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G&S MUSICAL DIRECTOR:
Bilik Has Whirlwind Job in Operettas
By DONNA HANSON
Neither lost music, broken legs'
nor allergies faze Jerry Bilik,
'55M, musical director of the Uni-
versity's Gilbert and Sullivan So-
ciety.
if the music is lost, Bilik just
dashes oi another score as he did
for last year's "Bilik and Sulli-
van's" production of "Thespis."
When a member of the men's{
chorus broke his leg before the
opening night of the "Pirates of
Penzance," Bilik put him on stage
anyway, dressed as. a wounded pi-
rated.
Allergy Rash
Then there was the time a mem-
ber of the women's chorus was al-
lergic to some material in her cos-
tume and broke out in a rash along
her arm. She could still be seen on
stage, however, with her arm in a
sling. The sling was dyed green,
the same color as her costume.
Undaunted by mishaps such as
these, Bilik continues arranging,
directing and coordinating the
Gilbert and Sullivan productions
until he has near-professional re-
suts
A good personality is the criter-
ion of a would-be member of G&S.
"I look for peopl with senses of
humor," Bilik said. "Who also
laugh at my jokes," he added.
As an amateur choreographer,
Bilik is arranging a five minute
ballet for the overture to the com-
ing Gilbert and Sullivan produc-
tion, "Iolanthe." "This will be
unique," he said, "because Gilbert
and Sullivan never used ballets."
Production Lead
Starting out as an accompanist
and ,tympanist for G & S i his
freshman year, Bilik started up
the ladder by first obtaining a lead
in a production. In his sophomore
year, Bilik arranged a complete
accompaniment for the production
of "Yeoman of th. Guard."
Bilik likes to work with the G&S
group because it is a big teamwork'
job. "This group is unique in that
Gothic Society
Plans Showing
Of Two Films
The Gothic film society will
show two experimental feature
films at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Rack-
ham Amphitheatre.
"Metamorphosis," the film based
on Franz Kafka's story of a man
who turned into a gigantic insect,
has been brought back for the
showing. The film was made in
Ann Arbor by University students
in 1951
The translation of Kafka's story
into film medium was the first pro-
duction of a sound feature-length
film by an amateur university
group.
Produced and directed by Wil-
liam Hampton, written by William
Wiegand of the English depart-
ment with music by Edward Chud-
acofl of the School of Music, the
film uses the "camera-eye" tech-
nique. It has been exhibited in nu-
merous universities and museums
across the country.
The second film to be shown,
"Zero De Conduite," was directed
by Jean Vigo. It takes place in a
boys' school, and uses an impres-
sionistic method to show situa-
tions from the boys' point of view.
The principal of the school, for
example, is portrayed by a midget,
with other characterizations simi-
larly slanted.
The showing is open to all mem-
bers of the Gothic Film Society.
Second semester memberships may
be bought at the door for $2.50.
The second-semester membership
will be good for six programs, in-
cluding "The Crazy Ray," drected
by Rene Clair, and "Metropolis,"
directed by Fritz Lang.
S ~ pPclI ans'~
Hit Defense,
Expert Says'.*
A University guided missile cx- ',
pert has warned that proposed #<
plans to establish a "space plat-
form" 1,000 miles above the earth
would cripple the national defense
effort.
Prof. Harry H. Goode, director of
the Willow Run Research Center,
cautioned against an all-out pro-
gram to build the man-made sat-
ellite during an interview over sta-
tion WUOM.
He underscored the "staggering
cost" in dollars and scientific man-
power required for the project,
which is advocated by space travel
proponents.
Four Billion Yearly Expense THE UNIVERSITY of Michigan
The technical problems involved meeting for new members Wed
can be solved, he said, but this 730 p.m. in the Union. Dick
would be at the expense of about 73 ~°i h noDc
four billion dollars a year for ten will show colored slides of the ci
to 15 years. and refreshments will be served.P
Space platform backers feel the dinghy goes into second place
satellite would serve as an obser- Memorial Trophy Regatta at C
vation post over the entire world
and as the essential jumping-off
place for interplanetary journeys. u c So iety
At an altitude of 1,000 miles, the
"man-made moon" would circle
the earth at bort 16,000 milesF
per hour. f
Prof. Goode said development of 'triGroup
the platform would call for the ef-
forts of between 4,000 and 40,000 The Budapest String Quartet
persons, half of them highly skill-
ed technicians needed in present will be featured in the 15th annual
defense work. Chamber Music Festival sponsored
Would Drain Experts by the University Musical Society
This demand for experts from next weekend in Rackham Audi-
such fields as electronics, guided ri
missiles, nuclear research, infra- torium.
red specrometry and optics would Prof. Robert Courte of the Stan-
drain the nation of scientific abili-; ley Quartet will appear as guest
ty, he warned, violist in the last concert Sunday.
"Thousands of the best techni- Friday's program will include
cal men and women in the coun- "Quartet in G, Op. 77, No. 1" by
try would have to devote full time Haydn; "String Quartet, No. 1"
to this single project, and we are by Lees and "Quartet in A mi-
already behind the Soviets in the nor, Op. 29" Schubert.
