O'Neill Play Poses Stage Problems
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Imagine fog billowing over the ocean, the movement of a ship. You then have the setting for "Anna Christie," the KU Experimental Theatre production opening tonight.
Portraying Anna is Joyce Malicky, Baldwin senior, a familiar face in musical comedies. This will be Miss Malicky's first attempt at serious drama. She said she has always believed she could handle dramatic roles, but she has always been cast in musical parts.
"Ama is the hardest part I've ever played," she said, "but it isn't insumountable. Perhaps the most difficult thing is the fact that the audience is so close to the stage. They will be watching everything the actors do. The front row is only about five feet from the stage," she said.
The central characters are Anna, a young girl, her father and her lover, Matt Burke. After the first act, the story is of Anna's turn from prostitution and her cleansing by the sea and the love of a man.
"It isn't really hard to understand Anna," Miss Malicky said. "But you have to remember that she is basically a good girl. After the first act, she is on stage all the time and it is hard to sustain her part. The audience must see all the
Rehearsals started before Thanksgiving vacation and resumed for three weeks before the Christmas vacation. When the cast returned, they had only one week of rehearing before opening.
changes in her; if they lose interest, the play loses much of its impact."
"It's also just three weeks before finals," Miss Malicky said. "Theatre people are in school, too. We get to the theatre for make-up at six in the evening and leave around midnight. Then we study. It's a pretty rough grind."
"They didn't make dresses then like they do now," she said. "Zippers evidently were unheard of, this costume has at least 25 hooks and eyes and as many snaps. Those little things take a lot of extra time to fasten." she said.
Miss Malicky will wear a costume of the period of her part.
O'Neill said after he finished writing "Anna Christie" that he had become so involved with the characters he didn't know how to end the play, so he just stopped writing. Instead of a fantastic finish, he gave it a rather common-place, believable end that has reality about it.
"Anna Christie" opens at 8 tonight and runs through Saturday in the Experimental Theatre, Murphy Hall.
Anderson Pledges Progressive Years
TOPEKA — (UPI) — Gov. John Anderson today pledged his energy to keeping pace with the changing social and economic structure of government, so that Kansas might aggressively continue the progress of its first 100 years.
In his inaugural address, the new Republican governor paid homage to the state's founders and leaders who nurtured its growth from a period of bloodshed to a period of agricultural and industrial development.
"TRULY, THE contribution of the founders of our Kansas government was great," Anderson said, "yet we here today must consider it as a foundation and framework upon which Kansas shall continue to build for the future.
"THEREFORE, THE challenge today for those charged by the people of Kansas with the responsibility of government is that of maintaining the steadfast courage and faith of our forefathers in the continuation of a state government on the forward-looking path of serving and bettering the lot of all people.
"Government must not and cannot stand still," he emphasized. "If those charged with the responsibility of administering the affairs of government for the people fail to keep pace with the changing social and economic structure, we do not stand still, we fall behind."
"The poor, the rich, the humble, the proud, the strong, the weak, the fortunate and the unfortunate must be the beneficiaries in the years to come of a government progressively administered in the interests of all the people." Anderson declared.
He said more could be accomplished for the gains of minority groups through "dignity, faith, courage and enlightened thinking of our people than by enactment of laws.
"LET US EARNESTLY hope and pray that we can live in this era and with this problem without division, rancor, riot and ugliness, but with the courage, dignity, wisdom and faith of our forefathers for the good of all people." he said.
The governor acknowledged that Kansas still is undergoing a transition from a primarily agricultural state to an economy "substantially based on both agriculture and industry."
"Agricultural industry will," he predicted, "during the second century, continue to be of the utmost
importance. Yet in recent years our families have been moving in great numbers from the farms to our cities.
"FURTHER INDUSTRIAL development in the state must be provided to meet this transition," he said. "The vast resources of minerals and fuels and our water resources, together with a willing and able labor force in the state, are available for this industrial expansion. State government must play its part in seeing that we meet these needs of the people."
Anderson said government also must assume responsibility emanating from changes in medical science which have brought an increase in the number of senior citizens.
"I CANNOT CLOSE without saying that with all the efforts of those in all positions of government at all levels we shall have little success without the desire of the people for good government.
"Before the law of our land was established, the moral law fixed the manner in which we should deal with man," he said. "The need for recognition of the moral law as the very foundation upon which our laws are written is as great today as it ever was."
William A. Conboy, associate professor of speech and drama, is the newly-elected vice chairman of the Business and Professional Speaking Interest Group.
"I pledge that I will sincerely." Anderson promised. "to the best of my ability, honestly, fairly, impartially and faithfully execute the office of governor of this great state."
Frank E. K. Dance, assistant professor of speech and drama, secretary-treasurer of the Business and Professional Speaking Group; Mrs. Cecil Coleman, instructor of speech, chairman of the nominating committee of the General Semantics and Related Methodologies Interest group.
SAA Elects Faculty Members to Offices
Business School Meeting Tomorrow
Five speech and drama faculty members have been elected to offices in the Speech Association of America (SAA).
Freshmen and sophomores entering the School of Business will receive an introduction to their field at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
Gale R. Adkins, assistant professor of journalism and speech, secretary of the Radio, Television, Film Interest Group and Dr. Bruce Linton, professor of speech and journalism.
The program will include a "Sermon on Business" by Jack D. Steele, professor of Business, and a faculty panel discussion on the courses suggested for the pre-Business major
Following the faculty panel, Bertram L. Trillich Jr., assistant professor of Business, and ten seniors will lead a core discussion on a marketing case.
Dana W. Stevens, instructor in Business, will conclude the program by reviewing the goals of the School of Business, and explaining the function of the placement bureau.
New Fellowships Available
Monday, Jan. 9, 1961 University Daily Kansa
Fellowships for graduate study in Poland and Romania are being awarded for the academic year of 1961-62. The fellowships are being offered by the governments of the two countries. Candidates must be United States citizens and at least 21 years old. Application forms may be obtained in 306 Fraser.
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Visiting Professor to Teach Course on 'Race Problems'
Everett C. Hughes, visiting Rose Morgan Professor, will teach a new course in race relations during the spring semester.
Students in the class will analyze the novels and personal documents expressive of the aims and attitudes of "underdog" groups.
The course is slanted toward students exhibiting a proficiency in a foreign language, as many of the materials which might prove valuable in the course are not available in English. Proficiency in a foreign language is not a prerequisite for the course, however.
Prerequisites for the course are sociology 1 or 50 or anthropology 2, 8. or 52.
Students who are interested in the course but do not have the necessary prerequisites are to contact the sociology department to see if they may obtain special permission to take the course.
Prof. Hughes, former chairman of the department of sociology at the University of Chicago, taught an undergraduate course in the department of sociology and anthropology on occupations and professions and conducted a graduate seminar in that area in the Fall semester last year.
He recently completed a three-year study of the students at the KU medical center in Kansas City. While at KU, he is initiating a research project on the study of student cultures here
Applications Accepted
The Dean of Students office is now receiving applications for places in the men's residence hall system during the spring semester. Information or applications may be obtained at 228 Strong.
Peter Gunn, Preachers Ally?
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — (UPI) — The Hollywood Church of Religious Science, in announcing today a jazz accompaniment to church services Jan. 15, noted that attendance is up 15 per cent when a band with "Peter Gunn-type sounds" performs.
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