PAGE SIX TI MWICTTAN Dwity WEDNE SDAY, NOVEMBER 90, 11949 ____________________________________________________________________ I PATTE NGILL-SCENE OF ORGY: 'Pirates' Opens Three-Day Run Tonight By PAUL BRENTLINGER A drunken debauch, involving students, will launch a three-day run of "Pirates of Penzance" at 8 p.m. today in Ann Arbor High School's Pattengill Auditorium. This is one big carouse which is not likely to draw a raid by cam- pus police, however. It will be con- fined to the Pattengill stage, and will last only during Act I, Scene I of "Pirates." * * * * * *: * * : * ~ 'p AS THE CURTAIN rises, the pirate crew will serenade its king with the famed air: "Pour, oh pour the pirate sherry Fill, oh fill the pirate cup." Although the party ends with Scene I, the buccaneers romp through the remainder of the light opera in a seemingly intoxicated state. * * * "PIRATES OF Penzance" is be- ing presented by the University's Gilbert and Sullivan Society, a group of students and faculty members who devote their time to studying and singing the works of the famous English musical com- edy experts. The production stars Carol Neilson, '50SM, in the role of Mabel, the heroine. During the summer session, Miss Neilson sang the role of Musetta in the speech department-music school production of "La Boheme." She appeared in the title role of last spring's Gilbert and Sullivan Society production of "Patience." Reid Shelton, Grad., will play Frederic, the dashing pirate's ap- prentice who serves as the show's hero. * * * OTHER PRINCIPAL roles will be taken by Fran Hanslovsky, '52SM, as Edith; Vivien Milan, '52SM, as Kate; Shirley Perloff, '52, as Ruth; Burt Gable as the Major-General; Don Hostetler, Ann Arbor Art Exhibit Opens Tomorrow Ancient textiles, embroideries and antique and contemporary figurines will be featured in the exhibit of "Art Privately Owned in Ann Arbor," on display tomor- row through Dec. 31 in the Uni- versity's Museum of Art galleries. These exhibits include a Tuni- sian wall hanging, an antique sarape from Mexico, a Spanish lace nantilla and 25 figurines dat- ing from 1 A.D. to the present. * * * A RECEPTION from eight to 10 p.m. today in the Museum of Art galleries will mark the opening of the exhibit, jointly sponsored by the Ann Arbor Art Association and the University Museum of Art. Miss Mina Winslow is in charge of selection for the exhibit. Several staff members of the University Museum of Art, headed by Prof. Jean Paul Slusser, are supervis- ing the hanging and labeling of the exhibition. Both the exhibit and reception are open to the public. Contest Finals In Speech 31 Set for Today Finals in the Speech 31 contest will be held at 4 p.m. today in Rm. 4203 Angell Hall. The six students who emerged victorious in preliminary competi- tion will deliver five-minute ex- temporaneous speeches, to deter- mine the outstanding speaker in the 25 course sections. FINALISTS are Robert Baker, Richard Flanagan, Howard Hart- zell, Merton Krause, Vivian Sosna and Clyde Spencer. Members of the speech de- partment will act as judges. Students in each section of the course choose a representative to compete in this contest. Most of the classes hold a special round of speeches on which they base their selection. Need Men For Union Production Union Opera is seeking experi- enced -or inexperienced - man- power for the technical end of its production. Though the opera will not be presented until the latter part of March, much of the groundwork for the mammoth production must be undertaken now, according to Jim Ebersole, '50, opera manager. * * * A MEETING will be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union's 2nd floor Terrace Room for men in- terested in promotions, programs, production or office manager work. Promotions work includes general campus publicity, as well as newspaper and radio promo- tional efforts, Ebersole said. Those interested in working on programs will sell advertising, write copy and work on layout, among other things. * * * CLIFF ROGERS, '50BAd, opera promotions manager, emphasized the fact that all men attending to- morrow night's meeting must come equipped with eligibility cards. Rogers added that previous experience in any of these lines of work is not necessary. Right now, the opera is issuing a last call for music. "All music must be turned in by Friday of this week to Rm. 3G of the Union," Don Wyant, music chairman, said. Casting for the all-male musi- cal comedy will begin some time after the Christmas vacation, with rehearsals starting early in the spring semester. Grid Ticket Money Persons who have not yet picked up money due them from resale of their football tickets by the Union must do so by one week from to- day, according to Bill Wise, Union president. The money may be picked up from 3 to 5 