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
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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.
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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."
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The Penn State Chapter of
ICG is sponsored by the political
,science department. Lee E. Cor
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