TUESDAY. MARCH 13. 1956 Risley to Play Pheadra In Thesis Production Jeannie Risler, graduate in theater arts from Wallingford, will enact the role of Phe andra when she presents the first acting thesis ever granted at the University at 8 tonight in the Little Theater in the basement of Old Main. Miss Risler will play the part of Pheadra in Jean Racine's French neo-classic play by that name. She will be graded for her masters degree on her ability to create the char- acter of Pheadta Walter Vail, graduate in thea ter arts from Upper Darby, will direct the play. "Pheadra" will run tonight, to morrow night, and Thursday night. No admission will be charged. Tickets will be available in the balcony of Schwab Audi torium and at the door. Racine wrote his book from the Greek legend "Hippolytus" by Euripides. He wrote his version of the legend for the court of Louis XIV. Racine's adaptation is more formal, less violent, and more introspective. Crew Heads Listed Directors for the crews are Carl Held, construction; John Hender son, sound; Gerald Denisof, make up; Sally Miller, costumes; Caryl Newitt, lights; and Jean Kyler, stage manager. Members of the cast are Bruce Taylor, Hippolytus; David Thompson, Theremenes; Virginia Witte, Oenone; Miss Risler, Phea dra; Joyce Andruzak, Aricia; Elaine Lethbridge, Panope; Patri cia Paladino, Ismene; and Clyde Gore, Theseus. The main plot of the play cen ters around Pheadra's love for Hippolytus, her husband's son by a former marriage. Pheadra is a great deal older than Hip polytus, and when he learns of her love he is completely re volted. Brought by Husband Pheadra, originally from Crete and the daughter of the Sun God, was brought to Troezen by her husband, Theseus, who is king of that area. The side plot centers around Hippolytus who is in love with Aricia. He feels he must leave because it is not in keeping with his nature to be in love and it offends him. Pheadra attempts to banish Hippolytus from her kingdom, and he turns to hate her. It is at this time that she tells him of her love. Hippolytus confesses the story to the king, and Pheadra kills herself. Aricia finds Hippolytus later after he has also killed himself. German Club to Meet Tonight The German Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in 105 Willard. Debaters' Congress Names 'Gavel Girls' Barbara Kimble, junior in home economics from Haver town, and Doris Schmitt from Mt. Mercy College for Women, tied for the title of "Gavel Girl" at the banquet held for the 21st Annual Pennsylvania Inter-State Debators' Congress Friday night. The "Gavel Girl" contestants were required to make five minute speeches at the banquet and the winners were chosen by judges representing the schools attending the Congress. "A Model Student Legislature" was the theme of the Congress which was held Thursday through Saturday at the University. The topic of the Assembly ses sion held Friday night was "What is the best program for giving the non-agricultural worker in the United States more security in his job?" Edward Fegert, Carl Saper stein, Robert Nurock, Adelaide Winnick, Mary Maum, and Jo anne Montgomery were the Uni versity representatives for this topic. The concluding Assembly ses sion on Saturday morning dis cussed "What is the best program off- -0- Breakfast t xt Brunch Lunch Coffee-break & Dessert ANY PARTY == Y I* ' .4 • Ott Please order TRW 111 TOM dal ahead •••• AD 1-41114 Stage Over-run By Kids During 'Thirteen Clocks' Act ors in "The Thirteen Clocks" took a backseat Saturday afternoon as an audience of chil dren over-ran the stage. Approximately 400 children at tended the production. Robert D. Reifsneider. associate professor of theater arts, explained that near the end of the first act sev eral jewels were scattered over the stage, not all of which were collected by the actors. After the curtain closed sev eral youngsters in the front row ran up on the stage to pick up jewels. During the next scene quite a few children went up to lean on the stage and sit on the steps leading up to the stage. When the Duke in the play asked where the rest of the jewels that the prince had given him were, sev eral children ran up to give him the jewels they had taken. Children continued to wander around on the stage until the Campus Patrol' came and also walked onto the stage to get the children off. • Eng Council Elects Head Donald Patterson, junior in aeronautics from New Castle. Las been elected president of the Engineering Student Council. William Shelly, senior in engi neering science from Avondale, has been 'appointed to head a committee of seniors to investi gate the grounds for senior ex emption from finals. The council felt that the rea sons which have been given for exempting seniors are not strong enough to warrant any action. Self - nomination ballots for council positions will be available on the department bulletin board in Main Engineering until tomor row. for combatting juvenile delin quency in the United States?" Representing this committee from the University were David Scott, Thomas Muller, RR - mit Neff, Barbara Kimble, Janet Klinghoffer, and Elizabeth Tolan. An hour of prepared sjseeches by committee heads on bills pre viously drawn up began the for mal sessions of the Congress fol lowed by a general debate and the drawing up of amendments to the bills. Ted Lane of Temple, John Funkhauser of Navy, John, May bee of the University of Dela ware, and Robert Coalson of Slip pery Rock received Outstanding Speaker Awards. Carl Saperstein, senior in arts and letters from Washington, D.C., received honorable mention. Something to Sell? Something to Buy? • ADVERTISE IN CLASSIFIEDS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA First Elections