6, 1950
University Daily Kansan
47th Year No. 149
Wednesday, May 17, 1950
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Sell-Out Crowd Sees 'Our Town And Enjoys It
Good acting and ingenuity in staging techniques made the University Players laboratory theater production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" a highly successful and enjoyable experiment in dramatic presentation.
Despite the rain Tuesday evening standing room only was the box office report at curtain time, and the actors showed their appreciation by giving a heart-warming, and sincere performance.
As Howie Newsome, the milkman, Ronald Sundbye was outstanding in his characterization, and Robert Allen, as Professor Willard, brought a sterotyped character to life.
The lighting effects, the novel scenic devices, and the resourcefulness displayed in the skillful utilization of all available parts of the small theater, gave the production a spark of originality that was refreshing.
Ernest Coombs, as stage manager, skillfully guided this play of life, love, and death in a small New England town. The everyday drama of life with its pathos, simple joys, and inevitable monotony was enchantingly enacted, stirring genuine emotions in the audience. Coombs' authentic "down east" twang contributed to the atmosphere of the New England setting.
Noteworthy for their performances were: Betty Sage and Phyllis Clegg as Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb; and Nelson Son and Tom Payne as the childhood sweethearts Emily Webb and George Gibbs.
As the first three-act play to be given in the laboratory theater, its success should encourage the Players to present more of the same.
There is another performance at 8:15 p.m. today in the Little theater of Green hall.
Courses covering many phases of camp counseling will be offered to the public 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the East room of the Union.
YM Offers Camp Counseling Courses
The show, held in Snow hall, featured more than 45 species of wild flowers common to eastern Kansas.
The camp counselors training program is sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. Interested students and townpeople should contact Gerald Peterson, chairman of the program, or register with the Y.M.C.A. office in the Union.
Organization, administration and functions of a camp will be one of the important subjects. What is expected of a camp counselor is another phase of discussion.
Nearly 500 persons attended a wild flower exhibition at the University Sunday.
Following the completion of the program certificates indicating participation in the courses will be given.
Two other features were the colored prints of American wild flowers from the Smithsonian institute and a demonstration of techniques used in mounting fossil plants for inspection by microscope.
500 Persons See Wild Flower Show
The botany department's display included several varieties of violets, three types of orchids including the yellow lady's slipper and showy orchid, and many types of ferns and mosses.
German Film Shown In Fraser Today
The German film "Emil und die Detektive" or "Emil and the Detectives" picturing life in Berlin about 1932 will be shown at 4 p.m. in the Visual instruction room 15 Frasier hall today.
Taken from the novel by Erick Kastner, Emil and the Detective describes the search of a youth and 15 of his friends for the thief of 140 stolen marks. English subtitles are included in the Germandialogue film.
Engineers Elect Two Councilmen
Davis H. Crawford, engineering junior, and Don Schaake, engineering senior, were elected departmental representatives to the engineering council Tuesday to complete the 1950-51 council list.
Crawford will represent the engineering physics department and Schaake the architecture department newly-elected council is installed.
It was necessary to hold run-off elections to break ties between candidates in the architecture and engineering physics department. The election of other council members was held May 11.
A joint meeting of the present council and the council-elect will be held today. This meeting will be the last for the present council.
Marvin To Speak At Emporia
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information will give the commencement address at Emporia High school Wednesday, May 24.
Second Recital By Students To Be Tonight
The second advanced student recital will be presented at 7:30 p.m. today in Strong auditorium. Eighteen students will participate in the program.
The program: Voice: "With Verdure Clad" from "The Creation" (Haydn), Theodora Ericsson. Cello: "Symphonic Variations" (Boellman), Carl Bilger. Voice: "Arm, Arm, Ye Brave" from "Judas Maccabaeus" (Handel), Boyd Bainter. Piano: "Toccata" (Schumann), Lois Pradfield. Voice: "Agnus Dei" (Bizet), Ann Hogue.
Violin: "Legende" (Wieniawiki), Mary Lynette Sommerville. Voice: "Caro Nome" from "Rigoleto" (Verdi), Shirley Esplund. Voice: "O Del Mio Dolce Ardor" (Althea Owen. Piano: "Polonaise in FSharp Minor, Opus 44" (Chopin), Jacquelyn Stoops. Voice: "Le Reve" from "Manon" (Massenet) and "E Lucevan Le Stelle" from "Tosca" (Puccini), William Wilcox.
Violin: "Sonata in A" (Corelli),
Isabelle Gaddis, Voice: "With Joy
the Impatient Husbandman" from
"The Seasons" (Haydn), Jerry Delicath.
Piano: "Etude in C Minor,
Opus 25, No. 12" and "Etude in A
Minor, Opus 25, No. 11" (Chopin),
Willard Straight. Voice: "Ah! Perfido"
(Beethoven), Ruth Reisner
Harwood. Ensemble: "Trio in E
Flat Opus 1, No. 1" (Beethoven),
Mary Lynton Sommerville, violin;
Dale Kempter, cello; Martha Heck,
piano.
ASC To Study Seating At KU Football Games
In its last meeting of the semester Tuesday, the All Student Council formed a committee to study the student seating problem at University football games.
Last of his series of five talks at the University will be presented by Philip A. Katzman at 7:30 tonight in 103 Haworth hall. His topic is "Hormones of the Endocrine Glands That Are Related to Sex Functions."
