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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUNE XXXV
Russian Art Is Also Work
Patrons S e v E Spectacle
Of Rhythm and Grace
In Ballet Russé de Monte
Carlo
By Morris Thompson, c'38
A goodly house of swine received a magnificent collection of pearls from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in Hoichor auditorium last night. And even the swine appreciated the rarity of the gems cast before them.
The princess would have the magic crook and finally agrees to the prince-swinechirler's price of a hundred kisses, but as she is paying the price, her father appears and banishes her husband. The prince then reveals himself to the princess and departs with the rejected rose.
The presentation last night was in three parts. The first, Les Cen Baisers (The Hundred Kisses) rhythmically told the story of the princess, so engrossed in material beauty, that she rejects the rose and the bird; she gives it gifts by the bird. She is later entranced by music from a magic crook, for which the prince has traded cloaks with a swineherd.
The great ballet, which has been described as the last great flicker of an art that has lost its home, is perhaps beyond the complete appreciation of the ordinary individual. But your reporter, who counts himself most ordinary, thrilled to the technique, though he couldn't analyze it; he danced with the Blue Bird, though he stumbles in a blue trot; his humdum emotional pitch was accelerated by the emotional interpretation of the dance 'till he won't be normal for days—perhaps that's what we were supposed to do.
Presented in Three Parts
Aurora's Wedding Second Ballet
Standouts in this ballet were Tamara Grigorieva, as the princess, Pau Petroff, as the prince, and Serge Ismailloff, as the swineherd.
The second ballot, Le Marriage D Aurore (Aurora's Wedding), tells no definite story, but in twelve parts unfolds a variety of dance portrayal that probably could not have been contained in a story. The Prelude was followed by the Polonaise, the Dance of the Seven Ladies of Honour and Their Partners, Scenes and Dance of the DuchesSES, and Faren-dole. These sketches, from the actual story of the wedding of actually sleeping beauty or were beautifully dignified, or rather, dignified including many of the greats of the ballet, and were flawlessly presented; yet brought only ordinary applause from the audience.
Lichine Outstanding Blue Bird
In contrast the following sketches, which included the fairy tales of Florestan and His Sisters, Little Red Riding Hood, The Blue Bird, The Porcelain Princess and The Three Ivans were all gay, fast-moving spectacular and highly appreciated by the spectators.
Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine, in the Blue Bird desire special note for their brilliant team work as well as their solo dances. Lichine, who is choreographer for the troupe, is one of the few evidences this modern word has of truth that a man can hold lite and extremely graceful and he can dance as well as a woman.
The Porcelain Princess, and The Three Ivans were also enthusiastically accepted. This ballet was concluded by practicing the artists of the ballet."
The last number, "Les Dieu Menicands" (The Gods Go A-Begging), was the shortest of all, but not the least pleasing. It tells the story of the two divinities who visit a festivity of nobles and their ladies in the guise of beggars. The nobles reject the beggars and scoff at their love-making when they reveal themselves as gods, then they are duly contrite. Outstanding in this ballet are Vera Nelidova as the serving maid-dey and Yurek Shabblevsky as the shepherd deity.
Recapitulation: The Ballet was brilliant, pleasing and well-received. Obiti Diae: Music; while good, was completely dominated by the artistry of the dancers; I believe it could have stopped and not been made stage-like in lots of good muck-stage color but I couldn't translate it . . . moving from two dollar seat back to where one could see the ballet as an entity . . . front-round spectators saw heaving chests, testimony that art is also work.
Tau Sigma Will Conduct Solo Dance Tryouts
NUMBER 94
Tau Sigma tryouts will be held this evening at 7:30 in Robinson gymnasium. Solo tryouts are the only ones scheduled for this semester, replacing the class tryouts of last semester.
Candidates will be furnished with an accompanist and they may try whatever type of dance they wish. They are also able to bring their own practice clothes.
Utah School Debates Here
The Kansas team, upholding the affirmative, maintained that a system is needed wherein justice makes right instead of might makes right and that this impartial conciliation board could do it if it were given the chance. It pointed out that labor disputes were coating the surface with $30,000,000 each year. They proposed that capital and labor interests be forced to present their disputes before this organization.
Two members of the University debate team, John Lintner, c39, and Eldon Smith, c39, waged a no-decision debate with the debate team at Providence University of Provo, Utah, yesterday in the Littleton theater in Green hall.
No-Decision Discussion He lled Yesterday With Beaiah Youna College
The Brigham Young debaters maintained that the board would be a political football, inefficient and slow. In addition, they said that a capital and labor would not be satisfied with a settlement forced upon them by a third party. They pointed out that it is 60 percent of the disturbance and no diatribal capitalists determine this but rather the economic interplay.
