1962_03 The Daily Collegian March 1962

              Queen's Rally Will Kick Off Rodeo Weekend
Growing Corpse Exposed In Amedee'
Craze Comedy
'Absurd' Production
Opens Tonight At 8
By Jerry Bier
Collegian Staff Writer
"Ita beard and nails are growinjr, ita eyes glow with an+YOLUME LXV
eerie fjreen light and the dead body itself ia growing larger
and larger."
"Amedee," Eugene Ionesco's play from the theater of the
"absurd" will open tonight at 8:15 in the Little Theater.
~+ In "Amedee" loneaco tells of
unhappily married- couple,
which has a "growing corpse" in
its apartment. The corpee repre¬
sents the growing disintegration
of Amedee and Madeleine's mar¬
riage.
Phillip Walker, associate pro¬
fessor of speech, said the theater
f tho absurd Is an outgrowth of
.in temporary existentialism; "a
philosophical attitude which, since
World War II. has been widely
adopted by European intellectuals
and has profoundly affected the
:uliural climate of the Wi
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"Basically this attitude is one
which rejects as cheap and some¬
what childish Illusions the abso¬
lutes upon which the dominant
religious and philosophical com¬
mittments of western civilization
have been based and replaces
them wilh tho absurd.
In describing lonesco. Walker
anld. "His language Is that or
Mack Sennett and W. C. Field
and he uses it with almost suffo¬
cating clarity. Beneath the surface
mystification and hilarious non¬
sense of "Amedee," for example.
lies a vivid and disquieting Image
of the human condition which can
be terrifying rent to those of sen¬
sitivity and perception.
Life A Joke
"By means of a macabre carica¬
ture of marriage, he shows life as
a grotesque practical Joke In
which chairs, are con,tlpua|ly
puiled from-under man's--dignity
and the universe aa a hail of dis¬
torting mirrors reflecting the ab¬
surdity of human pretension."
Tickets for the play are on sale
dally except Saturday and Sunday,
at the Little Theater box office
from 1 to 3 PM. Admission Is free
to student body card holders and
11.BO to the general public.
The play will bo presented to¬
night, tomorrow and Sunday night
and next Thursday through Sat��
urday. Sunday the play will start
at 7:15 PM. Next Thursday's per¬
formance Is for high school stu¬
dents and will also start at 7:15
PM. All other performances are
at 8:15 PM.
COLLESIAN
FRESNO   STATE   COLLEGE
FRESNO. CALIFORNIA. FRIDAY. MARCH 23, 1962 NUMBER 22
Journalists
Attending
Convention
The Fresno State College Jour¬
nalism Department will make a
bid to become number one in the
state this weekend as 15 delegates
are attending the California Inter¬
collegiate Press Association con¬
vention ln Sacramento.
Last year Fresno finished sec¬
ond In writing and photography
competitions to San Jose State
College. San Jose took home the
sweepstakes trophy.
Joel Schwarz, who was elected
president ot the CIPA at last
year's convention, will rule over
the two-day affair. Jim Doan Is
chairman of the Fresno delega¬
tion.
More than ISO delegates from
17 colleges and universities are
expected, as well as more than
300 junior college representatives.
Forty-two trophies will be
awarded In 13 contests at a Sat¬
urday night-banquet. Nine of the
contests are entered through the
mail while four will be held at
Sacramento State College tomor¬
row afternoon.
Entered in the live contests are
Jim Church, news writing; An¬
drea Lnnfranco, society; Jim
Doan, sports, and Ron Byrd, year¬
book caption writing. -
Representatives from The Col¬
legian will be Church. Doan. Miss
Larffranco, Jerry Bier, Blaine
Handell, Don Culbertson, Louie
Gal van. Roger Graham, Marcla
Carp and Joel Schwari.
Mac Keithley. Kathy Stocks,
Doreen Sayler, Ron Byrd and Bob
Byrd will carry the "Campus"
banner to the conference. Dr.
John Duke and Arthur Margoslan
will advise the group.
