Radio Class Lends Talent
To Soap Opera Serials
By MARJORIE PIERCE
The radio field is already burst
ing at the seams with serials, but
that is not enough for the radio
production class who, under the
supervision of Marvin Krenk, in
structor in speech, has been turn
ing out serial-scripts the past few
weeks.
“We’ve done the usual run-of
the-mill things, such as quiz
"Sows, and melodramas before,
but this is the first time we’ve
ever tackled anything like this,”
said Mr. Krenk.
Mass-Appeal
The serial, it seems, is a mass
appeal production, not entertain
ment (in the strict sense of the
word), literature, or drama. Ad
vertising is its function, and it
helps dispose of such commodi
ties as hand lotion, muscle-build
ers, and either soap or corn
flakes. They are divided into three
different types, the kiddie-action
serial, the housewife tearjerker
and the blood-curdling mysteries.
, The kiddie serials, those ad
venture-packed dramas that
crowd the air waves from the
time school is out until bedtime,
are written according to a cer
tain formula. There are two
types: either the hero (or heroine,
as in the case of “Little Orphan
Annie”) is of'uncertain age (but
a little on the adolescent side),
or he is a grown man, something
on .the type of the Lone Ranger
of “Hi-Yo Silver!” fame. There
is absolutely no love interest in
the kiddie serial, all of which
seems a trifle on the narrow
minded side.
Several of These
** Several of the students have
chosen this type for their stories
with the result that some rather
astonishing scripts have been
handed in. “Texas Tommy” for ex
ample, a rip-roaring drama by
Muriel Stevens, concerns a young
boy and his horse Pogo (as in
pogo-stick) and his various mix
ups with half-breed Indians in
the Texas Panhandle, (clap, clap
. . . “Deep in the Heart of Tex
as.”)
Then too, there is “Calliope
Chris, the Circus Wonder Boy”
by Mary Elizabeth Earl. Chris,
aright little rope walker, (excuse
please) a little tight rope walk
er, and his two lion-tamer friends
have a life filled with subterfuge
and adventure.
Tearjerkers
The tearjerkers, the housewife
serials, are prevalent from early
morning until school gets out,
and mm five days a week. There
are about thirty or forty pro
grams running regularly now.
Of the student scripts of this
type, “Life's Challenges” by
Elaine Lee and “Through the
Shadows” starts, with:
the most representative. “Life’s
Challenges” has for its theme
song the touching ditty, “One
Fine Day” from “Madame But
terfly,” while “Through the
Shadows” starts with:
“Through darkness and pain
A struggle in vain
I'll seek a path
Through the shadows.”
(amen)
These serials, too, have a pat
tern which must be filled, that of
a woman, with which the house
wife can identify herself, with
troubles in which she can picture
herself. The minute one of the
troubles is solved, another must
start, for if ever the heroine be
gins to lead a simple, uncompli
cated, untroubled life, you might
just as well take it off the air.
Mysteries
And then there are the mys
teries, those blood-chilling pro
grams which one hears after the
children are safely tucked away
in bed. Mr. Krenk refused to di
vulge any titles of this type
(probably because they were too
gruesome to be printed in the
“Emerald”). The mysteries us
ually min once a week, and may
either be a continued story, as
those which feature those intrepid
fellows, the Green Hornet, and
the Shadow-, or they might be
about some famous detective
(Sherlock Holmes, for example),
and his adventures. One case is
presented in each program, com
plete with baffling clues, climax,
and the bringing to justice of the
culprit and the consequent re
proving that “crime does not
pay.” Finis ’til next week.
While none of these dramas
have actually been presented over
the air, it is not only possible,
but probable that they soon may
be. And who knows? Maybe soon
all young America will be quiver
ing with excitement over the ad
ventures of Calliope Chris and
Texas Tommy, or their tender
hearted mothers may be sympa
thizing with the heroines in
“Life's Challenges,” or “Through
the Shadows.”
The student body of Cornell
university includes one “genuine
American”—an Iroquois Indian—
and natives of 46 foreign coun
tries.
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Miss LaDuke
Stars in Recital
By CAROL. GREENING
Combining surety of touch with
vivacity and vigor, Leone La
Duke gave a finished perform
ance of Beethoven’s Sonata, opus
31, Number 2, in her junior re
cital last night.
Truly a mistress of the key
board, Miss LaDuke made Bach's
"Prelude and Fugue in B-flat
minor,” pianistic in quality, and
encountered no difficulties in the
technically intricate fingerwork
of Liszt's "Sospiro.”
Also on the program was Ma
rie Rogndahl, who, though only
a freshman in music, displayed
unusual maturity and range in
her rendition of . "Cara Nome.”
Freshness and purity characterize
her soprano voice, and she soared
easily up to the E above high C
in that ever-popular aria, which
was greeted with considerable ap
plause from the audience.
Wonderful double note work
was shown by Miss LaDuke in
Chopin's "Ballade in F major,”,
a number into which she threw
herself with real power and un
derstanding of Chopin.
Other works on the program
were: “Depuis le jour” by Char
pentier; “Mazurka” by Chopin;
“Impromptu,” by Chopin; "Min
uet” by Hopkins; “F.hapsody in
F-sharp minor” by Dohnanyi.
Miss Rogndahl's encore was
"Ave Maria,” by Schubert, Her
accompanist was Emery Hobson.
While only 2 per cent of the
total United States population
is college trained, this group com
prises 86 per cent of listings in
the 1940-41 "Who's Who in
America.”
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Word has been received here
from the bureau of navigation in
Washington, D. C., by Dr. Donald
M. Erb, president of the Univer
sity, that the University’s special
curriculum for training of naval
reserve cadets under the V-l
program has been accepted by the
navy department. The new cur
riculum includes a certain amount
of mathematics and physics and
physical education classes in ad
dition to University requirements
for major courses.
The program has been extended
to include high school seniors who
have satisfied University en
trance requirements so that they
now can enlist in the V-l pro
gram, which is for freshman and
sophomores from 17 to 20 years
of age. According to notice re
ceived from the navy it will also
accept 80,000 men each year un
der this classification.
Sophomore men wishing to en
ter the course will take a com
petitive examination at the end
of their school year. Division of
the enrollees will be as follows:
25,000 of the men will be assigned
to. Class V-5, naval aviation, and
given flight training-; 15,000 will
be transferred to V-7 for offi
cers’ training and allowed to
graduate from college; the re
mainder, assigned to V-6, will as
sume active duty in the navy.
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