UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE • APRIL 1, 1953 p'f e", 'S Ye I e A 50 ~J ':. FRENCH MOVIE FlF.ST ON SPRING SCHEDULE AT i Uf (FOR D-lMEDIATE RELEASE) liLa Ronde", a French film, will open the University of Minnesota Film society' s spring program \-lith a three-da.y run April 15-17. Showings in Northrop Memorial auditorium are scheduled at 3:30 and S p.m. April 15 with additional performances at 8 p.m. April 16 and 17. Based on the Arthur Schnitzler play, ''Reigen'', the movie takes its name from Oscar Straus 1 liLa Ronde" waltz. It presents a string of romantic episodes which take place in Vienna at the turn of the century. Anton Walb:"ook, Simone Simon, Danie11e Darrieux, Jean-Louis Barrau1t and Gerard Philipe are among tu'1e stars. "La Ronde ll was named "best picture of the year" by the British Film Academy and won the grand prize at 1951 film festivals in Venice, Cannes, Brussels and Cuba. Other films on the spring calendar are "The Man in the White Suit" (British) April 22; "Open City" (Italian) April 29; liThe River" (British) May 6; "Under the Paris Sk'J" (French) May 13; and "Fantasia" (American) May 22. With the exception of "Fantasia" -- which will be shown at 4 and 7:30 p.m. on a Friday -- all these movies will be presented at 3 :30 and 8 p.m. Wednesdays in Northrop audito:'iUI:1. Admission is 74 cents for adults, 35 cents for juniors. In addition, the societ.7 has planned a program of film classics -- a group of Charlie Chaplin comedies for April 9, IIGrapes of Wrath" April 24 and "Midsummer Night's Dream" with Olivia de HaViland, James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell and Mickey Rooney May 1. These will be shown at 3=30 and 7:30 p.m. in Nicholson hall auditorium, admission 40 cents. -UNS- ,.----------------------------- _.- - HT\-\ }J4l ~ln -<t-(f v UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE Am-IL 1, 1953 MAC NEICE, BRITISH POET, WILL GIVE PUBLIC READING AT 'u' (FCR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) British poet Louis MaoNeice will give a special reading of his poems Monday (April 6) at the University ot Minnesota. The program, scheduled at 3 =30 p.m. in the Minnesota Museum of Natural History auditorium, is open to the public without charge. MacNeice is among a group of distinguished poets -- including W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Ceoil Day-Lewis -- who first achieved reoognition in the 1930's and who have been rated, since then, as the leading English poets. His more recent works are "Ten Burnt Offerings", "Collected Poems" and "Holes in the Sky". Born in Be1fastl MacNeice studied at Marlborough school and at Merton college, Oxford. He lectured in classics at the University of Birmingham and in Greek at Bedford College for Women before becoming a feature writer and producer for the British Broadcasting oorporation in 1941. Currently, he is a program director for BBC fS Third Program. The program of readings will be broadoast over University radio station KUOM at 11:15 a.m. April 10. In oonneotion with MacNeioe's visit here, KUOM will also broadcast "The Golden Ase", an ancient classic adapted and produced by the poet for BBC, at 3:30 p.m. April 8. While in Minneapolis, MaoNeice will aleo appear at the Walker Art Center. He will read some of his poetry and part of his translation of Goethe's "Faust" at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday (April 7) in the Center 's leoture gallery. -UNS- UNIVFRSITY OF MINNESOTA N»lS SERVICE APRIL 1, 1953 TWO NORTHSTATE GmLS AWARDED 'U' SCHOLARSHIPS (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Two University of Minnesota students - Helen M. Skufca, Ely, and Marilyn S. Watkins, Carlton -- have been awarded $100 scholarships, according to an announcement by George B. Risty, director of the University's bureau of student loans and scholarships. Miss Skufca, a senior majoring in elementary education, is the winner of the Virginia Sheffield Tyler memorial scholarship. This is the third year the grant he.s been presented to an outstanding student. Miss Watkins, a junior also majoring in elementary education, is the first person to receive the Maria Starovich memorial scholarship. The award was established last June as a 'tribute to Miss Starovich for her devotion to residents of Comstock hall, girIs t dorm!tory on the campus. -UNS- --- - ---------------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESarA N~S SERVICE AFRIL 1, 19~3 (FeR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Representatives of the Puget Sound Naval shipyards at Bremerton, Wash., will visit the University of Minnesota campus Monday and Tuesday (Apri16-7) to interview applicants for jobs as engineers and naval architects at the shipyards. Mathematicians and physicists may qualif7 as naval architects. The interviews will be held Monday in the otfice of the University's oollege of engineering and Tuesday in Room 225 Johnston hall. -UNS- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE APRIL 2, 1953 COMMUNICATIONS IN INDUS'lRIAL RELATIONS lUI CONFERENCE TOPIC (FCR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Minneapolis ---Industrial relations experts will gather at the University of Minnesota April 14 - 15, far the Eleventh Annual Industrial Relations oonference. Theme of the national meeting will be "Communioations in Employment Relations". The annual 'two-day event is sponsored. by the University Industrial Relations Center and the Twin City chapter of Society for Advancement of Management. This year's conference is expected to attract over 200 professional industrial relations personnel from allover the nation. Featured speaker of the conference will be Alexander R. Heron, vice president of industrial relations for Crown Zellerbach corporation. Heron will address the annual banquet Tuesday evening, April 14. Well-known for his work in industrial relations and. employee communications, Heron will talk on "Principles and Effects of Communications". The organization and administration of an employee communications program will be discussed by Robert R. Ross, manager of employee oommunications, P. R. Mallory company, Indianapolis. Ross will open the two-day conference. Robert A. Willson, director of industrial relations for Studebaker Corporation of Canada., and Charles E. Redfield, professor of public administration at New York university, will discuss written communications. Oral communications will be discussed by Louis Duenweg, training ooordinator , Detroit Edison oompany, and William Machaver, training direotor for Johnson and Johnson. Raymond B. Nixon, professor of journalism, and Robert L. Jones, associate professor of journalism, University of Minnesota, will present recent developments in communioations research. James J. Jenkins, assistant professor of psychology at the University, will discuss horizontal or cross oommunications. Jenkins has performed a great deal of research on this subject. (MCRE INDUS'IRIAL REIATIONS CONF:ERENCE - 2 - Wade E. Shurtleff, director of industrial relations, The Standard Products company, will olose the confeE'ence with a discussion of the evaluation of a company communications program. As usual, emphasis will be given to points of a communications program which oan be instituted in a small business. The confeE'enoe is open to all interested persons and to anyone in the fields of industrial relations and communications. Registra.tion for the conference is limited and those planning to attend are urged to apply immediately. The fee for the conference is $15 which includes a ticket to the annual banquet. Anyone desiring registration materials is urged to oontact the Director, Center for Continuation Study, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 14. -UNS- ~ ! UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SERVICE APRIL 2, 1953 DAILY NEWSMEN TO MEET AT 'u' (FOR !M}iIEDIATE RELEASE) Minneapolis --- Narman Isaacs, managing editor of the Louisville Times and president of the Associated Press Managing Fditors' association, will speak at a conference of Midwest newspaper editors at the University of Minnesota school of journalism May 8. News executives of daily newspapers in the Midwest will be on hand for a two-day program which will center around the theme: liThe Impact of the Sound and Picture Age on the Daily Newspapers". According to Ralph D. Casey, school of journalism direotor, the editors will also discuss wire news, labor's place in the news, journalism school training and a variety of tec~~ica1 topics. Isaacs has had wide experience beginning with the news department of the Indianapolis Star in 1926. He has served as managing editor of the Indianapolis Times and of the St. Louis Star-Times. Both he and his paper won awards in St. Louis for pt;,blio service campaigns which he directed. He has served, also, as national chairman of the Sigma Delta Chi freedom of information committee. In addition to Isaacs, persons on the tentative program include John D. Paulson, Fargo Forum; William E. Macklin, New UIm; James D. Ashley, Sioux Falls; Kenneth Allen, Albert Lea; Byron G. Taft, Yankton, S. D.; Deemer Lee, Estherville, Iowa; F. J. Froesch1e, Bismarck, N. D.; Bert E. Ackerson, Hibbing; Clarence Burgeson, Austin; O. B. Augustson, Willmar; E. J. Branley, Rochester; R. W. Anderson, E8.u Claire; William F. vlhite, Winona; J. A. Geladas, Worthington; Jack Scudder, Little Falls; Bernard Peterson, Minot, N. D.; Gustaf A. Nordin, Duluth; (MCRE) NEWSPAPER EDITCRS CONFERENCE - 2 - Elmer W. Olson, Red Wing; Stanley Cann, Vally City, N.D.; Claude N. Swanson, Fairmont, president of the Minnesota Associated Press; Sidney Goldish, Paul Swensson, Gideon Seymour, and Joe Kane, Minneapolis; Fred Heaberlin, John F. Lewis, John Finnegan and Peter G. Pafiolis, st. Paul; Robert Hess, president of the Minnesota State CIa council; Clarence Lofquist, secretary of the Printing I Trades Council; and Jack Jorgensen, Teamster's Joint council; George N. Ecklund ~ of Augsburg college, Robert L. Jones, James J. Jenkins, Harold Wilson and r Edwin Emery of the UniVel'sity staff. Minnesota members of the Associated Press will hold their Yearly business f meeting in Minneapolis at the conolusion of the oonference.