Jags and Juniors Converge Upon Convention

The current week has been-
one of political concentration
on campus issues and consider-
ation toward a future campus
leader, Tomorrow’s convention
will demand the serious atten-
tion of the student body for the
purpose of selecting the final
candidates for SGA president.

But a convention would be
both long and dull without the
folly produced by the “not-so-
serious” mind. For this reason
Grinnell students welcome the

.platforms and the antics of the
jag candidates.

Perhaps the most serious jag
candidate of them all was
~"Binky" Barnes, who was run-
ning in 1943. Barnes was a ser-
lous contender for president un-
til it was disCovered that he
was one credit hour short of be-
Ing eligible for office.

Sixteen years later a group
known by the mysterious ini-
tials DFVA announced, “We,
the members of the DFVA,
feel the need of an absolute

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dictatorship.” Working under
the banner of the crescent and
wrench, tho DFVA advocated
appointment of all officers by
their leader known only as
-“Big Daddy.”

The year 1957 had a bumper
crop of jag candidates, 16 in
all; but back in is“ a more
unusual thing happened. Out of
10 presidential candidates only
one was male.

Perhaps the most famous jag ‘

Sister Contrasts Reilect Thieme of Claudel Play;

- candidate was nominated in
1959. His campaign manager
reasoned, “If Mr. Gary Cooper
is elected, we will be able to
beat out Oberlin for first place
in the Chicago Tribune’s ‘Rank
the Colleges' poll.” ’

However, Cooper declined
graciously in a telegram to the
8&3 editor: “Deeply honored
to be asked to participate in
student. elections, but commit-
ments keep me from accepting,

However, my memories of

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Hurtshorne to Talk
In Seminar on Order

Dr. Charles Hartsllorne, pro-
fessor of philosophyrat the Uni-
versity of Texas, will deliver
the second series of lectures
this semester in the year—long
Interdisciplinary Seminar on
Order.

On Sunday morning, Dr. Hart-
shorno will give the chapel ser-
mon, entitled, “Job and the
Majesty of God.“ Another lec—
ture in Herrick is scheduled for
Monday at 11 am, on the sub»
ject, “Order and Disorder,"

A former professor at Har-
vard, Dr, Hartshorne received
his B.A., M.A., and PhD. from
that institution. He has served
as visiting lecturer both in the
United States and abroad:

Author of numerous articles
and journals, he has written
nine books, including The Phil-
osophy and Psychology or Sen-
sation, and Man’s Vision of
,God and the Logic oi Theism.

 

 

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Pictured above during final rehearsals for "Tidings Brought to Mary." are Gretchen Geyer
and Ken Freedman who will have leading roles in the performances this weekend by

lhe Grinnell Players.

Production ‘Both Human and Supernatural Drama'

Two incongruous s i s t e r s,
sweet Violaina (Gretchen Gey-
er) and jealous Mara (Susan
Monto), will command the at-
tention of local armchair t’hes-

pians Saturday and Sunday
nights when the Grinnell Col-
lege Players present the French
liturgical play, by Paul Claudel,
“The Tidings B r o u g h I To
Mary," iii-Roberts Theatre.
The action of the production,
translated into English by Wal—
lace Fowlie, revolves around
the relationship between the
two sisters, Violaine and Mara,
who are' totally different in
temperament and yet who are
indissolubly joined. Violaine is
the good sister who represents
Christian Charity in its fullest
sense. Mara, whose name
means “bitter" in Hebrew, is
the violently jealous sister who
becomes a murderess.
Claudel’s circumspect and
sensitive development of the re-

lationship between these sis-
ters helps to make “The Tid-
ings Brought To Mary" E hue
man and supernatural drama
at the same time.

Included in the small cast are
Keith Felton as Jacques, Ken
Freedman as Pierre, Sue Early
as the mother. Terence McCoy
as the father, and Karen Hardy,
Robin Kornkow, Ariane Sylva,
Howard Harned and Nan Dona—
hoe as the Woods People.

Claudel w o r k e d, reworked
and. revised this play innumer-
able times over a period of 56
years before its final version
was produced on the stage, The
first version was published in
1892, but it wasn’t until 1948
when the definItive Version used
by the Grinnell Players was fin-
ished. According to Claude] it
was ”the work I was the most
attached to, the one for which
I had the most constant afteCA
tion.”

