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University Daily Kansan Monday. March 9. 1959
Rock Chalk Revue Is 'Disappointing'
STARS—Three members of Delta Gamma sorority go through the paces in their first place Rock Chalk Revue skit. The three girls rejoicing over the introduction of bicycles to the campus are Karen Kukuk, Kansas City, Kan., junior; Marilyn Ruff, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, and Janet Jo Jones, Colby junior.
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Applause for the 1959 Rock Chalk Revue was almost drowned out by the sighs of disappointment from the show's audience Friday and Saturday nights.
The winners of the production, Delta Gamma and Beta Theta Pi, received praise from most of the students.
However, many comments made by the audience during and after the show revealed that the over-all production did not live up to expectations.
A few of the comments on the show were:
The most frequent criticisms were based on a lack of continuity in the show as a whole and the lack of development in most of the plots.
Joan Baldwin, Great Bend sophomore, expressed disappointment by saying, "I felt that the audience was looking for a livelier and more risque show."
Sam Reynolds, Kansas City senior, said, "The two winning skits were very good, but I just didn't feel that the show lived up to the shows of the last three years."
Margaret Elliot, Paola junior offered a negative comment. "I thought that the slams on Docking got tiresome by the end of the show."
Sue Roach, Kansas City, Mo., junior, said, "With the exception of the two winning acts, it didn't seem that as much work had been put into the production as in past years. The ideas and the plots were just not developed enough and moved too slowly."
Betty Stout, LaGrange, Ill., junior, said. "The skits this year were supposedly going to be different and original, but I felt that in general the plots were as trite as ever."
Janice Cooper, Leawood senior-
"The show was pretty good overall, but only the two winners had good choral effects and choreography. I felt that they picked their cast on the basis of real talent, rather than taking just those who had time to work on the skit."
Larry Luxford, Leawood freshman, said, "The skits, with the exception of a few, had something to say. The real highlight was the one on Edward R. Murrow."
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Delta Gamma's bike-riding skit and Beta Theta Pi's take-off on the governor won first place trophies in the annual Rock Chalk Revue.
Second place awards went to the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
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This year's program was disappointing for the 6,000 Hoch Auditorium customers who attended the ninth annual revue Friday and Saturday evenings.
Usually the highlight of campus satire, the revue saw some lame attempts at humor, as many of the skits tried to spoof high state government officials.
Delta Gamma's "Tandemonium" characterized the current traffic problem by proposing bike-riding as a campus avocation. Coupling funny dialogue with "West Side Story" music, the girls gave an excellent classical dance, a rarity in this production.
Despite the inadequacy of some departments, many groups came up with top-notch entertainment equaling the level of past shows.
BILL LYONS
Supervisor
"A-Jousting We Will Go" was popular as Beta Theta Pi's Robin Hood out-jousted the evil Sheriff of Dockingham in the 1960 elections, Remarkable singing accompanied the group.
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The TKE's courageously at-
tempeted a serious skit, "Road to Nowhere." The plot took a cabinet singer, representing man, from his accustomed medium to high-level organization man-type society. It represented the falseness of society and the fact that man was getting nowhere as a member. The singer eventually returned to his cabaret to wait and hope for (shall we say) social salvation. It was a good try, but the audience wanted to laugh.
The only other chances for laughs came between the acts as Edward R. Marilboro (Dean Humphrey) interviewed two of many celebrities. The tickling two were Emily Taylor Post (Jan Harper) and Moral Roberts (Steve Callahan). The slaps at our "sexy" dean of women and the "beloved" evangelist were well-played. Humphrey was fairly authentic as the interviewer.
Alpha Chi Omega's "Meanwhile Back at the Igloo" suggested that a desire for women's suffrage precipitated Alaska's statehood, which led to female domination.
Chi Omega's third-place "Sail-bad the Sinner" depicted a misfit pirate using his allowance to fill the ill-desired campus "treasure" chest.
Also third place, Delta Upsilon's "The Remarkable Tale of Dr. Fowstl," presented the dilemma of
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under a Board of Regents retirement plan.
an assistant instructor of English of 41 years duration who needed to sell his soul to the devil to get a promotion.
The schools asked for a separate retirement program. This was opposed by Gov. Docking and apparently will not be given by the Legislature.
Monte Johnson, titled master of ceremonies, ostensibly introduced the skits, George Detsios, playing an innovation, Saxum Calx, wore an interesting costume.
Other retirement bills have been introduced but this bill was considered the one which would get major legislative attention. It would cover about 17,000 state workers.
The bill gives full credit for prior service by state workers, except for the first two years.
The bill could cover professors at state colleges. Sen. Sam Carlson (R-Manhattan) said provisions were not as favorable as present benefits
TOPEKA — (UPI) — A bill to set up a $2 to $3 million state employees retirement plan, with workers contributing four per cent of their income, was to be introduced in the Senate this afternoon.
Academy of Sciences Group to Meet Here
The measure was proposed by the Senate State Affairs Committee, headed by Sen. James Porter (R-Topkea), and was considered the "Republican plan."
Two KU psychology professors are members of the National Academy of Sciences' 6-man Committee on Primary Records, which will meet here Thursday and Friday.
Bert Kaplan, associate professor of psychology, has been executive secretary of the group for three years. Roger Barker, professor of psychology, is also a committee member.
The committee publishes reports of data compiled by individuals in field study, and makes them available to social scientists.
Dr. A. Irving Hallowell, chairman of the committee and professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak on "Human Evolution in Socio-Psychological Perspective" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Bailey Auditorium.
The speech, open to the public, is sponsored by the departments of sociology and anthropology and psychology.
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