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Vol. XLIV
Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1952
No. 59
Innovation in Sets Ready for Darkness
Audience to See Cell Inside A Moscow Prison During Purge
by Tom Eilken
When the curtain rises Thursday evening in Bovard on “Darkness at Noon” the audience will be looking into the stone interior of a Moscow prison. The time and setting will be the Soviet purge of 1937. In a brilliantly contrived stage setting, which, according to director Herbert M. Stahl, surpasses the one used in the award-
'ETRENNES'
French Club To Send Gifts To France
Parlez-Vous Rendezvous, French conversation club, will spread the American spirit' of giving at Christmas time all the way to France when they begin their drive today to send “Etrennes” to crippled French children.
'‘Etrennes” to the French are the same as Christmas presents to the Americans, except it is the custom in France to give their ‘Etrennes’ on New Year’s day,” said Milt Forrest, director of the Parlez-Vous club.
Polio Aftereffects
Fifteen girls under the care of the French Red Cross will receive the “Etrennes” from the club. Most of them are suffering from the aftereffects of polio.
Typical of the French children are 7-vear-old Claudine Notheaux, 1io has two withered limbs, and 14-year-old Marie Masclaux, who has had her left foot amputated, Forrest said.
Parlez-Vous Rendezvous received the names of the children through the French Consulate in Los Angeles, which recommended children under the acre of the French Red Cross in Paris.
Gift Station
Persons interested in giving gifts may contact club members at the Parlez-Vous table in Commons dining room every day from noon to 1 p.m. The table can be recognized by the crossed United States and French flags.
Gifts may be donated, or contributions may be made to the Par-lez-Vous fund, which will be used to buy gifts for the children, Forrest said.
The direct mailing address is Centre de Traitement et de Reeducation, Chateau de Villepatour, par Presles en Brie (S. & M.), Paris, France. The children's ages range from 7 to 16 years.
Only 7 Riders Listed in SU
Only seven persons have offered rides at the Christmas car pool in lhe student lounge, though most | of the campus bulletin boards
hp.ve ride offers on them, according to Mrs. Bernice Tiggs, student lounge hostess.
Eighteen persons have asked for rides to various parts of the country such as New York. Texas, Utah. Iowa, and Northern California.
Most of these persons are willing to share driving expenses and assist in the driving, Mrs. Tiegs said.
Ride offers have been received for North Dakota, South Dakota. West Virginia. Missouri, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas.
Sign ups by students desiring to er or get rides—be made in student lounge until Christmas tion begins daily from 9 to
a Alpha Psi o Meet Today
A discussion on “Internal Auditing” will be conducted by members of Beta Alpha Psi, national accounting fraternity, at their meeting today at noon in Bridge 203.
Peter Haugan was elected new president of the fraternity at a banquet held Friday at Julie’s. Other officers elected were Arthur E1 e a m o s, vice-president; A 1 e x Sandler, secretary: Laveme Baker. recording secretary; and Chester Elliott, treasurer.
winning Broadway presentation of the play, the events leading up to tfie imprisonment of a Red general. Rubashov, will be reviewed in realistic flashbacks.
Flashbacks
The stage action will focus on both the past and the present. Theflashbacks will magically take the audience back into the past six weeks in the life of Rubashov and the events which led to his imprisonment.
The present will find the general in his cell surrounded above by his three cell mates. The changes will be ingeniously managed without a change of setting.
The stage setting is partly the key to the success of the play along with its powerful dialogue. In the Broadway stage success the continuity of cell action with flashback action was interrupted by a complete darkening of the stage.
Uninterrupted
In the Bovard presentation scenes will not be interrupted and because of the unique construction of the stage setting prison life will be depicted in an uninterrupted realistic manner.
Marcus Fuller, assistant professor of drama and technical direc-torof the drama department, originated and designed the set.
It is 28 feet high and is the largest stage setting ever to be used in Bovard. The top landing on the prison stairway is 12 feet above the floor of the stage (and the prison floor).
Rubashov, who was played by Claude Rains in the Broadway production, will be played by Donald Davis.
Scene in Bedroom
Opposite him in the feminine role of Luba will be Dorothy Bromiley. The bedroom flashback scene between Rubashov and Luba is one of the highlights of the play.
Gletkin, a former Communist friend of Rubashov’s will be enacted by William Owen. Rubashov’s cellmates are William Felber, prisoner #202; David Pearlson, prisoner #302: and Lee O’Malley, prisoner #402.
