Summer Session Kansan
52nd Year, No.11
Tuesday, July 14, 1964
Lawrence, Kansas
"The director of the Theatrical School in Warsaw, several directors, many actors, dozens of students, and virtually every American in Warsaw found it difficult to stop praising the group.
The thing that appealed to the Poles most was the versatility of the members of the group plus, of course, their youth and vitality.
U.S. Official in Poland Praises KU Troupe
A member of the U.S. Embassy staff in Warsaw has written lavish praise of the KU 7-student theatre demonstration team that made a 2-month tour of Europe with the sponsorship of the State Department.
In a letter to Lewin A. Goff, director of the University Theatre, John D. Scanlan said:
THE TEAM PERFORMED at professional theater schools in several countries. Their counterparts at those schools with whom they exchanged productions were generally much more experienced and older.
"...but I don't believe it's possible to exaggerate an honest, objective appraisal of the group and the quality of their performances in Poland," the letter said.
"I don't know where you obtain your professional players, but I can't convince the Poles that they are amateurs." He referred to the impression created by the group as they toured Europe.
"THE STAFF at the Theatrical School was particularly impressed by the democratic spirit of the group. They set their own stages, moved their own scenery, handled their own lighting, and packed up afterwards—
without waiting for extended applause.
"The Poles commented that their students would never do this and yet the Americans, whom the Poles insisted were much better actors than the Polish students, modestly engaged in every facet of theatrical activity without false insistence on a 'star's prerogatives.'"
"Send us more, anytime," Scanlan concluded.
The seven students, chosen in competitive trvouts, were in Europe in April and May.
THEY WERE Mimi Frank, Lawrence sophomore; Karin Gold, Overland Park senior; Richard Friesen. Prairie Village junior; Sharon Scoville, Kansas City special student; Vincent L. Angotti, Independence, Mo., graduate student, and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Dalen, Minneapolis graduate students.
The group presented one-act plays and scenes from longer representative American drama. They performed in English, Goff explained, "and the plays they observed were in other languages, but it is amazing how well skilled actors can follow the action of well presented drama in a second language."
Staff members with them at various times were Jack Brooking, assistant director of University Theatre, and Jed Davis, associate professor of speech and drama.
The idea of the touring demonstration team in the cultural exchange program resulted from contacts made by Goff during a year's study of the European theater he made under a Fulbright grant.
Camp Concerts Provide Sunday of Entertainment
By Rose Marsha Resnick
By Rose Marsha Resnick
With the first downbeat of the conductor's baton, the fourth of six Midwestern Music and Art Camp concerts began Sunday afternoon in Murphy Hall.
Guest conductor Dr. Warner Lawson, from Howard University in Washington, presented a moving selection by the Concert Choir, "Tryptch" by Hovhaness. The religious effect of the next two works by Burleigh and Gilum created an atmosphere of softness and tranquility.
The orchestral division of the concert, conducted by three directors, had one of its best performances of the season. Gerald M. Carney, associate director, opened the program with the camp theme song. "Irish Tune From County Derry." He then turned the group over to Russell L. Wiley, camp director, who presented "Harry Janos Suite," by Kodaly.
The closing piece by the Concert Choir, "Song of the Open Road" by Dello Joio, was a great number that pleased the attentive audience.
EACH PIECE SEEMED to follow in line of the previous one, keeping the steady flow of rhythm going. The finale of the choir, "A Free Song," was an effective production for the fine group of voices.
Dr. Lawson continued his fine showing with the next group on the program, the Chamber Choir. The music of Dieterich, Tschaikovsky and Schuman were among his beautiful selections.
ADDING A TOUCH of dignity was the mystifying work of Charmane Asher Wiley on the cimbalon, a rare instrument for high school orchestras. Guy Taylor of the Phoenix Symphony concluded the program for the afternoon with the fourth movement from Brahm's Symphony No. 4.
The evening concerts, held in the KU Outdoor Theatre, were conducted by Cmdr. Charles Brendler, retired director of the United States
Navy Band and Orchestra, Taylor and Carney.
THE SYMPHONIC band performed numbers by various composers such as Grieg, Dvorak and Stieberitz. As the evening progressed the novel tunes created a sensation. Perhaps the most memorable number of this band's program was Mr. Taylor's presentation of "Symphonic Suite" by Williams.
Carl Fahrbach, assistant director of admissions at KU, soon will take a similar position at Wichita State University and in 1965 will become director of admissions there upon the retirement of the current holder of that office.
The audience welcomed the last group of the evening, the concert band, as Prof. Carney began the performance with "Coat of Arms, March" by Kenny, Two movements from Mendelsohn's "Symphony No. 4" was the second selection. Captivating the patrons for this night was the finale, conducted by Taylor, Giannini's "Symphony No. 3 For Band."
Highs ranged from 84 at Salina, Russell, Abilene, Manhattan and Chanute at 78 at Goodland. Overnight nails ranged from 51 at Hutchinson to 59 at Salina and Wichita.
