Acrobatics are iust a part of the technique learned and practiced during the year by members of the college dance group Orchesis. Pictured above are four members. Cidney Dunning. Dianne Dunn. Ken Freedman and Elston Bowers. The dance group. under the direction of Mrs. Betty Voertman. will night in Roberts Theatre. Wyoming Senator McGee to Keynote present their annual cone-t. tonight and tomorrow Democratic Mock Political Convention The keynoter for the opening session of the Democratic por- tion of the Mock Political Con- vention, Wyoming Senator Gale McGee, had never run for a po- litical office prior to his elec» tion as Senator in 1958. McGeenwho received his Ph. D. in American history from the University of Chicago, was an educator before he entered the world of politics. He taught four years of high school hlS‘ tory, then began college teach- ing when he received his Mas- ter's degree. , . McGee taught at Iowa State, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Chicago before going to the University of Wyoming in 1946. He stayed SEN. GALE McGEE at the University of Wyoming, where he was Professor of American history and Chair- man of the University’s Instit» tute on International Affairs, until he left in 1958 to run for the Senate. In 1951, Wyoming's Institute on International Af- fairs won a Freedom Founda- tion award. From 1955-56 McGee served as a lagislativs assistant to Wyoming’s s e ni o r Senator, Joseph C. O'Mahoney. In 1958 McGee ran for the Senate and defeated the incum- bent Republican who had nev- er’ previously been defeated for any political office. As a fresh- man Senator, McGee quickly established himself as a man to watch by securing appoint- ments to the key Appropria- tions and Interstate and For- eign Commerce committees These appointments usually go only to Senators with senior- ity. McGee is an ackowledged ex- pert in diplomatic history and an internationally known lec- turer. McGee is expected to arrive at Grinnell Friday evening, April 11), His speech is sched- uled for the opening session of the Democratic portion of the Grinnell Mock Political Convention Saturday, April ll, McGee will leave Grinnell Sat- urday evening in order to meet c a m p a l g n commitments in Wyoming, where he is running for rte-election. Grinnell College Oldest College Newspaper West of the Mississippi Vol. LXXI Grinnell. Iowa. Friday, March 20, I964 Annual Orchesis Concert Tonight, Tomorrow, 8 pm, Roberts Theatre Variety is the key word for the annual concert of the 01'- chesis Club which will be held tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Roberts Theatre. The dances range from acro- batic to modern and will be performed to the accompani» ment of poetry and music of diverse types and time pe- riods. Featured on the program will be a series of Thirteenth Century dances with appropri- ate accompaniment and cos» tumes. Members of the 0r- chesis will also interpret Foxgloves, The Romance of the Dot and the Line, and Madeline. The finale of the program is a Columbian folk dance, Cum- bia, The symbolic number in- cludes a cast of 16 boys who carry machetes and 16‘girls who carry candles. Miss Voertman, director of Orchesis, will appear this year year with Gail Zivin and Steve Brooks in “The Three That Were Left.” Leslie Silver is president of the club; Pam Draemel, vice‘ president; Ellie Smith, secre- tary-treasurer; Betsy Sprague, publicity; Gail Zivin, his- torian, Other members are Hedi Beall, Steve Brooks, Livija Denavs, Dianne Dunn. Judy Edquist, Ken Freedman, Kathy Friend, Carl Gray. Laurie Houdek, Julie John< son, John Kaair, Sheila Kogan, Linda Landau, Midge McKin- ley, Norma Novy, Robyn Part- ridge, Tom Phillips, Jack Spence. Bowen Announcement Illustrates Efficient Work‘ Of Public Relations. Information Service Staffs “A c om p l e t e emergency situation that came out of the woodwork," was the descrip- tion given this week by Fred C. Hess, director of college public relations, concerning the announcement made last Friday that President Howard R. Bowen had just been named president at the State Univer- sity of Iowa. The public relations depart- ment had been informed at noon that day that the an- nouncement of Dr. Bowen's ap- pointment would be made the following morning at ll) arm. simultaneously with the cam- r * pus convocation called by the President. Hess, along with Mrs. Ruth Prescott, director of the Infor- mation Service, were in the process of briefing their staff about the weekend news story, when a call came in from the bureau chief of United Press international. "He said that the announce ment of Dr. Bowen's appoint- ment had just‘been made in Des Moines," Hess said. The rumor was checked out quick- ly, and the Grinnell depart- ment was soon well aware that the announcement had been prematurely made. "For more than three solid hours not one telephone line in these offices was open for three seconds at a time," said Mrs. Prescott. “The Board of Regents had apparently decid- ed in Des Moines that once the decision concerning SUI’s new president had been made, they couldn’t prevent an overnight leak.” "Actually, this was SUI’s big story. They were set to oper- ate, and we were set to co-oper- ate," remarked Hess. The early announcement, h o w e v e r, caught newspapers, radio and TV stations without material PUBLIC RELATIONS— ‘ Continued on Page I I *“k * _wsllhousa Studll'tl Much of the work for the public relations department after the announcement last Frl- day of President Bowen's new appointment at SUI culminated in the press conference held for local and state pressmen in the basement of the library at 4:30.