WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21. 1956
Opening of 'Pacific Tomorrow
To Close Rosenf eld's Career
When “South Pacific’ opens tomorrow Michael Rosenfeld will present the finale of
his career as a Thespians song writer and musical director.
Rosenfeld, a senior in arts and letters from Philadelphia, has taken an active and
leading part in seven Thespians’ productions and will begin his eighth this week.
Rosenfeld was writing songs for Thespians before he attended classes at the Uni
versity. During orientation week of his freshman year, he hunted up the musical group
and started 1 working,
He was made assistant chorus
director for the show presented
his first semester, fall ’52. He also
wrote six songs for the produc
tion, “Don’t Stop Now."
In the spring of ’53 Rosenfeld
took to looking into a mirror
more than frequently as he prac
ticed leading an orchestra. He
had been selected as orchestra di
rector as well as chorus director
for “Roberta."
Rosenfeld Writes Music
As fall came again Rosenfeld
started writing music and lyrics
for another original production.
This time for “Let’s Face It.”
From that show on Rosenfeld was
musical director for Thespians’
productions. Musical director is
the catch-all for orchestra, chorus,
and stage director.
Sanford Lichtenstein, senior in
education from Merion, Phillip
Wein, senior in arts and letters
from Clarion, and Rosenfeld
wrote the show and dialogue.
Louis Fryman, chairman of the
Board of Dramatics and Foren
sics and present co-direetor with
Rosenfeld, played a comedy role
as a sheriff in his first Thespian
work in “Bloomer Girl."
Three Combine Talent
In fall ’54 Fryman, Wein, and
Rosenfeld combined their talent
to write the script for “Funny
Side Up.” Rosenfeld again wrote
the music and lyrics as the new
Thespians original took shape.
Charles McKay, one of the lead
performers for “South Pacific,”
as Emile Deßeque, took his first
Thespians part in “Funny Side
Up” as he sang “I’ll Remember
Carol,” written for him by Rosen
feld.
Writes Orchestrations
Rosenfeld stepped into a new
field as “Finnian's Rainbow” ap
peared in the spring of ’55. For
the first time in six or seven years
a undergraduate did the orches
tration for a Thespians produc
tion. Before this time professors
had been paid to do orchestra
tions. Rosenfeld had been study
ing under James Bruden, profes
sional arranger for the Penn
State Blue Band.
“Finnian's Rainbow” has been
termed one of Thespians’ greatest
successes in terms of audience re
action. Fryman directed the en
tire production as well as playing
the part of Finnian. This was one
of the first times an undergrad
uate had directed an entire Thes
pian show.
Produce Centennial Show
Fryman, Rosenfeld, and Wein
again combined talent last fall to
produce “Take Ten.” Based on
the centennial theme, the show
stood out as receiving one of the
best reviews in years. Rosenfeld
increased the number of the or
chestra from seven to 10 for this
show.
He carried this further with
“South Pacific” where he has a
24-piece orchestra. Again, he has
It Starts Tomorrow!
The Penn State Thespians present on stage
SOUTH PACIFIC
Music by Richard Rodgers—Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Spied from James A. Michener's
hilitzer Prize Winning Novel
‘Tales of the South Pacific"
Hear These Hit Songs!
• Some Enchanted Evening
• Bali Hai
ssH? • Younger Than Springtime
• There is Nothing Like A Dame
• I'm Gonna Wash That Man
Right Out Of My Hair
Schwab Auditorium Thursday, Friday, Sat.
March 22,23, 24
Evenings at 7:30 PM. Saturday Matinee at 2:00 PM.
PRICES:
Thursday. $1.00; Friday. Saturday. Saturday Matinee. $1.25
Tickets on Sale Now at Desk in Hetzel Union Building
EXCELLENT SEATS AVAILABLE FOR
SATURDAY MATINEE
Employment Interviews
Representatives from the following com
panies will interview June and August;
graduates, and undergraduates for summer!
work. Applicants for interviews may aign
up in 112 Old Main within the next two
weeks. This list will be carried only once
by The Daily Collegian. Interview* will
be held on dates mentioned.
