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Romantic Dance Drama To Open Here Monday
University Daily Kansan
By Donna Engle
A dance drama is a舞代表presentation of something that is distinctly dramatic, said William West instructor of speech.
Mr. West is the director of "The 13 Clocks," the dance drama which will open at 8 p.m. Monday in the Experimental Theatre.
The production will be given by the Experimental Theatre and Tau Sigma, a KU dance group. Dialogue for the drama is taken from "The 13 Clocks," a romantic fantasy by James Thurber.
Mr. West said that "The 13 Clocks" is unique in several ways.
"It is the first time—to my knowledge—that a dance drama will be presented at KU."
"A dance drama is most often given without dialogue. It is usually taken from something distinctly dramatic, such as 'Othello,'" he continued
"The 13 Clocks" has dialogue. The drama has six readers in addition to its 16 dancers.
There are times in the drama when there is music, reading, and dancing simultaneously. At other times, there may be combinations of reading and dancing, dancing and music, just reading, or just dancing, the director said.
"The 13 Clocks" is unusual because its music was written especially for it by James K. Christensen, Carbondale senior. The music is played on the piano by Christensen and taped for the production.
Another unusual feature is that the choreography was done before the music. The choreographer for the drama is Janet Presutti, instructor of physical education.
In deciding upon a suitable script Mr. West said he and Miss Persutti considered anything from Greek drama up to a lot of modern works. After looking a whole semester, they decided upon "The 13 Clocks" because it "lent itself nicely" to the available material and to the Experimental Theatre stage.
Mr. West has encountered several problems in directing the drama.
Klansmen March In Racial Protest
MACON, Ga. — (UPI)— An estimated 50 robed Ku Klux Klanmen marched into a newly-integrated neighborhood last night and burned a 14-foot cross on a vacant lot.
Klan Grand Dragon R. L. Davidson, Jr., said the cross-burning was carried out at the request of white residents of the area in protest to a Negro family which moved into the neighborhood Tuesday.
the negroes. Davidson said the cross-burning also was aimed at a real estate company which he said had broken a covenant against selling property in a white area to Negroes.
Fourth Fellowship Goes to Beckmann
Appointment of George M. Beckmann, associate professor of history, for another educational exchange fellowship was announced today.
The appointment for the 1960-61 academic year will permit Mr. Beckmann to continue research in Japanese history. He will use the Fulbright fellowship for the fourth year in a five-year program in which he and one of Japan's leading political analysts are writing a history of the Communist party in Japan.
Mr. Beckmann is chairman of the East Asian Language and Area Program at KU. He and his family will have headquarters in Tokyo.
Marked Umbrellas Mean Safe Return
NEW YORK—(UPI)—The Long Island Railroad will reopen its spring umbrella bank tomorrow to save commuters caught in sudden storms from getting drenched.
getting the railroad feels certain the umbrellas will be returned. Once opened, the six inch letters tell the tale: "Borrowed from the route of the dashing commuter."
The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.-Roscoe Pound
"The whole thing was played by ear since I had no precedents to go by. I sat down and figured out the solutions to the problems when they occurred," he said.
Designed by Jim Gohl, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, the costumes for the drama are modified Gothic in design.
The drama's four scenic areas were designed by Ardith (Pepper) Webber, Bartlesville, Okla., junior. They are also of Gothic design.
Lynn Kazmayer, Rochester, N. Y., graduate student, designed the lighting for the dance drama.
The KU Law Day Thursday will be climaxed by a banquet featuring an address on "Desegregation — The Problem of Judicial Administration."
KU Law Day to be Observed Thursday
G. W. Foster, Jr., professor of law at the University of Wisconsin, will give the address at a 7 p.m. banquet in the ballroom of the Kansas Union. Prof. Foster was special assistant to Dean Acheson, former secretary of state of the United States.
Other activities scheduled are a moot court competition in the Green Hall courtroom at 4 p.m., and a Law Review luncheon with a panel discussion by past editors of the Kansas Law Review.
Alumni of the School of Law, judges, state officials and University administrators are invited to attend.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — (UPI) — The Army said today a $5,500,000 contract had been awarded Conair division of General Dynamics Corp. of Pamona, Calif., for development of a new air defense missile.
Missile Contract Awarded
The contract covers the first year of development of the highly mobile battlefield missile system to be known as Mauler. The contract calls for a new weapon system that is a part of the Army modernization program.
The Mauler will be a compact, highly mobile weapon which will use solid-fuel, radar-guided missiles primarily to destroy short-range, enemy ballistic missiles and rockets and high performance tactical aircraft which bomb, strafe, harrass or
reconnoiter near forward battle area positions.
The Army also announced awarding a contract for a 180-foot barge to transport the Saturn space rocket booster from Huntsville to the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Those Lucky Breaks
RUSH CITY, Minn—(UPI)—Employees of the Nessel Hardware store came to work the other morning to find a cartoon postcard lying beside a safe which burglars had failed to open.
The postcard showed a rope breaking above a would-be suicide and was captioned: "Some fellows can't do anything right."