Jane Schendel, Topeka junior, Kate Pinkerton.
The first performance of "Madame Butterfly" will be at 9:00 p.m. Friday night.
Other performances of the opera will be at 8:15 p.m. on Nov.2, 8, and 9.
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61st Year, No. 35
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Invader Breaks Up Talkathon; Talk Resumed, Record in Sight
By Charles Corcoran
The Margaret Hashinger-Joseph R. Pearson Halls talkathon was interrupted for almost an hour Wednesday morning, but the marathon telephone conversation resumed and hit a now-disputed 384-hour mark at 1 p.m. today.
The hall residents are aiming at breaking the 421 hour and 52 minute national record claimed by L. N. Lewis and Olin Templin Halls set in December, 1961, for a campus charity drive.
Wednesday's break in the conversation came after a Templin Hall resident, claiming to be the JRP man scheduled at 2:30 a.m., was given the phone.
A. LEE COHLMIA, Wichita senior
and JRP social chairman, was talking on the phone at the time. He said he did not recognize the Templinite as a JRP resident, but that he was quite tired and relinquished the phone when the student convinced him that he had signed up to be the next to talk.
Susan Lawrence, Great Bend junior, talked to the intruder. "He came on at about 2:40 a.m. and hung up about 10 minutes later." she said.
Miss Lawrence said that while she spoke to the man, she became suspicious.
MISS LAWRENCE said Cohlmia bad told her of a rumor that someone planned to hang up the phone before the standing record was broken.
TRICK OR TREAT TIME—The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Skie, 1201 W. Campus Rd., are ready for Halloween. Dressed in Halloween attire, Ghost Debbie, Cowboy Shelley, and Bum Sue will be trick-or-treating at many of the fraternity and sorority houses, especially the ATO's where their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Skie, is the housemother. The children aren't waiting for the big night inside this pumpkin. They were put there by photographer Dennis Bowers.
She said the Templein resident talked to her about the tape and string that was on the hook to guard its accidentally being pushed down disconnecting the call.
"He told me," she said, "that I'd hear something pretty funny pretty soon."
MISS LAWRENCE said she told Pam Banta, Colby sophomore, "that something funny was going on and asked her to go tell the residence director."
The residence director called JRF on the after hours emergency number.
Miss Lawrence then asked the boy where he was from. "First he said that he was from Kansas City, but when I said he sounded like he was from the East, he said that was correct and that he had lived there for 14 years. Then he broke in again and asked me if I wanted to hear a surprise. I told him sure and all this, but then he started talking about the record meaning a lot to 'us.' I asked by 'us' if he meant Templein. I was just sure he was from Templein and he admitted it," she said.
"Then, he said 'good-by, love,' and that was it." Miss Lawrence said.
MISS BANTA had successfully reached Walter Brauer, Bonner Springs second year law student, and his wife, Sally, Winfield senior, the JRP resident directors. By the time Brauer reached the second floor lounge phone booth, the inruders were gone. A medium sized pumpkin sat on the small shelf in the booth. On one side, inscribed in large block letters, was "NO ONE EVER BEATS TEMPLIN." On the opposite side "Smile" and "Trick or Treat" were written.
Cohlmia called Judy Phipps, Wichita junior and Hashinger social chairman, and Nancy Johnson, Caldwell junior and Hashinger president and told them of the decision. Miss
Weather
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Cooler fall weather will continue in the Lawrence area.
It will be mostly fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers and northerly winds 25 to 30 miles per hour tonight. The low tonight will range in the lower to middle 30's and the high Friday will be near 60.
DOES IT FIT? Sharon Scoville, Kansas City special student and a member of the cast of "Madame Butterfly" smiles as the finishing touches are put on the Oriental costume and wig which she will wear in the production which opens Friday night.
UP Platform Advocates Cabinet, Merit System
Bv Fred Frailev
A cabinet to serve under the student body president and a merit system of committee appointments are advocated in University Party's fall platform.
The platform was announced last night at a meeting of the party's general assembly.
The cabinet is needed, UP says, so that "existing committees can function adequately and can be coordinated." The platform says each cabinet member would oversee a separate category of committees.
Accusing Vox Populi of supporting the "spoils system of government," UP pledged to continue to advocate a merit system of appointments. The platform says appointments should be based on scholarship and leadership ability, as opposed to "political patronage."
Other planks of the UP platform support;
Watkins Hospital expansion. The platform recommends the All Student Council encourage the administration to expand facilities and services of the hospital in order to serve students "in a more efficient and prompt manner."
"Little Hoover Commission." UP claimed present ASC committees overlap and that lack of interest, knowledge and precedent exists among committee members. It "heartily endorses' the Little Hoover Commission" which Reuben McCornack, Ablene senior and student body president, announced last week that he would form to investigate ASC committees.
Stadium seating changes. The platform says that students should be allowed the best seats at home football games and that the UP will work with the Athletic Seating Board in efforts to move the student sections further south. UP says this can be accomplished be reserving the section south of the senior seats for juniors, "and thus move the
sophomore and new student sections south."
*Stop Weck. The platform asks that three days be set aside for studies just prior to semester examinations.
*Open books. UP "demands that the financial books on political party expenditures be kept within the bounds set by ASC legislation."
*Human rights. The platform states that problems involving human rights "can best be solved by the elimination of prejudice in individual students."
Representatives of UP and Vox will conduct a short debate at 6:30 p.m. today at Gertrude Pearson residence hall.
Gov. Anderson Here Saturday
Gov. John Anderson will crown the homecoming queen Saturday during half-time Ceremonies of the KU-K-State football game.
Robert Montgomery, associate professor of design and chairman of half-time activities for the Homecoming game, said he had "been assured" that the governor would be here.
Miss Karen Vice, St. John senior and Homecoming queen, will receive the crown from the governor and flowers from Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe.
Miss Vice will be escorted by Henry M. Dodd, Independence, Mo., senior and Navy ROTC midshipman captain. The queen's attendants are Sherry Zillner, Shawnee Mission senior, and Patsy Kendall, Holton senior. Miss Zillner will be escorted by Montague Davis, Mission junior and Army ROTC cadet colonel. Miss Kendall will be escorted by Palmer Smith, Lawrence senior and Air Force ROTC cadet lieutenant.
Bats Hit Lewis Hall As Pranksters Flee
No bats in the belfry, but Lewis Hall did have about 18 small bats hanging from their ceiling last night.
Between 10:15 and 10:30 last night a Lewis resident saw unidentified men toss a grocery sack through the side door of the Lewis living room. A few moments later, about if small bats flew out and attached themselves to the living room ceiling. Girls, their hands over their heads, ran through the living room
screaming as the bats dive-bombed.
The Rock Chalk committee for Lewis and Templin residence halls was trying to conduct a meeting when the bats escaped. Needless to say, the meeting broke up in short order. The patrolman on duty called the campus police.
The assumption is that the whole incident is a Halloween prank.
Four KU campus policemen arrived at Lewis Hall shortly after closing, armed with long plywood
boards. An all-out attack on the bats was begun.
The policemen squashed the pats on the ceiling.
To make matters more complicated, Lewis residents had expected to hold an all-hall party in the living room at closing. One Lewis resident exclaimed, "Cider and doughnuts with bats on the ceilings!"
The party was held in the Lewis dining room instead.