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ILLI.NOIS WESLEYAN Vol. 69 Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, March 22, 1963 Acacia, KD Take First Place In Show Janie Maerk is the little match girl from the first place Variety Show act who is moaning the fact that she can't find her place in life. By A Staff Writer - Absent from Wesleyan's campus for a year, the annual Greek Varie-ty Show returned Friday night, with all the color of a Barnum and Bailey circus-which in some cases was just what it was. As show time grew near, vacant seats became filled and soon Presser Hall Audi-torium was bursting to the seams with students and faculty. The vivid presentation was sponsored by the Interfraternity and Pan- Hellenic Councils, with all pro-ceeds going to the Campus Chest fund. No one can deny that the entire show was enjoyable, beginning with the two very clever emcees, ,John Waddell and Gary Powers, who because of lengthy study at the Public Library arrived late, and lasting through the last Greek presentation. The acts were judged as they were given, and the winners were announced at the conclusion of the show. Acacia and Kappa Delta re-ceived first honors with an act fea-turing a clever combination of colorful costumes and dialogue. The title, "America, Land of Oppor-tunity," *as somewhat misleading in that the act was a far cry from anything of a true patriotic na-ture. A potpourri of characters was presented, ranging from a stripper to a "madharajah." The presentation was indicative of ex-tensive preparation and was de-serving of the first-place award. The act depicted the straits of a "poor little innocent match-girl" who hanpened to find herself near a circus. The match-girl thou ght that the circus wo'ild be a good miace to try and sell her matches, but when she tried to get near any of the circus people they only snubbed her and told her to get away. After being given a plume by one of the harem girls in the side-show in order to get rid of her, she was discovered to actually be very beautiful in her plume and so the barker and ringmaster de-cided to sign her up to be the circus' new Golden Girl. The little match-girl was given a contract and her road to a golden future (slight pun) was paved. The entire circus troop realized that the match-girl was truly a star and in a gala vaudevillian ending celebrated her success to the accompaniment of a seven piece circus band and one loaded cannon. The whole extravaganza was di-rected by Betsy Batchelor and Jim Sutphin who, along with the pledges and actives of the houses, participated in the show. All of the acts showed evidence of time and effort being placed in them by all the members of the houses involved. "Cast of Thousands" Although the Sigma Kappa and Phi Mu Alpha act did not have the cast of two thousand and the five hundred piece orchestra that were announced by Master-of-Ceremon-ies John Waddell, it did have the excellence to be judged as second place. Backed by a complete or-chestra, a fork salesman tried to sell his wares to native Chinese but it was "no sale" as the people on stage were reminded that their forefathers would be horrified to see their kin eating with forks which looked like dragons' claws instead of the traditional chop-sticks. The act was called "Chop, Chop." Gary Powers acted as co-Master-of- Ceremonies. "Wesleyan Story" Receiving third place honors were Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi who presented the "Wesleyan Story," a skit based on Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story." Many of the songs were adapted to fit various situations on campus but in the end we were assured that the act was all in jest as we are sure it was. Also in the show were Alpha Gamma Delta and Tau Kappa Ep-silon, Alpha Omicron Pi and Phi Gamma Delta, and Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Omicron, and Theta Chi. All of the proceeds from the Greek Variety Show were donated to the Campus Chest. In charge of the evening was Arch Wilson, Interfraternity Coun-cil Social Chairman, and Dottie Kirst, Pan-Hellenic Council Social Chairman. emorial Gym Site Of Campus Robbery Money was stolen from four women students in the locker room of Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday morning. A total of $14.50 and one billfold were taken. Dean of Stu-dents Anne Meierhofer reported that there are several strong sus-pects for the theft. Police have stated a willingness to co-operate in the solving of these thefts and might be called in in the future, Dean Meierhofer said. Dean Meierhofer also reported that none of the money that was stolen was in a locked locker at the time. She emphasized that much of the problem of campus thievery is magnified by the fact that students are not keeping their valuables locked. If all students would keep their rooms and lockers locked, thieves would not have the opportunity to take others prop-erty. No. 23 Uncle Sam Becomes Friend To Fathers Fathers of today and of the future, do not lose hope yet- Uncle Sam may not want YOU after all. