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Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
53rd Year, No. 59
March Of Toys Begins, 5,900 Still Needed
The March of Toys is off to a start, and so far about 100 toys have been collected. Roger Thom, chairman of the drive, said yesterday.
With a goal of 6,000 toys by Dec. 20, Thom stressed that the cooperation of every student is needed.
"We can go over and above the quota if everyone will give just one toy," he added.
Oread Hall has donated $40 to the drive, and there will probably be a big jump in the number of toys when the organized houses contribute after the Christmas parties. Thom said.
Thursday, Dec. 8, 1955
Collection boxes are located in Strong Hall rotunda and the Student Union lobby. The toys will go to the Marine Reserve in Kansas City this year and will be distributed to needy children in Kansas.
The toy drive began in 1948 when a group of Los Angeles, Calif., Marine Reserves carried out a program of "Toys for Tots" for needy children in the Los Angeles area. In 1949 the Marine Corps Commandant authorized campaigns within each reserve unit area.
CellistLauded By Audience
The faultless technique of Aldo Parisot, cellist, was lauded by a small audience last night in Hoch Auditorium.
Mr. Parisot, playing a rare Monwas part of the University concert course, presented his concert with pauteryx.
Selections by Breval, Beethoven, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco displayed his great technique and ability to produce deep musical feeling.
Mr. Parisot, playing a rar Montagnana cello of 1739, was called to the stage for bows between numbers and for several encores at the end of the program.
AFROTC Tests Now Completed
AFROTC sophomore aptitude tests are now in.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
The tests, given Oct. 23, are used as one factor in the selection of advanced corps officers. Other factors considered are college grades, physical condition, leadership, and the ability to get along with other people.
The tests measure cadets' aptitudes in flying, technical ability, administrative potentiality, and officer characteristics.
Although the tests have been returned from the IBM grading center, cadets will not know until next spring whether they will be eligible for advanced training.
Conference Discusses Traffic Safety Plan
The Kansas conference on traffic safety education, which includes representatives of 19 organizations concerned with various phases-of that problem, met today.
Prime topics include a proposal by Frank T. Stockton, director of special projects for University Extension, for a safety program for Kansas, reports on proposed cooperation with Cornell University's automobile crash injury research project and on the extent of teacher training for driver education in the high schools.
Snow, Cold Hit Kansas
TOPEKA (U.P.) - Wintry weather with snow and biting cold surged back into eastern Kansas today, within 12 hours after temperatures had climbed into the 60's.
In Lawrence, the temperature rose to 17 this morning after a low of 14 last night.
The cold front brought a two to three hour early morning snow that lightly coated a large group of counties east of Salina. The snow was two inches deep at Manhattan.
Manhattan also listed a minimum temperature of only 11 degrees, the coldest reported in the state.
Skies are expected` to remain clear through tomorrow. A hard freeze is due tonight with lows in the northeast around 10 degrees.
Inge Will Judge Revue Scripts
William Inge, Pulitzer prize-win-
ning playwright and a KU alumnus,
will judge the entries in the script
contest for the 1956 Rock Chalk
Revue, Joe Muller, Winter Park
Fla. senior announced today.
Mr. Inge had previously agreed to judge the scripts if the work did not conflict with previous engagements.
Organized houses may submim only one skit idea, Muller said. There has been some discussion about duplication of skits by the Revue staff, but no precedent has been set.
The deadline for scripts is 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19. Carben copies should be made, Muller said. The original script will be sent to Mr. Inge, and the Revue staff will keep the carbon copy. It is not necessary to make carbon copies of drawings
Scripts must follow the plan in the director's guide. House representatives who were not present at the Nov. 18 meeting should obtain a guide in the YMCA office in the Student Union.
A general meeting of all house representatives will be held at 4 p.m. Dec,12 in 101 Snow.
MUMMERS' MIME" The Bear and the Clown rollick through the Mummers' play scene of "Gammer Gurton's Needle."
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WAA Banquet Set For 6 P.M. In Union
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Women's Athletic Association Hockey-Basketball Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. today in the Student Union.
Sue Evans, Leavenworth sophomore, is general chairman for the banquet. Other chairmen are Nancy Fujisaki, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, menu; Ruth Taggart, Topeka sophomore, decorations, and Ellen Craig, Wichita senior, awards.
2 Students Charged With Petty Larceny
Two KU students, Clarence S. Buller, Peabody junior, and Ronald K. Lehnus, Lyons freshman, pleaded guilty to petty larceny charges yesterday in Lawrence police court after campus police found them carrying tables out of Strong Hall.
