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No unsigned letters . ill be printed, However, writers' names will be withheld upon request, The 5&1; reserves the right to shorten any letterr . 0 Ed 5y Livmg The Hill-Wu (lean says his students not immolully ill l‘le daily open dorms that Harvard University ullows 1‘ (her than puss judgement on this statement, we wish to‘ mini. out that Glinneil students zlle undoubtedly only twoi se\enths zlS immoral as tlle Hinvzll'tl students, having pro-l lot-tionately less open dot-ms. A short walk is good for you. But when you really want to travel you can’t beat Greyhound for going places at lowest cost. In fact Greyhound costs less thantrains. planes ordrivingyourself. For economy. GO GREYHOUND . . . AND. LEAVE THE DRIVING To us. No other term or public transportation has tares so low. For example: OWA CITY 9.III lliiiiiiit liiii i,li D S MOINES iiiii mo 2.1m laoiiiiit trip out. CHICAGO 2v liniiiul tiiii 1LM ST. 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Dimer tor Ned Donalloe's rejection ot standard Stags iiig allowed the actors to wander through and, in eilrct, surround the audience in the play. Despite the tact that Shaw has given the characters almost no depth, Donahoc did tind moments or contact; points at which two 1 characters would make contact as human be- i ings. ‘ The audicncc did sense, however, a similar- ily in these moments and occasionally had the lceling that the actors were vacillating between lpoles or “on" and “otf' in this play, it is casicr to talk about thc characters than the rumor ones because a minor charactoi- is intended to bc lcss real" ‘Lhan a mayor one and is written that hay with less stress placcd upon him. A mayor character that i written shallowly liniist compensate in oillel' areas since he is on iiuic stage so much, otherwise he would become ,idull. Ken Freedman handled these diiticulties wall. He brought a certain amount ot style and a great deal of stage presence to the part of ‘Antll'cw Undershalt Ther iicic times when one felt that his charactei was being subsumed to ,the sense ot style, however, this was most no- ‘ticcablc at the beginning. Barbara Breckenridge was line as the dis- ; traeted Lndy Britomart. Neither .she nor sum i Schnmaa (as her son Stephan) should have i had to bear tne weight of the intolerably lo)": 1 .- 'on in Act One, and it is a compliment l i i i l - ability, not Shaw’s structuring, that the audience tolerated it amusing. Major Balbal'a, herself, left the audicncc reeling that a middle part had been eliminated. {Barbara Beale played the part simply and ,w nily, but the Major Barbara of Act Three was 0 dimer-cut ii-oni Act One that the "oldeal" lot sccing the Salvation Army bought by her ,la‘iiicl was not gloat enough to account [01 such in drastic change Again I lecl this was Shows ii'ault. i There were times when Miss Beale , to indicating rather than no rig, that is estab- ; lishing a fecling by a stock late or gesture 1 This was most noticeable at abrupt transitions. and even found it 'esoried ’\n(ll‘e\\' Undershtifl (Ken Freedman) llnti Adolphus Cusilts (Keith Felton) dis- L'|I:s_ philosophies of money and gunnonder is opposed to poverty in Friday 5 perform- :1nce of “Mir 1' Barbara." ‘ ‘k ‘A' 1k * * ‘k * Keith Felton displayed his usual tine sense ot comic timing and style, in his portrayal of Adolphus ousins, but tended to slump a bit when called on to be serious. This was partial- ly due to a wayward eyebrow or his which tends to cock at odd moments and blur the distinction between sincerity and comic dis— tortion. Kay Obstleld was uncannily good as Charles Lomox. the young man caught up in the ccntritugal force oi his own stupidity, The “minor” parts were consistently excellent and well above average as college productions go. in fairness to those already mentioned, how- ever, the distinction between the relative com— plcxity of major and minor parts should be re1 incmbered. Deserving ot special mention were: Bruce McConachie as Snobhy Price, the convert plays ing it sate; Deb Burnstine as a tetchingly vulr gar Rummy Mitchens and especialiy Terry Mc— Coy whose small bit as Peter Shirley was the . niost polished in the play‘. Although Don Kurasch as Bill Walker stopped the show on Friday night, his performance, while probably the most extravagant, needed more control or expression and diction Lucia Lynncr as Sarah Undershait. Helen Klein as Morrison, the maid, Becky Hill as Jenny and Eva Gardebring as the sweetly larcenous Mrs. Baines were simply not given enough material to make a fair evaluation possible. it should be noted that they played their parts tally and supported the action so that there were no dead spots whcii they were responsible. Phil Johnson IVS/l Offers Varied Program The Iowaerbtaska Region at the United iStates National Student Association has planned in varied program of actiVltics tor the remainder ot’ this year, i The European rtight will bc continucd on )rlie saine oasis as last year A ict night will be lt'hartered from Chicago to London, and from lPai-is to Chicago, with about nine weeks time lbetwcen legs or the tlight. Cost will be about $235110 round-trip. A book cooperatne is being sct up, under ,which students will be able to order any book in print (including textbooks) at a savings of ;1tl per cent ct the publisher's price Reduced prices are also available on records. oltice equip. inient. and typewriters. Final arrangements are pending at this timer 1 Several Gl'inell students have applied tor a ‘ Christmas vacation trip to Southeast Asia uii- '. der the joint auspices oi USNSA and the state , Department. Selections or the ten students to ' make this expcnse-paid trip are now being l milder ‘ A conference on civil rights problems in lowa lwill be held here at Gl'innell the weekend of iDeccmbcr 013, The aim or the conference is to lacquaint students of Iowa schools with problems ‘of discrimination in this state and how they luiight be solved, All lowa schools are being. ‘invited to send l'epreéeiltatives to the conference. , ‘Tentalive speakers include Gover-nei Hughes Alr toi-noy General Hultman, and other legislators .and educators active in the civil rights iield. HARRY'S SPORT SHOP A project Called Operation Opportunity is her ing planned by a commission at lowa Stale Uni- versity. in conjunction with the Iowa Develop- ment Commission, Thls program is aimed at d15— covering the opportunities available to college graduates in the state 01 lawn. Special altentlon is paid lo the Condition of business and protessional opportunities in the- stnte, as well as the general condition of educdr tion and government. Last year a similar pro- gram was quite successful. A state-wide con— tcrcncc was held, bac ound papers were wiit— tcn, and a television program was produced. Similar activities are planned for the Spring of this year. February will hr g 1111 International Stu— dent Relations Semi: (11' sponsored as a joint activity by the Iown~Nehraskn and Missouri1 Kansas regions. This program will be directed lit in) :1 better understanding of student or- gnnizntimls in other countries, and (b) Wnys 01' improving exchange programs or various types. A site tor this program has not as yet been selected. An investigation of academic freedom will be the local point of the spring regional coniciu once, to be held in late April or early May. Boll! general theory and specific violations of academic freedom will be studied. Speakers representing V'ZX'FLOUS ,vig ‘vpoints will be inviiedvio addi‘JSS the conference, and :1 policy declaration w be made. The biggest single problem facing all or these programs at this time 15 :1 lack of people will— ing to do some at the preliminary work. The chairmanship ot the region is at Grinnell this year, so. much or the responsibility rests square- ly with us I would cordially invite any student interested in any of these programs, or in NSA in general, lo Contact me.