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University Daily Kansan Friday, March 28, 1958
THAT MASTER TOUCH—Dr. Jack Brooking, assistant director of the KU theatre, points out techniques of make-up application to Peggy McCormack, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore and a member of the Alpha Chi Omega Rock Chalk cast.
Much Work Goes Into Stage Show
Many students have little idea of the thought that goes into a director's plans for a University Theatre play. A common conception o the planning of these plays is that of a group of people who mee during their spare time and throw together a complete stage per formance.
This is not the case as Dr. Jack Brooking, assistant professor of speech and drama, explained in an interview.
Dr. Brooking, who is in his third year on the faculty, has produced many plays at KU, including "The House of Bernarda Alba" last year, and recently, "The Seven Year Itch."
Before coming to KU and assuming his position as assistant director of the University Theatre, Dr. Brooking spent four years as an actor in summer stock companies. He was a professional for one year with the Peninsula Players, an Actor's Equity group, at Fish Creek, Wis.
After selecting and beginning work on a play, Dr. Brooking confers with the setting, lighting, costume and make-up designers in an attempt to recapture the basic feeling and mood of the show.
They Have Fun, Too
"The director and technicians get together to share ideas. One of the rewarding parts of directing is working with the technicians," Dr. Brooking said.
Next the director turns his attention to the acting
English Test Results Out After Vacation
"The director's job is to portray through the production exactly what the playwright has to say,
Results of the English Proficiency Examination will not be known until after Easter vacation, David E. Dykstra, chairman of the English Proficiency Committee. said.
Mr. Dykstra said examination papers of students are being read by faculty members of the English department. Each paper is read at least twice, and can be read five times if the paper is questioned.
Students who failed the examination will be notified by letter.
vividly with sensitivity. He can use his own imagination to illuminate the script, but he should never detract from its basic meaning." Dr. Brooking said.
In speaking about the problems that turn up during the rehearsal of a play, Dr. Brooking said, "Any artistic endeavor I don't care what it is—involves a terific amount of energy and sweat. The problems have to be worked out by the director, cast and crew."
Discipline Needed
"The thing that stands in the way of most directors is a lack of discipline on the part of the cast and crew. An old adage in which I believe very sincerely is 'There is no freedom or fun without discipline.'"
"This isn't a military kind of 'hup, two, three' discipline. There is the idea of respect by everyone for everybody else, the director for the cast, the cast for the crew, and so on. Everybody has a job, responsibility and problems. A common respect for everybody is needed before a play will function."
Sorority Plans Ground Breaking
Senior Recital Set For Monday
Jack Davison, Lawrence senior, will give a senior recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall under the sponsorship of the KU School of Fine Arts.
Ground breaking ceremonies for the proposed $100,000 Sigma Kappa sorority house will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Davison, a bass-baritone student of Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice, will be accompanied by Helen M. Graves, Topeka senior.
Members, alumnae and friends of the sorority will attend the ground breaking of the 2-story brick building which will house 57 women.
The new structure will be incorporated on the present sorority house at 1325 West Campus Road. The sorority moved to the present location just this year from another house at 1625 Edgehill Road.
Construction on the new house is already started with the foundation laid. Alumnae officials of the sorority said they expect the construction to be completed for the start of school in September.
He has been active in many opera and light opera productions at KU, including principal roles in "The Saint of Bleecker Street," "Cosi Fan Tutte," "Trouble in Tahti," Gianni Schicchi," "The Marriage Merchant," "Riders to the Sea," and "The Duped Kadi."
George B. Smith, dean of the University, will perform the ground breaking ceremonies. The Rev. Andrew Berry, Episcopalian chaplain at KU, will give the invocation.
Mrs. W. Clark Hargiss, Sigma Kappa Corporation president from Prairie Village, will introduce three speakers.
They are Mrs. R. G. Mahieu, professor of Romance languages and sorority province president; Fred Ellsworth, executive secretary of the KU Alumni Assn. and Ray Coolidge. Topeka architect.
Six To Attend Conference
Six KU architecture students will attend a Midwest Region Conference of the National Assn. of Students in Architecture April 2 to 4 at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
He was also a soloist in the University Chorus presentation of the "Messiah."
Expenses for the trip are being paid by the student chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the Kansas professional chapter of AIA.