Other cast members include Don Ramos and Charles Perches-ky, guards; Denison Niles, a soldier: Donald Summers, a storm trooper; Louis Pollav, Richard; and Gayle Wilson, a young girl.
Supporting Cast
Also acting in the play are Leland Mattke, Manuel Leonardo, Robert Englehart, Joe Hasson, Robert Rue, Donald Weinman, David Kent, Shirley McCafferty,
' and Robert O’Daniel.
Fuller’s crew was putting the finishing touches on the set yesterday. A technical rehearsal was held with all members of the cast taking part It was mainly a rehearsal for testing light and lsound.
Tonight a full costume rehearsal i will be held.
Tomorrow night a final dress rehearsal will take place in Bo-; vard before high school students from 32 Southland schools. According to Whitney Sponsler, publicity chairman, approximately 300 students are expected to 1 watch the rehearsal.
Flawless
“This preview will insure that j the opening night performance | will be a flawless one,” Sponsler j l sa d.
Arthur Koestler. who wrote the j novel “Darkness at Noon" from which the stage play was adapted, knew his subject well. Koestler himself was a member of the Corftmunist party for seven years before renouncing it.
The play, which was adapted by Sydney Kingsley, won the 1951 Drama Critics’ award for *ts Broadway run.
Stage manager for the Bovard presentation is William Croarkin. Lighting will be handled by William White.
Others in special effects are Denison Niles, make-up manager; Jacqueline Thomas, properties: Shirley McCafferty, sound; and Ralph Slayton, house manager.
MARY JANE MUTCHLER . . . sweetheart
Queen Honor Guest at Dinner
As honored guest at the Sigma Chi dinner last night, Mary Jane Mutchler attended one of the first functions of her year-long reign as Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. She was attended by Betty Metzger, Delta Delta Delta, and Marlene Miller, Alpha Delta Pi.
Miss Mutchler, a Delta Gamma, will be a guest at the Monday night dinners and at all the Sigma Chi parties for the rest of the school year. She will be serenaded by the fraternity Monday night.
She was chosen Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Saturday night at a formal dance at the Ambassador hotel, presented with bouquets of white roses, the fraternity flower, and serenaded by a chorus of the fraternity members.
With the roll of drums, Sigma Chi president Tom Whitlock showed the fraternity’s choice by asking Miss Mutchler to dance, while Sigma Chi alumni took motion pictures. Phil Ramser danced with Miss Miller, and Bob Carter with Miss Metzger.
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi received the well-known Sweetheart pin and the Sigma Chi perpetual trophy. Her attendants w'ere given gold cups as permanent trophies. All received dance favors-music boxes that played the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
Varsity Show Tryouts Set For Tomorrow
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Fourteen students will be selected to fill major and minor roles in the 1953 varsity show’, and 35 more will be chosen for chorus work, announced executive director Edward Earle yesterday.
Cast tryouts will be held tomcfr-row, Thursday, and Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the student lounge.
Actors, singers, and dancers may try out, but Earle warned that the major roles call for students who have all three talents.
Bring Material
He said persons interested in getting major parts in the show should .bring appropriate material for the tryouts.
Of the 11 major roles. 10 require either singing and acting, or singing, dancing, and acting. Only one is a straight acting part.
Lyricists, copyists, and musicians are also needed for the show, according to musical director Henry Levine. Students possessing the unusual knack of making words rhyme should report to the student lounge tomorrow', Thursday, or Friday between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
“Students who can fill positions in the orchestra or who know something about copying music are also needed,” Levine said.
Native of Bombay To Present Talk, Slides on India
An insight into India will be provided by the Intercultural club this afternoon at 3 when Kanti Patel of Bombay will emcee the third in a weekly series of foreign tours.
The tour, which will be conducted in the international students’ lounge, will also feature a talk and colored slides by Bud Levonian, a graduate student in cinema who spent 1951 taking pictures in India.
Besides Levonian’s slides of ancient and modern Indian culture, an exhibit of Indian art, ivory w’ork. native dress, and dolls will be on display.
Virus Bug Delays Big Deal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Marilyn's Books Sought
Marilyn Monroe, weakened by an attack of virus, went to bed with a good book—$1335 worth of Max Reinhardt manuscripts, to be exact—over the weekend. But chances are she didn’t do much reading since the valuable papers are written in old German script.
