Page 4 University.Daily Kansan Thursday, Jan. 15, 1953
Radio Production Director Doubles As Script Writer
By JERRY KNUDSON
That blur of energy streaming around the studios of KFKU and KANU, University radio stations, sometimes in stocking feet is Mrs. Ruhy Leneve Motta, production director and script writer.
Mrs. Motta, now in her third year with University radio, likes to kick off her high-heeled shoes while in the soundroom directing a show of the Radio Players, student acting group. She has been sponsor of the organization since its beginning several years ago.
She has done three series at the stations: "Flying Carpet," dramatizations of children's literature, "Prairie Footprints," documentary series on dramatized Kansas history, and "The Storybook Train," stories narrated for children.
This figures up to approximately 61 radio scripts of 15 minutes length which she has written here, which would be over 15 hours of continuous playing time.
Now she's embarked on a new series, "Time for a Story," which will dramatize the best of classical literature. The first program in the weekly series, Thackeryer, "The Rose and the Ring," will be heard from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Friday over KANU.
Mrs. Motta is condensing these radio adaptations from existing 15-minute serial programs of the stories. Three-fourths of the 18 scripts are now completed—she began on them the middle of November.
Mrs. Motta came here in the fall of 1850, having received a B.S. degree in speech at Northwestern in 1946. She did graduate work there in interpretive speech and also taught a year at the American Television company's television school in Chicago.
The first year here she mainly produced the shows, but last year she wrote, produced, and directed the scripts for "Flying Carpet." Then at the middle of the year "Prairie Footprints" was begun so that she was doing two 15-minute shows a week during the spring semester.
Working the summer before, she had a complete year's series of the "Flying Carpet" shows ready to go on the air. Mrs. Motta said it took a full week to write and produce a "Prairie Footprints" show.
"The research work is what takes so much time, and when it is done hurriedly it is pseudo-history—not creative work," she said. Sometimes it would take almost a week to find references to work from, since "much of our history is generalization," she said.
In that series she did shows, for example, on the Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike expeditiones through Kansas. One program on John Brown proved to be a stickler.
There is so much hearsay and legend around the figure that "you end up not knowing how to create the man," Mrs. Motta said. In the course of her research she interviewed several descendants at Osawatomie.
Recently Mrs. Motta has been corresponding with several university radio stations on problems of production. The University of Michigan wanted to do a children's series, so Mrs. Motta is exchanging about 24 of the "Flying Carpet" scripts—gratis.
"I know how hard it is for educational stations to get them," she said.
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Four Woolley foundation scholarships are offered for the academic year 1953-54 for study of art and music in Paris.
Foundation Offers Art, Music Study
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Allowances cover room, board, and tuition. Students may enroll in a school, take private lessons, or do research.
Unmarried students under 35 will be considered. Other requirements include graduation with high academic standing from a recognized American school by date of departure, knowledge of French, and artistic or musical accomplishment.
Application forms are available at the German office, 304 Fraser hall. They must be filed with supporting documents by Feb. 1, 1953, with the U.S. Student Program of the Institute of International Education, I E. 67th st., New York 21, N.Y.
Students May Apply For Parking Spots
Application for second semester parking permits and renewal of first semester permits may be made at the traffic office, Joseph Skillman, chief of campus police, reported.
After applications have been approved by the parking committee, they will be sent to window No.4 at the business office where students may pick it up after Jan. 19.
Library Adds Hours During Exam Week
Students owing unpaid parking fines are urged to pay them immediately to avoid delay during registration.
An addition to the hours of Watson library during exam week was announced by Robert Vosper, director of libraries, today.
The library will extend its Saturday hours on Jan. 17 and Jan. 24 to 10 p.m. Ordinarily the library closes at 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
Washington—(U.P.)—Lester Luther, ousted U.S. attorney in Kansas, and his former aide were under indictment today on charges that they conspired to defraud the government.
"Public service during these evening hours will be limited but the reading rooms will be available for study and reference," Mr. Vosper said.
The indictment, returned yesterday by a federal grand jury here, accused Mr. Luther and Nicholas F. Lopes of trying to deprive the government of "its right to have its employees perform their duty free from corruption, improper influence, and dishonesty."
U. S. Jury Indicts Luther, Lopes
Mr. Lopes, practicing law here since leaving the justice department in May, 1952, had no comment on the indictment.
Mr. Luther, who was fired by President Truman last June, said at his home in Dodge City, Kan., "I thought it was all closed last summer when the Topea grand jury failed to return an indictment.
"It looks to me like a case of vindictiveness on the part of Attorney General James P. McGranery paying to make a name for himself."
The indictment charged Mr. Luther and Mr. Lopes with 16 specific overt acts in furtherance of their conspiracy.
Among these facts, the Justice department said, was the charge that in February, 1951, Mr. Lopes received a $5,000 check from the Dolite Co. to pay for services on its behalf before the National Security Resources board.
Another overt act charged was on the same occasion gave Mr. Tucker $20,000 for check #2.000.
Mr. McGranery said the evidence that led to the indictment was the same as that prompting Mr. Luther's ouster.
French Club to Celebrate Memory of Three Wise Men
Le Cercle Francais, University French club, will celebrate the Jour Des Rosis or Day of the Three Wise Days with a dinner today at the Hearth.
The Fete des Rois is an annual event in memory of the day that the wise men visited the Christ child.
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SUA Seeks to Interest Everyone in Activities
By JIM BAIRD
"It should become the place to go and the thing to do. It should offer a range of activities wide enough to include every student at the University."
That's Phil Kassebaum, president of Student Union Activities, talking about the goal which SUA and the Union personnel have set for the expanded Student Union building, which will be completed next month.
"We hope to offer enough things in the Union so that at least one of them will appeal to each student," he explains.
Lassebaum, a college senior, defines the function of his organization — the SUA — as a "coordinating agency, through which everything concerning the student and taking place in the Union will go."
As an example, Kassebaum explained that SUA will ask other campus organizations to handle certain projects under the sponsorship of SUA, and also will assist other groups in carrying out their own projects, again with SUA sponsorship.
Kasshebum listed several projects which SUA is working on for the coming semester. Among these are a big round of activities scheduled for the Kansas Relays weekend, the College Daze variety show, a series of varsity dances, and, of course, the open house on Feb. 27.
Varsity dances were, before the war, the top drawing card for a Union social program. Miss Betty
Liechty, Union activities director said the Varsity dance declined when the veterans returned from World War II. "We also were hampered by lack of facilities," she hap印 outted.
Kassebaum chimed in with the thought that Student Union Activities, by sponsoring such functions, could restore the Varsity dance to a place of importance in University social life.
Both Kassebaum and Miss Liechty pointed out that the Union program will be successful only if students use the Union, participate in the Union program, and utilize Union facilities fully. Kassebaum explained that SUA will attempt to accomplish this first by offering a first-rate activities program, and second by encouraging students, by direct appeals and through other campus organizations, to make use of the building.
"If only 1,500 of the 6,000 who are enrolled become regular customers of the Union, it will mean that we have failed to serve fully the other 4,500." Kassbeaum pointed out.
"A program like this, though, will take a huge amount of work," he continued, "and our help will have to come from the student body."
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