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University Daily Kansan
Friday, May 18, 1962
Sharp Wit Disciplines Professional Musicians
By Tom Winston
Sopranos are wont to gag on a high G in "Kyrie" of the Beethoven mass, and when the inevitable happened at the rehearsal, Mr. Shaw told them:
"Don't burden anyone else with your vocal problems. Keep them to yourself."
THAT SEEMED TO DO the trick, because the spot, which choir members say had given them trouble in previous rehearsals, was immediately better upon repeat.
Robert Shaw and his Chorale are at KU to direct the KU Concert Choir and the KU Symphony in a free concert to be given at 8 p.m. tonight in Hoch Auditorium. The presentation will be Beethoven's "Missa Solennis."
The sopranos were the most frequent target of his rehearsal proddings.
"Sopranos," he called, "You are flabby, phlegmatic and flaccid on this 'Agnus Dei.' It sounds a little bit like I'd feel if I put on a rubber diving suit — you know, I'm not really convinced. It's all a little like vaseline out of a tube on a warm morning."
IN ANOTHER PLACE he told the sopranos, "You're close enough to the top you might as well make it. You might as well shoot for a Bflat and get a good A."
Again, "Sopranos, I realize you are on a G-natural on the top of page 51, but I have no idea how you got there."
All this was received with smiles and laughter.
Beethoven was deaf when he wrote the "Missa Solennalis," and his choral writing is sometimes cruelly high and hard to sing. He also worked freely among rhythms, changing proportions when he felt like it and as the text's moods seem to call for it. For this reason, when
Informal Rush Ends, 16 Pledge
An informal sorority rush ended Tuesday, May 15, with the pledging of 16 KU women.
The new pledges are:
Alpha Delta Pi — Susan Cooper, Hinsdale, Ill., sophomore; Mary Reeves, Oberlin sophomore; Margaret Sowers, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, and Karla Toothaker, Westmoreland sophomore.
Alpha Omicron Pi — Susan Henneberger, Atwood sophomore; Judith Morrell, Charles City, Iowa, freshman; Janet Skinner, Lawrence sophomore, and Sue Stickney, Overland Park freshman.
Chi Omega — Joann Brougham, Kansas City freshman, and Nancy Bryant, La Crosse, Wis., sophomore. Gamma Phi Beta — Gerry Ryberg, St. Paul, Minn., freshman, and Janet Starr, North Hollywood, Calif., freshman.
Kappa Alpha Theta — Kathleen O'Brien, Independence freshman, and Geraldine Thorp, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore.
Kappa Kappa Gamma — Joan Burger, Prairie Village freshman, and Martha Myers, Wilmington, Del., freshman.
This informal rush period from May 1 to May 15 ended women's rush for the '61-62 school year.
Next year's spring rush will be the only formal women's formal rush period.
"There will be no formal rush period next fall as there has been in the past," Emily Taylor, dean of women, said.
Under the new Panhellenic ruling spring rush, held between the fall and spring semesters, will be the only formal rush period.
Informal rush will extend throughout the school year.
Dean Taylor defined the informal rush period "as any time other than the formal rush period," which lasts about a week at mid semesters.
"Under the new informal rush system sororities will be able to pledge any eligible girl at any time during the semester except during spring rush," Dean Taylor said.
the group was having trouble with rhythms and in fitting them to the words and, in turn, the words to the musical pitches, Mr. Shaw had the singers clap their parts instead of singing them.
SOMETIMES SOME clapped and others sang. "Gentlemen in the last three rows, clap for us and the rest of us will sing for you," he said.
At one time, when the group kept missing a rhythm in one of the movements, Mr. Shaw said:
"I want to wish you a lot of luck in your life ahead. A sense of rhythm like that is going to be expensive." The choir caught the double-edged jab slowly, but the guffaws and snickers snowballed and ended in applause.
