UNIVERSITY
Kansas State Historical Society
DAILY
49th Year No. 74
Topeka, Ks.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 1952
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Educational TV Network Plans Advance; FCC Extends KANU Construction Permit
Steps are now being taken toward the establishment of a national television network of educational stations, R. Edwin Browne, director of radio and TV at the University of Kansas, said today.
The action was initiated at a meeting on educational television called by Mayor Joseph Darst of St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Browne has just returned from that meeting. Present were representatives from institutions in 29 cities in 18 states.
A working committee was appointed to lay the groundwork for the network, which would be controlled by the member stations, Mr. Browne said. It is planned that the network would produce educational TV programs as well as effect exchanges of programs originating in the member stations.
The benefits of this cooperative effort, Mr. Browne said, would be great economies in the per program per station costs and at the same time provide higher quality programs through the pooling of resources.
The projected TV station at KU would become a member of the network, he said.
Pharmacy Students Will Visit Indiana
Kappa Epsilon, honorary pharmacy sorority, is sponsoring a trip to Indianapolis, Ind, between semesters. All juniors and seniors in the School of Pharmacy have been invited.
All expenses except transportation will be paid by the Lilly Pharmaceutical house, which will be lost to the group. They will leave Sunday, Jan. 26, and return the following Wednesday.
BULLETIN
Falmouth, England—(U.P.) - T he crew of the Flying Enterprise today climbed to the top of the ship's funnel and then plunged overboard. Within four minutes Capt. Kurt Carlsen and Mate Kenneth Dancy were picked up by the British tug Turmoil.
Shortly after they leaped overboard, the ship went down.
Apply Now To Change Schools Next Term
If you plan to transfer from one school within the University to another to start the spring semester, by acting now you can save a lot of standing in line at registration time.
Bach Interpreter To Give Third Chamber Music Recital
The AM transmitter is to be installed in the same structure that will house the FM transmitter for station KANU, and which will be located at the base of the 514 feet tower southwest of the campus. The tower will be able to send out signals for both the FM station and KFKU, the University's AM station.
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When the AM transmitter is installed, Browne said KFKU would air its programs from the Lawrence tower. For many years KFKU has used the transmitter facilities of WREN, Topeka. This means that programs are originated here and sent by telephone line to WREN's transmitter near Grantville.
Plans for the transmitter house are now being checked by the state architect and will soon be put out for bids.
The new 5,000-watt AM radio transmitter for the University has been shipped from Camden, N.J., R. Edwin Browne, director of radio and TV at KU, reported today.
New Transmitter Shipped Here
KFKU will continue to share WREN's frequency and will retain the same hours for broadcasting. These are 2:30 to 3 p.m. and 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Stop at the Registrar's office before the beginning of final examinations to make application for transfer. By so doing now papers may be prepared in time for enrollment.
Rosalyn Tureck, pianist, will appear in an all-Bach program in the third concert of the Chamber Music series at 8 p.m. Monday. Jan.14, in Strong auditorium.
In addition to being an accomplished interpreter of Bach, Miss Tureck has been described as one of the country's leading teachers of the great classic master. She has lectured on Bach throughout the United States and given several master classes at summer music schools.
Miss Tureck made her first public appearance in a solo recital at the age of nine in her native city of Chicago. Between the ages of nine and 16, she played with the Chicago Symphony orchestra as a pupil of Jan Chiapusso, professor of piano at the University.
Miss Tureck has been a faculty member of the Juilliard school of dance in New York, the David Mannes school of music in New York, the Philadelphia conservatory of music and of the teachers' college of Columbia university, New York.
At present, Miss Tureck is on a leave of absence from the faculty of the Juilliard school of music.
The young virtuoso gave two all-Bach recitals in Chicago and won a fellowship at the Juilliard graduate school in New York city. She graduated from the school cum laude in 1936 and received the Phelta Beta award for "excellence in music and the arts."
