SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
45th Year, No. 6
Friday, June 28, 1957
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GETTING ACQUAINTED — Shown chatting at a get-acquainted party on the balcony adjoining the Kansas Room in the Student Union during the KU Writers' Conference are (from left) Frances Grinstead, associate professor of journalism and director of the conference; Elizabeth Gregg Patterson, fiction leader of the conference, and Lewis H. Nordyke, non-fiction leader during the conference.
School Of Fine Arts Recital To Be Presented By Faculty
A home-coming couple and a guest instructor will join with other colleagues of the School of Fine Arts faculty to present a summer faculty recital at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday in Hoch Auditorium.
The newly-returned pair are Jo-*
The newly-returned pair are seph and Marie Wilkins. Professor Wilkins, head of KU's voice department, and Mrs. Wilkins have been in business for some years. They leave and have been working on a book of vocal duets in several volumes which will be published soon by G. Schimer, Inc.
Sang In New York
Professor Wilkins, who received his advanced vocal study in Italy and Germany, sang leading tenor roles in Italian opera companies and with the Schubert theatre productions in this country before joining the KU faculty in 1935.
Other participants will be Edward Masters, assistant professor of trumpet and assistant director of the KU band, who was principal solo cornetist with the U.S. Marine band for 16 years; Don Scheid, clarinetist, a graduate of Michigan State University, and presently instructor in clarinet at KU; Karel Blaas, violist, assistant professor of theory and stringed instruments, a graduate of the Eastman School of Music; and, Margaret Ling, harpist, whose training was at the University of Michigan.
Mrs. Wilkins has sung with the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, making her debut by replacing Lily Pons in "Lakme." She has appeared in recitals in Town Hall, New York, and has been soloist for the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, in Lindsborg, and in the Ashville Mozart festivals. From 1946 to 1949 she was an artist-teacher on the School of Fine Arts faculty.
The guest instructor is Max M. Waits, flutist, and assistant professor of flute at the University of Tulsa and first flutist of the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a member of the KU faculty this summer. His advanced study was with George Laurant and Marcel Moyse.
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Weather
The varied program will include
Mostly cloudy through today. Thundershowers and rain central and east today. Cooler in the southeast. Otherwise no temperature change.
trumpet solos by Mr. Masters "Danse espagnole" by Baret, "Cарriccio" by Pascal; clarinet solo by Mr. Scheid, "Fantasie italienne" by Delmas; "Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp" performed by Miss Ling, Mr. Blaas, and Mr. Waits, and two duets by Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins: "Esuli pur la barbara" from "L'Elisir d'amore" by Donizetti and the Finale from the first act of "Madame Butterfly" by Puccini.
Accompanists will be Winifred Gallup, Janet Turk and Charles Moon.
First Visiting Conductors To Lead Concerts
The first two guest conductors of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp will lead the camp band and orchestra through the second and third summer concerts Sunday afternoon and evening.
Eight more concerts will be given before the closing date of the camp, July 28.
The guest conductors are Jose Vasquez, conductor of the University of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City, Mexico, and Wayne Hertz, chairman of the school of music at Central Washington College of Education, Ellensberg, Wash. Mr. Hertz is also the director of choral music at the college.
The guest conductors have been working with the musical groups during the past week and will lead both the band and orchestra in the concerts.
Following are the programs for the two concerts:
Orchestra-Chorus
Sunday, June 30
nam. Hoch Auditorium
Theme Song: Irish Tune from County Derry, Grainger.
Orchestra: Overture to Der Freischutz, Weber; Symphony No. 2 in b minor, Borodin; First Movement; Allegro. Mr. Carney. Conducting.
Chorus; O God Thou Faithful God,
Brahms; Plorate Fili Israel, Carissimi;
Glory to God in the Highest,
Frank; Brigadoon Selection, Loewe.
Mr. Hertz, conducting.
Chorus and Orchestra: Battle Hymn of the Republic, arr. Ringwald. Mr. Krehbiel and Mr. Carney, conducting.
Orchestra: Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Saint Saens, Third Movement, Fourth Movement; Three Acuarelas de Viaje, Vasquez, El Largo of Amatitlan, Retorno, Mr. Vasquez, conducting.
Theme Song: Irish Tune from County Derry, Grainger.
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Dog's Collar Too Tight, Says Writer
Virginia Miller, Wichita senior, was concerned at lunch Wednesday when she noticed a group of excited Music campers gathered around her cocker spaniel.
Upon investigating she found a mysterious piece of paper under the dog's collar was the course of their excitement.
The note read: "To owner of nice dog. Please loosen your good little dog's collar. It is too tight."
The note was signed by Esther Norman, Leavenworth, who is attending the Kansas Writers' Conference.
Miss Miller loosened the collar.
Educational TV To Be Discussed
The Kansas Council for Children and Youth will meet at the Kansas State Teachers Assn. building in Topeka, from 1 to 4 p.m. today.
The Rev. Mr. Charles A. Smith, president of the council and executive director, Catholic Social Service, Diocese of Wichita, will preside over the meeting which is open to the public.
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Hulda Wegener, executive secretary of the Kansas State Nurses' Assn. will discuss plans for an intensive statewide nursing survey.
Other speakers will include Mrs. Nellie Kennedy and R. L. Warkentin, of the State Department of Labor, Topeka. They will discuss recent developments concerning the child labor problem in Kansas. They will comment upon the need for revisions in present child labor laws as well as suggest work possibilities for youngsters.
Prospects for educational television in Kansas will be discussed by Oliver Ebel, executive secretary, Kansas Medical Society, Topeka. Ebel will review background information, legislative activities, and the current situation, with recommendations and comments, concerning possibilities for educational television in Kansas.
WATSON LIBRARY TEA—Members of the Assm. of College and Research Libraries visited KU Wednesday to attend a luncheon in the
Student Union and a tea in Watson Library. The members have been attending a meeting of the American Library Assn. in Kansas City, Mo.
McCoy Is Named Correspondence Bureau Head
Dr. Donald R. McCoy will become director of the Correspondence Study Bureau of KU and assistant professor of history, effective July 1.
Dr. McCoy succeeds Miss Ruth Kenney, who retires July 1 after 27 years as Director of this nationally-known program.
DR. DONALD R. McCOY
Active In Extension Work
Dr. McCoy received his master's degree from the University of Chicago, and was awarded the Ph.D. in history from American University in 1954.
He has been active in university extension activities at State Teachers College, Cortland, N. Y., where he was associate professor of history and assistant to the director of conferences.
Dr. McCoy will hold the rank of assistant professor of history at KU and will give some time to teaching.
Within the past five years, Dr. McCoy has had eight articles accepted for publication in journals.
He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa; American Assn. of University Professors; American Studies Assn., Mississippi Valley Historical Assn. and New York State Historical Assn. He served in the U. S. Army from 1945 to 1947; was honored as a research fellow at American University in 1950-51, and was an archivist in the Interior Section, National Archives. 1951-52.
Will Head Nationally Recognized Bureau
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The new director will take over a correspondence study program with approximately 7,800 enrollments, ranking it fifth in the nation among colleges and universities. The KU Bureau ranks fourth in the nation for percentage of completions, with 81 percent.
Parents' Day Is Scheduled
The sixth annual Parents' Day for the parents of new students at the University will be October 12, the date of the Iowa State football game.
Parents of students entering KU in the fall semester will be invited to see first hand the classroom and laboratory facilities of the University, to meet and become acquainted with faculty members, and to visit the various places of interest on the campus.
Chairman for the Parents' Day committee is Gerald Pearson, director of extension classes. Co-chairman is L. Martin Jones, assistant professor of business administration.