UARY 10, 1953 __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ITISH ACTOR: Emlyn Williams To Give Dickens Program at ll By DIANE DECKER Scrooge, Mr. Pickwick and 40 other loveable Dickens' characters will invade Hill Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Monday when British actor KSpring Playbill Season Opens With 'Faust' Gounod's well-known opera, "Foust," will lead off a spring play- bill of two operas and two plays to be presented by the speech de- partment. "Faust" will be given Feb. 27, March 2, 3, and 4 at Lydia Men- delssohn Theater, and is being pro- duced in conjunction with the School of Music. "RIGHT YOU Are If You Think You Are," a comedy-mystery by Luigi Pirandello, will follow on March 25-28. The second opera of the sea- son will be Puccini's "Madame Butterfly," running from April 16 through April 21. "Madame r =Butterfly," like "Faust," will be given in English. A recent Broadway success, "Deep Are the Roots," will wind up the spring playbill on April 22 through 25. Written by d'Usseau and Gow, "Deep Are the Roots" was greeted by the critics as a deeply moving and controversial drama. All performances except those of "Madame Butterfly" will be staged at Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. ."Madame Butterfly" will be given in Tappan Junior High School Auditorium. Mail orders for tickets to all productions are now being accept- ed at the box office of Lydia Men- delssohn. Tickets for the two plays are available for $1.20, 90 and 60 cents, while opera tickets are priced at $1.50, $1.20 and 90 cents. For certain performances on each presentation, special student rates will be offered. Staebler,' Smith Given Positions Two local men were named for positions by the state Democratic convention over the weekend. Neil Staebler was elected to his third consecutive term as chair- man of the Democratic State Cen- tral Committee. Talbot Smith, former deputy administrator of the Office of Price Administration, was nominated for justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He will run on the non- partisan ticket for one of the two State Supreme Court seats to be filled April 6. Two Art Exhibits Two exhibits, "Aquatints and Wood Engravings," by Prof. Alex- ander M. Valerio of the art school, and "Mexican, Central and South American Designs," by Prof. Cath- erine Heller, also of the art school, will be on display on the first floor of the Architecture Bldg. until Feb. 27. Emlyn Williams steps into the spotlight. Dressed in complete Dickens re- galia, Williams will present a solo theatrical performance of scenes from such favorites as "A Tale of Two Cities," "Dombey and Son," "Pickwick .Papers," "Christmas Stories" and "Our Mutual Friend." HIS IMPERSONATION of Dick- ens is complete to the last detail, from the fantail beard to the but- toniere. The desk before which he will stand when he recreates the Dickens' personages is an exact replica of the "Reading Desk" once used by the author for his readings. The original desk, designed by Dickens, was copied in detail for Williams, with a raised rest for the left arm and a low ledge for the water-glass and the inevitable white gloves. * * * AS AN ACTOR, a playwright and a director, Williams has been a theatrical noteable for many years. Numbered among his stage hits are "Night Must Fall" and "The Winslow Boy." He both wrote and appeared in "The Corn Is Green." Williams has also invaded the motion picture industry, appear- ing in "Major Barbara," "The Citadel" and "Ivanhoe." He first presented his Dickens' program last year in London and New York, where it was enthus- iastically received. Williams' local appearance is included on the Lecture Series. Tickets will be put on sale at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the box office of Hill Auditorium. The box office will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Friday and from 10 a.m. to curtain time Monday. tising Agencies' 7th annual aptitude examination will be held Sat., Feb. 14, at 8 a.m. in 140 Business Administration Building. Persons who as yet have not made application for this examination may do so by calling Mr. George Rich- ardson at Woodward 28890 in Detroit. Persons wishing additional information may contact the Bureau of Appoint- ments. The U.S. Civil Service Commission announces examination for Claims Examiner, GS-5. There are openings in Detroit and other locations, and the examination is given on Saturdays. To qualify one must have 24 hours in one or not more than two of the fol- lowing: Sociology, History, Economics, Geography, Vsychology, Industrial Rela- tions, Social Work, Political Science, Public Administration, Statistics, Edu- cation, Social or Cultural Anthropology. In addition there are openings available for Social Science Analyst under the Junior Professional Assistant program. Those June graduates interested should make application now, Indiana University, in Bloomington, Ind., has available openings for women interested in Counseling Internships or Assistantships in Women's Residence Halls. Graduate work may be carried on in Personnel and Guidance, Education, Psychology, Recreation, Sociology, and other fields. The U.S. Navy has available openings for men interested in indoctrination and appointment in the grade of En- sign in the Line and Staff Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve under the Officer Candidate Program. The Western Union Scholarship is now open for high-school graduates in Cornell University. The scholarships are available to all employees with five years or more service with Western Union, or to the children, step-children, or legal foster children of such em- ployees. Applicants must be high school or college preparatory school graduates a.nd must not haveattended or be at- tending college at the time application is made or qualifying tests are taken. Further details are available at the Bureau of Appointments, Ext. 371. The Army Map Service in Washing- ton, D.C., has a number of vacancies for Cartographer GS-5 and Catographis Aid GS-5. One who has completed work in Applied Cartography may apply, and also those who qualify but have not completed the course will also be considered. The State of Illinois, Department of Public Welfare, Division of Child Wel- fare, has openings in their Social Work Program which would include attend- ing school in order to obtain a graduate degree and then later to work in the Department of Public Welfare. This is open only to residents of Illinois. The Ryan Aeronautical Company, of San Diego, Calif., has positions available for Engineers, Accountants, Industrial Engineers, or Mathematicians. For obtaining further information concerning these and other openings contact the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Building, Ext. 371. Lectures Emlyn Williams Tickets on Sale To- morrow. Tickets for the dramatic pro- gram to be given Monday night, Feb. 16, by Emlyn Williams, eminent Brit- ish actor and author, will be placed on sale tomorrow 10 a.m. at the box office, Hill Auditorium. Mr. Williams will im- personate the famous author, Charles Dickens, giving a solo performance of dramatic readings from the works of Dickens. This unique program won unanimous critical acclaim last season in London and New York. Under the sponsorship of the Oratorical Associa- tion, the attraction is the fifth number on the 1952-53 Lecture Course. Box office hours are 10-1, 2-5. Sigma Xi Lecture, open to the public. "Food for the Future: The.-Trend of Crop Production and Some Problems in Plant Physiology," A. Geoffrey Nor- man, Professor of Botany an Research Biochemist in the Michigan Memorial -Phoenix Project, 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Visiting Lecturer in Wood Technol- ogy. Mr. Gordon L. Freedman, President, Freedman Artcraft Engineering Corpor- ation, will meet with wood technology and other interested students at 7:30 r -%I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 6) the position of Personnel Technician I this afternoon in 429 Mason Hall, from 1 to 5 p.m. A bachelor's degree, prefer- ably some knowledge of statistics, and a genuine interest in personnel are necessaryrequirements, Both men and women are eligible and no blanks are necessary prior to the examination which begins promptly at 1 p.m. Summer Placement Meeting. The Bureau of Appointments' annual summer placement meeting for all stu- dents interested in summer employ- ment this coming year will be held this afternoon at 4:15 p.m. in 25 Angell Hall. Advertising Aptitude Examination. 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