University Daily Kansan Page 3 Monday, May 3. 195
CLARAMAE TURNER
CLAUDETTE SOREL
Concert Band to Preform Tonight For KU's Annual Music Festival
A performance by the University Concert band at 8 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium will be the feature attraction of the day in KU's annual music festival.
The festival opened yesterday with the performance of Haydn's oratorio, "The Creation," by the University chorus and Symphony orchestra.
The band will be under the direction of Russell L. Wiley, professor of music and director of both the band and the Symphony orchestra The concert will be free to students presenting ID cards, and the general admission charge will be 50 cents. However, free complimentary tickets may be obtained at the Band office in Hoch auditorium anytime today.
Leo Horacek, instructor of trumpet, will be the featured soloist in Edwin Franko Goldman's "Schoerzo for Trumpeter." Virginia Vogel, fine arts freshman, will be at the celesta during the performance of the "On
the trail" movement from Ferde
Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite."
The band will play nine other selections, including "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Dukas, "Songs My Mother Taught Me" by Dvakor, and parts of other compositions by Prokoeff, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsk
The festival program will continue tomorrow with a recital by Clara-mae Turner, Metropolitan opera contralto and creator of the title role in Gian-Carlo Menotti "The Medium," in hoch auditorium at 8:20 p.m. Miss Turner, whose vocal training took place entirely in the U.S., has been heard in almost 80 different operatic roles.
The annual Young American Artist program on Wednesday will feature Claudette Sorel, a 20-year-old pianist who is celebrating her ninth season on the concert stage, in a recital in Strong auditorium at 8 p.m. Miss Sorel was graduated from the Juliillard School of Music at the age of 15—the youngest graduate in the school's history. She has
Education Officer Decries Teacher, Classroom Lack
New York—(U.P.)—Samuel M. Brownlee, federal commissioner of education, painted a grim picture of the shortage of classroom facilities and teachers in the public schools today and asked every citizen to face the responsibility of a long-term expansion of educational resources.
In a speech before the Educational Institute of the Air Mr. Brownnell disclosed that the shortage of public school classrooms in the nation increases at a rate of 67,000 annually in spite of construction of 50,000 new classrooms each year. He said the total classroom shortage for the country was 340,000.
"The United States faces a long-term increase in population, and hence, a long-term need for expanded educational facilities," the commissioner said. "The security and well-being of the nation require the citizens act promptly and effectively to improve education."
studied in Europe under the Fulbright program and performed with all of the principal American symphony orchestras.
SUA Dinner to Honor New Board, Officers
Thursday's feature will be the concert of the men's and women's glee clubs in Hoch auditorium at 8 p.m. Clayton Krehbiel, who conducted the performance of "The Creation" yesterday, will be the director.
Mr. Brownell said there are 10 million young people in the 15-19 age group today, 15 million in the five to nine group, and 17 million under five. He said the total number of students in the nation's public schools and colleges today is 37 million and will be, by conservative estimate, 45 million in 1960.
The annual recognition dinner of the Student Union Activities will be held Wednesday in the Kansas room of the Student Union.
Officers for 1954 will be recognized, the newly chosen SUA board members will be announced, and special recognition will be given to those who have done considerable work on Student Union Activities.
Although KU's Music festival will extend into next week for the production of two one-act comic operas, the event is scheduled annually to coincide with the celebration of National Music week May 2-9. "Join in Music Making" is the theme of the 1954 Music week, which is sponsored and supported by numerous national educational and civic organizations.
Mr. Brownell also noted that there is a current shortage of 72,000 prepared teachers for elementary schools, necessitating $ \frac{1}{3} $ or 1/3 day sessions in many communities. Another serious problem is the acceptance of teachers with less than standard certification by some states.
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49 Tornadoes, Rains Blizzard Hit Weekend
By UNITED PRESS
A vicious storm front rolled toward the Atlantic coast today after hitting the Mississippi valley during the weekend with 49 tornadoes, torrential rains, and a weird May blizzard.
VFW Men Ired By Student Acts
Middletown. Conn. — (U, P)—The Veterans of Foreign War s demanded today that Wesleyan university take stern disciplinary action against students who staged what it called a Communist-inspired demonstration at a Loyalty Day parade.
The VFW said the 90-minute parade Sunday afternoon turned into a "disgraceful exhibition of spitting at the flag, stone throwing, and the exhibition of a Nazi flag from a college dormitory window."
State Commander Charles Post of Norwalk described the incident at the scene.
Harrywalk described the incident as a Red-inspired demonstration. State Senior Vice Commander Henry T. Pinchera of Hartford said We men in the line of marsh became armed against the ship the flag and other abuses they started to rush the dormitory but he stopped them.
No arrests were made but police picked up one student and later released him.
Home Ec Society Selects Three Women
Three new members have been selected for Omieron Nu, honorary home economics society. Members are chosen by the home economics faculty on the basis of superior scholarship.
The new members are Constance Hunter, college junior; Carol McClenahan, college junior, and Bertha Smith, education senior.
The storm left at least 27 persons dead, including eight in Mississippi, five in Nebraska, four in Oklahoma and Illinois, three in Minnesota, two in Missouri and one in Louisiana.
Oklahoma alone counted 20 tornadoes Saturday with two persons killed and 46 injured. Among the towns battered by twisters were Grandfield, Shawnee, Stroud, Pawnee, Meeker, Tipton, Dale, Davenport. Big Spring, Snyder and Sparks.
Fifty homes were demolished at Meeker. Eighteen persons were injured in a path 35 miles long and a mile wide between Shawnee and Stroud.
Heavy downpours throughout the Mississippi valley caused sharp flooding in many areas. A 13-year-old girl drowned when she was swept into a flooded creek near Minco, Okla., and a 21-year-old youth was drowned when his horse threw him into rain-swollen Squall Creek near Cardin.
Snow fell over most of Minnesota and part of the Dakotas yesterday. It reached a depth of seven inches at many points and a small-scale blizzard developed at Bemidji, Minn.
Temperatures plummeted as the storm swept eastward. Below freezing temperatures were recorded at many northern cities.
The Mississippi was swelling toward a crest $2\frac{1}{2}$ feet above flood stage at Aitkin, Minn., and the Chippewa river in Wisconsin was $5\frac{1}{2}$ feet above flood.
Fifteen familiss were forced from their home at Eau Claire, Wis., and five more at Durand.
The week-end's twisters break the nation's total confirmed and unconfirmed funnels to almost 90 for the last eight days.
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