DEFENDING CHAMP — Junior Karen Lane, winner of last
year's girl* barrel roce, will try lo defend her title this weekend
in the action-packed FSC Rodeo at Clovis.
Bassett Requests Annual
Budgets From Organizations
Ag Dante Tonight
The Agriculture Exocutlv���Council   haa   scheduled   a   Rodeo
Dance   tomorrow   night   from
to    12    PM   In   the   Laboratory
School.
Election Drought Ends;
Every Office Sought
Petitions for Associated Stu-
dent Body offices began flooding
into the Student Activities Office
Wednesday aa the 4 PM deadline
neared.
Bob Jones, election committee
chairman, had approved tha peti¬
tions of 14 candidate! by 3 PM
Wednesday, Approved for the
•tudent body president race were1
aenlora Ray Snow and Jerry Tah¬
ajlan. Rod Coburn la the lone
candidate that haa been dubbed
eligible for the position of men's
legislative commissioner. Twenty-
one unopposed applicants filed
Wednesday.
Chris Adams and Judy Dunn
have been approved to run ln the
Apr. 4 primaries for Student
Body Secretary.
By Collegian deadline no 'can¬
didates had been approved for
the three commission posts. These
offices Include publications, ath¬
letics and women's legislative
commissioner.
Petitions have been turned In
for these offices but the Student
Activities* office has not cleared
them for eligibility.
According to Student Body
President Marvin Baxter, if an
office Is not competed for in the
elections the student body presi¬
dent   will   appoint   the   officers,
2Z
GIANT AMONG ACTORS —
Dennis Hall, Sharon McCann,
' gaze up ot the 80-foot corps*
de.igned' for "AmodM" by
Ann levin.
with the approval of the Student
Council. The appointed officer
would have to meet the same
eligibility requirements of a reg¬
ular candidate.
BUI Poasons and Jerry Embree
have been okayed for senior class
president. Patty Joe Peters la the
only approved candidate vying; for
senior class ecretary.
Entered In the Junior class
presidential primary race so far
are Tom Sommers and Ed Keller.
Larry Sampson Is entered for sen¬
ior class vice president.
Barry O'Nell and Ronald San-
tiglan have been approved for
sophomore class president.
Other candidates are expected
to be declared eligible as soon as
the Student Activities Office
cheeks'their   petitions.
Jtetik
The Student Executive Cotuv
ell voted Wednesday night to
go on record aa fuvot-ing Tbe
Collegian being published four
daya a week next fall.
Earlier in the week, the
Board of PunIIcations unanl-
voted to favor the pro-.
The i-ecommendation will go
before next Wednesday's Stu¬
dent Council meeting and then
aim be voted on by the Board
of Director*, ol the association.
voted  to recoorimeeid  that  the
Jaaa Festival be mode- an aa<
All organizations wishing to be
included In the budget for
1962-63 school year should flic
their budget requests aa soon as
possible.
This is the request of Earle
Bassett, director ot Iho college as¬
sociation.
Bassett said  the funds for
budget come from tho sale of
dent body cards. This year's sale
amounted to fSS.G97.E0.
The proposed budget should be
prepared during the month of
March. It should show actual ex¬
penses and Income for 1960-61,
Iho approved budget for 1961-62,
actual expenses and Income to
date of preparation of budget.
budget request for 1962-63 and
a written justification of budget
items.
Bassett asked tho organizations
to remember to include travel In¬
surance for all travel In the bud-
The deadline for submitting
these preliminary budgets to the
Association Office should be not
inter than Apr. 30, 1961. It will
be necessary to appear before Ihe
Illinois, Chico
Win Judging
Illinois State Normal Univer¬
sity and Chico State College of
California'won top honors in tho
intercollegiate division Judging
contests held here earlier this
week.. The contests were spon¬
sored by the National Association
of College Teachers ot Agricul¬
ture.
budget committee or the Board
of Directors as scheduled during
the month of May. The Board of
Directors will grant tentative ap¬
proval In June, 1962. The final
approval will be granted In Octo¬
ber, 1962,
Bassett said, "Our office will
be glad to help In the preparotli
of the budgets In any way the
students desire. All Items contem¬
plated for 1962-63 should be in¬
cluded since once the budgets are
granted additional requests
not looked upon favorably by the
Board of Directors."