Katzman is associate professor of biochemistry at the St. Louis university-Medical school. His series of talks began Monday. All who are interested in the field of biochemistry are invited to attend.
Katzman Ends Series Tonight
Since graduating at St. Louis in 1932, Katzman has worked with Dr. E. A. Doisy there. Dr. Doisy was awarded a Nobel prize in 1944 for work on vitamin K.
Katzman is the first guest speaker to come to the University in an annual series of talks to be sponsored by the biochemistry department.
THE WEATHER
KANSAS Partly cloudy to cloudy, scattered thundershowers central and west tonight and Thursday and extreme east Thursday. Warmer central and extreme west tonight. Low tonight 52-56 degrees to 58-60 degrees east; high Thursday 80-85 degrees.
Tau Sigma To Give Recital Thursday
Tau Sigma, modern dance fraternity, will present "Exemoco" as its annual spring recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, in Fraser theater. It is under the direction of Miss Georgia Westmoreland, instructor of physical education.
Speech Contest Will Be Thursday
Based on the themes exercise, emotion, and color—exemoco, the presentation will interpret colors by physical expression. Choreography for the production was written by Miss Westmoreland with the assistance of her students.
Entries for the after-dinner speaking contest to be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in Green hall should be in Thursday morning. William Conboy, instructor in speech, will accept the entries.
Explanation of the titles and the dance, was made by its author, Harley Holladay, fine, arts senior and member of the east. He said, "Color stimulates the human emotions and is expressed in compositions by physical form and movement."
About 25 members of Tau Sigma, including the only males in the group—Holladay, Wilson O'Connell, College junior, and George Hixon, fine arts sophomore, will participate in the program.
The recital will include members based on blue, black, chartreuse, green, pink, purple, red, yellow, and white. Costumes, mood music, and lights corresponding to the various routines will emphasize the theme.
The contest is part of the intramural speaking tournament being sponsored by the speech department.
Tickets are on sale for 50 cents in the women's gym and may also be bought from members of the organization.
Any student wishing to try out for membership in Tau Sigma should contact Miss Westmoreland at 104 Robinson gymnasium.
"Exemoco," the title of the recital, means physical expression of emotion stimulated by color. Music for the production will be supplied by drums, piano, and records.
-Photo by Frankie Waits
Membership in Tau Sigma is open to anyone in the University. Students are pledged for an entire year, or until they have taken part in a large production.
FOUR DANCERS practicing for the annual Tau Sigma recital are, left to right, Donna Lee Harrison, College junior; Darlene Schindler, education freshman; Nancy Ball, education sophomore; and in the foreground, Shirley Strain, College freshman.
The dance recital, "Exemoco," will be given by approximately 25 members of Tau Sigma at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, in Fraser theater.
Members of the committee will be Melvin Clingan, president, and Marcia Horn, secretary. They will contact other Big Seven schools about their seating arrangements
The problem had been discussed before the meeting by a student-faculty group composed of Clingan, Paul Coker, cheerleader; Jack Howard, business junior; E. C. Quigley, director of athletics, L. C. Woodruff, dean of men; and Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women.
Suggestions made by that group included: that gates be opened at 10 a.m. instead of noon, that drawing for seats be held, that seats be allotted by seniority; and that seats be divided by use of colored tickets. Under the latter system, students would take turns during the season for the better seats.
Ernest Friesen, past president, asked the Council to approve the sending of a representative from Sachem and Mortar Board, honor organizations, to a student planning committee sponsored by Kansas State College this summer. The Council granted the request and agreed to pay the fees of the two representatives. Kansas State has offered to pay the fees of two A.S.C. members.
Tom White, social committee chairman, said a junior-senior class dance will be held next year and that the A.S.C. would pay the expenses up to $500. Phillip Basson, engineering freshman, has been named舞 dance manager.
The Council decided to turn the sale of freshman hats over to the Ku Ku's and the Jay Janes. One hundred and 14 hats remain to be sold, mostly in two sizes, $ \frac{7}{3} $ and $ 7\% $ .
The junior-senior dance will be the only closed date of the year, The date has not been set officially. No other dates can be scheduled on a closed date.
Grace Endecott, fine arts freshman,
has been selected by N.O.W. Greek,
would succeed Patricia
Gardenhire, who resigned as freshman
representative.
James E. Seaver, assistant professor of history, was elected president of the K.U. chapter of the American Federation of Teachers at the last meeting of the organization.
Clingan announced new appointments to the Student Court. They are Patrick Thiessen, chief justice; Ralph Brock, Jerome Jones, O. J. Kaufman, and Earl Watson, justices; and Ted Ashmore, prosecutor.
A new acoustic type ceiling will be installed in Hoch auditorium sometime this summer.
Teachers Elect Four New Officers
Other officers elected were: Hilden Gibson, professor of political science, vice-president; Jack Chernick, assistant professor of economics, secretary; J. M. Osma, professor of Romance languages, treasurer.
Hoch Auditorium To Get New Ceiling This Summer
J. J. Wilson, business manager, said the new ceiling would be installed in hopes of improving the acoustics in the building.
Jobs Open For Engineers
Several opportunities are open to young graduate sanitary engineers who have aptitude and interest in the field of public health and in the U.S. air force. Correspondence about these opportunities is posted on the bulletin board of the civil engineering department, and on the bulletin of the office of the dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture.