SATURDAY, APRIL 28:41951 Original Costuming Highlights Aquacacie Back dolphins, ballet legs, and syncopated arm movements characterize this year's WRA aquacade, "Hits and Misses." The aquacade, which opened last night in White Hall, will be presented again tonight at 8 p.m. Admission is free, but tickets must be obtained from participants. The original costumes do a lot to set the mood of each number. Swimmers in "In the Mood," the opening number, wear red' and bltie suits. Two circles are formed in the center of the pool, one of red and the other of blue. Black ,suits and blue grease paint are, used in "Radar. Blues." The arms and legs of the swim mers are streaked with the paint and show up well when the par ticipants bring their arms out of the water or execute a back doll phin. • "Sentimental Jouiney" The coeds take up hitchhiking in "Sentimental Journey." Black gloves are worn by the travelers, and a revolving wheel is forined in the center of the pool. The mood is changed with the comedy number, a takeroff.on,Air Corps life on the campus. Lucy Mitinger as a stupid private brings forth chuckles from the audience. Her costume is an asset; she carries a mop with a pennant attached, and a bucket, acid wears an old hat and fins. She clomps along quite conspicuosly between the tw o other members of the flight. "Our Waltz" Lois Evans and Nancy L us k have worked out a pretty routine to "Our Waltz." Yellow predominates in the "Serenade to a Lemonade." Solo ist Lucy Mitinger wears a yellow suit and cap. She does a graceiva back dive from the diving board to begin the scene. The flapper era is recalled when the swimmers make •their•• en trance and exit during the Charleston and wearing long red socks, re d bustles, , zed bathing caps, and black suits. ~ Leotards with collars and muffs add sophistication to the "Blues In the Night" number: 'A 'painted clock is set at the side of the pool. Eleanor Morisuye and Helen Davis wear pink suits and- pink ribbons twined around their feet in the "Syncopated Clock." "Lunette" Red suits and flowers are the props for 'Lunette." Piracy is the theme of "The Flying Dutchman." The coeds show a respect for authority with frequent salutes. All the swimmers wear fins for the speed needed to complete the finale, "Strike Up the Band." An intricate interweaving of t hr e e circles ends the program. c.~a~~ Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity entertained Kappa Kappa Gam ma sorority Thursday, evening at 'a - dinner at the fraternity house. Theta Chi Theta Chi fraternity enter tained 'Barbara Troxell, guest soprano at the College choir con cert, at dinner Thursday night. Miss Troxell spoke briefly of her career; beginnings in operatic work, and, also told of her travels in Mexico and England. Spend Summer 1951 in - ISRAEL —see the country —work in settlements —study at University Write to: Intercollegiate Zion ist Federation of America, 131 West 14th St., New. York, N.Y. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. 'STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Work Formula For Success, Troxell Says Work is the formula for suc cess, Metropolitan opera star and Penn State graduate Barbara Troxell said here Thursday. Miss Troxell, who was grad uated from the College in 1936, joined with three other soloists and the Chapel choir to present V. e r 's "Manzoni Requiem" Wednesday night. "The glamour of the job is mostly in print," she said. 'You have to stick to it and make it mean more to you than anything else," she added. Miss Troxell, who was chosen by Sir Thomas Beecham for her solo work in "Panama and El vira" in Mexico City, said she never thought much about sing ing professionally when she be gan her career singing in Sunday school and high-school. She said she thought the Chan el choir did a "terrific job" in presenting the Requiem. She commended the choir for a "wonderful job" and expressed pleasure at being asked to return to her alma mater for the fourth annual concert. Not only does she like to sing, !but she also- enjoys cooking. She proudly stated, "Meats are my specialty—any kind of meat. Of course, there are pies too." She recommended a special kind of apple tart recipe in which she takes special delight. During ,the, summer of. 1949, Miss Troxell prepared for her audition with the Metropolitan and ,made her debut last fall. .She; has also appeared at Car negie hall with the Dessoff choir, at the Washington cathedral, and at the Mozart festival at Char lottesville, Va. Councils Sponsor Square Dance, Pc:Aka Hop Tonight Two free all-College dances, a square dance and a polka hop, will be held tonight. West dorm and town councils are sponsoring the square dance. "Jessie James and His Bandits," rigged out in suitable square dance attire, will call steps and fiddle music in Recreation hall from 9 until 12 o'clock. Dungarees or other informal dress will be appropriate for the affair. The Penn State Polkateers will provide music for the Polka hop in the TUB from 8 to 12 o'clock. Alpha Rho Omega, Sla vonic society, is sponsoring the dance. The square dance is the sec ond free affair given by the West dorm council this weekend. Last night American beauty roses were presented to dates at a semi-formal dance in the West dorm lounge. "The Time Is Ripe" "Watch for the Day!" Senior. Women Chosen To Pour For Reception Eight outstanding senior wo men who have not been honored by Mortar Board have been chosen to pour at the Junior-Sen ior