CHRISTMAS WORLDS—The globes which seem to float to the ceiling are part of the Christmas decorations in Strong Hall rotunda. With the massed flags of the United Nations countries they seem symbolic of a world united under the Prince of Peace.
'Drunkard' Set For Dec.14-17
You can hiss the villain, cheer the hero, and even join in singing an old favorite like "When You Wore a Tulip" if you attend the melodiarum, "The Drunkard," at 8 p.m., Dec. 14, 15, 16, and 17 in the Studio Theater, Green Hall. Tickets are on sale at the boxoffice in Green basement. Student ID cards do not admit.
Members of the cast are from University Players or are students working to earn points for membership into the group. Ted Teichgraeber, Emporia sophmore, is director, and students are in charge of every phase of the play.
"The Drunkard" is considered one of the most famous melodramas ever written, Teichgreber said. It was produced in 1844 in Boston as a temperance play, written to show the evils of drink. At the time, it was a serious drama, but now its antique character makes it very humorous.
There will be 15 musical numbers during the show. Sherm Timmons Jr., Riley senior, will play a piano. An old-fashioned roll curtain, complete with painted advertisements will be used. Refreshments will be sold during the performance.
KU Debate Squad To Enter 2 Meets
University debate teams will participate in two tournaments Friday and Saturday.
Jack Gorelick, Kansas City, Kan. Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott, John Knightly, Hutchinson, and Ralph Seger, Topeka, all sophomores, will debate at Southwestern College at Winfield
Hugh Bruner, Olathe sophomore. William Haarman Jr., Pittsburg, Kan., junior, William Sumners, Wichita freshman, and Robert Kimball. Kansas City, Kan., junior, will go to the University of Arkansas at Favetteville.
Schools from several midwestern states will participate in both tournaments.
Play Rollicks As 'Gammer' Loses Needle
"Gammer Gurton's Needle," a bawdy and rollicking farce with its setting in Elizabethan England, opened last night in Fraser Theater. The play, a University Theatre production, will be presented at 8 p.m. today and on Friday and Saturday.
Gammer, Lee MacMorris, Hutchinson junior, lost her needle, which eventually was found in the britches of her hired man, Hodge, Larry Weaver, Lawrence senior. It is the search for the needle that rollks the play along.
Vagabond Starts Rumor
Diccon, David rosario, Lawrence senior, a foxy vagabond dealing in mischief, hears of Gammer's loss. He tells Gammer her neighbor, Dame Chat, the drab who runs the alehouse across from Gammer's house, Shirley Baker, Garden City junior, had stolen the precious needle.
This slyness sets the stage for a lively fight between the two women. Oaths are uttered, and the two pull hair, kick and slug in their big scene. Meanwhile, the rascal, Diccon, looks on, enjoying the excitement he has started.
When the needle is found, Disccon is punished by the justice, Master Bailey, Jerry Hanken, Cincinnati, Ohio, graduate student, and is sent from the village.
Two Are Outstanding
Rosario, as the wiley Diccon, is a standout in his role. He skillfully interprets his part of a knave. The audience seemed to especially appreciate his appearance in the play. Larry Weaver who had the part of Hodge, the louist hired man of Gammer Gurton, also was favored.
A Christmas theme is interwoven into the plot, and many of the traditional Christmas customs of Tudor England are depicted.
A four-piece orchestra plays English ballads during the show, and one. "The Fox," is sung by Roger Brown, Topeka sophomore.
Obscur Expression
Even though many of the old English words had been removed from the script and changed into modern day language, the play still has some obscure expressions which sometimes make it difficult to understand the dialogue. It is written in poetry form.
Jack Brooking, instructor of steech and drama, directs the play which has a cast of 41.
Lawyer Seeks Chairmanship
AUGUSTA — (U.P.)— Franz Lori-
aux, 40-year-old Augusta attorney,
today announced his candidacy for
Kansas Democratic state chairman.
He said, "I expect to win in Topeka Saturday" when the state Democratic committee will name a successor to Marvin A. "Mike" Harder of Wichita, who recently announced his resignation.
A moderator of one of the panels in a Friday-Saturday "Issues session" was to be George Docking of Lawrence, the 1954 party nominee for governor who says he may run again in '56. He will moderate a discussion of "Budgetary Issues."
Frank Theis, Arkansas City lawyer, publicly bid for the chairmanship Wednesday. Apparently there are no other candidates.