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University Daily Kansan
Friday Feb. 7, 1958 Dyche Hall Named For Husband
TECHNICAL REHEARSAL—Elizabeth T. Binford, Overland Park junior, models the dress she will wear in "The Seven Year Itch." She will play the part of the girl upstairs.
'Seven Year Itch To Open Tuesday
Four pin-up girls, a trick bar, an unedited copy of "U. S. Camera," and a stereophonic conscience will be in use Tuesday evening when George Axelrod's "The Seven Year Itch" opens for a 4-day run on the University Theatre stage.
And that's not all. There are reports that a cast iron pot containing a huge tomato plant falls from heaven and changes the course of the play. Then a real fire burns in a fireplace, a trained french poodle prances through its paces and an actor plays a Rachmaninoff concerto with full orchestral accompaniment.
"In other words, the show has everything but the kitchen sink, and even that's imagined." Jack Brooking, associate professor of speech and director of the play said.
Actually, a sophisticated comedy like "The Seven Year Itch" has not been seen on this campus since "The Philadelphia Story" four years ago, Prof. Brooking said. However, the play is a trifle more than merely
a "champagne and cigarette" show, for it involves a great deal of technical complications.
The plot must move along rapidly, meanwhile integrating various "dream sequences" in which the hero looks into the past and future. This involves perfectly timed coordination between the acting, lighting, sound, props, and managerial departments, he said.
"The Itch' will definitely not be a repeat of the movie. Myself nor most of my cast have seen neither the original or touring play nor the movie. This interpretation will be a completely fresh approach." Prof. Brooking said.
Choice seats for each performance are moving rapidly, he said. The Friday night show is nearly sold out. Students can pick up reserved seat tickets by presenting their ID cards at the Kansas Union concessions counter.
Count Basie To Play At Night Club Party
If you've been around the Kansas Union lately, you've probably noticed a number of small blue signs with AIRS printed on them in black letters. These letters stand for America's Incomparable Rhythmic Stylist, and refer, in this case, to Count Basie, who, with his famous orchestra and Joe Williams, will play at the SUA sponsored Night Club Party Feb. 22.
The Count gained his early musical fame as star pianist with the Benny Moten orchestra, one of the Midwest's most famous swing groups. When Moten died in 1955. Basie went out on his own with a band built from the nucleus of the Moten crew, playing in and around Kansas City. His band is now ranked among the top ten in the country and has won international prominence. Its ryhthm section features Sonny Payne on drums, Freddie Green, guitar, Eddie Jones, bass, and Basie at the piano.
This year's Night Club Party is, for the first time, a combination dinner-dance. The dinner will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room and the Ballroom. The orchestra will play for the last hour of the dinner. A maximum of 270 couples may attend the dinner by reservation and keep their reserved seats the entire evening.
Ticket sales are limited to 1,200 couple tickets, which should eliminate seating and overcrowding problems. There will be no rooms reserved by organized houses. Tickets will go on sale Monday at the ticket counter in the concessions stand in the Union and later in the week at the Information Booth.
Wife Of Famous Hunter Dies
Mrs. L. L. Dyche, 99, a resident of Lawrence since 1884 and wife of Prof. Lewis Lindsey Dyche, famous hunter, explorer, taxidermist and lecturer, and for whom KU's Dyche Hall is named, died Thursday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She had been admitted to the hospital Wednesday.
Her famous husband, who died in 1915, supplied more than half the animal specimens found in the KU Natural History Museum located in Dyche Hall. He also was leader of a party that rescued Commander Robert Peary from the Arctic in 1895.
Raymond E. Hall, Professor of Zoology and Director of the Museum of Natural History, told the Daily
The Dyches were married in 1884 in Sterling, Kan., and immediately left for their honeymoon-a burro trip through the Pecos region to hunt bears for the KU displays.
Mrs. Dyche was a member of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence since 1886. She was well-known to many Lawrence residents and KU faculty members.
Kansan:
'Sweet. Fine Lady'
"I fortunately had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Dyche on several occasions during the last ten years. She was a sweet, fine lady.
I remember about five years ago when a Mr. Barker of the New Mexico Wild Life Department came to interview Mrs. Dyche about some early expedition made by her husband, her memory was still very clear and her statements were used in Mr. Barker's book."
Fred Ellsworth, executive secretary of the KU Alumni Assn. said, "I've known of the Dyche family always. My Dyche was of course the famous naturalist for whom Dyche Hall is named. Mrs. Dyche was a sweet, fine lady, always very active in the Congregational Church, always present every Sunday.
Knew Pearson Family
Mrs. Dyche was a very good friend and neighbor of the Pearson family for whom KU's Pearson Hall is named. Mrs. Pearson was the former Miss Sellards and always a very good friend of Mrs. Dyche's."
Funeral services for Mrs. Dyche will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Plymouth Congregational Church. Rev. Dale Turner will be in charge and burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Utility Officials To Visit KU
Gordon Eveni, president, and Fred Kimball and Stanley Sickel, vice presidents of the Kansas Gas and Electric Co., will tour the university computative center and visit faculty members of the business and engineering schools, and Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy today.
K G and E provides gas and power service throughout the southeast and south central parts of Kansas.
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