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University Daily Kansan Monday, May 1. 1961
College Stages Called Better Than Broadway
"The university stages of this country are jewels compared to New York City theaters," said Nan Martin, Broadway stage actress on a campus visit.
Miss Martin was talking to a group of theater and design students assembled in the lounge of Murphy Hall last week. The actress urged students to make their own jobs in the theater, to go "beyond your limit."
"There's something new and exciting in the theater everyday for one who loves it," she said. "These last seven weeks have been the most exciting experience of my life and I've realized more than ever that I'm part of a noble profession."
MISS MARTIN was referring to her part on a Ford Foundation committee that is making an investigation of the state of American theaters.
Miss Martin was chosen to make the first field trip for the committee. She has spent seven weeks visiting 23 educational community and professional theaters across the country.
She said that by studying the needs, potential, desires, unique qualities, and producing ability of theaters on her trip, she usually found that colleges and universities have superior facilities.
Miss Martin continued her appraisal of the theaters.
THEATER IS DYING in New York. They are not using the potential or talent of the country.
3 Plays Next Week
The three finalist plays of the third annual Playwriting Contest of the University Theatre will open May 8 and will show each play twice during that week at 8 p.m. in the Experimental Theatre.
The contest is under the direction of Gordon Beck, instructor of speech and drama. The actors and actresses will be students.
The three plays selected for viewing and judging on May 13th are "Thunder Over Scotland" by Ernest C. Ferita, S. J.; "Olympus Farewell" by Jefferson Hayley, and "Hey You, Light Man" by Oliver Hailey.
and I think legitimate theater soon will break away.
"You in this part of the country will be the first standard bearers in that break," she commented. "That's why you must become excited and see the adventure open for you in starting your own theaters, making your own jobs."
"To be a success you need focus — that noticeable stamp you can't miss on a person so completely devoted to loving his work," she said.
"I KNOW two men who combine this focus with genius, Elia Kazaan and Tyrone Guthrie, but they use their genius in different ways. Kazaan prefers to keep his in the market place of the theater but Guthrie gives fantastically of his time and energy to spread the influence of the theater and offers himself completely as a servant to the progress of the stage."
Miss Martin will return to New York City this week and start rehearsals for "Much Ado About Nothing."
PHILADELPHIA — (UPI) — The University of Pennsylvania plans to investigate charges of painful hazing which the student newspaper said was practiced on fraternity pledges during a recent "hell week."
Pennsylvania Starts Hazing Investigation
The Daily Pennsylvanian said in an article that students were branded with hot irons and underwent "agonizingly painful" paddings.
George Peters, dean of men, said disciplinary action would be taken against those involved if the charges are substantiated.
Long Distance Flowers
ANGMERING, England —(UPI)— A South Coast nurseryman, Graham Sparks, is running a "greenhouse airlift" to sunny Malta to grow his chrysanthemums there.
Sparks bought five acres of the Mediterranean island two years ago on his honeymoon when he decided the climate was better for the flowers. A British airliner ships the cuttings to Malta and flies them back to Sparks as young plants.
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Four Freshmen Will Be in SUA Concert
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The annual SUA Spring Concert will feature the Four Freshmen at 8 p.m. May 12 in Hoch Auditorium.
Individual ticket sales for $1.50 each will begin May 8 at the Information Booth and will continue until May 12. Block tickets have already been sold. The tickets also will be sold at the door of Hoch Auditorium the night of the performance.
Official Bulletin
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TODAY
N. S.A. Committee: 4 p.m., Kansas Union.
Episcopal Evening Prayer: 5 p.m.
Canterbury House.
Naval Reserve Research Co. 9-20: 7:30 p.m., 104 Military Science Building "University of Kansas Mammalian Genetics Center," Prof. J. A. Weir.
Episcopal Holy Communion: Noon,
Canterbury House.
Duplicate Bridge: 7:30 p.m., Faculty Club.
for positions in the administration section of the pipeline company.
TOMORROW
Business Placement Bureau Job Interviews: 202 Summerfield Hall. Contact Steven Continent. Continental interviewing business administration graduates and graduates in related fields
Angel Flight Meeting: 7 p.m., Military Science Building.
Baker Misiudges Door Size
NOTTINGHAM, England — (UPI)
— A bakery baked a two-foot-square cake here that was too big to get through the shop entrance. A crane had to lower the 90-pound delicacy from a window.
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