Daily Kansan
Woolley Resigns As Union Manager
L. E. Woolley, manager of the Student Union building, has resigned effective July 1.
49th Year
Monday, February 4, 1952
Woolley plans to enter the bank ing and finance business in Osborne, Kan. next summer.
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"I have been considering this move for some time. Last year I accepted the position of director of the Student Union on a temporary basis for one year only," he said.
Since 1946 Woolley has been manager of the book store and last July he assumed the management of the entire building, Dr. Laurence C. Woodruff, chairman of the Union operating committee, paid high tribute to Woolley's work.
"The Student Union book store has grown under Mr. Woolley's management to one of the most efficient and economical on college campuses," Dean Woodruff said. "During the past year he assumed willingly the burden of the details entailed by construction of the $1,500,000 addition to the Union.
A graduate of Washburn university in 1940, Woolley took graduate work at KU the following year, and was assistant instructor in economics. For the next three years he worked for the Cessna Aircraft corporation in Wichita, rising to director of purchasing. He then served two years in the Navy Supply corps.
"His cheerful dealings with students and careful attention to the details of management have brought the Union through a trying period. His contribution to the book store, the Memorial Union, and the University community will be sorely missed."
He returned to KU in 1946 to organize the book store. He also taught classes in industrial purchasing and credit management in the school of business. During the past two summers he has been a lecturer in special retailing courses at Northwestern university and the University of Bridgeport. He has
Association of College Stores in postal rate matters before the Federal Trade commission and congressional committees.
Sophomore Class To Introduce Yell
"What's the score?—54" will be heard tonight at the Colorado-Kansas game. The sophomore class, distinguished by royal blue crew hats and sitting in a reserved section, will be giving yells not only for KU but for their class.
School spirit is essential for a good school, the sophomores say. And class spirit will help school spirit, they reason. The crew hats, with the numerals 54 on them, will distinguish the sophoromes and add to class loyalty.
The hats and class color blue were chosen by a council composed of a representative from each organized house and the sophomore class officers.
FACULTY CLUB GETS OPERETTA PREVIEW— Principals in "The Bartered Bride," operetta which opens a four-night stand in Fraser theater tonight, presented excerpts from the operetta at the Faculty club Sunday. Seated in the first row, left to right, are Christine Wiley, fine arts sophomore; Ruth Stutz, fine arts senior; and Phyllis McFarland, fine arts senior. Standing are Maurice Casey, fine arts sophomore; Balph King, business senior; and James Salston education senior—Kansas photo by Jim Murray.
OperaGuildToGive'BarteredBride InFirstPerformanceAtFraserToday
The first performance of "The Bartered Bride," a presentation of the University Light Opera guild, will be given at 8:15 p.m. today in Fraser theater.
Custom Of Ground-Hog Day Goes Back To Fourth Century
The comic opera will also be given Tuesday and Friday at 8:15 p.m. and at 3:15 p.m. Thursday. Tickets may be obtained at the box office in Green hall. ID cards will not admit students.
"The Bartered Bride" is the fifth annual presentation of the guild and is being given by members of the University players and three honorary music organizations, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alphos.
By LORENA BARLOW
Directors are Gerald M. Carney, associate professor of music education, music direction; Thomas Shay, instructor in speech, dramatic direction; Clayton Krebhiel, instructor in music education, choral direction; Leo Horacek, instructor in music education, assistant music director, and G. Criss Simpson, associate professor of organ and theory, technical adviser.
Ground-hog day began as a church festival, entitled Candlesmas day, celebrated in commemoration of the presentation of Christ in the Temple. It was celebrated on Feb. 14, 40 days after Epiphany, in the fourth century.
According to custom, winter is to continue for six weeks because the ground-hog saw his shadow Saturday—that is, if he was out looking for his shadow.
It is strange how such customs are accepted without query. Stranger still are their origins and how they are changed while being handed down through the centuries.
The celebration spread from Jerusalem and was moved to Feb. 24 days after the newly established feast of Christmas. In 542 it was introduced throughout the Eastern empire by Justinian, and has been observed as a festival of Christ.
In the West the celebration was instituted in the Eighth century and is now called Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It embodies a much older tradition and is preeminently a festival of the Virgin Mother.
The association of Ground-hog day, as we know it, with Candlemas day is an American variation of the tradition, long widespread in the Christian world, that a sunny Candlemas day predicts a cold spring. It is reflected in the Scottish saying: "If Candlemas is fair and clear, there'll be two winters in the year."
