Carry's player 'axed' for her performance
"May I see your hatchet?" Doris Peterson. Reading senior, knows the inquirer is not curious about her prowess with an axe but merely wants to see her 50-year-old pin once owned by Carry Nation.
Miss Peterson, who portrayed the title role in the KU student production of "Carry Nation," was given the pin by Carry's great-niece, Miss Callie Blum of Kansas City. She met Miss Blum at a reception following the Kansas City performance of the opera.
While Miss Peterson was examining some pictures of Carry, Miss Blum gave her the Carry Nation Home Defenders pin she had found in a trunk. Carry sold these as souvenirs to raise money "for the cause" and members of her home defenders group wore it like "a sorority pin," Miss Peterson said.
She considers the gold pin a "perfect memento—something that belonged to Carry." The mother of pearl axe is centered with a diamond and the handle is inscribed with Carry's name. A good conversation piece, the pin brings some disbelief about its origin. "Some think it is just a charm I bought," Miss Peterson said.
The pin is now getting a lot of use, as Miss Peterson wears it every day.
Miss Peterson said she does not regret the end of the opera performances which she began working toward in February. But she adds that "If I didn't have a recital to prepare for it would have been a terrific let-down." She is now busy memorizing the Swedish words to six songs for her senior recital Wednesday.
"Those six songs are taking me longer to learn than my lines for 'Carry' because in learning my part for the opera I could understand the emotion involved," she said.
She said everyone who sees the opera should have some background about Carry's life to make the performance more meaningful. Many of the lines from the opera were taken directly from Carry's autobiography, but many parts of the book were omitted for the time element, she said.
Howard Boyajian, presently associate professor of violin at Baldwin-Wallace College in Ohio, will join the KU music faculty in September.
Prof. Boyajian will head the string department as well as teach violin and chamber music.
Violinist to join KU faculty
He will also play first violin in the KU string quartet.
Prof. Boyajian will succeed Raymond Cerf, who has headed the KU string department since 1949. Prof. Cerf is retiring.
Prof. Boyajian previously taught at the University of New
Allstate gives safety grant
Hampshire, Bucknell University and state colleges at Jacksonville, Ala., and Frostburg, Md.
The scholarship will cover costs for courses in basic driver education for high schools.
KU's Endowment Association will award fee scholarships for teachers in safety and driver education. The 2,000 grant, given by the Allstate Foundation, will be awarded in the 1966 summer session.
Photo contest begins June 1
He attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City, earned his B.S. degree from the Juilliard School of Music, and the master's degree from Oberlin college.
This is the 14th year the Allstate Foundation has given the grant to KU.
A year-long "see and sell Kansas" photography contest sponsored by the Governor's travel promotion committee will begin June 1 according to Jack Lacy, director of the Kansas Department of Economic Development.
He holds a doctorate of musical arts degree from Boston University, where he studied with Raphael Bronstein and Roman Totanberg.
Subject matter for the contest will be Kansas scenes, recreation, landmarks and points of interest. Cash prizes totaling $2,000 will be awarded during the competition which is divided into four seasons.
At the end of the year-long contest, selected photos will be used in a traveling exhibit for use by schools, banks, hotels and other public locations to promote Kansas.
Daily Kansan 5
Monday, May 23, 1966
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies with strong shifting winds and cooler temperatures this afternoon. Fair and much cooler tonight and Tuesday. High today near 90. Low tonight near 50.
Dear Graduating Senior,
On June 4,5,and 6 we will be holding the Centennial Commencement exercises for the Class of 1966.
This is a very special event for you; one you will remember the rest of your life.
Of special importance is the Senior Breakfast, Monday, June 5, at 8:00 a.m. in the Union Ballroom. Among other things, you'll receive the Last Gasp '66 (a special Senior Class newspaper), final instructions on commencement ceremony procedure and concluding remarks from your class officers. It's a unique event, not to be missed.
Be sure to stop by the Alumni Office if you haven't picked up your "official" commencement schedule.
See you there The Publicity Committee
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