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Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE. KANSAS
50th Year, No. 32
Thursday, Oct. 30, 1952
THE HERMAN CONCERT—which featured the highly entertaining Mills Brothers thrilled an appreciative audience last night at Hoch auditorium. Dinah Washington, "The Queen of the Blues," helped the show with her popular blues singing.
Herman 'Caravan of Stars' Gives Entertaining Program
Rv KEN COY
As the final curtain fell, the Woody Herman Caravan of Stars finished a performance in Hoch auditorium and the audience began to leave.
However, not all the audience left. Many went back stage in search of autographs or just to meet the performers. Backstage, the atmosphere changed.
The stage crew worked methodically, despite crowds of people, cleaning the stage, hoisting the curtains up, dismantling stage equipment.
Outside of Herman's dressing room door, a long line of students waited, programs and pencils in hand. Others surrounded Dinah Washington on the way to her dressing room and bombarded her with questions.
The members of the Third Herd were also busy, putting their instruments into their cases and cleaning them, pausing only to answer questions or sign autographs.
"How do you like Kansas,
Dinah?"
With a big smile she answered, between signing autographs, "Just fine. I think you have a very wonderful university here."
Another cluster of students had gathered around Lou Dailey and Dolly Houston, who also were busily
Woody Herman Fires 3 Narcotics Suspects
The three members of Woody Herman's band who were arrested Sunday on narcotics charges did not appear with the band at the concert in Hoch auditorium last night.
Abe Turchen, manager of the band, said the three musicians were fired while the band was in Salt Lake City.
"Woody Herman would like to have it known that he has always run a band with high-type personnel and nothing like this ever happened before," Mr. Turcken said.
--signing autographs from where they sat.
Mr. Dailey, who had kept the audience roaring with laughter from his anties only a few minutes before, spoke in a very slow earnest tone to his admirers.
Harold King, billed as rhythm on roller skates, in contrast was the human dynamo, tapping his feet in a steady rhythm and humming a tune to himself.
When asked what he thought of the KU audience, he said, "Although it wasn't a large one, I think it was one of the most enthusiastic ones we
Then Woody Herman came out of his dressing room and momentarily all the attention was focused on him. Signing autographs and shaking hands, he had a minute for each person.
have ever played for."
Almost the last persons to leave the stage were the Mills Brothers They stood a few feet apart, around the back of the stage, exchanging greetings with backstage visitors.
Each time they started to leave, a new admirer approached them and they stayed a little longer. They proved to be favorites of the students off the stage as well as on.
Woody Herman, the Mill Brothers,
Dinah Washington and a portion of
the Herman band personnel were
guests of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity for dinner at the chapter house Wednesday night prior to the concert in Hoch auditorium.
Mr. Herman, who was initiated into Kansas Gamma chapter in 1946, as an honorary member, was invited, along with his company, when the chapter learned of the engagement here.
Close Contest In Frosh Vote
By JIM BAIRD
Ronald Denchfield, FACTS, and Fred Heath, Pachacamac-FOR,
were nominated for freshman class president in the freshman primary
yesterday.
Richard Hazlett, FACTS, and Larry Heil, PACH-FOR, received the nomination for All Student Council representative of the freshman men. Margie Campbell, PACH-FOR, and Jane Snyder, FACTS, will be contenders for the women's ASC representative.
italioting was generally light with the greatest response reported at the booth in the Strong rotunda Unofficial totals indicated 430 ballots were cast in the Pach-FOR contest and 178 in the FACTS primary.
Close counts were the rule rather than the exception, and recounts were necessary on three contests before the winner was decisively determined.
Denchfield nosed out Don Burton, engineering student, and Bill Allen beat Don Smith, college, by identical unofficial counts of 81-80 Allen is in engineering school.
A Pachacamaac-FOR recount established Margie Campbell, college, as the victor over Jackie Mills, college, for women's ASC representative candidate.
Janie Snyder, engineering school, was the only candidate to obtain a majority on the first counting of ballots. She is an aspirant to the freshman women's ASC seat on the FACTS ticket.
Marc Hurt, college sophomore, won the FACTS special election held yesterday and will remain on the Council as FACTS representative in ASC district 4. He had been appointed in a temporary capacity until the vacancy for which he was appointed could be filled by a special election.
The victorious candidates and the runners-up, with the unofficial tabulations, are listed below.
Pachacamac - FOR slate: Fred Heath, 17, over Bob Conn, 156 for freshman class president; Betty Lou Watson, 167, over Karen Hansen, 123, for vice president; Frederica Voiland, 159, over Sue Schmederer, 140, for secretary; Humphreys Hodge, 173, over Robert Bishop, 103, for treasurer; Larry Heil, 144, over Ray Radford, 121, for men's ASC representative, and
Audience Lauds 'Morning Star' Cast
Bv ROZANNE ATKINS
All those who knew the story of Robert Calderwood, professor emeritus of speech and drama, last night, thrilled at his comeback after seven long years of illness to the KU stage in the opening night performance of "The Morning Star."
