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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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