Friday. November 22. m: SCARLET AND BLACK Page Three Price of, W'nef Opens Tonight in AR” By Karen Adkinson Education and entertain- ment will be combined in to- night and tomorrow evening's performances of the Chinese bpera, “The Prince of Wine," which will begin at 8 in ARH auditorium. Josephine Huang-Hung (visit- ing professor of drama) ex- plained, “Through my Oriental Mrsi Hung has taught west- ern drama for fifteen years at National Taiwan University. She is in the United States on a John Hay Whitney Founda- tion grant and a Fulbright Tra- vel Grant. Second semester she will be at St. Joseph Col- lege The story involves an em- peror disguised as a soldier who becomes entranced with a young and very clever village maiden. Torn Somerville plays the emperor; Peggy Ziegenha— gen, the girl. The only other character is a prop man who acts as a stage hand, setting each scene. Off-stage there are three musicians who play the cymbals, clapper, big and lit- tle gangs, and little drum. Ann Hoganson, Jim Bruce, and Jinl.Clapp are playing for both performances. The singing drama class, only a few stu- dents could become acquainted with Chinese drama; so I de- cided a play would be a fine way of introducing more peo- pie to it.” November 26 the production will go to State University of iowa in lowa City to be pre- sented for the drama depart- ment in the afternoon and for the department of Chintse studies and the public in the evening. Mrs. Hung received her MA from Columbia University. While in New York she met her husband, Lexington Huang. Hung, who was studying at New York University. Mr. Hung is a professor of law at National Twiwan University and is also a justice of the Su- preme Court of Nationalist China. They have 2 boys, 15 and 16 years old, and a girl, 21. Starring in "The Price of Win 8 pm. n ARH will be Tom Somewille [left] as the emperor and Peggy Zieqenhagen as the girl. ' which opens tonight at Phil Johnson NQSAS Apartheid Issue Jonty Driver is an unusually tall'l’nan, He is also a tragic rnan. Jonty Driver is President of the National Union of South African Stu- dents. which is today struggling fiercely agains the government of South Africa over the issue of apartheid. The student members of NUSAS are actively opposed to this repres- sive social system, and have called for wide- spread social Ireform. On October 17.,four members of the govern- ment Security Police raided the NUSAS office in Cape Town. The officers searched through files, read correspondence, and confiscated eight documents For two months now, the Ministers of the South Africa government have carried on a campaign of slander and intimis dation against NUSAS. The intent of these moves is to frighten students away from the organization and lay the ground for an eventual banning of NUSAS. The government has full authority to do this, for (he Sabotage Act of 1962 em- . powers the government to treat as a criminal virtually any person who openly criticizes government racial policy. A ban on the organization would be a fairly mild governmental action in South Africa, Over 335 other South Africans who have op- posed the racial policies ‘of the government are now being held in solitary confinement in prisons throughout the country. Some of these people have been in solitary rooms of cells for five and a half months, beyond the reach of lawyers, family. or the church. The laws of South Africa allow the government to hold for an indefinite period of time any person sus- pected of “communism,” which in this case means almost any opposition to the govern ment’s policy of apartheid. Prisoners are al- .lwed no visitors, no legal recourse, and no .contact with the outside world. Many lam< lies do not even know where arrested persons a held. ,' The policies that these people have a.» posed are designed to effect a complete separation between South Africa’s 3,250,000 whites and its 13,815,000 Africans, Asians. and mixed < ancestry “colored." Some members of the same families hag: been separately classified as European and Colored under the Race Classification sys- tem. It is unlawful for a white person and a non— white person to drink a cup of tea together in a tea room anywhere in South Africa, unless they have obtained a special permit to do so. If an African sits on a bench in a public park which is set apart for the exclusixe use of White persons, he commits a criminal offense and is liable to a fine not exceeding three hun- dred pounds, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years, or to a Whipping not exceeding ten strokes, or to any combina— tion of two of these punishments. Over 350,000 Africans are convicted under the “pass” laws each year. A pass is a govern ment document carrying the bearer's name, photograph, tax receipts and official permis- sion for the bearer to be wherever he is. With- out a pass an Air an cannot enter a town or City or work for wages on a farm, He must carry it with him always and must surrender it immediately on demand from any police- man or authorized member of the public. With- out it he may at any time of the day or night be arrested and imprisoned. Thisris the system Jonty Driver is fight- Ing. Jim Parkison, Dan Friedlander, and I met Jonty this summer at [he USNSA National Student Congress in Indiana. He is visibly sad and when he talks about his country, because he knows the present conflict can only end' in violence and misery for his countrymen and of all racer. Many students and student governments familiar with the situation in South Africa have expressed their concern for the safety of NUSAS through personal messages and resolu- tions of various kinds. This has been done in the hope that moral suasion and the glare of publicity Wlll temper the actions of the South African government. This happened once be- fore, in the Treason Trials of 195549131. The pressure of inter-national protest in that case had clear effects, and the government backed down. Hopefully this will work again to save NUSAS. If it does not, a valuable voice for , freedom in the apartheid struggle will be sil- enced. And Jonty Driver will go with it. parts are from tapes Mrs. Hung brought with her. “One of the reasons this play was chosen was be- cause fewer costumes would be necessary," Mrs. Hung said. “Chinese opera uses a bare stage with only a few pieces of setting which sug- gest the scene. Such a bare stage has to have elaborate costumes to attract atten- tion. Karen Hardy is in charge of costumes for the play. Even articles such as high soled boots and the emperor’s beard are being made by Grinnell students. The shoes are spe- cially made to give the illue sion of the actors’ having tiny bound feeti The play will be followed by a performance of the "Dance of the Palace Lanterns," directed by Mrs. Betty Voertman. The lanterns, whose patterns have been designed by Richard Cer- vene (art), were also made by the Oriental drama class. “The movements in the play and dance are all stylized," Peggy Ziegenhag- en noted. “When we first started rehearsing, it was hard to get inside the char- acter because of the formal ‘ aspect. Also, it is a difficult , for anyone not trained to perform an opera to execute the motions correctly. Chl- nese actors are placed in a theater school in childhood and are trained for years. Dexterity of movement is one of the greatest criteria for a good actor.” Mrs. Hung replied, “Despitl the stylization of movement, the play portrays the same hu- man emotions as any western play. The fundamental in- stincts and emotions are the same everywhere." ' Members of Orchesis rehearse for the "Dance of I’M Palace Laterns" which will follow "The Price of Wine." What Makes Money Happy? to be saved at the Home of Happy Money Grinnell Federal Savings 8( Loan Association l Where You Save ”ions. Msie‘a Difference