PAGE EIGHT --Collegian Photo by Charlie Jacquen FINISHING TOUCHES are being put on the set of the Players' production of "The Boy Friend." The artists are Pat Thompson and Diane Schonbak, Boy Friend opens May 7 in Schwab Audi torium. Stage Scenery Is Fusing of Talents The scenery for a musical comedy is the melting pot of the endeavors of the author, director and audience, explained Russell Whaley and Cameron Iseman, theatre arts instruc tors. "The Boy Friend," to run in Schwab Auditorium May 7 to 9, was written by Sandy Wil son, an Englishman, as a spoof on the English comedies of the 1920'5. When the show came to the United States, after playing on the West-end (Broadway of London), the show was "jazzed" up to fit the American audience This production will not be as assy, noisy or obnoxious as the burlesque quality production in New York City, or as sensi tive as the Englr,h version" ex plained Whaley, set designer. The set and costumes were also designed with the audi ence in mind. As the show is running Mother's Day weekend, the audience will be composed of parents who will remember the period with fond memories and university students who know of it only through the tales and music passed down to them. It all began at the beginning of the semester with a survey of popular colors and sets usod the roaring 20's in England, NN here the show originally opened. The predominant color for the skeleton set to be used in the Players' Production is blue. Why blue' , Because this was not only the popular color at the time, Whaley explained, but it s-ems to be the povtlar color of the April Temperatures Exceed Normal By JOEL MYERS storm ever to strike the State was from 24 degrees on the snowy Barring an y unexpected College area occurred on the 28th 13th to 78 degrees on the 9th. m 1928. This storm dumped more The first three days of the weather developments, April 'th 17inchesof , i an snow onState month were windy with the high -1959 will go into the record College and even greater amounts est wind gusts on each day as fol lin some of the surrounding corn- lows: 30 m.p.h on the first, 40 books as a warmer than nor - Intunitieq. lin p.h. on the second and 34 m.p.h.. mal month, temperture wise,! The thunderstorm that struck on the third. but with near normal precipi- Ittus area on Tuesday, the 28th, Fog was recorded on only I ,was accompanied by heavy rain, two days, the 26th and 27th. tation. ;lightning and hailstones up to This compares with two days onr-eihth of an inch in diameter last year, seven days in 1957, A 2.7 inch snowstorm on the ;This thunderstorm was associated and none in 1956. 13th and a thund• r ,torm on thef with an energetic storm system It is interesting to note that 28th accompanied by hail and that was responsible for " mei _ this is the eighth consecutive ,' heavy ram were the two most in- ous thunderstorms over the East- month with below normal pre teresting x% ra•Art phenomena ern sections of the nation, includ- capitation. The total precipitation that occurred dorin" this month. ine ninny that were locally r . z. :„ since January I has been 11:12 The snot% s torn t, t. i i ;eh occurred I vere. inches. This is 11 per cent below on Stiiiihsv afternoon, startled! The total precipitation for normal. The temperature for this year. mlny p-..(mi ince the tetnorra-1 April was 3.31 inches, which is on the other hand, has shown t, -(‘ 1 , ,tcl hit 73 tl.:'::rees just fours just .15 inches below normal. considerable fluctuation with e:ty . hefore. • I About one third of this rain- regard to monthly normals. The r t .sn't v-ry vr.trual for snow fell fell in the three day period overall total for the year, how to fr.!! a-:d icrmrnulate so late of the 26th to 28th. ever, shows only a 0.1 per cent i n th— - rcm, rl k der.onstrat- , Measurable precipitation fell on l deviation fro mike normal. td7lb -- vr -;-th er records. They ill of the first 29 days. As a whole, with the exception sits fe • t -•2 . 1.—: -1 31.e snow had I The average temperature for of temperature, April, 1959, show f :"--, in Evs of the past nine 'the month was 51.3 degrees, which l ed amazing similarity to what I r .its. is 3.7 degrees above the normal meterologists call a "normal" The most famous April snow-j oi 47.5. The range in temperature April. By ZANDY SLOSSON theater department and the Play ers. Space was another problem Whaley solved in designing the set. "A set for a musical com edy must represent many dif ferent locals (three in Boy Friends and be large enough for dancing, singing and act ing," Whaley said. It should also fit unobtrusively into the mood of the production so that the audience's attention is not diverted from the action, he added. The construction crew of six l l students has been putting the scaled plan- drawn by Whaley in -1 to wood framed reality, The gay; i mood of the 20's that is spoofed' in the production is carried up to, the loft in Schwab where they work every night Monday through Friday from about 7:30 to 10 p.m. •tul some evenings the head of They sing along with the radio the crew plays his concertina while the crew members bang nits into palm tree frames. The clew and designer has had to compensate for the 6-inch slope in the stage. The smaller pieces that are us^d to change the scenes in front of the skeleton set must not be too top heavy or they will fall over on stage. