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Friday, Nov. 20, 1953
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University Daily Kansan
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Kansan photo by Dean Evans
By KEN BRONSON
THE HANDY TOOL—Naval ROTC midshipmen must learn all about the 5 inch .38 caliber dual purpose gun which is standard equipment on all naval combat vessels. This gun fires a 54 pound projectile, with a range of nine miles, and is an excellent anti-aircraft weapon, too.
Basement of M.S. Building Has Earmarks of Battleship
It may not be a floating battleship but the basement of the Military Science building probably comes closer to representing it than any other thing in the drouth-stricken, rolling, grassland country.
For in this underground arsenal located "over the hill" the United States Naval Reserve Officer's Training corp has one of the most complete gunnery labs of any university on the high plains. It supplies the NROTC unit with suitable equipment for the teaching of future U.S. Navy officers in the basic art of handling weapons, and other gunnery accessories.
A person walking through the south door of the building at the lower level would probably find himself staring into the bore of the 3-inch-50 cal semi-automatic gun.
If you still feel that it's safe to venture farther into the interior of the building, and you happen to turn left away from the 3-inch-50, you'll run smack into the largest gun in the whole building—the 5-inch-38 caliber gun.
This monster, which was one of the major multiple-purpose guns in the Navy during World War II, is used in connection with a range keeper, a computer, a stable element, and a switchboard. These four pieces of expensive equipment and the gun provide a major portion of the year's laboratory work for the NROTC Midshipmen.
Other weapons in the lab are the 40 and 40 millimeter anti-aircraft automatic machine guns. Besides the actual weapons, training equipment and dummy guns are also plentiful.
in the underwater warfare, the lab can offer a torpedo, a mine, and a depth charge. Cut-away models of these three are also put into use to give the student an inside view of the workings of the equipment.
Getting away from the fire-power of the ship, you can look into the radar and sonar rooms and probably find sonar and radar sets in operation. In case you didn't notice when you entered the building, a radar antennae sets on the roof of the building.
The actual operation of guiding a ship can be accomplished by stepping into the pilot's room and taking over the wheel. In case you want to chase a submarine or another ship, sonar and radar can be put to use along with another roomful of equipment and soon (if you know the fundamentals of steering) you can be on top of the sub or ship and fire a torpedo. How do you know if you're on the right track? It's very simple. A motion picture shows the movement of your ship along with the movement of the sub.
No ski trip can be complete without a commissary and the Military Science building boasts one of those too. Cokes and coffee are the only items on the menu but the nearly 40 officers and enlisted men of the three units don't seem to mind the facilities at all.
Of course, the gunnery lab isn't the only part of the basement. The NROTC unit has its storeroom and does the Air Force and Army units. There are also the armories of the Navy and Army units and a firing range, which is used by all three branches.
Spike Jones to San Carlo
By COURT ERNST
The 1953-54 Concert Course series opened Oct.28 at the University and has five more outstanding presentations scheduled for the remainder of the current school year.
Boris Goldovsky's Opera Theater company appeared Oct. 28 in a presentation of Mozart's "Merry Masquerade." Paul Gregory's stage production of "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" starring Henry Fonda, John Hodiak, and Lloyd Nolan, and directed by Dick Powell, was presented Wednesday.
The Concert Course series ' was started in 1902 by D. M. Swarthout, professor of piano and former dean of the School of Fine Arts. The concerts have been presented in Hoch auditorium since its opening about 26 years ago.
The "Hall of Fame" photograph series on display in Hoch auditorium features autographed pictures of many of the famous artists who have appeared on the series over the years.
This Car Just Won't Get Lost
Classical presentations, ballet opera, popular singers, bands, vocal and instrumental soloists, choral groups, symphony orchestras, marionettes, and even a "Musical Depreciation" revue by Spike Jones and his company have been featured. Artists have come from France, Germany, Holland, India, Japan.
Bruce Wormald a Columbia university student, has been having car trouble—for more than two years now.
It it began back in 1951, when the engine of his 1936 model automobile conked out near New York City's Welfare island. Unable to get the car started again, Wormald pushed it into a secluded corner and left it parked.
This month he received a warning letter from Welfare island officials. They wanted him to retrieve his deserted car. So he and a friend went back to the island and, failing to get the motor running, they pushed the vehicle off a 24-foot cliff and into the ocean.
An alert doctor saw the car being dumped, though, and notified the police. Now the two students are charged with "dumping refuse into New York City waters in violation of the Sanitary Code," and the police are grappling for Wormald's white elephant.
Austria, Russia, Hungary, Spain, and England, just to mention a few countries.
Most of the time the concerts have been presented successfully, but one outstanding exception took place one year when Lawrence Tibbett was scheduled to perform. After arriving in Lawrence, an attack of laryngitis forced last-minute cancellation of his recital. Eager for students to have the opportunity of hearing him, however, the University promptly booked him for the following year.
A look at the long list of famous personalities who have appeared on the Concert Course over the years reveals, among others, the following: Wagner Opera company, Ballet Theater, Robert Shaw chorale, Byron Janis, Alec Templeton, Eleanor Steber, Rise Stevens, Leonard Warren, Toss Spivakovsky, Gregor Pliatigarsky, Patrice Munsel, Paul Whiteman, Cincinnati Symphony orchestra, John Philip Sousa, Chicago Opera company, Gladys Swarthout, Percy Grainger, Minneapolis Symphony orchestra, Vienna Boys' choir, Jose Hurbi, Don Cassock chorus, Fritz Kreisler, Radolph Serkin, Oklahoma A&M band. Zion Francescatti, San Carlo Opera company, Helen Traben, Grace Moore, Lauritz Melchior, Blanche Thebom, Jascha Heifetz, Artur Rubinstein, and John Charles Thomas. The performances
The remaining performances scheduled for this season;
Nov. 30: Agnes de Mille Dance Theater; Jan. 11. Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra; March 3: Anna Russell, concert dcomedienne; March 31: Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist, and May 4: Claramea Turner, contralto of the Metropolitan Opera company.
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