University Daily Kansan Monday. April 27.1953
New Budget Cuts Truman Requests
Washington—(U.P.)The Eisenhower administration has sliced $64,983,891 from former President Truman's budget for agencies now in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
These offices, formerly tumped in the Federal Security agency, have been given cabinet status in a department headed by Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby.
Before Mr. Truman's retirement in January, his administration prepared requests totaling $1,787,528-761 for new appropriations for the security agency, during the 1954 fiscal year beginning July 1.
Most of Mrs. Hobby's budget is earmarked for the Social Security program, for which she is requesting $1,374,223,000 in new appropriations, a reduction of $2,052,000 from Mr. Truman's figure.
Authoritative sources said the Eisenhower administration has given the congressional appropriations committees revised requests totaling 1,722,544,870.
High Court 'No' To Hiss Appeal
Mrs. Hobby asked $219,665,000 for the Public Health Service, a reduction of $51,228,000 from the Truman budget.
Washington—(U.P.)The Supreme Court today rejected the second appeal by Alger Hiss, former state department official who charged that his 1950 perjury conviction was based on trumped-up evidence.
The action was in the form of a brief order, without opinion. In a separate order, the court disbarred Hiss from practice before the High bench. This action, customary when an attorney is convicted of a crime, in absence pending disposition of his conviction a new trial Disbarments in New York and Massachusetts are already effective.
Justices Stanley F. Reed, Felix Frankfurter and Tom C. Clark took no part in the decisions, Justice Reed and Frankfurter were character witnesses for Hiss at his first trial, which ended in a hung jury. Justice Clark was attorney general when the case was started.
Hiss, 48, is serving a five year prison sentence for perjury. He was convicted of lying when he denied turning over secret state department documents to Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist courier.
The Supreme Court turned down the first Hiss appeal on March 12, 1951. On his second try, he claimed that Mr. Chambers had constructed a fake typewriter as incriminating evidence. The Woodstock machine, on which copies of the documents were supposed to have been typed at Hiss' home, was featured prominently at his trial.
Tidelands Foes' Objectives Met
Washington—(U.P.) Opponents of the administration-backed Tidelands bill said today they are ready to start voting on amendments, apparently the signal for a break in their 19-day filibuster.
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N M.) said after a strategy meeting with other foes of the bill that "our major objective has been accomplished—arousing the antagonism of the outney against this legislation we think is bad."
Sen. Anderson said there is "quite a little" chance that a final vote on the bill may be possible this week. The measure would give coastal states title to submerged lands out to their historic boundries. This is 3 miles for most states and $10\frac{1}{2}$ for Texas and western Florida.
In announcing that "we are ready" to vote on amendments, Sen. Anderson pledged that "we will undertake to dispose of them expeditiously."
By EILEEN FOLEY
Sen. Anderson said there may be "eight or ten" major amendments intended to "clear up several ambigities" in the bill.
He said among these are: language which appears to restrict federal activities in the public power field, definition of state boundries and the question of submerged lands on the continental shelf beyond state boundries.
Graduate Student Elected Officer
Harley D. Oberhelman, graduate student, was elected secretary-treasurer of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese at the 29th annual Cervantes day Saturday in the Union building.
An estimated 300 high school and elementary school students and teachers attended a luncheon and afternoon programs. Mexican and Spanish songs, dances and plays were presented.
Victor Baptiste, college senior, and his sister Guadalupe Baptiste, high school student from Kansas City, Kan., danced to an original composition. University students enacted "Espiritus" a comedy by Jose J. Gamboa. Actors in the play were Milo M. Farnham, college senior; David D. Johnson, education junior; Sandra Skillman, college sophomore, and Denni Wade, college senior.
'Let's Face It' Fails To Dazzle Audience
Let's face it—this year's College Daze was a disappointment.
To the audience the most entertaining part of the show was the hobo number, "A Couple of Swells," performed by Don Jensen, fine arts senior, and Janice Stone, college sophomore. It was an imitation of a
In some instances College Daze seemed to be a rehash of other campus productions presented throughout the year. Little of it was actually original in idea. As a skit became interesting, it ended abruptly.
Student talent was in evidence, but it lacked a good outlet for expression of that talent. Had script writers and participants had more rehearsal time, the show would probably have had better audience reception.
The opening performance was generally described as "a flop," but Saturday night's show proved to be improved in performance with technical difficulties dissolved. However, little could be done with the scripts at that late date.
Sets for the production, were originally designed and were a valuable addition to each skit. The sets were non-realistic, giving merely the suggestion of the general theme.
clever song and dance done by Judy Garland and Dan Dailey in one of their musicals.
Original songs were well-written, but the audience didn't get full benefit of them because the words were not understood. And since in many cases the whole story was told by means of the songs, the audience was left in a vacuum.
