University Daily Kansan
47th Year No. 151
Friday, May 19, 1950
Lawrence. Kansas
STUDENT NEWS PAPER
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
-Kansan Photo by Frankie Waits
A FAMILY REUNION TAKES place every time the three Stewarts, Robert, Margaret, and Donald meet to practice in the University orchestra. Robert, education junior, plays the cello; sister Marg, College freshman, and brother Don, College sophomore, play violins. The Stewarts will be in the University Orchestra's concert Monday, May 22.
Annual Spring Concert To Feature Piano Solo
Beethoven, Bach, Schumann, and von Weber will be represented on the program of the University Symphony orchestra at its spring concert at 8 p.m. Monday in Hoch auditorium.
One of the two major works of the evening, the "Concerto in A Minor" by Robert Schumann, will feature Eugene Jennings, graduate student, as the pianist.
Jennings has done much concertizing in the Middle West and will be an instructor in piano at Ohio university in September. He will receive his master of music degree at the end of the present semester
Schumann's concerto is described by Russell L. Wiley, professor of band and orchestra, as the "most challenging accompaniment the orchestra has had, and one of the most brilliant solos of that type ever used."
The other major work will be the "Sixth Symphony (Pastorale)" by Ludwig van Beethoven. The symphony has been named the "Pastorale" because of the notes the composer wrote in the manuscript about the setting of the work.
The first movement consists of "serene impressions awakened by arrival in the country." The peaceful approach of dawn as nature comes to life can be visualized in this movement.
A contemplative mood is set in the second movement which is noted "by the brook." Beethoven did much of his composing out of doors even though he was nearly deaf by the time he was 35.
The third movement depicts a "gathering of country folk" as they dance and sing at a rustic party. Toward the end of the movement, the rumbling of a storm can be heard in the background, setting the mood for the violent fourth movement.
The fifth movement is called the "shepherd's song," and is a peaceful, melodic finish to the symphony. The program will open with the
overture to Carl Maria von Weber's opera, "Oberon." The opera was the last piece of music that von Weber wrote and is considered one of his best works. The libretto is unusual in that it is written in English.
The Bach number to be performed is entitled "Sheep May Safety Graze," an orchestral tone poem.
For a majority of men students in the summer session who rely upon local employment for date money, eating money and rental money, the present outlook is dark. According to Douglas Paddock, men's employment counselor, "Job prospects for this summer are fewer than they have been for the last several years."
Men's Summer Jobs Scarce This Year
Geology Students To Visit Missouri University
Twenty-five University of Kansas geology students will travel to the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. Saturday where they will be guests of geology students there. Missouri students visited the University campus the past year.
Some jobs that are open now one yard work, housework, waiting tables, farm work, packing vegetables and general labor. Paddock said that there may be more available after June 1.
A trip to locations of geological interest near Columbia will be made atday with a picnic supper in the evening, University students will return to Lawrence Sunday.
Cornerstone To Be Laid For Campanile
The cornerstone laying of the University's World War II Memorial campanile will be one of the highlights of Commencement week activities, Fred Ellsworth, Alumni association secretary, announced today.
The ceremony will be at 11 a.m.
Sunday, June 4.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott, members of the executive committee of the University Memorial association, and the architects of the structure will be among those attending the brief ceremony at which a box 12-inches square and 5-inches deep will be sealed into the stone.
In the box will be several issues of the University Daily Kansan and "other things that will indicate current thoughts" said Mr. Ellsworth
Casting of the 50-bell carillon is expected to be finished within a year. The work is being done by the John Taylor and company, Loughborough, England.
Workmen have finished pouring the cement for the tower and the outside stone veneer will be laid as soon as steel reinforcement beams are placed inside the structure.
Most of the bells have been contributed by family members of K.U. students and alumni killed in World War II, although some of the bells will be inscribed in the memory of persons not connected with the war. The largest gift to the Memorial fund was $25,000 contributed by the University Endowment association. This is to be used to buy the largest bell in the carillon. It will be inscribed in memory of the late Olin Templel, one of the founders of the Endowment association. Mr. and Mrs., J.R. Pearson, Corsicana, Texas, have given $18,000.
The bells range in size from approximately 7 tons to 12 pounds. The largest bell is 7-feet 2-inches wide and 5-feet 9-inches high.
John McKinley, education junior was elected captain of Company G. Fourth Regiment of Scabbard and Blade.
New Officers Are Chosen By Scabbard and Blade
Others elected are Leonard Shinn, first year law, first sergeant Wayne Love, business junior reporting sergeant; Robert Bowersock, first lieutenant, and Elton Noble, second lieutenant, education juniors; and William Dybvad, education sophomores, mess sergeant.
Asia Moves Slowly Expert Declares
Twenty years from now, Asia must not be a mirror of America, but a group of independent countries playing a big role in the world, thinks Philipps Talbot, Chicago Daily News foreign correspondent.
Mr. Talbot spoke at a combined convocation of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, and the departments of political science and history.