By United Press International
Cool and clear weather prevailed over the central plains and Kansas yesterday and more of the same is in store.
A slow warming trend and fair weather was expected through today. Today's highs were expected to range in the 80s again.
Cool Days Likely For Plains States
Carl Fahrbach Named To Position at Wichita
By United Press International
Fahrbach, who has served at KU since 1955, is making arrangements to move to Wichita.
GOP Convention Begins; Goldwater in Command
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Four of "The Men Who"...
Playing key roles at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco are these GOP kings and king-makers—Richard M. Nixon, vice-president from 1953 to 1961 and presidential candidate in 1960; Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the likely choice for 1964; Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, who withdrew from the race after the California primary, and Gov. William Scranton of Pennsylvania, who has been engaged in a late effort to keep the nomination from Sen. Goldwater.
Reading Teaching Center To Be Set Up Under Grant
The University of Kansas will be one of 28 research centers participating in a nationwide coordinated attack on problems related to the teaching of reading in public schools.
Nita Wyatt, associate professor in the School of Education, is the principal investigator under a $30,451 grant awarded through the United States Office of Education, coordinator of the program. KU was chosen as a research center after about 75 proposals had been evaluated by the U.S. Office of Education.
THE STUDY will seek to clear some of the current confusion and controversy over theory and methods in the teaching of reading, Dr. Wyatt said. Each participating center will conduct independent research that will complement investigations of other centers and contribute to a whole picture, she said.
Some 30,000 children in the United States will be involved in the project.
KU's role will be to cooperate with area schools in investigating the reading achievements of first-grade pupils. Work will be undertaken and completed in 1964-65.
Ten classrooms in the area will use experimental approaches with "differentiated methods" in the teaching of reading, she said. For example, an effort might be made to teach boys and girls separately, using materials that have special appeal to each group.
Another 10 classrooms will use a "linguistic" approach, which Dr. Wyatt described as emphasizing sounds and regular spelling patterns, rather than frequency of word usage.
A CONTROL GROUP of another 10 classrooms will use standard readers, based on frequency of word usage.
At the research program's conclusion, pupils will be tested on their achievement. Testing procedures will be like those used across the nation.
Dr. Wwatt said a workshop would be held later this summer for area participants in the program.
"There will be no national control over the research." Dr. Wyatt emphasized. Directors met in Minneapolis early in June to design the study and to agree upon standard procedures so that data can be coordinated.
Participating research centers are either universities or state departments of education, working in cooperation with public schools.
COW PALACE San Francisco
COW PALACE, San Francisco —(UPI) The Republican Party began its 28th national convention yesterday with Sen. Barry Goldwater apparently assured of a first-ballot nomination for President.
But his only major challenger, Gov. William W. Scranton of Pennsylvania, was not giving up his attempts to bring off the miracle it will take to upset the Arizonan's bandwagon.
He challenged Goldwater to a television debate before the delegates begin the balloting Wednesday. He also promised a floor fight on the party platform which, in draft form, echoed closely the views of the front-running senator.
TO THE CHALLENGE Goldwater retorted "ridiculous" and to the threat of a platform floor fight Gold-water aides shrugged.
The Scranton challenge, in the form of a letter denouncing "Gold-waterism", provided practically the only excitement as the convention got under way.
One Republican took a look around and called this year's meeting "one of the dullest of all times." The man who said that was Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts, and he should know.
Martin, just another delegate this year, was permanent chairman and unquestioned major domo of every GOP convention from 1940 through 1956.
GOLDWATER'S MANAGERS regarded Scranton's unprecedented debate challenge as a last desperate effort to break their candidate's headlock on the delegates. They announced that they had sent the governor's letter back to him. First, however, they had 4,000 copies made for distribution among delegates—in the hope it would make them angry at Scranton.
Barring the political miracle Scranton must bring about to win, Goldwater already was assured of the nomination as the 1,308 delegates assembled in the Cow Palace for the opening session.
After hearing a batch of welcoming speeches and other remarks, and transacting routine convention business, the meeting was to recess. The keynote address of Gov. Mark O. Haffield of Oregon was given last night.
ON THE EVE of the convention, Goldwater expressed hope that Gov. George Wallace of Alabama would cancel plans to run for president.
Blaze Strikes Workers' Shack
Fire of unknown origin swept through a deserted house early Sunday afternoon on the west end of the KU campus. The house, used as a construction shed by builders of a nearby dormitory, was damaged extensively in its interior.
KU police said someone apparently had broken into the house the day before, but officers were not sure if the break-in was related to the fire. Lawrence firemen said the blaze began in an upstairs bedroom and spread throughout the upper story of the house. Several pieces of furniture were destroyed.
The abandoned dwelling, owned by the Clarence E. Vollmer Construction Co. of Wichita, contained construction materials and was used often as a resting place for company workmen.
A construction company official said after the fire that nothing of value was missing but that certain equipment in the house had been moved around.
Scheduled to be razed upon completion of the adjacent dormitory, the building will remain in limited use.