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The Official Student Paper of the University of Kansas
VOLUME XXXIV
Russian Pianist Plays Before a Large Audience
NUMBER 94
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Re. John Bondeson, c'unel
Rachmaninoff Please
Crowd With His
Technique
By John Bondeson, cunei Students in the University received a rare treat last night in the person of Rerge Sergmann, co-founder of the program composed largely of selections in minor moods, the composer-conductor-pianist displayed a virtuosity seldom heard on this campus, and a masterful performance explains the reason for his many years of unparalleled popularity.
Selection in Minor Mood
The program began with a lightly embellished "Fantasie", by Haydn. The rest of the first group was devoted to a selection, minor in mood, entitled *Glück-Sgambati*. It was led by Gluck-Sgambati. Here was the first suggestion of the predominant mood of the evening. With the exception of three, the selections chosen by Rachmaninoff for his University program were somewhat melancholy and sad, suggestive of his aspect throughout the entire recital. His second group consisted of three sonatas by Scarlatti. The first, in D major, was a spartan well executive form suitable for the second of eight fingerings. The second in E minor, possessed varied tempos, but again in the minor theme. The last one, a soma in E major, was a brief display of frills, lace, and decoration.
The remainder of the first halt was devoted to Chopin's Sonat, Op. 58. The first movement, marked allegro, gave the impression of magnitude, which was later replaced by a more rapid and vigorous morale. The second movement, mastose, was replete with runs, most of the work being executed by the left hand. The large introduced a mood of mournful solemnity, but the finale suggested a return to the original theme, rythmic
Plays Own Manuscript
After the intermission, Rachmaninov returned to play first his own transcription of Bach's "Prelude," from his violin suite. Here was displayed a brisk grimness of touch that evokes the baritone-style of the composer. The next group was devoted to two of his own compositions, "Daisies," and an "Ornate Sketch." His rather moody melody was imbuited by the curious minor strains.
Popular Band to Campus
LAWRENCE, KANSAS,TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1937
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Anson Weeks' Band To Play for Junior Prom
on the SHIN by Kenneth Morris
Virginia Taylor happily announced to her Gamma Phi sisters that she had received a valentine gift from her boy friend in a distant town, and showed them the large box as proof. When the box was opened it was found to contain all of the old letters of affection that Virginia had written but not to anyone else, explaining that letter from the friend that he had never loved anyone as much as Virginia, and in the next breath saying that he had a new girl and was going steady The letter closed with this bit of
Plays C-Shard Minor Prelude
The program over, the pianist left the stage, but the audience felt that something was yet lacking. So, upon the persuasion of frezened applause, Rachmaninov returned to his instrument and played the beloved Prelude to it proudly, visually and firmly playing it somewhat more slowly than usual. After a final encore the pianist was permitted to leave and nearly four thousand person
The first selection in the last group, all of which were by the composer Franz Lüst, came as a complete and pleasant surprise to a rapt audience. The Liebsteura coloring, full of feeling and beauty. He treated it as a rare bit of fragile china. Following, was the Valse Oubliee, No. 3, which was largely in minor key, as was his last selection, the Rapapo, No. 12. The latter seemed to represent a form of a movement like motion.
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Anson Weeks and his orchestra will provide music for dancers at the Junior Prom, March 5. For several years, Anson Weeks has had one of the outstanding dance orchestras in the country, and has been regularly featured in the annual New York Weeks will play for the Junior-Senior Prom at Norman, Okla., on Thursday, March 4; here Friday, March 5; and at the junior-Senior Prom at Lincoln Saturday, March 6. Tickets will be on sale Feb. 17 at the main desk of the theater at the Business Office in the Administration building, at the regular advance price of $2. The price will be raised to $2.25 at the door the night of the party.
The Junior Prom is the only formal
OVER THE HILL
University party during the year, and is sponsored by the class of 38. "It probably the outstanding event the spring social season and a law crowd is expected," said Bill Coel rane, manager of the Memorial Unit building. The hours of the dance a 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Taggart Returns to Classes
Taggart Returns to Classes
J. H. Taggart, associate professor of his class, will spend his class Monday morning after spend some time in Massachusetts.
Landes to Speak in Topela
K. K. Lande, professor of geolge
W. K. Cohen, professor of geolge,
w speak to the Women's club of T
pekra, March 4, on "Sonic Kara
There is to be a meeting of *
House Presidents", association t
Memorial Union building room at
Memorial Union building 4.20.
