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University Daily Kansan Thursday, February 5, 1953
Freshman Plays Solo With K.C. Philharmonic
To be soloist with a professional orchestra is the ambition of most musicians, and although Richard R. Maag is only a freshman in the School of Fine Arts he has realized that ambition.
He made his first appearance as cello soloist with the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra yesterday, and will play with them five more times. Feb. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, in the Music hall of the Kansas City Municipal auditorium.
Maag was selected as one of the soloists with the orchestra for a series of special programs after auditioning in Kansas City last October.
He was one of the four instrumentalists, and the only person playing a stringed instrument, selected for this honor. The competition is held each semester for students in this area.
Maag said, "The competition was open to anyone. Raymond Stuhl, associate professor of cello, entered me in the auditions. While I did enter the contest with every hope of winning I was still surprised but greatly pleased at being chosen."
The concerts will be given especially for high school and grade school students in the Kansas City area. Maag will play Boellman's "Symphonic Variations," accompanied by the orchestra.
Time to prepare for the concerts has been very short. He has played at only one rehearsal with the orchestra and one time privately for the director of the orchestra, Hans Schwieger.
Mr. Schwieger is "a wonderful person to be associated with and a very good conductor." Maag said.
Maag began studying cello seven years ago in his home town, Arkansas City, where he was graduated from high school ranking first in his class.
For the past four summers he has attended the Midwestern Music camp on the campus. He has studied under Prof. Stuhl.
He holds a residence scholarship in Stephenson hall and is a member of the University Symphony orchestra. He is also a plea of Phi
RICHARD M. MAAG
Mu Alpha, professional music fraternity.
Browne Appointed To TV Committee
R Edwin Browne, director of University radio and television, has been named to an eight-man television committee of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters, according to the January issue of the NAEB Newsletter.
Garnet Garrison of WUOM at the University of Michigan, is chairman of the new committee recently established by Graydon Ausmus, president of the NAEB.
University Radio has been a member of the NAEB for several years, Mr. Browne said. Its tape network service was begun two years ago, and University FM station KANU began using NAEB programs its first day of broadcasting.
FAE Extends Deadline on TV Grant
The University and Kansas State college have been granted an additional 60 days in which to meet the provisions of a $100,000 offer to each school for the development of educational television made by the Fund for Adult Education early in December.
The board members said that this leaves the question of the future of educational television in Kansas in the hands of the legislature. The appropriation would satisfy the requirements of the FAE offer.
The offer made by FAE—an independent agency established by the Ford foundation—provided that each school had to raise $200,000 by Jan. 31 if they were to receive the FAE aid.
Dr. James A. McCain, president of Kansas State, who contacted FAE on behalf of both schools, announced the extension after the two schools had requested two additional months to enable the Legislature to act on the proposal.
The board of regents announced in mid-January they would ask the Legislature for $450,000 for the construction and operation for the next biennium of the two stations and the micro-wave relay link joining them.
Kansas State has been granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications commission to build
a station using Very High Frequency Channel No. 9. VIFH Channel No. 11 has been reserved by the FCC for non-commercial, educational use in Lawrence, although the University has not yet made a formal station permit application.
"This reservation is indefinite as far as the rules of the FCC are concerned, but after June 3 an interested party could file with the FCC to make channel 11 available for commercial use," R. Edwin Browne, director of University radio and television, said.
Milk Price Change Won't Affect Union
Citywide cuts in milk and dairy prices will not be felt in restaurant and Union prices although Lawrence grocers are reporting increased sales.
Reductions are for a cent or less a quart, and do not apply to ice cream nor to milk in pint and half-pint containers, according to B. L. Tomlinson, foods director of the Union.
Dairy spokesmen say the price drop is a result of the dry weather last summer, a mild winter, and low prices on the slaughter market which have made it more profitable for dairymen to keep low-producing cows rather than sell them.
Such an action would re-open the allocation of channel 11 and the FCC would decide the question again—if the University is not embarked on its television program by June 3.
"The University will have filed application with the FCC before this deadline," Mr. Browne said, "But because of this possible demand for Channel 11, the University believes it necessary to have funds available to begin construction before June 3."
Foreign Orientation Studied by Advisers
The University's foreign student orientation program was studied by foreign student advisers from three other schools last week.
The visitors were Philip Sorenson Kansas State college; Mrs. Mary Heaton, University of Missouri, and Walter Hahn, University of Utah. They hold in-service training grants from the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers.
Donald Alderson, assistant dean of men and foreign student adviser, conducted the informal workshop.
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