Daily Hansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
54th Year, No.78
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1957
Group Pictures For Jayhawker Begin Monday
Campus organization pictures for the Jayhawkers will be taken Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 11, 13 and 14. Pictures will be taken in the Student Union Ballroom.
"Students in these organizations are urged to be on time to have their pictures taken. No schedule changes on the students' part will be possible," George Blackburn, Joplin, Mo., junior and Jayhawker editor, said Monday.
The schedule for pictures:
Feb. 11 — 10 p.m., American Pharmaceutical Assn.; 10:25 p.m.
Delta Sigma Pi; 8:30 p.m., Campus Chest; 8:55 p.m., Jay Janes; 9:20 p.m,
Red Peppers; 7:45 p.m., home town correspondents; 8:05 p.m.
country club chairman.
Feb. 13—6:45 p.m., KuKu Club;
7:10 p.m., AWS (House members);
7:35 p.m., Pershing Rifles; 8 p.m.
Scabbard and Blade; 8:25 p.m., Navy
freshmen; 8:50 p.m., Navy soph-
mores; 9:15 p.m., Navy juniors; 9:40
p.m, Navy seniors; 10:25 p.m, Sigma
Tau; 10:30 p.m, Tau Beta Pi.
Feb. 14 — 6:45 p.m., Quack Club;
7:10 p.m., POGO; 7:35 p.m., Jayhawker House representatives; 8 p.m., Jayhawker secretaries; 8:25 p.m., A K Psi; 8:50 p.m., University Players; 9:15 p.m., Froshaws; 9:40 p.m., Owl Society; 10:05 p.m., IFPC;
10:30 p. m. IFC.
Clinic Aid In Reading Skills
Students with academic difficulties receive help in improving their reading ability and general study methods through the Reading and Study Skills Laboratory.
The purpose of the program is "to help the student help himself," said Henry P. Smith, director of the clinic and professor of education. "We have no magic to offer but we attempt to teach the student how to take better notes, get the most out of class attendance, study for and take different examinations and read various kinds of material for fullest comprehension."
The classes meet for an hour two or three times a week for a six or nine-week period. There is no outside preparation. Two sections will open on Monday, Feb. 18 and two will open March 5.
For the average student who wishes to improve his reading speed, classes in rapid reading are offered. Under this plan the individual is able to start at an appropriate speed and progress at his own rate.
Any students interested should go to the Reading and Study Skills Laboratory office .102 Bailey, from 2 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
But What Happened To The Beginning?
Several coeds met in the Hawk's Nest recently for a cup of coffee, and they were discussing the things they had done between semesters.
One coed had done some reading and said to the others, "I've almost finished 'The End of the Affair'," referring to the well-known book.
Another coed, with a note of disbelief in her voice answered,
"That's fine, but didn't you read the beginning?"
—(Dally Kansan photo)
DONT FENCE ME IN—This barbed wire exhibit found on the first floor of Strong Hall, shows various types of fencing used from the late 1870's to the present. An advertisement, printed in 1877, shows the multiple uses of barbed wire which appealed to railway companies because of its "floodproof, sparkproof, long lasting" wire. The advertisement adds that "over 150 railway companies use it. It is lighter per rod than any other wire made from the same sized wires, and it has more barbs per rod."
Let The Welkin Ring For 'Of Thee I Sing'
By TOM SAWYER
(Of the Daily Kansan Staff)
The University Theatre came of age Monday when its godfather, the Light Opera Guild, helped it into its first pair of long pants. And long they were as "Of Thee I Sing" ran its near 3-hour course in Fraser Theater.
The splashy, bombastic and kaleidoscopic 1928 political satire was energetically reincarnated by a talented army of 107 musicians, singers, dancers and actors who displayed what proved to be a superhuman stamina.
The Kaufman-Ryskind story tells of John P. Wintergreens fight for the U. S. presidency on a platform of love. In the course of the election he jilts vampish Diana Devereaux and weds the more wholesome Mary Turner. France champions the spurned Diana's cause because she is an "illegitimate" relative of Napoleon. War seems imminent but diplomatic relations are re-established when the insignificant vice president, Alexander Throttlebottom, woos and wins the French damsel.
Donald Farrar, Kansas City, Mo,
junior, as the president was flamboyant, forceful and a very pleasing tenor. His spouse Mary, winsomely done by Sara Jo Pursley, Coffeyville junior, was a glittering picture of charm and radiance as her silvery voice penetrated the entire theater.
More versatility was required of Beverly Runkle, Pittsburg junior, as a Diana whose earthy contralto contributed greatly in tracing her decline from a lady to a nymph of the pavement.
But perhaps the great audience favorite of the evening was Dale Bellerose, Lawrence sophomore, as Throttlebottom. He did no singing as he pattered his way in and out of the story, but if his acting talents as an ignored and confused politician are indicative then his vocalizing would certainly have been welcome.
Gershwin score was executed in sparkling manner by the orchestra under the affluent baton of Gerald M. Carney, associate professor of music education.
Noteworthy in major supporting roles were John Husar, Chicago sophomore; Roger Stanton, Marysville freshman; Henry Walling Independence senior; Claude Kean, Olathe junior; Jack Jordan, DeSoto freshman, and Marvin Carlson, Wichita senior.
Other recommendations were the most comprehensive and melodious singing of Bruce Loganbill, Newton graduate student, as the French ambassador, and the precision and grace of a dancing sextet. The
The untimeliness of "Of Thee I Sing" probably explains its ultimate failure when revived on Broadway in 1952. The humor is dated, mores after the recent elections, and the inserted dialogue did little to soften old puns.