The celebration is so called in the U.S. because of the supposition that the ground-hog emerges on Feb. 2 from winter sleep to observe the approach of spring. If he sees his shadow he retires to his burrow for six more weeks of winter. If, however, the day is cloudy, he remains above ground, confident of continuing mild weather.
The plot concerns the arrangement of the marriage of Marie, the heroine, to Vashek, a simple peasant lad. Marie jilts Vashek for her true love, Jenik, and the couple attempt to outwit the marriage broker, Kezal.
Marie, will be sung by Phyllis McFarland, fine arts senior; Jenik, by Frederick Tarry, fine arts sophomore; Vashek, by Bill Oldham, education junior, and Keazal, by James
Campus Police Tow Faculty Cars
Cars of faculty members are being towed away in cases where violators have received an "excessive number" of tickets and have ignored repeated warnings, Raymond Nichols, executive secretary to the chancellor, said today.
Campus police are cracking down on faculty traffic violators.
The towing order has been in effect more than a year but there was no need of its enforcement until lately, Mr. Nichols said.
"At least two cars have been towed away in the last week," Campus Police Chief Joseph Skillman said. "Our plans are to tow away more if violations continue."
When a car is towed away it is necessary for the faculty member to pay the tow charge. There is no way of making faculty members pay traffic fines. Students, however, cannot register without having paid traffic fines.
Mr. Nichols said the procedure is that if a faculty member has an excessive number of tickets and has no parking permit he is notified to make application for a permit. If he has a permit, he must park in police-specified zones.
Hata, by Ruth Stutz, College junior; Ludmila, by Christine Wiley, fine arts sophomore; Exmaralda, by Carla Haber, education junior; Micha, by Ralph King, business senior, and Principal, by Ernest Dade, College freshman.
Ralston. education senior.
A special guild orchestra of 24 pieces will play for the performances.
Physical examinations were given to about 275 students last week, Watkins hospital authorities reported. During the three day period for scheduled examinations, approximately 250 students were examined. About 150 of these were new students and the other 100 were students who had transferred into the School of Education.
Students Given Physical Exams
Twenty-six stragglers and persons who had missed their appointments were given physicals Saturday.
MARGARET HABEIN
Concert Series To Feature Italian Met Star
The University Concert course will present Cesare Siepi, Italian artist, as its third attraction of the season at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday in Hoch auditorium. ID cards will admit students.
During his first season as leading basso at the Metropolitan, Cesare Siepi received honors in 45 performances. He appeared in the roles of Philip II in "Don Carlos," Don Basilio in "Barber of Seville," Mephistopheles in "Faust" and Colline in "La Boheme."
He was chosen by Toscanini for his Verdi Memorial concert in Carnegie hall in January. With the NBC symphony Siepi was soloist in Verdi's Requiem and with the Chicago symphony in a performance of the Mozart Requiem.
Habein Granted Leave Till July
Television featured him as a soloist on "Voice of Firestone" and engaged him for two appearances on the "Show of Shows."
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, has been granted a leave of absence until July 1, it was announced today by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. She will use the time for full time study in the KU Graduate school to complete work for the Ph.D. degree in English.
Cesare Siepi was born in Milan in 1923. He began singing at the age of 15 and two years later entered the studio of Maestro Chiesa. In March, 1941 he won first prize at the national song competition in Florence. This honor attracted the attention of opera managements throughout Italy. In June Siepi made his professional debut as Sparafucile in "Rigoletto" in the town of Schio near Venice.
With the outbreak of the war, Siepi's operatic career in Italy was interrupted. He spent the war years in Switzerland, enlarging his repertoire and singing concerts for radio. In 1946 he returned to Italy for a second debut, this time in Verdi's "Nabuco" in Venice.
When La Scala of Milan was reopened at Christmas of 1946 with "Nabucco," Siepi was in the cast. He became one of its leading stars and since has been associated with the opera company.
Under Toscanini at La Scala in 1948. Siepi appeared in performances of Boito's "Mefistofele" and "Werone." In the spring of 1950 he sang the Verdi Requiem both with Toscani at La Scala and with Mitropoulos at the Florence May festival. In Great Britain Siepi has sung at the Edinburgh festival, at Covent garden and Albert hall in London.
Miss Martha Peterson, assistant dean of women, will be in charge of the office of the dean of women during Miss Habein's absence. The two have been dean and assistant dean together since 1946.
Assisting Miss Peterson on a halftime basis will be 'Mary Peg Hardman, a graduate student in guidance and counseling. She will direct the women's student employment service and women's activities.
During her leave Miss Habein will be preparing her doctoral dissertation. She is making a study of the writings of the late Kate Stephens, KU alumna and teacher, who in the latter 19th century went to New York and became one of the leading women writers of the era.