Page 8 University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Dec. 5, 1950
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FOCUSING A STAGE LIGHT - E. Arthur Kean, works backstage on the set of "The House of Bernarda Alba."
Let There Be Light: And Arthur Kean Pulls Switches
Everything from bulbsnatching to electrical engineering is legal procedure when E. Arthur Kean, instructor of speech and drama and lighting designer for the University Theatre geers into action.
Just watching the physical and mental gymnastics involved in designing the line, form, mood, color, angles and intensities of four dozen lights is enough to exhaust the uninitiated. And of course there are the minor matters of suspending a ton or so of equipment and slicing a mile or two of cable, not to mention the plugs, sockets, frames, bulbs, colored filters and switchboards that are all tools of the trade.
When he's not giving instruction over his walkie-talkie telephone, Mr. Kean may be found in all places at once. With the inevitable pipe in one hand and a map-size lighting' design chart in the other, the 28-year-old bachelor directs his crews with cool efficiency.
The light crew for "The House of Bernarda Alba," to be presented at 8 p.m. today through Saturday in Fraser Theater, was chosen from Mr. Kean's class, Lighting Design. Crew members are: Cecil Coleman, Lawrence junior; Richard Murray, Kansas City, Mo. senior, and William Kuhlike, Denver, Colo., graduate student.
Work is Hard
They will testify that hard work, not applause, is the keynote in this specialized phase of the theater. Lighting technicians usually do their work between afternoon and evening rehearsals (suppertime), and after evening rehearsals (sometimes until 3 a.m.).
Lighting problems in "The House of Bernarda Alba" consisted mainly in playing reflections upon reflections off the light-colored scenery. This plus a composition of patterns of light and shade makes the actors
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veteran, answered, "It would be gross hypocrisy for the board through The Daily Kansan to criticize the actions of others, or even to attempt to govern The Daily Kansan, if it is not capable of governing itself. Either we are playing at newspaper work and government or we are working at it."
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy when asked to comment this morning, said, "I wouldn't want to make any comment until I've studied the situation. All I know is what I've read in the paper this morning."
Other Amendments
Three other amendments were passed by the board. They are:
1. Daily Kansan executives will hold office for a full semester in
an integral part of the house which in this play represents their world.
"The interesting thing was to establish the contrast between the hot, sunny Spain of the outside world with the cool, dark interior of Bernarda's house," Mr. Kean explained as he surveyed his chart which boasts eight tabulated columns and various equations.
This is done "simply" by amassing 30,000 watts in varying proportions of eight different colors. With 42 spotlights and 10 degrees of intensity for each light, the possible combinations can only be compared with a gigantic chess game.
Mr. Kean received his bachelor of arts degree from Union College in Schenectaday, N. Y., and after two years in the army, his master of arts from Yale University. He then spent five years in stock theaters in New York, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It was at Yale that his new concepts in lighting form brought him recognition. His experiments in methods other than straight front lighting have since added a new dimension to lighting design.
The personable Mr. Kean says of himself: "My only claim to fame is that I was born on the same day as Vincent Van Gogh and Benito Mussolini . . .oh..and I don't like asparagras, isn't everyone supposed to have a pet hate?"
As for theater, you can be sure that if the director says, Let there be light!" — Mr. Kean will brighten the scene.
'NAACP Hated, Loved, Feared'
Jayhawker Due Jan. 3
The winter edition of the 1957 Jayhawker will be issued Thursday, Jan.3.
Connie Cloyes, ELDorado senior and editor of the annual. said that it was decided to delay distribution until after the Christmas holidays to cover the complete football season, and the NCAA cross-country track meet.
Making democracy effective and a reality for all people is the basic purpose of the controversial National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, Noah W. Griffin, field secretary, told the International Club Tuesday.
Featured in the second section will be group pictures, an informal snapshot and humorous write-ups of the organized houses, and an 8-page review of the KU building program, articles on the SUA Carnival. University study habits, and the traditional "Hilltoppers" personality sketches of six campus leaders.
In nearly two hours of speaking and answering questions, Mr. Griffin sketched the history of the NAACP, portraying it as "an organization that has been hated, loved, feared, and respected" since it was organized in 1908.
Mr. Griffin termed the 1954 Supreme Court ruling on schools "the greatest act in making a democracy a reality since the Emancipation Proclamation."
2. The business manager will become a member of the editorial board, which decides the paper's editorial policy.
stead of the present 9 weeks, beginning next semester.
3. The editorial and managing editors and Kansan Board Chairman will become members of the business committee.
"Several states since then have accepted the ruling as the law of the land and have made it work." he
Working For Integration
said, "but some haven't, and those are the ones we are working on now."
"Integration in public schools will never be the thing it was meant to be so long as Negroes are forced to live in ghetto," Mr. Griffin said. "It
Mr. Griffin
some cities for a Negro to live in any areas but segregated ones where the schools are segregated because of zoning."
Trying to get free use of the ballot has been another major phase of work for the NAACP, Mr. Griffin said.
He said the organization is especially concentrating on areas in the South where "great numbers" of Negroes are not permitted to register.
"In Macon County, Ala.," Mr. Griffin said, "there are less than 1,000 Negroes out of 10,000 eligible to vote despite the fact that most of them have tried to register for years."
In concluding, Mr. Griffin said that "one of the greatest leveling forces of our society is that sentiment can be built up. The NAACP has won its many court decisions because the average American believes in justice and fair play."
Missing Student Located In Denver
Ronald Edwin Butler, Kansas City, Kan., junior, who has been missing from the campus since Nov. 25, has been located at the YMCA in Denver, Colo.
Butler, a student in the William Allen White School of Journalism, had not attended classes regularly before the Thanksgiving vacation. His attendance had been sporadic before that.
In a phone conversation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin V. Butler, Butler said he wanted to find work in Denver.
Hungarian or Magyar is a Finno-Ugric language akin to the Ostyak and Vogul tongues spoken on the eastern slopes of the Urals. Finnish and Turkish are also Finno-Ugric languages.
"I have always admired the Americans for their independence," said Rahim Jokutau, a Nigerian now studying at the University, "and I consider going to school in the United States very good experience."
Ojikutu arrived at the University Oct. 12 from England, where he has been attending school for six years His home is Lagos, the capital of Nigeria.
However, due to a mix-up in his liberal arts courses, Ojikutu must fulfill more requirements in that field before he can enter medical school.
"I wanted to enter medical school this year," said Mr. Oijikutu, "and because I received acceptance from the University of Kansas, I came here. If I had stayed in England I would have had to wait another year."
Take Only Major Courses
Nigerian Student Here To Enter Medical School
"In England, students take courses that only concern their majors." Ojikutu said. "So, consequently, I have had six years of sciences. They have no high schools but start college as soon as they graduate from the ninth grade."
Ojikutu's older brother, Dosiru, is also studying medicine in the United States. He is a first year medical student at the University of St. Louis. Their oldest sister, Ivaho, is studying chemistry in England.
"However, there are no doctors in our family now," Ojikutu said.
His father is the counselor of Lagos, which is similar to a United States mayor. He was first elected in 1953 and has been re-elected each year.
Lack Of Unity Is Problem
Ojikutu said the problem in Nigeria today is not communism, but lack of unity. The country is divided
into three main sectors the East, the West, and the North, and because of religious and language barriers, Nigeria, as a whole, is not unified.
"Education is a now driving force in Nigeria. There are 4,000 regional scholarships offered each year, and the political parties and federal governments also offer
RAHIM 'OJIKUTU
scholarships." Ojikutu said.
scholarships." Ojikutu said. Students study in England, the United States, and Germany. The largest group attends schools in England.
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