At the Movies-
Genevieve', 'Macbeth' Offered on Film Slate
By BILL STRATTON
"Genevieve," "Executive Suite," and Macbeth" make up the film slate for the coming week. There will be others, of course, but there are many students who are reluctant to pay metropolitan prices for suburban movies.
Tomorrow, at the Patee theater, another of England's more humorous contributions to the American screen will be shown under the title of "Genevieve." Genevieve is not a woman in this case but an item equally as tempermental and somewhat more durable, a 1904 Darrracq, sometimes called an automobile.
Though the content may sound unpromising, the presentation of events caused by a pair of ancient ear fanatics produces sustained high interest. These two middle-aged hot foods taint and a paramour on a traditional joint to annual festivities of England's Veteran air club, but, by way of competition antagonism and marital jealousy the simple affair burst into an unscrupulous, hot-headed race that evokes humor where least expected. No slapstick is involved though all who appear are likable clowns.
MGM's anniversary special, "Executive Suite," will privilege Lawrence with its spectacular presence at the Granada theater next Sunday.
After the blare of publicity bugles which preceded this unusual film, it is not unlikely that many moviegoers will be disappointed with what they view. The accepted elements of film fascination: namely, physical conflict, love and enigma, are almost entirely absent. The subject of "Executive Suite" is the presidency of a furniture corporation. Suspense is wrapped around the question of who, among the vice presidents, is able, deserving, and clever enough to take command after the dynamic leader dies.
The pace of action and characterization is torrid, almost hasty, while the story is an explanation of motives behind the aspirants. The important roles are handled by William Holden and Frederie March while bit parts contain Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Dean Jagger, and Paul Douglas. Feminine interests are minor and muddled, featuring Stanwyck, Allyson, and Foch. As in most of her parts during the past several years, June Allyson is plagued with precarious love, and she is therefore dedicated to the practice of biting the lower lip, hoping for a brighter tomorrow.
The Orson Welles' version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is scheduled for Sunday through Tuesday at the Varsity theater.
"Somberbero," which begins Tuesday at the Patee, is a technical colored bit of chaos that sings, dances, bullfights, and brawls its way into a vacuum. Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse are two of the participants who can either chalk it up to experience or change their names.
Aside from her and the suggestion that determined business Titans are easily swayed by a cameraman, Suite² is important entertainment.
Jewelry Robber Identified in K.C.
Kings City Mo.—(U,P)—A jew-
Picard has been questioned and cleared in connection with a train robbery of jewels at Centarlia, Mo. in March.
lry repairman was identified yes-
day as the robber—hooded with a
paper sack—who forced a jewelry
store owner to stuff a pillow case
with diamonds and watches and
made off with $12,000 in mercha-
dise.
Hary Sosland, operator of the store in a downtown office building, testified in circuit court that Lester Picard, 38-year-old repairman, was the robber last Aug. 31.
Under questioning about the Kansas City robbery, Picard first admitted he was the man, then changed his story to say that Mr Sosland was an accomplish. Mr Sosland denied it emphatically.
Testimony was to continue today
Coat the dustpan with wax so that dirt and dust won't stick to the surface.
KU 7th in Aiding Foreign Students
Nearly three-fourths of the institutions of higher learning in the United States are giving financial aid to foreign students in the form of tuition, scholarships, maintenance, or other special grants, according to the 34th annual report of the Institute of International Education.
The University ranks seventh in the country by granting aid to 55 foreign students. Those schools outranking KU are much larger.
They are the University of Michigan with 90 foreign students the University of Chicago,80, Harvard University,76,Cornell university, 70,the University of Minnesota,64,and Columbia university. 58.
The Louisiana Purchase is one of the few historical events which has been commemorated twice by the issue of U. S. stamps. A series of five stamps was issued in 1904 and a single stamp in 1953.
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Kansan photo by Richard Collins.
CONVERTIBLE - Robert T Cheky, instructor in political science, peers through the shattered rear window of the car owned by J. E. Barnes.
Shattered Windows Blamed On Temperature Changes
By R. H. CHESKY
When Virginia L. Barnes, daughter of J. E. Barnes, an employee of the University Press, drove to work at the Sunflower Ordnance works in DeSoto yesterday morning, it was just another day in the week of a working girl. The first indication that Wednesday, May 12, was to be somewhat different was an odd, clicking noise as she drove her father's 1950 Oldsmobile.
There was no apparent cause for the disintegration of the glass, but for once the laymen and the experts seemed to be in reasonably close agreement about the possibilities. Mr. Barnes attributed the incident to "something in the glass," and Gilbert Haight, professor of chemistry, said a wide variety of reasons might lie at the root of the problem.
Prof. Haight said that little is known about a number of factors relating to the durability and use of glass, and suggested that stresses and strains involved in the
When Miss Barnes arrived at the plant, she noticed that the glass in the rear window of her father's car was beginning to develop a number of cracks. And when she finished work at 5 p.m. the glass had completely disintegrated into crystals smaller than a dime. Then when she started the car and began to drive toward Lawrence, the rear window collapsed into the shelf above the back seat of the automobile.
Art Films to Be Shown at 7:30
Four films will comprise the fourth in the series of films on art at 7:30 p.m. today in the lecture hall of the Museum of Art. The program includes Toulouse-Lautrec, "Ballet by Degas," "Matisse," and "Experience of Cubism."
