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Summer Session Kansan Tuesday, June 16. 1959
KU Professor Makes Debut In Carnegie Hall
A KU piano professor made his debut Saturday in New York City's Carnegie Recital Hall.
Roy Hamlin Johnson, assistant professor of piano, had starred at an alumni concert in connection with the University of Rochester's commencement the previous weekend. His performance brought a comment from one professional musician: "And what has Van Cliburn got?"
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle music critic, Harvey Southgate, wrote that Johnson's playing "brought the audience to its feet in a spontaneous demonstration."
The enthusiasm was predictable. Southgate said, for as a student Johnson won about every honor at the Eastman School of Music.
Prof. Johnson received his bachelor of music degree in 1949 and his master of music degree in 1950 from the music school. In the same year he was awarded the artist's diploma in piano.
"In the concerto and two solo numbers that opened the program Johnson made light of technical difficulties, whether the music called for great 'handfuls of notes' or the delicate lightness of Ravel's 'Ondine' or the dazzle of the colorful 'Isamey' of Balakirev. The Ravel was plaved with a sensitivity that one seldom hears." Southgate continued.
"This was indeed an eloquent and distinguished performance that extracted every bit of melodic charm out of the Rachmaninoff folk tunes. that caught the deep undertones of the old Russia, with its mingled sadness and warmth," Southgate said in his critique.
Prof. Johnson made his Lawrence debut at a Faculty Recital Series shortly after he came to KU to teach piano in 1954.
Three To Discuss Blood Flowmeter
Three members of the physiology department have been invited to participate in a symposium on "Blood Flowmeters" Wednesday through Friday at the University of Nebraska.
Dr. Kenneth Jochim, department chairman, Dr. Hampton Shirer, assistant professor, and Richard Shackelford, research assistant, will discuss their electromagnetic flow-meter.
The flowmeter, which was designed and constructed in the KU physiology department, is used to record the moment-to-moment changes in blood flow in the unopened aorta of experimental animals.
The symposium is sponsored by the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and the Professional Group on Medical Electronics of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
Goya Work Obscene Post Office Rules
WASHINGTON —(UFI)— A post office official ruled today that postal cards bearing a reproduction of the Goya painting "The Naked Maia" were obscene and should be barred from the mails.
Charles D. Ablard, the department's judicial officer, said advertising material carried on the cards transformed the masterpiece into "non mailable" matter
Zebus have been known to eat at regular intervals.
Track Team Wins 5 Top Trophies
Kansas track forces hauled home five trophies from the CCC while setting a new point high of 98, surpassing Notre Dame's 1929 total of 79%. Most important was retirement of the Knute Rocke trophy, going to the team that wins the most titles during a ten year period (the Jayhawkers won an unprecedented fourth straight).
Hail Damage Still Being Repaired
Also falling to Bill Easton's troupe was the travelling team trophy, the Ralph Young Mile relay bauble, and the Con Jennings 440 cup. Charlie
Damages that resulted from a violent thunderstorm last May 29 are still in the process of being repaired. Hail the size of golf balls that tell for more than 15 minutes during the latter part of the storm broke about 300 panes of glass in the greenhouses located west of the KU power plant. C. G. Bayles, superintendent of physical plants, said it will cost about $500, including labor, to replace the glass.
Tidwell, with a triple in the 100, 220, and 220 Lows, earned the John Nicholson award, as the meet's outstanding athlete
The only other damage on the campus was two broken glasses in doors at the Music and Dramatic Arts building. Bayles said these were replaced at a cost of $10 per door.
Ike May Go to People For Congress Action
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— President Eisenhower is considering going directly to the people in a personal campaign to get action by Congress on some of his major legislative proposals.
This was revealed today by Republican National Chairman Thurston B. Morton after a White House conference with the President.
Morton, a Republican senator from Kentucky, said he also believes the President will play an aggressive role in the 1960 presidential campaign—to the limit that his duties as chief executive will permit.
The zebu does not change fashions in the spring.
Male zebus have been known to court female zebus.
The zebu eats when hungry.
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