PAGE EIGHT 'Lute Song / to Open Run (Continued from page one) hire a Chinese houseboy to trans late the lines,- but the simplicity of the story caught hjs fancy and he toyed with a Broadway pro duction. As Chinese actors rely on their memory no scripts were available, and it was not until 1928 that Irwin found a French translation at the University of Maryland. With his friend Sidney Howard he set to work like a Trojan to perform a theatrical miracle. Sheathing the simple story of Chinese marital fidelity and filial piety in elaborate sets and cos tumes by Robert Edmond Jones, “Lute Song” dazzled Broadway in February 1946. It was here that Director Rob ert D. Reifsneider first fell prey to its bewitching pageantry and native charm. He secretly pictured a miniature facsimile of the $185,000 New York production coming to life on the stage of Schwab. Plays on 2 Stages To complete his ambition he trekked to New York last summer to study under Yeichi Nimura, choreographer of the Broadway production. For days he watched colored films of Mary Martin and Yul Brynner perform in the roles Velma Kaiser and Howard Salus will duplicate in the Schwab pro duction. Nimura, teaching at the Ballet Arts Theater, did not dis close his secrets of the dance, but taught Reifsneider the accus tomed gestures and body move ments of Chinese etiquette. Di rected by Reifsneider, the cast of “Lute Song” will walk, bow, and flit a fan with' proper Chinese dignity. As is typical in the Chinese theater, “Lute Song” will be played on an inner and outer stage. The inner stage is concealed by a curtain behind which simple shifts are made for alternating scenes. The Chinese use brilliant costumes and properties in the foreground to enhance the conser vative drapes and screens in the background of the stage. The traditional stage manager is present in the script of “Lute CLASSIFIEDS WANTED RIDERS TO North Carolina Wed. April 1. Call Ann Jesnak 1189. RIDERS FOR Boston, Mass, and return April 1, 12 o’clock. Returning Wed. a.m. Call Robert Curry, 2537. URGENTLY NEEDED—ride to Williams port or Ithaca, N.Y. area noon, March_l3. Carol Bewley ext. 77. HIDE FOR two to New York City March 13 noon or later. Call Dixie ext. 1085. EXPERIENCED MEN and women coun- selor for children’s summer camp. Apply Summit Lake Camp, 6047 Washington Ave., Phila. 43, Pa. FOR RENT ROOM FOR three in large apartment across from Old Main on College' Ave. Kitchen privileges. Phone 6123. ■ HALF—quiet room in ranch house. Private entrance, bath, lounge, phone sundeck. Close to campus. Phone 2554. Male. h£lf OF select first floor corner room—I running water, for male student. Colonial, 123 W. Nittany Ave. Phone 4550 ask for C.R. ONE VERY large double room with single beds. Quiet place one block from campus. Men only. Phono 7686. • LOST ONE HUSBAND. Might be found in “Lute Song” at Schwab. This weekend only. MAN’S BULOVA wristwatch on leather band, in front of Rec Hall March 7. Reward. Call Nick, ext. 271. LADIES GOLD wrist watch. Engraved P.A.C. 1947—-in vicinity of S. Frazier and W. College. Will finder please call Mrs. Krishcr 4964 or after 5 p.m. 7906. Sentimental value. Reward. COVERT OVERCOAT, tan, Delta Sigma Phi Sat. night. Containing keys, AA book. I have yours. Call Schields 4151. RETURN PLEASE black gloves in pocket, taken from 110 E.E. 3/3/53. I have yours. R. Humphreys ext. 1191. GRAY TRENCH Coat Saturday night at Pi Kappa Alpha. A gray top coat with gray kid gloves in pocket was left. Please call Jim McGott “at 2220 between 5 and 10 o’clock. SWISS WATCH, white gold, black band. Town on Friday night. Personal value. Reward. Bev. 373 Simmons. FOR SALE REMINGTON RAND typewriters, regular and 12 inch carriage. Like new at whole sale cost for cash. Shomberg’s, 134 E. Col lege Ave. REMINGTON TYPEWRITER No. 12 table with chair included. Priced $35. Inquire 410 Locust Lane. Phone 7145. MISCELLANEOUS IF YOUR typewriter needs repairing just dial 2492 or bring machine to 633 W. Col lege Ave. But call first. DEAR JOHN T will go to the 1.F.C.