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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1949
Laughton Gives Readings To Appreciative Audience
Bv KATHLEEN O'CONNOR
Performing before a small but highly appreciative audience, Charles Laughton, star of stage and screen, presented an excellent program of readings Sunday night in Hoch auditorium. He read selections from James Thurber, Aesop, Shakespeare, the Bible, and Thomas Wolfe.
The account of Mr. Pickwick's Christmas from Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers," the story of the fiery furnace from the book of Daniel in the Bible, and forest scenes from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" came alive as Mr. Laughton moved smoothly from one selection to the next.
During his two-hour performance, Mr. Laughton seemed to enjoy his reading as much as did his audience. Part of the time he stood with his head thrown back and his hands gently jingling a few coins in his pockets. The rest of the evening he leaned against a four-legged stool set on a small table close to the edge of the stage.
He went through the entire acting repertoire. He chuckled, spouted, ranted, rasped, sang, moaned, brayed, and even spit as he portrayed his characters.
Dressed in a blue suit and slightly rumpled blue shirt, Mr. Laughton walked onto the stage with his arms full of rather worn books. Setting them on another small table, he selected a book, leaned against the stool, and began a gallery of paintings, and the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, both the children's story and the revision by James Thurber.
His next selection included two fables from Aesop and others by James Thurber. From these he made a swift change to Thomas Wolfe's "Train and the Moon," which he read with considerable feeling.
"Now then," he said, as the applause died away, "I thought we might tear a slice off of Dickens. That's not quite the right word, a hunk of Dickens?" He interrupted himself to read the poem by Andrew Marvel called "To His Coy Mistress."
Final selection before intermission was a reading of the Christmas party from the "Pickwick Papers." With agility he skipped from the portrayal of one character to the next, carrying his audience with him.
After a brief portrayal of Captain Bligh from "Mutiny on the Bounty," Mr. Laughton recited the chorus from Henry V. His second Shakespearean recitation was taken from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," during which he used his book only to wave as he alternately bellowed in the part of "Bottom," and cooled in that of the fairy queen.
From the Bible he selected two proverbs and Psalm 139, which he wrote. The book is titled Two Great Actresses by Francis Jammes, French noet and novelist.
His final selections were Lincoln's first political speech and the "Gettysburg Address."
AWS Will Give Job Advice
Women who have held interesting jobs in past summers will conduct a forum open to all University women at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Pine room of the Union building.
The forum is part of an Associated Women Students project to provide information on summer jobs. All women students were asked to fill out questionnaires on any summer employment they might have had. Employers are not directed for information concerning type of work, wages, and hours. Various summer resorts have also submitted data.
All facts which have been gathered will be on display in the Associated Women Students' office, 220 Strong hall, between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Janice Horn, fine arts sophomore, chairman of the summer jobs project said that employers could not supply definite information until the first of next year. Dolores Dean, College sophomore, is in charge of the display.
11 Take Orals For Ph.D. Degrees
Oral examinations are being given to 11 graduate students in psychology for admission to candidacy for Ph. D. degrees.
They are: J. W. Bowles, Jr., Norman C. Ellis, Riley W. Gardner, Ernest A. Hirsch, Soloman D. Kaplan, Alfred Katzenstein, Sara Anne Kennedy, William F. King, Theodore Leventhal, Joseph Lyons and Anthony D. Zbranek.
The examinations are being given by a committee of faculty members from Dec. 8 to Tuesday, Dec. 20.
B. Q. Morgan Talks On Faust
Goethe's Faust is the only literary work we have that deals with the two fundamental questions of the universe, the meaning of life, and the integrity of the universe. This is the belief of B. Quincy Morgan, professor emeritus of German at Stanford university. He spoke at a meeting of University students in Fraser theater at 10 am. today.
"The school of humanities has as its object the cultivation of man as compared to the biological animal." Professor Morgan said. Professor Morgan will be the speaker on Thursday, p.m. Tuesday in Fraser theater. He will be on the campus today, Tuesday. and Wednesday.
"The greatest greatness in Goethe's Faust must be personally found." Professor Morgan said. "It writing took Goethe over 60 years. In it enough metrical devices are used on which to write a text-book. It is the only great literary work that we have which the author deliberately withheld from publication until after his death."
Iraq Engineer Visits This Week
Dr. Hantush, who received his doctorate in engineering from the University of Utah in June, was granted a visa extension of six months to study ground-water problems and techniques in this country. He will work with V. C Fishel, head of the federal geological survey at the University, this week.
