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Summer Session Kansan
Friday, June 19, 1964
"THE STROBL 13"—Shown above are the 13 KU theater students participating in the European tour-study group June 17 through September 9. The members are (standing, left to right) Marilyn Scharine, Lawrence graduate student; Bob Rumpf, Webster Groves, Mo., graduate student; Carol Strickland, Kansas City, Kan., graduate student; Tom Woodard, Des Moines graduate student; Jo Anne Smith, Wellington
senior; Tom Winston, Dallas graduate student; Betty Maline, Cozad, Neb., senior and (kneeling, left to right) Sylvia Groth, Mayville, N.D., graduate student; Bill Bowersock, Shawnee Mission sophomore; Mary Phillips, Kansas City, Mo., senior; Rick Friesen, Prairie Village senior; Richard Scharine, Lawrence graduate student, and Gigi Gibson, Independence, Mo., senior.
Contrast Marks Summer Plays
Bv Linda Ellis
I don't know if George Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht ever met but putting two of their plays together in one evening makes for an interesting study in contrast.
Shaw's "Man of Destiny" gave a picture of Napoleon that was in some ways what one would expect from the famous general. Although Ron Loch, who played Napoleon, was not the perfect physical image of the great general his facial expressions and voice inflections gave the impression of the conceited, pompous Corsican.
NAPOLEON SMIRKED, teased, and threw the tantrums he was so famous for while showing the intricate workings of his soldier's mind. But his actions often revealed the selfish motives under which he labored.
The characterization of Napoleon was enjoyable, if sometimes too weak for the reputation that he had maintained. Teddy Weddingfeld, who played the Lady, was supposed to be the perfect foil for the genius general, and her tricks often were effective, if somewhat artificial.
Napoleon was effectively and humorously portrayed and the other actors, though not always as authentic as they should have been, lent the needed air to the production and made it good for an evening of summer theater.
The Betrotl-Brecht play, "The Exception to the Rule," was in some ways similar to Shaw's effort at showing the basic selfishness of man and what man will do to get what he thinks he wants.
The story involves a merchant (Allen Hazlett) who is trying to make a record breaking trip across the desert with a coolie (Bela Kiralyfalvi) carrying his packs. The merchant is cruel and drives the coolie unmercifully. The merchant sometimes lays on the cruelty too thick but gets his point across. The murder of the coolie was expected and not a little disappointing.
THE SCENE changes and lighting are confusing at first because all of it is done by the actors but it lends to the effectiveness of the play once one gets used to it.
The play makes the point that one person being kind and compassionate to another is the exception to the rule. Actually, all people are basically evil and mistrust any sign of kindness, according to Brecht.
The play does not speak well of the human race but it makes for a thought-provoking evening of conflict and drama.
Both plays are entirely worth seeing because they are short and make their respective points without going into the great detail of the longer productions. Also, the seating arrangement of the audience makes for intimate participation and the air-conditioning is wonderful for taking away those insufferable summer Kansas blues.
Survey Issues Geological Map
The State Geological Survey at the University of Kansas, in the year of the survey's 100th birthday, has published a centennial issue of the "Geologic Map of Kansas."
"This new map, as detailed as a map can be at its scale, incorporates our knowledge of Kansas rocks as determined by investigation throughout the history of the survey," Dr. Frank C. Foley, state geologist and director of the Geological Survey, said.
"Special effort has been made to modernize the map to include what we have learned since publication of a geologic map 27 years ago. We think we have done a good job, and we are pleased to present such a map to our public in the year that we are celebrating the centennial of the first State Geological Survey of Kansas."
Copies of the "Geological Map of Kansas" may be obtained for $2 over-the-counter or for $2.50, in tube, by mail from the State Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
KU Theater Students Will Teach in Poland
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Berger and Miss Nancy Yunovich, KU students who produced "Stage Three" to open the Summer Theater program June 11, have left for teaching in the summer English Language Institute in Krakow, Poland.
The group had just returned from a tour to explain American acting techniques in Poland before the production here. Mr. Berger, the first graduate of the University Theatre Ph. D. program as of the last commencement, Mrs. Berger, and Miss Yunovich also intend to perform representative American theater cuttings while in Poland this summer.
The Highway Patrol Recruit Training School began its 10-week extensive training course Monday and will continue through Aug. 21.
Highway Patrolmen Here for Training
The 19 men taking this basic training instruction will live in Hodder Hall but will attend classes in the Student Union and do some field work.
This program is under the direction of Lt. Keith Collier and Capt. Ernest Magby of Topeka.
Troupe Leaves New York for Theater Tour
A group of 13 KU theater students, the "Strobl 13," left New York City June 17 by plane, to arrive June 18 in Manchester, England. There they will start a series of productions, some of which were previewed June 5, to be given on tour in Europe.
The students will attend classes in history of art, history of music and German at Vienna University in Strobl, Austria, July 13-Aug. 22. Tom Rea, instructor in speech and drama and a University Extension coordinator, who was included in a similar group in 1962, will teach Theater in Education at the university.
Other stops on the itinerary, where a collection of dramas and musical comedies will be presented, include not only two days at the theatre departments and universities in Manchester but also similar engagements in London; Ostend and Utrecht, Holland, and Munster, Germany.
The group will visit Bonn, Germany, June 30-July 10, sponsored by the American Embassy, and then on to Vienna University. They plan to participate in the International University Student Theater Festival at Germany's Erlanger University July 24-27.
At the close of the summer school session they will travel to Southampton, England, via Paris, for a stay at the British University North America Club Aug. 24 to Sept. 7. Leaving London Sept. 8, they will arrive back in New York via Manchester Sept. 9.
Engineers' Salaries Reach $625 a Month
About $625 a month is the average starting salary for the 205 engineers graduated here during the past year.
The booming job market has boosted engineers' average starting salaries more than $25 a month in the past year, report Dean John McNown and Associate Dean Don Metzler of the School of Engineering and Architecture.
Industry and government representatives have been lining up this spring to interview KU graduates.
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Three Films Tonight
Three films will be shown at 8 p.m. today on the lawn cast of Robinson Gymnasium. The films are "Sport Fishing at Acapulco," "Rendezvous at Lake Constance," and "Flowering Desert." There is no charge.
Dodgers Call Up Former KU Star
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—(UPI) Lefthander Larry Miller of the Texas League Albuquerque Dukes, a former University of Kansas star, will take a perfect 8-0 record to the parent Los Angeles Dodgers today.
The Dodgers, currently floundering in sixth place in the National League, called up Miller to bolster their pitching staff. Miller will be replaced by lefthander Nick Willhite, who has a 2-3 record with the Dodgers in his rookie season.
Miller got his first starting assignment with Albuquerque May 6. Since then the 27-year-old native of Topeka has won eight games while losing none. In each of the eight games Albuquerque scored five runs.
Miller, who will report to the Dodgers in Cincinnati today, had never won more than seven games in a season previously since beginning his professional career in 1959. He starred at KU in the mid-1950's.
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