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Assembl Leaders Re .rt SGA-Party Ties By CAROL BLAKESLEE The majority and minor ity party floor leaders in the SG A Assembly will bring about a closer tie-up between the parties and their assemblymen, according to Howard Byers (University- Sr.) and Walter Darran (Cam pus-Jr.). Both Byers, minority party leader, and Darran, majority party leader, said yesterday the floor leader's main job was to act as a 1 ia sort between party members and Assembly representatives. The f lo or leader of either pai iy may tall a party caucus whenever he or another party Cheering Squad Will Conduct First Practice Practice will begin 6:30 p.m. Sunday in front of Old Main for all men and women who wish to try out for the cheering squad. In case of rain, the practice will I be held in Recreation Hall. Candidates must be second or third semester students and must have an All-University average of 2 or better to be eligible. Three men and three women cheerlead ers will be chosen to replace the graduating seniors. Hour-long practices will be held Sunday !through Thursday evenings of next week and the final tryouts will be Sunday, May 17. A new! captain will also be chosen. Gene Wettstone, gymnastics coach, Hummel Fishburn, head of the music department, and Ed ward Czekaj, business manager of athletics, will judge the tryouts. Graduating seniors on the pres ent squad are John Lange, Sam Fleming, Gene Wey, Pat Shepler, Pat Leh and Anri Beverage, Cheers, Groans, Excitement -- (Continued from page seven) crouched down making ready to run for all the awards. His group did carry off several. The usual thanks all around brought groans of impatience throughout the crowd as they a waited the first prizes, the Float Parade. Screams arose from different parts of the hall as the various prizes were announced. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Al pha Sigma Phi jumped up for the second of four times as they won a second place. The whole routine kept up through all the awards—tension, screams of joy and mutterings of disgust. When the final grand award was announced and every- member or assembly man wants to "feel out" an idea, Byers said. At the causu, the idea will be discussed by the party's as sembly rep r e sentatives and they will decide whether it is feasible to bring it up before the entire Assembly. If the idea is deemed prac tical, the floor leader will pre sent it to the Assembly except, Darran said, when it was orig inally conceived by an assem blyman. The floor leader will also act as a liason between the executive branch of SGA and the legislative, he added. The floor leader will bring to the Assembly floor any sugges tions or ideas which the SGA officers might have, he said. Indies to Ist Mock A mock nightclub party will be held Saturday as a pilot test for a series of big weekend Saturday night parties planned for next year by the Association of Independent Men and Leonides. A gambling casino (using play money) and a floor show will be the main attractions of AIM, Leonides, and the Nittany Co-op. It will be open at 9p.m. to all Independents and their dates, whether or not they are members of an independent group Three rooms of the Nittany Co-op will be devoted to the nightclub party. One room will be set up like a Las Vegas gambling casino with a roulette wheel, dice tables and card games. Paper money will be is sued to everyone who enters. The other rooms will have a nightclub atmosphere with tables situated around a dance floor. Buffet refreshments are Manned. A floor show will feature both student and professional enter- one but the excited winners be gan to leave the hall, several dis gusted comments of "Stupid Spring Week, anyhow," could be heard. Several winners were heard to exclaim "I just can't believe it, it's just too great." At last the final stragglers left the hall to proceed down the walks singing their own praises. Kappa girls had to get back to the dorms—they planned a break fast to show their appreciation of their Alpha Sig partners. THURSDAY. APRIL 30. 1959 Cited Since student government is now being run more on a po litical party system, Byers said, the co m munication between the party and its assemblymen is even more important. The system, like that in the national government, is not a formal part of the SGA Con stitution. The party caucus idea is an unwritten part of government. It is more an in /crawl meeting to sound out members, Byers said. Both floor leaders said they felt the party caucus system would work out well in SGA with time. Darrans said that more work and more time are needed while Byers warned that only the people working with the party caucus system will make it effective. Sponsor Nightclub his week's party, sponsored by tainment. The Co-op will Present skits lampooning campus life and student leaders, while Leonides will present Myrna Glazer, junior in education from Maplewood, N.J., and Frieda Lee, sophomore in music education from Philadel phia, as entertainers. Exactly what the professional entertain ment will be is still undecided. Plans for next year include various types of parties to be held in the fletsel Union ball room on Saturday nights of big weekends for all independents. It is hoped that this will fill the gap in the dating plans of independents who can find very lithe to do either on campus or in town on big weekend Sat urdays, according to Carol Frank, president of Leonides. All of the proposed events will be free, although admission for one event may be an old blue book to build up the AIM-Leon ides bluebook file. Plans for the various parties will be made as student interest in the program is determined. Entre Nous Meets Sunday Entre Nous Society will meet at 2 p.m., Sunday in 214 Hetzel Union to elect new officers.
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