University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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CUEING IN THE RECORD—Don Dixon checks operation as Ward Ferguson gets his cue from the script. LISTENING TO THE WIRED WIRELESS at North College hall are Sallie Callender, Jeanne Thompson, Janis Hartell, Mary Yancey, Collette Peterman; second row, Gloria Smith, Janet Hawkins, Ann Farney, Jane Reitz, Jane Sands, Joan Vogt, Susan Austin, and Sharon Low. 22 dent; Patricia Fox, college senior, vice president; Eileen Foley, journalism senior, secretary, and Russell worth, journalism senior, treasurer. This fall Mrs. Motta will conduct six elementary and six advanced shops. There ' s always something to learn, even for veteran Players, and ways something to do: rehearsals for a production take from 8 to 20 hours, depending on the complexity of the sound effect and acting problems. Radio Players for the first time this year may present a live broadcast in connection with KANU-KFKU ' s open house. All other plays have been taped and presented later. In the past the group has concentrated on children ' s programs, but the first adult series, Listen . . . Drama For You, will begin in October. Former Radio Players have gone on in the work started in the University drama club. One alumnus is working in an NBC-TV station. Radio Players do not get college credit; they work because they ' re learning to do better what they like best and they ' re hav- ing fun at the same time. radio hams, too Finally, those who are minded (we mean intellectually ing, girls) may join the Kansas versity Amateur Radio Club, better known as the ham club. This group was formed primarily to give licensed hams an opportunity to use club equipment. Each member can spend two hours a week hamming around —talking to other amateur diomen throughout the country. During the 1951 flood the sity club was very active, as during all emergencies. And two years ago bers traced a long-lost relative for a woman student. Last year ' s membership totaled 23. Officers are George Frye, engineering senior, president; Joan Johnson, cation senior, secretary, and John gen, engineering junior, treasurer. Donald G. Wilson, professor of trical engineering, is club trustee and responsible for set operation in the attic of the EES Building. And that ' s radio at KU—four phases of education mixed with entertainment —which helps train students to vide information and entertainment for others through the medium of De Forest ' s brainchild.

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1952, and will be dedicated this fall. The station ' s purpose is to provide education by radio, distinguished from KDGU ' s aim of providing education for radio. Station manager and director of University Radio and Television is R. Edwin Browne. Heading the staff are Mildred Seaman, program director; Merle Harmon, sports director; Glenn Price, continuity editor, and R. P. Stringham, chief engineer. Backed by a $7,000 record library and excellent facilities, both stations offer many services to the people of the area. The KU sports network of live broadcasts originates at KANU and is relayed to 24 Kansas and Mis- souri stations. The KU tape network offers pro- grams such as the Jayhawk School of the Air to seven Kansas stations. This series is designed to be heard in the classroom by elementary grades. Last year it was estimated that 20,000 stu- dents listened to these broadcasts. In addition to the 12 full-time staff members, KANU employs many part- time students who earn as they learn about announcing, continuity writing, and other jobs. And now University eyes are turned toward television. With a minor al- teration at the top, the station trans- mitter tower can support a television antenna. The University filed applica- tion with the FCC on June 1 for a permit to construct a non-commercial TV station on channel 11, but no ac- tion has been taken. Administration officials hope the 1955 legislature will provide funds for construction. If so, KU will cooperate with Kan- sas State in joint television presenta- tion. Both schools would have a trans- mitter with a micro-wave relay link joining them. Each would have a sep- arate channel and produce half of the programs. radio dramatists An offshoot of the University sta- tions is a drama group called Radio Players, which was organized in 1950 by Mrs. Ruby Le Neve Motta, its pres- ent sponsor and production director of KANU-KFKU. Membership is by invitation, work, and selection. Auditions are held in the fall and from the tape recording of voices Mrs. Motta chooses candidates. Through a point system the candidates build up eligibility for becoming a Radio Player. At present there are 19 Radio Play- ers and 50 candidates. Officers are Terry Strong, engineering junior, presi- 21 R. EDWIN BROWNE tunes in the radio-TV high frequency set in his office to analyze KDGU ' s programming. STUDENT ENGINEERS Jim Doherty and Glen Yancey work at the panel in the well-equipped KDGU control room.

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Signs Along Strong Hall by LETTY LEMON student is familiar with those shingles hanging along Strong hall. Not everyone is aware, however, that they are masterpieces of statement. For example, gazing at the door marked Dean of Students, one would hardly expect to find a man who is at once a coordinator, director, representative, and executive saddled with responsibilities enough to baffle the president of a corporation. But Laurence C. Woodruff, resident of that office, will testify that his job newly created in July embraces all these activities and more. Formerly dean of men, Dean ruff doubles as a biology professor, a task which he labels his avocation. And he is serving his sixth term as head of the Student Union board. His new job requires him to ordinate the work of the dean of men, dean of women, aids and awards, and the dormitory office, as well as direct health, recreation, counseling, and guidance services for the student. My job reflects the current tion belief that the student learns side the classroom as well as in his courses, Dean Woodruff says. The fact that the new dean of dents is a KU grad can be found, along with other information, in the latest copy of Who ' s Who. feminine deans Across the hall, behind the sive title of Dean of Women, sit Martha Peterson, dean, and Mary Peg Hardman, assistant dean. Both scribe their duties as anything which concerns the woman student. For instance, Miss Peterson smiles, one day a little girl came into this office upset because she couldn ' t find a job. Someone picked up the phone and found her one, and that situation snowballed to my becoming director of women ' s employment. Other jobs that seem to have found their way to 220 Strong are women ' s housing, leading to jurisdiction over the staffing and management of mitories; selecting and placing mothers; heading the all-activities endar; directing the mechanics of rush week, and advising Panhellenic, AWS, YWCA, and freshman dorm lors. Miss Pete and Mary Peg—at once gracious, friendly, and lots of fun have removed any stigma attached to a visit to the dean ' s office. registrar The quiet sign Registrar placed above the door to James K. Hitt ' s fice neatly conceals the fact that he is called upon to keep track of the lastic achievements of groups and viduals, and report them at a moment ' s notice. It can be said that each person tending the University is brought to you through the courtesy of Mr. Hitt, acting in a second capacity—as director of admissions. The registrar, a master of statement himself, says he only does three things: admit, register, and cord. After persuasion, he will fess that he has a few by-product jobs such as serving as a general formation office, running a transcript service, compiling fraternity and ity grade averages, and issuing tive service information. When the student leaves Mt. Oread clutching his diploma, he has one more service of the registrar ' s office with him, for Mr. Hitt supervises the paring of the all-important sheepskin. Also found behind the registrar ' s sign in Strong hall are a staff of 20 clerical personnel and 70,000 stat transcripts. 23 •