University Daily Kansan
Page 6
Tuesday, April 30, 1957
Opera Performances Called Professional
By IONE TRIMMING (Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
The operas opened Monday night. They were good.
"Trouble in Tahiti" by Bernstein was funny yet tragic. You laughed at the absurd action of the couple, Beverly Runkle, Pittsburg, and Jack Davison, Boliver, Mo., juniors, and sympathized because they couldn't help themselves.
Miss Runkle fought a good battle to be heard above the orchestra. Only in the loudest parts did the orchestra cover her. Because of this struggle, her performance was strained.
Radio commercial singers depicted a life of ease and pleasantness. The music they sang was in close harmony and in a modern jazz tempo. J. C. Kliewer, Lawrence graduate student, Bonnie Dinsmore, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Don Farrar, Kansas City, Mo. juniors, offered a vivid contrast to the unhappy situation of the couple.
Miss Runkle looked as if she were putting out all she had. The audience met her efforts and enjoyed her performance.
Fought Well
If Davison was working under the same strain, it was not apparent. His enunciation was outstanding. It was no trouble to understand every word.
The voices of the couple thrilled the audience in the duet in the rain.
Pantomime for the most part was realistic. Davison had trouble pantomiming the opening and closing of a door.
Lighting technicians did fine jobs keeping the attention focused on the right performer in both operas.
"Gianni Schicchi"
Blocking in "Gianni Schicchi" was exceptional. Despite the 14 and 12 people on stage, the soloists were never covered. Relatives spent much time following Gianni Schicchi around, but never looked crowded or uneasy.
Bruce Loganbill, Newton graduate student, as Gianni Schichli combined good acting and singing to make an outstanding performance.
Chemists Picnic Saturday
The Chemistry Club picnic will be held at Lone Star Lake at 3 p.m. Saturday. Those planning to attend will be assigned to cars by the transportation committee at the Chemistry Club meeting Thursday.
Merrilyn Coleman, Lawrence senior, and Farrar did fine jobs as the lovers.
Direction of Dean Thomas Gorton of the School of Fine Arts held both operas together. An air of professionalism was established and kept through both performances.
A psychiatric social worker from Topeka will lead a Social Work Day here Monday.
Mrs. Arthur Leader, a consultant in psychiatric social work to the Shawnee Guidance Center, the Topeka State Hospital, and the newly established Kansas Treatment Center for Children, will lead the Institute entitled, "Continuing Professional Growth—The Concerns of the Practicing Worker."
Miss Esther Twente, chairman of the department of social work at KU will speak on "Social Work and Social Work Education Down Under," at the evening banquet in the Memorial Union Ballroom.
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If there ever was a "one-type" actor, he's screen newcomer Pat Hingle who makes his motion picture debut in Columbia Pictures' "The Strange One," starring Ben Gazzara in the title role.
Pat plays Koble, the dull-witted cadet who is the roommate of Jocko De Paris, portrayed by Gazzara. There never has been another Koble.
Pat played the role in the original Actor's Studio project, stayed with it off-Broadway and later moved to Broadway in the part. Now he's Koble again, in the Calder Willingham screen play based on Willingham's novel and stage play. "The Strange One" introduces Julie Wilson and features, besides Hingle, Mark Richman, George Peppard, Arthur Storch and James Olson.
Selective Service Exam Slated
An additional selective service qualification test will be given May 16 for students who were unable to
Norvel McClung, assistant professor of botany, is taking part in a round table discussion at the meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists Monday through Thursday in Detroit. Prof. McClung will participate in the discussion of "Taxonomy of Actinomycetes," soil micro-organisms.
KU Man At Detroit Meeting
take the last regularly scheduled test.
Applications may be obtained at the Registrar's office. All applications must be postmarked before Monday if the student is to be eligible for the examination.
The 3-hour test is tentatively scheduled for 8:45 a.m. May 16 in the Oread Room, Student Union.
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