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Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1952
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16 Years' Thinking Goes Into Play
Bv ROZANNE ATKINS
Henry C. Haskell, author of the first University Theater production of the year—"The Morning Star," thought about his play 16 years before writing it.
The idea for the play came to Mr. Haskell when he was studying Abelard at the University of Toulouse in France in 1924-25. He did not write the play until 1941.
the play, written in blank verse,
is the famous love story of Abelard,
the great French philosopher of
the 11th century, and Heloise.
The title of the play is taken from lines of Lord Byron:
"She was a form of life and light
"She was a form of life and light That, seen, became a part of sight And rose, where'er I turned mine
The Morning-star of Memory."
The author thought the passage described Heloise perfectly, and so he called the play "The Morning Star."
The actual writing of the play took three months. A famous love letter of Abelard and Heloise which the author translated from the original French quoted in the play is the only copy known, for all references that have been lost.
Mr. Haskell is the successful author of three other plays all written between 1924 and 1941. The plays are "Serenade," "The Inconstant Moon," and "The Sun for Sorrow." His first two plays both ran at the old Black Friar theater in Kansas City. His third play ran for three weeks in Hollywood and received favorable reviews.
Mr. Haskell, a native of Kansas City, has had a wide background. After attending Harvard university where he studied under George P. Baker in the 47th workshop and the University of Toulouse, he worked as a reporter on the Wichita Beacon under Henry J. Allen. He then went to the Baltimore Evening Sun to serve as a Washington correspondent.
After winning the Walter Hines Page Newspaper fellowship, he went
The joint committee on state watershed legislation, established in June by the Kansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas Watersheds association, requested the bureau to make a study of the watershed laws of all 48 states.
sued laws of our
The study was made by Raymond
Carmon, assistant director of the
bureau and an instructor of political
science, and Nick Kronenberg-Kittrie,
research assistant.
SCRIPT CONFERENCE—Henry C. Haskell Jr., foreign news editor of the Kansas City Star, confers with John Newfield, director of University theater, on the script of "The Morning Star." Mr. Haskell is the author of the play which will be presented in Fraser theater Oct. 29 through Nov. 1.—Kansan photo by Don Moser.
trie research court was turned over to a joint committee which in turn drew up a proposed law, now being discussed in six Kansas cities.
Studies made this summer by the Bureau of Government Research may result in watershed laws to be considered by the Kansas Legislature in 1953.
based in six Kansas cities.
Mr. Kronenberg-Kittie attended the first two meetings and said the success of the law is assured. He said the law is a step toward assuring that flood controls are decided on the local level.
Board Offers Flood Laws
to England where he worked on the London Times, the Manchester Guardian, the Irish Times at Dublin, and the Glasgow Herald.
In 1929 Mr. Haskell began working at the Kansas City Star as an editorial writer. He is now the paper's foreign news editor.
Dr. Newfield became familiar with the play while working as director of the Kansas City Playhouse, and after coming to the University decided to produce it.
Haskell, who is the father of five daughters from the age of 2 to 20, did not think his play would be accepted for production at first, because of its medieval theme and blank verse. But after the same type plays of Christopher Fry and S. Elliot were highly accepted by the public, he saw some chance for "The Morning Star."
want to learn it.
It seems that he was having trouble calibrating the bombsights. Because he wore glasses, he was unable to focus the sight to calibrate it the way it should be calibrated.
Washington—(U.P.)—Felix E. Flores, a civilian employee in the bombsight maintenance shop at Randolph Air Force base in Texas went to the base hospital with a problem.
THE bombsight eye piece contains a lens suited for a man with perfect eyesight. Wouldn't it be just as easy to substitute a lens corrected for an individual prescription and do away with the glasses while operating the mechanism?
The play will be presented Oct.
Some thought yes, and others thought no, but after a meeting of minds the air force decided to give the lieutenant's idea a whirl.
Lt. Lester Zeff, the optometry officer of the hospital's eye clinic, gave the matter some thought and finally came up with an idea.
A special order for a lens made to fit Flores' eyes was sent to the St. Louis medical depot.
In due time the lens arrived at Randolph. Flores tried it out and found that his efficiency improved by 50 per cent. In addition, his job
was
keff then ordered more lenses for bombardiers at the Randolph Crew Training Air Force B-29 schools. He explained:
schools. He explained "Many of the men are recalled reservoirs in training. Since they last served, the eyesight of some has changed, through no fault of their own."
The officer's reasoning went like this:
A grateful bombardier at Forbes Air force base in Topeka wrote the lieutenant:
Young Democrats To Hold Rally
"I am writing to thank you for the service that you rendered me. Since receiving my ground lens for the bombsight, my proficiency has increased. I no longer have the strain and poor results I had been getting. In time I am sure that many good men with poor eyesight will have no trouble qualifying."
A Democratic party rally, jointly sponsored by the KU Young Democrats and the Douglas County Democrat Central committee, will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence Community building.