John Carver and Edmund Moe represented the western university, taking the negative side of the question, "Resolved: The National Labor Relations Board should have the power to enforce arbitration in labor disputes."
The Brigham Young team will meet the Kansas Wesleyan队 tonight. Tomorrow they are scheduled to debate with Colorado Col-
Boyce Talks At Conference
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1938
Earnest Boyce, professor of civil engineering at the University, and engineer for the State Board of Health, talked on Kansas water resources at municipal and industrial uses at a conference held last weekend in Omaha. The conference, which focused on the efficient use of land and water resources of the seven states of the Missouri valley.
George Knapp of Topeka, engineer for the State Board of Agriculture, presented a paper on what can be expected from terracing and other devices for using water resources in agriculture.
Transportation by rail, water and highway also was discussed.
Others from Kansas attending the meeting were Ralph G. Rust of Parsons, chairman of the state planning board; John Redmond, editor of the Burlington Republican, member of the board; Sam Wilson, Topeka, director of the board; and Herbert Hare, Kansas City, consultant.
The meeting, Professor Boyce said, was for the purpose of exchanging ideas on problems and, what to do, among the several states having similar problems. A resolution at the close of the meeting provided for another conference upon call of any three of the state planning boards.
States participating in the conference were Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.
Haskell Girls To Be Guest Speakers in V.W.C.A. Meeting
The Freshman Commission of the W.Y.C.A. postponed its weekly Monday meeting to attend the W.Y.C.A.election meeting held yesterday afternoon in Frank Strong hall. The commission will meet next Monday at 4:30. They will have as their guests, the Haskell girls, who will relate tales of Indian customs among their tribes.
The Men's Student Council last night strongly urged students to co-operate with Men's Advisor Henry Werner's request that all thefts be reported immediately and that the basement of Frank Hall shall.
Report Thefts Immediately
A Cappella
Choir Gives
Annual Concert
An attentive audience was present at the annual nid-winter concert of the Westminster A Cappella Choir at the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, where she is directed by Dean D. M. Swerthorf of the School of Fine Arts.
The program opened with an orignal prelude, "Masteoos" (Dubois) by the church organist, Mrs. Staffon, and this was followed by the processional, where a statue of Jesus and the members of which were attired in the white church robes.
The Doxology was sung by choir and audience, after which the Rev. Theodore Aszman gave the invocation. The offerty anthem, "Album Leaf" (Schumann) was played by Mrs. Straffon.
A group of a capella anthems by the choir followed. These were "Hail, Gladdening Light," an eight-part chorus song by Wood; a more subdued anthem, "Lord, for Thy Tender Mencers' Sake" (Farrant); and "Ballade of the Trees and the Master" (Van Demon Thompson). This chorus song is memorable ("Bartlett"), by Alice Marie Meyn, fa4, 20 follow. Three Russia anthems by the choir were next: "Agmus Dei" (Kalimnikoff); "Credo" or the Nicaean's Creed (Gretchanoff), in which the solo was sung by Jean Fischer, with a soft humming accompaniment by the choir; and "The Earth Is the Lord's" (Nikolsky), which characteristically fea-
Next was a violin solo "Adagio," from the Concerto in G Minor (Bruch) by Homer Dodge Caine, fa39, who was accompanied at the piano by Dean Swarthow. Following this was a duet. He was accompanied by Virginia Varga, contralto, and Charles Neiswender, baritone.
The last two anthems by the choir were accompanied. They were "Softly and Tenderly" (Thompson), in which the solo parts were sung by Alice Boyer, b41; Helen Campbell, f39, and Charles Neiswender, b38; and "Praise the Lord" (Frank) which provided a fitting climax. The semi-chorus part in this number was sung by Alice Boyer, Dorey McCormack, Loren McCormack, b37, and Edwin Hayt cunel, tunes; and Charles Neiswender and Earl Padfield, c41; baritones.
At the conclusion of this number, the minister pronounced the benediction, which was immediately followed by a response by the choir "The Bell Amen," after which an organ postude, "Minster March" from Lohengrin (Wagner) was played.
The showing of the film, "Stalin's Russia," given Sunday night in Hoech auditorium, drew a crowd of about a thousand persons. Julian Bryan, "March of Time" then followed the picture which lasted about two hours. The movie showed the changes which have been made in Russia in recent years.
