University Daily Kansan, February 18, 1983
Page 13
Collection of opera recordings donated to KU's music library
The Special Sound Instruments in the Thomas Gorton Music Library at the University of Kansas has received a collection of rare opera recordings.
The collection, donated by Warren Wooldridge, a former opera performer and university professor, is the second book in a series of recordings received by the library this year.
Earlier, a 3,700-piece collection belonging to Robert Platman, an American radiation chemist, was donated by his widow
The 159 recordings in the collection will be added to the 21,000 works in the James Seaver Collection of Opera and Art Sonos.
Ellen Johnson, librarian for the Special Sound recordings, said that it was an exceptional collection.
"THEY HAVE BEEN very carefully preserved," she said. "We played them
Johnson said the collection was a
good balance of recordings by various artists from various countries.
She said most of the recordings had Columbia Masterworks and Victor Red Seal labels, the finest that could be bought during the 1930s and '40s.
The recordings are all by famous opera singers of the time, including Enrico Caruso, Lauritz Melchor, Grace Moore and Robert Merrill. The collection also contains arias by Gladys Swarthout, sister of Donald M. Swarthout, former dean of the KU School of Fine Arts.
Wooldridge said that he had been collecting the recordings for about 30 years and that they were now out of print and unavailable.
"They're real collectors' items and they're in mint condition." he said.
He said the recordings would be very useful to students studying operas or performers of the World War II era.
Wooddridge, who lives in Winfield,
retired this year after more than 35
years of service.
HE TAUGHT voice and choral music at Indiana State Teachers College and the universities of Mississippi, Indiana and Wisconsin.
For the last 20 years he was professor of choral music and head of the fine arts department at Southwestern College in Winfield.
Wooldridge said he wanted to give his collection to the University because it was a state university and it had all the equipment for keeping a collection.
He has performed with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He also has performed with symphonies in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
"I think it's probably one of the best libraries in the country, which is another reason I gave the records to KU." he said.
Johnson said that the Special Sound Archives had 50,000 works and that professors could get recordings of the works for their students.
Ski resort in Missouri makes money despite several doubts, warm winter
--ranging from first-time beginners to experts.
By United Press International
EUREKA. Mo — Tim Boyd knew a lot of people would think he was crazy when he announced plans to build a ski resort on a golf course.
Boyd did not encounter any dislike for the sport of skiing, but the location of Boyd's proposed resort created a desire to want to build his resort in Missouri.
People said he was insane.
Gary Geiss, a Lawrence resident, wiped down his clean car yesterday after a long wait at the Commerce Plaza Car Wash, 3026 Iowa St. With the advent of warmer weather the past two days many cars were waiting in line to be washed.
"Quite a few people called me that and some still call." Boyd said.
But Boyd may have the last laugh. Boyd's resort. Hidden Valley is named after the operation and he points proudly to an average attendance of 500 skiers a day.
AN INVESTMENT of $1.2 million for such features as 14 snowmaking guns, a chair lift and a fully stocked equipment room has brought skiers from as far away as Memphis to Hidden Valley in seven beginner and intermediate runs.
Boyd said he expected the resort to come close to breaking even this year, even though he has had to deal with five winter in the St. Louis area in five years.
"Aside from the weather everything has gone pretty smooth," said Boyd, 30, part-owner of the golf course that lies in a valley behind his home. "Mammade snow." I thought there would be no snow.
Boyd's biggest problem has been the weather. The area has received fewer than 2 inches of snow, compared with an average of 24 inches during a normal winter, and temperatures have been about 10 degrees warmer than normal.
be more problems than there have been."
"People call and ask if we're open," Boyd说. "People see dirt in their backyards and think we're closed. They think we have to have natural snow. And if it isn't cold people don't think about going skiing."
the Jordan under Jordanian supervision, but he applauded heartily when Habas vowed not to allow the fragmentation of the PLO.
Habash, head of the Marxisit Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a member of the PLO "government," said the Reagan plan was a "surrender" that rendered meaningless the 88-day resistance of Palestinian fighters during Israel's siege of Beirut last summer.
Mideast peace plan irks Palestinian
UAW left out of carmakers' production pact
Workers union were not invited. They represent the nearly 6,000 auto workers who lost their jobs in a series of lay-offs leading up to the closing of the Fremont plant in March 1982.
plans," said George Habash in a 96-minute address to the Palestine National Council, the PLO's parliament-in-exile.
TOYOTA MOTOR CO. Chairman Eiji Tooya, who spoke through an interpreter, said the UAW was not invited entirely new company is being formed.
By United Press International
ALGIERS, Algeria — A hard-line guerrilla leader yesterday blasted President Reagan's Middle East peace plan as a "bomb" aimed at shattering the Palestine Liberation Organization and he called for renewed attacks against Israel.
General Motors Corp. Chairman Roger Smith called the morning signing ceremony "a truly historic occasion."
PLO CHAIRMAN Yasser Arafat, who has fought to avert an outright rejection of the Reagan plan, was sparse with his applause during the hard-liner's speech. He rested his hands in his lap when Habash attacked the U.S. plan, which calls for a Palestinian entity in the West Bank of
FREMONT, Calif. — Two of the world's automotive giants signed a historic agreement yesterday to jointly manufacture an American-Japanese car.
