Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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The horror film The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) starring Boris Karloff was then shown. Zombie Night began that evening with a presentation by Dr. Jean Salien, associate professor of French, entitled What, Exactly Is a Zombie? Robert Maxwell, assistant professor of English, followed with his presentation of Tales of Zombies. The Bride of Dr. Caligari Pageant was then held, hosted by deejay Richard T. of KAYS Radio. Two films were then shown to wrap up Wednesday ' s ghoulish festivites: White Zombie (1932), starring Bela Lugosi, followed by the classic Night of the Living Dead (1968), directed by George Romero. The festival began again the next morning, Thursday, Oct. 31, when Luehrs presented Demon Lovers. Lyman Lauver, counseling psychologist at the High Plains Mental Health Center, gave a presentation titled Circle, Square and Triangle: Psychology and Women as Monsters and Victims. Two horror films concluded the festival, Vampyr (1931), directed by Carl Dreyer, and The Horror of Dracula (1958) starring Christopher Lee. An old-time radio broadcast entitled Dr. Caligari’s Radio Cabinet, was given on KANZ Public Radio that evening. The program was developed by Bryon Caloz, news and public affairs director at KANZ, Dr. Stephen Shapiro, associate professor of communications, and two FHSU theater students, Deborah Driscoll, Colby sophomore, and Jim Warburton, Beloit sophomore. A contest for the program cover design was held among 29 junior and senior high schools. The Halloween festival started eight years ago when Halloween was virtually unknown to Hays, Luehrs said. Now Halloween is a significant event at FHSU. by jill grant and lori sharp Zomblna, Bargonale, Lady Llgea, and Mega Grosssta await the announcement of the winner, (photo by photo lab) The Contessa models for the crowd as Lady Llgea looks on. (pnoto by photo lab) Dr. Caligari (center) and Dr. Robert Luehrs, organizer of the event (right), present the money the event raised to Gerald Tomanek, president of FHSU. (photo by photo lab)

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Candidates for the bride of Dr. Caligari are: (front) Bargonale; Zomblna; Gorla Swansong; Repulslvldla; Madame Medusa; (back) The Sludge Sisters; Vamprllla Von Monstrum; The Contessa; Lady Llgea and Vyplra. (photo by photo lab) At the Carnival of Shadows, Halloween masqueraded as a Wedding Day D r. Caligari claimed a dual-headed bride in the 1985 Carnival of Shadows. After a much-publicized search, the infamous Halloween festival mascot landed a bride and managed to raise almost $400 for the renovation of Sheridan Coliseum in the process. The bride contest was part of a two-day Halloween festival at Fort Hays State, held Oct. 30 and 31 in the Memorial Union Black and Gold Room. The festival featured talks, contests, horror films and radio presentations. More than 900 persons attended the event, Dr. Robert Luehrs, professor of history and coordinator of the event, said. This year’s festival was titled Bride of Dr. Caligari ' s Carnival of Shadows and focused on women as villians and victims in tales of the supernatural. It is the intention of all of us who are connected with the 1985 Halloween festival that the bride contest will be amusing for those engaged in it and will raise a bit of money for a most worthwhile university project, the renovation of Sheridan Coliseum, Luehrs said. Eleven creatures competed to win Dr. Caligari’s hand in marriage. The candidates were sponsored by several community and campus organizations, and collected monetary votes in jars set up around Hays and in the union. Dr. Caligari encouraged stuffing the ballot box and engaging in such dirty tricks as spreading rumors that one ' s opponents are actually attractive, pleasant people, totally unsuited to become his bride, Luehrs said. The money was used to put a down payment on a seat for Dr. Caligari in the renovated coliseum. The seats are being sold for $500 in an effort to raise funds for the renovation. The candidates included Bargonale, The Contessa, Batrina Bloodella, The Sludge Sisters; Zombina; Goria Swansong; Vambrilla Von Monstrum, Repulsivida, Lady Ligea, Vypira, Madum Medusa, and Mega Grosseta. The Sludge Sisters had a dual edge over the other candidates, and managed to win matrimomy to the Doctor, a bouquet of