Many Attend Russian Film In Hoch Auditorium Sunday
Heavy all of the members of the cast are talkative. They like to discuss and what they may accomplish in the future. Most of the present bal-
Chancellor Returns From Washington
interest in the state continues high, the Chancellor said, even among Kanans who have been long in the capital, and he heard of seven daughters. "We are to return to the University for their college work."
They were guests at the University of Kansas alumni luncheon Wednesday noon, attended by more than forty alumni. The Chancellor was speaker at the belated Kansas Day dinner the same evening, over which Congressman Richard Neal, Hugo Cooper and McGill spoke. About two hundred of the 1400 Kansas in the District of Columbia attended the dinner.
A good part of the success of the projects, Chancellor Lindley believes, is due to the fact that each region has been able to work out its own plans, fitting projects to meet local needs. Reports indicated a high degree of success of projects under college aid (called CSEP at the University), and said the committee hoped the college aid would be continued on somewhat the present level for a time at least.
The committee conferred with President Roosevelt for more than an hour, Mrs. Roosevelt, who is greatly interested in projects of the NYA character, sat in with the conference, and by her comments showed a wonderful fund of information about projects she had via
Ballerinas Seek 'Movies' Upon Arrival in Lawrence
One of Committee That Discussed NYA Projects With President La s t Week
Chancellor E. H. Lindley, upon his return from Washington, D.C., Saturday, said that reports to the President's committee of thirty, serving in an advisory capacity for the National Youth Administration, indicated highly successful programs were being carried out. Chancellor Lindley was one of the few committees from the Middle West.
in the Kentucky mountains, for example, pupils had rebuilt their school house under an NYA project. From the building process one of the boys learned enough about carpentry to be able to do much of the supervision in the construction of a residence. In NYA practice, another team was made, the sale of which was reimbursing the NYA fund.
Dean L. D. Havenhil of the School of Pharmacy spoke before Kappa Psi, pharmaceutical fraternity, last night at 7:30 in the mounte's lodge on the Union building. Dean Haenhill's topic was "The Value of a Professional Fraternity in the School of Pharmacy."
And so yesterday afternoon when the corps of the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo arrived in Lawrence at the Union Pacific station a score or more of the ballerinas climbed down out of pullmats and inquired, "Which way to the nearest theater?" Almost the entire trope, leaving its baggage at the station, walked across the bridge and up to our local movie houses. With about four hours before their own curtain call, they joined the Russian artists spent their time watching our Hollywood performers. In the words of Tamara Grigorievich, who plays the Princess in "The Hundred Kisses," I 'want to go. I haven't been for so long--Seattle."
By Richard K. Laban, c. 25 Ballet dancers, artists, and impresarios, whether they are born in Lawrence, New York, London, or three blocks from the Kremlin, are just like you, and you, and you.
These people have the same desires and the same hopes as almost any fair college co-ed. They even think in the same way, and spend most of their spare time in the true University manner—at the movies.
Dean Havenhill Speaks
Lindley Speaks at Dinner
Chancellor and Mrs. Lindley, while in Washington, were guests of their son, Ernest K. Lindley, Washington correspondent for News-Week.
Plans Fit Local Needs
4y Richard K. LaBan, c'39
Tamara Grigorieva, Tatiana Ria-bouchinisa, and Irina Baronova, who top the present talent list, have been with the company on five or six of its tours, although not any of them is over 25 years old. Tamara, a dark-skinned Caucasian, was born an a train in Siberia as her parents were attempting to escape from Russia during the Revolution.
leinas studies under the e' former pupils of Serge Diaghileff, who first took the Russian Ballet to western Europe in 1909. The present Baller was organized in 1932 by Co. Mozart and was presented at a Russian opera house in Paris. With the support of the Princess of Monaco he assembled those children of the Russian emigrants who were trained in the old Imperial ballet school. Teachers Kcbeskiha and a Precrainjerska material for de Bali, but critics have termed the present crop as among the best.
Tatiana was born a fair-haired daughter of a banker during the Tzarist regime. She has so many stage admirers that Colonel de Basil once rushed her to Lloyd's to inquire her against marriage; years after, the dancer has a pure emotional quality, seemed to Continued on page 3
“Spring Dance,” the play right up the collegian's alley, will reveal all about Joe and Jane College, not to mention what happens at a spring party. The curtain goes up on Philip Barry's comedy for the first time tonight.
'Spring Dance'
Promises a Big
First Night
"Students haven't gotten over the blues of the semester exams, and now they need a little pepping up," said Prof. Rollka Nuckle, as a reason for presenting the rollicking comedy. "If the preview audiences are any indication of the sentiment the regular student body has toward the play, then the audiences will added Professor Crafton director.
