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Corbin Talks About Rise to Fame
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While students and faculty members sat on the floor of the Music and Browsing room of the Kansas Union last night, Clayton Corbin, here to star in "Emperor Jones," told of his experiences in the theatre and his ultimate rise to fame.
After being introduced by William R. Reardon, assistant professor of speech and drama, Corbin answered questions about all facets of his career.
CORBIN DISCUSSED "The Karamu" in Cleveland, Ohio, formed 48 years ago so that through the arts, people of all races may work together.
"The Karamu is integrated," he said. "People are cast according to talent, not race. It is self-supporting and actors do not receive salaries. Each person pays $2 to belong."
Corbin worked in a steel mill to make a living while working at the "The Karamu."
MRA Affiliation Rejected by Hall
Ellsworth Hall residents have turned down a proposal to join the Men's Residence Association by a vote of 185 to 27.
Kent Smith, president of the MRA, attributed the defeat to two reasons.
- The MRA failed to adequately inform Ellsworth men.
Reasons.
· The large number of freshmen in Ellsworth, (450,) did not know enough about the MRA.
TEMPLIN AND Joseph R. Pearson Halls compose the MRA now. Dues for the 670 residents of Ellsworth would have been 15 cents per man after the $100 affiliation fee was paid.
The individual residents had the choice of joining, Smith said, but many did not know enough about the organization. He pointed out that "a number chose not to turn in a vote."
"Those who did felt they did not know enought about it.. but we are not going to pass it by." He said the issue will come up again.
Smith said that he and Jim Tschechtelin, Prairie Village junior and chairman of the Association of University Residence Halls, would meet with Elsworth men again to educate them about the MRA.
Smith feels that the MRA has much to offer Ellsworth. He said a common pool of knowledge helps the halls operate more effectively.
SMITH SAID, for example, the "Jayhawker issue" is being ironed out. He said a member of the Jawhawker staff is in the AURH. His presence is expected to reduce the annual controversy over size of pictures and length of copy.
Smith said the booklet is published to let incoming freshmen know that there is a program of organized living in residence halls.
Smith said the greatest bulk of MRA funds goes toward visitation week-end and a residence hall booklet.
Since all member halls of the MRA are independent, Smith said, Ellsworth men will not lose their independence. They will merely join other independent halls, he said.
CWENS Sponsor Box-lunch Picnic
A box-lunch picnic will reunite sophomore women on Wednesday, Oct.16.
The picnic will be a chance for sophomores, now in many different living groups, to get together with "old pals" from their freshman floors. Sponsored by CWENS, sophomore women's honorary society, the picnic will be held from 5:30 to 7 pm. at Potter's Lake.
Each floor from Gertrude Sellards Pearson and Corbin halls will have a special meeting place, marked by a large sign. Sophomore transfers and women from scholarship halls will join the various floors.
One of the purposes of CWENS is "to promote fellowship among the sophomore women."
Dieticians from each women's living group will provide box lunches for the picnic. In case of rain, the get-together will be held in Hoch Auditorium.
Corbin said he had starred several times in shows with an entire Negro cast that were not written that way.
"An entire Negro cast is wrong. It adds a whole new element to the theme of the script," he said.
In the future, Corbin said he hoped to do Shakespeare's "Othello." He has turned down several offers for to role in the past because, "I don't feel prepared vet."
CORBIN SAID his most challenging role is "the one I haven't done vet."
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thinking. "I do not know how I feel about the man yet, and I won't play the role until I do."
Corbin's favorite type of role is one that is highly emotional. He said he does not like comedies or musicals unless "they have a highly human quality."
Corbin explained that he could not quite comprehend Othello's
"I FEEL WASTED if I am not in a highly emotional role," he said.
a highly emotional role," he said. Corbin's appearance was sponsored by the KU chapter of the National Collegiate Players, a group formed last week through the merger of the University Players and the National Collegiate Players.
No Realism for Tea
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) — Sydney Newman, television drama chief chief the British Broadcasting Corp., said today some television dramas should include profanity to be realistic, but said he would try to keep "bad language" off the air at tea time.
Frogs Bog Highway
RIEGO, CALIF., Oct. 2 (UPI)—A mass migration of small frogs caused a temporary closure of highway 24 yesterday near the California community of Riego in Sutter County.
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