SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
NUMBER 8
VOLUME XXV
Camp Groups Play Together Here Sunday
Change From Regular Schedule Allows Band To Perform at Topeka Sunday Night
Summer session music lovers will have a rare treat Sunday afternoon when the Mid-Western Music Camp band and orchestra appear in a combined concert on Hoch auditorium stage. The program will begin at 4 p.m., with three conductors, David T. Lawson, Herbert R. Rifkind, and Clarence E. Sawhill, directing various parts.
The departure from the regular schedule, which has the orchestra at 4 p.m. and the band at 7 p.m. each Sunday, is being made because of a concert engagement the band is to fill at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Topeka.
Following are the programs of the two groups:
Orchestra
Overture to "Russian and Ludmilla," (Glinka), Mr. Lawson conducting.
"Adagio Pathetique," (Godard), and Polovetsian dances from "Prince Igor," (Borodin), Mr. Rifkind conducting.
Special Fourth of July edition of "American Rhapsody," (Victor Herbert), Mr. Lawson conducting.
Band
"Parade of the Gendarmes—Marche Francaise," (M. L. Lake);
"Sinfonia in Mi Minore," (Franchetti); "Serenade Roccoo," (Meyer-Helmund), with Ernest Harrison, oboe, and Theo Sperry, harp; "Robber Symphony Suite," (Feher), Robber Song, Romance, and Tarantella; "Vistas, Tone Poem," (Gillette), Mark Fisher, horn; "Sounds From the Hudson," (Clarke), tuba solo, Rex Conner; "Reflections in a Modern Mood," (Gribbell), and "Vedette March," (Alford).
The conductors bring to the University a wealth of experience and knowledge in various phases of musical instruction. Mr. Rifkind, who is woodwind instructor in the music camp, is a private teacher at the Vandercook School of Music, Chicago, and also is an instructor at Harper High school, Chicago. Mr. Sawhill is well known to Lawrence audiences for his work with the Memorial High school band; and Mr. Lawson, regular conductor of the summer camp orchestra, is from the Topeka school system.
After this week, both organizations will drop back into their regular schedule, with the orchestra performing each Sunday afternoon in Hoch auditorium and the band each Sunday evening in Fowler grove. Such concerts are planned for July 11, 18 and 25.
No admission charge is made to the concerts.
Weather
Flashes of lightning and constant thunder.
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Chicago Trio Plays Thursday
Big Musical Event of Season Here Expected to Rank With Best in Recent Years
The Chicago Civic Opera trio, headliners of the 1937 Summer Session musical calendar, will appear Thursday, July 8, in a concert starting at 8 p.m. in Hoch auditorium. Activity students will be admitted upon presentation of their activity tickets, and a general charge of 50 cents will be made to other persons attending.
Both solo and concerted music is listed in the trio's program, which will be given in detail in the next issue of the Kansan. Artists scheduled to appear are Isadore Borer, violinist; John Lingeman, violoncellist; and Leo Kopp, pianist. All have had wide training and experience both in America and abroad, and the School of Fine Arts, sponsoring the program, expects it to be one of the best heard in Lawrence in recent years.
Mr. Berger will play upon his Stradivarius violin; Mr. Lingeman is known as the possessor of the finest specimen of a Nicolaus Amati violon-cello in existence.
Plenty of Entertainment Planned This Week-end
For the few out-of-town summer session students who may plan to stay over in Lawrence during the Independence Day vacation, plenty of entertainment will be available.
South Park, covering a large area on both sides of Massachusetts street from Eleventh to Thirteenth streets, will be the scene of a 2-day celebration sponsored by the Odd Fellows of Lawrence. Entertainment is planned all day on both Saturday, July 3, and Monday, July 5.
Among events are a speech at 2:30 p.m. Saturday by Harold McGugin, Coffeyville, former congressman; free street dances at 9 p.m. Saturday and Monday; and a fat men's softball game at 7 p.m. Monday.
Miss Evelyn Swarthout, daughter of Dean and Mrs. D. M. Swarthout, who has taught during the past year at the Master School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., will sail July 9 for a two-months European trip.
Evelyn Swarthout Leaves July 9 for Europe
Going first to London for advanced study under Tobias Matthay, Miss Swarthout will make a continental auto tour beginning about August 1, as a guest of English friends. Included in the itinerary will be the Salzburg festival in Austria, and the exposition at Paris.
Miss Swarthout plans to return to America in September. She will appear in a series of concerts in the Middle West late in October, and is expected to be in Lawrence for a few days then.
Will Expose 'Spirit' Hokum Lecture Next Wednesday By Boston Man Gives "Low Down" on Racket
"Among the Spirits," a lecture designed to save trusting souls from the spiritualist racket now rampant in America, will be given at 8 p.m. Wednesday by Dr. Howard Higgins, Boston, as the second in a series of lectures planned for the summer session. The place of the lecture will be announced later.
Dr. Higgins is dean of Emerson College, Boston, and head of the division of psychology and education. For a number of years he has devoted much time to investigating "mediumship," the activity of spiritualists, and has rounded out his knowledge of the subject by an extensive study of "m a g i c," or sleight-of-hand technique.
"Among the Spirits" is an illustrated demonstration lecture showing how mediums enable "spirits" to deliver personal messages to their living friends. The first part is a composite seance made up of the best features of successful mediums, in which are demonstrated, spirit forces, spirit vision, writing by an invisible hand, spirit slate writing, and the materialization of a spirit while the medium is securely bound by members of the audience.