Sorority Scenes Pictured
The action of the play revolves around sorority girls of a fashion-able school, who give a spring dance, inviting all the "spring struck" males from Princeton, Yale and Harvard. Of course the girls discuss all the eligibles, and the males talk about what the spring does to the heart. But there is one wise cracker, Hat, who exclaims:
"And I don't know why all this talk about spring, either. I feel good all the time!"
A preview of the "bedroom" scene was presented last night over KFKU under the direction of Professor Nuckles. Among the students taking part in the preview were Betty Smith, c'39, who is substituting for Miss Butter Budy, c'41, who was injured at a rehearsal Thursday evening; Margaret Ramage, c'uncl; Jaime Coats, c'39; Ernestine Hodge, c'uncl; and Mary Elizabeth Schreiber, c'38.
The preview took the place of the regular play presented each Monday night from the "Little Theater on the Hill" group.
Preview Given Monday
"There won't be any chance of seats after tomorrow for the production," warned Gerhart Tonn, ticket manager. "This promises to be one of the best first nights since last year."
Tickets for the production will be sold tomorrow and Wednesday.
Betty Butcher, c'41, who injured her spinal cord in a rehearsal of the play, Spring Dance. Thursday, has been released from Watkins Memorial hospital, but she will not be able to take part in the production, according to a statement by Dr. R. I Catusentho.
CSEP Fills Many Job Applications
Seventy-eight students are receiving CSEP work for the first at the University this semester. Forty of these jobs were made possible by an increase in available CSEP money, while 38 occurred through the filling of vacancies occasioned by withdrawals.
The past week has been spent filling requests for assignments. According to Miss Martha Tillman, executive secretary of CSEP, there is still a small balance of CSEP funds unexpended. Any qualified student may still apply for a position. The jobs are awarded to those students who find it impossible to attend college without this aid, who are of good character, have good references, and who show ability to do high-grade college work as judged by the standards of the University.
For the past payroll period, the month of January, 353 undergraduates worked a total of 14,001 hours to earn $4,734.35, an increase of $781.50 over the month of September. The average income for each student amounted to $13.41. Eleven graduate students worked 439 hours to earn $179.60. The average income for each graduate student was $13.60. Students may expect their checks by Feb. 16.
Department of Design To Display Textiles
Textile fabrics from Marshall Field and company will be placed on display tomorrow in the exhibition room of the department of design, 328强壮 hall. The collection is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week and on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. The exhibition is shown through the courtesy of Ms. Blaise Byerley of New York
'Poco' Frazier Lectures Tonight
Huskers Rout Cyclones To Enter Third Place Tie
Lincoln, Feb. 14—(UP) - Bob Parsons, all-conference guard, scored 17 points as the Nebraska basketball team to 28 before 5,000 fans here tonight.
The Cyclones scored only 5 field goals. Nebraska led at the half to 13. The victory placed Nebraska in a tie with Missouri for third place in the conference with four victories and four defeats.
Career Ends For McIntyre
"Turn your face toward me so I can see you," he said to his wife in their Park avenue apartment. Then he died.
Famous Columnist Died
In Park Avenue Home
Yesterday
New York, Feb. 14 — (UP)—O. O McNlytrey, most widely read newspaper man in the world, who owned a magazine that ran on his typewriter, died today.
He has been in uncertain health for weeks, and the last "New York Day by Day" that he was done on heart disease was the cause of death.
McIntyre counted his friends by the thousands and they included many newspaper men who valued his friendship while unappreciative of the things he wrote. His audience was anywhere in the United States except New York, although his column appeared here daily in the Journal-American. He may have had as high as seven million readers on the 580 newspapers that subscribed to "New York Day by Day."
For them he made New York an exciting, glamorous place and cast himself in the role of the small-town boy from Gallipolis, Ohio, who walked wide-eyed through Bagdad on the Hudson. He wrote of sinister ways that people and Pell streets seldom saw him; he was able to hear earie cries from prisons and hear knives flash in the half-light of street灯s; he told of eating epicurean foods in restaurants crowded with famous actresses, maharajas and millionaires. His critics said he built a New York all his life; and he became the people who never half had been wanted it to be.
Independents To Dance
At Memorial Union Tonight
Novelty dances will be featured at the Independent hour dance to be held this evening from 7 to 8 $c/clock in the form of the Memorial Union building.
A balloon dance and the cakewalk will be among the special dances Door prizes will be given.
