Thursday, April 25, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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'Rake' retells Faust legend
A retelling of the Faust legend in the setting of 18th-century England will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday when the curtain rises on KU's production of Igor Stravinsky's opera, "The Rake's Progress."
The opera will be presented April 26 and 27 and May 3 and 4. All performances are at 8:20 p.m.
Produced jointly by the department of speech and drama and the School of Fine Arts, "The Rake's Progress," with libretto by W. H. Auden, is the story of Tom Rakewell (Bruce Gardner, assistant instructor of voice), who leaves his country sweethear, Anne Trulove (Melinda Grable, Shawnee Mission junior), for a life of carousing in the big city.
In the process, Tom sells his soul to the devil, Nick Shadow (David Holloway, instructor of voice), and from that point on finds his life is meaningless. At last, when the time comes for Shadow to collect his payment, Tom gambles for his soul and wins, only to be turned mad by his defeated opponent.
In creating an 18th-century atmosphere for the opera, crew members, under the direction of James Hawes, assistant professor of speech and drama, have built scenery which resembles bits and pieces of etchings by William Hogarth, an 18th-century artist whose paintings inspired Stravinsky to write the opera in the late 1940s. Period costumes and extensive use of harpsichord music in the score will also attempt
CYR elects Edwards chairman for 1968-69
KU Collegiate Young Republicans (CYR) elected Mark Edwards, Emporia sophomore, chairman for the next year at a meeting Wednesday in the Kansas Union Forum Room.
His executive board members, elected by secret ballot, are Marvin Keith, Overland Park freshman, membership vice-chairman; Jim Powell, St. Louis, Mo., junior, publicity vice - chairman; Dave Nutt, Baldwin sophomore, program vice-chairman; Martha Sortor, Kansas City sophomore, corresponding secretary; Mikki Burnett, Hutchinson freshman, recording secretary; and John Ruth, Wichita freshman, treasurer.
Seats still left for summer charter flight
The summer KU Charter Flight to Europe has five seats still available.
The flight from New York to Brussels is scheduled to leave June 8 and return from Brussels Aug. 10. Return tickets may be sold to other people connected with KU. The round trip cost is $265.
to bridge the 200 years between 1968 and Tom Rakewell's time.
Although the hero of "The Rake's Progress" meets an untimely end, during the course of the show he manages to undergo several unusual experiences. One of these is his marriage to an obese, bearded circus freak, an act which he thinks will prove he is above the limitations of human nature.
In another instance, Nick Shadow confronts him with a machine which turns rocks to bread. In
an attempt to serve humanity. Rakewell invests all his money in the invention, only to find that at the crucial moment it will not work.
Directing the opera will be Edward Hastings, who was invited to KU from his job as a director at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco especially to direct "The Rake's Progress." Hastings has been at KU for four weeks, rehearing with the cast through spring break.
'THE RAKE' PROGRESSES
Tom Rakewell, played by Bruce Gardner, assistant instructor of voice, reflects upon his wasted life in this scene from "The Rake's Progress," opening Friday night in the University Theatre. Meanwhile, giving him little rest is a group of young maids. Clockwise from the upper left corner, they are Linda Frickey, Oberlin senior, Virginia Sloan, Sioux City, Iowa, senior, Kate Taylor, Shawnee Mission freshman, and Carol Peterson, McPherson freshman.
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Your Way To Europe. The Orient. Anwhere??
Want to Work Your Way to Europe, The Orient, Anywhere? Pan American World Airways will be conducting Stewardess interviews at KU on May 1, 1968. For further information and interview appointments, please contact your Placement Office. An Equal Opportunity Employer. (One opening for Campus Representative—Juniors only.)
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BOSTON — (UPI) — Negro students at Boston University ended a 12-hour takeover of the school's administration building Wednesday night when college officials accepted their demands for more scholarships for Negroes.
The students filed out of the Victorian building as Edward Coaxum, president of Umoja, the student group organizing the protest, turned over the door keys to campus police. "Umoja" is the Swahili word for "unity."
"Our efforts have been fruitful," Coaxum said. "The university has accepted our demands and has issued a formal statement that it will act positively and immediately in implementing them."
Hawthorne play set for weekend
"Young Goodman Brown," a 45-minute play adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, will be presented at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Kansas Union Forum Room by a sixmember cast of KU students. The
Negro demands accepted
students are participating in the Playwright's Workshop, sponsored by the University Christian Movement.
Director of the play is Steve Biddle, Topeka graduate student, who wrote it last semester.
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