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Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily Hansan
51st Year, No.26
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1953
Italian Tanks Turn Frontier Into War Camp
Goriza, Italy —(UP)— Italy's best American-equipped NATO divisions today turned the 75-mile frontier area opposite Yugoslavia into a vast armored camp.
Hundreds of United States-built Patton tanks covered with protective tarpaulins lined the side streets of this partitioned city on the Italian-Yugoslav border and nearby villages.
The tanks armed with 90-millimeter guns which were supplied to Italy by the United States, roared to within sight of the barbed wire boundary. On the Yugoslav side Marshal Tito was reported to have brought up the same type American tanks last week.
raratroops of the crack Italian Folgore division were busy stringing teelphone cables as if they meant to stay.
Armored patrols went under cover of darkness to alert positions within yards of Yugoslavia and zone A of Trieste which the United States and Britain have promised to turn over to Marshals. The marshals will bring his Yugoslav troops into the zone if Italian forces set foot in it.
Kansan photo bv Sandy Jennings
Meanwhile, Communists and Fascists fought in Rome streets today in the second day of brawling in Trieste demonstrations.
Police broke up the worst clash in the Via Nizza near the headquarters of the Communist Italian partisans association by charging jeeps into a crowd of more than 1,800 persons.
The Fascist demonstrations would have been carried out peacefully police said, if the Reds had not attacked.
Police armed with rifles, water hoses, and tear gas channeled marching groups away from the foreign embassies but hundreds of students shouting "Death to Tito" ranged downtown streets. The American embassy was heavily guarded.
Calendar Contest Deadline is Sunday
The Sunday deadline for submitting pictures of candidates for the KU Calendar Girl contest was stressed today by Nathan Harris, college junior and Calendar editor.
Each organized women's house has been contacted and asked to submit a picture of its candidate, who must be a member of the Class of '54. Voting for the Calendar Girl will be done only by those seniors who
attend the Class of '54 "Coffee Bust"
at 10 a.m. Oct. 29.
A girl not living in an organized house can also be a candidate. Harris said, if her picture and a petition of candidacy signed by 20 girls from the Class of 54 who do not live in organized houses is presented.
Student Directories Available Tomorrow
Distribution of student directories will begin tomorrow morning at the information booth, continuing through Friday.
Each student must present his identification card to receive his directory. Extra copies are not available.
Faculty and staff members may obtain copies at the Registrar's
Recital Date is Nov. 1
Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer, will present a recital on the baroque organ in the Museum of Art at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, instead of Sunday, Oct. 25, as reported in Tuesday's Daily Kansan.
TO THE GUILLOTINTE—Bill Means, college senior, tells JoAnna March, college senior, and Gene Reynolds, instructor in speech and drama, that their time has come in the last of four one-act plays presented last night by the Studio theater.
4 English 1-Act Comedies Called 'Near-Professional'
By LETTY LEMON
An audience made up largely of townspeople and high school students viewed the near-professional presentation of four English one-act comedies by the Studio theater last night in the Little theater in Green hall.
Outstanding in the title role of "Catherine Parr" was DeeAnn Price, college junior. Miss Price was a spritely rather than stately queen who argued with William West, college senior, playing Henry VIII, about boiled eggs, the color of Alexander the Great's horse, religion, and her threatened execution.
"Phipps," the second play, starred Mary Patton, college freshman, as an avaricious "Lady Fanny" who accused her obviously incapable husband, played by Mark Gilman, of philandering. Phipps, the perfect butler, acted by Charles Dick, special student in the college, offered to step into the marital breach and run away with Lady Fanny, so Sir Gerald could obtain an easy divorce. The situation ended with Lady Fanny receiving a rope of pearls from her husband, thereby removing the necessity of separation.
Dick seemed to lack the stoicism usually associated with an English butler. Mark Gilman was competent in his role of the henpecked husband. But Miss Patton shone as a haughty, frivolous, and demanding Lady Fanny in this comedy of expediency.
The Englishman, Sir Harry Sims, excellently played by Charles Dick, learns the whys and wherefores of the one failure of his life, his inability to hold the affections of his first wife. Beautifully played by Caroline Craft, fine arts freshman, the ex-wife disclosed her bitterness at the life she chose to leave, and her contempt for her ex-husband for possessing only one quality—that of success.
Easily the best of the four plays was "The Twelve Pound Look" by Sir James Barrie. The story centered around a successful English author, and his chance meeting with his ex-wife who comes to his house as a secretary to answer letters of congratulation.
Dick displayed aplomb in playing 15 minutes of his role with his stage moustache attached at a 45-degree angle.
Marjorie Smith, college senior, was excellent as Harry's mouse wife, heartened by the ex-Mrs. Sims who was "so contented as a secretary."
A dialogue in verse form was the fourth offering of the evening, and
Gene Reynolds, instructor in speech and drama, and Jo Anna March, college senior, were professional in their portrayals of a French aristocrat about to be guillotined and his wife who elected to die with him. The play was titled "A Minuet."
In a touching scene, the two recalled the pleasures of their courtship and marriage, and decided "It takes death to remind us we are human." Bill Means, business senior, was an appropriately bourgeois contrast to the powdered and satined Miss March and Reynolds.
"Phipps" and "The Twelve-Pound Look" were directed by James Wright, and "Catherine Parr" and "A Minute" were directed by Allen Crafton.