Miss Monroe bought the 178 manuscripts which were once used by Reinhardt, at an auction last week. She outbid representatives of SC, UCLA, and private bidders, and bought the papers herself for fear the collection would be bought piece-meal by individuals.
To Announce Plans
A studio spokesman said ye»terday that Miss Monroe is expected to recover from the siege of virus by tomorrow or Wednesday.
“At that time she will announce her plans for the books,” he said. “It is her wish to dedicate the manuscripts to some university which will make good use of them.”
SC, which already owns the complete Reinhardt collection except for the ones in Miss Monroe’s possession, has expressed a desire for the papers as has UCLA, Harvard, and other universities and institutions.
The studio spokesman phoned Miss Monroe over the weekend and told her that SC had the rest of the Reinhardt collection.
Special Consideration
“She said that she will give SC special consideration in view of this fact,” the studio spokesman said. “She hasn’t made up her mind for sure as yet but will make an announcement by the end of the week.”
Lewis F. Stieg, SC librarian, was more than a little bit interested in Miss Monroe’s decision about the books.
“Naturally we are interested in her announcement about the books,” Dr. Stieg said yesterday. “The university would certainly like to have its collection complete.”
Among Rare Books SC’s collection of Reinhardt theatrical material contains 3000 items and is housed in the rare book room of Doheny library. Dr. Stieg said that SC is going ahead with plans to publish a catalogue of its Reinhardt material, which will be available to scholars all over the world.
“The Reinhardt material we have has been appraised at more than $12,000,” Dr. Stieg said,” and includes many first editions of plays, rare German plays scrapbooks, scenic designs, costume sketches. and other items valuable to drama scholars.”
After Reinhardt’s death in 1943, the SC library acquired his collection of books and other materials in 1950 with the exception of the items bought by Miss Monroe at the auction.
Yhe studio spokesman said Miss Monroe was reluctant to discuss the sale of the books since the public might think “it was just a publicity stunt.”
LWM Show Expects Hollywood Personages
Promising a surprise list of top Hollywood stars, a personal appearance by Los Angeles Postmaster Michael D. Fanning, and the comedy dance team of Frank and Joe Martin, the Trovet’s Living War Memorial Variety show will get underway in Bovard auditorium at noon tomorrow.
“Publicity Chairman Dick Mer-
Alpha Delta Pi Wins Songfest Trophies
Wrecks to Act As LAS Safety First Reminders
University avenue will be the scene for numerous automobile “wrecks” next week if LAS council plans for Safety Week materialize.
The “wrecks,” however, will not be campus traffic accidents. They will be previously wTecked automobiles, hauled on campus as part of a safety campaign.
Bob Carter, LAS president, said yesterday that the LAS council at a special meeting decided that its special project for Safety Week will be “smashed cars.”
“A committee was formed for the purpose of procuring badly wrecked automobiles from either the Southern California Automobile club or the L. A. police department,” Carter said.
“They will be placed on campus as grim reminders to students and faculty that “Speed Kills,” Carter said.
Safety Week begins next Wednesday on campus and will be co-sponsored by LAS council and the DT.
Gamma Phi Captures 2nd, Kappa Kappa Gamma 3rd
by Ann Vierhus Daily Trojan Society Editor
Alpha Delta Pi walked off Bovard stage last night with was ‘trophies for their presentation of “Glouchestershire Wassail” in the 25th annual AWS Songfest. The ADPis took the AWS first place trophy and the Phi Mu Alpha, music --fraternity, trophy.
ritt is lining up some top-notch talent,” Mel Shestack, general show chairman said.
Poster Winner
LWM Poster Contest winner Dietrich Peter Friesen, a special guest of the show, will present an enlarged reproduction of the winning poster.
Friesen, a former combat photographer with the Third division in Korea, enrolled this year as a freshman and is majoring in cinema.
His poster design shows part of an M-l rifle and bayonet sticking in the ground. An abstract design of the hill of Korea form the background with a light-to-dark graduated sky.
Striking Effect
“The few words; ‘GIVE’ and the title of the drive; ‘LIVING WAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND’ beneath provide a simple, yet striking effect,” Bill Seelig, ★ ★ ★ Film Robbery Sets LWM Funds Back
Robbery of film Saturday night from the automobile of Bob Hallberg, Trovet vice-president and photographer, has set back the Living War Memorial fund about $25.