fungus and over $150 in gift certificates. The Siamese Sisters raised $109.30 for the coliseum project. Dr. Caligari ' s new wife(ves), Bloodella and Batrina Sludge, live at 77E4 North Vat, Three- Mile Island. They work for IBM {innards, blood and mucous) as technicians at Trans Van Hospuddle. The sisters graduated from La Contessa All Ghoul Skool, and entered the contest to pay for the completion of a separation operation. In addition, they will use their prize money to pay for a new nuclear leak at Three-Mile Island. The sisters said they could offer Dr. Caligari some special advantages over the other bride candidates. Twice the pleasure -- twice the pain. Once you meet us you’ll never leave sain, was their motto. They described themselves as two radioactive wenches, joined as one loathsome siudgepot. The maid of honor, Vamprilla Von Monstrum, raised $60.18, and received a $25 gift certificate. I should be the bride of Doctor Caligari so that my great beauty and my charming personality can be exploited, she said. The Carnival of Shadows was created in 1978 by a group of students and faculty members who felt that the end of October was a fine time for unearthing and examining some of the darker forces of history, folklore and literature, Luehrs said. The result was an eerie collection of horror films, talks, dramatic readings and exhibits, he said. Dr. Caligari was borrowed from a 1920 German film, ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ' where he was one of the silver screen ' s first mad scientists, Luehrs said. By day Dr. Caligari exhibited a zombie-like being as a side show attraction; by night he sent the creature on murderous errands. The festival began Wednesday, Oct. 30, with a presentation by Dr. Paul Faber, assistant professor of philosophy, titled Girls on Film; I want my (S and) M-TV. Dr. John Knight, associate professor of English, presented Morgan You ' ll Never Know: King Arthur’s Wicked Sister and Hag of My Heart, or, She ' s Kind of Wicked to Ride: The Nightmare, a glimpse into part of the spirit world of the Middle Ages. 26 - Dr. Caligari

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, 1 The second play of the theatre season dated back to the Renaissance and featured slapstick Comedy St an FI inn, Ellis sophomore, played a waiter in the second play of the fall, A Servant of Two Masters, (photo by Monty Davis) he Italian comedic style of Commedia Dei ' Arte came to life in November, as the Fort Hays State theatre department presented A Servant of Two Masters. The farce dates back to the ancient Roman empire, and the Renaissance period. Commedia Del ' Arte was an improvisationa! style of comedy, in which travelling troupes of actors acted out a plot outline while making up dialogue. That formula, together with a great deal of slapstick, made up the plays unique characteristics. The right amount of precision and timing are important, Lloyd Frerer, director, said. In the play, the enterprising servant, Truffaldino (Darryl Corcoran, Bonner Springs senior,) not only works for one, but two masters. The first master was killed in battle, and his identity was assumed by his sister (Julie Rich, Great Bend junior,) who roamed through the streets disguised as her brother. The servant ' s second master (Todd Smith, Topeka freshman,) is one he assumed a position with, believing the former master was deceased. When the servant believed that his first master was indeed alive, he continued, in a cunning way, to serve both masters. Truffaldino became smitten with Smeraldina (Virginia Crabtree, Bucyrus sophomore,) the maid of the family to which Truffaldino ' s first master ' s fiancee belonged. The show was an entry in the American Collegiate Theatre Festival. Although the show itself was not nominated to perform at ACTF, individual actors Patrick Kelly, Bonner Springs sophomore, Dorathea Kelly, Lenora junior, and Corcoran all performed at the regional festival competition in Missouri in January. In a humorous scene during one act of the play A Servant of Two Masters , Truffadino; Darryl Corcoran, Bonner Springs junior, rescues a waiter; Stan Flinn, Ellis sophomore, who has fallen under a heavy trunk, (photo by Monty Davis) by david burke Dr. Lombardi; Marvin Walls, Hays sophomore, tries to convince Pantalone; Denny Grilliot, Hutchinson junior, that his daughter ia legally bound to marry his son. (photo by Monty Davis) 28 - Servant of Two Masters