Many To Vote Leaders Say
Leaders of both campus political parties said today there was a good possibility of a large turnout of voters for the freshman primary elections Wednesday for class officers and representatives to the All Student Council.
John Downing, Kansas City, Mo. senior, Elections Committee chairman met with the election committee Snuday and the decision was made to throw out two illegal petitions for class officers candidates.
Candidates for the ASC from both parties will be placed on the ballot, but since only two candidates are running for Vox, those candidates will automatically be entered in the general elections.
Two Petitions Thrown Out
The ASC constitution states that no political party can endorse a class officer candidate. Petitions from Mary Lee McCammon, King City, Mo., and Judith R. Weatherby, Fort Scott, both freshmen, had written on them that AGI was sponsoring the candidate.
Freshmen men and women will be able to vote for class officers, but only fresman dormitory women will be able to vote for the ASC candidates. Voters must have a party card to vote for the ASC candidate.
Robert McGee, Olathe senior and president of the Allied-Greek Independent party, said, "It's possible there might be a pretty good turnout because of the large number of candidates running in the election."
Downing will meet with poll workers Tuesday night to explain the election procedure. Each party will have 16 persons working at the polls.
Jim Austin, Topeka sophomore and president of Vox Populi, said, "I think there will be a good showing because 16 girls are running against each other, so 16 different factions will be out voting. The election for class officers will be good too, since candidates are split into different coalitions."
There are 26 candidates running for class officers, and 2 Vox and 16 AGI candidates running for the AGC. The three candidates with the most votes for both class officers, and the ASC will go into the general election Oct. 30.
Poll Workers To Meet
Polls will open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. They will be in the Student Union, Strong, Fraser, Marvin, Lindley and Mallott halls and the Music and Dramatic Arts Building.
KU Accepts Weaver Gift
About 250 persons attended a reception for the opening of the exhibit "Fontinalia—The Art of the Fountain and the Fountain of Art" in the Museum of Art Saturday. The exhibit honors the presentation to the museum of the A. D. Weaver Memorial Fountain.
In his acceptance speech, Dr. Murphy said the campus must be beautiful as well as improved for educational purposes. He said plans are now underway for a fountain court to be constructed south of the museum.
The script judge for the 1958 Rock Chalk Revue will be announced at a house directors meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday in 101 Snow, Shirley Andrish, Topeka senior and Revue producer, said today.
Revue Script Judge To Be Announced
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy accepted the fountain on behalf of the University from Robert A. Maser, director of the museum.
The fountain, an 18th century bronze group of two children and a fish by Pierre Legros, is a gift of A. B. Weaver and Mrs. Amarette Veatch in memory of their father. The exhibit is located in the lower gallery of the museum. It will run through Nov. 30.
Information about scripts will also be discussed with the directors, Miss Andrish said.
Danforth Liaison Officer Named
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, president of the Danforth Foundation, has named Burton W. Marvin, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, as the liaison officer to nominate candidates for 1958 foundation fellowships.
The foundation gives fellowships to college senior men and recent graduates who are preparing for a career of college teaching. The foundation is seeking applications for fellowships in natural and biological sciences, social sciences, humanities and fields of specialization in the undergraduate college.
The fourth live television program on problems in human relations, featuring guests from the University, will be seen at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday on KARD. Channel 3. Wichita.
The maximum annual grant for single Fellows is $1,400 plus tuition and fees. For married Fellows the grant is $2,400 plus tuition and fees, with an additional $350 for children.
Monday, Oct. 21, 1957
Lawrence S. Bee, professor of home economics and sociology, and Robert Billings, Russell junior, will be on the program entitled "The Parent Looks at Human Relations."
Three From KU On TV Program
Jack D. Steele, associate professor of business administration will be host for the program.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
55th Year, No. 27
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NO COACHING, PLEASE—Sultan tells Dean Mohlstrom, McPherson junior, how many fingers he's holding up with two distinct barks. The 4-year-old pedigreed Collie was interviewed Friday night over KUOK by his master, one of the station's announcers. Sultan was acquired by Mohlstrom while he was in the Army. The dog, who follows him to school, has "audited" a Theory of Color course with his master and is an ardent enthusiast of the cappella choir. Sultan's favorite is Berlioz
Here Is A Tale Of Ogden Nash Whose Verses Do Purists Abash
"Requiem."
By MARILYN MERMIS (Daily Kansan Assistant Managing Editor)
"Some chair manufacturers have a peculiar concept of the human anatomy," the beady-eyed, be-spectacled man said as he wedged himself into the basket-type chair in the coffee shop and ordered two cups of coffee.
