Kansas State Historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Schwieger Makes Concert a Success
By AL TRALDI
More than a philharmonic orchestra conductor on the stage of Hoch auditorium, Hans Schwieger acted last night as a maestro of dance in full dress. He directed by moving his whole body, not using his baton nor reading any scores.
The Concert Course presented the 80-piece Kansas City orchestra to approximately 1,100 persons last night.
At 8:20 a French horn started with a mysterious call that Oberon sings in the forest echoed by the strings of the violins, in the "Overture to Oberon."
Hans Schweiger has always liked the neat designs of "Oberon's" music and his precise gestures caught the attention of the audience with the very beginning of the melody. "I think that Oberon is the best example of a romantic style opera," Mr. Schweiger said.
Symphony No. 4 in G Major, by Antonin Dvorak was on next to the program Cellos, flutes, and oboes played by Bassoon players with Gossack, rugine dances.
music with Cossack rustic dances.
The orchestra had some of its most brilliant moments in the "scherzo" and "allegretto grazioso." The same patterns and variations came back in the finale by means of the clarinets and trumpets.
the joke of "Rodee" that the American composer, Aaron Copland, wrote for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Flushes of laughable, brazen tunes, the audience smiled noisily, soft horns in waltz tempo and the unheard shout of the caller "Hoer'er down, boys."
"Death and Transfiguration" is perhaps the most classical and most successful work by Strauss. An eternal meditation on the theme of death—a sick man on his death bed seeing the memories of his life passing before him, and a clock on the wall, performed by a gong hit by a girl in evening dress.
But the highlight of the soiree was Richard Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration." Mr. Schwieger was a friend of Strauss, and he practically underlined every passage of the symphonic poem with the movement of his body.
Schwieger and his 80 musicians did a wonderful job. People applauded for 50 seconds and were rewarded with "Intermezzo" by Paganini that was not included in the program. They applauded again for 70 seconds and Schwieger presented them with the "Intermezzo of Pagliacci," by Leoncavallo.
Among the long lamentations of chords in low keys emerge the high waves of trumpets and the solos of the second violin. The dying man sees his deliverance from the earth and the slow breath of agony changes into the calm of transfiguration.
Later backstage he said, "Wonderful audience, even though I didn't see them. You know, without glasses, I can't see a thing."
Too bad he did not see those two stray basketball backboards in Hoch auditorium. Last night they were dressed up with black cloths, maybe in respect to Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration."
Afterwards the conductor invited everybody to Kansas City, if they wanted to hear more music.
Daily hansan
50th Year, No.92
Hoedown Slated For Union Fete
An old-time hoedown will be one of the main attractions of the Student Union opening activities, Friday through Sunday.
The square-dance, to be held in the ballroom from 9 to midnight Saturday, will have two professional callers, both graduate students. They are Orville Harsch and Leonard Ostlund, who will call the dances from recorded music.
Entertainment between dances will be furnished by the Phi Psi Bananas, a campus combo made up of a piano, trumpet, ukulele, saxaphone, clarinet, washboard drums, and a tub bass viol.
Bridge teams will be competing for prizes in a tournament to be held in the Card room at 7 p.m. Saturday. Independents and organized houses are invited to enter teams.
A novelty in chess tournaments will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Card room. The tournament is a "rapid transit" contest, and each player is limited to 15 seconds for each move in order to move the games along. Two classes of players will be competing, a novice class and an experienced class, with winners in each class receiving prizes.
Ludwig Smith, engineering sophomore, is general chairman of activities to be held in the Card room. Anne Burton, education freshman, and Milton Wallace, business junior, are in charge of the bridge tournament and Henry Georgi, business junior, the chess tournament.
Peace Discussion Set for Tomorrow
A panel discussion on the topic,
"Will Paix Americana be an improvement over Paix Britanica and Paix Romana'" will be presented at the international club meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
The meeting in the Jayhawk room of the Student Union will be open to the public. Anyone interested is invited to attend, said Cyrus Samii, graduate student from Iran, president of the club.
Members of the panel are Dr. Hilden Gibson, professor of political science and human relations; Dr. W. E. Sandelius, political science professor; Dr. John Ise, economics professor; and Dr. C. B. Realey, professor of history. Dr. R. M. Davis, professor of law, will be the moderator.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Student Undergoes Surgery
Joseph Mckee, pharmacy freshman, underwent major surgery at Watkins hospital last night. He was reported in good condition today.
