Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
52nd Year, No.4
Monday, Sept. 20, 1954
British Critic Opens Lecture Series Tuesday
Geoffrey Moore, British critic of American literature, will give the first of his lectures on "The Spirit of Modern Literature" in Strong auditorium at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Mr. Moore, this year's Rose
Morgan visiting professor, will describe experiences as writer and editor, and as lecturer on some of BBC's Third Programme series. He has published articles, poems, and essays.
GEOFFREY MOORE
The evening lectures may be taken by juniors and seniors for
taken by juniors and so en-
gine the hour credit in English 97,
and are given students and to the
public. The course of lectures will
not be at a technical level which
requires special background in
English studies.
The London Times, whose literary supplement is the leading book review medium of the English-speaking world, this week issued a 117-page edition on "American Writing Today—Its Independence and Vigour". Moore wrote three of the articles.
Relief from Heat Promised Kansas
Kansans suffering from a late September hot spell were promised something like relief for tomorrow, with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in the southeast and extreme east.
It will be fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow, with a low tonight of 65 and a high tomorrow in the lower 80s. Lawrence temperatures were in the 80s this morning but were expected to climb into the 90s as they did over the weekend.
While eastern Kansas resembled a gigantic steam bath, Wyoming and Colorado were getting some of their first frost warnings of the fall. And western Kansas was expected to record a low tonight of 45 and a high tomorrow of 70.
Record Concerts Set for Museum
Today Michael Podolski will play lute music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Tomorrow Sir Adrian Rault will conduct the BBC Symphony orchestra in "The Planets" suite by Holst.
Museum of Art record concerts will be presented daily at 12 noon and 4 p.m. in the Sculpture gallery of the museum.
Centennial to Open WithBallWednesday
Wednesday the Concert Arts orchestra conducted by Vladimir Golschman, will feature the contemporary American music "Adagio for Strings" by Barber, "Rounds" by Diamond, "Quiet City" by Copland, and "Two Choric Dances" by Creston.
Custom
Thursday "Te Deum" and other works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier will be presented by the Chamber orchestra of the Concerts, and the Musicales de France, conducted by Louis Martini, will play "The Chorale of the Jeunesses" by Pas-deloup.
On Friday "Music for the Theatre" by Aaron Copland, and suite from "The Three Penny Opera" by Kurt Weill will be played by Izler Solomon and the MGM orchestra.
All Spruced Up- Bob Fay, graduate from St. Louis, has been in the centennial spirit since early last spring, when his facial foliage was adjudged the best among KU students. Since then the whiskers have grown out of all proportion, causing Fay to optimistically believe he has a chance to cop an honor in the Lawrence territorial centennial beard judging next week
Three University students are among the finalists for the queen of the Lawrence centennial.
Centennial Schedule
Wednesday—Celebration ball in Lawrence High school gymnasium.
Saturday, KW show WGLA here.
Saturday through, Sept. 23—
Centennial Page, "Trails West." in
Haskell stadium and historical·window
displays downtown.
Friday through Sept. 30—Railroad car with Kansas territorial centennial exhibits.
Saturday-Centennial parade along Massachusetts.
Sept. 30—Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at 4-H fairgrounds.
Geology Maps Show Quadrangles
The surface features of approximately 600 square miles of Kansas territory are shown by four topographical maps now ready for distribution by the State Geological survey.
Waconda Springs and Glen Elder quadrangles, each covering an area of about 60 miles of the Solomon river valley area in western Mitchell county, and the Manhattan and Ft. Riley, adjoining maps showing 480 square miles of the Manhattan-Junction City area along the Kansas and Republican rivers, are the four maps.
Besides contours, benchmarks and other elevation data, the maps show such surface features as rivers and streams, wooded areas, towns, rural buildings, landmarks, roads, railroads, and political boundaries.
Polly Peppercorn, college freshman; Susan Montgomery, education junior, and Judy Cotton, college sophomore, will compete with other contestants, all of whom are permanent residents of Douglas county.
The queen, the duchess of Douglas county, and the princesses will be chosen on the basis of the sale of tickets for the Centennial pageant. The queen will be announced at the Celebration ball, to be held from 8 p.m. to 1. a.m. Wednesday in the gymnasium of the new Lawrence High school.
The Centennial pageant, with a cast of more than 900 local residents, will open Thursday night in the Haskell Institute stadium for a six-day showing.
Each day during the centennial celebration has been given a special name. Thursday will be "Youth day." Friday "Ladies and Pioneer Recognition day," and Saturday will feature a parade from 6th and Massachusetts streets to 19th street, then west to the new high school. Sunday will be "Religious Participation day," Monday "Agriculture day," and the final day, Tuesday, will be "Men's day."
The final event, judging of beards, will take place Tuesday evening, and a few University students, as well as Lawrence residents, are growing beards for this event.
Lawrence residents got into the spirit when a centennial preview was held June 3. University students celebrated the anniversary, complete with beards, in late March.
The Collegians, a KU student band, will provide the music for the ball.
Saturday Afternoon Was Tough for KU's 27th Football Coach
—Daily Kansan staff photos
A good play brings a grin.
But a poor decision brings a look of chagrin.
And that maneuver was worse.
He follows the play.