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53rd Year, No. 83
TAKING IT EASY—Between acts of "Carousel" members of the cast relax. Shown here are Harry Landis, Jane Neyer, Dale Moore, Nan Noyes, Zoanne Mariner, and Mary Jo Woofer. Moore plays the part of Billy Bigelow and Miss Noyes is cast as Mrs. Mullin. Others are "singing sailors and their girl friends."
—(Daily Kansan Photo by Nancy Collins)
'Carousel' Females Find Bustles Hard To Manage
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
By DIANE CORBIN
(Of the Daily Kansan Staff)
Boy hair cuts, 20th-century figures, and a shortage of clams and old-fashioned ice cream cones were problems in the production of "Carousel" which confronted costume designers and prop men.
The short hair of many University coeds presented a problem to wardrobe people. A month ago, all feminine cast members were told, "let your hair grow!" Where the hair refused to lengthen, hats were used to camouflage the fact, and false hair was added for principal characters.
Milton B. Howarth, speech instructor and "Carousel's" costume designer, said, "These girls just don't have the figures their grandmothers had. The accent used to be behind; now it's just the opposite." For authenticity's sake, however, every girl in the cast wears a bustle, a fashion typical of the 1874 to 1888 period in which the musical comedy is set.
Rustles Good For Conversation
The bustles have become a backstage conversation piece. A girl who would ordinarily take up one space takes two with a bustle, and the ballet dancers find it hard to feel graceful with the added appendage.
True Binford, Overland Park freshman, said lying down on a bushel feels even funnier than wearing one. "I have to arch my back so I won't crush it," she said. "The bustle bounces up and down, catches on scenery, and worst of all, hooks onto other people's bustles!"
But the girls are not the only ones with costume problems. The men's trousers are tight fitting—so tight fitting, in fact, that five pair were ripped in one dress rehearsal. As a result, the wardrobe girls live in constant fear, wondering who will ask for a safety pin next.
Many of the props were created by Bill Henry, Parkville, Mo., freshman. The biggest headache in this department has been the wood, wire, and paper mache harpoon, which was broken once during a rehearsal and was in need of a replacement after opening night.
Helen Goodwin, St. Louis junior,
said that in connection with "Carousel" she will always recall blowing up 11 balloons every night as a prop girl. "The traditional stage fright has not affected the cast's appetites," she says. "A dozen cookies are or stage in one scene, and they have been eaten every night so far."
The cost of the 60 costumes worn by 55 cast members was $500. Themis S. Zannetos, a special student from Greece, did the original cutting and sewing on the costumes designed by Mr. Howarth. Marjorie Smith, Wichita graduate student, and her staff did the fittings and added trim to the costumes.
Special effects are abundant in the KU version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein play. The carousel the audience sees is the projection by lights of a miniature merry-go-round offstage.
Star Stays In Coat
In the star-hanging number, an 18 by 21 foot drop, a seamless, transparent curtain, is used to give a mysterious atmosphere to the set. The stars are fastened with hooks which can be tricky, as Dale Moore, Olathe graduate student, discovered Monday night. As Billy Bigelow, Moore steals a star to give to his daughter, Louise. As planned, Moore tucked the star under his coat, but unplanned, when time came to hand it to her, the hook had caught in the coat. For several frustrating moments, Moore struggled to free the star, convincingly ad libbing all the while.
Stage crew includes Kenny Baker, Abilene freshman; George Edwards, Kansas City junior; Robert Endres, Wichita junior; Mike Hayes, Zenith freshman; Richard Fanolio, Kansas City, Mo., junior; Glenn Pierce, Lawrence sophomore; David Rosario, Bronx, N.Y. senior; and Larry Weaver, Lawrence sophomore. Dick Murray, Kansas City, Mo., junior, worked the lighting.
Showdown Near On Anti-Negro School Stand
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—(U.P.)-The University of Alabama today headed for a showdown in the violent controversy raging around the exclusion of its first Negro student.
University authorities refused to budge from the stand that Anutheine Lucy, the student, was barred from classes in a move to prevent further violence that might cause injury to students, faculty and the woman herself.
But Arthur Shores, Miss Lucy's attorney, warned yesterday that she must be permitted to return to classes or he will ask that the Board of Trustees be cited for contempt of court for authorizing her exclusion.
In New York, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, called on Attorney General Herbert Brownell to take criminal action against "any.and all persons" who are preventing the woman from attending classes.
LONDON—(U.P.)—Moscow Radio today reported the Autherine Lucy case and said, "The persecution of this Negro student has aroused public protests throughout the U.S.A."
Miss Lucy said in a special dispatch prepared for the United Press that she believed the majority of students wanted her to return to classes.
"Some of the students were very friendly toward me," she wrote. "Others were hostile. But I feel the majority is for me."
Another student, Leonard Wilson, said he believed Miss Lucy should not be permitted to return because "the demonstrations show beyond a reasonable doubt that integration will not work."
Faculty members last night tabled a motion that classes be suspended if further rioting breaks out over the woman's admission.
"For the safety of herself and of all the other students, she should not be admitted." Wilson said.
But the student government association unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the violence
The school trustees relied on their "police power" to bar the girl from further classes "until further notice" in view of the rioting which included shouted threats and barrages of rocks and eggs hurled at the girl and at officials who tried to break up the mob.