Lab Play Tryouts To Be Held Today
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1953
Final tryouts for two laboratory plays to be produced in April will be held at 4 p.m. today in 106 Green hall.
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The titles of the plays will be announced at the tryout, at which approximately 25 students will be cast for the plays. The first production, tentatively set for the first week in April, will be directed by Thomas Shay, instructor of speech.
The second play, to be directed by James Wright, graduate student, will be produced with central staging April 29-30, and May 1 in the Student Union ballroom.
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Fine Arts Faculty To Present Pianist
Mrs. Turk will present music of three centuries. The 18th century work will be the Partita in B minor by J. S. Bach. The 19th century will be represented by the Schumann Symphonic Etudes, and the present day by 10 numbers by Kodaly, entitled "Gypsy Music."
Dean Harold G. Barr of the School of Religion recently was elected vice president of the Midwestern section of the National Association of Biblical Instructors for the coming year. The NABI is a society of instructors in bible and religion at both college and seminary levels.
Mrs. Janet Turk, pianist, will be presented in a faculty recital by the School of Fine Arts in Strong auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
The public is invited to attend
Dean Elected to Religion Post
Press Admitted In Jelke Trial
New York—(U.R.)-The press and public were admitted to the Jelke vice trial today at the beginning of the defense's case. Judge Francis L. Valente had closed the courtroom for the duration of prosecution testimony.
Lawyers for the prosecution and defense conferred in Judge Valente's chambers for 38 minutes and then the trial proceeded. Minot Jelke, heir to an oleomargarine fortune, is on trial on charges of compulsory prostitution. When the courtroom doors opened this morning, reporters and about 50 spectators entered. Guards made no attempt to stop them.
Admission of press and public today had no bearing on an action brought by two press associations and five New York newspapers to force Judge Valente to open the courtroom. Attorneys for the United Press, International News, service, New York Herald Tribune, Post, News, Mirror, and Journal-America, may ask the Appellate Division of State Supreme court to compel Judge Valente to admit reporters to the trial.
As the jury of 11 married men and one bachelor took their seats, defense attorney Samuel Segal called his first witness to the stand. She was Miss Sylvia Backlar, a student counselor at Central Commercial High school. She brought with her records of attendance and scholarship for 19-year-old Pat Ward, the auburn-haired girl who testified Jelke induced her into a life of prostitution.
Gay 90's Review Starts Wednesday
Green hall's Little Theater is undergoing a renovation as the 20th-century atmosphere disappears and the gay 90s take over in preparation for "Lily, the Felon's Daughter," a University players production to be presented there at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
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Two political reorganization plans will be considered at tonight's meeting of the All Student Council. A capsule explanation of the bills, concerning redistricting and the creation of a Student Congress and Student Living Council, will be found on Page 7 of today's Kansan.
Reorganization Plans Of ASC on Page 7
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President Lester B. Pearson of Canada was scheduled to call the Assembly to order shortly after 2 p.m. He was expected to report officially at that time that Communist China and North Korea have turned down the compromise peace resolution adopted before the Assembly began its nine-week vacation last Dec. 22.
UN Assembly Opens Today
The opening session was expected to be a brief one, unless Soviet foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky chooses to bring up immediately a question on Formosa.
Quack Club to Give First Water Show
"Symphony of Moods," a water show presented by members of the Quack club, will be given at 8 p.m. in Robinson gym pool tonight through Thursday.
The show will consist of water ballets depicting various moods and emotions with accompanying music to carry out the feelings.
United Nations, N.Y. — (U.F.)—The United Nations General Assembly opens the second half of its seventh annual session today and begins another attempt to end the long deadlock in the Korean truce negotiations.
There was an air of pessimism among delegates to the 60-nation assembly who had spent weeks in bitter debate on the Korean question last fall with no concrete progress toward a solution.
Divers from the men's varsity swimming team will also perform.
Germ Warfare Charges Denounced by Clark
Prof. Realey to Give Western Civ Talk
Charles B. Realey, professor of history, will speak on "The National Idea: Origin, Development and Present Trends" at 4 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
The lecture is the third in a series set up to help students enrolled in Western Civilization. Attendance is not required.
Other lectures will be given on March 9.16,23 and 30.
Meanwhile in Korea American F-94 night fighters damaged a Communist MIG-15 and a Yak-9 in two air battles in late January, the 5th Air Force announced today.
Tokyo— (U.P) —Gen. Mark Clark denounced Communist germ warfare charges today as "totally baseless."