In 1897, at the age of 23, Miss Tureck presented her first Bach
series at New York city's Town Hall. She received the first Town Hall Endowment award immediately after her New York debut.
Since that time, she has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia orchestra, the Minneapolis, St. Louis and Chicago symphonies.
The Federal Communications commission has extended until July 10 the construction permit for FM radio station KANU at the University, according to word received today by R. Edwin Browne, director of KU radio.
The university had requested the extension because of delay in construction of the transmitter house. Plans for the house, which will be located at the base of the 514-ft. tower southwest of the campus, are now being given a final check by the office of the state architect.
Earlier it had been planned that the University building and grounds force would build the house. However, shortages of labor and material resulting from the summer floods caused the school to seek a contractor.
The regular session of student court will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the court room in the basement of Green hall.
13 To Appear Before Court
Thirteen persons have been notified to appear. Most of the charges are for parking violations.
are for parking. Six justices and the chief justice try the cases. Four are law students: Ralph Brock, Orval Kauffman and Jerome Jones, third year law students and Thomas Reynolds first-year law. The other three justices are Anne Snowy, College senior; Roy Zimmerman and Loy Kirkpatrick, College juniors.
The justices are appointed by the president of the All Student Council with the ASC advisory committee, and approved by a two-thirds vote of the Council.
The most frequent court cases arise from traffic and smoking violations. When a student receives a parking ticket which he believes to be unjustified, he may appeal it to the court.
Persons notified to appear at this session include: Donald Mettler, Ronald Waller, Guiford Moore, Kenneth Philo, Marvin Liggett, Truman Francis, Kenneth Hoffman, Carl Kruse, Paul Zickefoose, Ruth Smitherman, Donald Smitherman, Erwin David and Gene Davidson.
The first of a series of six organ recitals to be sponsored jointly by the School of Fine Arts and the Museum of Art will be presented on Sunday at 4 p.m. on the baroque organ in the Museum of Art.
Graduate To Give First In Series Of Six Recitals
The organist for the first recital will be a graduate of the University, Jack McCoy, who is at present on the faculty of Ottawa university. Mr. McCoy's program will consist of works of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
Passion Play To Show Last 7 Days Of Saviour
Jerusalem, the year 30 A.D. will be in Hoch auditorium this afternoon, tonight and Friday afternoon and evening in the $ \frac{2}{1} \% $ hour long Black Hills Passion play.
JOSEF MEIER AS CHRISTUS
Lt. Col. Bayard Atwood, bloodmobile project officer, reported this morning that bloodmobile officials were "fairly certain" of reaching the 600-pint quota.
Blood donations at the bloodmobile in Military Science hall reached 480 pints today with 87 pints being collected by 10:30 this morning. A 393 total was reached at the end of operations at 5 p.m. yesterday. Two hundred ten pints were collected yesterday.
Need 120 Donors To Make Quota
"Of course," Colonel Atwood said, "we want to go over the quota as much as possible."
A few more donors are still needed for the final day of donations tomorrow.
Mrs. Marjorie Hipp, executive secretary of the Douglas county chapter of the Red Cross, said that from five to 10 more donors were needed at two two-hour intervals tomorrow. From 9 to 11 a.m. and from 2 to 4 p.m. donors are still needed.
Matinees begin at 2 p.m. and evening performances at 8 p.m.
evening period. Every student has heard the story many times of Christ's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, of the Last Supper, of Judas' betrayal—in brief, the story of the last seven days of Jesus of Nazareth, his crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.
This story becomes startlingly real and important in the presentation of the Black Hills Passion play, which has been called a "modern miracle." The afternoon performances are continuous while the evening performances will have intermission for the convenience of the audience.
Unusual and effective lighting, authentic Biblical costumes, impressive scenery and a cast of about 125 are some of the features of the drama. Not to be forgotten are the two camels, mother and daughter, and two donkeys, mother and son, who are in the play.
Incidental music from Bach, Handel and others will be played during most of the production. A choir composed of about 20 University students will sing backstage during parts of the play.