Hallberg was returning from a combined winter formal where he had taken fraternity pictures. He stopped at a restaurant at the corner of Hoover and Jefferson and. when he returned, found the films were gone. An expensive camera was untouched.
The six rolls of film had been taken at a Lambda Chi Alpha dinner dance Friday evening and the combined Theta Xi, TKE, Delta Chi, and ATO formal Saturday night.
Profits from the group portraits would have gone to the LWM drive, which is being conducted to create a scholarship fund for the sons and daughters of veterans killed in combat service.
If the pictures are not delivered Wednesday, fees must be returned to the fraternities.
The films, w7hich are worthless except to the photographer, can be returned to the Trovet office, 405 Student Union.
LWM poster chairman, said.
Two complimentary tickets to “Affairs of State,” playing at the Carthay Circle, will be awarded to Friesen for his design, Seelig said.
“Collections for the LWM drive began yesterday with the Trojan Knights canvassing all 10 p.m. University College classes. The Troeds visit the AWS Song Fest,” Bob Hildenbrand, collections chairman, said.
Collections Continue
Continuing today, collections will be made in 10 a.m. classes and also all evening sessions.
A report from the Bursar office shows that Monday’s day class total was $227.44.
The Living War Memorial is a scholarship fund which is designed to offer paid tuitions to the sons or daughters of veterans who were killed in service.
Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the LWM drive this year includes tomorrow’s noon variety show, off- and on-campus collections, and the traditional Christmas readings by Dr. Frank C. Baxter. The readings are scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 17.
Holders of Lost A-Books Told Process
A new procedure for students who have lost their activity books and want to buy Rose Bowl game rooter’s tickets goes into effect this morning.
Students who have lost their A-books should go to building 20 today or tomorrow between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to obtain an activity book certificate ot purchase, ticket manager John Morley said. No payment will be required until Friday and no checks will be accepted, Morley said.
The certificate should be kept by the student and presented on Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Service building ticket office on University avenue.
A Rose Bowl rooter’s ticket will be sold for $5.75, which is the regular student price of $2.75 plus a $3 charge for processing the new book, to bona fide holders of the certificates.
Records of ticket sales to activity book holders will be checked to determine if a ticket has been sold to the holder of the book which has been reported lost.
If ticket department records indicate that a Rose Bowl rooter’s ticket has already been issued on a supposedly lost book, no additional ticket will be provided.
The rush for tickets by A-book holders, faculty season ticket holders, and students who failed to buy A-books prevented the ticket department yesterday from starting a previously announced policy for students who lost their activity books.
QUO VADIS?
Rose Parade Plans Being Formulated
A quartet of costumed Tommy Trojans mounted qn armored horses and sporting herald trumpets may lend a touch of Quo Vadis pageantry to the Parade of Roses and pre-game festivities.
The idea was conceived yesterday by Dean Bernard L. Hyink and Pat Patterson, Squires president, at a Rose Bowl coordination meeting in the dean’s office. Patterson will investigate the possibility.
Plans for a televised rally on the evening of Dec. 30 were proposed by Beryl Duca, rally chairman. Duca will make arrangements, including the fostering of student interest. University of Wisconsin representatives would attend the rally.
No Rally
Duca discounted the ideas of a campus rally this week as pre-climactic.
During the rally discussions Arnold Eddy, executive director of the General Alumni association, said that he thought Wisconsin would “have trouble even scoring in this game.”
Reception of the Wisconsin gridders at International Airport when they arrive the 17th, suggested by Tommy Walker, was delegated to Duca. They will be presented with oranges by SC coeds as a symbolic token of hospitality.
Float Plans
Float plans were discussed but are incomplete at present. Arguments were forwarded for manning the float, whose theme will be “Melodies and Flowers,” with the Queen alone or with her attendants.
“I recommend as many girls as possible,” Eddy said. “A float without girls is such an -ordinary thing.”
Yell leaders will probably sport new uniforms for the game, if plans materialize. Dean > Hyink suggested more distinguishable sweaters for the purpose of television.
“A large block of SC would help the cheer leaders to stand out better,” he said.
