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--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.