Dramatic Club Meets Today
The Dramatic club will meet *a* afternoon at 4:30 in Little theatre Green hall. Plans will be made for a show by Interview Engineers
Three officials of the Empire en-
many, as subadjunctary of Deberty he
was assigned to the morning interviewing
yesterday morning interviewing
electrical engineering.
Jardid Speaks in Emporia
W, L. Burkard, dean of t 1 School; B. Burkard, dean of t 2 Prep before a dinner meeting of the Associations of Lyon, Chase Coffee counties. The meeting at the Broadmeadow hotel in 1 peria.
To Discuss Religion
Is Religion Clean or Conquer? " is the topic which re-invented Y the M.C.A., and Y.W.C.A. will cush this evening at 8 o'clock at the Glenn Morris general secretary of the M.Y.C.A. Glenn Morris Receives Appoint. C Glenn Morris, a former student assistant to State Attorney Geerurance V. Beck, last but one
Dr. Lyle Powell, who recently turned from India, will speak at the University's this afternoon on "Medical Problems in India." Doctor Powell, a Lance eye, ear, nose, and throat doctor, was past studying in the Orient.
Confederate Daughters To Give Baruch Prize
Craftion Will Speak Tonight
Alien Crafton, professor of art at the University on the subject, "The Arts are as much Spoken as Spoken as one of our works of weekly by prominent men on the cua and as much as a witness a sign in play production.
Pharmacy Colloquy Thursday
S. O. Davidson of the McKenzie
Drug company City, Maryland
Mary club colloquy at the
mary club colloquy Thursday
ing at 11:30. He will discuss
house in house relation to the retail
gist. The meeting will be 1
room 205 of the Chemistry
Prof. H. B. Chubb, of the psi science department, will speecher at the Reserve Offices association to row night. The topic of his talk is *National Defense and being given in a con* with National Defence week began Feb. 12. The talk will be followed by a Shop School public is invited
George W. Holman, c37, and nethaway E. 37, went to Cl. preater yesterday to begin work for Procter and Gamble company. He also visited Irvialdale, a suburb of Cincinnati H. H. Coh, who last week I viewed seniors in the chemistry, and companies comp.any
n thousand Dollars To Be Awarded for Essay About South
For the purpose of encouraging research in the history of the South, the United Daughters of the Confederacy is awarding, May 1, the Mrs. Simon Baruch university prize of $1,000 for an unpublished monograph or essay of high merit in the field of southern history.
obs for Chemistry Seniors
WEATHER
This prize, awarded biennially, will be given for essays preferably in or near the period of the Confederacy or bearing on the causes and events of the Civil War. States. Competition is limited to graduate and undergraduate students of university and standard colleges i, the United States.
Kansas; Generally fair fairs
Wednesday; rising temp
Tuesday; color in west
Wednesday.
Returns From Oklahoma
Prof. W. W. Davis Attended Big Six Meeting at Norman
Prof. W. F. Davis returned Sunday from Norman, Okla., where he presided as chairman at a meeting of Big Six representatives at the conference which they reread the rules and regulations of the conference which had been formulated at their meeting last May in Lincoln and ordered that they be
Dr. H. H. King of Kansas State was appointed a member of the executive committee of the N.C.A.A. The representatives were given autonomy and were invited to attend meetings were invited to members of the Oklahoma Athletic Council; Dr. W. B. Zilliz, President of the University of Oklahoma; MaJ. Lawrence "Biff" Jones, Nebraska football and Tom Sidhiam, Oklahoma coach.
Severe Illness Forces Lee
turer To Cancel
All Dates
Wm. Beebe's Lecture Indefinitely Postponed
the lecture by William Beebe, naturalist, author, and a d lecturer, scheduled to speak here Thursday night, has been postponed indefinitely because of severe illness. Beebe was a graduate of February dates because of a severe attack of influenza. At present his managers are negotiating with the places where he was scheduled to appear, and are setting new dates. It is likely that he will speak here sometime in
The title of Beece's lecture will be "500 Fathoms Down." It will concern his explorations with the baysphere in Bermuda.
HUXMAN ASSURES MUSEUM FUNDS
Governor Affixes Signature to $55,000 Grant for Dyche; Vetoes $100,000 Section Providing Corridor Building for University Hospital in Kansas City
Governor Walter A. Huxman yesterday affixed his signature to a provision of the appropriation bill for buildings and improvements at state institutions which will provide $55,000 for completion and restoration of Dyche museum. At the same time he vetoed part of the bill providing for an appropriation of $100,000 which was to provide for a connecting corridor building between the clinic or dispensary building and main hospital for the University School of Medicine at Kansas City.
