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Thursday. July 10. 1975
University Daily Kansan
Actors animate Saroyan dreams
By EVIE RAPPORT
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE—A play by William Saroyan. Directed by David Cook. Designed by Greg Hill. Costumes by André Southerd. At p.m. 10, July 10, and 12 in 11am.
The audience will be invited to dance to music from the year 1939, featuring tapes of Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. nightly.
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REVIEW
"There are no small parts, only small actors."
Few plays illustrate the truth of this adage as well as William Saryan's "The Time of Your Life," which opens at 8 tion in University Theatre. All of the 23 parts demand sincerity from the audience, even a few of the youngest, requiring technical proficiency necessary to carry off any number of principal parts in other plays.
It's to the credit of this fine, strong cast that the technical proficiency abounds in all but a few cases. The play leaps back and forth to another moment of plexus plausibility and caricature. The actors have
--a firm grasp on just where their characters are in the jump—they seldom miss portraying the right degree of quirky madness or understated sentiment.
"The Time of Your Life" is set in a dingy San Francisco waterfront saloon. It's 1939. The Depression is all but over, and the world hasn't yet disintegrated into the horrors of World War II. But somehow the American Dream of a good life has faded. They are unhappy, dissatisfied, angry because their lives are too brutally real.
The play is about dreams. Each person entering the saloon has a dream of success or love or achievement or peace. Each hopes his dream will come true; some hope he wins, others lose, guided by Joe, a lover with money, who sits center stage and dominates the action.
William Kuhlh, who plays Joe, is superb. He is by turns burnesensitive, sensitive, compassionate and cruel. The character represents Saroyan's viewpoint, which the author clearly states in a note: "Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found,
bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unshamed."
Among the other fine performances are Maureen Hawley's Kitty, a beaten whore who dreams of a big house with collies on the lawn; Mike Wise's Tom, Joe's go-for-, whose simple-minded love for Kitty is a sharp contrast to his despair surrounding them; and Steve Gilham's Nick, the saloon owner who insists on running "a good place."
Special praise should be given to George Weiss, who portrays, I think, the most difficult character in the play. It is Kill Carson, an old trapper who spins tales you cannot believe—stories of his love affair with a girl or of herding cows on a bicycle in Toledo, the other characters have stories to tell, but none are as wild and implausible as his.
Weiss's portraitary masterfully conveys an absolute sincerity which keeps this painting fresh and new.
Doug Wasson, a., waterfront cop; Barry Barkstein, a. a longshoreman-philosophist.
squad bully give sturdy, well-defined finances that illuminate the play's conflicts.
"The Time of Your Life" is a difficult play to perform, demanding intense concentration from the players. It's equally difficult for them to watch, touch and listen carefully. Act swirls, touch and focus change rapidly and dialogue from different stage areas overlap. David Cook, director, has choreographed the action and defined the focus so clearly that an attentive viewer won't miss anything. No small moment, when so much happens so quickly.
Greg Hill's set is simply marvelous— the atmosphere, aesthetically delightful.
I saw this play at a dress rehearsal, when the few remaining wrinkles and technical problems were solved. Those problems should be solved by tonight, so there's nothing to prevent the audience from losing a marvelous, professional performance in one of the delightful American plays ever written.
Council to decide Dial-Drug's fate
The Douglas County Drug Abuse Council will decide the fate of the controversial Dial-Drug phone service tonight when they meet at 7 in the Douglas County Courthouse.
Beyond the controversial nature of the project itself, internal disputes between members of the council may hamper rejection. If the council does not end last week, when its fund ran out.
Steve VonLutes, who assisted in running the service, said yesterday, "The lack of understanding may have led to some strife and cast a pill over the project."
sung Hart was the director of the Dial-phone phone service. Hart said that Nancy Hartman, planning coordinator of the drug abuse council, had delayed paying him his checks for his services during the three-and-a-half-month Dial-Drug project.
