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University Daily Kausan Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1957
"TVE FOUND IT!"—Steve Callahan, Independence sophomore, who is the hero in the melodrama "Crock of Gold," discovers the crock as
Vera Stough, Lawrence senior, playing the hero's daughter, looks on. (Daily Kansan photo)
A total of 16 men's houses have volunteered to give blood to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
16 Houses Give Blood To Lawrence Hospitals
The campus blood donation program started about a month ago at the request of the hospital who wished to have a number of types of blood ready when needed.
Representatives from the hospital will come to the houses to type the students blood in a few weeks, Dick Dowell, Bartlesville, Okla. sophomore, said Tuesday.
Dowell and John Suder, Cincinnati, Ohio sophomore, are organizing the program for Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, which had given blood for a few years and was called by the hospital to get the program underway.
"The program has progressed quite well in the past few weeks," Dowell
said, "but there is still a need for more houses to join."
Houses include Sigma Chi, Alpha KappaLambda, Varsity House, Battenfield Hall, Foster Hall, Kappa Sigma, Sigma, Alpha Epsilon, Lambda Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Theta ruth O'Leary, Templin, Phi Kappa Tau, Triangle, Delta Upslion, CarPs1, Phi Kappa Alpha and Phi Gamma Delta.
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(Daily Kansan Associate Editor) Amid hisses at the villain and cheers for the hero, the University Players Tuesday night presented the first performance of "The Crock of Gold," a melodrama, in the experimental theater in the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
Except for a few common opening-night mistakes, the performance was a success. The weight of the show was borne by the villain, portrayed by Paul Culp, class of '57, and the hero, Steve Callahan, Independence, Kam. sophomore.
The heart-rending plot deals with the tribulations of the hero, a poor toiler, who, through a complicated series of events, gets access to a crook of gold which is burloined by the villain after a foul murder. The evil of money has its wicked effect upon the hero and his family. He turns to drink and is framed for the murder, but justice triumphs in a melodramatic court scene.
Classic Figures
The Tuesday night performance was highlighted by the scenes between Culp and Callahan. Both actors create classic melodramatic figures. Culp is particularly fine as a leering and conniving villain. He has a good change of pace, a sense of the comic, and, if a villain from a melodrama can be believable, is utterly convincing.
Callahan, portraying the hard working, dull and sometimes overly honest laborer, is a good contrast to Cuthn's characterization. Although some of Callahan's scenes with his family are rather tedious, his scenes with the villain are well done and an example of a well-developed character. Callahan has excellent diction, a claim one can't make for all members of the cast.
The Bible-quoting daughter of the hero was well played by Vera Stough, Lawrence senior. The role of the young thing relished by all the males, including the viperish villain, can too easily become contrived. Miss Stough avoids this.
Good Directing
Credit must go to Marvin Carlson, Wichita graduate student for his direction. The opening night performance seemed a little long and slow paced at times, but the play is a director's nightmare, with 4 acts and 19 short scenes.
Most of the scenes are fast paced, but the entire production would benefit from faster scene changes and a quicker pace to scenes set in the hero's household. Carlson has done a fine job in helping the actors create distinct and well-developed characters and in blocking action in the small areas afforded by the experimental theater.
Marilyn Honderick, LaCrosse junior, was charming as a skittish household maid. The hero's bedraggled and nagging wife, who isn't satisfied with her husband's lot, was well portrayed by Joyce Elliot, Independence, Mo. junior.
Makeup was good as was the lighting, except for some obvious rough spots. Costumes were impressive, if for no other reason than that they fit.
The play was fun, in spite of a few faults, including a slow pace and forgotten lines, which we hope will be remembered by tonight. See it.
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