The Governor vected three provisions amounting to $410,000
   and a $1,009,500 building appro-
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Edwin M. Hopkins, First Journalism Professor, To Retire
Became a 'Handy Man'
At the end of this semester, Dr. Edwin M. Hopkins will complete 47 years of teaching English at the University of Kansas. In a talk before a crowded room of students, faculty and friends gathered to do him honor in Fraser hall, several weeps ago, as he reviewed interesting details of a "career more chckered than exchequered" he declared, "Being a teacher of English has been jobs like mine, is the respect I have been more impressed in. In those been impressed one of the notable works of his work at the University. He has made teaching fun, for himself, and for his students. He leaves the scenes of his early accomplishments in the classroom and in
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EDWIN M. HOPKINS
He soon found ample opportunity to display his versatility in his fun-loving willingness to accept jobs proffessed him. "A handy-man about the house" of the University in the early years, he was called on for university football and was placed in charge of the newly created football team, as manager and coach. "On that first team, we had eleven pairs of canvas pants."
colorful extra-curricular activities with the knowledge that, or he says, "One of the greatest rewards of a job like mine, is the expect, confidence and appreciation of students, and the knowledge that I cannot alight in any section of the world without finding a friend there."
Dr. Edwin M. Hopkins came to the University of Kansas on a muddy day in October of 1889. He had traveled by train from Prince- Louis, Missouri, and thought, a wild prairie country infested with Indians, buffalo, and sage brush. He had been one of several offered the chance to come to the new school, and in the spirit of adventure he was the only one who arrived on the campus after a "40-day slough of mud and rain," he found "200 students, four and one-tenth buildings, the tending being a one-room shack with a telescope in a campus with a barn attached.
The Kansan, which existed in a rough form at that time, gave him a warm welcome.
Joons and in song games we had to take time out while some of the pantaloons were being repaired.
He had served as assistant organist at Princeton College, paid part of his college expenses by playing church organs and directing choirs. Here he had charge of all KU. chapel music for a time and was many years organist and choral director in a number of Lawrence churchs.
Besides coaching football, at another time, Dr. Hopkins captained a faculty basketball team in the new gymnasium. At that time there were two faculty teams competing with the opposing team on an earlier date, he was "secretary, treasurer, and pacemaker" for the "Oread Bicycle Club." Sometimes a large proportion of the faculty from Chancellor Snow to the assistant professors might be seen pedaling down the country streets and study the geological aspects of the terrain around Lawrence.
Taught First Journalism Here
When Missouri University was founding its school of Journalism, Doctor Hopkins was invited to introduce journalism on the Hill, and became the first teacher of journalism at the University. Earlier, the Kanas and other college papers had been published by individual students who pocketed the proceeds, if any. Shortly before Dr. Hopkins took hold of the work, a K.U. publishing association had been formed in which the editors were chosen from the student body in general elections. When he took charge, the association held a meeting, voted themselves out of business, turned over their editorial class, and the Kanas was reorganized, on the same general principles as at present, as a regular weekly news.
Doctor Hopkins instituted the first
course in teacher training in English, which since that time has become an important field. About 1910, he made a study of the teaching load of English teachers in a report which was reprinted sixteen times in various states of the country, number of more than one dozen of a group that met in Chicago and founded the National Council of Teachers of English, and the English Journal. On returning to Kansas he organized the Kansas Association of Teachers of English, and began the publication of the Kansas English Bulletin. He continued as editor for several years. For 15 years he was editor of the author of the "English Journal."
Of himself, Doctor Hopkins says,
"I have occupied a settee rather than a chair, having at one time or another taught most of the subjects in the English curriculum. The end of teaching and of education is something more than 'scholarship' or 'culture', it is living; and research' scholarship and culture are means to that end.
Organized Quill Club
"College Should Stress Thinking "All college training should stress thinking" above 'remembering' and this is perhaps the point of greatest weakness in college education," Doctor Hopkins pointed out. He believes that the depression has made the work of University students more serious and effective; the students of today are more like those of old times, in that they all, even the society group "muse-bus"
In 1800, one of Doctor Hopkins classes organized a Quill Club, which in 1914 was nationalized and now exists as the American College Quill Club. Of this club the founders were members of his classes, with Doefer Hopkins acting as sponsor and adviser.
He is a charter member of the American Association of University Professors, and the Kansas Educators Club. On the Hill, he was the first teacher of elocution and oratory, the forerunner of the present department of speech and dramatic art. He taught one of the first course in the school's new language to any American college—and he still does, "a course that has grown in all American colleges perhaps more rapidly than any other," he said.
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"If after all these years," he said,
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