THERE ARE SEVERAL explosive "amens" throughout the work. Shaw paused at one of these places to say:
"You must make those notes longer. It sounds as if you were all without sin and casting the first stone. Making those notes too short takes them off of Beethoven's spirit and puts them on your flesh.
"It's kind of like a democracy," he added. "Don't forget the little notes. They're just as important as the big ones. It's as if you cut everybody down to five feet, four inches so they'd have an equal vote."
Pauling-Teller Film To Be Shown Sunday
A filmed debate between Linus Pauling and Edward Teller on the problems of nuclear war will be shown in the Forum Room Sunday evening at 7:30. The film, sponsored by the SPU, is the record of a debate held shortly after nuclear testing was resumed.
Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, is one of the major spokesmen for the advocates of disarmament. Edward Teller, the physicist who was primarily responsible for developing the H-bomb, has been one of the leading advocates of a "get-tough" policy with the Soviet Union.
The 60-minute film was nationally televised several months ago. Admission to the film will be 10c.
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Students Win Scholarships
Four students won German Departmental scholarships and awards at the recognition dinner Wednesday evening.
Receiving Fulbright and University exchange scholarships were Ira Ameriks, East Orange, N.J., graduate student; Yvonne Janicki, New Brunswick, N.J., graduate student; Alan Latta, Wichita senior, and Frances Mary Scholz, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
Latta and Miss Scholz also received Woodrow Wilson Fellowships. He won the Danforth Fellowship and she won an advanced undergraduate award.
Other departmental award and scholarship winners are: summer travel grants, Philip Kimball, Derby junior, and Breon Mitchell, Salina sophomore; Paris-Follet German Prize, Catherine Zeliff, Baldwin junior; Schlegel-Carruth Scholarship, John C. Maloney, Lawrence freshman; Engel Scholarship and Phi Beta Kappa award, Martha Sipes, Mission junior; Erdmuthe Von Unwerth Scholarship, Elizabeth Fly, Topeka senior.
University Scholarship 1962-63, Jennifer Liebnitz, Lawrence graduate student; University of Vienna summer school award, Susan Whitley, Lawrence sophomore; University of Kansas summer scholarship for teaching assistants, Louise Miller, Chicago graduate student, and Judith Ann Wager, Port Washington, N.Y., graduate student; and Delta Phi Alpha Prize, Walter Speidel, Lawrence graduate student.
Four faculty wives entertained at the University Women's Club talent show last night in the Watkins Room of the Kansas Union.
Four Faculty Wives Perform at Show
Mrs. John Perry opened the show with two piano solos—"Barcarolle" and "Scherzo in B." by Chopin. Mrs. Perry attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and later received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Vienna.
A medley of songs from George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" was presented by Mrs. Charles Landesman. She was accompanied by Mary O'Connell.
Phillips President Elected Alumni Head
Stanley Learned, president of the Phillips Petroleum Company, has been elected president of the KU Alumni Association. He replaces Wendell Holmes of Hutchinson.
Learned, who graduated from the KU school of engineering in 1924 and joined Phillips shortly afterward, was elected by a mail ballot by members of the Association. Learned, of Bartlesville, Okla., became president of the oil firm last spring.
Mrs. Margaret Lillard of Salina, a 1944 graduate of KU, was elected vice president of the Association. She replaces Ben Barteldes of Lawrence.
Many Planes Cross Ocean
NEW YORK — (UPI) — International airlines carried out a trans-Atlantic crossing on an average of every 11 minutes in the peak season last year. The International Air Transport Association reports.
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Tub – 15 pieces, 5 hot rolls ___ $3.50
Barrel – 25 pieces, 10 hot rolls ___ $5.00
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Mrs. Leon Zolbrod sang selections of Japanese music and accompanied herself on a koto, a 13-stringed instrument.
The show was concluded by Mrs. Feelix Moos who presented a Japanese tea ceremony, assisted by Mrs. Zolbrod.
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