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University Daily Kansan Thursday. March 10, 1958
BRUCE LEWELLYN, Hutchinson sophomore, as a huntsman.
'Robin Hood' Here
The Children's Theater production of "Robin Hood" will be presented four times in the experimental theater of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building April 16-19.
The three-act play, adapted for the 7-14 year age group, will open Saturday evening at Wichita East High School, but will return here for an 8 p.m. performance Wednesday.
On April 17 and 18 there will be 4:15 p.m. performances, and on April 19 there will be 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. performances.
The production, under the direction of Sally Six, instructor in speech and drama, will tell the traditional story of Sherwood Forest's famous character
The experimental theater, seating 80, is designed especially to give an intimate relationship between the performers and the audience, said Gordon Beck, instructor in speech, who is in charge of the theater.
The stage nearly surrounds the audience seated in swivel chairs and
puts them in the middle of the action.
"In one battle scene the fighting said, but added that the Saturday takes place over the heads of part of the audience." Mr. Beck said.
The matinees are to be primarily for the younger audience, Mr. Beek evening performance is being presented more or less for the KU faculty and students.
Robin Hood will be played by Terry Kiser, Omaha, Neb. freshman. Nan O'Brien, Great Lakes, Ill. sophomore will play Maid Marian. The sheriff of Nottingham will be Robert Moberly, Excelsior Springs, Mo. freshman.
Technical supervision was done by Glenn Bickle, Kansas City, Mo. junior, lighting; Lee Rankin, Birmingham, Ala. junior, costumes, and Gordon Beck, settings.
OSS Provided Interesting Times
This will be the last Children's Theater production for the semester.
The surrender of Germany during World War II marked the beginning of some of the most interesting wartime experiences of Thomas R. Smith, professor of geography.
Dr. Smith had been working in the London headquarters of the research and analysis branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) before the surrender. As chief cartographer of the map division, he was concerned mainly with target maps for ground operations and operational maps for purposes of military government.
However, after the liberation of Paris, an OSS office was set up there and soon afterward there were branches in Berlin and Wiesbaden in Germany. It was to the latter city that Dr. Smith was sent in June of 1945.
Dr. Smith, who held the rank of second lieutenant was sent out with a captain and two enlisted men on a map procurement mission.
Interested in Far East
The group was looking primarily for maps of the Far east since the war with Japan was still on, but "it went without saying that we were also looking for Russian maps," he added.
The search for maps was a thorough one and at one time it took the four men down into a salt mine where the Germans had stored a large collection of maps from the Prussian State Library in Berlin.
The mine was filled with smoke from a fire which had been started by a group of displaced persons who had gone down into the mine looking for clothing.
Looking for maps was not the only activity of Dr. Smith's group, however. Soon after they had started their work there was a shift in emphasis from map procurement to intelligence procurement, Dr. Smith said. They discovered work which had been done by German mapping agencies and began to round up the personnel who had been engaged in it.
Because Dr. Smith had had a part in drawing up the maps designating the occupation zones in Germanny he knew which part was to be
Activities Extended
THOMAS R. SMITH
Russian. So the group extended its "intelligence procurement" to include the evacuation of important German cartographers and their families from what was to become the Russian zone.
These men whom they brought to the American zone are now working with one of the West German survey organizations, Dr. Smith said.
The summer he spent in Germany was a busy but a satisfying one, Dr. Smith said.
Receives Grant To Study Nerve System
Dr. James Hall, assistant professor of anatomy has received a U.S. Public Health Service grant of $4,887 for research dealing with the autonomic nervous system. His project will be a "Histo-physiological Analysis of the Stellate Ganglion."
The Stellate ganglion is a collection of nerve cells in the base of the neck. Dr. Hall plans to study the degree of metabolic activity elicited in the Stellate ganglion when the ventral roots of isolated thoracic spinal cord segments which contribute to the ganglion are electrically stimulated, and to determine the relative influence of each of these cord segments on the ganglion.
The Danforth Foundation was established in 1927 by the late Mr. and Mrs. William H. Danforth, and was intended for the aiding of the educational needs of young people.
The successful candidates were chosen from 360 nominations provided by the deans of the accredited colleges in the United States. The selection was made on the basis of academic ability, personal qualities promising success in teaching, and religious maturity in the candidate's own area of faith.
Miss Muriel Johnson, assistant professor of home economics, is one of 61 men and women from colleges across the county who have been chosen for the 1948 Danforth Teacher Study Grants.
Poison ivy's clusters of waxy white fruit, resembling bayberry, provide food for more than 50 species of birds.
However he could not help remembering that "If the war had turned out the other way, one of those German cartographers would have been touring the United States just as I was going through Germany. It was a sobering thought."
Color plays an important part in the courtship of butterflies. A male is most attracted to a female bearing its own colors. In two species the scarlet wing patch is a recognition sign. Orange and blue are vital hues for other species.
This is the fourth year that this program of Danforth Teacher Study Grants has been in operation. The award allows a calendar year of graduate study in a university of the candidate's choosing. The stipend is arranged according to the candidate's salary and number of dependents, and may go as high as $4,600.
Accompanists will be Jan Morawitz, New London, Mo. senior; Judy Schaeffer, Kingman freshman, and Judith Carr, Junction City senior.
Danforth Grant To Miss Johnson
Six Will Appear In Honor Recital
An honor recital, presenting six students, will be given by the School of Fine Arts at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
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Marlan Carlson, Wayne, Neb senior, violin major; Jack Davison, Lawrence senior, a bass-baritone voice major; Lyle Merriman, Wichita freshman, clarinet; Bonnie Dinsmore, Dayton, Ohio senior, a soprano voice major; Alan Harris, Lawrence junior, a cello major, and James Avery, Burlington junior, a piano major.
The following participating students have been selected by the music faculty for their outstanding performances in a series of informal recitals last semester:
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