TUESDAY. APRIL 17. 1956
Slang Named Head
. Of IFC Committee
!
Backing Culture
•
1 Norman Lang, Beta Theta Pi 1
has been named new chairman of
the Interfraternity Council Cul-
By TED SERRILL ;tural Committee by IFC Presi
nt Daniel Lan.
The imagination of Christopher Fry in all his color and humor dropped in on Pennide Lang, replaces d Thurman Lor-1
State Saturday night. lick, Alpha Phi Alpha. who was
,i !appointed vice chairman. Other,
And Players, in bringing it to Centre Stage, staged his blank verse comedy, The;new,officers elected at last week's
Lady's Not for Burning," with almost as much finesse as it did its first Elizabethan-style:meeting a're recording secretary,)
Paul Fisher, Delta Sigma Lamb
comedy of the semester, "The Alchemist." da; corresponding secretary, Nel-
Written in the poetic and flowery style of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, this:son Van Fleet, Phi Kappa Tati:
tale by a present-day playwright ! - !fraternity coordinator, Edwar ci
of the all-too normal folk of the 'Grossman, Sigma Alpha Mu; pub
little 15th century English town • ,licity co -chai rm e n, Samuel
of Cool Clary, provides many a Aph i 0 p i , Schonely, Pi Kappa Alpha; and
laugh and quick smile.
L e Oe C ass , s J i a io m n e . s Harr .. ...r, Tau Kappa Ep-
Director Walter S. Smith of the!
theatre arts department managedi • • ! The committee will meet at
to bring much of this comedy tol 7:30 p.m_ to. - norrow in the Hetzel
the audience, an audience per -1 Largest in. hi Lstory Union Buniding to discuss plans
for a contemporary lecture series
haps more accustomed to broad
laughs, of which there were al l
to be spon.;ored by IFC.
few, than a more subtle and poe-
The Alpha Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, national( Speakers have been suggested
'
tic humor depending on the turn,service honor society at the University, has the distinction and they are now being contact
of a phrase, of which there was!:ed. according to Harper. He add
much. .of having the largest pledge class in APhiO's history. led that the committee, in an ef-
The actors may- have played a The pledge class, which numbers 80, is dedicated to Presi-,fort to give a broad definition to
bit too much to the audience than !culture, is trying not to restrict
dent Milton S. Eisenhower. its efforts to lectures.
seemed suitable but, except for
One actress, this made no differ-1 Every semester when a new class is pledged, it is dedi- I
Review
Players Present Fry Comedy,
'The Lady's Not for Burning'
.ence. As they should have, they
appeared more the characters'
themselves than actors portray-!
ing people.
Supporting Cast' ,Lauded
We must commend the support
ing or, more exactly, the charac
ter actors than the leads. But for
the excellent performances of ' t
John Stroud, Clyde Gore, Walter
Vail, John Thomas, and Lowell
Salmon, the show may have'
stumbled into a void of dullness.
It didn't.
Entering into a discussion of
the actors themselves, we'll first
say that one of the leads fully
lived up to his role while the
other lead didn't live up to her
part.
Stephen Malin as the disillu
sioned soldier returned home
from the 'wars, lounged, yawned
and declaimed convincingly as he
sought to defend the only thing
he seemed to have found worthy
of defending, a misconstrued girl
sought after as a witch. But she
was "not for burning."
As the girl. Jennet, Shirley
Stern projected a feeling of un
easiness. Here was a girl, viva
cious and young and beautiful,
full of life and hope. A creature
of emotions. Miss Stern seemed
no wild rose; she was, instead, a
morning glory—in full glory.
Played to Audience
In the tenderest scene of the
play—a scene of slowly mounting
love—she played not to Mendip
but to the audience, extolling in
full voice like a queen instead of
a princess. While speaking, she
nearly destroyed all the rich life
"and beauty of the play as inter
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cated to a particular personality.' Froth Circulation Staff
,The fall class is usually dedicated.ganization is the "Keep Off the; The Froth circulation staff will
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hower. 'catching posters. Also, as a part,Union auditorium.
30311 Anniversary lof APhiO's increased scouting, ac-I Promotions and awards will be
This year, the 282 active chap-, tivity, a group of pledges and discussed as well as sales pro
ters of Alpha Phi Omega is cele- brothers worked at the Seven cedures for the coming issue.
,brating the 30th anniversary of its Mountains Boy Scout Camp on ,--
founding. The purpose of the or-'April 7.
!ganization is to set forth the four' To sum up a long list of pro
fields of service which are service; jects, APhiO will hold a car wash
Ito the student body and faculty,!today to raise money to send a
Ito the youth and community, to'delegation to the national conven
the nation, and to the members tion to be held at Long Beach,
of the fraternity. „ ,Calif., Aug. 28, 29 and 30. I
One of the projects recently'
!completed by the University's AijKistiakowsky to Present
jpha Beta chapter was to start Priestly Lecture Tonight
Gamma Sigma Sigma, a female; ;
continue at 8 tonight
!counterpart to APhiO. APhiO re-I The Priestly Lecture Series will,
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ma Sigma on an Easter egg hunt;lm nd •
lin the Home Economics building.' Dr. George Kistiakowsky, pro- 1
Ugly Man Contest .fessor of physical chemistry at
'Harvard University, will speak o
An annual project of Alpha Phi ' "The Mechanism of N i tr o g e n
Omega is the Ugly Man contest,•Afterglow."
which will start today. Another' The lecture
annual spring project of the or - public.
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letin Board, and so far, he hasn't
let us down.
In fact. last week we noticed
he had brought a portable chair
there, and instead of standing
up among the people clad in
Alligator raincoats. crew-neck
sweaters. and beat-up tennis
shoes. Art was taking it_ easy.
sitting down and watching the
crowd go by.
We saw Art at the *Slccll, - v the
other day (he had his collapsible
chair with him) and asked him if
he was putting on a stunt for
Ugly Man or something.
- No, not at all." he told us, "I
just go tired of having to stand
there every day. And you'd be
surprised how my little seat comes
in handy in class and in the HUB
snack bar. Drop around to the
Bulletin Board any morning be
tween classes and I'll have you
meet some of the others who also
have chairs."
We politely declined his invi
tation, mainly because we owe
our allegiance as a hang-out spot
to other places in town besides
the Mall Bulletin Board.
Wave' Will Interview
Lr. J.G. Phyllis Shultz, USNR,
will be available between 9:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m. today and to
morrow in the Hetzel Union
,Building to talk to women inter
ested in information concerning
'positions in the Navy after grad
'nation.
A summer. program open to
'junior women is also open.
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