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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, November 7, 1968
Scholarship hall system based on cooperation
Combining recognition for outstanding achievement and a need for financial aid, the recipient of a scholarship hall award is a participant in a unique form of residence hall living.
Scholarship hall awards, which originated at the University of Kansas in 1926 are scholarships in the form of a special housing arrangement. Presently 250 KU students live in nine scholarship halls.
Four women's halls and five men's halls provide an opportunity for cooperative living on a unique general theme. Each hall is characterized by its method of financial arrangement, household operations and food preparation.
Financial responsibilities include a maintenance and administrative fee which is paid in the summer and a monthly house bill.
The monthly bill, which is based on the operating expenses of each hall, varies with each hall but ranges between $40 and $50. This financial arrangement
makes possible a yearly savings of $300 to $350 as compared to other University housing.
The operation of the halls depends on the individual residents, but provides for the sharing of the various jobs necessary for the maintenance and operation of the living groups.
Work duties including cooking, cleaning and managing linens are accomplished with a minimum of supervision, illustrating the necessary cooperative and responsible atmospheres of the scholarship hall system.
The physical arrangements in the scholarship halls vary somewhat.
Pearson and Stephenson men's halls have two-man rooms with bunk beds, desks, closet space and drawer space. Douthart and Sellards women's halls and Grace Pearson men's hall have three or four people in Princeton-style rooms consisting of central study areas with adjoining sleeping areas.
Battenfeld and Jolliffe men's
halls and Watkins and Miller
Positions open for opera company
Last night more than 60 persons were present at an introductory meeting in the Kansas Union Forum Room of the Mount Oread Gilbert and Sullivan Company.
John Bush Jones, acting assistant professor of English, explained what the company will do and the various staff and cast positions open.
The audience was composed of persons from all phases of University life—undergraduates, professors, husbands and wives of University people. Many had previously performed in Gilbert and Sullivan companies. Lee Miller, professor in occupational therapy, has even performed in the first modern production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" in Japan. It was produced by the Special Servies after World War II.
Jones stressed, however, that no selections have been made for any positions or part and that there are many opportunities for positions open "even if you don't know a thing about Gilbert and Sullivan."
Jones explained that the Mount Oread company will not be performing "just plays on paper." He believes that Gilbert, who injected much satire into
the comic operas, would approve of a move away from the traditions of a hundred years ago.
The D'Olyly Carte Opera Company, the official Gilbert and Sullivan players in London, which perform the operas as they were written by the pair "have become embalmed where we'll be alive and fresh," Jones said.
"Gilbert and Sullivan have traditional gags. They are highly stylized as opposed to the naturalistic drama."
Jones founded the Gilbert and Sullivan Guild at Northwestern University last year. There, perhaps a more stark departure from the traditional treatment of one of the operas was performed.
"Of course, there will be a certain amount of traditionalism," said Jones' wife, Sandy, a graduate student in art history, "but it must be consistent with what Gilbert wanted only with fresh new ideas."
Reminiscent of the artist Beardsley, a comic opera was staged and costumed in black and white.
March 5-9 the company will perform "The Mikado" in Strong Auditorium. Application forms for cast may still be picked up at the SUA office.
hall award is required to maintain a 1.50 yearly grade average to be eligible to renew the award.
have two or three-person rooms with desks, chests and closets. Sleeping facilities are provided for in sleepening porches or dorms.
Applications are now being accepted for the spring semester and may be obtained in the Office of Student Financial Aids and Awards.
Each hall has an executive board consisting of elected officers, but all major decisions are made by the entire hall at biweekly house meetings. Each hall also has an advisory or judiciary council which functions in disciplinary capacities.
The coordinating structure among all of the halls is the All Scholarship Hall Council (ASHC).
The recipient of a scholarship