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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Feb. 14, 1958
EMPEROR OF ROME—This statue of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus, first emperor of Rome (27 B.C.-14 A.D.) is one of the exhibits in Wilcox Museum. A buildings and grounds department employee is in the foreground. (Daily Kansan photo)
Greece And Rome Live In Wilcox
A bit of the grandeur that was Greece and the glory that was Rome may be seen in the Wilcox Museum of classical art on the south end of the second floor of Fraser.
The Museum has Etruscan pottery, casts of Greek and Roman sculpture, Roman lamps, reliefs, and photographs and books about classical culture.
The museum was established in 1886 in connection with the department of Latin and Greek. Begun by the late A. M. Wilcox, head of the Greek department for more than 40 years, it was named in his honor by the Board of Regents.
"The policy lately has been to get real antiquities instead of casts of sculptures," said Mary Grant, associate professor of Latin and Greek and curator of the museum.
She has been to Italy and Greece six times in connection with the museum and with background material for her teaching.
Value Unknown
Miss Grant said it would be difficult to determine the value of many of the things in the museum.
"The big plaster casts have changed in value," she said. "When we got them, they cost about $75 apiece. We have about 20 now. She estimated the worth of the other things at "certainly a few thousand dollars."
'The Greek cylis (a two-handled drinking cup, a favorite of the vase painters) is probably the most valuable single thing in the collection," she said.
Arts Building Grounds Nearing Completion
The finishing touches are being applied to work around the Music and Dramatic Arts building, according to Keith Lawton, director of physical plant operation.
"Work is 85 per cent completed," Mr. Lawton said.
All that remains is the laving of sidewalks, drainage around the building, and surfacing the service drive. The drive will be blacktop, and surfacing cannot start until warm weather.
It is Attic red-figured ware from about 400 B.C. and has scenes of a wrestling school on it.
Other unusual and valuable objects, she continued, include a group of inscriptions from Roman tombs, a collection of Etruscan antiquities acquired by the museum in 1955, and a collection of pieces of colored marble from the Mediterranean area used in buildings on the Palatine Hill in Rome.
Roman Tomb Pieces
All university students are eligible to audition for three plays to be produced this spring by the University Theatre.
The museum is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The plays to be presented are "Man and Superman," directed by E Arthur Kean, instructor of speech, drama and journalism; "Don Juan in hell," directed by William Kuhlke, assistant instructor of speech and drama, and "Robin Hood" directed by Miss Sally Six, instructor of speech and drama.
'Dipper' Turns 'Flipper'
Tryouts will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Green Room of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
All "eats" in the Kaw Valley will bow to Wilt Chamberlain Saturday when the "Dipper" turns "Flipper" to lend his All America style to playing, instead of setting records.
Wilt makes his debut as a disc jockey at 4:30 p.m. when his first tape recorded "Flip'er with Dipper" show will be played over KLWN in Lawrence. The half hour of rhythm and blues (he objects to rock 'n roll) will be on WREN Topeka at 11:30 p.m. Several other Kansas and Missouri stations are expected to carry the show also.
Auditions To Be Held For 3 Plays
"Between records he'll give 2 or 3-minute comments on sports, music, current events and anything else a disc jockey comments on."
Monte Moore, instructor of speech and drama and KU sports network announcer, is Wilt's critic and ' tutor.' Mr. Moore told The Daily Kansan "The show is Wilt's alone."
"Records and comments on the weekly tape are strictly from his own collection. He's doing the show on his own time with neither money nor commercial tie-ins from anyone." Mr. Moore said.
The show's formal title is "Wilt Chamberlain's Rhythm and Blues," but Moore said that Wilt prefers
Faculty To Perform In Concert Monday
Since World War II, less than 10 per cent of our employed women have been in domestic service.
Two classical compositions will be heard in Lawrence for the first time when the Faculty Recital Series presents a chamber music concert at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
The first work will be chamber music, A Quintet For Winds, by the American composer Anthony Donato, and the second a duet, Sonata for Viola and Piano by the French composer, Darius Milhaud. Completing the concert is Beethoven's The Septet, Opus 20. The event is free to the public.
the 'dubbed' title, "Walking with Mt. Lee" is his theme song.
Comments, all ad libbed, sound natural because Wilt feels at home with his music. Mr. Moore said.
Although Wilt chooses his own record lineup, he told Moore he would play listeners' requests.
May Have Guests
Both Moore and Dick Harp, KU basketball coach, encouraged Wilt to do the show. They said they feel that he's a "natural" for radio and TV.
May have Guests "After the show starts rolling Wilt may have a few guests to visit between records." he said.
Ron Johnston, Sea Cliff, N. Y.
senior, was named as a probable
guest. Moore said that Johnston, like
Wilt, loves to talk about music. He
added that they both bound from
the bus on basketball trips to head
for a music store.
Mr. Moore said that Wilt often will have records that are new to this area because his younger brother sends them from Philadelphia.
"Monte suggested the show because he thought it would give Wilt
experience and polish." Coach Harp said. "Wilt plans to go into radio or TV after school," the coach explained.
'Wilt Knows Music'
Coach Harp doesn't think Wilt will do any singing on the radio. He feels that Wilt's voice was made to please Wilt. He jokingly said that "it would be best if he sang for his own private amusement."
When asked what he thought of rhythm and blues Coach Harp said, "I wouldn't recognize a song unless it was the 'St Star Splended Banner,' but I'll listen to the shows. Wilt knows his music."
This week Wilt will talk about the national basketball scoring race. He will rank the players by starting with "Eling Baylor and his 225 pounds."
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