"I showed up on the day I was to receive my check and she demanded reports retroactive through the preceding weeks," he said.
Hart's contract didn't require the submission of reports.
Johnson said, "There is no formal agreement. But while I was on the ad hoc committee, it was at least my understanding that he would provide interim reports."
Both Hart and Alan Johnson, chairman of the council's research committee, said that
The ad boc committee acted as a laissez-faire between Hart and the council during the period.
Hartman said, "I delayed one of Hart's checks because he was refusing to submit written reports. I withheld the check because he wasn't willing to cooperate.
"We are satisfied with the project and the final report. But as for the little complaints, I'd be happy to discuss them with him in person." The author insisted on substance here to merit a public dispute. "
Another complaint Hart made' involved his attempt to initiate a meeting with Kansas Attorney General Curt Schneider to take a lawrence street drug analysis plan.
Hart said Hartman had given her approval to Hart's meeting with Schneider and then decided against allowing Hart to speak to Schneider.
Johnson said, "From my point of view, it was simply a misunderstanding."
Johnson said that Hart shouldn't have initiated the meeting with the attorney general because he wouldn't be able to represent the county with respect to its views on the question of creating the drug analysis program.
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Johnson said that he and three other members of the council, who all work with him at Headquarters, had just received his salary. He said a local counseling and information center.
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The tournament was played on the 36 par
Jayhawk Nine at Alamar Hill Golf (Gila)
Mike Millikan, Salina graduate student, and Tom Weiss, associate professor of economics, the recreational service's summer golf tournament yesterday sponsored by the University health, physical education and recreation.
in team competition, there was a three-way tie of 38 for the top spot among Carl Irwin, Alistair Curran, and Mellikan; Wilson Tyson Jr., Topeka senior, and Warren Giddings, Leavenworth graduate student; and Mike Pratt Lawrence graduate student, and
Student, prof in first place tie at golf tourney
An award was given to Berklei Perico,
Lawrence special student, for the closest
shot to the pin on the par 3, 190-yard seventh
hole.
Team scores were compiled by taking the best shot per hole for each team.
Hart said he thought that the report would get to the council members too late for a valid decision to be made on the reinstatement of the project.
Miryam Kay, a member of the council's research committee, which last month voted not to recommend the continuation of the project, said, "It's absolutely critical that each person have plenty of time to read and Kay voted for continuation of the project.
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Tom Donaldson, Wichita graduate student, also receive an award for the local high school's computer science program.
"I do think that we should have gotten it earlier and had time to read it carefully," Kay said of Hart's 100-page-final report. She said she hadn't received the report.
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The University of Kansas School of Medicine has received notice that full accreditation has been continued by the Department for Medical Education (LCME) in Chicago.
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KU Medical Center accreditation granted
The approval includes the branch of the school located at Wichita State University, established in 1971 by the Kansas Board of Regents to enable a part of each medical course to pursue the final training in Wichita rather than at the Kansas City Med Center.
LCME notified Chancellor Archie R. Dykes yesterday of the results of the report submitted by American Medical College to campuses October 21-24, 1974. LCME represents the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association.
Accreditation is awarded on the basis of
appropriate balance between the size of enrolment in each class leading to degree and the total resources of the institution, including physical facilities and operating budget.
The accreditation committee's seal of approval is used by the state medical license boards in issuing certificates to practice medicine.
Dykes said he was pleased that the KU School of Medicine had received continuing accreditation.
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David W. Robinson, acting executive vice chancellor at the Medical Center, said, "I would say the report contains two major thrusts. One is a sanction of our three year curriculum, with some modification to teach students during the first 19 months of the Medical School implemented an accelerated three year program in 1971.
In other times this may become
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FROM: John House
Student Senate Treasurer
—NOTICE—
3. Obtain ADVANCE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION for each expenditure from funds allocated to the organization.
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TO: All organizations allocated funds by the Student Senate from the Student Activity Fee
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Treasurer's Training Sessions have been scheduled for the following times:
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