SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
V1
Official Summer Session Publication of the University of Kansas
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1943
VOLUME XXXI
NUMBER 13
Popular, Opera Numbers Sung By Hussa
Maria Hussa, Viennese soprano presented a program of varied selections in Fraser theatre last night. Her entire performance reflected her brilliant career and great successes in opera. The program was composed of works of many great European composers. She was accompanied by Joseph Anderson.
Madame Hussa opened the concert with an aria from Gluck's opera, "Iphigenie." The next three selections, Schubert's "The Trout" and "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel" and Grieg's "A Dream" were sung in English translation. The accompaniment of the second Schubert selection was a catchy spinning wheel effect. "If Love Has Entered Thy Heart" by Josef Morse completed the first group.
Two French compositions, "Oh Si Les Fleurs Avaient Des Veux" by Massenet and "Mandoline" by Debussy, were followed by the better-known "Songs My Mother Taught Me" and "Gypsy Song" by the Bohemian composer, Anton Dvorak. The next selection was a Czech folksong, "Hope," by Stepan. Nanna A Liana" by Bellini and "Ri-
Ramia A Lana" by Bellini and "Ri-
Madame Hussa sane sang two Italian selections. The first, "Nina torna Vinciter" (aria from "Aida") by Verdi. "All Soul's Day" and Cascille" by Richard Strauss followed.
The next four selections were the familiar "Drink to Me Only with Tine Eyes" by Roger Quilter; "The Fairy Pipers." Brewer; "The Message of the Storks," Hugo Wolf; and "At the Well," Hagemann.
To climax her performance Madame Hussa sang "Czardas" (from "The Bat"), by Johann Strauss.
Meet to Plan Picnic Site On Potter
The Union Operating Committee, composed of Doris Bixby, Dick Miller, and Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association, met last week to consider plans for starting area to be constructed at Potter's lake. Dr. Cora Downs, representing work on the recreation and picnic the standing committee on campus development, was present at the meeting.
Mr Ellsworth said that plans are being pushed ahead to start as soon as possible. The fund for the building of a roofed shelter, ovens, benches, and a dance floor is the gift of the class of '43.
Mid-Week Tomorrow
A mid-week will be held tomorrow evening from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the lounge of the Union building. All University students are invited by Union officials to attend the dance. Couples will be admitted free of charge, but stags will be assessed 10 cents.
Women Write Second Place Song In National Contest
"Victory Through Faith" a song written by Donna Jean Stember, Miller hall, and Helen Stormont, Dighton, won second place in the national Kappa Phi song-writing contest, it was announced by the national organization Saturday. Kappa Phi is the Methodist church society for university women.
The song will be published for the use of Kappa Phi organizations in carrying out their theme for this year, "Faith," according to the announcement.
Vespers To Be Next Sunday In Auditorium
The first of two All-Musical Vespers to be given this summer by the School of Fine Arts will take place next Sunday evening at eight o'clock in Hoch auditorium.
The program, as prepared by Dean D. M. Swarthout and members of the Fine Arts music faculty, will stress and feature numbers in small and large instrumental and vocal groups.
The University organ of four manuels will be heard in the opening number—a brilliant selection called "Carillon" (Vierne), depicting the ringing of bells. Laurel E. Anderson will be the organist.
The summer session string trio, with Ruth Orcutt, pianist, Waldemar Geltch, violinist, and D. M. Swarthout, cellist, will be heard in a movement from a Mendelssohn trio. A vocal quartet, consisting of Meribah Moore, soprano, Irene Peabody, contralto, Joseph Wilkins, tenor, and David Lawson, baritone, will sing a number from the Verdi "Requiem."
A string quintet from Schumann will be played by a group of faculty
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Graduate Will Run WAC Recruit School
Geraldine Sutton, a graduate in '39 and now a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, has been sent from the 1st Service Command in Boston to the 3rd WAC Training Center at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. There she is to organize and establish the 2nd WAC Recruiting school.
Lt. Sutton graduated from the 1st WAC recruiting school at Des Moines. She was then put in charge of recruiting in New Hampshire. In May last year she was selected as one of five to go to Cleveland with the WAC commander, Mrs. Oveta Hobby, to work on the national recruiting plan. From there she was transferred to Boston where she had charge of the central division of the New England states on WAC recruiting.
BUY U.S. WAR BONDS
Concert Sunday Was First Of Summer
The summer session band, directed by Prof. Russell L. Wiley, presented its first concert for the summer, Sunday evening in Fowler Grove:
"There will be three or perhaps four band concerts this summer with programs not quite as heavy as in previous years. New tunes that have come out during the present war will be featured in all concerts," said Professor Wiley.
"This is Worth Fighting For," by DeLange-Stept was a new song played at the concert Sunday night.
"When the Lights Go on again All over the World," by Seller-Marcus-Benjemen and "The Man I Love," by Gershwin were sung by Miss Ruth Russell, soprano, of the School of Fine Arts.
Miss Barbara Haas, freshman, clarinet soloist, was featured in "Zingaresca, Gypsy Caprice," by Curzon.
