Thursday, Oct. 13, 1960 University Daily Kansan
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SUA Carnival 40 Years Old
"The Roaring Twenties" will enter the Kansas Union at 6:30 p.m. Saturday to maintain a 40-year-old tradition of Student Union Activities Carnivals.
The first carnival was held in Robinson Gymnasium in 1920 with the theme of "patriotism." The country was then in the midst of the loyalty movement and the booths and skits drew a crowd of 1,500 persons.
"Introductions of vulgarity and burlesque into performances by various organizations" caused a lack of support from the administration in 1932. Added financial difficulties and lack of space resulted in the omission of the carnival from the year's activity calendar.
THE CARNIVAL has been shifted from building to building through the years. In 1930 it was moved from the gymnasium to the Kansas Union. In 1931 the bootles were in the stadium and the skims were held in Fraser Theater.
An intramural tourney was combined with booths and skits in the stadium in 1935. After 1935 the carnival was discontinued until 1940 when the SUA and the YWCA joined forces and presented it in Hoch Auditorium.
In 1944 the carnival was moved to the Military Science Building where it stayed until 1953 when SUA held the activities in the Kansas Union.
"WORTHAL and his Pin- Up Girl" were elected to reign over the events of the 1953 carnival. The following year a queen and Little Man on Campus were substituted as the royalty. Little Man on Campus will not reign this year because the carnival steering committee felt he had become a farce.
Crowning of the carnival queen will be at 10:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Candidates will walk down a ramp extending from the stage to the center of the floor. Two attendants will be presented with bouquets of roses, and the queen will receive a silver bowl engraved with a memento of the occasion. John Richardson, Wichita sophomore, will preside as master of ceremonies.
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Drama Students Study in Summer Theater
Summer means the end of studies and classes for many students at KU. However several enterprising young drama students accepted positions in summer stock companies all over the United States.
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Experience is the main reason for summer stock work, although college credit is obtainable many places.
Linda Eberly, Olathe sophomore, participated in a summer stock group of 20 at Kansas State College of Pittsburg. Besides acting in the six shows during the eight-week theater, Miss Eberly also built sets and made costumes.
SHE RECEIVED eight hours of college credit. The only summer stock she had done previously was the KU summer camp for high school students.
Last year Miss Eberly was in the dance chorus for "Brigadoon." She will be a dancer in KU's forthcoming productions of "Tea and Sympathy" and "Most Happy Fella."
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"SUMMER STOCK gave me valuable experience as well as college credit. I learned many things working in the rehearsals and behind the scenes," Miss Eberly said.
The Music and Tenthouse Theater in Highland Park, Ill., offered an apprenticeship for Tom Woodard, Des Moines, Iowa, freshman. Woodard would like to be a Community Theater director after completing his education.
"I worked mainly on the crew this summer, although I did have a small part in "Who's That Lady" starring Joey Bishop. I know the experience I gained this summer in working with well-established professional such as Mr. Bishop, Dorothy Collins, and Patrice Munsel] proved valuable," Woodard said.
THE HEROINE'S part in a melodrama was enacted by Jean Rustemeyer, Leavenworth senior, at the Imperial Hotel in Cripple Creek,
Colo. Miss Rustemeyer was one of 11 college students in the Imperial Players summer stock theater.
The single production of "The White Slave" by the Imperial Players lasted from June 17 to Sept. 17. The students were paid on a professional basis.
"Working on the same production all summer gave me confidence in front of an audience. When you are before a different group of people 157 times any stage fright you may have is dissolved by the end of the season," Miss Rustemeyer said.
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