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For Departmental
Series of Plays
-Daily-John Hirtzel
JERRY BILIK
. . . Not Fazed
it is completely run and adminis-
tered by students, without salaries,
from the president down to the
last stage hand. The result is a
very optimistic driving spirit which
outshines any flaws in the per-
formance. This is what makes a
slightly imperfect production very
enjoyable to the audience."
Showing outstanding versatility,
Bilik ,in addition to directing G&S,
arranges shows and music for the
University Marching Band and
music for the Symphonic Band.
Upon graduating with his de-
gree in music education, Bilik is
expecting to go to West Point as
arranger for the West Point Band.
Foreign Journalism Students
Comment on U.S. News Style
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By MERLE MAYERSTEIN
"The average news story in Ire-
land gets less of the glamour tech-
nique and more straight writingr
than American newspapers,"
George Holmes, graduate journa-
lism student here from Dublin,
Ireland said.
Three other University journa-
lism students, Jovita Rodas, Grad.,1
from the Philippines, Robindra
Chakravorti, Grad., from India,
and Herman Besselink, Grad., from
the Netherlands, agreed with
Holme's opinion in regard to their
countries' newspapers.r
Miss Rodas commented that five
of the seven top Filipino papers
are very conservative, even though
they use the same news agenciesC
as American papers.-
She went on to say that The
Manila Times is regarded as one
of the freest papers in the Orient.
It is written in English as are all
the metropolitan Filipino newspa-
pers. In general they resemble our;
papers, including comics.
On the subject of comics, Besse-
link, the Dutch student added,
".. . we have one small 'educa-
tional' comic, and very sophisticat-
ed cartoons."
Logical Development
As for Dutch news stories, they
are "just a logicaf development of
what is going on in simple writ-
ing." Besides news stories, papers
in the Netherlands contain inter-
pretive articles dealing with the
Wright Brothers
Subject of Talk
"The Wright Byothers-from an
Englishman's Point of View" will
be the topic of a lecture by Captain
J. Laurence Pritchard, at 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow in Rm. 1042 East Engi-
neering Building.
Captain Pritchard is the for-
mer secretary of the Royal Aero-
nautical Society of Great Britain.
The lecture is sponsored by the
aeronautical department of the
Engineering College.
news and the motivations behind
what actually is reported.
"Also, I think we generally have
more articles on literature, the
arts, and cultural events," Bessel-
ing continued. "International news
is given a lot of space because our
interests are tied up with all Eur-
ope," he said, "and if we did not
pay attention to European affairs,
we would not exist any more."
One of the most unusual features
of a Dutch newspaper is the art-
ist-drawn headlines over general
interest stories. The headlines are
more factual and smaller than
those in American papers:
According to Holmes, .headlines
in Irish newspapers are "very con-
cise-fairly run-of-the-mill; they
tell what is in the story''
The Irish student added that
there is practically no syndicated
news since the papers can be de-
livered over the small island in a
short time. The papers cover local
news from all over the country.
Hand-Out
He said that reporters must de-
pend on government "hand-outs"
of news each day for information
on government affairs,
"World news is given more space
in Indian newspapers than in Eu-
ropean or American newspapers
according to a survey made by In-
ternational Press Institute," Chak-
ravorti commented. "Writing style
is more or less subdued, and if col-
or is added, it is indirect," he con-
tinued.
Chakravorti added that crime
stories are very seldom found or
the front page unless they are
very important and morals charges
are never played up.
Chakravorti, Holmes and Bessel-
ink are here on Press Club Fel-
lowships which arc offered to two
foreign students a year by the
University and the University
Press Club.
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training of such persons," he said.
Goode reminded his listeners In the second concert Saturday
that during World WarII, the the group will perform the "Quar-
Germans put "too many scientific tet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2" by
eggs in a single basket" when Beethoven, the "Quartet in D,
they concentrated on developing K499" by Mozart; and the "Quar-
the V-2 rocket. "Even though Ger- tet No. 2" by William Denny.
man scientists knew the potential On Sunday in addition to the
of the atomic bomb, their best "String Quartet, No. 1" by Bartok,
efforts went into the V-2," he theQuartet with Prof. Courte will
added. play the "Quintet in C major Opus
"The satellite is possible," he 29" by Beethoven and "Quintet int
concluded. "But personally, I G major, Op. 111" by Brahms.
don't think we want to run the Tickets for the Chamber Music
risk, as a nation in a hostile Festival may be purchased at the
world, of falling behind in the vi- i office of the University Musical
tal fields of nuclear weapons, air- Society in Burton Tower. Season
craft and miss2e development. The tickets are $3.50 and $2.50 and
cost of the space platform implies single concert tickets, $1.75 and
that we will." $1.25.
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Mail orders for season tickets for
three speech department plays are
now available through the Lydia
Mendelssohn box office.
On the playbill are Verdi's "Fal-
staff," Congreve's restoration com-
edy "The Way of the World" and
James Harvey's "The Clugstone
Inheritance."
Tickets for all three plays are
$1.90, $2.60 and $3.25. A special
student rate for opening night has
a $1.50 charge for all three plays.
The Lydia Mendelssohn box of-
fice will open for sale of season
tickets Feb. 21, with tickets for in-
dividual performances on Sale
Feb. 24.
Individual tickets will be $1.75,
$1.50 and2$1afor the Verdi opera;
$1.50, $1.20 and 90 cents for the
Congreve comedy; and $1.20 90
and 60 cents for the original play
by Harvey.
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