Professor Wiley stated that he believed a good many K. U. persons would remember Harold Adamson, who was in school here about 1928 or 1930 and who later wrote many musical shows in Hollywood. He now comes in with a top hit tune, "Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer."
"Marching Along Together" by Savino was built along several well known war melodies of the present time. Professor Wiley asked the audience to note the tunes as the number was played.
A march version of the famous war tune of World War I, "Over There" by George Cohan was a feature number of the concert.
"Star-Spangled Banner," Key; "March Heroic," Holmes; "Emperor Waltz," Strauss; One for All-All for one," Rich-Curtis; "Let's Bring New Glory to Old Glory," Gordon-Warren and "You're a Grand Old Flag," by Cohan were the other numbers used to complete the hour and 15-minute concert.
The band will present the second Sunday evening concert in Fowler Grove on July 18.
Fortress Engine To Be Exhibited
After the convocation students will be allowed to examine the Flying Fortress engine, and Mr. Perkey will answer any questions.
A Flying Fortress engine will be exhibited in Hoch Auditorium at a convocation for engineering students next Friday, July 9, at 1:30 p.m. R. E. Perkey of the Studebaker company of Kansas City, Mo., will present a lecture on the engine.
All engineering students, Navy and civilian, are required to attend this lecture and will be excused from their 1:30 classes.
Miss Margaret Rinker of Wakeeney visited her sister Shirley at Corbin hall, Wednesday.
Grad Is Author Of Recent Hit Song
Hal Adamson, a student at the University from 1926 to 1928, is the author of the words to the new hit tune "Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer." The song was played by the University Band at its concert Sunday evening.
Adamson wrote the words for the musical shows while he was a student here. When he left, he had a contract with Vincent Youmans. Later, he went to Hollywood to write for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
V-12's Can Buy Activity Tickets
Men in the V-12 engineering program are permitted to buy regular student functions, in addition to the armit to football games and all other University activity tickets which special student Union tickets, according to Raymond Nichols, executive secretary.
"The Navy has urged the men to take part in extra-curricular activities as regular students and hopes its men will take advantage of the activity tickets offered," said Nichols.
Price of the full activity ticket is $9.24 and the special Union ticket, $1. The regular activity ticket may be purchased at the University business office, and the Union ticket at the hostess desk in the Union building.
The Union ticket, announcement of which was made last week by Henry Werner of the Union Operating Committee, permits service holders to use all facilities of the Memorial Union building, including ping pong tables, games, dances and all-student functions.
It was originated in an effort to distribute more evenly the cost of maintaining the Union building among those persons using it.
not only service men, but persons enrolled in special courses at the University such as aeronautical
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New Student, V-12 Tests Tomorrow
Prof. A. H. Turney, head of the psychology test department, announced yesterday that V-12 and new regularly enrolled students will take their psychological and aptitude tests tomorrow in Hoch auditorium. The psychological examinations will be given at 9 a.m. and the aptitude examinations will be given at 2 p.m. Professor Turnery emphasized that it will be necessary for the students to be present for both examinations.
He also announced that the psychological examinations for the summer semester students have been processed and the results sent to the various deans' offices. Students desiring to obtain their percentile rating may go to the dean's office of their school.
Frances Nelson spent the weekend in Marion.
Senate To Meet To Consider Calendar Change
A special meeting of the University Senate has been called for 4:30 this afternoon to discuss the scheduling of semesters at the University for the next year.
next year.
According to Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, plans will be submitted to the Senate by the Calendar Committee to start the regular fall semester in September, soon after the present semester is ended. L. C. Woodruff, registrar, is chairman of the Calendar Committee. School will continue for five weeks, at which time a change in courses will be made and students will embark on a term which will extend 16 weeks, under the plan. In that way, all schools and departments of the University will begin and end at approximately the same time.
School authorities have pointed out that there will be no break or vacation in school when the full term is started about November 1. It is felt that University facilities are too valuable to remain idle for any appreciable length of time.
Rushing activities, pledging, and freshman orientation will take place at the beginning of the September session.
Final action on the matter is in the hands of the Senate, composed of faculty members of the rank of associate professor or above.
Realey
Is Now
A Captain
—(From the Fort Leavenworth Re-
cension Center "News.")
When Sgt. Charles B. Realey, formerly professor of history at the University of Kansas, was inducted at the Fort Leavenworth Reception Center in July, 1942, he had no idea he would be commissioned a captain just one year later.
Word was received this week that Sergeant Realey, who for the past year has been assigned to the Command and General Staff School Library, has been granted that commission, effective July 5.
Sergeant Realey's duties consisted of work on the widely read and authoritative Military Review. He will continue to be a member of the staff of that publication.
No figures on registration yesterday in the School of Engineering and Architecture are available yet, though approximately 500 V-12 men and a greater number of civilians had gone through the line.
Journalism Grad Visits
Miss Miriam Abele, a reporter on the Ottawa Herald, spent her vacation visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Abele, 1012 Tennessee. She completed her B.A. work in journalism last January.