TUESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1961 sets the mood while playing intricate interpretations of Eurasian melodies. The Brubeck quartet has captured first place in virtually every national jazz poll. '6l Series' Opens With Thomas Play The "Our Town" of Wales came to campus Saturday This "tiny dingle" called Milk Wood, in the words of the play's author, "preached a green-leaved sermon on the inno cence of man" that "all means nothing at all." The play, "Under Milk Wood" by Dylan Thomas, was' presented by New York's The Cir-1 cle in the Square Theatre as the, this together with poignancy," opening performance of the Uni-'Ringland said. versity Artists' Series. Ringland also noted that "Un- Byron Ringland, director of the der Milk Wood" was originally touring company, said that he, Produced as theatre "in the was "excited over the " spon .; round." However, because of taneous" reaction of a college; the limitations of touring facili audience. A program like the Ar- ties. it had to be changed to con fists' Series "is the healthiest thing ventional stage. that could happen to both the He said that he did not prefer theatre and the college," he said.i either the conventional stage or The professional actor needs !"the round" for this play because - an alert, intelligent audience, l w ,„ ne has found it works well both Ringland said, adding that the college student "should have the ' "The important consideration is experience of witnessing true, that the cast and set be played New York drama." .forward," he said, "so that it may 'relate strongly to the audience." Ringland said that the greatest; challenge of "Under Milk Wood"' is that it is a "great work in it-Prof Conducts Research self" and that "it is a poem, note An investigation of glass,forma a play." "For that reason," he lion and properties of carbonate said, "it is harder to keep the' glasses is being made by Dr. 0. play true to form without making, F. Tuttle, professor of geochem it seem phony." i istry. "The company must realize in! His research is supported by a what terms they should play their;one-year $lBO,OOO grant from the parts—they are not one charac- 'United States Atomic Energy ter. Somehow, they must tie all. Commission. By ROCHELLE MICHAELS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK PENNSYLVANIA Jazz Sparks Rec . H Explosive jazz brought a standing-room-only crowd to their feet Sunday night at the Dave l3rubeck - Stan Kenton concert in Recreation Hall. "Our reception was excellent," Kenton said after the perform ance.. "The acoustics were good because of the large audience." Joe Morella, the drummer in the Brubeck Quartet, called the crowd "a good audience to play to." "Rhythmically we were doing all right," he said. Morella received loud applause after completing an exhausting 9 1 / 2 -minute solo in the Brubeck arrangement of "Take Five." "Gene (Eugene Wright on string bass) and I have to keep together when we get into the counter rhythm effects in order to keep the group from mailing apart," Morella said, adding, "We man- —Collegian photos by 'Oen Coleman KENTON AND CLUB give out with their brassy interpreta tions. After .his performance. Kenton had his 22-piece band applaud "the wonderful audi ence." Parmi Nous Applications The deadline for submitting tapping cards for Parini Nous, senior men's hat society, is 5 p.m. today in the Dean of Men's office, 109 Old Main. By JOAN HARTMAN We all make mistakes... a • -,---s-•. ) ,g, WI Il '4> 11. • ERASE WITHOUT A TRACE ON EATON'S CORRASABLE BOND Don't meet your Waterloo at the typewriter—perfectly typed papers begin with Corrisable! You can rub out typing errors with just an ordinary pencil eraser. It's that simple to erase without a trace on Corriisable. Saves time, temper, and money! 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He said that he wouldn't J Kenton said that only his be in music ifjj weren't for jazz. solos are improvised, but he !Though his mother was a pianist, I believes that his new 22-piece he said he had no interest in J band is more flexible than ever. music. until he heard a group per "l added the section of four. forming one day when he Was mellophoniums to get more color," ; about 14 years old. When he he said, adding, "The new brass asked what they were playing, has changed the function of each he was told that it was jazz. !section. I now use the saxophones ' "I was sold," he said. like fiddles in an orchestra." , In the summer, Kenton holds The mellophonium, designed a band clinic in Indiana for especially for Kenton, has a young musicians who are inter ' range between a trombone and ested. in music as a profession. I a trumpet and slightly resembles The students are rehearsed and a French horn in shape. Ken- instructed by musicians from ton is the only musician to use show business and from the the mellophoniums in a section, teaching profession. Brubeck, however uses stand- The Brubeck quartet, which has and instruments and experiments been intact since the end of 1958, 'with different rhythmical effects. is planning a trip to Berlin in His main ambition is to compose, November. The group has been to Morella said. Recently Brubeck Europe and. Asia before on a tour and his wife -wrote a Broadway sponsored by the State Depart 'show which they recorded along ment. TIM Puts-off Elections The Town Independent Men will not hold elections today and tomorrow because an in sufficient number of applica tions for council positions was received, Robert Fry. TIM pres ident, said. Fry said that anyone inter ested in being a member of the council should attend the open meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in 203 Hetsel Union Building. . 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