The Exponent, 1963-03-14

              The Exponent
Volume 61, Number 22 South Dakota Northern College — Aberdeen, South Dakota March 14, 1963
Blair Receives Trophy
In SDIFA Tournament
Theatre in the round will be fea-tured
at the Spring play to be pre-sented
March 29-31, stated Ralph
Klein, drama coach.
Also incorporated into the play,
"Antigone," will be live music. The
29-30 performances will begin at
To Be Sung By
Two operas will be sung in English
by members of Northern's music de-partment
Wednesday, March 20 at
8:15 p.m. in the Administration Au-ditorium,
announced Dr. John Berg-gren,
chairman of the division of fine
arts.
In "The Telephone," the lead parts
of Lucy and Ben will be sung by so-prano
Toni Cook, Aberdeen freshman
and baritone Clayton Southwick,
Stockholm junior. Action centers a-round
a telephone. Ben finds that if
he is going to marry Lucy, he must
marry the telephone too. This one-act
comedy was composed by Gian Carlo
Menotti and was producted on Broad-way
in 1947 along with the "The
Medium" also by Menotti.
The second opera is a modern a-daptation
of Mozart's "The Impresar-io."
The comedy situation involves
an opera impresario who must at-tempt
to keep two prima donnas hap-py
which, according to tradition, is
why impresarios die young. As Anna
Russell commented, "With sopranos,
the winner is the one who can sing
louder and higher than the others and
absolutely despises her."
Margaret Hochstetter, Aberdeen
junior and Kristi Vensand, Aberdeen
junior, will sing the soprano leads.
The male roles will be sung by Dennis
Hollan, Kuhn, N. Dak. junior; Den-nis
Hildebrand, Hollywood, California
sophomore; and Southwick.
Alyce Berggren will play the piano
for the presentation. Dr. Berggren is
preparing the music and stage. Mrs.
C. H. Holgate is responsible for the
action.
Admission for the event is one dol-
Drama Department
To Appear On TV
Northern's drama department will
discuss the spring play, "Antigone,"
on NSTC's weekly television show,
Sunday, March 10 at 1230 p.m. over
KXAB TV, stated Ralph Klein, as-sistant
professor of speech and dra-matics.
Through the presentation of three
skits, students in the department will
discuss the original Greek tragedy by
Sophocles, the legend behind it, the
Greek theatre and the theatre in the
round.
The French adaptation and the
English version of "Antigone" will
also be reviewed on the program,
said Klein.
8:30 p.m. The Sunday performance
will be staged in Dacotah Hall at
3 p.m.
"The Sandbox," a 15 minute play
by Edward Allbee, will be presented
along with "Antigone." Allbee is the
author of "Who's Afraid of Virginia
lar for adults and fifty cents for stu-dents.
NSTC students and faculty
will be admitted with their activity
tickets, said Berggren.
Money Designated
For Building, Land
Northern was appropriated $100,-
000 for the completion of Mewaldt-
Jensen Hall, according to Dr. J. How-ard
Kramer, President of the College.
The $100,000 will be used for
equipment to furnish the new build-ing,
he said.
Also, the legislature appropriated
$90,000 to the Regents for the ac-quisition
of land at Northern and
South Dakota State College.
The Legislature also confirmed a
five per-cent salary raise. President
Kramer commented that this does not
mean each faculty member will re-ceive
a five per-cent increase, but the
overall increase of the salary will be
five per-cent.
Dr. Russell Brock, professor of his-tory,
is chairman of the overall com-mittee
for implementing the three
per-cent retirement fund set up this
year.
President Kramer said that the
Board of Regents will meet here
March 29-30 to make decisions con-cerning
land acquisition and salaries.
"While we didn't come out as well
as we had hoped to, nevertheless, the
appropriations will enable us to do
more with salary raises than before,"
stated Pres. Kramer. He said that the
appropriations will enable Northern
to retain faculty members as well as
hire replacements and staff additions.
Pres. Kramer stated that staff ad-ditions
will include a fulltime Dean
of Men and additions in the divisions
of Language and Literature and Sc•-
ence and Mathematics. Also, addition-al
clerical and custodial help will be
hired, he said.
Varsity Tennis
Program Slated
All men interested in participat-ing
in the varsity tennis program
should report to Dr. F. R. Draws,
associate professor of physical edu-cation,
Wednesday, March 20, in
S-105 at 3 p.m.
Charles Weibel
Wolf," which is now playing on
Broadway.
Cast in "The Sandbox" are Karen
Nelson, Langford junior, as Mommy;
Ron Beckett, Harrold senior, as Dad-dy;
Nancy Erickson, Rosholt fresh-man,
as Grandpa and Mike Heintz,
Harrold sophomore, as the athlete.
"Antigone" and "The Sandbox" will
both be staged "in the round." This
is the first time, Klein stated, that
plays have been presented "in the
round" at Northern. "In the round"
theatre became popular in the United
States after 1940. There will be no
raised setage area Klein said, but the
audience will be on the same level
as is the stage. Also, Klein said that
the audience will be seated on three
sides of the playing area.
The cast for Antigone includes Mar-jorie
Nelson, Sisseton junior as An-tigone;
Creon, Carl Swanson, Aber-deen
junior; Chorus, Richard Lautzen-heiser,
Aberdeen junior; Nurse, Sally
Hickenbotham, Aberdeen freshman;
Ismene, Charlean Fuhrrnan, Mans-field
sophomore; Haemon, Gary Crip-pen,
Rapid City sophomore; First
Guard, Jeff Green, Brooklyn, New
York junior; Second Guard, Lee
Schinkel, Groton sophomore; and
Eurydice, Karen Nelson, Langford
junior.
