1965_04 The Daily Collegian April 1965

              Thursday, April 1,1965
Ike's big musical smash
makes college debut here
SPRING IS HERE: An unknown couple discusses
the war In Viet Nam In front of the fountain.
Collegian phstographer Terry NLkon, who caught
the couple with h
By BOM TROHZINI
World   War   n,   a delightful
musical comedy by DwlghtEIsen-
the Lltile Theatre. The produc¬
tion will run through seven days
|  In May.
•This Is one oftheblggestpro-
I   ductions we have ever tackled,"
I   commented director PhllUp Hlk-
have had to enlarge the
I   stage somewhat for the Normandy
I   landing, and the celling was re-
I   moved so we could re-enact the
air battle over Dunkirk.' S
The production Is a master-
I   piece of technical perfection. The
orchestra pit has been converted
nto a South Pacific foxhole where
i   chorus of Marines  sing  the
I   satirical Tvo Just Met a Disease
Named Malaria.'This Is followed
I   by  a Japanese attack, complete
""i   classical  Japanese  music
;   and  the  Marines'  second song,
•To Die Is to Live Again!'
Act Two moves us into London,
Gibberellin returns
Poet bounds into
election campaign
—World wire	
Cafe is disaster area
Fresno State College was hit
today by President Johnson's war
on oo'erty when LBJdeclared the
|il!  I,
mosphore
was rudely Interrupted yesterday
when Gibberellin Ornochy.aone-
tlme applicant for FSC's roster of
poets-ln-resldence, announced
his candidacy for the office of
student body president.
Glbbercllln's unofficial can¬
didacy boosts the*otal number of
presidential hopefuls to four. The
primary olectlon Is scheduled for
tomorrow and polls will rem-ln
open from 9 AM to 1 PM.
Gibberellin is running against
Henry Alberts, Ernie Kinney and
Doug Rlppey.
The    famous   Carmel   poet-
authorer-locturer-hedonlst
who  is plotting his Immortality
among     other    flrst-name-oaly
historical  flgur
berellln,
tlngulshed
generate
slstablc,
Too Can B
year publi:
entitled  B;
Objectlonables,   Glb-
hlmself as the dc-
who made apathy lrre-
lunacy comfortable and
al. The author of Lust
Non-Procroatlve this
;hed a sequel anthology
Iter Sex Than Sorry
Poems About Barbie
availability
Peace Corps cooks are being
airlifted from Castle Air Force
Base to take over the facilities.
Liz will play 'Alice'
Elizabeth Taylor has signed a
$2 million contract to play the
title role in John Huston's pro¬
duction of Alice In Wonderland.
Hugh Hefner lias also been signed
play the White Rabbit.
a bomb shelter and the Marines
become typical Londoners living
cheerfully through a blitz bomb¬
ing. Speech major Harry Snod-
grass delivers a magnificent solo
•Praise the Lord and Pass the
Gin* just before a direct hit from
a G;rm?ji V-2 rocket brings down
the curtain.
The stage Is quickly converted
to the slums of Paris and we see
a disillusioned GermanSSofflcer
wandering the streets singing
•It's been a Hard Day's Night.*
The officer is Jumped by the
French Underground and is car-
quarters.
beautiful     Reslstanci
leader Lilly Loval questions tho
officer about his torturing of tho
poor people of Paris, he retorts
with another solo, 'It Ain't Me,
Babe." She Is unconvinced but
spares the officer's life because
Ocean by the entire British fleet.
The sailors sing 'Praise tho
Fuehrer and Pass the Snapps*
while the depth charges rain down
The final scene takes place as
the submarine receives a direct
hit and the men swim up to the
surface to learn that tho war is
over. A chorus of 3,000 British
sailors, the Germans and the
Marines from the first act paddle
off stage In rubber rafts singing
"Hang Down Your Head, Tom
Dooly."
Besides the technical aspects
of the show, the acting is superb;
and the music, played by the Dave
Brubeck Quartet, Is unique to
«ay the least.
•I really think this Is going -to
be a memorial production here at
FSC," said Mr. Hiker. «Wo have
created an extremely realistic
show, and the audience is made
to feel a port of It all. In fact,
we are Issuing rifles and hand
grenades to those who wish to
take  part  In the landing at Iwo
Beginning at 8 PM die show
runs through to dawn, and people
are advised to bring their own
blankets and Held packs. Those
desiring seats In the first five
rows are requested to bring their
family physician.
it.Wll-
actlo.i, non-committed group, Phi
Kappa Phi.
As the leader of the Conscl-
Gammas have
candle trouble
Last night units of the campus
Are department were summoned
to Gamma Gamma Gamma, a
women's undertaking sorority, to
put out a three-alarm Are started
In the main lounge.
The Are apparently started
during a candle passing ceremony
when It was discovered that five
girls blew out candles and an¬
nounced their engagement to
Allen Vaughn, a physical educa¬
tion major. Mr. Vaughn, who has
Down to Rangoon for an early
Easter vacation, had no corn-
House resident Mrs. Norma
Gllck said that in the future Gam¬
ma Gamma Gamma will confine
Itself to flashlight passing cere-
In a
presidency, Gibberellin briefly
expressed his non-p'.atform and
commented on student govern¬
ment In general.      ,
•As student body president I
shall endeavor to give the task
of stud;nt government back to
Gordon Wilson."
Gibberellin, making his corns-
back to the FSC scene after sev¬
eral unsuccessful attempts at
availing himself as a community
Investment in the capacity of a
poet, advocated the following pro-
(1) The annexation of Sin City
to the FSC Association
(2) The removal of the panslcs
from in front of the cafeteria
(3) Removal of the alarm sys¬
tem In the women's dorms
(4) The accessabllity of sugar
In the cafeteria forever and ever
(5) Election of Sabasttan to of¬
fice of student body vice-presi-
Fire drill causes
council scandal
A fire drill last night created
a near scandal when It was dis¬
covered that the entire student
council had fallen asleep during
committee reports. Repeated at¬
tempts to wake the council failed
until an alert fireman yelled
•Meeting adjournedl*
The council, after a few
minutes' confusion, ruled the
fireman out of order and contin¬
ued the reports.
THREE FINALISTS tor Phi Phi Phi Anchor Man     announced   tomorrow  night at the fraternity's
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