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55th Year, No. 93
Six Rock Chalk Revue Skits Start Rehearsals
Monday, Feb. 24, 1958
The six skits for the Rock Chalk Revue began preparing for the March 28 opening night with their first rehearsals in Hoch Auditorium Sunday.
Practices will continue once a week through the middle of March and daily practices will run until the revue dates of March 28 and 29.
Ellen Proudfit, Kansas City, Kan senior and revue director, announced the eight students who will make up the octette to be used for skit introductions and publicity purposes. They are Wawn Hooker, Independence. Mo. freshman; Janie Dean, Prairie Village freshman; Celia Welch, Herington sophomore; Judy Buck, Kansas City, Kan. sophomore; Phil McCollum, Logan sophomore; Lynn Anderson, Atwood freshman; Dale Hedrick, Mission freshman, and Alan Coumbs, Arlington, Va. sophomore.
The octette and other members of the revue will be on WIBW-TV, Topeka, and KCMO-TV, Kansas City, Mo., sometime in March. Parts of the revue will also be given as half-time entertainment for the NCAA regional basketball play-offs March 14 and 15.
Warm Air To Linger
Temperatures in the 60s here Sunday brought out the convertibles and tennis players and the weather bureau said today not to put the car and racket away.
The temperatures for the next five days will average 8-10 degrees above normal with little or no precipitation indicated. Norman highs will be in the 50s and low temperatures in the 20s.
the 203. Sunday's high here was 64 and the low was 31. The low temperature this morning was 41.
The entire west and midwest basked under balmy readings Sunday as North Platte, Neb. recorded a record high of 73 degrees for the month.
Kansas saw the warmest day of 1958 with the highest reading in the state, 77 degrees, reported at Hill City.
continues as members of a construction gang clear the area south of the campus of stumps.
CLEARING THE AREA The preliminary stages of the proposed new School of Business
Regents Approve Plans For 2 Men's Dormitories
The Board of Regents formally approved plans for two KU men's dormitories at a meeting Friday in Topeka.
Construction bids for the dormitories, to be called Lewis and Templin halls, will be opened March 12. Estimated cost for the two halls is $3.265.000.
The dormitories will be built on the Daisy Field, between Allen Field House and Iowa Street. Each will house 430 students.
Lewis Hall will be partly financed by a gift from the estate of Luther N. Lewis. The rest of the money for the halls will come from revenue bonds and a state dormitory tax.
The new dormitories are part of the University's continuing program of construction for student housing. Other housing under construction includes a second group of 10 apartment buildings at Stouffer Place and Joseph R. Pearson dormitory, which will house 416 men.
Business School Started At other projects, workers have begun levelling ground and clearing
Business School Started
stumps at the site for the new School of Business on 16th Street south of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. The general contractor for the building is the Martin K. Eby Construction Co. of Wichita. Construction cost for the building will be $1,123,792.
At Stouffer Place, foundation work has begun for 120 additional apartments. Construction costs at Stouffer Place are estimated at $1,006,000.
Concrete is being poured for the second floor of Joseph R. Pearson dormitory. The building, to be seven stories on completion, is on West Campus road, north of Carruth O'Leary Hall. The dormitory,
partly financed by a $175,000 gift from Mrs. Joseph R. Pearson, will cost $1,380,000.
At the Museum of Art, digging and levelling are in progress for a retaining wall to contain a projected fountain court. The court is financed by a gift from Mr. N. T. Veatch of Kansas City, Mo.
Work still remaining for the Music and Dramatic Arts Building includes surfacing of the service drive, laying of sidewalks, and drainage and landscaping around the building.
Fountain Court Being Built
The fountain, to be known as the Weaver Memorial Fountain, was given to KU by Mrs. Veatch and Mr. Arthur B. Weaver as a memorial to their father.
Clear to partly cloudy and mild through Tuesday. Moderately cooler southeast tonight. Warmer west and north Tuesday. Low tonight 30 to 40. High Tuesday 60 to 70.
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Szigeti Concert, 'Judith,' Set For Tonight
"Judith," by Jean Giraudoux, French playwright, will open at 8 p.m. tonight In the Experimental theatre for a 4-day run.
A concert by Joseph Szigeti and the opening of "Judith" tonight are featured in this week's program of the School of Fine Arts.
Students with ID cards may purchase tickets at the Kansas Union concessions counter, or at the University Theatre box-office before the show.
Based on one of the books of the Apocrypha, "Judith" describes the plight of a young woman who tries to save her people from a mighty agressor.
According to Jane Quaid, Norman, Okla, graduate student and director of the play, the Biblical story has been twisted somewhat to enable the playwright to express his philosophy.