Hlnw-Knox Co. April 9~~JE, CE. ME,
MET. CH.K, KE.
Bendix Westinghouse—April 9 - ME. Also
M.S. candidates in same field.
Strombenc-CarKon Co - April 9—EE,
ME, PHYS, KNtiK.SCI. Also M.S. can
didates in KK. ME, PHYS, and Ph.D. can
didates in E.E. and PHYSICS.
North American Aviation -April 9
1 AERO.E, AKCH.K. CE. KK. ME. PHYS,
MATH, CKH. AUo M.S. and Ph.D. can
didates in same fields.
Crucible Steel Co. of America—April 9
-MET. CER. CHKM, CK, lE, ME, EE,
MNG.E. Also M.S. and Ph.D. candidates
in same field*.
National Tube -April U- ACCTG, BUS.
MNGT. FINANCE, IK. Also M.S. candi
dates in AC CTO, UUS.MNGT, FINANCE.
Potomac River Naval Command (Naval
Rehearch I.ah)- -April 9 - KK. ME, MKT,
PHYS. MATH. Also M.S. and Ph,D. can
didates in same fields.
New Jersey State Highway Dept.—April
■ 9—-CE. ‘ME, EE.
Springfield Fue & Marine Ina. Co.—
April 9 -ITJS.AD. LA.
U.S. Steel (Com. Dept.) (for sales train
ing 1 April 9 I>A. BUS.AD. ALL EN
GINEERING, HOTEL AD. Also M.S. can
didates in same fields.
Esso Lahoratoriea (Baton Rouge, La.)
April 10 —CH E, M.S. A Ph.D. candidates
m CH.E, CHKM, PHYSICS.
John Thompson and Co.- —April 10
MATH, CH.K, KK, lE, ME, PHYS. Also
M.S. candidates in same fields and Ph.D.
candidates in MATH.
Lukens Steel -April 10--ME. CE, lE,
EE. MKT. ACCTG. BUS.MNGT.
Celanese Corp. of America-—April 10-11
—CHEM, PHYS, CH.K. ME. IK.
written the orchestration. Al
though the show is expensive
($3000) and complicated, Thes
pians wanted to present a spec
tacular musical, and went ahead
with “South Pacific.”
Rosenfeld says he hopes to at
tend law school, but also intends
to continue writing songs, lyrics,
scripts, and orchestrations.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
City of Phtla., Health Dept.
SE, EE, CH.E, ME.
Manufacturers Light and Heat—April
10-BUS.AD. '(2 yra. Acetg.). CE, EE.
CH.K, lE. ME, PET.E.
Naval Ordnance. Lab-April 10 ME,
EE. lE. CH.E, PHYS.
Joseph Bancroft and Sons-April 10—
CHKM, ME, EE (for research and de
velopment),
P and G Distributing—April 10—Non
tcch.
DuPont - April 11, 12, 13— BUS.AD,
ACCTG (non-tech >.
National Cash Register Co.- April 11
CHKM. PHYS. CH.E, METAL. CKR. AUcv
M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in snme fields.
Sperry Gyroscope Co. - April It -AKHO.
E. EE. ME, ENGR.SCI. MATH. Also M.S.
and Ph.D. candidates in same fields.
Humble Oil A Refining Co.- April 11—
All Engineers: also M.S. candidates in
engineering and Ph.D. candidate* in PHYS.
CHKM.
| Riegel Paper Corp.--April 11- CH.E.
ECON. MATH. PRE-LAW. SCI. BUS.
MNGT, CHKM, COM.CHKM.
S. CoveM, Wellington A Co.—April 11
ACCTG.
Union Switch and Signal - April 11
ME, EE.
Corning Glass Work* Ajuil 11-12-
ACCTG, lE, PHYS. CHEM, ME, EE. CK,
CH.E. CER. Also M.S. candidates in
ACCTG. PHYS. CHEM. ME, KK. CH.K.
CKtt. and Ph.D. candidates in PHYS and
CHKM.