Conference Has.
Planning Theme
"Leadership Begins with Plan¬
ning" will be the theme for the
fourth annual Leadership Con¬
ference open to all freshman,
sophomores snd Juniors at the
Sierra Sky Ranch Apr. 7-8.
Featured speakers will be
President Arnold E- Joyal, Bio-
James White, campus minister,
cuttve Dean Orrin Wardle, Rev.
and FSC graduate Earl Smitt-
camp.
The theme will deal with the
work and planning Involved af¬
ter one has been appointed or
elected to a Job.
The required fee for the two-
day affair Is (12 per person. The
college has agreed lo pay half of
the fee for each Individual who
attends.
The deadline for applications
In tho Stndent Activities Office
has been extended to Mar. IS.
Clovis
Hosts
Cowboys
The four finalists ln the seventh
annual collego intercollegiate ro¬
deo queen contest will meet the
public today along with tho 10
other candidates.
The winner will be crowned to¬
morrow at the opening of the
two-day rodeo In the Clovis
Arena.
The coeds will bo introduced
at a noon rally In front ot tha
cafeteria.
The finalists, who were selec¬
ted Tuesday, axe Lisa DeValle,
Judy Greene, Jerine Harlan and
•Nancy Jo Marko.
Also scheduled lor Introduc¬
tion Is the college rodeo team,
which will be chosen from Stan
Nappe, Dennis Hammeratrom, Ed
Johnson, Don Wood, Alvin Gould,
Oil Eriekson and Tom Turk. Can¬
didates for the girls' team are
Joanl Gray. Karen Lane and Mum
Marko.
Judging of a whiskerlno eon-
test and a cow milking contest
for sororities will also be staged
at the rally today.
The top three Individuals in
each event In tbe rodeo will qual¬
ify for the National Intercolleg¬
iate Rodeo Association finals
which will be held ln Denver.
Colo., ln June.
The top two college or univer¬
sity teams also will go to tha
national finals.
Last year Stan Nappe and Kar¬
en Lane represented the college
In the national finals, which wore
held In Sacramento.
In tho boys events last year
Hammerstrom placed fifth In the
calf roping and third In ribbon
roping. Nappe placed third ln bull
riding and Eriekson placed sec¬
ond In bareback riding.
Karen Lane and Joanl Oray
placed third and fourth In tho
all-around cowgirl competition
and Karen placed fourth in calf
tying.
tn the overall competition, the
gtrts' team placed second and the
men's team fourth.
Entries for the rodeo closed
lost weekend with nine teams, the
largest field In the event's his¬
tory, entered. Besides FSC, teams
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Pop' Orchestra
Offers Concert
concert version of Gersh-
win's "Porgy and Bess" will bo
of the feature numbers pre¬
sented by the combined Freano
State College Concert and Var¬
sity bands In a Pop Concert Son-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock In tho
Little Theatre ln tha Speech Arts
Building.
Band director Arthur Barnes
said the band will total about 100
musicians and will bo augmented
by alumni who have boon with tha
music department ln past years.
Dick Cms, a former student
and presently a teacher In tho
Fresno City Schools System, will
be featured on the trumpet Ia a
Jau number he arranged and
which Was conducted by Barnes.
Other numbers on the program
Include a trumpet trio consisting
of Bill Newton, Barry Crow, and
Stan Badertecher, a Sousa march,
"Danny Boy" and Grainger's
"Shepherd's Heyt^"
There Is no charges for admie-
SUNDAY CONCHT — Th* colloae'i concaVt
and vanity band* aiwmble for a rahoarsal
of their Hp Concert that wftl bo prwt.Mi.wd
Sunday afternoon In Ih* Uftlo TbMrtw.