The word "meteor" is from the Greek, meaning anything in the air. Hence meteology is a study of the weather, or the varying conditions of the atmosphere.
Featured speaker will be Charles L. Rooney, candidate for governor. Also on the program are Claude L. Rice, candidate for Congress, and Cliff R. Holland, candidate for attorney general.
was less tiring.
The rally will start with a 50 minute program by radio entertainers from station WIBW in Topeka. A dance will be held following the speaking from 9:30 until 11:30.
Young Democrats from Washburn university, Baker university, and Kansas State college are expected to attend along with the KU students.
Advance Degree Candidates
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the physical
Curriculum for the degree of master
of science in education;
James O. P.
audience.
Lowell Dean Andahl, physics; Mohammed Ansari, engineering; Norman P. Baumann, physics; Andrew F. Wood, chemical engineers; William Brown, engineers; Harry Benjamin, Brown, physics; Ervin Colton, chemistry; Arthur J. Guida, pharmacy; Dean John Decker, biology; Robert Wendel Johnson, physics
W. Soffler, physics; physics
or science in education:
Verl Dean Anderson, James O. Bell,
Fresman M. Francis, Francis Galbraith,
Gibson Madison, George, Marjorie
Gikso Gudgen, Madilan Leroy Harr,
James Louis Knight, Neal D Nielsen,
Taylor Miller, Orwell B. Peterson.
Joe Forrest Wampler, mathematics;
Harry Edward Webb, zoology;
Webb, education;
Lawrence Weiner, technology; Darlene Van Biber,
Weiner, speech and drama.
- screen and dialer
- plates for the degree of master of
science:
Joseph Wendel Johnson, physicist
John W. Sofferis, physicist, Henry Leo
Moreno Lavon physicist, pharmacy;
Sujata, structural engineering; Joseph
Muir, journalist; Walter Karb
Waymeyer, mechanical engineering; Jack
W. Wild, physics.
he H Elsie Kirby, Paul F. Long, John Jacob Merryman, Rabetta Mozooard, Keith O. Oliver, Charles Emmett O'Neal, The@oree The@oree, Frank Randel, Minerva Larita Washington, Rosemary Walker White, James Woods, John Rioth. . . . .
Amrion Tzadik, a founding co-founder of
Candidates for the tree of master of music Jennie Mae Aldridge, Betty
Moon and Amy Kellogg.
more Writer.
Candidates for the degree of master of
education.
education.
Abigail L. Blixby, Virginia Aubrey Wesley Richard Channell, Everett Brown Lisa Corphee, Else Margrethe Elk, William Allen Ferguson, Mildred King George, D. Debert Graham, Vernon Eugene Hawwer, Hester Marguerite Paul Jones
James Woods, a
Candida for the degree of master of
morale education:
Eward Leonard Allsop, Frank W. Fendef, Neil Hamilton Humfold.
James Willard Townsend, Marita Skidmore Warner.
Candidates for the degree of master of
physics at Columbia University.
Phones: F. McCoy Jr., Nancy Kesler Wolf.
AcCoy Jr. Nancy Kesier Wom.
Candidates for the degree of master of
business administration: Homer Clark
Evans, Jack Norton Stewart.
Candidates in the degree of master of social work: Elizabethanne Crook, Paul Millard Mengel, Roland Everett Pratt, Mildred Webb. In social
Candidates for certificates in social work: Mary Louise Reynolds, and Ivy Mildred Sell.
THESE HANDS ARE PRICELESS!
They protect the American way of life . . . our homes, our freedoms, our future.
These Hands, sensitively trained to respond acutely to the commands of an alert mind and courageous heart, are the hands of a United States Air Force Pilot.
The skillful touch of these hands attunes the blasting speed of modern jet aircraft to effective missions in discouraging any enemy. These hands are supremely capable of flying and fighting these machines with devastating effect.
These Hands belong to young, spirited American men (not supermen) who desire to live unmolested in a free America...who want to enjoy the same rights and opportunities open to all real American people.
These Hands belong to our sons-yours and mine. Youths who must decide today how they can share in defense of our nation and also better themselves. To insure greater chances of their success, today's college men should be encouraged to complete their education and then serve their country best by enlisting as Aviation Cadets in the U.S.Air Force.
Theirs is the choice of becoming either a Pilot or Aircraft Observer. After graduation as Second Lieutenants in the U.S.Air Force, they wear the silver wings of flying executives and begin earning nearly $5300 a year.
These Hands represent a man ready to qualify for this tremendous task because he is between the ages of 19 and $26\frac{1}{2}$ years, unmarried, and in excellent physical condition, especially eyes, ears, heart and teeth. He possesses at least two years of college and the inherent urge to fly.
These Hands shape the destiny of America...the difference between our survival and oblivion. The U.S. Air Force needs the hands, the minds and the hearts of young Americans who desire to make the American way a greater way of peace and happiness for all.