For May Day, WSGA, to Start Preliminary elections for Worn an's Student Government Associa tion officers, senators, and May Day Queen and attendants will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today in individual women's dormitories. Women in Women's Building, Grange, and town women will vote in McAllister. Officers to be elected include WSGA. president, vice president, treasurer, senior senator, junior senator, sophomore senator, and a town senator. The runner-up for president automatically becomes secretary and the runner-up for vice presi dent becomes a junior senator. Two candidates for each posi tion will be selected at the pri maries. Voting for May Queen and at tendants is being held in con junction with the WSGA elec tions. Voters will select three finalists for Mat• Day Queen, and three finalists for Maid of Honor. The two runner-ups for May Queen will become senior attendants and the two runner-ups for Maid of Honor will be freshman at tendants. These positions will be decided Thursday. The two sophomores and jun iors polling the highest number of votes tomorrow will become sophomore and junior attendants. Black Patent Shoes 00000 Our National Economy! So why buy a pair of shoes now? I'll do it later. But did you remember to do it? Did you? Now be honest with your. self. Did you? Did you, I say? Do you realizt by that small thoughtless act you may have ruined our whole economy! You may have started a disas trous trend ... sales drop, salespeople laid off, the store goes out of business, this spreads to other stores, the shoe and affiliated industries are affected. This means more people are out of work—sud denly we are in a general de pression. No one can go to Florida over Easter because of lack of funds (It says here in the fine print). And why? Because of you! To avert this calamity all you have to do is come on down to Simon's and take a look at our selection of new Spring Patent Leather Shoes. You can't help buying a pair. We have:— Mademoiselle's open toe swirl front beauty or the "Ven us Swirl" by Deb. Also, Man nequin features their "Sling Shot"—sling hack, double tap ered straps and a needle point heel. Mannequin also presents the "Wing Sling"—open toe, sling back showing the front interest with two cur ved peales. You'll be as light on your feet as Mercury! All shoes from $11.95 to $17.95. P.S. Handbags to match— ss.oo to $12.95. 00000 109 S. Allen St. Ike Is 'Nominated' By ICG Conclave President Dwight D. Eisenhower was "nominated" presi dential candidate on the first ballot in a model convention held by the Central Region Intercollegiate Conference on Government Saturday. President Eisenhower received 63 out of 114 votes cast by ICG delegates from nine colleges and universities in Central Pennsylvania. Only two other candidates had been proposed—Adlai Stevenson, governor of Illinois, 49 votes; and Darlington Hoopes, chairman of the Socialist party, 2 votes. The colleges and universities represented at the convention with a breakdown of their dele gates' votes are as follows: Breakdown of Voting Bucknell: Stevenson 2; Dickin son: Stevenson 12; Elizabethtown: Eisenhower 12, Stevenson 4; Gettysburg: Stevenson 2; Her shey: Eisenhower 12; Lebanon Valley: Eisenhower 14, Stevenson 7; Millersville: Eisenhower 8, Ste venson 10; Hoopes 2; the Univer sity: Eisenhower 14, Stevenson 110; Wilson: Eisenhower 3, Steven son 2 One of the civil rights planks advocated that the Federal gov ernment take whatever action was necessary to enforce the Su preme Court decision especially pertaining to integration in the public school system. Motion to belete Carried A motion by a University dele gate to delete this was carried by a 60-44 vote. Favoring a more moderate course, he said that such an issue could not be changed overnight. Another delegate favoring de letion alluded to the areas outside the South where segregation is in fact practiced, but within the limitations of law. "We don't worry about ourselves," he said, "but we want to send troops down there." Under the platform on foreign Ever so feminine ... Jonathan Logan's polished cotton. Finely striped Rower print emphasizes the smooth lines ... full skirt shows off your tiny waist. Sizes 5 to 15 $14.95 Kalin's Dress Shop So. Allen Street, State College ===MMI By PAULINE METZA Student Employment Representative* from the folbiwing eotu penitY will infer, iew June and A graduates and undergrailtiate% for .tlre._ veer work when mentioned. Appterwntw for inter iew a may airs op in 112 (11.1 Main within the next two week, The* will be cat vied only once by The Daily Collevrian. Interview.. will be held on date* mentioned :Federal Tel I att., March 27 And Ph 0 candidatei in the seine told Alw J.lir,inrs. MS And Ph 1) CA mitt:Ate. f..r iu mor_ Bailey Meter March L. —I,IE lorienn Nat'l Itotl Cron.) Marett 2:— Anyone interi,tna in Iced Th e Tram. ( "'titian), Ma reit ME EE, ch.E, IE, for *ale. V 14,; development, arid prtAttlell."l. :policy and defense, a University 'delegate moved to introduce a - ,plank under world trade that would recognize the Peoples Re fpublic of China and the Republic la Formosa. The motion was de feated by a 44-40 vote. As adopted by the convention, the world ;trade plank merely favors the ex tension of the world trade policy 'on a reciprocal basis. The Penn State Chapter of ICG is sponsored by the political ,science department. Lee E. Cor :ter, assistant professor of political I science, is adviser to the group. Alan Maloney, senior in arts and 'letters from Teaneck, N.J., is chairman. Mr. Maloney was also lin charge of the convention pro !gram and arrangements. .r...4.•.ar55A11k,,44.:- 4 PAGE FIVE
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