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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1964
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Tonight
Virgil Thomson Music Critic Will Speak
Virgil Thomson, music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune, will be the first of five speakers in the fourth series of Humanities lectures when he discusses "The Music Critic and his Assignment" at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Fraser theater.
He will conduct his own composition, "Louisiana Story Suite," to tonight when the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra makes its appearance at 8:20 p.m. on the University concert course. Mr. Thomson, director of Kansas City Music, carried the 1949 Pulitzer music prize for the suite.
Mr. Thomson will make four other appearances during his two-week stay at the University.
Mr. Thomson, author of the music for the opera, "Four Saints in Three Acts," will discuss "Reminiscences of Gertrude Stein" at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Spooner-Thayer Museum of Art.
He lectured on "Words and Music" at the 11 a.m. session of the Interrelation of the Arts class this morning in Fraser hall. Tuesday morning he will meet with an advanced class in music composition and theory.
Mr. Thomson discussed "The Five Senses" at the annual meeting of the Kansas Music Teachers' association to Fraser hall at 2:30 p.m.
After the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra concert this evening, he will attend a reception in the Union. Hans Schweiger, conductor of the Kansas City Philharmonic and Ernst von Dohanyi, Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor, will also attend.
KU Choral Group To Sing Thursdays
A University choral group which will sing with the orchestra during music week in May will have rehearsals at 4 p.m. each Thursday in Strong auditorium.
Regular attendance of any University student interested in singing or mass chorus is the only prerequisite for admission to the Dean of the School of Fine Arts said.
The personnel of the A Capella choir, Men's Glee club, and Women's Glee club are also members of the chorus.
Carothers Elected AIEE President
James Carothers, engineering sen-
lor of Kansas City, Mo., was elected
president of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers Thursday.
Others elected were Robert Kleist,
price-chairman; Earl Windisch, treasurer;
David Schrader, senior representative;
Dale Luthey, junior representative;
Robert Hill and James Blickhan,
sophomore representatives;
Willard Schmidt, intramural manager.
William T. Smith, associate professor of electrical engineering, was chosen counselor. He will not assume his duties until next fall, however.
Student Union Book Store Now Buying Used Books
The Student Union book store is again buying used books and paying rebates, L. E. Woolley, manager, has announced, Mr. Woolley expects to receive several shipments of books today which were delayed by the recent rail strike. These shipments should contain late orders made by students unable to obtain the texts they needed.
Not A Bad Point At That
Detroit (U.P.)—Billboard at a new housing development near the Detroit city limits. "If you lived here, you'd be home now."
The Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra, under the direction of Hans Schwieger, will play at 8:20 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium. The concert is free to students upon presentation of their I.D. cards.
The orchestra, now in its 18th season, was established in 1933. Ranking among the top 15 orchestras of nation, it consists of 80 musicians.
The 1950-51 season is Mr. Schwieger's third as director and conductor of the Philharmonic.
He has made guest appearance.
with the New York Philharmonic
the NBC Symphony, the Chicago
Symphony, the National Symphony
of Washington, the Houston Symphony and a series of appearances with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
Virgil Thomson, music critic on the New York Herald Tribune, will conduct his own "Louisiana Story" suite for orchestra at the concert. Tonight's performance of the suite will be the first in Lawrence.
Citian, is also known as the composer of an opera, "Four Scenes in Three Acts" with text by Gertrude Stein.
The "Louisiana Suite" is taken from the composer's music for the documentary film with the same title. It is divided in four parts: pastoral (the bayou and the marsh buggy), chorale (the derrick arck-cappagini (robbing the alligator's nest), and fugue (boy fighters alligator).
clude the "Unfinished Symphony" by Schubert, the rollicking "Till Eulenspiegel, the Merry Pranks" by Richard Strauss and Rachmani-off's moving "Symphony No. 2 in E minor."
Mr. Thomson, a native Kansas
This concert is third in a series presented by the University of Kansas concert series. Members of the Kansas Music Teachers association and Phi Mu Alpha in convention on the campus, will be guests of the University at the concert.
Open Speech Competition
Students planning to enter the annual Lorraine Buehler Oratorical contest should contact either E. C. Buehler, professor of speech, or William Conboy, instructor in speech.
Other works on the program in
The contest, which will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, in Strong auditorium, is open to any regularly enrolled University student. The orations may be upon any serious topic and should run from eight to 10 minutes in length.
First prize will be a set of the Encyclopedia Americana. Second and third prizes will be $20 and $10 respectively.
ID Cards Admit To Philharmonic
University students may show their LD. cards for admittance to the Kansas City Philharmonic orchestra concert at 8:20 p.m. today in Hoch auditorium.
The concert is one in a series presented by the University Concert course. All programs in this series are free to students
Gaston To Explain Effect Of Music On Our Behavior
Dr. E. Thayer Gaston, professor in the department of music education, will speak on the "Influence of Music on Our Behavior" at a public lecture sponsored by the American Association of University Women of the State College in St. Cloud, Minn.