Beryl Duca suggested simplifying the card stunts and this was endorsed at the meeting. Walker pointed out a Wisconsin objection (Continued on Page Four)
Second and third place AWS trophies went to Gamma Phi Beta and Kappa Kappa Gamma. The second place winners sang “Gamma Phi Beta Hymn” and the Kappas won with “I Got Rhythm.” Wearing red capes with white cotton trim giving a fur appearance over their white formals, and matching white bandeaux, the ADPis carried out a Christmas theme in dress to match their old English Yule song.
Individuality The ADPis’ individuality of dress and choice of song could easily have helped them to win their honors. Sue Hutchinson, director, said her committee went through stacks of sheet music to select “Glouchestershire Wassail.” Songfest Chairman Alberta Slater is to be commended for a smooth-running program of alternating fast and slow selections. Sections for participating groups were marked by Santa Claus posters with the name of the group painted by Dixie Hix.
The judging was based on presentation, arrangement, tonal quality and diction. AWS judges were Geraldine Healy, supervisor of choral music in LA. City secondary schools; William Bernard, head of the voice department; and George Hultgren, voice instructor of the School of Music.
PMA Award Judging for the Phi Mu Alpha award were Ernie Cooper, who presented the trophy; Jerry Winter; and Franz Worth.
One of the AWS perpetual trophies could not be presented because it has been missing since the trophy incident last semester, when trophies from 28th street residences turned up mysteriously in the Kappa Alpha Theta garage.
Delta Gamma’s “South Pacific Medley” brought nearly as much applause as the winners from the near-capacity audience.
Onlookers laughed at times nearly as hard as they applauded. A paper airplane sent from the balcony during the AOPi presentation of “Beyond the Blue Horizon” brought giggles.
The audience later broke into laughter when a member of Tri Delta tapped her foot in time oblivious to the audience reaction with their rhythmic version of “Syncopated Clock.”
A faked fight on the stairs silhouetted against the large Bovard side windows is becoming nearly as much a part of traditional Songfests and coed capers as the entries. After a phony battle be-for the south window, the actors “battled” on the north stairs but scrammed when a foot slipped and broke a window.
The pen and ink program cover, designed by Pat Salisbury, was a clever design of three girls singing against a background of sheet music.
WALKS INTO WRONG ROOM
Maid of Cotton' Still Awe-Struck by Title
by Carolyn McCoy “But why on earth did they pick you, dear?” “I’m still trying to figure out why myself,” was the way the conversation went between Bobette Bentley and her mother after Bobette was chosen as California's Maid of Cotton.
One of a group of 21 California girls, Miss Bentley gave speeches, answered questions, modeled bathing suits, went to a luncheon and tea, and finally to a cotton ball where the Maid of Cotton and her alternates were announced.
Embarrassing Moment A luncheon at a banquet room in ihe California hotel in Fresno where the contestants gave speeches began the contest. Miss Bentley spoke on the SC football team and her television major. But she did have her embarrassing moments.
“When I first went into the huge banquet room, I was shown to a chair and I sat down. I didn’t
BOBEiiE BENTLEY . . . tops in state
see anybody I knew, and then I noticed that nobody was speaking English. I left after I found it
was a meeting of a foreign speaking club, and by the time I found the right banquet room, I was late,” she said.
Bathing Suits After the luncheon, the contestants were asked all sorts of questions and then made a quick change into bathing suits. At a tea a short time later the contestants were narrowed to seven and the seven were asked questions on how the contest could be improved.
That night, Miss Bentley and the six other contestants were escorted to the Cotton Ball attended by 775 people.
“They served filet mignon steaks and big lobsters but I couldn’t eat because I was too excited,” she said. “I danced with the leading cotton grower in the United States, Mr. Harris,” she continued.
After dancing, the contestants walked up a ftuge ramp until
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they were all lined up on stage and the* winners were announced. When she heard that she would represent California for the national Maid of COtton title in Memphis she "practically cried, but everything happened so fast there wasn’t enough time.”
“Now I’m trying to get back to a study life,” she said She has had at least ten interviews and has been trying to answer all the questions of her friends. She will be in the finals at Memphis Dec. 29 and 30. Even if she doesn't win the contest, she will get a tour of Mexico.
Ford Convertible
The winner of the Memphis contest will get a complete wardrobe, a tour of Europe and South
America, and the keys to a 1953 Ford Convertible.
On the way to Memphis, Miss Bentley will tour Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Nevada to model all-cotton wardrobes made by leading designers in each state.
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