THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Fantas 'Will • "Jim Dandy," described as a work of creation which bears no relation to will begin its six-weekend run at '8 p.m. tomorrow at Center Stage. The play, written by William Saroyan, first appeared on the stage in 1941 the ninth play that Saroyan wrote and, although it was never produced on B did win its author considerable acclaim. Saroyan, in his letters Barbershop Sing Draws 15 Groups Fifteen fraternities and soror ities have .entered the Barber shop Quartet Contest to be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Schwab Auditorium. The contest is spongored by Sig ma Phi Alpha fraternity to aid the Muscular Dystrophy Fund and promote campus barbershop sing ing. Trophies Displayed Engraved bronze trophies, cur rently on display at the Hetzel Union desk, will be presented to the first- and second-place win ners in both male and female groups. Judges for the contest will he announced later. Each group will be required to sing two barbershop numbers, the total time not to exceed six min utes. Judging will be based on standard barbershop rules. These rules include no modern chords, four-part harmony, no extended solos, melody in second tenor and no musical accompaniment. Judging Requirements Entries will also be judged on pitch, harmony, blend and stage presence. Costumes may be worn. The Ray Kapitoniff Quartette and the Sigma Phi Alpha Quar tette will entertain, but will not compete. A $5 entrance fee from groups and donations from the audience will go to the Muscular Dystrophy Fund. Rifle Team Picked For National Meet The Air Force Rifle Team has been selected 'to compete in the championship round of the 1957 Reserve Officers Training Corps National - Intercollegiate and Inter scholastic Rifle Match. The match began yesterday and will continue through the month. The members of the team do their firing at the Armory and their scores are sent to the Second Army Headquarters, and from there are forwarded to the nation al headquarters for comparison with those received from other units. The University AFROTC team is the only Air Force unit to - be selected. The Jazz Club Presents THE FOUR FRESHMEN AND Budd y Morrow CONCERT Sunday Afternoon April 1 at 1:30 Rec Hall Seats $1.50 TICKETS ARE NOW AVAIALBLE AT THE' HUB DESK AND AT THE MUSIC ROOM is Play, 'Jim Dandy', pen Six-Weekend Ru and correspondance concerni Dandy" is not simply another play but an exceptional one pro viding pure theatrical entertain ment: Although the characters in the play do not represent people, they do depict states of mind which in-'' clude "anybody," "anybody else," "a pessimist," "an optimist" and "a young man with one foot in the grave." The play, which takes place "on an oasis in the middle of a desert which sometimes is a corner of a public library," in eludes several unusual sets. Among the "different" proper ties used are a cash register, a chair on top of a table and a couch on a mechanical piano. There is no apparent plot or story to the play and, although a sense of strangeness prevails over what the players do and say, still everything appears to be natural, ordinary, every-day action. Among Saroyan's other works are "The Beautiful People," "My Heart's in the Highlands," and a one-act production, "Hello Out There." Cast members for the Play ers' production; which is being directed by Kelly Yeaton. asso ciate professor of theatre arts, are Elizabeth Ives, senior in arts and letters from Scranton, Flo ra: William Bonham, freshman in arts and letters from Forty Fort, Jim Dandy; Bruce Taylor, junior in arts and letters from Oakmont, Johnny. Others are Susan Mort, junior in arts and -letters from Philadel phia, Molly; Charles Atalosky, sophomore in chemical engineer ing from Saint Clair, Fishkin; Joe Monaco, junior in business admin istration from Philadelphia, Jim Crow; Gloria Litz, junior in edu cation from Philadelphia, Little Johnny; Floyd Santoro, sopho more in arts and letters from Johnstown, the Letter Carrier; John Timmis, junior in arts and letters from Warren, Jock. Tickets for the presentation are on sale at the Hetzel Union desk. Price is $l. WRA Cabin Open To Groups, Clubs The Women's Recreation As sociation cabin, located on Tussey Mountain, is now available on weekends for WRA clubs, inde pendent groups and sororities. The cabin is well-equipped for camping needs and has accom modations for approximately 30 coeds. No charge will be made. Further information may be ob tained from Patricia Ulrich, 68 Atherton Hall. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ng the play, states t Siegel Gi Fellowshi In Scienc Dr. Sidney Siegel, assoi lessor of psychology, ' named a .Fellow of the for Advanced Study in havorial Sciences for th academic year. Dr. Siegel has been leave of absence from versity to accept the F He is the first Univers/._ fessor to be named a Fellow of, the center, which is supported by the Ford Foundation. It is located on the campus of Stanford Uni versity, but is not a part of that institution. The Center is an in dependent, non-profit corporation.,l Its purpose is to free selected; scholars from their routine duties' so that they may spend a year un- 1 interruptedly pursuing their own! research interests, either individ-1 ually or in cooperation with other l Fellows. About 50 Fellows are ap pointed each year in the fields of anthropology, biology, econom ics, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, psychiatry, statistics and sociology. Special Fields Named Dr. Siegel's special fields of re search interest are decision theory, statistical inference and social psychology. He is the author of "Nonpararnetric Statistics" and the co-author of "Decision Mak ing, and Experimental Approach" and has published many technical papers. At present he is conduct ing research under a grant from the Institute of Mental Health of the U.S. Public Health Service. He came to the University in 1954. AgEd Prof to Speak William F. Hall, professor of agriculture education, will address Alpha Tau Alpha, agriculture edu cation fraternity, at 7:15 tonight at Delta Theta Sigma fraternity. You Ire Welcome at Glick's Housewarming/ with every purchase of a pair of shoes o Lighters &Field Glasses *Toy Dogs (o Ball Point Pens To Fres Scholars FREE GIFTS Free Souvenirs for Everyone Microbiologists Honor 2 Profs Dr. Michael Farrell, associate dean and director of the Agri-: cultural Experiment Station, and Dr. Robert Stone, head of the De partment of Bacteriology, have; been invited to become charter fellows of the American Academy, of Microbiology. The academy is made up of, microbiologists in all branches - of the science in the United States and Canada_ Invited charter fellows are dis-; tinguished in the field of micro -I biology with wide training and experience. - The purpose of the organizaton l is to promote high professional; standing of microbiologists, to carry on professional activities on; behalf of the science of micro-, biology and to promote programs of recognition, certification and, accreditation of microbiologists. 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