Daily hansan
54th Year, No.130
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, April 26, 1957
AGI Outlines Party Platform
With candidates selected for the All Student Council and the general election campaign in full swing, the Allied Greek-Independent party issued its platform.
1. Students who take part in student government must be sincerely interested in promoting student welfare.
2. Student government must not be dominated by the University administration.
3. A channel for the presentation of student problems to the administration must be kept open.
5. Appointments will be made solely on the basis of qualifications.
4. Prior to elections no appointments will be considered or promised.
6. Every effort shall be made to strengthen student government in its new form.
7. The student housing problem must be investigated.
8. School spirit must be improved.
9. The problem of obtaining capable instructors for elementary courses must be given serious study.
10. The students must be kept informed of business being considered by the ASC.
- Designs by two KU students will appear on the covers of future issues of the KU Alumni Magazine.
Cover Designs By Students
Willis Forney, Lawrence, and Carolyn Yates, Kansas City, Mo., juniors, won a contest in a commercial art class taught by Roger English, instructor in design.
Honorable mention for designs went to John Turner, Pawnee Rock, Joanna Lord. Shawnee, Robert Sweet, Baxter Springs, and Richard Berger, Kansas City, Kan., juniors.
Honor Groups To Be Given Oral Exam
Students in honor groups discussions will be allowed to take an oral exam for the Western Civilization final May 11. In addition, they must write a paper outside class on a topic related to the course.
Students taking the oral exams will meet with a faculty board of three persons. This is an experiment being tried for the first time this year, according to Francis Heller, professor of political science and chairman of the Western Civilization department.
Students taking either the oral or written exam must register by Monday.
"A rule change by the college faculty at a December meeting stated that students wanting to get six hours credit for Western Civilization had to take the exam the same semester they finished the reading program." Mr. Heller said.
"The rule change was made only four days before the exam," he said. Since about 25 or 30 students had finished the reading program and had not registered for the exam, those persons can get an adjustment at the Western Civilization department.
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Opera Bill Fare Something New Something Old
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Something new and something old in operas will be performed at 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Fraser Theater.
FESTIVAL REHEARSALS—Shadrach Okova, left, of Kakamega, Kenya, and Augustine G. Kyei, Ghana, will sing folks songs from Central Africa at the Foreign Student Festival Saturday in the Student Union.
The something new is "Trouble in Tehiti," by Leonard Bernstein. which "shatters conventional and established ideas in opera and attempts something new." according to Jack Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama, director of staging for the opera.
Is It Opera
Whether or not "Trouble in Tabiti" is an opera or not has been the discussion among cast members during the two months of rehearsals.
"The music is too much on the pop side to be considered operatic," someone said. "But what about the duet in the rain? That's a number I'll put alongside the greats." another said.
Jack Davison, in order to play his role, had to take time to learn to punch a bag in Robinson Gym.
Second Opera Is Older
"Those who have always had reservations about opera, need have no apprehensions about Puccini's satiric face," said Jack Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama.
The story is a romantic Renaissance romp dealing with a wealthy Florentine who has just died after cutting off his relatives in his will. The family is frantic until they decide to call in Gianni Schicchi to think up a way to change the will. This he does to his own advantage. Bruce Loganbill, Newton graduate student, plays Gianni Schicchi.
When "Gianni Schiechi" was performed for the first time in the United States in English, Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice, played Siome, one of the relatives. The production was done by the Philadelphia Civic Opera Co. in January, 1926, with Nelson Eddy singing Gianni Schiechi.
"At that time, there was no English translation," Mr. Schmidt said "Our conductor, Alexander Smallens made his own translation."
We did one performance a year for four years, he said.
Changed Little
Music director is Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts; staging by Mr. Brooking; sets and costumes, Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama; and lighting by E. Arthur Kean, instructor of speech and drama.
"This production is much the same as we did it," he said. "They are using a different translation. The stage movements are a little different, but that is all," he said.
Texas Company Starts Awards
The Texas Company has established an annual scholarship program at the University of Kansas for freshmen. it can be renewed for four years, Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announced today.
The Texaco scholar will receive payment of all fees and an allowance of $75 for books. His major department will receive an additional $100. The scholarship will be worth $281 for a Kansan and $471 for a non-resident.
Weather
Generally fair west, considerable cloudiness east with scattered showers mostly southeast portion this afternoon. Saturday fair to partly cloudy. Cooler over state this afternoon and tonight and in southeast portion Saturday. Low tonight 30 northwest to 55 southeast. High State 55-65.
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JUST A FEW HINTS . . . Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice, gives a little advice to Karl Garrett, Lawrence freshman, above, who plays Dr. Spinelloccio in Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi." Prof. Schmidt played Siome in the first English production of the opera in the United States. Seated at the piano is Meredith Nystrom, Maryville, Mo. sophomore.
Beverly Runkle, Pittsburg junior, below, rehearses her role of a young wife who is swayed by radio commercials in Bernstein's "Trouble in Tahiti." The opera is a jazzy presentation of life and advertising in the United States. Bernstein said his original purpose was to poke fun, but the more he wrote, the more he understood. The operas Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Fraser Auditorium will be the last productions in Fraser.
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