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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
56th Year, No.8
Tuesday, Sept 23, 1958
WEVE BEEN INVADED BY LITTLE PEOPLE—And they're all trying out for the children's roles in "The King and I." University Theatre production scheduled for November.
64 Kids Enjoy Auditions For "The King and I"
Last night was "talent night" for five dozen Lawrence youngsters trying out for parts in the coming University Theatre musical, "The King and I." Their ages ranged from 4 to 12.
The auditions were held in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building under the supervision of Dr. Lewin Goff, associate professor of speech and drama and director of the production. Fifteen children will be cast in the show.
After leaving their parents, the 64 children were led into a rehearsal room and lined up according to size. This caused a bit of confusion, for some did not realize they were supposed to keep their places.
The children were assigned numbers and told to remember them. There was a certain amount of weaving about, rib-poking, giggling, and subdued rowdiness, but the little people found they were there for serious business. A few words soon set them straight.
Next they were allowed to display their talents. First they were asked to march in time to music, kneel, and make a low bow before an imaginary father. Only one youngster lost heart, leaving the room with tears streaming down his face. The rest performed the task and some did very well.
Then the tots really had fun. They were asked to do a little polka step and soon the room was bobbing with happy children. Some had difficulty and one little boy refused to budge off his chair. Most acted like they enjoyed the polka step more than anything else.
They were then taken in small groups to another room, where a man sitting at a piano asked them to sing, hum, or "somehow make a noise" to "There's No Place Like Home." The youngsters were all embarrassed and shy about this operation, but they managed to finish it and complete their evening performance.
Men's Rush Receives Approval by Council
The procedures for this year's Rush Week received unanimous approval at the Interfraternity Council meeting last night in the Kansas Union.
Dick Jones, McPherson senior and president of the council, said that due to this year's success, the same procedures will be used again next fall.
This year, after a group of rushees completed its first meeting with a fraternity, officers of the fraternity prepared a list of the rushees whom they wished to return for a second meeting.
A student knows early in the week which fraternities are not considering him for pledging. Jones
Last year, students visited any fraternity as often as they wished. Frequently they would not find out that they were not to be pledged until it was too late to be accepted by another fraternity.
KU Alumni Board Meeting Held Today
said, and he is free to visit different ones. The student wastes no time visiting a fraternity which has already decided not to accept him.
The new plan allows more students to pledge. The number of students who did not pledge was 66 per cent lower than last year, Jones said.
The KU Alumni Board met at 10 a.m. today in the English room of the Kansas Union County representatives will report on their plans for this fall's alumni activities.
Fred Ellsworth, executive secretary of the Alumni Assn. said yesterday the Alumni Commission or University Development will also attend the meeting.
A member of the commission's Central Advisory Group, Paul Masoner from Garden City, will report on plans for a meeting Sept. 21 in Garden City to be attended by alumni from 19 western Kansas counties.
Ellsworth said there would also be a large gathering of KU alumni in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 27, the day of the KU-Oregon State football game.
Students Quit At Little Rock
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — (UPI) — School superintendent Virgil T. Blossom disclosed today that 26.4 per cent of the students in one of four closed high schools have transferred to schools outside Little Rock.
Mr. Blossom said 194 students have left Hall High; 102 have left Central High; 2, Little Rock Tech, and 4, Horace Mann (Negro) School, a total of 302.
A total of 3,480 students is enrolled in all the high schools, so the transfers are approaching 10 per cent. Hall has a total of 731 students.
At Lexington, Ky., Gov. Orval Faubus said Little Rock's schools will be re-opened Monday, or as soon thereafter as possible. Regardless of the outcome of a city-wide referendum Saturday.
Gov. Faubus said last night that if the federal government takes action against the re-opening of schools on a private basis, "it will be their responsibility for keeping the schools closed longer."
A plan to shift public schools into private operation would be put into effect if Little Rock votes against integration.
Fee Payment Schedule Set
Thursday Is First Day; Procedural Steps Listed
Thursday will be the start of versity business office as 9,300 ment fees.
Frank Owen, assistant comptroller at the business office, said if students follow three simple steps, his office will make the payment of fees as painless as possible.
STEP TWO: Students go to the east basement of Strong Hall and pick up ID cards.
Students whose fees will be paid from scholarship funds or by scholarship awarding companies must call at the business office before Thursday with their letters of authorization.
Mr. Owen said the process could be speeded if students have their checks made correctly before they get to the pay window.
STEP ONE: Students pick up fee cards in the west basement of Strong Hall from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Students whose last names begin with G-L may pick up fee cards Thursday; M-R on Friday; S-Z Saturday and A-F on Monday.
STEP THREE: Students proceed directly to the business office on the first floor of Strong Hall and pay fees.
A penalty of $2 per day for late payment of fees goes into effect Tuesday, Sept. 30. The enrollment
Twenty-four high school educators representing 15 foreign nations today attended seminars and began participating in campus activities as part of a 3-month training in education.
The instructors arrived at KU yesterday under the International Teacher Development Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education.
15 Educators Begin KU Visit
Members of the group will participate Friday and Saturday in a conference on the teaching of history. Friday evening they will be guests of the University at a dinner in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The program will consist of an introduction of the participating teachers, then an address by Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.
The academic phase of the teachers development program will consist of three parts. They will participate in seminars on education, paying special attention to curriculum, materials and administrations. Field trips for the educators are planned to schools, industries and government offices in the community, and the teachers will also attend classes in their regular teaching fields.
The teachers came to KU from Washington, D.C., where they have just completed a two-week orientation period on the program.
Picture Rental Begins Today
SUA's picture lending library opened today at 8 a.m. in the South Lounge of the Kansas Union.
The library will remain open for two days. Students may rent framed replicas of famous paintings for a semester, at fifty cents per picture.
Paintings by Picasso, Renoir and Van Gogh are among the many represented in the library's 160 pictures.
a $1 million weekend for the Uni-
students begin paying their enroll-
of any student whose fees are not paid by Friday, Oct. 3, will be canceled.
The incidental fees, with in-state and out-of-state rates respectively, are $70 and $165 for undergraduate students; $70 and $120 for graduate students; $110 and $235 for clinical psychology students; and $225 and $450 for medical students.
In addition students pay a campus privilege fee of $33. This fee includes an $11 activity fee, $12 health fee, $7.50 Kansas Union fee and $2.50 Kansas Union Annex building fee.
During the 4-day fee payment period the business office will suspend most of its regular business, including cashing checks.
History Lecture To Be Friday
Dr. Edward Kirkland, professor emeritus of history at Bowdow College, Brunswick, Me., will speak at a public lecture Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. The address is in conjunction with the opening of the Conference on Teaching of History at the University of Kansas.
DR. EDWARD KIRKLAND
Dr. Kirkland will speak on "Real Gold in the Gilded Age." He will cover significant developments in American history from 1865 to 1900.
Dr. Kirkland is a former president of the American Association of University Professors and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he received his master's and doctor's degrees from Havard,
Dr. Ambrose Saricks, associate professor of history and chairman of the conference planning committee, terms Dr. Kirkland "an outstanding speaker and a fine scholar in his field."
Weather
Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain east and north this afternoon. Scattered showers west and diminishing rain extreme northeast tonight. Mostly cloudy east, scattered showers west and central tomorrow. Cooler east this afternoon and northwest tomorrow. Strong gusty winds 25 to 35 miles per hour this afternoon. Low tonight 55 to 65. High tomorrow 75 to 85.