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger announced Friday, March 15, that President Kennedy signed into effect an executive order which will shift virtually all draft-eligible fathers from class 1A to class 3A, thus making it highly improbable that they will be called. Exceptions to this rule are doc-tors, dentists, and veterinarians, who will remain in class 1A even if they are fathers-provided they meet the physical qualifications, of course. Asked why the action was taken, Salinger said he believed the Se-lective Service Board was able to fill its monthly draft quotas with-out tapping fathers. Daily News Columnist Coming The next all-school convocation will feature Sidney J. Harris, col-umnist for the Chicago Daily News. It will again be held in the Me-morial Gymnasium on Wednesday, April 3, at 2 p.m. The topic of Harris' address will be "The Role of the Arts in America." In addition to the convocation he will head up a discussion group that is to meet at 8:00 p.m. the same day, This group will meet in the Faculty Lounge of the Me-morial Center. Native of London Mr. Harris was born in London, England, in 1917, and came to the United States with his parents at the age of five. He started his newspaper work as a copyboy while still in high school and working on the old Chicago Herald and Exami-ner. He continued working while attending the University of Chi-cago as a philosophy major. After school he worked briefly for the Chicago Times after which he began publishing his own maga-zine, The Beacon. His magazine was a news-and-opinion journal for the Middle West. When this venture did not succeed Mr. Harris joined the staff of an encyclopedia com-pany as an associate editor. Then he went to work for the City of Chicago Law Department, as an associate in social and economic research. In 1941, Harris joined the staff of the Chicago Daily News as a reporter and feature writer. Three years later he started his daily col-umn on the editorial page, "Strictly Personal." This column is now syndicated to scores of newspapers throughout the United States and Canada through General Features Corpora-tion in New York. Theatre Columnist In 1945, Harris became the drama critic for the Chicago Daily News. He had a special theater column appearing each Saturday in addition to regular drama reviews. The next year he was appointed an instructor in the Great Books at the University of Chicago's Down-town College. Since then he has (Continued on page 5) Sidney J. Harris, columnist for the Chicago Daily News, will speak at an all-school convocation April 3 in Memorial Gym. The
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Year | 1963 |
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Full Text | ILLI.NOIS WESLEYAN Vol. 69 Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, March 22, 1963 Acacia, KD Take First Place In Show Janie Maerk is the little match girl from the first place Variety Show act who is moaning the fact that she can't find her place in life. By A Staff Writer - Absent from Wesleyan's campus for a year, the annual Greek Varie-ty Show returned Friday night, with all the color of a Barnum and Bailey circus-which in some cases was just what it was. As show time grew near, vacant seats became filled and soon Presser Hall Audi-torium was bursting to the seams with students and faculty. The vivid presentation was sponsored by the Interfraternity and Pan- Hellenic Councils, with all pro-ceeds going to the Campus Chest fund. No one can deny that the entire show was enjoyable, beginning with the two very clever emcees, ,John Waddell and Gary Powers, who because of lengthy study at the Public Library arrived late, and lasting through the last Greek presentation. The acts were judged as they were given, and the winners were announced at the conclusion of the show. Acacia and Kappa Delta re-ceived first honors with an act fea-turing a clever combination of colorful costumes and dialogue. The title, "America, Land of Oppor-tunity," *as somewhat misleading in that the act was a far cry from anything of a true patriotic na-ture. A potpourri of characters was presented, ranging from a stripper to a "madharajah." The presentation was indicative of ex-tensive preparation and was de-serving of the first-place award. The act depicted the straits of a "poor little innocent match-girl" who hanpened to find herself near a circus. The match-girl thou ght that the circus wo'ild be a good miace to try and sell her matches, but when she tried to get near any of the circus people they only snubbed her and told her to get away. After being given a plume by one of the harem girls in the side-show in order to get rid of her, she was discovered to actually be very beautiful in her plume and so the barker and ringmaster de-cided to sign her up to be the circus' new Golden Girl. The little match-girl was given a contract and her road to a golden future (slight pun) was paved. The entire circus troop realized that the match-girl was truly a star and in a gala vaudevillian ending celebrated her success to the accompaniment of a seven piece circus band and one loaded cannon. The whole extravaganza was di-rected by Betsy Batchelor and Jim Sutphin who, along with the pledges