University Daily Kansan Friday, Feb. 13, 1959
Reality, Illusion 'Naked' Theme
"Naked" will open Wednesday and run through Saturday in the Experimental Theatre. The play by Luigi Pirandello was obtained for production here only after the attorney of the Pirandello state gave his permission. The play is being considered for Broadway presentation.
The plot of the play is centered about Ersilia, Sara Maxwell, who becomes entangled in a series of lies and finds suicide is the only way out. Pirandello's central theme is the distinction between reality and illusion.
Ludovico Nota, Daryl Warner, Frankfort sophomore, is the novelist who takes Ersilia into his apartment and offers her another chance at life.
Laspiga, Paul Brooks, Kansas City, Kan, sophomore, is the unaffairthi fiance who promises Ersilia marriage and then leaves her for the sea and another woman.
Others in the cast are, Signora Onoria, Ruth Hickell, Kansas City, Mo. senior; Alfred Cantavalle, Dick Pratt, Lewisburg sophomore, and Emma, Barbara Gerlash, Tarkio, Mo.. freshman.
Grotti, Steve Callahan, Independence senior, is the consul of the community who has had an affair with Ersilia and with her has caused the death of his own daughter.
Tickets may be obtained at the box office in the theater or in the Kansas Union. Students may use their identification cards and 50 cents. Regular price is $1.50. Since the Experimental Theatre only seats 40, students are urged to get their tickets early.
Bach Featured In Piano Recital
Mrs. Angelica Morales von Sauer, professor of piano, will give a recital at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Swarthcut Recital Hall.
Mrs. von Sauer will include in her program "Capriccio in B Flat Major" by Bach, "Sonata in B Flat Major" by Schubert, "Sonata in B Flat Minor" by Chopin and "Une Barque sur l'Ocean" by Ravel.
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KU Students Join World-Wide Service of Lenten Day of Prayer
KU students held prayer services today in Danforth Chapel as they joined Christians around the globe in observing the annual World Day of Prayer, always on the first Friday of lent.
These services, planned by a committee of women from church groups at KU, were conducted at 12:30 and 5 p.m. The programs have been written by a group of Christian women in Egypt.
There was an almost continuous line of prayer services conducted throughout the world today. The earliest service was in Tongo Island, just west of the International Date Line. The last observance service will be in the St. Lawrence Islands just off Alaska and east of the date line.
"Last year 144 countries, including Russia, observed with church services this day of prayer," said Mrs. John Patton, adviser to the KU committee.
"These student-led prayer services are the result of response of students and faculty in the past six years," Mrs. Patton said.
Seven years ago Mary Larson, an active churchwoman of Lawrence, conducted one prayer service at noon in Danforth Chapel as a test to see if students needed a service and would support one.
In response to the students' good support of the service, a group of Presbyterian women sponsored the Danforth Chapel services the following year, Mrs. Patton said.
Support has continued, and for the
past three years a KU committee of United Christian churchwomen has planned and sponsored the services.
Compulsory Health Plan Is Cheaper, Says Blue Cross
On the committee for this year's 12:30 service at KU are: Kay Shiner, Topeka junior; Marcia Brown, Topeka sophomore, and Barbara Bullock, Wichita sophomore.
Planners for the 5 p.m. service include: JoAnn Brauchi, Marysville freshman; Karen Miller, Horton senior, and Reta Fulker, Salina freshman.
Those involved with the program have said that the cost could be as low as $2 per student.
A compulsory student health insurance plan for all university students under the Blue Cross-Blue Shield program would cost considerably less per student than on the voluntary basis.
Laird said that the company would be able to give lower rates under the compulsory plan because of the greater spread of risk.
Next fall the 12-month coverage will cost $17.50 for a single student and $66.25 for a student with dependents.
"Several of the students might have some serious illness or accident in the near future." he said.
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Duane Laird, Lawrence district representative of the insurance company, said Friday that the insurance plan would not only be less expensive, but would be more beneficial to more students if it were the compulsory plan.
"Under the voluntary plan, if there are not enough students participating in the program to cover the costs of these illnesses, we will go in the hole and might have to give up the health plan."
Of approximately 1,000 students who paid fees Thursday, 162 applied for the health insurance plan. Laird described this as a "pretty good average."
POCATELLO. Idaho — Miss Jo Warner, radio disc jockey, describing her sudden collapse after 205 sleepless hours in a record spinning marathon:
"One minute I'm spinning records and the next thing I know I'm in bed."
He said that Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy specifically designated the voluntary basis of the health plan and that as far as he knew there are no plans for compulsory insurance.
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WU Cadets Give Blood to KU Senior
Robert Pelzl, Cunningham senior,
will undergo major heart surgery
at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.,
later this month.
The operation will correct a heart condition Pelzl has had since birth.
The call to aid Peel'l came during a Red Cross Blood drive in the WU armory.
His chances for a successful operation were helped considerably this week when Wichita University ROTC students donated 32 pints of blood needed during and after FelZl's operation.
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