—Collegian Photo by Marty Scherr
24.000 OF THEM—Marby's that is. Delta Tau Delta fraternity col
lected the Marlboro cigarette packages in order to win a stereo
phonic hi-ft set. Robert Schimmel is the swimmer among the packs.
Experimental
Three s Plays
By ZANDY SLOSSON
The experimental theatre
will • , present three one-act
plays in the "grand guignol"
style May 12 and 13 in the
Little Theatre, in the base
,
ment of Old Main.
Guignol is an attempt to re
create the particular type of
theatrical entertainment of Paris
that deals with. themes of vio
lence, , supernatural, crime and
horror. It is famous for its thea
trical 'effects, principly make-up.'.
The brutalities and maimings
of crime and killing • are acted
on the stage with all the grue
some realities made possible by
76 Riders Compete
Without the 'Rains'
For the first time in eight years, spectators at the Penn
State Riding Show were able to_ watch the contests without
sitting under umbrellas.
Over 76 contestants competed in western, English and
team classes all day Saturday and Sunday'at the riding stables
in sunny weather. -
Top honors in the team division
were won by Penn Hall School
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for Girls, Cham ersburg. The
Penn State Ridin Team placed
second, and Grier hool for Girls,
Tyrone, placed thi d.
Elizabeth Hoo s, senior in
elementary ed u ati o n from
Montrose, won fir t prize in the
western division. arilyn Paint- '
er, senior in arii al husbandry
froni Pittsburgh w o placed sec
ond in the wester division, al
so won top honor in the clover
leaf raee.
Emily Katz, sop
eral agriculture
Plains-, N.Y., wo
championship in th
division;
Peggy Hall, a '
omore in gen
fr o m White
the jumper
English horse
enn Hall stu-
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Theatre Will Present
in 'Grand Guignol' Style
the special make-up effects.
duignol theatre is especially
famous for' a woman's face
pushed in the fire, severed wrists
and poked out eyes.
The experimental theatre group
will attempt to reproduce the
make-up effects in, the French
style as the actual methods are
kept a secret.
The three plays that will be
presented are: "Weekend Cot
tage" and "Coals of Fire," by
Frederick Witney, a writer for
the British Guignol theatre, and
"Sweeney Todd" or "The De
mon Barber of Fleet Street," as
it is sub-titled. The latter play
was originally written by
George Dubdin Pitt and the ex
dent, placed first in the hunter
division. Reserved hunter cham
pion was MerillatTrost, freshman
in animal husbandry from Allen
dale, N.Y.
The bareback riding contest
was wort by Finley Greer from
Grier Girls School. The winner
of this contest had to ride bare
back while sitting on a silver
dollar. As each contestant lost
his dollar, he, was disqualified
and the .dollar was added to
.the prize rnoney. Miss Greer
won $l4. •
The show was dedicted to
Capt. Gregory Gagarin who has
been' in charge Of riding activi
ties .here for 13. years. Capt. Ga
garin plans to retire at the end
of this year.
COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
Leonides Nominates
Outstanding Women
Nominations for the outstanding independent woman of
the year were made last night by Leonides Council.
Barbara Barniker, junior in education for Harwick; Mar
garet Orchard, junior in psychology from Maplewood, N.J.;
and Barbara Marcus, senior in education from Bethlehem
were the final nominees for the
award which will be announcedlin the various dorm units are
at the AIM-Leonides banquet, to ibeing considered, Miss Barniker'
be held May 13 at the Eutaw sa id .
House. The Council voted to contribute:
Voting for the outstanding in
dependent was completed last
night. Candidates were nominated
by the Leonides Council on the
basis of service to the University
and to Leonides.
Barbara Barniker, chairman
of the joint planning commis
sion for Leonides, announced
the calendar for next year. In
dependent Encampment is set
for September 26 and 27. Indio
Week will be from October 25
to 31 and will climax with the
Autumn Ball on October 31.
On February 13 Leonides will
sponsor a bluebook jam session,
admission to which will be one
bluebook. Special informal par
ties are planned for all big week
end Saturday nights, and movies
perimental theatre presentation
was adapted by Marvin Katz,
junior in theatre arts from
Drexel Hill.
"Weekend Cottage" is the' story'
of a lonely love nest terrorized
by two thugs. George Vince and
Floyd Santoro will play the thugs
and the couple will be played by
Helen Blumenfield and Christo
pher Hostetter.
"Coals of Fire" is the picture
of torture of a young woman by
her employer, an ugly blind wo
man who knows the woman has
been sleeping with her husband.
The woman will be played by
Helen Cummings and the em
ployer by Norma Vernesoni.
"Sweeney Todd" is an old
legend of a barber that lived
on Fleet Street who did away
with customers by 'unusual
methods'. Tobias 'Flagg. Swee
ney's unfortunate apprentice,
is played by Lynn Weiner; To
bias' mother, by Carol Rosen
thal; Captain Mark Ingistril,
one of Sweeney's victims,' by
Therston Cosner; Mrs. Lovett,
Sweeney's accomplice, by Grace
Ferrari; Jean Parmine, a lapi
dary, by William Boyer, and
the policeman, by Christopher
Hostetter.
Experimental theater is a Thea
tre Department subsidiary that
is set up to further experiment
in theatre.
A board of directors is estab
lished each year to process and
accept applications for financial
backing for a production. This
years board is composed of:
Kelly Yeaton and Warren Smith,
professors of theatre arts, Janice
Champagne, graduate student in
theatre arts and Berry Wilder,
an undergraduate.
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By PAT DYER
$25 to the World University Serv-1
ice drive to be held May 10 to 17.1
Margaret Orchard, chairman '
of the Mother's Day breakfast,
presented final plans for the
event to be held Sunday in Mc-
Elwain Lounge. All independent
women and their guests are in
vited to the free buffet.
Final plans for the AIM-Leoni
des banquet were presented by
Barbara Barniker, chairman of the'
Leonides committee. All tickets
must be picked up at the Hetzel
Union desk by 5 p.m. Thursday.'
Dr. Henry Finch, professor of l
philosophy will be the speaker'
at the banquet. Awards- will be
presented to the outstanding inde
pendent woman, to old and new
Leonides and AIM officers, and to
the Leonides Scholarship winner.
Carol Frank, president of Leoni
des, announced appointments for
1959-60.
Lil Davenport, sophomore in
education from Collingdale will
be WRA chairman; Rita Saltzer,
outgoing Leonides president, will
be Indie Encampment chairman;
and Mary Ann Gantor, junior in
business administration fr o m
Bethel Park, will be Leonides
chairman for the Dink Debut held
during Orientation Week.
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gar, Barbara Simon, Nancy Sloan,
Janice Smith, Penelope Snyder,
Janet Stakel, Carole Young and
Carole Zielke.
The queen will be crowned by
Miss Donovan. The Neu Baryris
chen Schuhplattlers will do the
traditional maypole dance.
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