I-D cards will admit University students to the Thursday and Friday matinees. However, the Friday matinee is intended primarily for the public school children. Tickets for the two evening performances will be sold at a scale varying from $1 to $3.
Tickets may be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce suite in the WREN building.
Josef Meier, who plays the role of Christ, pointed out that the language used in the play is "not unfamiliar," that it might be heard in present day life.
The Black Hills Passion play traces its history to Luenen, Westphalia, Germany. There in 1242 monks of the Cappenberg monastery presented what is believed to be the first of several Passion plays now in existence. The play was presented by the Clergy until the 17th century.
The Black Hills presentation antedates even the famed Oberammergau which is given in Germany once, each 10 years.
Part of the receipts for each performance by the Black Hills group, above expenses, is given to help someone, crippled children or underprivileged youths.
Truman--Churchill Meeting Deemed 'Satisfactory' By HST
Washington—(U.P.)—President Truman has announced his review of world problems with Prime Minister Winston Churchill yielded "most satisfactory" results.
Both American and British officials were satisfied the talks achieved the broad objectives of reviving a better working relationship between the two English-speaking nations, and intensifying their joint vigil against the soviet threat anywhere.
Some of the specific results of the conference already have been disclosed in a general way. They include:
Role Of Christ Unlike Any Other Part
"There are so many things you cannot do with the Passion play that can be done with other stage productions," said Josef Meier, who portrays Christ in the play which will be given in the first of four performances at 2 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
Although he has given more than 9,500 stage performances in the drama, Meier said he still has not tired of acting in it. "The character of Christ is of such tremendous depth that there is always something new I discover," Mr. Meier explained.
The play must have reverence and simplicity to a greater degree probably than any other drama, he pointed out.
The parts in the play do not wear on the actors because of the instinctive impression her receive of the importance of their part,"
he explained. "Whenever new people would come to us I could recognize the production taking hold of them and shifting their thinking," Mr. Meier said.
The role of Christ is different from any part in any other play, he pointed out, because the character dominates the actor, instead of vice versa. He expressed the belief that the universality and appealing quality of the drama come to a high degree from this fact.
"Many people, especially children, do not think of Christ as a real person like themselves," he said. "The drama comes to make them realize that Christ bore the crucifixion then as you and I would bear it today, and makes his sacrifice seem still greater and more beautiful."
People come to the play with certain pre-conceived ideas of the appearance of Christ, he noted. "These different conceptions are unified and the drama gives a heightened sense of realism, a sort of logic with which to approach the character of Christ."
However, even those completely uninterested in religion would enjoy the play, he pointed out, since it is a fine drama even from the non-religious person's point of view.
Perhaps the most unusual presentation the group has given, Meier said, was before the inmates of a penitentiary. "The penetrating interest of the man was felt particularly strong," he scene where Christ is coursing his cross to Mt. Olive and moth's mother Mary.
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Stalin—Agreement between Mr. Truman and Mr. Churchill that now is not the time to seek a top level meeting with Soviet Premier Josef Stalin.
European Army—Both the United States and Britain are completely agreed that Britain should not join this army which would pool the troops of six continental nations. But Mr. Churchill promised that Britain would support the project.
Atomic Air Bases in Britain—Mr. Churchill got renewed assurances that the United States would not use these bases for atomic bombing of Russia, if that ever becomes necessary, without the fullest advance consultation and agreement.
Britain's Economic Position—Mr. Churchill painted a grim picture of the outlook, including disclosure that Britain's gold and dollar reserves dropped $334,000,000 in the last three months. But he did not ask for special American aid and a sured Mr. Truman Britain would intensify its belt-tightening austerity program.
Atlantic Pact—Mr. Churchill and Mr. Truman agreed to use their influence to get the North Atlantic Treaty Organization machinery streamlined and more effective.
China and Korea—The two leaders agreed to press for peace in Korea but conceded that their countries would have to remain at odds on such issues as recognition of Red China.