The claims doubled the number of air victories registered by the F-94's, whose presence in Korea was
The United Nations Far East commander implied the Reds may have used drugs and torture to force an American marine officer to confess to "germ" bombings.
Gen. Clark indirectly challenged the Reds to let scientists from non-Communist countries determine whether their bacteriological warfare charges are true, but he doubted the Reds would be willing to subject their "totally discredited allegation" to an impartial investigation.
South Korea and Japan squabbled with increasing bitterness today over the right of Japanese boats to fish in waters off Korea.
Dr. Clarence Ryee, spokesman for President Syngman Rhee, warned Japan that the Republic of Korea will "in no case tolerate" intrusion of Japanese fishing vessels into ROK waters.
Korea claims as territorial waters an area extending 60 miles around the peninsula. Japan holds that only the international three-mile limit applies.
Heavy clouds blanketed most of North Korea hampering air attacks
An Allied tank-supported raiding party in a four-hour battle today smashed out of a Communist trap in no-man's land taking a heavy toll of Reds.
throughout last night and today.
On the ground along the battlefront increased Communist armor was noted today and Allied big guns had to beat back six Red probing attacks. More than 327 Reds were killed or wounded in the top actions.
United Nations armistice officers flatly rejected today a Communist protest that Allied warplanes flew over the Panmunjom neutral area Sunday.
But the Communists came right back with a second protest over the death of a Red prisoner in a Koje island prisoner of war camp and the wounding of another on Pangam island.
Both sides exchanged letters at a brief liaison officers' meeting called by the Communists. The Reds made no mention again today of Gen. Mark Clark's request for an exchange of seriously sick and wounded prisoners of war.
Mark Gilman, education junior, is director of the production and Tom P. Rea, instructor in speech, is the supervisor.
Bill Means, business junior, and Max Zent, college sephomore, are in charge of publicity for the play and will have cast members visiting organized houses tonight.
Blazer jackets, straw hats, canes, old furniture, and a tandem bicycle are a few of the costumes and properties obtained by Jo Anna March, college junior, and Mary Beth Moore, college senior.
Joyce Henry, education junior, is in charge of posters, and Robert Londerholm, college senior, and Patrick Sullivan, college senior, designed the programs, advising the "publick" not to "throw peanuts," and advertising "the largest quartet west of the Mississippi," composed of five singers.
After the play, old-time group singing will be in full swing as singing waiters go among the audience and Don Jensen, fine arts senior, plays tiny piano. Cokes and popcorn will be sold at old-time prices.
Dorris Toland, fine arts freshman,
Means, and Zent, garbed in 19th century costumes, will usher.
Others on the production staff are Dee Ann Price, fine arts sophomore, set designer; Barbara Donovan, college senior, stage manager; Joanne Childs, fine arts junior, painting, and Wayne Knowles, college junior, and James Crates, fine arts sophomore, lighting.
Tickets may be obtained in Green hall or from any University player.
Students' Parents Killed in Car Crash
Burlington—(U.F.)-Three persons, one of them Ray Pierson, prominent Kansas attorney and American Legionnaire, were killed today in a crash on U.S. Highway 75, eleven miles north of Burlington.
The other victims were Mr. Pierson's wife and Charlie Ross, Burlington businessman.
Police said the Pierson car collided with Mr. Ross' automobile. Mr. Pierson died enroute to an Emporia hospital.
Mr. Pierson was a former vice national commander of the American Legion and a past state commander. He had held virtually every important post in the Kansas department of the Legion.
Mr. Pierson was associated for many years in a law firm at Burlington with William Buckles, now the Coffey county attorney here.
Two of the Pierson children, Patricia, college freshman, and Ray Jr., college senior, left for Burlington at noon today. Barbara Shepp, business junior, a friend of the family, accompanied them.
Weather
Dust gave way to rain and snow in Kansas last night. A new storm front
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moved toward the state to reinforce the present one whi c h brought sm all amounts of welcome moisture. One inch of snow was on the ground at Wichita t his morning, worth 24 inch moisture with the rain that also fell. Hutchinson had an inch of snow yielding 21 inch moisture. Snow and rain started falling at Oathe and Kansas City early in the morning, and Salina's rain changed to snow. The weather bureau said skies would remain cloudy through Wednesday, and rain and snow or a mixture of the two would fall occasionally through Wednesday. Temperatures will remain in the 30's most of today, tonight and tomorrow, except for lows in the 20's in northwestern Kansas tonight, the bureau said.