Summer Rooms Now Available
--red tongues of fire, which lives briefly and, slowly, dies"
Apartments, private rooms, dormitories, and fraternity houses will be open for this year's summer session. Two dormitories for men, Battenfeld and Oread, will be available for men students. Miller, Watkins, Templin, and Carruth halls will be open for women.
Nearly 100 apartments are now listed in the housing office, second floor of Strong hall, as available for students beginning this summer and continuing throughout the next year. However, very few apartments are furnished, and practically none of the more inexpensive ones will take families with children.
Students who live in Oread and Battenfeld will be charged $30 for the eight week period. Room and board at Templin and Carruth is $104. At Miller and Watkins, room fees are $30 without meals. All accommodations for women students in the dormitories are double and triple rooms.
Several fraternity houses will be open this summer, and are listed in the housing office, Strong hall. Any-one desiring information concerning rooms may see Mrs. Ruth Nash there.
Waits To Be Editor Of Summer Kansan
Frankie Waits, journalism senior has been selected managing editor of the Summer Session Kansan. Miss Waits has served as Kansan picture editor for the past eight weeks.
Edward Chapin, journalism junior,
will be city editor, and Robert Honnold,
journalism senior, will be business
manager.
The summer session Kansan will be published each Tuesday and Friday.
"Even though we are in the eleventh hour in Asia and there are chaos and pressure from the Communist north, we must take the long range view," Mr. Talbot said. "Investment and technical advice cannot work overnight."
By means of the Point Four program, Mr. Talbot believes that we will be participating in a tremendous social revolution." The old order in Asia is broken down," he said, "and the new order is moving haltingly forward."
The size and complexity of Asia has slowed progress there, Mr. Talbot believes. Although it is an area which is becoming exceedingly important to America, it is impossible for anyone to have a comprehensive knowledge of its situation.
Mr. Talbot cited Indo-China as a country in which America faces typical problems. "While many people believe that it is here that Communism can be stopped," Mr. Talbot said, "the trouble is that too many Americans believe that if we want to, we can convince anybody in the world of the best thing to do."
"We are committed to help Indo China, but we should not try to uphold an unpopular form of government."
The Communistic victory in China was probably inevitable, Mr. Talbot told the group. "As the government of Chiang Kai-shek grew weaker, the people wanted a stronger government." he said. "I believe that any strong government could have won the allegiance of the Chinese people."
Mr. Talbot reviewed the political and economic situations in various countries of Southeastern Asia. He believes that in most cases the freedom that the countries have achieved is not too well liked by the people. Mr. Talbot thinks that they would prefer a strong, healthy government.
"Asia has passed thru a political revolution such as we have never seen in our generation," Mr. Talbot continued. "In most cases, it has come into a period of political freedom to which the people have not yet become accustomed."
Vivid Dances Characterize 'Exemoco'
By MONA MILLIKAN
"Exemoco," annual spring recital of Tau Sigma, dance fraternity, was well received by the near-capacity audience in Fraser theater Thursday. Based on interpretation of color by physical expression, the nine numbers were enhanced by the use of colored costumes, lights, and mood music. Audience understanding was also aided by descriptions on the program.
Clarity and sharpness of feels were best expressed in the group dances for pink, purple, and chartreuse and the solo numbers for purple, green and a "boogie woogie" interpretation. Uncertainty and confusion of movement characterized the interpretations of red, blue, and yellow and destroyed much of the feeling. The black and white, although rather well executed, were not very impressive and gave a weaker conclusion to the program than it might have. The solo portion of these two dances, however, were very well done and added strength to the number.
The dance for Red represented "a glowing ember, fanned into a high
Motions for Blue suggested a pooof of living liquid moving across the stage in a mood of sophistication and languid ease, "reflecting the sky's pale serenity."
Little children were typified in the yellow interpretation as they played tag, hopscotch, and flitted in the "shimmering yellow of the sun."
Equal in popularity was the interpretation of Green by Tau Sigma's sponsor, Miss Georgia Lee Westmoreland. It was easy to feel the agony and strain of the struggle going on within the dancer as she fought against the "jealousy that jabs its fingers into my soul."
A very popular and well-executed number was the "boogie woogie" solo in which the dancer's whole body depicted the stimulating "bebop" of the music. Literally reveling in the cestasy of interpretation, she almost spoke with her movements.
The outstanding group number for Purple depicted the alluring, enticing enchantment of physical evil.
The Chartreuse dancers depicted "jagged lines; jagged forms; jagged edges of color that vibrate on a splash of yellow-green."
Closing the program, the solo dancer, Death, beat out its terror and sorrow on the "yawning abyss of nothingness; behind, the tangled dreams of emptiness" as part of the Black characterization. The "purity viril" wink" eclipsed the "blackness of Evil" who drove it from the stage; then knelt in grief for passengers and thanks to Heaven. A solo in institution of the "Lord's Prayer," sung by Irma Lutz, climaxed the White dance.