Friday. October lb, NM SCARLET AND BLACK Oedipus Rex Uses Traditional Dress, Greek Palace Set The title role in Oedipus Rex, the Greek tragedy which will be produced in Roberts Thea- ter November 1244, will be played by Walter Lowe. Mar- garet Weathers will play Jocas- ta, his wife. Other principal parts will be played by Charles Burns, Maxwell Helfolt, Ric ‘Macoowell, Dan Mason. Terry McCoy and Burt McDowell, ”I've felt for a long time that we should do a Greek tragedy,” director Mr. Richard Meyer, Said. “This is the first in a long Lime at Grinnell, and we’re deliberately doing it in a some- _what traditional pattern.” The play will be done in tra- ditional Greek costume, and the set will suggest a Greek palace. Assistant director is John How- ard and Karen Hardy is mak— ing all costumes. A large chorus, directed by Mrs. Robert Voertman, will dance as well as speak. They will tentatively be accompanied by a single flute. More than 70 students tried out for places in the cast, Mr. Meyer said, and 95% of the cast are freshmen and sopho» mores. Walter Lowe, who will play Oedipus, is a freshman from Chicago, Illinois. At Parker High School in Chicago he had the lead in fifteen plays and di- rected three. Although he has never played Greek tragedy, he has seen four portrayals of Oedipus Rex. “Oedipus is a man of stark arrogance, often moved to an- ger," Lowe said. “He does not like to he disagreed with I'll play him as a man who’s al- ways right, until he finds out that has completely wrong. We have a very solid Cast, and everyone is eager. It should make for an exciting perform< Bnce." Members of the chorus are Sandra Bates, Andra Beach, Suzann Bick, Steve Casey, Sue Chausow, Karen Dahman, Deh- orah Davis, Barry Dekovic, David Dillon, and Carlos Dug- an, Sarah French, Dana Gleich- . er. Nancy Herrera, Tanya Hov- DuBarry Cosmetics and Personal Service Cl! Unbeatable Combination l'iiaill Phaa’taaey 4th Ase. Grinnell College seniors now have until around November 1 to apply for fellowship, advises Dale 13. Terry, Registrar, con- cerning certain fellowship pro- grams that have been an- nounced previously. Seniors should note that the Graduate Record Examination Aptitude Test needs to be taken as part of fellowship applications. If it is not specifically required, it is considered highly desirable by many of the fellowship com- mittees, stated Terry. The first testing date in this national program is Saturday, Novem- ber 21. In other fellowship news, Grinnell seniors planning a ca- reer in college teaching are reminded that nominations for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship close October 31, Students who would like to be nominated should see the ap- propriate instructors to nomi- nate theml Nominations close November 1 for the Danl‘oxth Foundation Fellowship Program, which also requires planning a career in college teaching Seniors in< terested in this fellowship pro- gram must take the Graduate anessian, Sue Johnson, Katie Kasten, Bob Katz, Robin Kroc, Ronald Lane, Marily Langill, Adrienne Lemmons, Stanford Levin, and Alicia Lowe, Judy Mattox, Richard MCGlnn, El— len Melford, Mary Montgom- ery, Martha Monell, Janet Nic— hol, Jim Parkison, Barbara Shivley, Jane Stracke, Karen Strasser, Jeremy Wilson, Ar- thur Yellin and Chris Zuno. Registrar Advises All Seniors To Apply Soon for Fellowships Record examinations, making registration before November is imperative. This fellowship may be held concurrently with many other iellowships and used after other awards elapse. Terry stated that announce- ments concerning the East- West Center for Asian Studies have recently been sent by his office to teachers on campus. The East-West Center for Asian Studies is a program for stun dent interchange, sponsored by the United States government and the University of Hawaii. The Institute for Student Inter- change oi the East-West Center is oiiering American students 100 scholarships for graduate study in fields relating to Asia and the Pacific Islands. The fellowship is ordinarily for 11 to 24 months, and includes travel to and from Hawaii, tui- tion, books, food and lodging, health insurance, and a Small monthly p sonal allowance. The elig ilily for this Ease West Center fellowship is based on high academic achievement, excellent health, ability to re- lato to Asians, and interest in contributing to the objectives of the Center. Candidates must commit (themselves to a con— centration in some major aspect of the Asian Pacific field ordi- narily including a language. All applicants are required to take either the Graduate Record Ex- amination Aptitude Test or the Miller Analogies Test and have their scores sent to the SelecV tion Officer at the Eastewesl’. Center. Deadline for this fel- lowship application is in De- cember, Alumni, and Parents At 999 Main ORINNELL’S NEWEST AND MOST EXOITING LADIES SHOP . . . NOW OPEN Welcome Crinnell Students, and Men’s and Women’s halls team up tonight to finish homecoming floats for the Saturday morning com— petition, Defending champion is Clark Hall whose “Crisp—Cote” man, above, won the last competition in 1962, k i k The high spirits of Homecom- ing will begin tonight when the halls join in the traditional float building. North Younker and French House will ”Cut down the Vi- kings" while South Younker and Mears "Dehorn Lawre ence." ‘ Smith and Read halls will make “Appleton Cider" and Rawson and Haines will “Flush the vikings.“- ‘k ‘k * Tho theme of the Crater Haines float will be “Sink the Vikings," Dibble and Main or. planning to “Barry the Vl- kings." Cowles and James will “De- horn the Vikings," and tho float built by West Norris and Loose will carry the slogan, “Forum, Hella-No!” Clark and the women’s Park' Street houses will make “Law- rinse.“ ‘ Fall in step with the Season find your Horn of Plenty where your money is always in good hands . .. at Grinneil Federal Savings and Loan Association “Where you save does make a difference"