Guest designer and tehnical

 

Chief Designer Visits Campus

Walter A, Netsch,
of design for Skidmore, Owings

Jr., chief

&Merrill, Chicago architects
for the-Fine Arts Center, will
be in the audience this week-

end during the performance of
The Tidings Brought to Mary.

Netsch was the chief designer
for Roberts Theatre, one of

 

the few open-stage theatres in
the country. Distinctive fea»
tures of the campus building
include the fixed cyclorama
which backs the broad playing
area, double curtains across
the 807foot width of the theatre
chamber, and a cloud grid con-
taining illumination and seen»
ery-projection systems.

 

adviser for this weekend's pm~
duction, which has for a setting
at the end of the conventional
Middle Ages, is William Sher-
man, noted designer and mem—
ber of the drama department
at Bennington College. He has
designed all of the sets and cos
tumes to be used in the perform—
ances.

Sherman is well known for
his design work in numerous
off-Broadway plays, dance con-
certs, motion pictures and The-
atre Festival productions.

The play is directed by Ned
Donahoe (theater), and the mue
sic for the production was com-
posed and pre -recorded by
James Yannatos (music).

The production staff for “The
Tidings Brought To Mary" in-
cludes:

Scenery and Properties—Tom
Somerville, Head; Anne Me-
theany, Karen Strasser, Joan
MacDonald, Bruce McConachie,
Dick McKey, Peter ‘Cohon,
George Wallace.

Costumes — Karen Hardy,
Head; Mary Foster, Georgia
Mickey, Jane Ewert, Jan Ketele
1e, Margaret Ehrig, Adena
Peterson, Cris Oetjen, Marta
Nevampaa, Helen Klein, Bar~
bara Breckenridge.

Lights—Judy Pearson, Head;
Milton Tootle, Dick McKey,
Marc' Dorfman, Hugh Mullenr
bach, Running Crew; Eleni Sa-
rant, Linda Laing, Carl Gray.

Crew.

 

The annual Student Govern-
ment Association nominating
convention will be held tomor-
row starting at 2 pm, in Darby
Gym, The purpose of the con-
.vention is to select two final
candidates for the office of as
sociation president.

The final election will be held
Monday during the lunch hours
at Main and Cowles dining
rooms.

Three juniors have declared
themselves as candidates for
the position of SGA president.
They are Phil Johnson, Jim
Parkison, and John Pilgrim.

During the convention, each
of the candidates will be nom-
inated and his nomination will
be seconded in a series of
speeches during the second roll
call of delegations. Ten min-
utes will be allowed after each
nomination for supporters of
the nominee to demonstrate.

Balloting will continue until
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each of the two candidates has
received 35% of the total vote

cast on the last ballot,

Members from the various
residence halls will make up
each delegation to the conven-
tion. The halls will be repre-
sented by one delegate for each
four hall members. The dele-
gation will be instructed _by
their halls for the first ballot
only. Delegation seating and
roll call will be by alphabetical
order.

All rules and procedure for
the election and the convention
are made and ruled upon by
the Election Commission ap-
pointed by the SGA Executive
Cabinet. Commission members
are Paul Courtright chairman,
Jack Chapman, Judy Edquist,
Marilee Hansen, Rich Wall,
and Ann Young.
SGA President, Jack Chapman.
will be chairman of the con-
vention.

conservatives Gather,
Form Discussion Group

Last Sunday an organization-
al meeting of the Grinnell Col-
lege Conservative Discussion
Group was held in the Burling
Library viewing room.

Led by Robin Converse, the
organization is intended as a
means by which conservatives
can gather to discuss issues
that might divide the liberal
and conservative. Likely topics
at future meetings include civil
rights, states rights, and us.
foreign relations.

The group is not limited to
the d e C l a r e d conservative.
Those who are interested in
learning more about the con-
servative viewpoint are wel-
come. The group also wel-
comes any members of the lac-
ulty and those living in the
city of Grinnell who wish to
gain from conservative opinion.

Interested persons are asked
to contact Robin Converse for
further iniormation.

 

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