Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
Tuesday, March 27, 1956.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
53rd Year, No. 117
'Anastasia To Be Presented In Hoch April 29
"Anastasia." romantic melodrama which was a smash hit on Broadway several seasons ago, will play at 8:20 p.m. Monday, April 29, in Hoch Auditorium. Miss Viveca Lindfors and Miss Eugenie Leontovich of the Broadway cast will co-star as the Princess Anastasia and the Dowager-Empress.
The production is an English adaptation of the French play by Marcelle Maurette which was first produced by Sir Laurence Olivier at St. James Theater in London.
It is based on the real life enigma of Anna Anderson, still living in Germany, who claims to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia. He was executed with his family.
Nicholas was forced to abdicate in March, 1917, by the revolutionary Bolshevik forces. The advance by counter-revolutionary forces in July 1918, caused fear that Nicholas might be liberated. The revolutionists passed a death sentence on the czar and his family at a secret meeting and they were shot in a cellar at Ekaterinburg, Siberia on July 16. Their bodies were burned but the legend has persisted that Anastasia was saved and smuggled out of Russia.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
Miss Lindfors, who appears in the title role, made her stage debut in John van Druten's "I've Got Sixpence," and toured with the Theatre Guild's production of "An Evening with Will Shakespeare." Among the films she has made are "moon fleet" and "Run for Cover" in which she co-starred with James Cagney
Miss Leontovich spent eight years in Hollywood directing her own stage productions before returning to Broadway in "Anastasia." She is remembered for her performances in "Grand Hotel," "Twentieth Century," and "Tovarich."
Kansan Board Dinner May 12
The annual Kansan Board dinner will be held at 6:15 p.m. May 12 in the Student Union Ballroom. The event is sponsored by the governing board of the University Daily, Kansan.
Les Suhler, director of the subscription division of Look magazine in Des Moines, Iowa, will speak. Mr. Suhler, a 1930 KU journalism graduate, is responsible for all direct mail promotion and subscription management of Look. He is past president of the Direct Mail Advertising Association, and former board member of the Advertising Federation of America.
The dinner is attended each year by Kansas editors, journalism alumni, and students.
Cash awards will be presented to students for the three best promotional ads, institutional ads, news stories, feature stories, editorials, and photographs appearing in The Daily Kansan during the year.
An outstanding senior man and woman will receive citations.
Committee chairmen for the dinner are John McMillion, Coffeyville, publicity; Lee Ann Urban, Lincoln, guests; Gretchen Guinn, Delmar, N.Y., menu; Larry Heil, Topeka, program; Leo Flanagan, Chicago, Ill., speaker, all seniors, and Jane Pecinovsky, Kansas City, Mo., junior, hospitality.
HOLD STILL-Ann Straub, Chicago junior, applies the finishing touch to Joyce Elliott, star of "Kind Lady," at a dress rehearsal
Monday.
ASC Elections Committee Holds Campus Elections
(This is another in a series on ASC committees)
The All Student Council elections committee plans and supervises campus elections.
The committee, composed of members of both campus political parties, was established by the ASC to insure the eligibility of candidates and to see that elections are carried out properly.
The committee receives petitions of students seeking ASC or class offices, screens them, regulates the candidates, campaigning, and supervises the actual election process.
Prints Ballots
The committee decides how many candidates may run in each legislative district, is responsible for the printing of the ballots, and polices the polls.
In the event of a discrepancy in the balloting for any reason, the committee may call for another decision. It may also call special elections.
The committee may bring charges against anyone who willfully defames a political party or individual, or tries to buy votes. Such individuals are tried by the Student Court.
Keeps Polls Open On election day, the committee
keeps the polls open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is responsible for publicizing the dates of elections and the results.
Committee Members
Jim Miller, Kansas City, Kan.
senior, is chairman of the committee. Members are Ray Krahenbuhl
Independence, Mo., senior; Gene Coombs, Wichita junior; Jim Schultz, Salina, Ralph Varnum, Kansas City, Mo., sophomores; Hank Wittenberg, Kansas City, Kan. junior.
Faculty committee members are Kenneth E. Beasley, instructor of political science; James W. Drury, associate professor of political science, and Joie L. Stapleton, associate professor of physical education.
Partly cloudy with moderate to strong northerly winds today and Wednesday. Thundershowers in the east and blowing dust in the west. Colder in the east tonight and in the southeast Wednesday. High today 50 northwest to 80 southeast. Low tonight 30 north to 40 south. High Wednesday 40 northeast to 50 south-west.
