University Daily Kansan
Monday, Feb. 7, 1949
Lawrence, Kansas
STUDENT NEWSAPER
'Gondoliers' Show Goes On Tonight
By 8 o'clock tonight, Fraser theater will be transformed into the grand canal in Venice. Moving gondolas, pseudo Italian opera music, and gondoliers and peasant girls garbed in colorful costumes will become involved in a story of mistaken identity.
Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "The Gondoliers," will be presented by
the University Light Opera guilds this week. The operetta will feature 10 principals, a chorus of 28, and a 25-piece orchestra. Five evening performances of the operetta will be given this week.
Under the faculty guidance of Gerald M. Carney, musical director, and Don Dixon, studio director, the cast will include: Gianetti, Harriet Harlow; Cafilda, Ruth Russell; Duchess, Joan Rodgers; Tessa, Betty Rae Thomas; Inez, Mary Lynn Lucas; Marco, Bill Wilcox; Giuseppe John Wesley; Duke, Harry Spencer; Luiz Alhambra, Eric Ericson; Don Alhambra, Charles O'Connor.
Jeanne Aldridge and Robert Faris have solo parts with the chorus.
Laid in Venice and in the mythical South Sea island kingdom of Barataria, the operetta is the story of a gondoler who rears an infant boy as his own. After many hilarious mistakes, the boy is revealed as the King of Barataria.
"The Gondoliers" ran 554 performances when first presented in England. Costumes range from white cook's garb to early European royal finery. Less slap-stick than most of the English operetta team's comedies, "The Gondoliers" is packed with satire.
Airmen May Enter In Units
University N.R.O.T.C. graduates who are aviation trainees may now enter flight training in groups of 10 to 20. This was announced recently by the officer of naval officer procurement. These groups will go through flight training as a unit, at Pensacola, Fla.
Each unit will be known by the name of its college or university numbered serially. The purpose of this program is to allow acceptable candidates to enter and continue through flight training as a unit. The unit must be composed of candidates who will be eligible to enter flight training at the same time.
Members of the K.U. unit will be given flight_training immediately after graduation as commissioned officers.
Eligible candidates must not have passed the age of 25 by July.1949. Married men as well as single men are eligible.
Application should be submitted to: Office of Naval Officer Procurement, Federal building. Kansas City Mo.
8,821 Enroll At Semester
Spring semester enrollment totals
$8,821, just 37 below the all-time
spring high set a year ago, James K
Hitt, registrar, reported today.
New mid-year registrations are 533, while more than 500 were graduated at the end of the first semester, he said.
While the student body remains near record high, the number of veterans is steadily dropping." There are about 4,250 on the campus, 900 fewer than last spring," the registrar said.
Liquor, Highways Up For Debate
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 7—(U.P.)-Two top legislative matters of the 1949 Kansas legislative session are scheduled for preliminary, and perhaps final, action this week.
The important and controversial liquor bill passed by the senate is due for a final untangling in the house of representatives.
Last week, almost as soon as the measure left the senate chamber, it ran head-on into an opposition bill in the house. The opposition bill would provide for state monopoly with additional gallonage tax revenue going to cities and counties.
The Senate, after a breathing spell following passage of the liquor bill, was set to receive preliminary bills for the proposed extensive highway program.
Sen. Riley W. MacGregor, (R.- Medicine Lodge) said last week the huge program will be introduced into the upper chamber in a series of about a dozen bills. Final preparations for their introduction are now being made in committee.
The two houses also had on their agenda:
Eleven Settle Out Of Court In Rent Case
A 16 million dollar elementary school bill which reached the house last week; a measure to give county commissioners and township boards unlimited taxing power to finance local highway and bridge improvements; a bill to increase old age assistance payments in Kansas to $60 a month; an act to limit and control the small loan business.
Eleven of the 19 students who sued Hobart Hanson, director of Lawrence Extension, last October for rent overcharges settled out of court last night for a total of $369.57.
The students and the amount they received are: Verlin Dowd, $52.66; James D. Frisbie, $14.68; Charles Hall, $63.75; John R. Kongs, $14.68; Charles A. Miller, $35.16; Ralph L. Moore, $90.16; William McMurray, $14.66; Keith Wagerile, $14.64; Clarence Lucas, $6.00; James B. Willard, $57.16, and John Seeber, $6.00.
Mr. Hanson said, "It was our purpose all the time to settle out of court. I was unable to settle before last November because I was waiting for information from the rent control people. After that it was a matter of talking it over and coming to agreement."
The charge made by the students involve rents from the month of September in 1947 to November, 1948. They sued for triple damages. The students who settled out of court got only one-third of the amount sued for, or the amount they allegedly were overcharged.
Mr. Hanson told a reporter that he had not been aware of violating a rent law. "It was a misunderstanding," he said. "I hardly realized the rent control board existed before last year."