Violinist Appears Tonight
Joseph Szigeti, for 33 years a renowned violinist and now on his farewell tour of the United States, will present a concert at 8:20 p.m. tonight in the University Theatre.
Students can exchange their ID cards for free reserved seat tickets at the School of Fine Arts Office, the Kansas Union concessions counter, or the theatre box-office
Mr. Szigeti has received many before the concert.
before the concert.
awards for his performances. They include decorations by the French and Begian governments, and inscribed medals from the Paris Conservatoire National and the Vienna Philharmonic orchestras.
Mr. Szigeti has also done some writing. His book, "With Strings Attached," an autobiography, was hailed by the Book of the Month Club News as "by far and away, the best book of memoirs by a musician." He said he wrote his book on pieces of paper at hand while waiting for trains, in planes, and between courses during meals.
Will Retire After Tour
After his current tour is completed Mr. Szigeti will retire from active touring. He plans to devote his time to such projects as the presentation of a Bach, Beethoven and Mozart sonata series, the Twentieth Century Sonata Masterpices Cycle, and a backlog of recordings.
Museum's Anniversary Opens With Flourish
Congratulatory flowers and a large cake topped with a replica of the Museum of Art provided a festive atmosphere for the museum's 30th anniversary open house Saturday.
A crowd estimated by Ed.. A. Maser, museum director, at between 400 and 500 persons was on hand for the occasion. A total of 25 gifts and a 91-piece collection of masterworks of university and college art collections were on display for the first time.
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"I think that the celebration was a great success," Mr. Maser told a Daily Kansan reporter.
He said that a number of out-of- town guests, Lawrence residents, and University students attended the open house.
A special surprise anniversary gift to the museum was an oil painting, "Carnival in Flanders" dated 1604, by Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, a 17th century painter famous for his scenes of fairs, parties, and jovial groups. It depicts a carnival festivity, probably in the streets of Antwerp, Belgium, before the Lenten season. The painting was purchased with a $1,500 gift fund donated by friends and supporters of the museum.
Other gifts included a bronze equestrian statue of the Emperor Rudolph II by Adrian de Vries, presented by the Solon Summerfield Fund of the KU Endowment Assn.; an oil painting of the "Madonna and Child with the Young St. John" by Johann Michael Rottmayr von Rosenbrunn, from the Elizabeth M. Watkins Fund of the KU Endowment Assn.; a bronze statue, "Boreas Abductus Oreithyia," by Jacques Richardot, from the Swannie Smith Zink Fund; and a serving plate from the Miessen "Swan Service," made in 1737.
Miss KU Press Photographer will be chosen here Saturday night at a regional meeting of Kappa Alpha Mu, honorary photojournalism fraternity.
Photo Fraternity To Choose Queen
Those interested in entering the contest should see John Lang, Arkansas City senior, or Jimmy Bedford, instructor of journalism, in 107 Flint Hall by Thursday. The winner will be a contestant in the contest for Miss Kansas News Photographer who in turn will be the Kansas representative in the Miss National Press Photographer pageant at Minneapolis, Minn.
All entries in the local contest will be guests at a KAM dinner Saturday night prior to the judging.
This is the third annual regional meeting of the fraternity. Representatives will be present from the University of Missouri, Kansas State College, and University of Nebraska.
Speakers will include Harold Lyle. Topeka photographer, and C. C Edom.
Quartet's Music Called 'Vibrant, Expressive'
Among laymen there is a feeling that chamber music is a conglomeration of bent old men leaning on squeaky instruments, playing outmoded music. $ \textcircled{4} $
Friday night the Netherlands String Quartet presented a program of wonderfully live music in Swarthout Recital Hall as an offering of the KU Chamber Music Series. The music was vibrant and expressive.
Yes, the concert was great. There should be more concerts of this quality around KU. And there should be more laymen around these concerts.
Music lovers throughout the world hold composers such as Mozart, Bartok and Franck in high esteem. Their works are accepted. Were these composers adequately represented? Was the program entertaining? Was the music an emotional experience? In short, was the concert great?
The four musicians, Nap de Klijn, first violin, Jaap Schroder, second violin, Paul Goodwin, viola, and Carel Boomkamp, cello, displayed the utmost of concentration. Each in his own aura—consisting of himself, his instrument, and his sheet music—brought forth sounds that blended perfectly with those of his fellows, to reproduce music of the highest quality.
Teamwork with the quartet was evident throughout the entire program of Mozart's Quartet in D minor, K. V. 421; Bartok's Quartet No. 1, opus 7; Franck's Quartet in D major, and the encore, Mozart's Quintet, first movement, with Karel Blaas, assistant professor of music theory and viola, joining the company as second violist.