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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FUND DRIVE STARTS—Mr. Campus Chest, a mythical figure who indicates the total of the Campus Chest donations, was erected in front of Flint Hall yesterday by members of the drive steering committee.
The kick-off for the drive was a dinner last night in the Kansas Union. Tom Van Dyke, Kansas City senior, and last year's chairman, said that it would be the job of the solicitors to see that the students become familiar with the organization.
CampusChestFund Benefits 11 Groups
The Campus Chest drive is on its way.
Monday, November 9, 1959
This year's drive will strive for more personal contacts and also try to familiarize more students with the job of the Campus Chest, he said.
Funds collected will be divided among 11 organizations: World University Service, KU-Y, CARE, Damon Runyan Heart Fund, tuberculosis, Cancer Fund, infantile paralysis, National Scholarship Fund for Negro Students, multiple sclerosis, KU travel fund for exchange students and KU emergency fund.
Contributions are to be turned in at the activities lounge in the Kansas Union from 7-9 p.m. today through Thursday, 4-6 p.m. Friday. 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
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No goal has been set for the drive.
Regents May Request Budget Hearing Delay
Hubert Brighton, secretary of the State Board of Regents, said Friday the regents may ask for a postponement of the Governor's Budget Hearing Committee meeting tentatively set for Nov. 19 or 20.
The hearing committee will meet to allow the regents to defend any changes made in their proposed budget for Kansas institutions of higher learning. The Governor's Committee, is headed by James Bibb, state budget director.
Funeral services for a 20-year-old KU sophomore killed in a car wreck Saturday morning will be held in Emporia tomorrow.
Killed was Charles Cutter Coolidge, Tucson, Ariz., when his car struck a tree after it left highway K-10 at 12:55 am. Saturday four miles east of Lawrence.
The funeral will be at the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Tucson.
Student Killed In Auto Wreck
The family said that instead of flowers, donations may be made to the Charles Cutter Coolidge Medical Scholarship Fund.
Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Whitaker said Coolidge, who was alone at the time of the accident had apparently suffered a blackout.
Coolidge, a member of Sigma Chi social fraternity, attended KU during the 1957-58 academic year. Last year, after his family moved from Emporia to Tucson, he attended Arizona State College.
Coolidge's car traveled 228 feet from the road before hitting the tree. He was killed instantly.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion T. Coolidge, both KU graduates; a brother, Richard, of Tucson, also a KU graduate, and two sisters, Mrs. John Casson, Lawrence, and Pamela Coolidge, of the home.
Administrative sources have indicated that in past years notification of the hearing committee's proposals has been inadequate. This, it was explained, did not give the regents enough time to prepare a defense for their budget.
Regents Have 10 Days
"Our (Governor's Committee) recommendations are not complete yet. The date for the hearing might have to be shifted. The amount of time (of notification)
However, Mr. Bibb told'a Daily Kansas reporter Friday that the regents must be given at least ten days notification of recommendations, according to law.
Gordon Beck, box office and publicity director, said tickets are expected to be sold out by Wednesday or Thursday.
Brigadoon Tickets Go on Sale Today
Tickets for Brigadoon went on sale today at the University Theatre Box Office and at the Kansas Union.
Dates for Brigadoon are Nov. 16, 17, 18 and 21. On November 20, only single admission tickets will be accepted.
Weather
Continued fair weather with mild temperatures the next few days. Temperatures will average about five degrees above seasonal normals. Precipitation will average .15 to .25 during the next five days.
varies annually but most agencies don't take the full ten days given them by law." Mr. Bibb said.
Mr. Bibb said that the date for the hearing was set at the request of the regents.
Results Sent to Docking
"The results of this hearing will be sent to the governor along with the regents' proposal. From these figures he will arrive at his own conclusions as to what is needed. These conclusions will then be drawn up in the form of a budget request which will be forwarded to the legislature during the legislative budget hearing in January." Mr. Bibb explained.