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Thursday. May 13. 1954
Hungry People Live in Red China
University Daily Kansan
Editor's Note: Though they talk tough, and though they confront the Western world with the constant threat of aggression, the Chinese Communists are having their troubles. Material for the following dispatch by a reporter gathered from Chinese Red newspapers, diplomatic and military intelligence sources and refugees.
United Press Staff Correspondent Hong Kong — (U.P.) Two hundred million people in Communist China are hungry.
By WENDELL MERICK
It is reported that there is dissension between Mao Tse-Tung, the Communist leader, and Lai Shaoxia, his No. 2 man, on economic policy.
There is lethargy and inefficiency in the factories.
Discouraged farmers are flocking to the big cities by tens of thousands.
There are not enough trained Communists to run the country.
There is no sign that the Red regime is weakening. There always has been hunger in China, there always has been inefficiency and governments always have had trouble in controlling the country.
Floods, drought and insects ruined much of last year's crops. Food
The Reds admit that 200 million people in China's 600 million people are shopping online.
The farmers have lost their incentive to grow food because taxes are high and because the Reds take all the food a man grows except what he needs for hisown family.
There seems to be loose talk among high Communist officials, Lu Shao-Chi warned in March that men like Russia's executed Secret Police Chief Laventi P. Beria are endangering the plans of the Communist party and must be ferreted out.
that the people needed was sent to Iron Curtain countries to pay for machinery for heavy industry.
Production of consumer goods is being subordinated to heavy industry output. But reports which reach here indicate that there is less discontent in the cities than in the country. Factory wages have been increased and such benefits as hospitalization and medical treatment given.
Diplomats believe that the Communists may have increased production a little bit over that attained under the Nationalist government before World War II.
Industrially, the Reds are in the second year of a Five Year plan of development.
All reports indicate that conditions in China are bad. Yet most experts here believe that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek would not be welcomed with open arms if he returned to the mainland unless he won a quick, sweeping victory.
Mao and Liu are reported to be in disagreement. Mao sees the solution of China's future in the peasants, Liu looks to the industrial workers. Mao's land reform policies are not working out well, and Liu's pro-labor faction may gain power.
The only hope the experts can see for the immediate future lies in China itself.
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manufacture of glass for certain purposes might well bring about "mysterious" disintegration at a later date.
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"The crystallization of the glass might come from an unknown blow from some object, or it might develop out of some weakness in the glass without benefit of outside assistance." Prof. Haight said. "In any case, the weakness is probably in the glass in this sort of a situation."
Michael Barnhart, an employee in the parts department of the M. F. Hudson company, local Oldsmobile dealers, said that he has had experience with a number of cases of disintegration, and attributed most of them to temperature changes. "Most of the cases I've seen during hot weather," he said. Mr. Barnhart didn't discount the glass itself, however. "Most of the shattering occurs in curved glasses," he said, "and there may be something in the manufacturing processes that leads to weakness in the glass."
Mr. Barnhart was sure about one thing, "It happens in all kinds of cars,"—not just General Motors products," he said.
Whatever the cause of glass disintegration, it's probably true that the mysterious pockmarks that are appearing on auomobile glass all over the country are an entirely different sort of problem. The "pockmarks" are either small holes in the glass or slight blemishes and indentations, and seem to be a product of totally different—but nonetheless unknown—causes. The disintegration cases seem to be more numerous, and we're still looking for our first case of pockmarking in the Lawrence area.
Library Curator Discusses Irish Books, Schools
"The Irish monks' greatest gift to posterity was their system of schools and learning." Joseph Rubinstein, curator of special collections of the University libraries, said last night in a lecture before approximately 50 students and faculty members.
"There are few parallels to their devoted energy toward the monastery schools, where the Bible was the foundation of all study," he said." By the sixth century the schools were attracting scholars from everywhere."
By NANCY NEVILLE
"The Irish style of illuminating manuscripts traveled through England and Italy. Two differences between Italian and Irish monks were their methods of observing Easter and shaving their heads," he said.
Mr. Rubinstein began his lecture by giving the history of the development of Irish monasteries, saying that they were begun in the fifth century.
"The Book of Kells exemplifies the height of Irish illumination," the speaker said. "It is the most famous of the manuscripts and has been reproduced thousands of times."
Slides of two illuminated manuscripts illustrated Mr. Rubinstein's talk. Pages from the Gospel Book of Lindsfarne and the Gospel Book of Kells were shown.
The book consisted of 399 leaves and the letters were round half uncials, he said. Many motifs were used, such as red dots, outlines, borders, and initials, he said.
He pointed out patterns of design and letters on six slides.
Following Mr. Rubinstein's lecture was a talk by Edward Maser, curator of the Museum of Art. Discussing medieval Irish jewelry and metal work, Mr. Maser illustrated his talk by slides.
"To the Romans, Irish art was barbaric," Mr. Maser said. "Where the Romans used naturalistic patterns, the Irish believed in a more decorative effect."
Included in the slides were the "Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell," "The Great Cross of Cong," "The Shrine of St. Lachin's Arm," and the "Harp of Brian Boru."
The lecture was sponsored jointly by the museum and the University libraries. It opened an exhibition of medieval Irish art, which will be displayed through the summer.
Former Student Elected
Emory N. Kemler, holder of two degrees from the University, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Kemler is now professor of mechanical engineering and head of the machine-design and instrumentation division of the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota.
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