To Describe Marriages
Marriage customs in the United States will be described by Lawrence S. Bee, professor of home economics and sociology at a meeting of the International club at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Hawk's Nest in the Union.
Bauvista Murillo, secretary, said this will be the first time the club has heard anything about this "secret of the nation."
"We are sure this topic will be interesting and we hope all foreign and American students will feel free to come to the meeting," he said.
5,000 Left Homeless In Washington Flood
Mt. Vernon, Wash. (U.P.)—Soldiers, sailors, and national guardsmen braced spongy dikes protecting this northwest Washington town today as the rain-forged Skagit river pressed against the thin wall of defense.
Floodwaters from nearly a score of rivers took a toll of three lives, left at least 5,000 persons homeless and inundated 50,000 acres of rich farmland in Washington, northern Idaho, and British Columbia. Gov. Arthur B. Langlie declared a state of emergency in western Washington and called out five units of the national guard.
The Skagit valley in western Washington was one of the hardest-hit areas. Refugees from the flooded town of Conway poured into this community of 4,300 persons, and the towns of Hamilton, Stanwood and East Stanwood also were evacuated. Six feet of muddy water washed through Conway, and water was one foot deep in Hamilton.
Harold Strombom, Skagit county flood control coordinator, termed the situation more critical than ever, even though the river had dropped two feet from its crest at 5 a.m. Sunday.
Cattle stood forlornly on high spots in the Skagit valley. The five-mile wide delta between the north and south mouths of the Skagit was an inland see. The forecast was for partial cloudiness but no rain to-day.
Nearly all major western Washington rivers had crested by late over and through crumbling dikes. yesterday but they receded only slightly and flood waters boiled
The national guard was called out at Renton, Wash., when the Cedar River broke through a dike
The Indian village of Marietta was evacuated when the Nooksack river burst its banks. Deming also was reported flooded by the Nooksack.
in Maple valley.
Twenty-four pharmacy students, a faculty member, and a K.U. graduate recently toured the Parke Davis company laboratories and plant in Detroit.
Pharmacy Students Tour Drug Plant
Lodging, food, and entertainment during the two day stay in Detroit were provided by the drug firm.
The tours are designed to show the precautions and complexities involved in modern drug manufacturing.
Dr. J. H. Burckhalter, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, and Lloyd Roser, 1942 School of Pharmacy graduate and Emporia representative of the Parke Davis company, accompanied the students.
French Club To Meet Thursday
The first spring semester meeting of the French club, "Le Carole Francais", will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 113 Strong hall.
R. C. Broadstone, fine arts junior, will speak and show pictures of his trip to Europe last summer. Following the speech there will be group singing of modern French songs, led by Jacques Maze, graduate student in the School of Medicine.
Vice-president Janet Harris, College senior, will preside over the meeting in the absence of President Jack Grisby, education senior, who is practice teaching. Miss Mattie Crumrine, assistant professor of Romance languages, is the faculty sponsor of the club.
Anderson Speaks In Wichita Series
George Anderson, professor of history, will speak on American foreign policy today at the World in Crisis lecture series in Wichita.
His lecture will be the fourth in the seven-lecture series, which is modeled after the course given at the University last semester. It is sponsored by University Extension.
Defense And Monitoring Group Meets Today
Frank E. Hoecker, professor of physics, asks that any pilots or radio amateurs also attend.
The University of Kansas civil defense and radiological monitoring group will meet at 5 p.m. today in 210 Blake hall.
Wonder Drugs Open New Field In Medicine
The newer hormone substances, such as cortisone and acth, have brought sensational results, but in some cases there have been serious side effects. Other hormone substances, such as the female sex hormones, progesterone and estrone, and the male sex hormone, testosterone, have been synthesized and are being used to some extent to treat certain types of cancer, men and women. They also are being used experimentally in certain types of glandular deficiencies.
So along comes the hormone treatment of certain disease. It is a brand new field of medicine, although it has been used for some years in the experimental stage. One synthetic hormone, insulin, already has proved its value in the treatment of diabetes.
Mexico City—U.P.-The "Wonder Drugs"-the sulfas, penicillin and streptomycin-opened a new field in medical treatment, and now another new horizon is in view.
Hormones are chemical agents, or forces, that the body manufactures to maintain a proper function. The doctors say that as long as those forces are in proper balance health will continue. When the forces get out of line the body begins to deteriorate.
In the case of sulfas, penicillin and streptomycin, it is an attack against bacteria. In the case of hormones, it is an attack against a breakdown of the body's mechanism.
It may turn out to be the brightest horizon of all. Over it may come an effective treatment for cancer, polio, tuberculosis and the degenerative diseases, such as types of arthritis, and some forms of heart disease. Perhaps old age itself.
Medical scientists have been experimenting with hormonal substances for some years. Two of the most widely talked about are cortisone and acetch. Both have brought startling results in some types of arthritis and even in some cancer cases—but no cures.
A Navy medical examining board will be at the N.R.O.T.C. unit in the Military Science building Wednesday and Thursday to give annual physical examinations for N.R.O. T.C. students.
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