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The Daily PRINCETONIAN * Kntarad ma Seerad-Clan Matter Vol. LXXXI, No. 26 PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1957 FO«t Office, Princeton, N. 3. TEN CENTS Orange Key Elects AckermanHead; 1879 Hall Will Stay Revised Program Planned for Year Dorm inNear Future Roxe, Schroeder, By HAMILTON W. MESERVE Sparrow Named The switch of 1879 Hall from a dormitory to a departmental office has been temporarily by-passed in the university's Master Plan By GIL CURTIS for campus development. A. Bernard Ackerman '58 was Administrative Secretary Edgar M. Gemmel '36 said yesterday named president of the Orange that because of the recent university decision to eventually use Greene Key for 1957-58 in the organi- Engineering Building instead of 1879 Hall for badly needed faculty zation's annual election Monday offices, "It is highly unlikely that '79 will be converted for immediate night. academic purposes." In other races Joseph D. Roxe Gemmel also noted that the earned the vice president's chair, French Play Greene building offers approxi- Herbert G. Sparrow 111 won the mately two or three times as much secretary position, and James W. Slated Here office and precept-room space as Schroeder was named treasurer. does 1879 Hall. Therefore, it will Following their election, the new probably be "a generation or so officers—all juniors—made plans March 14-76 before a new need for more office for their tenure. Three basic ideas "Amphitryon 38," a Jean Gir- space arises and before the possi- underlie the program as presented audoux comedy on human and bility of '79 answering that need by Ackerman: divine love in a Greek setting, is considered," he said. Continuation of the current will open this week at the Prince- Eventual Switch-Over re-organization• of the Key for NEW RULERS: Juniors elected in Orange Key are (1. to r.) ton Community Players' new thea- "If you look at a map of the "improved co-ordination of com- J. D. Roxe, A. B. Ackerman, (rear) H. G. Sparrow, J. W. Schroeder. ter. The play will be presented campus, you will note that all mittees through better means of in two appearances, March 14-16, the dormitories save '79 are lo- communications. and March 21-23. cated in the western half. The "Closer co-operation with Yale's Prom Breaks Even Peter G. Cook '37, frosh hockey Class of 1879 dorm is nestled in other• eastern colleges within the coach and well-known Princeton with all the academic buildings in framework of the Eastern Inter- artist, currently heads the club, the eastern half of the campus. collegiate Key Association. For First Time Since 1954 which recently acquired the use It would provide an easy outlet "Re-evaluation of the posi- Apparently Les Elgart's music Hall contributed toward a better of the Rosedale Mill, on Alexander for departmental expansion," he tion• of the Key on campus in and a Heaven and Hell motif were financial condition. Also, a larger Street, for its future productions, said. order to better serve the interests the ingredients needed to make attendance may have been realized tions. The Master Plan originally call- of the undergraduate body." this year's Junior Prom at Yale by cutting the ticket price from Directing the play is John Bec- ed for the conversion of 1879 Hall Succeeds Hahn a financial success for the first $9 to $7.50. ker, a former Columbia Broad- to offices as soon as the universi- Ackerman, from Elizabeth, N.J., time in three years. This year's Prom, the 101st at casting System director and two- ty could relocate its living quar- Academy, reports and Andover succeeds Preliminary from the Yale, was an experiment to see if time winner of the Peabody Award ters in the proposed dormitory Robert G. Hahn '57. A pre-med Yale Junior Committee in- Prom the tradition should continue or for his work in radio and televi- units eventually to be built on majoring in religion and litera- dicate that this year's dance may if another type of mid-winter sion. Helen Van Zandt, a veteran Goldie Field. ture, he has served the Key as a have broken even. With the final weekend should be in of several McCarter productions, substituted Now, with new planned Keyceptor and as the vice chair- costs still to be totaled, the bal- its place. It in is designing offices had been feared the the set for the Greene Building, man of the Intercollegiate Com- ance seems assured of being bet- past thatthe financial losses stem- Featured the play is Irving the uni- in versity must relocate Greene's en- mittee. He is also a member of ter than last year's loss of $1,400. med from a lack of interest. Van' Zandt as Jupiter, the god gineering facilities in the