Christmas Special
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
Section 3
77th Year, No.51
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Monday, December 5, 1966
Bill Mauk, Overland Park senior, prepares the camera for the day's shooting. He is a part-time employee for Centron Corporation.
It's a wilder, weirder west for 15 KU students . . . and the Pony Express will never be the same! When these students contracted to become a part of a "western" for Centron Corporation, Director Gene Boomer had no way to warn them of the perils of the old west. But they learned, and how!
Jerry Jaax, college junior, who rides bareback, claims his horse has the genuine Corona Edge. But they all lived through it. The filming took three full days, all shot on location between Four Corners and Toneka.
A parody on the old westerns, these sequences will be used within a special sales film Centron is producing for Phillips 66. The film will demonstrate Phillips' improvements and sales techniques for dealers.
For those doubters, here's living proof that the cavalry went after the Indians. This lovely maiden is Miss Jade Hagen, Shawnee Mission junior in the School of Education. Also in the film, but not pictured, are Shirley Williams, Olathe junior, Fine Arts, and Mimi (Frink) Wickliff, '66, Radio-TV-Film.
No, this isn't "Sitting Bull," it's Gene Boomer, director of the film. Gene is a KU graduate ('63) and worked for the RadioTV-Film department until last year. At KU, he taught the introductory television course, and directed the film "Centennial 66" shot on location here at KU last spring.
by
Jay Cooper
&
Bill Mauk
And this is the cavalry. Leading his men forward in the chase is Mike Lee, graduate in Radio-TV-Film. Behind him, his faithful men: Carl Kulp, West Chester, Pa., junior, Engineering; Joe Roach, Wilmette, Ill., sophomore; John Hoverson, Seattle, Wash., sophomore, Engineering, and Mike Williams, Independence, Miss., freshman.