"The Morning Star," written by Henry C. Haskell, was considered a success by the audience which recalled the cast four times. The audience, composed mostly of non-students, filled three-fourths of Fraser theater.
The still dynamic personality of Prof. Calderwood, who played Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, and the warm spot that many in the audience held for him in their hearts did much to break the ice at the first stage production of the year.
Cornelia Harrington as Heloise and Tom Rea as Abelard had the lead parts.
Miss Harrington, who has played lead roles in "Saint Joan" and "Lysistrata" at the University of
Kansas City before transferring to KU where she is a senior in speech and drama, played her part well.
Tom Rea, instructor in speech and drama, made a striking Abelard and was able to capture some of the philosopher's arrogance and egotism in his portrayal.
Miss Harrington throughout her performance maintained an easy poise and smoothness and had good control of facial expressions. In scene 3, in particular, she did an excellent job of portraying anger and frustration.
Perhaps one of the most realistic characters in the play was Canon Pulbert, played by William Sollner, assistant instructor in English. The actors natural slenderness emphasized by the long black robe and tight fitting belt and the good make up job helped him to put across evil cunningness of the Canon.
share Abelard's love of Paris, added a light touch. Dan Palmquist, instructor in speech, played the part.
Allen Long, architecture senior,
must be complimented on his nine
sets. The work attracted the eyes of
many, who later commented on
them. The set for scene 5 looked
like a Christmas Eve was especially attractive. The lay-out of Canon Fulbert's house and
Abelard's study was nicely done.
Margot, played by Mrs. Frances Feist, instructor in speech and drama, added some sparkle to the play. Mrs. Feist was good in her part. Bishop Louis, who did not
The play, the story of the famous medieval love affair between Abelard and Heloise, was divided into a prologue and eight scenes. The prologue took place at the Paraclete Convent, and the scenes were a flash-back from there.
It is the opinion of the reviewer that the weakest part of the play came first, the prologue. The prologue seemed over-acted and artificial. The sting in the First Nun's voice was too sharp in addressing a Mother Superior and the impression one got from the students didn't help to build up respect for Heloise as the ruling head of Paraclete.
Marjorie Campbell, 140, over Jack-elyn Mills, 134, for women's ASC representative.
FACTS slate: Ron Denchfield, 81,
over Don Burton, 80, for president;
Don Williams, 78, over Dorris To兰,
69, for vice president; Juanta Jarisv,
81, over Sara Deibert, 79,
for secretary; William John Allen,
81, over Don Jean Smith, 80, for
treasurer; Richard Hazlett, 83, over
James L. Rose, 66, for men's ASC
representative, and Jane Snyder,
91, over Marilyn Schainost, 34, for
women's ASC representative.
Ike Campaigns In New York City
New York — (L.R.) Dwight D. Eisenhower today described the "newest five percent" case of Col. Lawrence Westbrook ac a the latest example of "crookedness" within the Democratic party.
"But the day of reckoning is here," she says. "I see the handwriting, on the wall."
The general was off early for the third straight day of his painstakingly thorough campaign in the New York City area. Pushing his assault by water for the first time, Saten island ferry and criticized the Democrats in a lower Manhattan motorcade.
he told an audience of 2,000 in front of the Staten island borough hall that one of the big reasons the Democrats bitterly opposed his personal mission to Korea was their fear of a GOP victory Tuesday.
When the campaign started, he said in his Staten island speech, the opposition planned to keep it on "a high plane."
"Then it hit a snag" he said,
"when they discovered that their record of the last seven years had no appeal to the American people."
Meanwhile, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, stumping across Pennsylvania today in a bid for the state's 32 electoral votes, accused Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of 'swallowing Sen. Robert A. Taft hook, line and sinker.'
Gov. Stevenson predicted that Eisenhower would hear about the "sinker" on election day as a result he is harder to talk about. "I don't think, I'm going,"
"I don't think I'm going to be in the coffin" Nov. 4, he said.
Gov. Stevenson said the Democratic party has a "specific and positive" program to keep the nation economically strong, and a program to combat communism, curb high prices and strengthen the social security system.
Weather
Temperatures as much as 20 degrees above seasonal normal returned to Kansas again today. Overnight readings were above freezing for the first time in three days. Rain seemed as far away as ever, forecaster Tom Arnold said. A few clouds may appear tomorrow, but are not expected to yield any moisture. Weather forecast: Partly cloudy extreme north, generally fair elsewhere tonight and Friday. Slightly cooler in the northwest Friday, elsewhere continued mild.