One of the speakers at the conference will be Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, authority on contemporary design and chairman of the IIT department of architecture.
Students who will attend are William Wright, St. Joseph, Mo.; Frederick Fitch, Kansas City, Mo.; James Morelan, Humboldt, and Paul Schefel, Kansas City, Kan., all sophomores; Coral Cerny, North Riverside, Ill. freshman, and Jack Holt, Bonner Springs junior.
Screening college applicants on the basis of their high school grade averages or entrance examination scores would be unfair and undemocratic according to 16 students and faculty members interviewed in a Daily Kansan poll Thursday.
High School Grades No Criteria, Poll Shows
All those interviewed said high school graduates who want to go to college should have a chance to try it and then discover for themselves if they have the potential to stay with it.
However, three faculty members and two students said there should be some system for eliminating the "slow students," but no one could see how any method could be both just and efficient.
Rhoten A. Smith, associate professor of political science, said, "The high school grace average system would keep some capable students from being admitted because all high schools do not have the same grading standard. Letting a student flunk out of school is an inefficient way to handle the problem. The entrance examination given to everyone at the same time would, in theory, be a very efficient means of screening, but no test is infallible and completely just."
"When the present tidal wave of eight graders is ready for college, we will have to expand facilities or eliminate students."
Prof. Smith said he would hate to see either system used as the basis for selecting students, but added that colleges may be driven to some system for holding down enrollment.
"Grade averages and test scores are not an accurate means of determining potential. Some student, especially boys, develop slowly. These 'late bloomers' often show up poorly on tests, but mature to become honor students."
Kenneth E. Anderson, dean of the School of Education, said it is difficult to predict if a person will be a success in college.
Dean Anderson said individual guidance should be given to the "doubtful students." He said they often "come around" after some help in deciding what they really want to do.
Queen Finalists To Be Selected
William L. Wilson. Denver senior, said the college is "somewhat selective already."
"The less talented people are usually eliminated in a year's time. Setting a test score as a standard is not always a reliable indication of ability because it doesn't take into consideration desire and ambition."
Other faculty members agreed that the standards could be improved. One suggestion was that the state maintain trade schools on a "prestige level" with universities.
He agreed with Prof. Smith that overcrowded conditions might justify selective admittance.
Students there will be required to have a C average in high school, but reports show that 77 per cent of 1,784 college freshmen were ranked in the upper half of their class which meant they had higher than C averages.
The secretary of the Oregon state board of education announced in March that the plan for selective admission would become effective there next year in state supported colleges.
3 Win Prizes In Card Contest
Six queen finalists for the Engineering Student Council dance, to be held April 11 in the Kansas Union Ballroom, will be selected by the Council at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Union.
Gary Pack, Wichita sophomore and Council publicity chairman, said tickets for the dance, which is open to all students, will go on sale April 8.
Miss Cochran's entry shows that by changing the cards, the football is in three consecutive positions moving across the goalpost.
The contest was recently sponsored by the KuKus, Jay Janes, Froshawks and Red Peppers to get student suggestions for card displays at home football games.
Preceding the dance will be a banquet, also in the Ballroom. Bill Moore, a staff member of The Kansas City Star who recently returned from a trip as correspondent on the International Geophysical Year Expedition to Antarctica, will be the speaker.
The second place entry was submitted by C. L. Herrelson, Galena sophomore for a tom-tom beating on a University of Oklahoma drum.
Emma Cochran, Ellis freshman, won first place in the pep club card display contest with a suggestion for showing a football and goal post in the card display section at football games.
Interviews will be conducted in the Business Placement office. 214 Strong Hall, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
John Walton, Wichita junior, took third place with a suggestion for a Jayhawker holding a corn cob machine gun representing the University of Nebraska.
A silkworm is not a worm but a caterpillar.
Immigration Officials To Hold Interviews
An interview with the Immigration and Naturalization Service will be held at KU Tuesday to interview students who want to compete for the position of immigration patrol inspector with the service.
Dr. Herbert A. Smith, professor of education, has been named president of the National Science Teachers Assn. The association is a division of the National Education Assn.
Dr. Smith will take office July 1 and will serve one year. He succeeds Dr. Glenn O. Blough of the University of Maryland, College Park.
Elected To NSTA Position
Prizes for first three places were donated by downtown merchants.