There I was, sitting across the table from the famed Ogden Nash, author of "You Can't Get There From Here." Several minutes earlier in the Eldridge Hotel lobby I had rushed up to a man with a distinguished stoop and had innocently asked, "Could you tell me where I could find Ogden Nash?"
"I really feel inferior in a university town," Mr. Nash said as he leveled a teaspoon of sugar in his coffee. "I went to Harvard for one year, my wife had two years of college, one of my daughters had three years of college and my other daughter studied singing for six weeks. Among the four of us, we've had six years of college."
He informed me that he was the notorious assassin of rhyme who was leapfrogging from city to city giving lectures and wouldn't I join him in a cup of coffee.
This was Nash the Man and Nash the Poet who is well on his way to becoming Nash the Institution. A generation of readers has grown up that would find it hard to imagine a world without Nash, a world without his jagged lines, his inversions and his wry rhymes.
"Six Years of College"
ter I do fear.' Even though the wedding was in February, that didn't dampen my attempts to continue writing equally emotional, philosophical and poetic verse."
"There are many compensations for being a writer," Nash said. "I am my own master and boss and I've become a highly individualized individual. My debits and credits are mine and mine alone."
OGDEN NASH
More than 20 years ago, Nash sold his first poem to the New Yorker, a piece that left purists agast and just about everyone else delighted. When called upon to explain his word surgery-approach to poetry, Nash attributed it to laziness. "It's hard to control rhyme and meter, so why try?"
"When I was eight years old I began writing verse which I thought would be saved for posterity," he said. "In 1912 I wrote an ode for my oldest sister who was getting married. It read 'Beautiful spring is almost here and has taken my sis-
"The Ogden Nash Law of Verse," he said. "Is that the awful rhyme is better than a good one anyway. If one has an interest in bad poetry there is no better place to exploit it than as I did by reading bad poems sent to a publishing house. I knew some of the technical rules of poetry so I tried to write bad poetry deliberately since I found that I could express myself more accurately in verse than in prose.
"Ogden Nash Law of Verse"
"One time I got a letter from an actress who asked me which of my poems would be appropriate for reciting upside down in a trapezze scene. I reviewed the entire body of my work and came to the conclusion that my poetry would be greatly improved if read or listened to upside down."
When asked his favorite verse, Nash replied, "My favorite is always the last one I've written. The only lines that I have written that have a possibility of surviving are 'Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.' Don't you think that they would fit well on a tombstone?"
Women's Day Topics Include Fashions, Males
Women, do you want to be fashionable? You can learn all about how to be one on All Women's Day Nov. 12.
"You Owe It to Yourself to be Fashionable" will be the theme of All Women's Day sponsored by the Associated Women Students.
Activities will begin at 10 a.m. with group discussions on "Modern Woman as a Work of Art," fashions and gift suggestions for men. The day will conclude with a fashion show of bridal clothes from the past 100 years.
Other talks will be on "Women, Head and Shoulders Above the Crowd," "The Undercover Stories of the KU Campus," "The Fashionable Woman Understands Her Culture," and "Full Fashioned Personalities."
Faculty To Hold Party
The Faculty Club will hold a Halloween Party at 8 p.m. Friday at the Faculty Club.
Persons who want to wear costumes may. There will be stunts and contests, a program and a dance.
Chairmen of the committee for the party are Norris S. Nahman, instructor in electrical engineering, and Mrs. Nahman.
Other members of the committee are Elliott C. Dick, assistant professor of bacteriology; Mrs. Dick; J. Neale Carman, professor of romance languages; Mrs. Carman; Miss Joie L. Stapleton, associate professor of physical education; A. F. Knapper, assistant professor of business administration and director of the business placement bureau; and Louis D. Breyfogle, instructor of electrical engineering; and Mrs. Breyfogle.
'La Traviata' Debut Fiasco, Verdi Said
On March 6, 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata," to be presented in Hoch Auditorium Wednesday, had its world premiere at the Teatro Fenice in Venice.
"La Traviata last night was a fiasco," Mr. Verdi wrote to a friend the next day, "Is it my fault or that of the singers? Time will show."
What had happened? Well not only was the tenor hoarse, but fragile delicate Violette Bervoix was sung by a huge 18-stone prima donna. When in the last act the doctor told this healthy-looking woman she was fading away with consumption, the audience roared with laughter.
Next year, however, Verdi's masterwork was given an adequate performance in the same city, and this time was received with triumphant success It made its way quickly throughout Europe and was shown in New York as early as 1856.
Oddly enough, the first performance in English took place a hundred years ago at Covent Garden in London.
Weather
Mostly cloudy through Tuesday. Occasional rain or drizzle over most of state tonight and Tuesday. No important temperature change. Low tonight 45 to 55. High Tuesday 55 to 65.