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Students Hear Poems Read About the Dead
"Today we are going to talk about the dead," began Allen Crafton, professor of speech yesterday.
Prof. Crafton read "Spoon-River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters at the weekly Poetry Hour.
Masters was born in Garnett, Kansas. He was graduated from Knox College, Illinois, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1891. His first volume of poems, entitled "A Book of Verses" appeared in 1898 and was followed by plays and other productions in verse. In 1915, "Spoon River Anthology" was published.
"Spoon River' represents a cemetery in Lewiston, Illinois, on the Illinois River," said Prof. Crafton.
"These poems are not great but they represent quite an accomplishment in presenting the biographies of 230 people in 230 15-line poems. Written during the period of introduction for free verse, his poems are quite well presented," said Prof Crafton.
"Masters surprised Kansans with his book of free verse," said Prof. Crafton. "The poems are about people speaking from their graves who can finally tell the truth about their lives and deaths."
In contrast to "Anthology," Prof. Crafton read William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis."
Prof. Crafton read 20 poems, characterizing each by a different tone of voice inflection.
'Live' TV to Be Hit By Writers' Strike
HOLLYWOOD — (UPI) - Members of the Writers Guild of America last night voted authorization for the union to extend its strike to writers of "live" shows on major television networks.
Guild contracts covering writers of news and other live shows expire last night at NBC, CBS, and ABC. The contracts cover about 300 writers.
Negotiations were still underway, however, and no strike date was set, a Guild spokesman said.
Henry Cady, Liberty, Mo., graduate student, will conduct a study in contemporary church music at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Canterbury House, 1116 Louisiana St. The public is invited.
Student to Lead Music Study
"Some of these are ironic," the professor interrupted at one point. "There are always two sides to these stories."
The snappdragonso are among the 155 varieties of flowers and plant-grown in the greenhouses. One of the glass buildings is set aside as a conservatory in which many tropical varieties are nurtured.
Snaudragons of every imaginable color decorate KU offices today as a result of the efforts of Ed Howe, manager of the three University- supported greenhouses located behind Flint Hall.
KU's Hothouses Speed Spring
According to Mr. Howe, the business of the greenhouses can roughly be divided according to importance
- Plantings for hill garden plots
- Potted plants for various offices
- Flowers for offices
- Flowers for offices.
The greenhouses are operated on a year-round basis.
"The place is always crowded with plants of every kind," said Mr. Howe. "This last winter we even had to step around those that we were forced to keep on the floor."
Currently, Mr. Howe is nursing groups of Cueraria, or potted plants, which will follow the snapdragons on campus office desks.
Border plants of red, yellow and green, technically classified as Alternanthera, but commonly known as "Joseph's Coat," will appear in profusion around the campus this spring. Mr. Howe reports that he has 1600 Alternanthera plants for setting as soon as the weather is warm enough.
The walls of the main building are lined with row after row of red and pink geraniums. There are six varieties of this traditional spring flower now in stock. Four varieties of these plants will be used primarily to decorate the stages for Baccalaureate and Commencement in June. Following these ceremonies, the plants will be re-set in campus plots.
Ballet Troupe Blends Comedy With Virtuosity
By William O. Scott Instructor of English
"Les Rendez-vous" was labeled a "Ballet Divertissement," but the term would equally fit much besides on the program. In this piece Angela Leigh revealed a flair for high comedy. The emphasis was rather on technique and on brilliant display of costuming in the "Pas de six" based on Tchaikovsky.
The National Ballet of Canada brought the can-can and blindman's buff to Hoch Auditorium last night in what (taken for what it was) made a pleasant evening's entertainment. With its sprightly, well-trained corps, this company is just right for comedy.
There were also two serious attempts. The "Pas de deux romantique" employed music by Chopin, who seems to be fertile in material suitable for "blue period" costuming and interpretive choreography. The performance wasn't bad, but we would like something better in order to be really moved.
The final ballet, "Offenbach in the Underworld," was even more a show of variety in costume, character, and comic play. But unfortunately Miss Leigh's performance lacked the wit of her earlier appearance. And one can-can (two at the most) should have been enough.
"Death and the Maiden" was perhaps the most interesting item on the program. Choreography and costuming carried the performance. The Shadows of Death were quite effective at the beginning when they faced away from the audience and later as they encircled the maiden. They maintained just the right amount of motion to sustain dramatic interest. The Maiden's entering figure was brilliantly suited to the music. Other fine moments came when Death first turned to the audience and when he and the Maiden alternately fluttered robes. And her costume was precisely the right color of — whatever it was.
The performance of this troupe was most satisfactory when they were exhibiting virtuosity or playing for laughts. It would be exciting to see more ambitious and serious ballet in Lawrence, provided one had the troupe that could do it.
The moral seems to be: if you want to see "Swan Lake," go to Kansas City; but if you want the National Ballet of Canada in their best comic role, stay in Lawrence.
King of Malaya Dies During Night
KUALA LUMPAR, MALAYA (UPI)—The first king of independent Malaya died in his sleep today of an apparent heart attack.
Sir Abdul Rahman Ibni El-Marhum Tuanku Muhammed, 64, had been under the care of heart specialists for the past six months. He had been at his home at Istana Negara on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
Only last Wednesday, Sir Abdul Rahman rallied his strength enough to open a soccer tournament, a favorite sport in his youth. But he became seriously ill again yesterday.
Friday, April 1. 1960
The sultan of Selangor, Deputy Paramount Ruler of Malaya, formally will assume the king's duties on Monday, the day after the funeral.
No Beit . . . No Sentence
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — (UPI) — Elwood Davis, acting as his own attorney, wriggled off the hook in court yesterday by showing that the officer who arrested him for fishing without a license could not prove that Davis' hook was baited.
Two KU debaters bested both stubborn opponents and floods Monday and Tuesday at Midland College in Fremont, Neb., to win a trip to the West Point National Debate Tournament April 21-23.
KU Debaters Go to Nationals
The two debaters are Edward Collister, Lawrence, and Alan Kimball, Derby, both juniors.
After Kimball and Collister won three of the first six rounds at the district tournament in Fremont, they encountered their first obstacle — stubborn opponents.
Five of the top-ten teams in the district receive invitations to the West Point meet. The pair tied with three other teams for fifth place.
"So three extra debates were held. We were in two of them and debated Nebraska State of Kearney and Augustana College of Sioux Falls, S. D." Collister said.
Then they encountered the second obstacle — floods.
The pair won both debates, thus winning the West Point trip.
"Only one road around Fremont was open when we left for Lawrence
Tuesday night. I was told that they evacuated parts of Fremont two hours after we left," Collister said.
Kimball said, "The road we got out on was closed about half an hour after we left."
When asked about the team's chances at West Point, Kimball said, "They're going to let us debate eight preliminary rounds and that's about as much as I can say."
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