Ag Students May Order
Caps and Gowns Soon
Seniors in the College of Agri
culture may order, their caps and
gowns April 4,5, and 6 at the
Athletic Store. A $5 deposit must
be made and seniors must give
their hat size,when ordering.
Invitations and announcements
at 10 cents each may be ordered
on the same days at the Hetzel
Union desk.
—April 10—
QUEHANNA
... a great research center
for the future... YOUR future
JUST 47 MILES FROM
PENN STATE IS ONE OF
THE WORLD'S MOST AD-
VANCED RESEARCH CEN-
TERS: QUEHANNA, PA
AN OUTSTANDING EN-
VIRONMENT FOR THE EN-
GINEERS OF TOMORROW.
YOUR EDUCATION IS OUR BUSINESS.
Curtiss-Wright looks to Penn Slate grad
uates to fill many of its top engineering
positions. We are working with adminis
trative and faculty members right now.
developing a special postgraduate course
at the Research Center. Plans are also
being made for study tours to Quehanna
for Penn State engineering students.
WSGA Officers Installed
By New Judicial Chairman
Women’s Student Government Association officers were installed
by Jo Fulton, new Judicial Board chairman, at a convocation Monday
night in Simmons Lounge.
Miss Fulton was installed by Patricia Douthett, retiring Judicial
Board chairman.
Installed were Daisy Zimmerman, president; Susanne Smith,
vice president; Martha Fleming,
secretarv; and Ellen Donovan,
!
treasurer
Also Claire Ganim, senior sen
ator;' Barbara Kinnier, and Su-
zanne Aiken, junior senators;
Maty Ann Gemmill, sophomore
senator; and Ann Farell, town'
senator.
A buffet dinner was held in a'
Hetzei Union dining room prior 1
to the convocation under the di-'
jrection of Martha Fleming, gen- 1
eral convoration chairman. j
The guest speakers Miss Ruth'
H. Mcßae, supervising director of
home economics in the Washing-'
ton, D.C. public schools systems,'
told the group that women of all
student government association
groups have unusual opportuni
ties for leadership and they must
be faithful to the responsibilities
of student government.
The major choices that women
have to make, said Miss Mcßae,
'are what type of work to do and
'how to work at a career at which
they may use their best ability.
The minor choice women have
to make, she continued, is the
jkind of characteristics they will
possess.
Miss Mcßae said that a person
cannot have lntie.’- security with
out faith. She told the newly in
stalled officers that the two
choices she described will justify
their work in WSGA.
j Guests at the convocation in
cluded hostesses in the women's
VOTE
in the HUB
Today and Tomorrow
Polls Open 8-5
Quehanna, Pa.
Quehanna, Curtiss-Wright’s 85-square-mile
research and development center here in
the Alleghenies, offers challenging and
wide-ranging career opportunities in aero
dynamics, electronics, nucleonics, plastics,
ultrasonics, metalurgy. Just a short drive
from Penn State, Quehanna brings together
specialized engineering talents and unpar
alled experimental and laboratory facili
ties, for research in today’s most advanced
scientific fields. Curtiss-Wright has faith in
today’s most advanced scentific fields. Cur
tiss-Wright has faith in the future —your
future—and proves it with this new loca
tion that gives you greater opportunities to
grow and advance quickly.
KNOW MORE ABOUT CURTISS
WRIGHT. Contact Mr. George N. P.
Leetch, University Placement Service Di
rector, who will make an appointment
for you with one of the Curtiss-Wright
Representatives when they visit the cam
pus March 23. Or, at any time, call Alfred
E. Lewis (Penn State *32), Curtiss-Wright
Industrial Relations Manager, at French
villo 2401. Mr. Lewis will welcome the
chance to talk about your present engi
neering ideas and your career plans for
the future.
dormitories, the staff of the dean
of women’s office, and represen
tatives from Leonides and sorori
ties.
Rheda Berger was in charge of
refreshments, assisted by Debra
Diehm.
For That
Late
Evening
Snack
Sandwiches
Sundaes
Full Course
Meals
CHRISTY'S
GOOD FOOD
Comer of College Ave.
And Pugh Sf.
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