The student resolution condemned "three days" of "mob violence" and urged that "means be taken to protect the future personal safety of the students and faculty and the reputation of the University."
The resolution was unanimously passed after Dennis Holt, president of the University debating society and a member of the government association, accused the school of "running away from a fight" in suspend-in gthe girl.
Weather
The Kansas weather will be cloudy and considerably colder this afternoon and most of tonight with snow central and northeast and rain changing to snow southeast this afternoon and diminishing light snow extreme east tonight. Blowing and some drifting snow are forecasted with northerly winds 30 to 40 miles per hour central and northeast this afternoon and evening. Thursday will be partly cloudy, colder south and east. The low tonight will be near 10 northwest to near 25 southeast and the high Thursday generally in 30's.
ASC Considers Unicameral System
All Student Council members considered the dissolving of the organization's present bicameral system into a unicameral one at a meeting Tuesday night in the English Room of the Student Union.
Fee Payment Scheduled To Begin Monday
Payment of fees will take place next week according to the following schedule:
A—F Monday, Feb. 13
G. J. Tuesday, Feb. 14
G-L ... Tuesday, Feb. 14
M—R Wednesday. Feb. 15
S—Z Thursday, Feb. 16
Students will pick up their fee cards in the basement of Strong Hall according to the above schedule. Fees will be paid at the business office where ID cards from first semester will be stamped to validate them for use this semester.
Students who are on scholarships or students whose fees are paid by someone else should follow the same procedure. This will enable the business office to know from whom the fee is to be collected.
Concerning the whole enrollment process this semester, James K. Hitt, registrar and director of admissions, said "Generally speaking enrollment has gone very smoothly."
A four-state regional convention of Kappa Alpha Mu, national professional photo-journalism fraternity will meet here Saturday with the year-old University chapter as host.
KAM To Hold 4-State Meeting
Jimmy Bedford, photo-journalism instructor and KU chapter adviser, said 25 to 30 members of the coeducational fraternity and faculty advisers from the universities of Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma and Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., are expected.
Featured on the convention program will be addresses by Harold V. Lyle, Topeka Daily Capital photographer, speaking on "The Press Photographer Is a Many-Slandered Thing" and C. C. Edom, professor of journalism at the University of Missouri and 1955 Spragens Award winner for outstanding contributions to photo-journalism.
Prof. Edom is national adviser to the 10-year-old Kappa Alpha Mu. His topic will be "Kappa Alpha Mu Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
Lyle will be the dinner speaker Saturday night and Prof. Edom at the dinner party for
A "shooting session" and workshop will be on the program with prizes awarded for the best pictures. Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information will welcome the group.
come to the school.
Students assisting with meeting plans are Harry Elliott, Lawrence senior, president of the University chapter, and Nancy Collins, Richmond senior, secretary-treasurer.
Math Group To Hear Chover
Dr. J. Chover of the Institute for Advanced Study, will speak to the mathematical colloquium at 4 p.m. today in 203 Strong. His subject will be "On A Topic In Prediction Theory."
If approved, the dissolving of the bicameral system would mean combining the two legislative branches into one body of government. The council hopes to acquire more efficiency by this action.
Students To Vote
Students To Vote The idea will be presented to the student body sometime during the Spring.
A proposal for a student advisory board to meet once a month with the chancellor was approved by the council.
Presidents of five organizations on the campus and the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer of ASC will participate on the council.
Members are the Inter-fraternity Council, Student Union Activities, Associated Women Students, Senior Panhellenic Council, and the Student Religious Council.
Groups May Petition
Groups May Petition
Any group not represented on the board may petition for membership by contacting the ASC.
The council voted to allocate $160 to the International Club for their activities, and $60 to the Student Religious Council for use during Religious Emphasis Week.
Mr. Martin came to the University last fall as a graduate student, finishing work for the master of education degree, and as an assistant in the Bureau of Educational Research and Service.
In 1953 Mr. Martin became coach of all sports at Stafford High School, after having taught and coached for four years at Moundridge. He received the A.B. degree from Ottawa University in 1949, where he played on three Kansas Conference basketball championship teams.
Sandra James, Wichita sophomore, was named chairman of a committee to revise the Homecoming committees and house decoration judging.
Spencer E. Martin of Ottawa has been appointed director of the aids and awards office. He succeeds Dr. Dennis Trueblood who resigned to become educational specialist with the National Conference of Christians and Jews in New York City.
Joint meetings will be held for the remainder of the year by the house of representatives and the senate.
New Awards Head Named
He is the son of Dr. Andrew B. Martin, president of Ottawa University.
Mr. Martin will coordinate the undergraduate scholarship programs, screening applications and referring them to the proper committees. He also receives applications for student loans and operates the men's student employment service.
Placement Exams Thursday, Friday
Placement examinations for all new undergraduate students who have not taken them will be given at 2 p.m. tomorrow and Friday in 124 Malott Hall. Attendance is required both days.
Students who have taken only one of the exams will be required to attend the session they have not yet taken. Session 1 is on Thursday and Session 2 on Friday.
No fee will be charged for taking the exams, however, $1 will be charged anyone wishing to take the exams after Thursday and Friday.