Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Daily hansan
Thursday, Oct. 15, 1953
51st Year, No.22
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
BRITISH THRILLS AND DISNEY SPIDERS—On the left are Google Withers and Michael Redgrave, stars of the British thriller, "Dead of Night," and to their right is a spider star of Walt Disney's "Nature's Half Acre," going into "predatory gear" in close-up action. The two films open the University Film Series tomar-
row evening.
Disney True-Life Film British Thriller Slated
A Walt Disney nature short and an English mystery will be the two movies shown Friday in Hoch auditorium as the first of 10 dates in this year's film series. The program will start at 7:30 p.m.
The Disney film, one of four real life half-length nature shorts by him that will be shown this year is "Nature's Half Acre," which discloses what one may find in almost any land area of that size in the U.S. Showing the realm of insects, it is in Technicolor.
The British-made mystery, "Dead of Night," is based on three stories by E. F. Benson and John Baines, all woven into one eerie plot, starring Googie Witers, Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, and Antony Baird.
Redgrave and Miss Withers portray husband and wife in a sequence based on Baines" "Chippendale Mirror." They discover that a mirror they own shows the reflection of a murder committed by a previous owner, and struggle through various means to rid themselves of it.
In another thread of the film, Johns discovers that a farm he has gone to on business looks very familiar although he never has been there before. The owner and the other guests assume a familiar tinge and slowly John realizes the house and other persons are the same ones that he has seen in a constantly recurring bad dream.
Another guest, Baird, is almost killed by an odd twist of fate, and still another, Redgrave again, this time a ventilroquist, has a dummy who seems to have a stronger personality than its masters'. When another ventilroquist appears on the scene, Redgrave's dummy wants to break and go with the other man, and Redgrave is almost driven to suicide trying to deliberate a solution.
the second film series performance will be Oct. 30, with the French picture, "Under the Paris Sky," to be shown.
Weather
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered showers or thunderstorms southeast and extreme east
central tonight
a nd extreme
northeast, Friday.
Warmer south
central portion
Friday. Low tonight
in 40s north
west, 50s southeast.
High Friday
80-85. Portions of the Southwest quarter of Kansas today reported welcome rainfall topped by Garden City's official measurement of .90 of an inch. Kinsley listed .71, Treussale .52, Kingman .50, Dodge City .38 and Liberal .29. Hutchinson received only a trace, and to the north, Russell had .03 and Goodland a trace. There was an unconfirmed report of a tornado near Coats in southern Pratt county last night.
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Students Reminded Of Fulbright Forum
All undergraduate students who might be interested in applying for Fulbright scholarships to study in a foreign country at any time are urged to attend the Fulbright forum at 4 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
Dr. J. A. Burzle of the German department and Fulbright adviser at the University will conduct the forum. Faculty members and students who have studied abroad under the Fulbright act will answer questions about the country in which they studied or taught.
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Memory Play Set Finished
A 2-room apartment in a tenement house surrounded by other tenement houses—this is the impression the stage setting for "The Glass Menagerie," first University theatre production, must convey to its audience.
The project, completed last night,
was made even more complicated
because the play is a "memory play."
Everything on the stage appears as
it is recalled by the narrator. Tom.
"So we created the setting as impressionistic, not realistic. Some things are more sharply remembered than others, and these objects are more sharply defined in the set, particularly the Glass Menagerie itself." Dan Palmquist, technical producer for the theater, said.
The staging plan settled upon was two rooms; a living room and a dining room with the latter slightly raised and seen through an aloeve. A brick facing framework at the top of the stage makes the rooms appear as though the side of a brick tenement were cut away. To the left is a fire escape, main entrance, and an alleyway. Appearing behind the alleyway are a score of other tenements like the one in the foreground.
The menagerie is a collection of small glass animals. "Just a specialized what-not collection," Mr. Palmquinst stated.
"We were striving to depict a little hovel—a poor flat in an ocean of poor apartment dwellings. We hope we have succeeded." Dr. Newfield, director of the University theatre, said.
87 Graduates Eligible for High Degrees
John H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate School, today released the names of 87 students who have been recommended for graduate degrees and announced that the school now has the largest enrollment in its history.
Latest official figures set the enrollment at 937 which is third highest among schools in the University.
Twenty-three students were recommended for doctor's degrees including 16 for doctor of philosophy and seven for doctor of education.
Recommended for master's degrees were five students in social work, 25 in education, five in science, 27 in music, five in education, and one in fine arts.
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Named for a doctor of education degree were Ramon L. Charles, Clarence Ellsworth Garder Jr., John Wesley Gilbaugh, Robert Trull Gray, Dale Isaacs, Melton Doyle Koontz, and Charles Galloway Morehead.
Recommended for doctor of philosophy were Ralph K. Birdwhistell, Gene R. Feaster, John Warren Forman, Richard Fuchs, Gordon Alban Gallup, Martin C. Gutzwiller, Howard Irigr, Irving Stankton Johnson, Vattarmadom Rama Krishnan, Philip Henry Krutzch, Leonard Alexander Ostlund, Bernard David Pollock, Clare A. Stewart Jr., G. Elizabeth Wilson, Edward Nelson Wise, and Melvin L. Zack.
Announced at an impromptu meeting of the group yesterday, the letter-writing plan goes into effect next week. Each club member will supervise other members for one week, reminding each to write a letter.
Ex-President Harry S. Truman will soon receive a barrage of letters from the University Young Demo-team to him to speak at a December meeting.
Young Dems to Invite Truman as Speaker
Dr. Murphy to Give First CCUN Talk
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will give the principal address at the organizational conference of the KU chapter of the Collegiate Council for the United Nations which will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Javhawk room of the Union.
The CCUN, which is affiliated with 300 colleges and universities, has appointed Herbert Horowitz, college junior, as state chairman. Horowitz will serve as executive director of the KU chapter and will preside at the first meeting.
Chancelor Murphy's talk is expected to deal with some of the foreign problems he saw during his recent trip abroad. His talk will follow the election of officers and the arrangement of an agenda for the year.
Horowitz has been associated with the UN since 1948 when he was a correspondent for the Department of Public Information. In 1950 he attended a seminar at Lake Success and has since been working with the American Association for the United Nations. He has lectured to civic groups, clubs and classes on the work of the UN.
"Our council seeks to encourage greater international understanding and a clear concept of the work, purposes and accomplishments of the United Nations," Horowitz said. "In effect, the CCUN is attempting to arouse college students to an understanding of their stake in the UN and to stimulate them to do something to help it succeed."
Horowitz said that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, now serving with the AAU, may come to KU in the near future to address the group.
Membership in the club is open to students interested in the work of the United Nations. Special invitations have been extended to organized houses to send delegates to the initial meeting, and foreign students will be welcomed.
Serving on the council's charter committee are Burton W. Marvin dean of the School of Journalism; Rupert Murrill, director of Western Civilization; George Anderson, chairman of the history department; Carroll D. Clark, chairman of the department of sociology and anthropology; John Ise, professor of economics; Herman Chubb and Walter Sandelius, professors of political science.
The faculty adviser is Nino Lo Bello, instructor in sociology. Mr LoBello formerly covered the United Nations for a New York newspaper.
Chemist to Speak On Food Situation
Dr. Barnett Sure, head of the department of Agricultural chemistry at the University of Arkansas will speak at 3 p.m. today in 426 Lindley on "The World Food Situation in Relation to Increasing Populations."
Tomorrow, he will speak at 10 a.m. in 8 Fraser hall on "Vitamin B-12 in Health and Disease."
The talks will be illustrated with slides and are open to the public.
Political Science Scholarship to Jerome Lysaught
The first annual Fred Curry Eberhardt Memorial Scholarship in Political Science has been awarded to Jerome Lylaught, a senior from Kansas City.
The $300 award is given by Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Eberhardt of Salina, parents of the late Capt. Fred Curry Eberhardt, who was killed while leading his Marine rifle company in an attack on Iwo Jima.
The presentation to Lyraught, designated as the outstanding senior in political science, was made at a meeting of Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science fraternity.
Like the man for whom the scholarship is named, Lysaught is a combat Marine. He served one tour following graduation from Rockhurst high school, Kansas City, Mo., in 1947, and was recalled to active duty in 1950. During the next two years he became an officer and was a machine gun platoon leader in the First Marine division in Korea. He is a member of Sachem, senior men's honor society, and Phi Kappa social fraternity.
Capt. Eberhardt, a Summerfield scholar at KU, gained membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and was president of the Beta Theta Pi social fraternity. Following his sophomore year he enlisted in the Marines and trained summers.
He was called to active duty in May, 1942, and led combat troops in the campaigns on Roi, Kwajalein, Tinian and Saipan islands. He several times refused rotation back to the United States, and was killed in action February 20, 1945.
The Eberhardt honor scholarship is the first such award for men in political science. The Sunflower Girls State-American Legion Auxiliary scholarship for a woman in political science was set up last summer.
Gaston to Attend Music Meeting
E. Thayer Gaston, chairman of the music education department will attend the fourth annual conference of the National Association for Music Therapy, Oct. 19-21 at Michigan State college.
Dr. Gaston is president and a member of the research and education committees of the association. He will speak at several sessions of the conference.
Quartet to Open Music Series
Opening the University chamber music series for the year, the Quartetto Italiano will appear Friday, Oct. 23, in Strong auditorium.
The quartet made its debut in the U.S. in 151 and has since appeared in concerts from New York City to the West Coast. During the present tour the quartet will perform in 46 cities.
The quartet was organized after the end of World War II, beginning informally in the home of Paolo Borciani, the first violinist, in Italy.
The Quartetto Italiano began by taking minor engagements. The first concert was presented in the village of Carpi, but soon the quartet performed in Milan, where they won a return engagement, starting the musical group toward wider recognition.
The quartet toured Italy; then Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Holland, Scandinavia, Austria, and Germany. Next the quartet toured England.
In this country they have appeared in many chamber music series and concert courses at colleges and universities.
Other attractions in the chamber music series this year will be Pro Musica Antiqua in November and two concerts in March by the Albeneri Trio.
Student identification cards will not admit students to the chamber music concerts. Season tickets are now available at the office of fine arts.