By United Press International
The joint venture is expected to create 3,000 jobs in the idle GM plant in Fremont and 12,000 new jobs nationwide.
Under questioning from scores of American and Japanese news reporters, both men emphasized that the joint venture would mean a new, independent company that would have to set its own hiring policies.
They said the former employees would not be excluded from consideration but would not be hired on a seniority basis.
"That's the key legal point," said UAW attorney John True, as hundreds of worried auto workers mobbed him in the union's parking lot across the street from the GM plant. "My legal research indicates that any so-called new enterprise carries over the obligations of the former enterprise."
"The answer is no to Reagan no to the United States, and no to all your
He said he was worried about the timing of the new venture, which plans to begin producing Toyota-designed wheel drive cars by the fall of 1984
Representatives of the United Auto
milestones
TWO KU GRADUATE STUDENTS have been awarded the first Carroll D. Clark Award for outstanding teaching in 1982 in the department of sociology.
Lewis Mennerick, associate professor of sociology, said that the Carroll D. Clark Award for graduate student achievement, which started after Clark's death 10 years ago, would be awarded later in the spring.
Herbert Haines, a research assistant who is finishing his master's thesis, and Mchrangiz Nadjafzadeh, who is teaching at the school department, won the teaching award.
Charles Warriner, professor of sociology, said Clark was chairman of KU's department of sociology from 1933 to 2014 and wrote for his book on "People in Kansas."
Clark completed his bachelor's and master's degrees at KU.
A KU PHOTOJOURNALISM major has been named a finalist in Photographer's Forum magazine's third annual student photo contest.
Julie Parks, New Orleans senior, was chosen from among 6,500 students who submitted 19,000 entries. Her work will be published in the Best of College Photography Annual and judged again this month.
FIVE KU THEATRE faculty, staff members and students gceived certificates of merit for work on the KU production of "Buried Child," one of four entries in the regional competition American College Theatre Festival.
through 6 at the Folly Theatre in Kansas City, Mo.
The regional competition was Feb. 2.
Jack B. Wright, professor of theatre,
received a certificate for direction;
scene designer Keith Harris, Lawrence graduate student, and sound designer Ronnie Bryant, Chanute freshman, were recognized for production excellence; Glenn Bickle, stage manager for University Theatre, received an award for technical production; and Rusty Laushman, Lawrence special student, received an acting award
SIX KU MUSIC ensembles have been invited to perform at the annual In-Service Workshop of the Kansas Music Educators Association Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26, at Century II in Wichita.
GRAND OPENING ...
DOC & DAVE'S
(formerly "Good Times Corner")
SATURDAY NIGHT, 7 P.M.
2 FREE KEGS — $2.50 admission
The "Jailbreak Band"—country rock
--in its own
SUA: NEW! '83 - '84
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE NOW!
Officers:
Officers:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Board Members in charge of these areas:
Fine Arts
Indoor Recreation
Outdoor Recreator Public Relations Special Events Travel
FILMS
Come in to the SUA Office (level 4, Kansas Union), or call 864-3477 for more info. Applications due Tuesday, February 22, 5:00 p.m.
Invites You To Our New Location
GRAND OPENING SAT., FEB. 19
$250
Towards
Wedding Gown
- 10% Discount on special orders.
- In-house modeling
$250
Towards
Tuxedo Rental
- Special prices on designer gowns
REGISTER FOR DRAWINGSI
VOID 3-4-83
$250
Towards
Wedding Photography
House of Brides
(Funded by the Student Activity Fee.)
6511 Johnson Dr. (Mission West)
2 Bks. E of Metalf, Mofcast. Ks., 432-4600
THE SANCTUARY
A. S.K. FIRMLY BELIEVES IN EDUCATION NOT PROHIBITION. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL IN THIS SOCIETY, BUT BY MERELY REVOKING THE RIGHTS OF 18-20 YEAR OLDS, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE SOLLED. WE ENCOURAGE STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND BETTER EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS ABOUT ALCOHOL. WE MUST CHANGE ATTITUDEDS TOWARDS ALCOHOL, NOT LAWS. WE CAN NOT LEGILATE AWAY SOCIETIES PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL.
THIS COUPON IS GOOD FOR A $1.75 60-oz. SUPER SCHOONER
101 U.S. Th. PER PER DAY YOUTH
THIS COUPON IS GOOD FOR A 11:78 AM-11:30 PM SUNDAY
1401 W. 7th    1 PER PERSON PER DAY         VOID 3-4-83
MISS. STREET DELI 941 MASSACHUSETTS The Deli Sub
Served Hot or Cold Turkey, Ham, Salami, Bologna, American and Swiss Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato Super large French Roll
... for the hungry ...
$1.95
Fantastically Good!
Served with potato chips and dill pickle spea
PYRAMID ALL YOU CAN EAT!!
SUNDAY 5-8 p.m. GUYS: $3.50 at THE WHEEL. GIRLS: $2.50
Join the BLACK STUDENT UNION
"Name That Tune'
to commemorate
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Tuesday, Feb. 22
7:00 p.m.
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
For a change, support the BSU.
We NEED you!
Funded by the Student Activity Fee