Mr. Brighton indicated that the regents would request a change in date for the hearing if substantial changes are made in their proposal and they are not given enough notification.
"It will depend on what they (the hearing committee) do to us. If they reduce our requests by a considerable amount it would necessitate spending time to figure out what could be done. We would then request more time.
"However, if the changes are, something we could handle in less than ten days we would go ahead with the hearing." Mr. Brighton said.
May Finish Sooner
He said the regents might not need the full ten days.
"He (Bibb) will try to get notice out to us. We requested the meeting for Nov. 19 or 20 because a meeting of the regents is scheduled then. I asked for those dates as a convenience for the board.
"We may have to shift the dates for the meeting (hearing), but I understand that it's hard for them to meet deadlines. They (the budget department) are very busy people. That's why we won't quibble over the ten days if we feel we can handle it in less," Mr. Brighton said.
Confusion Reigns on 'Briqadoon' Set
By Carol Heller
The atmosphere in the "Brigadoom" costume shop is one of flamboyant and luxurious confusion.
Reams of shimmering purple satin and lavender velveteen lie among stacks of bright woolen plaids and bolts of rust and gold cordurovs.
Sewing machines whir as students stitch and snip costumes. Scraps of cloth carpet the floor. Colored webs of thread trail off work tables.
Needles flash as members of the costume class work to ready the costumes for the first "Brigadoon" dress rehearsal Friday.
The story of the musical takes place in 18th Century Scotland. The costumes will range from kilts to tam o' Shanters.
The musical will run Nov. 16-21 in the University Theatre. Tickets went on sale today.
University Theatre will save about $350 by making its own costumes for the show.
Theatre Will Save $350
"But by doing our own work it will cost us only about $450. This way we will have the costumes for the overseas tour next summer instead of having to rent them a second time. Also, we can add them to our theater costume collection."
"If we had rented the costumes from New York it probably would have cost us $800," said Herbert Camburn, instructor of speech and head of the costume department.
Mr. Camburn studied ancient
Scottish dress costums weeks before he plotted the musical's color scheme.
"The color and flavor of the costumes are vital to the story," he said.
Problem Is Right Plaids
"The greatest problem was in finding the right type of plains, because most of the plains you see in stores are not authentic Scottish plains. The original plains have been changed to suit the designers' whims."
Problem Is Right Plaids
Six Scottish clans, or families, will be represented in the musical,
"Each clan has a certain plaid pattern it wears exclusively," said Mr. Camburn. "It would be considered poor taste—today as well as in the 18th Century—if any clan were to deviate from the pattern by widening or adding strips or changing colors."
Green was chosen for Harry Beaton's family, because in the musical Harry is the third person in a love triangle. He creates issues as he forces his attentions upon Jean McLaren, although she intends to marry Charlie Dalrymple.
Colors Depict Characters "The more harsh, bitter colors of dark greens and blacks describe the antagonistic Harry, while the warm yellow and red colors indicate love between the Dalrymple and McLaren families," explained Mr. Camburn.
Yellows and browns were chosen for the Dalrynpike family and reds for the McLaren family.
So far the costume sewers have
finished 21 men's ballet shirts, 21 circular skirts for the chorus members, and 19 knits, 41 shoulder plaids and three pair of fitted men's pants.
Men's corduroy coats with wide cuffs and women's full-skirted cotton dresses hang on racks. Velvet tam o' Shanters with plumes and feathers and jewels cover one work table, and another table is being made ready to convert 19 pairs of women's pumps into 18th Century buckled slippers.
The costumes will be authentic to the last stitch, except the men will wear cotton briefs under their kilts.
"They wouldn't have heard of such a thing in the old days," said Mr. Camburn.
FULL SPEED AHEAD—Jim Gohl, (left) Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, hangs up a completed pair
of kilts as his costume instructor, Herbert Camburn, measures a length of velveteen.