SA GE TWO Peek Plays Role of In Euripedes Greek By JOE BEAU-SEIGNEUR Currently hanging in front of Schwab these last few days is a very ragged, "un-sanforized" look ing sheet, with five letters scrawl ed on it in red paint. The letters spell "Medea,” and when Deborah Peck, eighth se mester dramatics major, makes her entrance on the Schwab stage Thursday night she will be por traying a role which was acted 2300 years ago in Greece. Robinson Jeffers' adaptation of Euripedes’ tragedy of jealousy and revenge has been in rehearsal for six weeks. John Aniston, who was scheduled to appear opposite Miss Peek as Jasoh, was taken ill earl ier this week and Kenneth Wil liams. fifth semester arts and let ters, nas replaced_him in the role. 2 Sheets Donated “The banner in front of Schwab is made from two sheets donated by Mr. Reifsneider, our director,” Miss Peek laughed, insisting that the letters are written with blood, a large amount of which is spilled in the action of the play. ‘I love to play Medea,” Miss Peek continued, “and I feel she is entirely justified in everything she does." An amusing rumor has been cir culating around the cast that when Judith Anderson played the role, by the end of the perform ance several other actors had to hold her up because she was so exhausted. ‘Usually at the end of Phys Ed Council Sets Mixer Plans The Physical Education Stu dent Council discussed plans for a Physical Education student mix er Monday night. Patricia Farrell, council vice president, said the open house program will begin with a gen eral meeting in Recreation Hall. Following the meeting will be three short speeches on the work Of the College. Demonstrations then will take place on the main floor. A tour to White Hall will conclude the program. Ralph Cryder, fourth semester recreation education major, was appointed chairman of the Sports men’s Holiday committee. Sports men’s Holiday which will be held in early May, will be open to the faculty and students of the Col lege. Donald Bell, council president, said a student major club at the University is desirable but that the cost of joining the national club is prohibitive. The possibility of setting up a club on a Univer sity basis until sufficient student interest is aroused was suggested. Bell said that the club would function as part of council. A convocation and mixer were planned for the third week of March. The convocation, which is tenatively planned for March 16, will be held in conjunction with the Outing Club. The mixer is planned for March 18 and will include refreshments. The College will also assißt the Athletic Association in the coed swimming program held at 7 p.m. each Friday at Glennland Pool. No swim is planned this Friday because of the Forestry Ball. Keefauver to Talk At EE Seminar Guest speaker of the Electrical Engineering Seminar to be held at 4:10 p.m. tomorrow in 110 Elec trical Engineering will be W. L. Keefauver. The subject of Keefauver’s lec ture will be the Patent Profession as it Applies to Electrical Engi neering. Keefauver joined Bell Telephone Laboratories upon graduation from the University. He later obtained a law degree through study in night school. His paper wil ! describe a particular electronic device and the proced ure that was followed in obtain ing patent coverage for k. Debl Peek Plays ‘Medea’ each rehearsal," Miss Peek said, “several of the jokers in the cast run over to hold me up. I haven’t been that exhausted yeti" Miss Peek Unique Miss Peek is unique In that she i- the only student on campus who can claim Ogontz center as her home address. Her father is administrative head of the center. Prexy Receives Latin American Relations Award Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi dent of the University, has been awarded the Cunningham. Award by the International House for his work in winning friends in Latin America and for a report he made on United States-Latln American relations. Dr. Eisenhower is special ad viser to President Dwight D. Ei senhower on Latin American af fairs. The award was presented by R. G. Jones, president of Inter national House, for the year 1953. Jones explained the award was late because one of the provisions states the award must be made in person. According to an Associated Press story, the award is granted annually to the person snowing “the greatest interest in the study of the social, economic, cultural, and political activities of Latin American countries and who has contributed toward the main tenance and promotion of a bet ter understanding between these countries and States." General Electric Forms Fellowship The General Electric Educa tional and Charitable Fund has established a metallurgy fellow ship at the University. It is to be known as the General Electric Fellowship in Metallurgy, and will become effective in Septem ber. The fellowship program, which will continue lor a three-year period, provides $1750 for the fellow, or $2500 if he is married and has dependent children. An additional $l2OO is also pro vided to cover any other expenses associated with the fellowship and to assist in the general support of the University. In 1923, students having unex cused absences the day before Christmas were fined $5 before they were permitted to re-enter class. THE DAHY COUEQIAN. STATE COURSE. PENNSYLVANIA 'Medea! Tragedy After graduating from State College High School she won a music scholarship to Wilson Col lege in Chambersburg, where she attended her first two years of college. “I once wanted to be a concert pianist, but after studying for 13 years I found I wanted to vary my interests,” Miss Peek continued. Last summer Mis. Peek worked at the Hyde Park Playhouse, Hyde Park, N.Y., where she played Cecily in “The Importance of Be ing Ernest," Sidonie, the French maid, in “CSigl," and Judith in Maxwell Anderson’s “High Tod." Wants to Act Professionally I want to aot professionally,” Miss Peek said. She also played the leading role in the Experi mental Theater’s original play, “The First Day of Summer,’ 5 which ran for three nights in De cember. “Medea is a woman who feels it is wrong and unjust that her lover has left her, and her. jeal ousy and revenge cause tragedy for all involved," Miss Peek said. “I have never seen the play or heard Miss Anderson’s recordings —1 don’t like to copy, and I feel it is unscientific to compare a performancerof one person to an other. With this the perky blonde re turned to studying the play which has been seen by audiences throughout the world, and opens a weekend run at 8 p.m. tomorrow. 