Five other students who are suing for triple damages are now in town. One of them indicate 7.2 "probably would settle out of court." Others could not be reached.
Inter-Frat Meets Here In March
Inter - Fraternity council will meet at 9 p.m. today in room 206. Frank Strong hall, to discuss plans for the Central States Inter-Fraternity conference to be held at the University, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 4, 5, and 6.
Little Man On Campus
"Shall we go dutch?"
Fire Routs Girls From Templin Hall
Fire of undetermined origin routed 10 students from their rooms in Temple hall, a women's dormitory shortly before 10 a.m. today.
The blaze started in the room of Marilyn A. Jamison, College senior, and spread rapidly through a wall and gutted most of the south wing
Topekans Win Class AA Debate
The debate teams of Topeka,representing the class AA high schools,and Fredonia, representing class A won the Kansas State High School Activities Association trophy. Hobart Hanson, director of institutes and conferences of the University Extension, presented the trophy for outstanding work at the annual regional debate tournament held Saturday at the University.
The question debated was, resolved: that the UN now be revised into a federal world government.
Runners up in the nine-school contest were Wyandotte in the class AA division and Chapman in the A group.
These four schools together with first and second place winners from the three other regional tourneys which were held over the state last weekend will return on Friday and Saturday, February 11 and 12 to compete in what is expected to be the largest contest held since the war. Mr. Hanson said.
The nine judges for Saturday's debate were selected from the faculty and graduate students of the speech department and th law school. Mr. Hanson said that next week's judges will be chosen from the speech departments of various Kansas colleges.
The visiting students were guests of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, Spooner-Thayer, and Harmon co-op last Friday night. Since there will be at least 64 debaters here next Friday however, Mr. Hanson said he is depending on the various organized and independent houses to provide sufficient housing.
'Herk' Harvey Wins Contest
Harold "Jerk" Harvey, assistant instructor in speech and drama, won a $100 prize with his play "Mr. Zero," in a University of Nebraska play-writing contest. He wrote the play in a play-writing class here in 1948.
The play is about a timid book-keeper who becomes so meek from his wife's henpecking that he disappears into the zero world. There he falls in love with Miss Book. Eventually he returns to normal.
"Harvey will probably receive more compensation for his play when N.U. has facilities ready to present a play, and can work it out." Allen Crafton, professor of speech, said today.
Harvey is now directing the next production of the University players, "Bury the Dead."
WEATHER
For Kansas--Fair and warmer today with increasing cloudiness west. Partly cloudy tonight except considerable cloudiness west with light snow. Considerable cloudiness tomorrow. High today lower to upper 30's north to lower 40's south. Low tonight 15-20 northwest to 30 southeast.
of the second floor.
Lawrence firemen subdued the fire in the three-story frame structure—a campus landmark—within an hour. Damage was confined to woodwork and furnishings, and was estimated to run into several thousand dollars.
On the first floor rugs and plaster were damaged by smoke and water. Skylights were broken to get at the flames.
Chancellor Deane W. Malott and other University officials hurried to the scene.
Students on the way to 10 a.m. classes stopped to carry clothing and paintings out of the dormitory. Three paintings were taken to the University museum for safekeeping.
The buildings and furnishings are covered by insurance, Chancellor Malott explained.
Named after the late Olin Templin, former dean of the College, the structure was purchased by the
Some residents of Templin hall, where firemen put out a fire today, may be able to occupy their rooms within a few days, Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced at noon today.
There is a good possibility that a portion of Templin hall can be occupied again while repairs are being made to rooms damaged by fire and water, Chancellor Malott explained.
Templin hall is one of the oldest women's dormitories at the University.
University Endowment association in 1939, when Dean Templin was secretary of the association.
The hall, located on the Woodward estate, was at one time occupied by the Acacia fraternity. During the war, Navy personnel was housed there. When the war ended, it became a house for University women.
At present 37 girls were living at the hall, Mrs. Vivian Christian, housemother, said.
A meeting was scheduled for this afternoon in Carruth hall with the Templin hall residents to decide on temporary housing arrangements.
Miss Margaret Habein, dean of women, said the girls would probably be divided into three groups to be housed in Watkins, Miller and Carruth hail's until further housing arrangements could be made.
Paul Engles, Lawrence fire chief immediately began an investigation into the cause of the fire.
He was unable to estimate the extent of the damage at noon. The flames were confined to the second floor south wing of the building, he said.
Music Is Key In Lecture
Paul H. Lang, professor of musicology at Columbia university, will be the next humanities lecturer this year. He will speak on "Music in the Life of an Educated Man." Thursday, Feb. 10, in Fraser theater.
Social and artistic aspects of music before the 19th century, and the present-day administration of music will be discussed by the music critic.
A graduate of the Sorbonne and Cornell university, Professor Lang has been on the faculties of Vassar, Wells, and Wellesley colleges. He is vice-president of the American Musicological society and the International Society of Musicology.