University Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 2, 1952
Cortisone Research At KU Is An International Affair
KU Players To Tour Kansas
"Twelfth Night," a comedy by Shakespeare, will be presented by University players in 11 Kansas towns during a two-week tour beginning Saturday, April 15.
The opening performance will be at Baker university in Baldwin. Other performances will be given at Wellington, Concordia; Beloit, Plainville, Ellinwood, LaCrosse, Lyons, Marion McPherson and Hays.
The troupe of students and instructors will take their own scenery and lighting equipment designed by Allen Crafton, professor of speech. Harold Harvey, speech instructor, has built the scenery and is painting it.
The tour has been arranged by the University Extension's bureau of lectures and concerts.
Members of the cast are Jo Anna March, Mark Gilman and Dorothy O'Connell, college sophomores; Mary Beth Moore, Frank LaBan and Shirley Strain, college juniors; Barbara Donovan, college senior; Bruce Bailey, college freshman; Robert Howery, Jim Wallace, fine arts freshmen; Tom Rea, instructor of speech, and Wilson O'Connell, assistant instructor of speech.
After the tour Mrs. Frances Feist, director of "Twelfth Night," hopes to present the play for three or four nights in Fraser theater during the week of May 15.
Sigma Xi Lecture Cancelled
The Sigma Xi honorary science society lecture scheduled for Thursday, has been cancelled.
Science speaks an international language so it is not surprising that the three persons doing research on cortisone relatives at the university are from three different countries.
Li-Chin Chiang from China and Paul Kurath from Switzerland are research associates in pharmaceutical chemistry. The third member, Peter Jackson, from the United States, is a graduate student working for his Ph.D.
"We start from simple aromatic organic compounds," Miss Chiang explained. "Then we build up cortisone relatives that are synthetic and have a similar structure to cortisone. We test these relatives to see if they have reactions that will make it worthwhile to continue the experiments."
Cortisone is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Miss Chiang received her bachelor of organic chemistry at Catholic university in Peking, China. She came to the United States in the fall of 1948, as a result of a Chinese government commission. Miss Chiang came to K.U., August after receiving her Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota.
"I came to the United States to further my knowledge of pharmaceutical chemistry," Miss Chiang said.
Miss Chiang is from Peking, and has a sister there working in the Perta (Peking university) hospital as an eye surgeon.
Miss Chiang smiled when asked what interested her about K.U.
"That'es easy — everything." She explained. "There are just so many things to do here."
Minor Injuries Suffered By Two Students At Rally
Only two minor injuries were reported from Watkins hospital as a result of pandemonium which broke out at rallies Monday night.
One student was treated for a firecracker burn and another for a minor cut. Both were released after treatment.
The deadline for the William Herbert Carruth Memorial Poetry prize contest has been set as noon Saturday, April 12. Prizes of $50, $25, and $15 will be awarded for the top three entries.
Prizes of a book of poems will be given to entrants receiving honorable mention.
Poetry Contest Ends April 12
Any contestant may submit as many as three poems, but only one prize will be awarded to any one person. Entries should be signed with a pen name and placed in an envelope. Only the pen name should accompany the poem. A separate certificate should be enclosed attaining the title of the poem, the pen name and the real name and address of the author.
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The preliminary committee which will give the poems the first reading is composed of members of the English department. They are John Hankins, professor; Edward Grier, assistant professor, and Thomas Sturgeon, instructor.
Final judges for the contest are Professor Hankins as faculty judge; Marianne Moore, woman-in-letters judge, and Harry Kemp, alumnus judge.
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Miss Moore, Brooklyn, N.Y., is a distinguished American poet. She recently won the National Book award for her book, "Selected Poems."
Mr. Kemp attended the University about the turn of the century and was a student of Professor Carruth. Mr. Kemp included a lively picture of the University at the time he attended in his autobiography, "Tramping on Life."
He has published several plays and volumes of verse.
First place in last year's contest was won by Milton Hughes who was a graduate student in English.
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