Weather
1956-57 Scholarship Deadline Sunday
The application deadline for scholarships for the 1956-57 academic year is Sunday.
Interested students should apply at the aids and awards office, 222 Strong Hall.
'Kind Lady'
Opens At 8 p.m.
"Kind Lady," last Studio Theatre production of the academic year, will open at 8 p.m. today in Fraser Theater and will run through Thursday.
Joyce Elliott, Independence, Mo., freshman, plays a wealthy spinster who collects art masterpieces. Her kindness toward a young artist, played by Ted Teichgraber, Emporia sophomore, leaves her completely at the artist's mercy. He and his friends sell her paintings while keeping her a prisoner in her own home.
The plot of the three-act melodrama centers on the spinster's desperate attempts to get help.
Next week the play will go on Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
Nat Eek, Studio Theatre director, staged the play and Richard Fanolio, Kansas City, Mo., junior, designed the sets. Charles Dodrill, assistant director, is supervising the technical aspects of the production.
Top Orators Speak Today
Six finalists will participate in the Delta Sigma Rho oratorical contest at 8 p.m. today in Strong Auditorium.
The finalists and their topics are Ted Barnes, Salina senior, "Philosophy and Segregation"; John Eland, Topeka junior, "The Tongues of Men and Angels"; Howard Haws, Miami, Okla., junior, "Second Fiddle"; Manuel Jackson, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore, "Love—An Answer to Our Racial Problem"; Robert Kimball, Kansas City, Kan, junior, "Towers of Babel," and Willis Mog, Mankato junior, "This Is Liberty."
Judges for the orations are Allen Crafton, professor of speech; Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor of English, and Gerald Pearson, director of Extension classes.
E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, will present awards for the top three orations.
AH SPRING!—A young man's fancy turns to what a young woman's fancy turns to. The unidentified students were too engrossed in their studies
to hear the click of the camera shutter. Such concentration! The open book seems lonely.
—(Daily Kansan photo)
Dorm Council Constitution Group Organized
A constitution committee headed by Creta Carter, Jennings freshman, was set up by representatives to the Inter-dorm Council Monday.
April 17 was set as a tentative date for an exchange dinner among the six member dormitories.
Miss Carter plans to write to other colleges and universities about their inter-dorm councils before writing the proposed constitution.
Representatives to the council are the presidents of the six member dormitories and one other representative from each hall.
Jane Werth, Wichita junior, president of Grace Pearson Hall, was elected temporary chairman of the council, and Karen Moeckly, Britton, S.D., sophomore, was chosen temporary secretary.
The annual Accountants' Day will be held Tuesday, April 10 in the Student Union.
Member dormitories and representatives:
A panel discussion by two industrial accountants and two public accountants will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room.
Douthart Hall-Leila Ratzlaff,
Rose Hill junior, president, and Mary
Yowell, McPheron freshman.
Grace Pearson Hall—Sandra Selders, Kansas City, Mo., junior, president. and Miss Moecklev.
Sellards Hall-Miss Werth, president, and Shirley Stout, Lombard, Ill.. sonhomore.
Miller Hall—Mary Swedlund, Salina junior, president, and Clara Johnson. Formoson sonhore.
Gertrude Sellands Pearson Hall Pat Theiler, Ahmcke, Mhc, senior president, and Nancy Landess, Liberal sophomore.
Watkins Hall—Mary Parsons, Kansas City, Kan., senior president, and Creta Carter.
Speakers at the banquet, which will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Kansas Room, be Lee Carter of Arthur-Toomey, and the Sutton of Pet-Merwick-Mitchell.
Kay Shaughnessy is AWS representative to the council.
Accountants' Day April 10
Doloris Alpert, Psola junior, and Ruby Schaulis, Clay Center senior, have been directing the reorganization of the inter-dorm council.
A '53 University graduate, Lt. (j.g.) Thomas William Oliver, 28, died March 22 in the crash of a Navy plane in the Mediterranean. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Oliver of 1046 Garfeld, Topeka.
'53 Grad Killed In Plane Crash
Mr. Carter will speak on "Use and Effects of Electronics in Accounting"; Mr. Sutton's topic will be "The Firm's Reaction to the Internship Program."
Lt. Thomas entered the service immediately after graduation in June 1953, with a B.S. degree in civil engineering.
Wilson Speaks In Denver
Dr. Robert W. Wilson, associate professor of zoology, addressed a colloquium sponsored by the paleontology and stratigraphy branch of the U.S. Geological Survey Monday in Denver. He presented a paper, "The Use of Tetrapods in Studies of Past Nonmarine Environments."