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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1941.
News From Page One
STUDENTS OVERSHADOW-
forgetting lines, and generally messing up the timing until it made the audience squirm.
Outstanding actor and principal reason the first act succeeded was Conrad Voelker, business junior, who acted the part of the villain, "Hancock Robinson." Voelker's part was unsympathetic and lacked the good lines of the parts held by the faculty-actors. However, in the midst of a lagging and dragging act, he did stand out.
Best of the "professionals" was Jessica Crafton, wife of Allen Crafton, professor of speech, in the part of "Alice Montgomery," an elderly dowager intent on play acting. Her scene before the curtain at the beginning of the second act was the only one in the entire play that obtained full audience response.
Horner in Comedy Role
The third act which contained the climactic solution of the murder in the play was saved by Martha Alice Horner, college junior. Miss Horner, in the part of the prudish script girl with the "camera eye" brought many laughs from the audience. Her part was a well rounded characterization.
Best minor parts were played by Harlan Cope, college freshman, and Robert Calderwood, associate professor of speech. Cope took the part of a frightened and intimidated stage assistant, and Calderwood played "Edgar Grace," an elderly doctor.
Handsome James Barton, instructor of speech, left the audience in a state of confused emotions with fight scenes and bursts of stage temper that quite failed to click. Others Student Actors Commended
The rest of the student actors in
the cast who are to be commended for turning in performances that were superior to those of the faculty were Ada Theriault, business junior, in the part of "Carlotta Maxwell;" John Stratton, as "Clark Torrence;" Betty Lou Perkins, college freshman, as "Helen Maxwell;" and Dale Ewing, college freshman, as "John Jessup."
The play will be presented again on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week.
JAY JANES—
on the campus, paying special attention to the independent houses. In addition, faculty members and townspeople will be approached in the drive. The reduced offer will stand for about a week.
Rex Cowan, business manager of the Kansan, and Bob Woodward, business manager of the Jayhawker, are directing the campaign.
ORCHIDS TO ORCUTT---
gram. Even the "Carnaval" (Schumann), which contains 22 short pieces of music, was made interesting. Miss Orcunt must have seen our worried glance, for she stopped twice during the playing of the number to inform one and all that she was on schedule. When you're trying to keep track of 22 pieces of music, such help is welcome. We came out only two behind at the end.
As far as the best number on the Orcutt program, it's a matter o pay your money and take your choice. We liked all of them. Special mention might be made of the number "Palisades," a part of Prof Carl A. Preyer's 'Hudson River Sketches,' which is about as nice a little ditty as we've heard. The
composer took a couple of bows for his effort.
We think this was tops for musical entertainment. Every time somebody mentions Ruth Orcutt to us, we're going to roll out the prayer rug and salam three times in the general direction of room 30 F.S.
In other words, she can beat 'em eight to the bar for us just practically any evening.
CAPTAIN BARTLETT—
"you have to start at the bottom and work up."
The lecturer really got his start when he joined Admiral Perry's expedition in 1897. He was with Perry when he reached the North Pole in 1909. Since that time Bartlett has taken an expedition of his own to the Far North practically every summer.
Spends Winters Showing Pictures
"We start out about the first of June and come back in October," explained "Captain Bob." "Then in winter I travel around showing my pictures and talking about them."
Captain Bartlett showed a great interest in what students being graduated from the University would do after they left school. He feels that, although competition is much keener now than it used to be and there are several people for every job, life is still much the same. Hard work will lead to success.
"But you've got to scratch and scratch hard. You've got to always keep busy and work, work like the devil" he warned with gray eyes flashing and fist clenched as he shook it in the air.
The veteran explorer will speak tonight on "The Arctic in Color" and will show films which he took on his trip north last summer. Students will be admitted upon the presentation of activity tickets.
Bartlett was a guest at a luncheon given today at the Memorial Union building by Chancellor Deane W. Malott. Other guests were members of the University faculty.
Captain Bartlett, who is a house guest of Chancellor Malott while in Lawrence, also will be honored at a dinner tonight at the Chancellor's home. A group of men students of the University have been invited to attend the dinner.
COUNCIL TO STUDY—
pecially were interested in the judicial power belonging to student government here, all of them asking for copies of the court bill.
Three new members of the Council were sworn in at the meeting last night to fill vacancies. Bill Hunzicker, college junior, replaced John Weatherwax as Pachacamac representative from the College,
while Hobart Potter, sophomore engineer, filled the chair vacated by George Nafe, Pachacamac engineering representative. Art Nelson, college freshman, replaced Jack Browne as P.S.G.L. freshman representative.
Russell Mosser, P.S.G.L. representative from the Graduate School, introduced a bill to permit the spring election to be held on April 24. The present provision fixes the election date between April 1 and 21. The bill was given its first reading.
Another P.S.G.L. bill designed to permit men carrying less than six hours to vote regardless of whether they had paid an activity fee was tabled for an opinion from the faculty advisers on the constitutionality of the measure.
New Election Date Bill
Bill Farmer, president of the Council, appointed Warren Livengood as M.S.C. representative on the K-Book committee.