Faculty reception, Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Simmons lounge. The reception is sponsored by the WSGA Co-ed coordinating committee. Seniors to be honored are Eliza beth Swift, Joan Wentzel, Helen Pond, Eileen Bonnert, Norma Gleghorn, E 1.1 a Louise Williams, Lois Evans, and Ruth Johnson. Faculty Guests Four hundred fifty invitations were sent to faculty members. Ninety acceptances have been re ceived. The retiring and new pres idents of WSGA and WRA, the judicial chairmen, and senior senators will, be guests at the re cention. Carolyn Morris will play the pino for background music. Vice-presidents of Mortar Board, Chimes, Cwens„Leonides, Ph ilo t e s, Panhellenic council. Alpha Lambda Delta, and WRA are members of the coordinating committee. Audrey Brua is chair man. Leonides Plans Retreat Today A Leonides retreat for the en tire council will be held this afternoon in Maple cottage from 1 to 3 o'clock. The policy for next year's Leonides organization will be discussed. Suggested improve mentns will also be considered. Doris Sher, recently elected Leonides president, said that the retreat will give all council mem bers an opportunity to express opinions and offer suggestions. The program has been divided into six divisions for discussion. They are: dormitory unit plans, Judy Callot, chairman elections code, Janet Magrini, chairman; relations and functions with Pan hellenic council, Roberta Reiss, chairman; Leonides pamphlet, Vivian Peterson, chairman; work with independent men's organ izations, Gloria Zack, chairman; and the question of backing can didates or political parties, Nat Pinkovitz, chairman. Refreshments will be served during the retreat. Penn State Club To Hold Mixer The Penn State club has sche duled a mixer with Kappa Phi, Methodist women's club, this af ternoon in Hamilton hall lounge. Club members will meet the women at 1:45 o'clock in Simmons hall recreation room to escort them to the mixer. Refreshments will be served and entertainment presented at the affair. Tea Receptionists To Meet Monday . Members of Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women's scholastic honorary, who have signed up to serve as recep tionists for the Junior-Senior faculty tea Wednesday night, will meet Monday at 9 p.m. in the Simmons study lounge. Miss Truman's ding Brings Varied Comment HOLLYWOOD, April 27 (W)—Comment on Margaret Truman's debut as a radio actress today ranged from glowing praise by her co-star and director to lukewarm reviews in the press. One listener offered immediate approval of Miss Truman's dra matic performance. That was President Truman. After talking with him on the telephone following the broadcast she told reporters her father. "enjoyed it." She added "You'll have to ask him" about what he thought of her abilities as an actress, Miss Truman starred last night in a radio version of the film "Jackpot," playing the wife of James Stewart and mother of two children. It is a comedy about the troubles of a family which wins the jackpot on a give-away , program. Press comment was di- I vided on her performance. Jack Hellman of Daily{Variety, Hollywood Trade publication, said her performance was "somewhat more than adequate and some what less than competent. She shows wholesome promise . . . if she had a choice of careers she should favor acting over singing." Zuma Palmer of the Hollywood Citizen-News said Miss Truman gave a creditable first perfor mance. Walter Ames of the Los Angeles Times said she gave "a satisfactory performance but not an outstanding one." Hal Humphrey of the Los An geles Mirror commented, "If you hadn't known it was Margaret Truman, you would have thought it was a commendable job." Only one radio editor, Dan Jen kins of the Hollywood Reporter, gave her an outright panning. He said, "Miss Truman has put a good deal of time and effort into train ing her singing voice. If she in tends to become a dramatic ac tress, she can hardly expect to make the grade without at least an equal amount of dramatic training." Phi. Mu Defeats Sigma Delta Tau Phi Mu sorority whipped Sigma Delta Tau 26-1 Thursday night in intramural softball. The teams completed three inn ings with Sara Bassel scoring the only run for the defeated team. The game between Alpha Gam ma Delta and Delta Zeta was called during the third inning be cause of darkness. At the end of the second the teams were tied 9-9. Simmons B forfeited to Zeta Tau Alpha. FREE! One 5x7 Print - Of Your Choice From • A Roll Developed By Us 24 Hour Service Guaranteed Developing and • Printing OVERSIZE SNAPSHOTS "Bound to Please" You Always Get Better Snapshots at CENTRE COUNTY FILM LAB . 122 W. Beaver Ave. CLIP THIS COUPON for Your FREE 5 x 7 Get Acquainted Offer Centre County Film Lab Collegian Penna. Dieticians, Hear Ruth Yake! Ruth M. Yakel, executive secre tary of the American Dietetics as sociation, from Indiana university medical center, spoke at a busi ness session of the Penna. Dietetic association conference yesterday. The conference, which closed yesterday, also featured other speeches, ranging from "Surviv ing an Atomic Attack," by Col. Baldwin Smith, head of the East ern Area fo r Civil Defense in Pennsylvania, to "The New Mean ing of Aging," by Sister Maude Behrman of Lankenau hospital, Philadelphia. Come and See Bernard Shaw's John Bull's Other Island at Center Stage this weekend Tickets at S.U. Curtain at 8:00 P.M. PAGE riVE
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