Tickets for the productions are now
on sale in the Memorial Student Un-ion
ballroom, announced Klein. He
also stated that a limited number of
tickets are available for the perform-ances
and urged students to pick up
their tickets immediately.
Preparations Begin
For '63 Gypsy Day
Plans for Northern's 1963 home-coming
have begun with the selection
of the co-chairmen and business man-ager
of Gypsy Day by the Student
Senate last week.
Carl Kline, Student Senate Presi-dent,
announced that sophomores Vir-ginia
Theeler, Sisseton, and James
Fisher, Roscoe, have been appointed
co-chairmen by the Senate and Gerald
Nichols was appointed to the post of
business manager.
The new committee, under the di-rection
of Dr. Lloyd F. Johnson, di-rector
of special services, has started
the preliminary planning for Gypsy
Day, providing a foundation on which
to build the October 5 event.
Although choosing a theme for
Gypsy Day is the initial problem to
be solved, student and faculty com-mittees
will be appointed in the near
future to work on each aspect of the
affair.
Queen and Marshal candidates will
also be selected from eligible juniors
by the various campus organizations
during this spring quarter.
Kathy Blair, Groton senior, re-ceived
a unanimous first place rating
Saturday, March 9, in the women's
peace oratory division of the South
Dakota Intercollegiate Forensic As-sociation
tournament.
Two other Northern students also
placed in their respective divisions at
the state tourney held in Northern's
Union Building during quarter break.
Chuck Weibel, Aberdeen freshman,
earned second place in his round of
men's extemporaneous speaking, and
Janet Meland, Sisseton junior, re-ceived
third place in women's peace
extemp.
Miss Blair was named first by each
of the three judges for her presenta-tion
on combating the techniques of
communism with educational tactics.
She was awarded a winning trophy
while Miss Meland and Weibel each
received medals.
Sweepstakes winner of the tourna-ment
was the University of South
Dakota followed by South Dakota
State College in second place and
Augustana College, third.
Other individual winners, except-ing
Miss Blair, and their home schools
included Diane Baker, University of
S. Dak., women's oratory; Judy Fla-haven,
SDSC, women's peace ex-temp;
Janelle Schlimgen, SDSC, wo-men's
extemporaneous speaking; Jack
Rhodes, USD, men's oratory; Ken-
Rostand's Romance
To Be Presented
Jose Ferrar, Mala Powers and Wil-liam
Prince star in "Cyrano de Ger-gerac"
which will be the Friday
Flick, March 15, according to Ralph
Klein, chairman of the assembly com-mittee.
Ferrar won an Academy Award for
his portrayal of Cyrano. Wit, beauty
of imagination, freedom of spirit, and
integrity of character are all captured
in this romantic play by Edmond
Rostand.
According to Life magazine," . . .
nobody should reach the age of 20
without having fallen under the spell
of Cyrano." Parents Magazine said
of the movie, " . . . advances the
screen as a medium for truly great ac-ting
for all to enjoy."
The Flick will be presented in the
Administration Auditorium at 7:30
p.m. Students and faculty will be ad-mitted
with their activity tickets, said
Klein.
neth Hanson, Southern, men's peace
oratory; Dan Nordby, USD, men's
extemp; Jim Felt, SDSC, men's peace
extemporaneous speaking.
Peace topics for the state contest
were concerned with international
questions on the world situation. The
speakers in the other four categories
discussed topics related to United
States domestic affairs.
The SDIFA Tourney marked the
conclusion of the regular debate sea-son
for Northern's speech squad
coached by Professor Kenneth Erick-son.
'20's Party Planned
For Next Weekend
Gambling songs and dances charac-teristic
of the 1920's will be revived
for one night at the Roaring Twenties
Party Saturday, March 16, beginning
at 8:30 p.m., according to Rich Gin-clair,
chairman of the Social Affairs
Committee.
The Memorial Student Union Ball-room
will be converted into Diamond
Jim's Union Night Club complete
with a gambling room and a speak-easy
where refreshments will be serv-ed.
Play money will be issued to
those attending the party and a prize
will be awarded to whomever wins
the most gambling.
A Charleston contest will be held
with a prize awarded to the winner.
A chorus line, barbershop quartet and
vocal numbers of the prohibition era
will also be featured. Live music will
also be provided for dancing, said
Cinclair.
Chaperones for the event will be
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vogt, union direc-tor:
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Wettstein, di-rector
of student personnel; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Thompson, assistant pro-fessor
of social science; and Mr. and
Mrs. Russ Osborne, college bookstore
manager.
Students attending the party are
urged to wear costumes, stated Cin-clair.
Members of the chorus line are Gail
Dennis, Aberdeen sophomore; Joan
Roehr, Aberdeen sophomore; Linda
Koenders, Watertown sophomore; Ju-dy
Stuebbe, Aberdeen sophomore;
Linda Anderson, Eagle Butte, sopho-more;
Patty Ufen, Miller sophomore;
and Adrienne Eichleberg, Leola
sophomore.
Kathy Blair Janet Meland
Mozart And Menotti Operas
Students
Spring Play 'Antigone' To Feature
Premiere Of 'Theater In The Round'
Jaycees Swell Scholarship Fund
Willis Welzler, a director of the Aberdeen Junior Chamber of Com-merce
and Richard Protexter, president, present a check to Athletic Director
Clark Swisher to be used in the scholarship fund. This year the check
totals $1180 representing receipts from the Snow Queen Festival Game. The
scholarship is to be used to aid superior students majoring in physical
education.