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Summer Session Kansan
Tuesday, July 2. 1963
KU Theatre Draws Well in K.C.
By Tom Winston
The prestige of the KU theatre in the Kansas City area is growing to the point that twice recently it has been asked to present productions as guests of established drama groups in Kansas City.
The Circle Theatre, which performs in the round in the Union Station at Kansas City, billed KU's production of Felicien Marceau's comedy "The Egg" over the Thanksgiving and following weekends. And in December, the Kansas City Children's Theatre hired the KU Children's Theatre to bring four performances of "Alice in Wonderland" to the Music Hall. Response was so great they scheduled a fifth performance.
LATER, THE Children's Theatre returned to the Music Hall with "Mr. Popper's Penguins" under the same aegis and arrangement.
"The Egg," directed by F. Cowles Strickland, visiting professor of speech and drama, was the first invitation KU was able to accept The same Circle Theatre extended a similar invitation to the University Players' December 1961 production of "The Boy Friend," but circumstances made it impossible for KU to accept then. But the Circle Theatre was persistent, and KU was
Social Workers Here July 10-12 For Workshop
County and state welfare personnel will study administrative responsibility in carrying out federal proposals at the University of Kansas' eight Social Welfare Workshop. July 10-12.
Opening speaker is Wayne Vasey, dean of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University of St. Louis. He will discuss implications of the 1962 public welfare amendments for local administration.
JOHN WOELK, chairman of the State Board of Social Welfare, will speak at the closing session on "Kansas and Public Welfare, 1963."
able to accept the second invitation. Jed Davis, director of the KU Children's Theatre, says response has also been quite good to their performances at Wyndotte High School, which began last year with three consecutive days each of "Aladdin" and "The Ghost of Mr. Penny."
ON ITS OWN, the KU theater began a drama series at Battenfield Auditorium at the KU Medical Center. The response last year to "The Boy Friend" and "J.B." was healthy. "The Fantasticks" played there January 31 and February 1 and 2
If it proved as successful, the KU theatre may be well on its way to becoming something of an institution in Kansas City as well as in Lawrence.
SHREWSBURY, England —(UPI)—Francis Wood, 48, a Palm Springs, Calif., car dealer, said today the life of an English squirre "is not going to be as easy as I thought."
Squire's Life Hard
Lewin Goff, director of the University Theatre, eventually hopes to capitalize on KU's good showing in Kansas City by establishing a resident professional theatre, a permanent company performing regularly there. The preliminary stages—publicity and support of KU productions—indicate that it may be a marriage well made.
Wood said he must make many repairs on the 16th century mansion near here which he inherited and may have to turn it into a hotel for American tourists in order to make ends meet.
CROYDON, England — (UPI) — Croydon officials admitted today that a year-long program of school sex talks had failed to lower the town's rate of illegitimate births, which is among the highest in Britain.
Sex Program Fails
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