Dr. Mahdi S. Hantush, groundwater engineer from Iraq, is visiting the University this week to observe how the state and federal geological surveys conduct the groundwater program in Kansas.
Dr. A. Nelson Sayre, geologist in charge of the ground-water branch of the U.S. geological survey in Washington, D.C., arranged a tour of several ground-water divisional offices for Dr. Hantush. He has visited offices in Carson City, Nev.; Sacramento and Long Beach, Calif.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Austin, Texas; and Norman, Okla. From Lawrence he will go to Denver, Colo.
Spending one week in each of the offices, Dr. Hantush studies reports and data in the office files. He also spends some time with various group projects. He conducts field trips, observing methods of studying ground-water resources.
After completing his tour, Dr Hantush will return to Iraq to research on ground-water conditions and problems in that country.
Cheating Af KU Is Discussed By Presidents
De we have a cheating problem at K.U. If we do, what can be causing the dishonesty, and what can we do to correct it?
These were problems discussed at the presidents' breakfast given by Student Union activities for presidents of all organized houses and many University activities. Lorraine Ross, College junior, acting for the Associated Women Students' senate, led the discussion.
The report of Indiana university on their cheating problem was used as a basis for the forum. Feeling that definite steps needed to be taken at Indiana university, the board of standards and the Associated Women Students conducted a survey to determine the factors which affect cheating.
Next they set out to educate the university women for honesty by instructing them on methods of study during final week. They also explained how to use files and the advantages and disadvantages of cheating.
Faculty assistance was solicited Professors were asked to vary their quizzes from those given in previous years and to ask logical questions fitted to material which would be tested in preference to trick questions.
The fact that it isn't fair to put certain students on the spot with their friends by asking them to type final questions was also stressed for the professors.
Guests at the breakfast seemed to agree that K.U. had a cheating problem although L. C. Woodruff, dean of men, felt that the problem was greatly magnified by rumors which spread about the campus.
The student's interest in a grade instead of knowledge was mentioned as the basic cause for much dishonesty. Miss Margaret Habein dean of women, felt that our system of grading was to blame for this. She said that students in the law school, where they have the honor system, "don't cheat because they really want to learn, and students who want to learn don't have to be graded."
Robert Bennett, first year law student, argued that there was no substitute for grades as a means of recording a student's work and stimulating competition. He also mentioned the fact that many employers will not hire a student unless they have adequate knowledge of that student's college record.
The antagonistic attitude of some professors was suggested as another cause for cheating, especially those who breath down your neck while you take a quiz, or refuse to give you a good grade unless you are majoring in their field. Noble facts that a number of professors who must have been aware of cheating in their classes but chose to ignore it.
Before anything can be done at K.U. about cheating, the presidents agreed that some sort of survey would have to be taken to analyze our particular problem at K.U.
Dr. Weinaug Speaks To Chemistry Club
Retrograde condensation was discussed by Dr. C. F. Weinaug, professor of petroleum engineering, at the regular meeting of the Chemistry club Thursday afternoon at Bailey Chemical laboratories.
The speaker described phase behavior of oil and gas hydrocarbons under high pressure and showed a film picturing the conditions that exist in petroleum reservoirs where seepage is to 10,000 pounds per square inch.
Preceeding the meeting, a picture was taken of club members who are American Chemical Society associates. The picture will be published in the A. C. S. journal, "Chemistry a n d Engineering News."
Coffee and doughnuts were served to members during the meeting.
UN Delegate Gives Reasons For India-Pakistan Split
The strained relations between India and Pakistan originated partly with the British and partly in natural causes which have been aggravated by Pakistan.
Speech Contest Tryouts Scheduled
Preliminary tryouts for the campus problems speaking contest will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Fraser theater. Any University student except a previous winner may enter the tryouts.
The first speeches are to be four to six minutes in length. Topics may deal with any current campus problem. A list of 24 suggested topics was obtained in the speech office, 117 Green hall basement.
Final tryouts will be at 8 p.m.
Thursday in Fraser theater.
50 Wheat Crop Not In Danger
Manhattan, Kan. — (U.P.)—Plant pathologists and entomologists at Kansas State college said recently there is no cause for alarm about wheat mosaic in the 1950 Kansas crop.
They said, however, that fall conditions for the diseases are favorable if the virus causing mosaic is present.
The statements were included in a dispatch prepared for release by the Kansas State College news bureau at Manhattan.