Good use was made of a comic newsreel film produced at the University by John Branigan, Kansas City, Mo., senior. However, what portions of the musical that couldn't be crammed onto the stage and the film overflowed, a la Olsen and Johnson, into the audience.
All the above was somehow quite monumentally and smoothly coordinated by stage manager Kenneth Baker, Helmetta, N. J., freshman, and his staff. Original minds were seen at work in the clever stage settings of Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama, and the story and intricate lighting design of E. Arthur Kean, instructor of speech and drama. And technical orchids must most assuredly go to Loid Quaid, Norman, Okla., graduate student, who designed and executed several dozens of radiant and glittering costumes of the roaring twenties.
KU, A&M Tickets On Sale To Feb. 12
Tickets will probably be available for the Kansas-Oklahoma A&M game Feb. 12 until the day of the game, Earl Falkenstien, athletic business manager, said today. They are on sale at Allen Field House and the Student Union ticket office.
Sales are going well. Mr. Falkenstien said, but a sellout is not expected. KU has averaged more than 14,500 fans a game this year, with three of the games being sellouts.
Want To Learn How To Drive?
University students and faculty members wanting to learn how to drive or sharpen their driving habits are given the opportunity with the voluntary driver's education course offered by the Safety Center of University Extension.
The course is usually taken in 10 lessons, at $2.50 a lesson, and is given by two KU students, Maurice Colvin, Kansas City, and Jim Swenson, Lawrence, seniors.
Upon completion of the course a certificate is given which helps the person obtain a state driver's license.
The program will be offered the remainder of this semester and will become a year-round course.
Registration can be made at any time and there is no deadline or minimum number of people who can enroll.
Bailey Sets Film Show
Films from the television program, "You Are There," will be presented by the department of visual instruction at 4 p.m. Wednesday in 3 Bailey.
The films are "Dr. Pinel Unchaina the Insane," the story of treatment of the insane and "First Major Test of Penicillin," the story of the preparations made to test the new "wonder drug" on wounded soldiers in World War II.
Both films are 27 minutes long and are narrated by Walter Cronkite news commentator.
Attendance Bill Up For Vote By Student Council
The All Student Council will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Parlor A of the Student Union to vote on two bills. One bill concerns ASC meeting attendance. The bill would provide for the removal from office of members if a prescribed number of meetings are missed.
The other bill proposes the establishment of a leadership training program for the president of each University organization.
Phyllis Carter, Lawrence senior will report on the International Relations conference held at Texas A&M College in December. A committee will report on plans for obtaining activity tickets for wives of married students
The council will consider approving various appointments to the Student Court.
BSU To Lend Helping Hand
Members of the Baptist Student Union voted Friday and Saturday to help local Southern Baptist churches in a city-wide census and to organize a missions program for presentation in churches at a mid-winter retreat.
Speakers during the retreat were the Rev. Richard Dayringer, state BSU pastor-advisor, and the Rev. L. William Crews, Southern Baptist missionary at Haskell Institute.
Following the Saturday meetings, the group had a chili supper at the home of Student Director Charles Beck, instructor in electrical engineering, and attended the KU-Iowa State basketball game.
Weather
Partly cloudy west considerable cloudiness east tonight and Wednesday. Intermittent drizzle continuing southeast tonight and extreme east and south Wednesday. A little warmer south central and east Wednesday. Low tonight 15 northwest to 32 southeast.
45 On School Of Fine Arts Honor Roll; 2 Make All A's
The School of Fine Arts has listed 45 students on the dean's honor roll for the fall semester. The number is the top 10 per cent of the students enrolled in the school.
Two students made all "A's." They are William A. Henry, Parkville, Mo., sophomore, and Sharon Tripp, Lawrence senior.
Others on the honor roll: Bill Albright, Buhler sophomore; Lavena Brown, Colby freshman; Carol Brumfield, Lewis senior; Marlan Carlson, Wayne, Neb., sophomore; Carolyn Craft, Junction city senior; Robert Deines Russell junior; Roger Dow, Waipahu Hawaii senior; Mary Dozier, Lyndon freshman; Sandra Falwell, Kansas City, Kan., junior; Richard Fanolio, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
John P. Feighner, Wellsville,
sophomore; Jayne Ferrin, Topeka
juniper; Weston George, Wichita
senior; Sue Gewinner, Webster
notti, Franklin Square, N. Y., senior.
Joanne Halderson, Bartlesville, Okla., freshman; James Hamil, Mission junior; Sandra Harding, Lawrence freshman; Alan Harris, Lawrence junior; Annette Hasbrook, Ill., senior.
Sara Jane Hopkins, Boonville, Mo., sophomore; Robert Johnson, Hutchinson senior. Dorothy Lackey Matfield Green sophomore; David Laney, Lawrence sophomore; Joanna Lord, Shawnee junior; Vernon Miller, Wichita senior.
Barbara Mulvany, West Springs, Ill., senior; Loretta Nauman, Alton freshman; Edward Nichols, Lawrence senior; Penelope O'Daniel, Kansas City, Kan., freshman; Lucy Remple, Lawrence junior.
Carole Riedmiller, Glasco freshman; Raymond Roberts, Kingman senior; Beverly Runkle, Pittsburg junior; Sara Simpson, Salina sophomore; Judith Temple, Cape Girardeau. Mo., junior.
Suzanne Thompson, Des. Moines,
Iowa, freshman; Mary Warren,
Muskogee, Okla., sophomore.
Joyce Watters, Salina freshman; Jo Wiens, Belle Plaine sophomore; Judith Wolverton, Topeka sophomore; Connie Wynkoop, Wichita senior; Mary Lou Yowell, McPherson sophomore.