The program will be presented throughout the week at 8 p. m. Student admission is 25 cents.
English Teachers' Program Outlined
An address by Bernard DeVoto, historian and literary critic, will highlight a conference of more than 170 Kansas high school and college English teachers Friday and Saturday on the campus.
Mr. DeVoT will speak on "Some"
American Symbols at 8 p.m. Friday
in Fraser theater, in a lecture open
to the public.
More than 150 reservations have been received for a dinner at 6 p.m. Friday in the Student Union. A total of 135 have reserved places at the luncheon Saturday noon.
A reception for Mr. DeVoto will be Friday night in Spooner-Thayer museum after his address.
Displays at the museum will include a rare book form the University library and another book on art in England.
A panel discussion on the teaching of English composition will be led by Dr. Albert R. Kitzhaber at 4 p.m. Friday in Fraser theater. Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, assistant professor of English, will talk on what colleges would like the beginning freshman to know about writing, and Dr. Kitzhaber will talk on composition teaching.
The teachers will hold panel discussions on the problem of teaching composition and literature. Other features on the two-day program include luncheons, dinners, tours, lectures, and displays.
Dr. James L. Wortham, chairman of the department of English, will speak at a luncheon Saturday on the advantages of combining instruction of composition and literature.
Dr. W. D. Paden, associate professor of English, will be chairman of a discussion on teaching English literature. Included in the panel will be Dr. Oscar Haugh, associate professor of education, who will give a summary of reading deficiencies of college freshmen. Dr. Paden will speak on the training of the literature teacher.
Mr. DeVoto for many years has been the editor of "Easy Chair," column of critical comment in Harper's magazine. His book "Across the Wide Missouri" won the 1948 Pulitzer prize in history. "The Course of Empire," a history published in 1952, won the National Book award for non-fiction.
Visitors will be able to see exhibits at the University library, including the J. J. Pennell collection of historical photographs. Sets of marked themes will be shown in Fraser hall.
Security Council to Receive Arab-Jew Peace 'Blueprint'
United Nations—(U.P).—A "Blueprint for Security" in the Holy Land was on its way from Palestine today for consideration by the UN Security Council as tension grew between Arab and Jewish states.
1. Creation of a new demilitarized zone to surround the young state of Israel, with complete sovereignty in the neutralized area entrusted to the UN.
2. Enlargement of the UN truce supervision machinery to include mobile observation units operating on land and in the air.
The Israel complaints, along with the security blueprint, probably will be considered by the Security Council on Friday. Bennike was expected to arrive momentarily.
The council summoned Maj. Gen. Vagn Bennike of Denmark, chief of the UN Truce Supervision commission in Palestine, to present the blueprint.
3. Requirement by the UN that
His security plan was described as containing three principal points:
At the same time Israel placed before the UN two complaints charging Jordan and other Arab states with creating threats to peace.
both Israel and the Arab countries disperse forces converging on the frontiers, with the provisions that neither Arab nor Jewish forces be allowed to move closer than three miles to the border.
Bennike was ordered to appear before the Security Council after agreement was reached yesterday on a compromise plan for the discussion.
The item for consideration is:
"The Palestine question: compliance with and enforcement of the general armistice agreements, with special reference to recent acts of violence and in particular to the incident at Bibya on Oct. 14-15; report by the chief of staff of the truce supervision organization."
Dance Set Today at Union
A dance will be held in the Train room of the Student Union at 8 p.m. today. Manuel Jackson will tap dance at the 9:30 p.m. intermission
'Caine Mutiny Drama Coming
"The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" a dramatization of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer prize-winning novel, "The Caine Mutiny," will be presented Nov. 18 in Hoch auditorium as a part of the University Concert course.
Tickets will go on sale Oct. 30,
with prices ranging from $1.28 to
$3.06.
Henry Fonda stars in the role of Lt. Greenwald, the lawyer; John Hodiak appears as Lt. Maryk, the mutineer, and Lloyd Nolan plays Cant. Queeq.
"The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," presented by the Gregory-Laughton troupe, "embodies new and revolutionary ideas in staging and presentation," its promoters say.
The drama opened 10 days ago on the Pacific coast, and is scheduled for a Broadway run beginning Jan. 18. Staging and directing are by Dick Powell, screen, stage, and radio star.
PetitionsAvailable For Senate Posts
Petitions for the two AWS Senate freshman posts have been distributed to North College, Corbin, Foster, Miller, and Watkins halls. The petitions, which can be obtained in the Dean of Women's office must be in by 5 p. m. Friday.
An instruction period for the candidates will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday in the Oread room of the Union. The AWS constitution and AWS functions will be reviewed by Senate members then. A quiz over this material will be given Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p. m. in the Oread room. Candidates revealing the highest scores will be invited to a coffee in the English room of the Union at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, for a personal interview with the AWS Senate and the election committee.
Weather
Those gray skies over eastern Kansas are good news to a lot of people today. The weather bureau
says mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered storms and hindered mostly in the east portion tonight and east and central Thursday. There'll be wind today, from the north, and it will be colder in the west and central portions tonight and most of the state except in the extreme southeast Thursday. Lows tonight—35 to 40 northwest to around 60 extreme southeast. Highs Thursday—45 to 55 northwest to near 80 extreme southeast.
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