PAGE TWELVE 'South Pacific' Tryouts Announced by Thespians Tryouts for the Thespian production of “South Pacific” will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Feb. 5,6, and 7 in 410 Old Main. Parts are available for singing, dancing, and acting roles. Dancers and a chorus are also needed. Persons interested in the various crews—lights,.cos tumes, make-up, advertising, stage, properties, technology, and house—should also report at the stated times. Publicity staff, piano accompanists, music copyists, and stage workers are also required. They, too, should report to 410 Old Main at the given times. Persons need not be a member of Thespians to try out. Sorority Tryouts Thespian officials suggest that sorority women try out Sunday, Feb. 5, since formal rushing will be held Monday and Tuesday. If, however, sorority women do try out on Monday or Tuesday, they will be given first preference in the tryout order. The play will be presented dur ing Interfraternity Council Week end in March. A Saturday matinee will be given in addition to the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night performances. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” was adapted from the Pulitzer prize winning novel “Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener. Oscar Hammerstein,. 11, and Josh ua Logan wrote the dialogue. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers and the lyrics were writ ten by Hammerstein. Special Orchestra Formed A 24-piece student orchestra has been selected for the Thespian production with the aid of the department of music. Louis Fry man is the director, and Michael Rosenfeld is the musical director. CLASSIFIEDS FOB SALE 1946 CHEVY convertible with 1961 engine. Radio, heater, good tire®. Excellent con dition. $l6O. Call Dob AD 8*6368. 1047 "CHEVROLET 7 six good tires. Paint good. Call Tom, AD 7*4662. 1942 CHEVROLET two-door sedan. Good condition. Many extras. Call rTinnlng AD 7-7023. FOR PROMPT and expert radio and phono graph service, stop at State College TV, 232 S. 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We copy every* thing but money. Everything for the artist. Open evenings. Call AD 7*2304. WHEN YOUR typewriter needs' service , lust dial AD 7*2492 or bring machine The plot of “South Pacific” in volves the love story of a French plantation owner, Emile Deßec que, on an island in the South Pacific, and a Navy nurse, Ensign Nellie Forbush. The sub-plot is also a love story invloving a Navy officer, Lt. Cable, and a native Tunkanese girl. The play opened on Broadway in April of 1949 and ran for four years. Some of the show tunes which became popular are “Some Enchanted Evening," "I’m In Love With a Wonderful Guy,” and “Younger Than Springtime.” False Alarm Arouses Women in Atherton Hall A false fire alarm sent women in Atherton Hall scurrying to the doors with their belongings at 6:47 last night. After an alarm had rung for 20 minutes, the campus patrol ap peared on the scene and rescued the women in distress by turning off the alarm. It was later discovered that the glass in the fire alarm box on the third floor had been broken. Radio, heater, K, , ?*v ; «• ' s % \ , V 4 <v '/.X,- "a- 1 Vs ' ■• s V <« <s ' t '< \it/v % V t *• * S V' s>s V" w' " /' ' > ' ,\4 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA -/ss/z&adtfte c&tced tf/cfac... **oov CT or J&njS/UJttm, </(fi Bus Ad (Continued, jroin page one) ing table a student puts his name and course on a white card. He does this for each course. The cards are checked so that students will not register for courses which he is not qualified to take. Dr. McKinley said that under the pre-registration system these white cards will be sent to Recreation Hall and to the class card controllers there. These cards will give the con trollers an advance notice of mis takes in the estimates made from pre-registration, according to Dr. McKinley. If seniors should change their mind and not take a course, it can be opened to lower classmen Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, he said. This will also give the con trollers an advance warning of an unpredicted rush for one course. In this event additional sections will have to be opened, Dr. Mc- Kinley said. Dr. McKinley termed the plan “a pilot to see if we are smart enough to estimate the registra tion. Adjustments can 1 be made according to the white cards that come to Recreation Hall, he said. Dr. McKinley emphasized the point that pre-registration does not allow seniors to register late, nor does it give them a choice of hours beyond that which they originally had. Many seniors will find themselves registered for less attractive hours than they ex pected, Dr. McKinley added. Student preference for certain hours has often left many sections with less attractive hours not 1 filled, he explained. THE TASTE IS GREAT! futeFtipTAREYTON Hit Discs, R-and-B Tops With Students Student taste in popular music at the University seems to fall in line with that popular over the nation, with special attention given to rhythm-and-blues and progressive jazz numbers, This is the consensus of interviews with students in the Lion’s Den of the Hetzel Un: jockey. Although students’ taste in pop ular music seems to correlate with national polls such as Billboard Magazine and The Hit Parade, some recordings are more, or less, popular on campus than else where in the country. 'Cry Me a River' Popular The Jan. 14 edition of Billboard magazine places Julie London’s “Cry Me a River” in the 23rd spot. However, according to the number of times it is requested on station WMAJ and. played on the HUB jukebox, the song has a much higher rating than the average over the country. The same is probably true for the Platters’ version of “The Great Pretender,” which is rated 10th by the magazine. Steve Fishbein, senior in journ alism from State College, better known as the “old professor” on WMAJ’s Groovology 54, sees the students’ taste in popular music as “popular records in general with a sprinkling of the better R-and-B and progressive ones.” Many persons interviewed poin- THE AC TI VAT ED 0-< £ y * A *' ' 1 CHARCOA^g^^* A i / <•' 1 '-s*, ' 4 {,• 'A * -,3 " ' * ' ’ A Here you have the best in filtered smoking— Filter Tip Tareyton, the filter cigarette that smokes milder, smokes smoother, draws easier... the only one that gives you Activated Charcoal filtration. AM the pleasure comes thru... the taste is AMERICA'S LEADING MANUFACTURER OF CIGARETTES WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 78. 1954 ion Building and a local disc ted out that they liked “true rhy thm and blues,” but that they didn’t care for the “commercial ized R-and-B numbers.” A senior, known around campus for his ability with the drums, said he disliked R-and-B and feels that it has been brought to Penn State by the present freshmen and sophomores. He seems to think that the majority of upperclass students prefer “music with a beat,” or progressive. Billboard's Top Ten The next time you’re taking a coffee break in the HUB, chances are you will hear the'songs rated in the top ten by Billboard played the most. They are, in order: “Memories Are Made of This,” Dean Martin; "Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford; “I Hear You Knocking,” Gale Storm; “He,” A 1 Hibbler; “Love and Marriage,” Frank Sin atra; “Autumn Leaves," Roger Williams; “Only You,” The Platt ers; “It’s Almost Tomorrow,” Dream Weavers; and “The Great Pretender,” The Platters.
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