Admission is 10 cents, date or stag
Professor Taggart Speaks in Kansas City
J. H. Taggart, associate professor of economics, will speak at noon today before the Kansas City Co-Op creative Club in the Hotel Baltimore. His subject will be "Current Economic Trends."
Professor Taggart will discuss some of the causes of the present recession, and possible cures. A delegation from the Co-operative Club of Lawrence will accompany the speaker.
The Kansas City club is made up of about 352 independent business men interested in the promotion of rade.
Katherine Gibbs School Offers Two Scholarships
Two memorial scholarships consisting of full tuition for one year and a cash award of $300 have been announced for the year 1938-39 by the Katherine Gibbs School of Boston, New York, and Providence.
Applications must be filed with the Memorial scholarship committee not later than April 1.
These scholarships are granted to the two applicants whose academic record, personal qualifications, and fitness to profit from secretarial training shall recommend them most highly to the scholarship committee. Further information may be obtained from Miss Elizabeth Megular, adviser to women, or by writing to Memorial Scholarship Committee, Katherine Gibbs School, 230 Park Avenue, New York.
NOTICE
The Engineering Book Exchange will be open today from 8:38 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the purpose of paying off.
Raymond Rogers, Manager.
Council Petitions for Day of 'Grace' Asks University Senate For One Day's Recess Between End of Classes And First Day Finals
The Men's Student Council last night petitioned the University senate for a day of "grace" between the men and women at the first day of final examinations.
Petition Unanimous
The petition, which was passed unanimously, is as follows:
Climaxing discussion which had carried over from the last meeting of the group, President Don Vooreh instructed the secretary to draw up a pition asking for the free period.
The Men's Student Council respectfully petition the University Senate for a day of grace between the last day of classes and the first day of the final examination week. The above mentioned group unanimously feels that such a day would prove of definite benefit to the students of the University of Kansas in preparing for their final examinations and in completing their academic activities of the semester.
The Council voted an appropriation of $275 from the reserve fund for a dance for Negro students. The dance will be on the "midwife" stage in Jackson City colored orchestra拜
Council To Send Letter
Frank Harwi was named chairman of the joint W.S.G.A.M. S.C.P. parking committee replacing Don Hanwi as Harwi and Frank Harwi as a member of the committee.
The council voted to send a letter to the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce informing it of the ruling against "defacing University property." Action was taken as the result of a local theater's advertisements which appeared on Campus sidewalks last week.
President Voorehees instructed both parties to submit nominations for the two council vacancies. Don Hansen, an independent representative of the School of Law, was graduated at the end of the first semester. Don Ebling, P.S.GL president of the sophomore class, failed to meet the scholastic requirements for council membership.
Women's Rifle Squad Picked
The following women have been selected to compose the 1938 women's rifle squad of the University:
New members: Betty Adair, p; Jane Adair, p; ph; Maria Andrews, ed uncl; Belt Alkins, cun; Betley Clayton, cun; Claveridge, c30; Margaret Cleverenger, fa 38; Mary Cosgrove, cun; Lauda DeForest, c41; Mary Fitz-Gerald, c40; Esther Gilleson, c40; Maxine Dodge, c40; Jennifer Dorman, c41; Jane Irwin, cun; Marjorie McCarty, c41; Eleanor Overmier, fa 39; Ann Righture, fa 40; Joan Oldmen, who are returning, arc: Mary Alice Bertot, fa 38; Betty Jane Boddington, c40; Ruth Riesberg, c40; Patricia Eisewhner, c40; Marjorie Frazier, c39; Helen Geis, c40; Mary A. Gerrill, c40; Helen Hoffman, c40; Judd, c40; Jane Kellman, c40; Ben Kellman, fa 38; June Lentz, c40; June Miller, c40; Helen Naramore, fa 40; John Newall, t39; Charlotte Stafford, c39; Virginia Clawson, fa 38; Helen Warden Lincoln, fa 38; Cal Woodson, c38.
A meeting of the squad will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in Fowler shops. Prospective matches and other important business will be discussed. Attendance at the meeting is required, but if it will be impossible for a member to attend, she should notify Helen D威尔登.
WEATHER
Kansas - Unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday; some probability of rain except rain or snow in northwest; no decided change in temperature.
Dr. Naismith Escapes
Iniury in Automobile Wreel
Dr. James Naimith, professor of physical education, escaped injury in an automobile accident Saturday night. He was returning to Lawrence from Kansas City, where he had attended high school basketball games, when his automobile missed a turn and went in to the ditch. None of the occupants of the car was injured. The car was righted by passing motorists and Doctor Naimith drove it home.