Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1956. University Daily Kansan
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Playing The Carillon Is Strenuous Work
(Daily Kansan Photo)
"High Above the Golden Valley" stands the Campanile. And high into this graceful structure—70 steps, to be exact-Ronald Barnes University carilloneur, shown in the picture, climbs each day to play the carillon bells.
Probably few students realize how the bells are plaved.
On April 7 and 8, he will attend the first meeting of the Missouri Basin Research and Development Council. The executive committee will meet at the Hotel Paxton in Omaha. The council consists of members of research agencies in political and economic fields in the Missouri Valley.
PLEDGE FATHERS
Meetings, Survey Slated For Allen
Ethan P. Allen, professor of political science and director of the Government Research, will meet March 15 through 17 at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., with 10 or 12 other political scientists. Each will read a paper on "A Study of the Community." A roundtable discussion will follow.
Give your pledge son a traditional BALFOUR PADDLE for initiation with crest, Greek letters and "to name and class" and "from name and class." The back includes chapter name college name and seal.
On April 2,3, and 4, Prof. Allen will survey the library, teaching methods, and staff of the political science department at Southern Illinois University. His analysis will be followed by recommendations for future undergraduate and graduate programs.
In addition to the two 45-minute concerts at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday, at 3 p.m. Mr. Barnes plays from 11:50 a.m. to noon every day.
Mr. Barnes has a few words of advice for would-be professional callonneurs: "There isn't any demand for them."
A 92-year-old Briton has used a season ticket out of London on British Railways for 74 years.
Japanese Prof Visits KU
Dr. Takeo Ishiguro, professor of pharmacy at the University of Kyoto, Japan, visited the School of Pharmacy Tuesday. Dr. Ishiguro is a pharmaceutical chemist and is studying United States schools under the State Department's leadership program. He came to KU from the University of California.
Like a piano or organ, the carillon has a keyboard with four and a half octaves. The keys are widely spaced wooden levers, each connected to a clapper hanging inside its respective bell. The bells are hung in the top of the tower, slightly above the tiny room where the carilloneur plays.
"Some music has been written expressly for the carillon, but for the most part it is not good." Mr. Barnes said. He usually plays his own arrangements.
Mr. Barnes has had several carillon pupils.
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"I limit the number to one or two a semester," he said. He usually accepts only those students who have had training in organ because "the structure of the carillon and organ keyboards is essentially the same." He also teaches music appreciation and theory.
Mr. Barnes manipulates the keys by striking them with the side of his closed hand, or when the music is soft and flowing, with his fingers. The keyboard is also equipped with foot pedals, and the cariloureuse uses both hands and feet striking eight or more notes at the same time.
With his shirt sleeves rolled up and the music spread out before him, he moves up and down the bench striking the right notes to produce the deafening but melodious music. In rapid passages his arms move so rapidly that the effect is almost a blur. It is strenuous work.
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No school gives special instruction in certain subjects and persons who want to learn usually do so from someone who already plays.
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"In the whole of North America there are only 35 or 40 professional carillon players." Mr. Barnes said. "This, of course, doesn't include the doctors or engineers or lawyers who play as a hobby."
"I started teaching myself to play in 1948 when I was in Lincoln, Neb." Mr. Barnes said. "Two years later I was carillonneur at the Peace Tower of the Houses of Parliament in Ottawa, Canada, and from 1950 to 1951 I held the same position at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif."
Since there are about 100 carillons in America, this means that many are not played regularly.
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