p.m. any weekday in the Union student offices, he added. Young Dems Pass Proposal On Civil Rights Measure Supports Truman Program The civil rights proposal passed by the Young Democrats conven- tion delegation last week will give the Democratic party a more unit- ed front on the civil rights issue, 4 according to Lyn Markus, conven- tion delegate. Chairman of the campus Young Democrats, Markus explained that the measure outlines official back- ing for President Truman's pro- gram. A MORE GENERAL proposal supporting civil rights in theory had been passed by the Southern dominated resolutions committee on a 9-8 vote. Later, the general convention accepted the minority report, Markus said. "No Southern delegation walked out after the proposal passed. None of them would have dared to leave; it would have meant their finish," Markus declared. 4 -Daily-Burt Sapowitch 'FAMILY PORTRAIT'-Mary, mother of Jesus, serves dinner to her four sons in one of the scenes from "Family Portrait," opening at 8 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Left to right are Jim Reason as Joseph; Bruce Hoffman, Simon; George Olsen, Judah; Prof. Claribel Baird, Mary and Naife Kater as James. * * * ~ 'Family Portrait' use(ITonLife Of Christ, Will Open Tonight ) -Daily-Waly Barth 'PIRATES' CAST-These gaily-dressed people have lead roles in the Gilbert-Sullivan Society pro- duction of "Pirates of Penzance," opening at 8 p.m. today at Pattengill Auditorium. Standing, left to right, are Reid Shelton, Carol Neilson, Bob Elson, Shirley Perloff, Don Hostetler and Clarence Stephenson. Kneeling are, left to right, Fran Hanslovsky, Burt Gabel and Vivien Milan. A humble Palestinian cottage and a leafy fig tree will greet the audience when the curtain rises on "Family Portrait" at 8 p.m. to- day. This is the home of the family of Jesus of Nazareth, where live His itother, His brothers, His sis- ters-in-law and their children. He has left them to preach through- out the land. * * * THE PLAY, which will be pre- sented by the speech department today through Saturday in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, encompass- es the last three years of Jesus' life. The final scene, as the first, is laid in Nazareth several years af- ter the crucifixion. Here His fam- ily, except Mary, still labors under the selfish delusion that they have if been disgraced. THE PLAY is directed by Prof. Valentine Windt, who also directed its previous presentation by the speech department in 1939. Theo- dore Sizer is assistant to the di- rector. Tickets are on sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at Lydia Mendel- ssohn box office. There will be student rates for today's and to- morrow's performances. JENKS & CO* 221 EAST LIBERTY Phone 2-6220 * * * Grad., as the Pirate King; Clar- ence Stephenson, '50, as the Police Sergeant and Bob Elson, '50SM, as Samuel, lieutenant to the buc- caneer king. General director for the show is Donald Decker, Grad. Bill Boyer, '50SM, will conduct the show's 30-piece orchestra; while * * * Gil Vickers, Grad., is choral di- rector. Jimmie Lobaugh, '50SM, is in charge of choreography. Lobaugh originated the "Penzance Prance," performed by the ladies of the chorus during the show's first act. * * * "PIRATES" will also be present- * * * ed at Pattengill at 8 p.m. tomor- row and Friday-nights. A special showing will be given at 8 p.m. Saturday in Detroit's Rackham Auditorium. Tickets for all performances are available at the Administra- tion Building ticket window. Prices are 90 cents and $1.20 for the local showings, and $1.20 and $1.80 for the Detroit per- formance. Some tickets will be available at the Pattengill box office prior to curtain time each evening. 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Unfortunately for the graph and function caste, the machine is available only to research workers in universities and public research units, * *p * THE CALCULATOR has com- piled the results of studies to de- termine the relation of minor spring illnesses to polio, to deter- mine reactions of rats to anaes- thetics and to learn the effects of motorboats on fishing. It was even used by the United States Army to compile a per- sonality rating scale. The "brain" does its work on standard tabulating cards on which numerical data have been punched. For Roland 0. Gum- precht, doing research in chemical engineering, it handled 12 multi- plications and four subtractions on each card, at the same time keeping track of six algebraic signs-all in 15 seconds. LXA Wants MajorBack Dear Major-Come home. You can sleep anywhere in the house; we won't make you take a bath. Like Yale's "poor little lambs who have lost their way," Lambda Chi Alpha's St. Bernard mascot has been playing Magellan again. 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