Daily hansan
54th Year, No. 59
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, Dec. 7, 1956
—(Daily kansan photo)
IT'S SUSPENDED ON AN IRON PIPE-This modern Christmas tree began as a class project in architectural engineering. Twenty-nine students each presented a plan to the class for suggestions and criticism before making their model. Each student spent nearly 15 hours constructing a model. The cardboard pyramid models range in size from 8 inches on a side to 8 feet. The joints are glued. The iron pipe is 10 feet high. Abstract tension- compressions at the top.
compression models are at the top.
Christmas Vespers Dec.16
"Hodie Christus Natus Est," written and played by Laurel Everett Anderson, professor of organ and theory, and University organist, will be presented Sunday, Dec. 16, at the 32nd annual Christmas Vespers.
Programs will be at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. The Vespers, presented by the School of Fine Arts, will feature the A Cappella Choir, directed by Clayton Krehbiel, assistant professor of music education; the KU Symphony Orchestra, directed by Russell L. Wiley, director of University band and orchestra; the choral ensemble, directed by John Cooper, Lawrence senior, and tableaux under the direction of the Departments of Drawing and Painting and Design.
Preceding each presentation will be a carillon recital by Ronald M. Barnes, carillonneur and music history instructor, and carols played from the balcony of Hoch Auditorium by the brass ensemble, directed by Edward Masters, assistant professor of band and orchestra.
During an intermission, the Jay Janes will collect an offering for the Christmas Vespers Scholarship Fund. The program will be broadcast over KANU and KFKU from 3:30-4 p.m.
Speech I Students See Scenes Of Play Put Together
Speech I students watched the speech and drama department put together a scene from "The House of Bernarda Alba" in Fraser Theater.
Jack T. Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama, explained how a play was picked, prepared for production, and presented.
"Bernarda Alba," he said, was chosen in contrast to the first play of the University series, "The Rainmaker," which had a dominance of male characters. This gives both the men and women students interested in drama an equal chance to act, he said.
After the script is chosen, a preliminary cast is narrowed down by
Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama, told how scenery and costumes in the play were adapted to carry the tone of the play — heaviness in the architecture and furnishings, symbolizing the authority of Bernarda Alba.
readings by students competing for parts, Prof. Brooking said.
E. Arthur Kean, instructor of speech and drama, demonstrated the elements of lighting and some of the special effects used in the current play.
A short scene from "The House of Bernarda Alba" then was run in full dress to show the students how numerous factors contribute to the unity of any production.
560 To Take English Exam
Approximately 560 students are registered to take the English proficiency examination from 2 to 5 n.m. Saturday.
About 280 students from the College of Arts and Sciences, 60 from the School of Fine Arts, 170 from the school of Education, 45 from the School of Journalism and four student nurses from the University Medical Center are planning on taking the examination. Late registration will add slightly to these totals.
Students who fail will be notified by mail. The nmaes of the students passing the examination will be in the University Daily Kansan.
Each examination paper will be graded by three teachers and the results of the examination will be released shortly after the Christmas vacation.
Rooms in Malott, Bailey, Lindley,
Snow and Fraser will be used for
the examination. Pen, ink, and dic
ictionary should be brought by each
student. The paper will be furnished.
No Tickets For ID Cards
There will be no identification card-ticket exchange for the basketball games—at least not for awhile.
However, the Student Athletic Board will meet with A. C. (Dutch) Lonberg, athletic director, at 4 p.m. Monday to continue working for a ticket exchange later in the season.
The exchange would be similar to the one for football games. That is, students could exchange their ID cards for tickets admitting high school students or persons of college age.
Jim Schultz, Salina junior and All Student Council president, said that since there has never been a ticket exchange for basketball games, the Athletic department is proceeding slowly in studying the matter.
KU Choirs To Give Concert
The KU A Cappella Choir and the University Brass Choir will usher in the Christmas season musically on the campus with a concert at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in Hoch Auditorium.
