Students Complete Independents With Dramas by Albee and lonesco By Ann Showalter Juniors Deb Burnstine and Robin Konikow will present their inde- pendent drama projects, “The 'American Dream,” by Edward Al- bee and “Jack or the Submission," by Eugene lonescu in the arena theater Monday and Tuesday night. Miss Burnstine described “The 'American Dream" as “ a comedy with implications of horror." She sees the play as the second of three progressive steps in Al- bee’s development as a playwright. The first step is represented by “The Sandbox" and the third by "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” “The writing in ‘The Sandbox’ is unpolished," she stated. “The char- actors are abstract and unbeliev- able and the impact of the play de- Final Services Held For Miss 'Freemon Funeral services were held Wed- nesday in Glencue, Illinois, for Grinnell freshman Jacqueline R. Freeman, killed last Friday night when she and three of her class— mates were struck by a car while riding their bicycles north of town. Attending the services as rep- resentatives for the student body were Phil Johnson, SGA president, and Jim Parkisun, Speaker of the Senate. Barbara \Veiser, Miss Freeman’s freshman roommate, and Darlene Keeier, who serves as head resident in the White House where the girls all lived. also at- tended. Now recovering in hospitals in Grinnell and Des Moines are Mi- chele (Mimi) Anderson and Najwa Adra, A fourth girl involved in the accident, Lynda Thoman, was re leased from the hospital last Sat- urday. Miss Anderson, in Community Hospital here in Grinnell, has two broken legs and a broken bone in ACCIDENT— Continued on Page 1 pends heavily on a twisted mes- sage at the end. “There is more character de- velopment in ‘American Dream’," she continued. “There is a con» trast between the matter-of—iact tone of what the characters say and the abstract horror of the life they are living. The way they live reflects a certain view of Ameri- can middle class mores." ' " ‘Virginia Woolf‘ is far more polished in style and character de« velopment than the first two plays. Albee thrusts us into a real sit- uation and within this situation the dialogue seems apt and realistic. What was begun in ‘The American Dream' is carried one step fur- ther." The members of the cast for "The American Dream” are Mike Arnow as Daddy; Mike Dewitt, the Young Man: l-lelen Klein, Mommy, Lucia Lynner, Mrs. Barker and Ruth Unruh, Grandma. Miss Burnstine may take her cast on tour next semester. She hopes to present “The American Dream” and “The Ugly Duckling.” a fairy story by A. A. Milne, at several colleges in the area. Whereas Miss Burnstine feels “The American Dream" is "not far out enough” to be considered a representative of the Theater of the Absurd, Konikow states that “Jack or the Submission" is “a vivid example” of this genre, “I’m fascinated by lonesco’s con- cept of the inefficiency of language to say all that should be said,” Robin commented. “This element runs through all of Ionesco's plays, ‘The Bald Soprano’ in particular." Mysterious about the plot or theme of the play, Robin stated, “lonesco calls it a “naturalistic comedy." The cast includes Robert Katz as Jack; Jane Ewert, Jackqueiine: Robert Barrow, Father Jack; Mar- gie Applebee, Mother Jack; Bill Beeman, Grandfather Jack; Con- nie Simon, Grandmother Jack; Cathi Rogers, Roberta I and ii; Clyde Smith, Father Robert; Sue Upshaw, Mother Robert. Alum Blake Stern, Tenor Soloist, Tonight To ' Periorm ln Roberts Blake Stern, tenor, will be presented by the Concert Series in Roberts Theatre at 8500 to- night. He will be assisted by John Wustman, pianist. Stern will perform selections from Alban Berg, Arnold Schon- berg, Bela Bartok, ‘Maurice Ravel, -Claude Debussy, and Charles Ives. All of his selec- tions have been composed since 1900. A native of Logan, 1a., Stern is a 1940 graduate of Grinnell. He received his master's degree from the J ulliard School of Mu- sic, andrwas a voice student of the late Mack Harrell. He has been a member of the music faculty at Yale University for ten years. He began his professional career as a soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale, and has lately performed as a soloist with major New York choruses at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall, with the Boston and Cleve- land Symphonies, and at var ous festivals throughout the country. In 1961 he toured South America as guest soloist with the Yale Glee Club, and in 1959 he toured Europe, per- forming Baroqua and Contem- porary chamber music. As a Grinnell undergraduate, Stern studied voice with the late Elias Blum, with the Vesper Choir and was president‘oi the Men’s Glee Club, Of those years, he writes “One of the pleasantest mem- ories is that of the hospitality and Warm friendship of the H. W. Matlack (faculty) family— supper and Sunday evening bridge at ‘1510 East' was a common and delightful event which served also as an intro- duction to liberal politics” was soloist - BLAKE STERN Oldest College Newspaper/Vlad at the Mississippi Vol. LXXlI Grinnell, lcwa, Friday, November 20, I964 fiance liiifs Saturday at 3 RM. Will Bring Variety to. Band y Gym By Anne Farr-er It’ll be one of the most im- portant and elite social events of the {all season and all ”the” people will be there—every- body from James Bond to Pet:- er (and in Peter and the Wolf) to those old Loose girls (as in Pictured here is the huge espresso coffee machine which is housed in the “Red Room" of the new Forum, scheduled to open December 4. In this room seating for 52 is provided. It will feature marble topped tables as well as lounge chairs. the hall). It’s Dance Intramur- als to be held at 8:00 tomor- row night in Darby. Besides being a bit of a tra- dition, Dance 1M's offer South Campus inhabitants an oppor- tunity to vie for the Anderson trophy—awarded each year on basis of both participation and Next Year's Fees Raised to $2,600 The comprehensive fee for 196566 at Grinnell will be $2,- 600. A also increase was ap- proved by the Board of Trus- tees, Dean James H. Stauss announced Wednesday. The action was taken at a meeting of the Trilstees October 31-No- vember 1. In a written statement to par- ents, Stauss noted that the in- crease was due to “increased costs of instruction and of other services provided byuhe col» lege, Among these rising costs, .the: salaries which must be paid to keep a faculty of high quality are an especially heavy burden for current operation." In the same statement, Stauss again reminded the par- ents that the comprehensive fee covers less than two-thirds of the actual costs of providing all the services to students and from zifta that the differences is made up} placing: in all of the intramural competition held by the women’ —without having to go through the muscle-binding trauma of soft or volley ball. The girls can make the same number points for their hall in tutus al they can in shin pads. This year's Dance 1M chair- men and themes are: ~ James —-— Janie Ewert and Janet Francis: “Peter and the Wolf." Mears~Jane Rutherford and Carol Fabian; “Quad After Hours" Haines— Ellen Detering and Sandy Bates: “James Bond Mystery” Loose—Tanya Picard: Loose Girls” Cleveland e— Ann Hoganson' and Gretchen Brewer: “Scim tillating Scents." This year Loose is partici- pating for the fun of it, not folI the points, and Read and Main didn't quite maize it. “Les ADDRESS HEREi 6891101) “0”“ng soon 2195 oiClLi-“d