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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1948
Gold-Fizdale Please Audience
By NORMA HUNSINGER
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizzdale, duo-pianists, played a concert Wednesday night in Hoch auditorium that was notable for the wide range in type of music. It was one of the few programs this year pleasing to both the layman and the musician
They completed their obligations to the classics in the first two groups of the program with "Sicilienne" by Bach, "Sonata in D Major" by Mozart, and "Variations" by Brahms. All three were characterized by clean, precise touch, good balance and control. Their playing was smooth, exact, and unbelievably clear for the speed at which they play.
The rest of the program was modern. Two of the numbers were written for and dedicated to the team "Suite Champetre" by Rieti and "Danse" by Taillleferre. The Rieti-suite is interesting and unique, attention-demanding and difficult. "Danse" was also modern in construction, but more subdued and graceful.
Two numbers by Milbaugh and two by Copland, also contemporary composers, were presented. "Danse Creole" and "Brasiliera" by Milbaugh again gave two modern numbers a different mood. "Danzon Cuband" by Copland is primarily rhythmic, but catchy. His popular "Hoedown" is a "make mine country style" sort of a number and was well-liked.
They played three encores,
"Walking Song" by Virgil Thomson,
a Kansas composer, which gives the impression of a combination of "Oh,
Susanna," "Old Kentucky Home,
and "Chopsticks," "Playing Tag" by Petro; and a Tschalkowsky waltz.
The audience was smaller than for the other major concerts but was enthusiastic and appreciative.
Nurses Are Told Of Specialty Need
"There is a great demand for psychiatric nurses," Miss Kathleen Black, education director at the Mleninger foundation, told the Pre-Nursing club Wednesday.
Fifty-one percent of all persons in the United States who are sick in hospitals are in mental hospitals. Eighty-seven precent are in state hospitals. The people in the state hospitals receive very poor care. The state institutions in Kansas are among the worst in the country. Ten percent of the mental patients are in veterans hospitals. Only 2 percent are in private hospitals. The private hospitals are very expensive. At Meninger foundation the fee is $650 a month, Miss Black said.
"Opportunities in this field are unlimited because there are so few psychiatric nurses. There is also great satisfaction in this type of work." Miss Black concluded.
Plane And Oil Firms Want Early Engineering Grads
Representatives of the Magninum Petroleum company and the Boeing Airplane company of Wichita will conduct job interviews for January engineering graduates at the University beginning Monday. Dec. 6
Anyone interested in jobs with the Magnolia Petroleum company should contact Audrey Nixon, room 305, Lindley.
Aeronautical, mechanical or electrical engineering seniors who are interested in the Boeing company should sign the interview schedule at 111 Marvin. Work will be in connection with the Boeing B-47, Stratot jet bomber, at the Wichita and Seattle plants.
Lida To Address Math Club
Sidney L. Lida, College junior, will speak on "Number theory; Euler's Phi Function" at the Mathematics club meeting at 5 p.m. today in room 211. Frank Strong. The public is welcome.
Fraser, The Oldest University Building Was Built By KU's First Chancellor
The University flag flies from Fraser hall and rightly so. Fraser, completed in 1872, is the oldest building on the campus. At one time it "was" the University for the whole curricula was taught under its red roof.
The man who instigated the building was General John Fraser, former teacher at Jefferson College, Pa., who enlisted with a company of his admiring students on the Union side during the Civil war. As first chancellor of the University, he persuaded the none-too-flush citizens of early Lawrence to vote $100,000 in bonds for the construction of the new building. Finished, it was the grandest school house in the Mid-west and far larger than actually needed. Its towers are still the highest points on the campus delighting pigeons and saddening teachers who have offices in them.
Despite the success of his building project, General Fraser provoked the ire of the University faculty by his ambitious methods. He turned in his resignation in 1874. Later, Kansans came to appreciate what he had done for the University and in 1897, nine years after his death, the hall he had built was named in his honor.
In these days of streamlined design, Fraser is eclipsed by Lindley, Frank Strong, or the Military Science building, but it still houses a large share of University instruction.
19 Women Seek Military Royalty
Queen candidates for the joint army-navy ROTC ball Dec. 10 have been narrowed down to 11 women competing for honorary cadet colonel and 8 for honorary midshipman captain.
A committee of eight navy midshipmen will entertain the eight remaining candidates for the midshipman captaincy at a tea Sunday. The tea will be at the home of Captain W. R. Terrell, professor of military science and tactics.
Both branches will entertain candidates in order to determine the two queens who will reign at the formal ball. The two queens will be presented at intermission.
Candidates for the honorary cadet colonel are: Patty Slandy, Nina Ritt, College freshmen; Margaret Granger, Roberta Ann Larson, Dorothy M. Baldwin, Sally Stepper, Mary Covey, College sophomores; June Seymour, Corinne Carter, fine arts freshmen; Ethel A. Pearson, business junior, and Gloria Wassen, fine arts junior.
The 11 candidates for cadet colonel will be guests of 11 army cadets at an hour dance to be held at the home of Lt. Col. John Alfrey, professor of military science and tactics, Thursday.
The eight candidates for the navy honor are: Ann Preble, Shirley Yost, Mary McGinty, Mary Keller, fine arts sophomores; Barbara Burkholder, Edris McCarty, College sophomores; Mary Margaret Moore, fine arts junior; and Yvonne Veverka, College freshman.
Both groups stressed that queens will not be selected on a basis of the organization to which they belong. They will be determined by appearance and personality.
Deans of all the schools in the University have been invited to attend the dance.
Western Officers Leave Soviet Berlin
Berlin, Dec. 2.—(UP)—The United States, Britain, and France withdrew their liaison officers from Berlin's Communist-held city hall today, thus severing the last formal link between the East and West German governments in this divided city.
The Big Three Western powers acted as the two-day-old Soviet sector puppet government held its first meeting in the city hall and claimed jurisdiction over all Berlin.
Bitter Bird Will Go On Sale Tomorrow
The first issue of the Bitter Bird, campus humor magazine, will make its appearance tomorrow.
The Bitter Bird will have 28 pages and will sell for 25 cents. It will be on sale at the Union, Marvin, and Frank Strong halls. It will contain cartoons by Bibler and Paul Coker
Tom Milligan, editor, reported that this issue will be different from the old Bitter Bird in that it will contain features on the serious side and the jokes have been screened to weed out any that might be in poor taste.
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Art Instructor Featured In Life
Herbert L. Fink, instructor in the School of Fine Arts, is one of a group of young American artists featured in the December 6 issue of Life magazine.
Mr. Fink's painting, one of seven printed in color, is a symbolic painting of a baffled man. It shows the double image of a figure in motion. There is also a black and white photograph of Mr. Fink in his University studio. He is 27 years old and a veteran.
AVC To Argue World Union
The University instructor has been described by several critics as one of the nation's finest young draftsmen.
A forum on world government will be conducted tonight by representatives of campus units of the United World Federalists and Federal Union at a meeting of the A.V.C. in 206 Frank Strong hall. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m.
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