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Friday. Oct. 19, 1956
University Daily Kansan
New Architecture Plastic Emotional, Architect Says
"The mood of the American community today is receptive to a free-flowing expression which appeals, through our senses, to the emotion." This statement by Thomas H. Creighton, New York City architect, summed up his talk in Bailey Auditorium Thursday.
Mr. Creighton also addressed the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects Thursday night in the Student Union.
In both lectures, Mr. Creighton emphasized that even though there is a competent architectural profession in the U.S., there are still many poorly designed buildings now being erected. One reason, he said, is the changing nature of today's architectural client. He is often not an individual, as was the case 25 years ago, but a group, primarily a commercial client.
Client Hard to Understand The creating architects are finding it difficult to understand today's client, Mr. Creighton said, adding that architects too often do not live up to their full capabilities in the design of buildings.
The American community now is accepting an austerity and simplicity in architectural design and out of this is developing a greater warmth, humanism or emotionalism, Mr. Creighton said. The current move is also toward greater plasticity, he said. Plastic expressions are reasonable and appealing, and, coupled with a community possessing a desire for release from tensions, results in a new expression in the architecture of the age.
Search For Expression He said that architects throughout the country are engaged in a re- jestless search for an expression
ROTC Rifle Range Gets Face - Lifting
The ROTC rifle teams will be greeted by a rejuvenated range at their next practice sessions.
The range, located in the Military Science Building, has been almost completely rebuilt. The backstops have been replaced and bullet traps have replaced the armor plate that was behind the targets.
A new lighting system will be installed and a new paint job will complete the rebuilding.
Army ROTC Adds Assistant Instructor
A new assistant instructor has been assigned to the ROTC department at KU. He is Sgt. I. C., Collie Mattfield, who arrived last week. Sgt. Mattfield came here from A Battery, 33rd Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Ft. Riley. He was assigned to Fort Riley after returning from overseas last February. Of his seven years in the service, 47 months have been overseas duty.
ROTC Rifle Team Has First Practice
The Army ROTC rifle team held its first meeting of the year at the rifle range in the military science building Tuesday.
Twelve members, six of them returned from last year's team, held firing practice. Meetings will be held every Tuesday night.
Senior To Present Cello Recital Sunday
Martha S. Gewinner, Webster Grove, Mo., senior and president of Mu Phi Epsilon, national music sorority, will give a cello recital Sunday at the Monday Club Auditorium, Webster Groves, Mo.
Miss Gewinner, a cello major, will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. J. A. Gewinner.
Miss Sara Guy, a 1956 graduate of Iowa State College, from Austin, Minn., has been appointed program secretary for the KU-Y. The position of program secretary was created by the merger of the WYCA and YMCA last year. William Allaway, YMCA secretary, became executive secretary of the KU-Y.
KU-Y Secretary Appointed
which has an emotional rather than withdrawn impact.
The creative people of this age want to design something which is not withdrawn yet is not commercial. Mr. Creighton added.
He concluded his lecture by showing slides of architectural designs not yet published, his preview of 1957 trends.
Play Tryouts Set For Today
Auditions for the second Studio Theatre bill of one act plays to be presented Nov. 14, to 17 will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. today in Fraser theater at 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in Green Theater.
Supporting roles in "Of Thee I Sing," University Theatre musical to be presented in Fraser Feb. 4, 5, 6 and 8, will also be auditioned at this time as well as those of "Marco Poolo," first presentation in the Children's Theatre series to be given Dec. 12, 15.
"Interested students may appear at any of the four scheduled auditions. The one-act plays include originals by Bernice Schear and William Inge," said Jack Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama.
Sally Six. Children's Theatre director, needs four junior high school students for special roles in "Marco Folo." There will be an audition for these from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in 3 Green.
College Graduates Aid 'Baby Boom'
College graduates are contributing substantially to the nation's "baby boom."
More of those who left college ten years ago—as compared with the 25-year grads—marry. Fewer have childless marriages. More have larger families. Big gains in fertility have been shown by graduates leaving college in the mid-1940's.
This became apparent in the 11th annual survey of college graduate fertility just published by the population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C. This year 11,068 graduates in 95 colleges and universities cooperated in the study.
Desert pocket mice can live without drinking water. Their long acclimation to the desert enables them to produce sufficient water through chemical changes of starch in their digestive tracts.
Twelve firms will hold interviews with students of the School of Engineering and Architecture next week. Students who wish to be interviewed may sign up in 111 Marvin Hall where the interviews will be held. Brochures and applications may also be obtained at the school office.
Firms Schedule Job Interviews
Tuesday-Douglas Aircraft Co. Sylvania Electric Products Inc. and the Texas Co.
Monday—Socony Mobil Oil Co.
Phillips Petroleum Co.
Wednesday-The Texas Co. Staniland Oil and Gas Co. of Oklahoma City and Stromber-Carlson Co. of Rochester, New York.
Thursday - Caterpillar Tractor Co., Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, Beech Aircraft Co. of Wichita and Cities Service Oil Co.
Friday—Beech Aircraft, Cities Service and Bendix Aviation Corp., Pacific Division, North Hollywood, Calif.
A meeting of organized houses participating in the Rock Chalk Revenue will be held at 4 p. m. Tuesday in 101 Snow to discuss scripts to be used in the production.
To Discuss Scripts At Revue Meeting
The deadline for submitting scripts is Wednesday, Dec. 19. Scripts are to be turned in to the KU-Y (YMCA-YWCA) office in the Student Union before this time in order to be eligible for consideration, Glenn Pierce, Lawrence senior, said today.
The meeting Tuesday is an opportunity for houses not having participated in previous years and also veteran houses to gain help in script writing from Revue staff members, he said.
Geological Survey Shows Kansas Ahead
Another step forward in the Kansas petroleum industry is shown in the report "Oil and Gas Developments in Kansas During 1955," issued this week by the State Geological Survey, published by the University.
Some 121,161,234 barrels of crude oil, valued at $341,674,680 and 466,-180,157,000 cubic feet of natural gas, valued at $51,279,817 were new annual records established in quantity and value. At the year's end proved reserves of liquid hydrocarbons (crude oil plus natural gas liquids), about 1.2 billion barrels, were the highest in the state's history. Natural gas reserves, at 16.3 trillion cubic feet, were more than half a trillion cubic feet ahead of that of the previous year's end.
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8,864 Students Enrolled For $ \frac{1}{2} $ To 23 Hours Credit
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One student at the University is enrolled for 23 hours credit. One non-resident student is enrolled for a half-hour credit, and one resident for three and a half hours.
These figures represent the extremes in credit hours, James K. Hitt. registrar. has reported.
The total number of paid registrations for the semester is 8,864, of which 8,089 are on the Lawrence campus and 775 at the University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Leading in enrollment is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, with a total of 2,829, of which 1,628 are men and 1,201 women.
The next largest school is Engineering and Architecture, with 25 women and 2,138 men for a total of 2,163. The freshman class of 668
is divided into 656 men and 12 women.
Next in size is the Graduate School, with 1,070 enrolled. Men outnumber women, 861 to 209.
The smallest school is the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, in which 52 men and 23 women are enrolled for a total of 75.
The largest class is the freshman, with 1,989, of which 1,203 are men and 696 women. The junior class, next largest, consists of 1,151 men and 433 women for a total of 1,584. The sophomore class of 1,551 has the lowest total of men, 1,083, and 458 women. The senior class of 1,522 has 1,116 men and the lowest total of women, 406.
Newly-enrolled freshmen total 1,644 of which 995 are men and 549 are women.
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