The A Cappella Choir is directed by Clayton Krebbi, assistant professor of music education, and the Brass Choir is directed by Edward Masters, assistant professor of band and orchestra.
The latter work is scored for the brass choir and the mixed chorus and was written in 1947 for the Symposium on Musical Criticism at Harvard University. It will be heard Sunday for the first time in this section of the U.S.
The choir will sing the Palestrina Christmas Mass, "Hodie Christus Natus Eat," and Hindemith's work descriptive of the judgment day, "Apparbit repentina dies."
The program is open to the public without admission charge.
Professors Hear 3 Committee Reports
Three committee reports were heard Thursday night by nearly 45 KU members of the American Asn. of University Professors at their dinner meeting in the Student Union.
Kansas University appears not to have an adequate financial plan for retirement compared to other universities of similar size, reported Howard Baumgartel, assistant professor of business.
Class Schedules Now Being Printed
Class schedules for the spring semester are now at the State Printer's office in Topeka, James K. Hitt, registrar, said today.
They are expected to be ready for distribution after Christmas vacation. Mr.Hitt said there probably will be more classes scheduled for the spring semester.
Japan Expert's Schedule Listed
Lawrence Olson, American Universities Field Staff representative to Japan, will be speaking on the campus next week. Mr. Olson, who has spent 18 of the past 22 months observing events and doing research in Japan, will leave the campus Wednesday.
Mr. Olson's schedule:
Monday—10 a. m., American Economic Development, 233 Malott, topic, "Basic Problems of the Japanese Economy"; 2 p. m., Modern Social practices, 303 Bailey, topic, "Problems of the Younger Generation"; 8 p.m., Governments and Politics of the Far East, places to be arranged, topic, "Japanese-American Relations."
Tuesday 9 a.m., Economic Geography, 426 Lindley; 7:30 p.m., Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi journalism, fraternities, Reading Room. Flint, topic. "Japan in Asia."
Wednesday — noon, KU-Y faculty forum. Student Union, topic, "Japan Today"; 2 p. m. Reporting II, 206 Flint, group interview.
Photographing Of Miss Santa' Ends
Photographing of "Miss Santa," sponsored by the Daily Kansan, will conclude today in 205 Flint. Kansan photographers worked late Wednesday and Thursday to photograph contestants. More than 20 girls are competing.
The deadline for entering the contest was noon Wednesday. A girl may be entered by an organized house, or by a petition that 20 persons have signed.
Marvin Says Neutrality In Kansan Essential
"It is absolutely essential" that the University Daily Kansan "remain neutral in all political situations." Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information said today in a written statement sent from Chicago to the student daily.
Dean Marvin, chairman of the accreditation committee of the American Council for Education in Journalism, is visiting several Midwestern universities to check on renewing their accreditation.
The dean's complete statement follows:
"It is absolutely essential that The Daily Kansan as a laboratory for students and as a publication representing the University in the eyes of students and Kansas citizens of varying political leanings, remain neutral in all political situations on and off the campus.
"For this reason, we shall act to make sure that neutrality is observed if the Kansan Board is unwilling to continue to do so. Such a rule of operation, essential in a public institution, cannot be subject to the whim of one generation of students."
The Kansan Board voted Tuesday to amend its constitution to remove the clause which said that The Daily Kansan "shall be neutral in politics both on and off the campus." Dean Marvin objected to the amendment on the grounds that it was not in the best interests of the "University or the University Daily Kansan."
(Related editorial, "Star Approves"
editorial, "Star Approves UDK Vote." Page 2. )
Weather
Party cloudy this afternoon through Saturday. Colder southeast this afternoon and tonight and not quite so cold extreme west Saturday. Low tonight 5-10 northwest to 20 southeast. High Saturday 30-35.
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU — This fatal wreck picture won first prize in the spot news category for Jerrold Scarlett, Lawrence junior, in The Daily Kansan's November photo contest. Entries for the December contest are due Jan. 7.