21 Students Arrested In January Twenty-one student motorists were arrested for traffic or park ing violations by State College po lice in January. Seven students were found driv ing too fast for conditions. They are? Richard Grubb, second se mester agricultural economics ma jor; John Logan, sixth semester mechanical engineering major; Morton Shapiro, sixth semester business administration major; Edward Porter, second semester industrial engineering major; Joan Smith, former eighth semester ed ucation major; Everett Weidner, eighth semester hotel administra tion major; and Sherman Fran cisco, eighth semester electrical engineering major. Six students arrested for going through stop signs are: Donald Barnes, sixth semester psychology major; Donald Chiapelli, fourth semester physical education ma jor; James Davis, graduate stu dent in history; Norman C. Miller, sixth semester journalism major; Herbert Kivlighn, graduate stu dent in chemistry; and Walter Fair, fourth semester mechanical engineering major. Three students arrested for driv ing through traffic lights are: Ri chard Noll, second semester aero nautical engineering major; Roy Penn, former eighth semester arts and letters major; and John Pack er, seventh semester hotel admin istration major. Two students arrested for reck less driving are Richard Krebs, second semester pre-medical ma jor; and Samuel Vidulich, tenth semester physics major. Failing to yield the right of way were . James Oblinger, graduate student in electrical engineering; and Aaron Kaye, sixth semester student. Frank Gifford Jr., graduate in meteorology, was arrested for fail ure to comply with the signal of an officer. New Officers Elected By Pollock Council Pollock Council iMt night elected its officers for the spring se mester. Harry Martini, third semester arts and letters major, was unani mously elected president; Clatence Oetty, second semester arts and letters major, vice president; Joseph Neville, fourth stnester busi ness administration major, secretary; John Dennis, sixth semester chemical engineering major, representative at large to the As sociation of Independent Men. The council accepted the AIM constitution as presently amend ed by AIM. The council heard a dormitory counselor evaluation proposal by Robert Cook, a floor counselor in Hamilton Hall. Cook’s question naire is directed to find one spe cific fact about each counselor. Cook, who is working through the dean of men's office, said the questionnaire Will be read and classified and will be used as a rating scale to later set up tui evaluation of counselors. In other action, the counoil's welfare committee, headed by Nelson SeideL sixth semester business administration major, gave a report on a conference the committee had with the food ser vice department. Students in the Pollock-Nittany area had domplained that silver ware in the dining halls was no longer being wrapped. In talking with B. F. Mehall, food service supervisor for the Pollock-Nit tany area, the committee learned that the wrapping of the silver ware was only an experiment and was not carried on in any of the other dorms. In answer to the students com plaints that the silver was un sanitary when not wrapped Me hall told the committee that the present system has been approved by the Board of Health and Is used in most cafeterias. In answer to students com plaints that there was no music during meals, Mehall said that speakers were already in the pro cess of being repaired but as yet no arrangement had been made for records. Mehall told the committee that on the whole he was “well satis fied with student behavior and cooperation" in the Pollock-Nit tany area. Draft Deferment Test Deadline Is Monday The dateline for applying for draft deferment tests is Monday* Frank J. Simes, dean of men, has announced. Application blanks may be ob tained in the dean of men’s office. In order to be eligible to take the test an applicant must be a selective service registrant who intends to request occupational de ferment as a student. He must be satisfactorily pursuing a full-time college course, and must not pre viously have taken the test- STATE□ 1 • i "FAR COUNTRY" James Cor inn* Stewart Calvert The North Country In Color! 5° w * rwmmgggm ,Open * 6 p.m. British Mystarfl AN INSPECTOR CALLS with Alasiair Mina —Faaturailma— -8:16 • 7:68 - 8:41 'rnmwM, g, tsss Phi Sig Is Dropped From IFC Phi Sigma Delta has been drop ped from Interfratemity Council for missing five meetings during the current academic year, ac cording to John Carpenter, IFC president. Under the IFC constitution, a house is automatically dropped from membership if, it is not rep resented at three consecutive meetings, or five during the year. Phi Sigma Delta may apply for reinstatement at the next IFC meeting, upon payment of a $lO fine which is included with the suspension. A majority vote of the council is required for re instatement. The constitution also requires' 1 that the Senate Committee on Student Welfare and the frater nity’s national be notified of the actioh. Under the same provision of the constitution, Triangle was fined $6 for not being represented at two consecutive meetings. Lynn Meyers, Phi Sigma Delta president, last night, said that the house would definitely reapply to IFC at the next IFC meeting. The next regularly scheduled meeting is March 15. Hartman Wins Ag Ed Award William Hartman, fourth se? mester agricultural education ma jor, received the freshman award sponsored by Alpha Tau Alpha, agricultural education honorary fraternity; Hartman was presented the award at the group’s 24th annual banquet at the Autoport. He had the highest scholastic average of the freshmen in agricultural edu cation. Six new members of the fra ternity are Lester Buck, Wllmer Harris, Daryl. Heasley, William McLaughlin. Robert Korona, and William Williams, Master of ceremonies for the program was Albert Carey, sixth semester agricultural education major. NOW
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