It was based on the opinions of Dr. Hurley Fellows and Dr. R. H. Holliday, the head of the sociology department derived from a study of Kansas wheat conditions.
Dr. Fellows commented that yellowed and dead leaves found on early-sown and volunteer wheat in Western Kansas are not due to mosaic but to leaf rust and a heavy, rapid growth that drained the soil of moisture and nitrogen.
Dr. Painter said he found seven different species of aphids in Western Kansas wheat fields during three surveys made this fall.
He said corn leaf aphids was the most widely distributed species and that crown aphid was abundant in some fields. The Greenbug Aphid is known to carry wheat mosaic.
Cello, Piano Recital Given
BY FAYE WILKINSON
AN interesting program of music written for cello and piano was presented Sunday by Alberta Stuhl, pianist, and Raymond Stuhl, cellist, in a School of Fine Arts faculty recital. The program compelled attention despite its length.
Mr. Stuhl is assistant professor of cello and Mrs. Stuhl is an instructor in piano. They have been members of the faculty since 1935. In recent years they have been appearing in film and television by states to promote student interest in stringed instruments and string ensembles.
The program contained two sonatas for cello and piano, the melodious "Sonata, Op. 58" (Mendelssohn), and the shorter, brighter "Sonata, Op. 102, No. 1" (Bethoven). Horns, Stuhl played crisply and capably and Professor Stuhl played with good tone and technical ease. Both achieved an excellent ensemble effect.
The second portion of the recital was a group of cello solos with piano accompaniment. The Boccherini "Rondo" from his string quintet and "Tarantelle" were audience pleasers, "Tarantelle" is a technical showpiece by a noted composer for cello. David Popper.
An impressionistic number in modern idiom, "Duo," was well received. It was written especially for the Stuhls by Markwood Holmes, professor of composition at Pittsburg State Teachers' college.
This is the opinion of Mrs. Sucha Kripaliani, a delegate from India to the United Nations general assembly, who will speak at a special convocation at 3:30 p.m. today in Strong auditorium. She will speak on problems of India since the split between India and Pakistan. Mrs. Kripaliani is a sister of Mrs. Sarvadam Chowla, whose husband is a visiting professor of mathematics at the University.
The natural heartbreak caused by the division of a country was aggravated by the British when they withdrew from India in 1947-48, Mrs. Kripalani said. It has been increased by Pakistan, which has felt that should have received more territorial rights under leased India for several centuries before the arrival of the British 200 years ago.
"India has no desire to expand," she said. "Pakistan is like a youth in a house who thinks only of himself and not of the whole family. He disrupts the household, yet the family doesn't want to hurt him."
Regarding the spread of Communism in Asia, Mrs. Kripalani stated, "India does not want Communism."
Professor Chowla, who was ent at the interview, said, "We just got out from under the domination of one country and we don't want to come under the domination of another."
A member of the Indian constituent assembly, Mrs. Kripalani said that the new constitution, which will be adopted Jan. 26, contain most of the main rights found in the United States' constitution, including the adult franchise.
Mrs. Kripalani arrived in the U.S. shortly before the U.N. general assembly convened this fall. It was the first time she had left her country. India always sends a woman in the delegation to the general assembly, she said, and women today in India can rise in their fields without having to combat prejudice.
"Educational facilities in India are increased," she said. "Under the British only the upper classes received formal education, on the unsuccessful theory that it would "trickle down" to the masses. Today teachers are being trained as rapidly as possible.
"Even without education most of the people in villages are interested in literature, philosophy, and similar fields and discuss them among themselves. The highly refined culture of the ancient civilization has been passed down over the centuries, and though the villagers can not read or write, they can recite the masterpieces of Indian literature. One often finds in India people who are cultured and yet completely illiterate," she said.
Refreshments Out For AWS Meetings
A genuine interest in the Associated Women Students and not in refreshments will have to be the motive behind attendance at the A.W.S. house from now on.
The women recently voted to discontinue the serving of refreshments and to hold every other meeting in the Union building. Alternate meet- will be held in organized houses, as they all have been in the past.
The A.W.S. house meets every Tuesday and is composed of one regular representative and one alternate from each organized house. Meetings have always been open to all, and are wished to attend and in addition the proxicants are each being asked to elect permanent representatives.
The women voted the changes because they felt that such a large group could create quite an expense and refreshments. Also, it would be difficult to accommodate the large group in some of the smaller houses.
Edris McCarty, education junior has been elected secretary of the house, filling a vacancy filled by the resignation of Donna Heller, College senior.