George Detsios' ballet showed talent on the part of the originator and performers.
NOTHING MORE, THANK YOU—It looks like breakfast is almost over in a scene from the theater-in-the-round production, "Petticoat Fever," to be presented Wednesday through Friday in the Student Union ballroom. From left to right the cast includes Marjorie Englund, college sophomore; Harry Schanker Jr., education junior; Maizie Harris, college sophomore; Thomas Shay, instructor in speech; A. D. Partridge, Haskell institute student who appears as an Eskimo, and
Lee Stone, college sophomore
Kansan photo by Chuck Zuegner
It's a Big Headache -
'Petticoat Fever' Has Stage Problem
Doors and windows are either placed offstage or are imagined by actors and audience. When working in arena style, the director must make full use of the audience's imagination in addition to his own initiative.
He may use a few logs and a pair of andirons to constitute a fireplace. Outdoor scenes are created with garden furniture, shrubbery, and a few plants.
A round theater presents special staging problems which do not appear in the usual types of plays, James Wright, graduate student and director of "Petticoat Fever," has found.
"Petticoat Fever" will be presented Wednesday through Friday in the Student Union ballroom. Instead of a stage, with the audience looking only from the front, spectators will be seated in a circle around the acting area.
There is no backdrop or scenery in arena theater. While the arrangement of furniture on the regular stage is always a compromise with reality, in arena theater furniture is arranged naturally as it would be in a room. "However, it must be authentic as well as functional." Wright said.
benches, or other pieces suggesting an exterior. A streetsign and a fire hydrant become a street corner.
"Since the actor is surrounded by his audience he must learn to act with his whole body," Wright said. "A play on an arena stage must look good from all directions — it acquires new dimensions. Every detail of expression and bodily movement takes on new significance."
In theater-in-the-round productions, if the script calls for an eating scene, very little "faking" of food can be done, because the audience is so close to the performers. If a musical instrument is to be played onstage, the actor must learn to do it.
Plays with crowd scenes require special handling so that important action will not be obscured from the audience.
"Playgoers who are accustomed to being no more than spectators for once come close to being participants. The intimate quality of arena theater holds probably the greatest charm for its audience." Wright said.
Sabbatical leaves during the 1953-54 school year have been authorized for two professors, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said today.
Two Professors Granted Leave
They are Arthur N. Paul, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Donald W. Henry, assistant professor of physical education, both of whom joined the faculty in 1947. They will use the year for study toward doctorate degrees
Prof. Paul will do advance work in industrial engineering at Purdue university. He also plans to finish a combined text and laboratory manual for use in tool design. He will attend an industrial engineering short course sponsored by the American Society of Engineering Education in Gainesville, Fla., and a six-week course on engineering methods in Pittsburgh, Pa., in the summer.
Prof. Henry expects to finish work for the doctor of education degree from Columbia university in the summer of 1554. His special study will be the administration of physical education instruction.
Firm Gives Library Books
A large collection of publications issued by the Peter Pauer press of Mount Vernon, N.Y., has been given to Watson library.
Spring Jayhawker Out for Distribution
Students interested in the positions of editor-in-chief or business manager of the 1954 Jayhawker should file a written application along with three letters of recommendation by Friday. Applications should be turned in to Karl Klooz, bursar, in the business office.
The spring issue of the Jay-hawker will be out for distribution Wednesday. Subscriptions can be bought in the information booth or outside the Hawk's Nest in the Union and books and cover will be distributed in organized houses.
Tokyo—(U.P.)—A freed American soldier said today that about 20 Americans in the North Korean prison camp where he was kept collaborated with the Communists and got special privileges. He said soldiers tried to convert other soldiers to Communism and passed around petitions "praising the Communists."
American Tells Of Collaboration
He said a Communist instructor—a lecturer on the joys of Communist life—urged him to make a recording praising the Communists as the price of being admitted to hospital for treatment.
"I asked the fellows in my platoon
Senior Meeting To Be in Fraser
The completion of plans for Senior Class day, class dues, decision on a class gift, and discussion of plans for the senior breakfast will be discussed.
Seniors are to meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Fraser theater to complete plans for graduation activities.
The senior reminder will be distributed. The reminder includes important instructions for graduation as well as interesting KU traditions.
The deadline for the purchase of senior announcements has been extended to Friday. They are on sale at the business office. Seniors must buy them now in order to receive them in May.
Class rings also may be bought at the business office. Three sizes are available to seniors. The L. G. Balfour company is supplying the rings again this year.
Senior Class day has been set for Wednesday, May 13, when members of the '53 class will be excused from classes for a picnic and other activities.
about it, and they said to go ahead if it would get me treatment," the soldier said he made the recording and got admitted, he said.