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University, Daily: Kansas
Fridav. Feb. 22. 1957
He Still Loves Jazz
Saxophone Is Responsible For Professor's Career
By HELEN SMOYER Of The Daily Kansan Staff
During the warm fall nights of 1917, a young soldier from Ft. Crockett leaned against the wall outside a Galveston, Tex., cafe, listening to New Orleans jazz. Perhaps during the rest nights he heard Louis Armstrong and other famous musicians who had recently left Storyville in New Orleans. Jazz was music the soldier loved. He persuaded other members of the Coast Artillery Band to have jam sessions during their off-duty hours.
CARROLL D. CLARK
Don Cossacks Here Again
The original Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers will make their first appearance in Lawrence since 1976 at 8:20 p.m. Friday, March 1 in Hoch Auditorium. Students with ID cards will be admitted free.
When formed in 1920, the men were a group of Russian soldiers who had left their homes to escape Communist domination. The men turned to song to alleviate their homesickness.
Sege Jaroff, who had studied to be a choirmaster previous to being made a Cossack officer, selected the best voices from the soldiers and organized a choir. At first, they were a chorus of 30 men who sang Russian songs from their memory.
They became the choir of the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sofia in Bulgaria. One of the congregation, a concert manager, sent them on their first tour.
'Best' Paper Wins Prize
George W. Swift, Lawrence graduate student, won first prize for the best student paper presented at a meet of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Kansas City, Mo.
His paper was entitled, "The Determination of Liquid Viscosities of Normally Gaseous Hydrocarbons at Low Temperatures and High Pressures.
Joseph A. Christy, Lawrence graduate student; Fred Kurata, professor of chemical engineering, and A. A. Heckes, who received his master's degree in chemical engineering in February, helped Swift collect information for his paper.
Newman Club Dance Tonight
Newman Club Dance Tonight
A semi-formal dance will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 tonight by the Newman Club, a Catholic youth group. John Carlos' band will play for the dance which will be in the Jayhawker Room of the Student Union. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. George Towle and Miss Mary Towle will chaperon.
The number of power boats on New Hamshire's inland waters totaled 25,851 in 1956, more than double the number of boats registered in 1948.
Reminiscent of Circus
The soldier was far from his Kansas home, but the music brought memories of his first saxophone and the many happy hours he had spent teaching himself ragtime music. It reminded him, too, of the circus bands which had visited his small Kansas town, and which gave him his first acquaintance with New Orleans jazz.
After the war in France was over, the soldier returned to his home state to attend the University. Four years gave him lots of time to practice his playing technique but it left him little time to play jazz. By playing in bands and theater orchestras, he was able to pay for his college expenses.
After graduation, he played in a band that accepted a job to play in a Wisconsin hotel resort. The pay was law, but the hours were short so the band accepted jobs at dances. They gained popularity by playing a few pieces of Chicago jazz along with the hits of Tin Pan Alley.
Trailer A Convenience
During one summer vacation he had chances to play jazz in mountain towns in Idaho. He and his family were living in a house trailer that summer and his wife was frightened when he left her and the children alone at night. He solved the problem by hooking the trailer to the car and parking it near the dance hall where he was playing.
The offer of a position on the staff at KU meant that he must try to give up his interest in jazz because jazz wasn't looked upon too favorably by the academic community. For 12 years he devoted his time to teaching. His musical interest turned to some of his favorite old masters.
Finally, he felt that jazz could be taken as a new, evolving American music. So he bought a new saxophone and again played his favorite music.
Today you can find him in his office puffing on his curved pipe while watching cardinals in the feeding station outside his window. Perhaps, you think, he has given up this "wild" jazz. But evenings you might see him playing jazz with a faculty group or at home listening to his jazz records. Jazz has remained a great interest with Dr. Carroll D. Clark, professor of sociology.
Faculty Star In Concert
The Little Symphony Orchestra will make their second appearance of the year in a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Strong Auditorium.
The concert will feature Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice, bass-baritone soloist; Karel Blaas, assistant professor of viola and music theory, viola soloist and Roy Hamlin Johnson, assistant professor of piano, piano soloist.
The program will include "Scene Andalouse" by Joaquin Turina and "Le Bal Masque" by Francis Poulenc, for baritone soloist and small orchestra.
Other works on the program are "Symphony No. 39" in E flat major by Mozart and "Sonata for Chamber Orchestra" by Richard Arnell.
The film which "made the Frenchmen blush." "One Summer of Happiness," will be shown at 7:30 p. m. today in Hoch Auditorium as one of the University Film Series. The Swedish film stars Ulla Jacobson, and was a grand prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival in 1855.
Swedish Film Next In University Series
Business Booming At Watson Library
The film opens at a funeral in a small cemetery in Sweden. Goran, played by Folke Sundquist, enters the cemetery. When everyone gazes reproachfully at him he runs away. In a flashback the picture reveals the love story of Kirsten, played by Ulla Jacobsson and the person who has died, and Goran.
Who says students don't know where Watson Library is? Between 250 and 600 books are checked out daily from the main circulation desk, librarians report.
Turkey growers in North Dakota say they plan to raise three per cent less turkeys in 1957.
The Lawrence Jewish Community Center received $1126.05 from the benefit showing of the film "Battle Hymn" Thursday night in the Granada Theater.
during the week of Feb. 11-17,
an average of 528 books were
checked out each day from the
undergraduate library. Monday, Feb.
11 was the peak day with 781 books
checked out by students.
Contributions have also come from several eastern cities. A social security check for $46.80 was received with the note "You can probably use this better than I can."
"We have had wonderful cooperation from people on the Hill and in town," said Alex Donnelly, 1530 Stratford Rd., chairman of the ticket committee.
Jewish Benefit Yields $1,126
Arkansas has been under four flags—Spanish, French, the Confederate and American.
The money will be used to redecorate the Jewish Community Center.
"In an economy such as our we can talk of inflation and recession at the same time," Edwin G. Nourse, first chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President, told a Kansan reporter. "It's like driving along a mountain road. You look up at the towering cliffs above you and on the other side there is a sudden drop."
He said that he did not think the nation is headed for another depression, despite predictions by government and business.
Economic Situation Is Like Driving Along Mountain Road
Mr. Nourse said that whether or not this recessional period will take place in 1957 is not certain. The next two months are critical ones. There is usually a large seasonal upturn in spring. So far, sales of automobiles, building of houses and European buying since the Middle East crisis have been low. If there is not a strong recovery this spring our economy will probably suffer a recession.
"We can expect a slowing down period in our economy, a recession, because we have reached the peak of 12 years of inflation, but this is perfectly normal and can be combatted if we don't get excited," he said.
"A recession does not mean that we will have a depression comparable to the one in the '30's," Mr.
Nourse said. "Our whole economy is on a more stable basis. Our financial arrangements are more sound and the government has means of containing recession now.
"There is today a waste in government spending which we ought to get rid of by prudent management, but if government curtails its spending at the same time that business and labor put more control on prices and wages we would most definitely fall into a slump.
"If government can spend wisely on such things as schools, highways and public improvements, we can get caught up in these areas while we put an end to the inflation we now have and dispel any possibilities of a depression," he said.
AWS Elects 3 To House Offices
Wanda Welliever, Oberlin junior,
was elected vice president of the
Associated Women Students House
of Representatives.
Janet Jackson, Lawrence freshman, was elected secretary-treasurer and Dianne Hays, Kansas City, Kan., junior. House representative to the AWS Senate.
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