-Panhel Ball vilh you. but for goodness sakes don’t split your ticket. I want to dance Song” to introduce the proceed ings as a narrator and then shift his position on stage and assume the role of one of the characters in the play. During these scenes a supposedly invisible prop man cloaked in black wanders on stage to set the next scene' before he is exiled to ‘ the wings. Religious Symbols Portrayed Banners and dropcurtains form an acceptable stylization of Chi na’s crowded highways. In the pilgrimage scene travelers move across the stage to symbolize the perpetual migration of the pea sants. • Other symbols of the Chinese theater are seen in the silver braid on the priests’ costumes repre senting the “rags of Buddha.” “Lute Song” is the only Chinese play to include symbols- of the three national religious sympa thies for Buddha, Brahma, and Siva. In the colorful procession scene, audiences will see the cere monial Tiger Dance, which formed a'part of an ancient reli gious ritual. Throughout the play runs the ritual of gesture which speaks a language of its own in Chinese theater. In “Lute Song” audiences will see an imperial tea ceremony. Drinkers raise their arms to cover their faces lest they offend mem bers of the household by exposing themselves while dining. Long sleeve costumes bear out the Chinese belief that it is improper for a woman to show her arms or hands. A.F.R.O.T.C. coat. PRODUCT OF THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ■ Ag Council To Recommend Living Center The Agriculture Student Coun cil voted last night to recommend the establishment of an Agricul ture Living Center to Dr. Russell B. Dickerson, vice dean of the School of Agriculture. .; Richard Stanley, council presi dent, said the center would •be used for meetings in agriculture professional groups, the council, and agriculture clubs. The center would also be available for stu dent use, he said. Robert Dahle and Arthur Stone were appointed to investigate the possibility of purchasing a bulle tin board to be placed near the Agriculture Building. Club no tices and announcements of Ag Hill activities would be posted on the bulletin board. The Ag Hill Open House com mittee will meet at 7:30 tonight in 103 Agriculture. German Club to Meet Color slides showing scenes from Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy will be shown to the German Club at 7:30 to night in 105 Willard. Miss Nora Wittman, associate professor of German, will show the slides which she took on her last trip to Europe. and LUCKIES TASTE BETTER! Cleaner, Fresher, Ask yourself this question: Why do I smoke? You know, yourself, you smoke for enjoyment. And you get enjoyment only from the taste of a cigarette. Luckies taste better—cleaner, fresher, smoother! Why? Luckies are made better to taste better. And, what’s more,"Luckies are made of : L.S./M.F.T.—Lucky Strike Means F: So, for the thing you want most in a for better taste—for the cleaner, freshi taste of Lucky Strike... Be Happy-GO AMERICA’S SHEADING MAN! Smoother! William A :^‘uXersi> Northwestern Utn 7 Faculty Attend Wildlife Meeting Seven faculty members are at tending the 18th annual North American Wildlife Conference in Washington, D.C., which closes today. Attending are Maurice K. God dard, head of the Department, of Forestry; Fennoyer F. English, acting head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology; Ward M. Sharp, professor of wildlife management; Henry L. Yeagley, associate professor of physics; Dorothy E. Alfke, assistant pro fessor of nature education; Robert Wingard, assistant professor of wildlife management extension; and Alice Latimer, instructor in agricultural journalism. Chapel Will Give Recital George E. Ceiga, Chapel organ ist and assistant professor of mu sic, will be heard in the fifth of the faculty recitals presented by the Department of Music at 4 p.m. Sunday in Schwab Auditorium. The program will include “Li tanies” (Alain), “Trio Sonata in D minor” (Bach), “You Raise the Flute to Your Lips” from “Four Eclogues” (DeLamarter), and “The Ninety-Fourth Psalm” (Reubke). ■■ ■> J nS pd«ngc^we ; g^l^' WEDNESDAT, MARCH 11, 1953 Dickson fo Give Final Art Talk Dr.. Harold E. Dickson, profes sor of fine arts, will present a lecture-reading :on John Marin, the contemporary 'American ar tist, at 4:15 p.m. today in the Min eral Industries Art Gallery. This will be the fourth- and . last in the series on painters;- Dr. Dickson will read from Marines writing about. his work and from-his-correspondence with the late Alfred Stieglitz, aphotog rapher influential in the develop ment: of'modem art in the United States. ■ ■ ■ Born in 1870 in Rutherford, N.J., Marin-has painted New England, landscapes and Manhatten sky scrapers in an expressionistie manner. He is considered one of' America’s most - distinguished ar tists and was rated first among living American painters by a poll ■of art authorities in Look magazine five years ago; State Party to Hold Clique Nominations Nominations-for junior and sen ior class State-Party clique offi cers will be made at 7 p.m. Sun day in 121 Sparks, according to Myron Enelow, clique chairman. Offices which will.be open for .nominations are clique chairman, vice clique chairman, secretary, treasurer, and secretariat. Enelow said that a treasurer’s report will also be made ,at that time. 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