proposed Tiger Inn and a member-at-large Princeton's Junior Prom B. Jr., who descends to earth pur- "came Harold Whiteman Yale and Engineering Quadrangle before of the Undergraduate Council. just about where we expected dean of undergraduate affairs who sues Alkmena, a mortal, played out new offices be available. Roxe and Sparrow, both according has worked closely past by will Quad to," to dance chairman with dance Tinka Crawford. \ Earliest estimates of completion members, hail from Hempstead, Joseph O. Roxe '58. Due called the Prom "a to in- committees, Supporting Van Zandt and Miss of the quadrangle are 1960. L.I. and Fort Monroe. Va., re- creased decoration he party" and one en- around costs assert- fine which was Crawford is Stuart Duncan '50, Thus, it will be at least spectively. Roxe, an English ma- ed the committee a joyed "by all who were there." Amphitryon, another "shot for playing the part of three to four years before jor, was chairman of the Junior break-even figure." the . The Elis' prom was held last Alkmena's prosaic husband. Dun- reading departments will be able Prom and a member of the Key's Reduce Costs weekend while Princeton's Junior can, an Intime veteran, has ap- to expand from their Visiting Teams Spar- crampt Committee. At Yale, reduction of catering Prom took place March 1. peared in several local shows, and quarters in row chaired the Intercollegiate the McCosh-JJickinson charges, less decorating expense Over 900 couples attended the helped revive the summer theater area. Committee. and moving the Prom to Woolsey Dillon Gym dance where the theme group in 1953. The Class of 1879 Hall, though "Oasis" was used. Ducats to the Tickets are on sale at the U- designated primarily for dormi- Page Voted Campus Club Princeton Prom also cost $7.50. Store, or before each performance. tory facilities was used by Presi- President; dent Wilson to direct the admin- Millinger,Chamberlain Also Picked istration from its tower offices Gold's 'White Lies' Chosen 1902-1910. James K. Page Jr. '58 has been Succeeding administrations mov- elected president of Campus Club For $50 One-Act Play Prize ed back to Nassau Hall where for the coming year, succeeding they originally operated in' the Richard J. Wertheimer '57. "White Lies," by Arthur R. Gold Gold, a. member of Dial Lodge, 18th century and operate today. Chosen for other positions are '57, won the Theater Intime one- has done a great deal of literary sophomores James F .Millinger as act competitions, President Peter work on campus. He has con- European Travel Talk vice president, Heath B. Chamber- P. Nichols '58 announced yester- tributed in the past to the Tiger, Students planning to travel in lain for secretary, and Benjamin day. The honor carries a $50 the Pricetonian and the Nassau Europe this summer will be aided P. Whitaker Jr. for sports mana- award with it. Lit, among others. He is a SPH by an informal talk in Whig Hall ger. Second place went to sophomore major. tonight at 7:30, sponsored by the Page, from Rye, N.Y., has Michael M. Fried's "The Comedy His play is a psychological work Undergraduate Council. served on the Junior Prom pub- of Belshazzar," while "If Love concerning a young couple placed Frank Goudsmit, New York rep- licity committee and as vice chair- Can Re-enter," by David R. So- in a sanitorium. Fried's play is resentative of Netherlands' Office man of Campus' Bicker. An Eng- field third place the a historical comedy; Sofield's en- of Foreign Student Relations, will" lish '57, took in major in the ACP, he schooled awards. try is a poetic drama, acted in provide information about lodging, at Gunnery Prep and Haileyburg 15 plays were modern Nichols stated that food, transportation and other ser- School in England. Nichols said that dress. entered this year, as opposed to Sofield's play would be "interest- vices available through the Stu- A fellow-graduate of Gunnery, eight last year. He called Gold's ing as an experimental poetic dent Union in Europe. Millinger will take over the vice James K. Page Jr. '58 winning piece "really outstanding." drama." Among its unusual fea- The discussion is aimed at the president's chair from William A. Browning '57. A history major, he Professors Richard P. Blackmur tures is a one-man chorus. accomodations in Europe, rather Camfield '57. The East Haven, served as chairman of the Junior and Willard Thorp '26, both of The three winning plays will be than' travel to and from Europe. Conn., resident majors in history Prom publicity committee. the English Department, judged produced three times, from April Passports, draft clearance, driv- and was Bicker chairman for the Treasurer-elect Ledwith, suc- the competition.