and actives of the houses, participated in the show. All of the acts showed evidence of time and effort being placed in them by all the members of the houses involved. "Cast of Thousands" Although the Sigma Kappa and Phi Mu Alpha act did not have the cast of two thousand and the five hundred piece orchestra that were announced by Master-of-Ceremon-ies John Waddell, it did have the excellence to be judged as second place. Backed by a complete or-chestra, a fork salesman tried to sell his wares to native Chinese but it was "no sale" as the people on stage were reminded that their forefathers would be horrified to see their kin eating with forks which looked like dragons' claws instead of the traditional chop-sticks. The act was called "Chop, Chop." Gary Powers acted as co-Master-of- Ceremonies. "Wesleyan Story" Receiving third place honors were Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi who presented the "Wesleyan Story," a skit based on Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story." Many of the songs were adapted to fit various situations on campus but in the end we were assured that the act was all in jest as we are sure it was. Also in the show were Alpha Gamma Delta and Tau Kappa Ep-silon, Alpha Omicron Pi and Phi Gamma Delta, and Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Omicron, and Theta Chi. All of the proceeds from the Greek Variety Show were donated to the Campus Chest. In charge of the evening was Arch Wilson, Interfraternity Coun-cil Social Chairman, and Dottie Kirst, Pan-Hellenic Council Social Chairman. emorial Gym Site Of Campus Robbery Money was stolen from four women students in the locker room of Memorial Gymnasium Tuesday morning. A total of $14.50 and one billfold were taken. Dean of Stu-dents Anne Meierhofer reported that there are several strong sus-pects for the theft. Police have stated a willingness to co-operate in the solving of these thefts and might be called in in the future, Dean Meierhofer said. Dean Meierhofer also reported that none of the money that was stolen was in a locked locker at the time. She emphasized that much of the problem of campus thievery is magnified by the fact that students are not keeping their valuables locked. If all students would keep their rooms and lockers locked, thieves would not have the opportunity to take others prop-erty. No. 23 Uncle Sam Becomes Friend To Fathers Fathers of today and of the future, do not lose hope yet- Uncle Sam may not want YOU after all. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger announced Friday, March 15, that President Kennedy signed into effect an executive order which will shift virtually all draft-eligible fathers from class 1A to class 3A, thus making it highly improbable that they will be called. Exceptions to this rule are doc-tors, dentists, and veterinarians, who will remain in class 1A even if they are fathers-provided they meet the physical qualifications, of course. Asked why the action was taken, Salinger said he believed the Se-lective Service Board was able to fill its monthly draft quotas with-out tapping fathers. Daily News Columnist Coming The next all-school convocation will feature Sidney J. Harris, col-umnist for the Chicago Daily News. It will again be held in the Me-morial Gymnasium on Wednesday, April 3, at 2 p.m. The topic of Harris' address will be "The Role of the Arts in America." In addition to the convocation he will head up a discussion group that is to meet at 8:00 p.m. the same day, This group will meet in the Faculty Lounge of the Me-morial Center. Native of London Mr. Harris was born in London, England, in 1917, and came to the United States with his parents at the age of five. He started his newspaper work as a copyboy while still in high school and working on the old Chicago Herald and Exami-ner. He continued working while attending the University of Chi-cago as a philosophy major. After school he worked briefly for the Chicago Times after which he began publishing his own maga-zine, The Beacon. His magazine was a news-and-opinion journal for the Middle West. When this venture did not succeed Mr. Harris joined the staff of an encyclopedia com-pany as an associate editor. Then he went to work for the City of Chicago Law Department, as an associate in social and economic research. In 1941, Harris joined the staff of the Chicago Daily News as a reporter and feature writer. Three years later he started his daily col-umn on the editorial page, "Strictly Personal." This column is now syndicated to scores of newspapers throughout the United States and Canada through General Features Corpora-tion in New York. Theatre Columnist In 1945, Harris became the drama critic for the Chicago Daily News. He had a special theater column appearing each Saturday in addition to regular drama reviews. The next year he was appointed an instructor in the Great Books at the University of Chicago's Down-town College. Since then he has (Continued on page 5) Sidney J. Harris, columnist for the Chicago Daily News, will speak at an all-school convocation April 3 in Memorial Gym. The |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |