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University Daily Kansas Wednesday. December 15, 1954
'Let Mommy Come Home'
Yule Wish Unfulfilled
Great Bend—(U.P.)—Ten-year-old Cheryl McMullen's Christmas wish was left only partly fulfilled today.
Cheryl's only request of Santa Claus was that he "Tell God to make my mommy well so she can come home from the hospital for Christmas."
Mrs. McMullen, wife of Bennie McMullen, was returned home Sunday from the University of Kansas Medical center in Kansas City, Kan. She died early today.
Mrs. McMullen, who would have been 34 on Christmas eve, is survived by three other children besides Cheryl and the father.
Mr. McMullen, who is employed by a Great Bend oil company, said his wife was the victim of a malignant abcess of the liver. She had been ill for five months and a patient in Kansas City for three weeks.
Cheryl made her request of Santa Claus in the lobby of the court house in Great Bend Saturday.
Russian Class Choral Group To Present Program Tonight
Authentic Russian choral pieces and a chant by a native Russian will be the contribution of the Russian language class to the annual German department Nativity play at 8 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
Sam Anderson, of the German department, has his Russian class sing authentic choral works for the play every year. This year an added attraction will be Alexes Alexandrovitch Popoff, engineering freshman, who will chant an old church motiv called the "Christmas Kontakion, Tone 3."
Popoff is of pure Russian blood and was born in France. His father, a priest in the Russian Orthodox church, fied Russia after the revolution. Popoff spent the last four years in Alaska, where his father was priest of a Russian church.
Displaying a wide range of dynamics, Russian choirs have no accompaniment. Instead, they depend upon the distinct, close parts of voices, which become loud and then soft, to give their music a distinctive quality.
Mr. Anderson said, "We never try to imitate professionals, but rather sing as they do in the small village choirs in itussa."
Most of the music Mr. Anderson uses is from his own travues when he learned Russian and sang in Russian churches. He has photostatic copies of many of the original works and presents them as they were meant to be sung. Perhaps the most famous group which sing in this musical tradition is the Don Cossas. They show the effect which can be gained by use of voices alone.
Although the Russian class is small, they have put much time in
on the parts, since very few are gifted with the natural pitch most Russians seems to have. In addition to antiphonal responses, they will sing the "103rd Psalm," and portions from other Christmas works.
Professor Elected To Icelandic Club
Emeritus Prof. A. M. Sturtevant has been elected an honorary member of the Icelandic Literary society, Prof. Alexander Johannesson, head of the University of Iceland, has informed the University.
"The election of an American to honorary membership in such a distinguished academic body as the Icelandic Literary society is a very great distinction indeed," J. H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate school, said today.
"Prof. Sturtevant's contributions to scholarship which are responsible for the honor have also brought great credit to the University of Kansas," he added.
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