Part two consists of the expose. Methods of mediums and fortune-tellers are explained, and pictures, demonstrations of alleged psychic phenomena, speech and music are blended in a disclosure that is said to be extremely dramatic and thrilling.
Considered an excellent speaker, Dr. Higgins also is the author of several books. No charge will be made for the lecture.
Wichita Girl Marries
Clarence Beck, Law Grad
Miss Judy Lee O'Dell, daughter of Mrs. H. W. O'Dell, Wichita, became the bride Wednesday of Clarence V. Beck, Topeka, in a ceremony at Chicago, according to word received here. Mr. Beck is attorney general of the state of Kansas.
The service took place at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Charles W. Haugh, sister of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Beck plan to return to Topeka late this month, after a wedding trip through southeastern Canada and New England.
Mr. Beek was graduated from the University School of Law in 1926.
Miss Leah Blanche Edgar, missionary on leave of absence from her work in China, will speak at the weekly meeting of the Young People's Union group at 6 p.m. in the basement of the Presbyterian church Sunday.
Missionary Will Speak To Young People's Group
Miss Edgar will tell of her experiences in China. A social hour will follow the program. All young people of the city, regardless of denomination, are invited to attend.
School Reading Problems Form Basis of Discussion
Martha Tillman Takes CSEP Post
Graduate of '37 Fills Place Left Open by Resignation Of Miss Mary Olsen
Martha Tillman, 24, of Topeka, who received her A.B. degree from the University last month, will succeed Miss Mary C. Olsen as executive secretary of the College Student Employment Project at the University, it was announced this week. She will take charge of the office here next week.
Miss Tillman was an honor student at the University, and was a member of Mortar Board, women's honor society. During the 1936-37 school year, she took a combined college medicine course, and was enrolled as a freshman in medicine.
She was graduated from Topeka High school in 1931, and came to the University the following September. She returned to Topeka in June, 1932, and worked in an office there for two years, coming back to the University as a sophomore in the fall of 1934.
During her sophomore and junior years, she worked on CSEP as an assistant to Miss Olsen in the office here, and during that time she became familiar with the organization of the work she is to supervise. Because of added work in the School of Medicine, she took a CSEP project in physiology last fall instead of continuing her more strenuous work in the office.
Miss Tillman has two sisters in the University, Mina Tillman, sophomore; and Lulu Tillman, senior.
Raymond Nichols, chairman of the CSEP committee and executive secretary to Chancellor Lindley, said this week that 800 CSEP application blanks have been mailed out already, and that applications for 1937-38 allotments will be received throughout the next six weeks. A total of 660 students held CSEP positions last year, but it is believed the appropriation to the University will be reduced next fall.
Forestry Expert to Speak Here Next Friday Night
Dr. R. N. Wheeler, of the U.S. Forest Service, has been engaged to give an illustrated lecture at 8 p.m., Friday, July 8, in Fraser theater, it was announced today. Dr. Wheeler's lecture originally was scheduled for July 5, but was changed because of the holiday at that time.
Dr. Wheeler has had long experience in conservation work, and for a number of years has lectured on various subjects related to forestry. He has an exhaustive knowledge of trees, wildlife, and soil erosion, and illustrates his lectures with pictures in color collected from all parts of the country.
Edgar J. Dowling, instructor in economics, is a graduate student this summer at the University of Pittsburgh.
Two-Day Meeting Here To End This Afternoon After General Session In Fraser Theater
A highlight of the conference will be an address at noon today by Chancellor Lindley, who speaks at a lunchon meeting in the Memorial Union building.
Attacking problems related to reading as they manifest themselves in the school program, the state educational conference at the University made a good start with three meetings yesterday, and will close at 3:30 p.m. today after another series of meetings and discussions.
Round-table discussions will be held in Fraser hall. The following list gives the hour, the subject, and the room in which the discussion will take place.
9:30 a.m. Today
Problems in Reading, junior and senior high school, room 15.
Remedial Problems in Reading, elementary, room 210.
Supervision of a Reading Program, room 206.
1:30 p.m. Today
Interest in Reading, room 210. Larger Implications of Reading, room 205.
Interpretation and Use of Tests in Reading, room 15.
A discussion of the significance of the conference, and a summary of ground covered, will close the two-day gathering at 3:30 p.m. in Fraser theater. Miss Susan Friend, Lawrence, and Miss Barbara Henderson, Kansas City, Mo., will lead that discussion.
Others taking part in today's discussions include Harley F. Garrett, Dr.Dora V. Smith; Dr.Irving R. Melbo; Miss Ernestine Leasure; Miss May Lambater; and Miss Lydia Bernstorff.
The conference is sponsored by the University School of Education.
Phi Delta Kappa Elects 14 to Membership
Phi Delta Kappa, men's honorary fraternity, Wednesday selected 14 men for membership in the organization. They will be initiated at the regular meeting starting Wednesday, July 7, at 1:30 p.m. in room 15, Fraser.
These men were voted in: H. M. Bentley, Topeka; Bernhard Bargen, Newton; H. A. Billingsley, Topeka; Clifford Bowlby, Belle Plaine; R. J. Brown, Kansas City; John Buller, Larned; Joe Butnum, Lawrence; Wilmot Carr, Blue Rapids; Jess Cooper, Salina; R. L. Dennis, Colby; Arden Hayes, Altamont; William Lynn, Fredonia, Percy Parks, Kansas City; and C. A. Percy, Portis.
TO SPEAK TUESDAY
M. C. Leffler, superintendent of schools at Lincoln, Nebr., will speak on "Education in Times Like These" next Tuesday night, at the fourth weekly education forum. The forum will open at 7 p.m. in Fraser theater.