WSU 1957-3 Yearbook
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TARTANIC Table Of Contents Frosh Camp. .. Page 2 Winter Weekend . ................. Page 4 'Thieves' Carnival' . ............... Page 5 Tab Hunter ........ ... ............. Page 6 Big Four Dance . .. Page 1 'The Beautiful People' . ............ Page 8 J. D. MARSH AT FROSH CAMP Liberal Arts Night . ............... Pare 9 PAGE 2 Basketball . ...................... Page ro Dyer Bennet .................... Page r2 International Open House . ....... Page 13 Nursery School . ................. Page r4 New Community Arts Building .. .. Page r6 Radio Workshop ................. Page 11 President's Open House . ......... Page r8 Dame Edith Sitwell ............... Page r9 The Tempest ..................... Page 20 WA ITI NG TO SEE TAB HUN TER . PAGE 8. Kisu Rhee ....................... Page 22 I Residents' Talent Show . ......... Page 24 Independent Organizations ...... Page 33 Sororities .................. ..... Page 4r Fraternities ...................... Page 49 Editor-in-Chief Ted Harris SKIER AT WINTER WEEKEND. PAGE 6. Assistant Editor ....... Evelyn Helman Photo Director ......... Ron McDonald Copy Editor ............ Norm Lebow Layout Editor .............. Karl Krug Photographer ........... John T apert Copy Reader . ..... Merylene Navarre Cover Editor ...•........•. Larry Fink T H E ATRE P L AY . PAGE 7. Tartanic is IlIl" , isll£'1i in n c troi t. !\licliij:!a n IlIHler the HllSlliccs of the Student Fac ult,), Coullcil Pllidi cn tiolls Board. TOlrtnni<: urric£' is in P.oon: 6. HO W. Wmrf'll . Tartnnic is a member of The I\ S sociated Coll(>giat(' Pr£'ss. WE LL, SOMETHING has to be done in tbe bra ins J. D. MARS II depa rtment. This is it. Frosh CaIllp In the frozen wa s tes of Dowling, Mich. there is a "concentra tion" camp, where the sinister bu s iness of indoctrination a nd brain-washing is carried on with frightening regularity. T hey call it "Frosh Ca mp." Ea ch se mester willing fresllme n come LO con centrate , orient the m selves to uni versity- type life, and of course have the mselves' 'one heck of a good time ." Last February's tr ip to secluded Clear Lake Ca mp was made by bu s . En route the spirit of informality a nd comrade rie that wa:,; to pre va il all through the weeke nd had already begun. For one brief, but happy wee ke nd , s rudent and faculty wer e on completely SA VED BY THE bushes- -but more, many more, playful little s nowballs PEGGI COMSTOCK head of social activities, puts on the pants equal, and comple te ly e njoyable te rms. are on the way. to put on an act to put over a skit. In contrast to the warmth of the compa ny, Lh e wenthe r waH cold, the ground cove r ed with snow. But resourceful participa nts brought out the s le ighs and toboggans on which many s tude nts sped into new experie nce, life at WSU. Skits, dances, a nd all sorts As for the trip itself, all that can be said is, "a gaud time was had by all." of snow-play we r e the orders (Cliche No. 6041, but appropriate.) of the weekend. Fortunate stu dents who we r e present were lucky e nough to see how J. D. Marsh does the hula . J. D. may be director of s tudent ac tivities, but we fear tha t a hula dancer, he is not. Snowballs, snow and students flew fast and furious--from ha nds, from skates, toboggans, and from unfortun a t~ trees that always seem to get in the way. And in the evening, after an exciting, eventful day we settle down to a quiet talk, and an in triguing bull-session. Purely intellectual pursuits in vol v i n g the stimulation of thinking. Thinking (7)--oh my goodness! We ll, anyway it was fun, and didn't Gil Sirotti play a hot LEFT TO RIGHT are: Peggi Comstock, Al Murdock, Connie Zehind, Rev. Robert Wilkie and J . .guitar? D. Marsh, all faculty me mbers participating in a skit. The "reverend" played ecclesiastical music in the style of a well-known singer. However the "re verend" did not wiggle in the style of said we ll-known singer. TllER E WER E DIVERSIONS other than skiing. Freshman Enid Fink proved to be one of these. -2- -3- " Thieves Carnival Jean Anouilh's "Thieves Carnival, " a clever come:dy writWn in a curious combination of styles, played at the Wayne State Theatre: on February 14, I .'), and 16. Novices, as well as experienced performers, acted in the play. The exper ienced performers, Merylyn Lancaster; Russ Smith, Henrietta Il ermelin, and . ',' James McKinney, portrayed Lady Hurf, ) lector, Eva, and Peterbonc, respective ly. Others in th e cast, some experienced, others not, included Joseph Ba rrett, Jack Weiner, Norec1', Norris, Luis Ybarrando, and Jlarry Burkey. In the play, three thieves, who specia lized in costumed operations, are ap .. pare ntly mistaken for Spanish noble me n by a French socialite who is virtually THE ENDLESS LINE hauls its human cargo hill-tap-ward. Time was when people actually imprisoned in Vichy . had to climb on their power. Those days are not mourned by these hitchikers. The threesome are quite pleased when she insists on taking them into her home. They see it as the ideal opportunity to "case the joint" and then make off with her jewels, worth a fortune. Complications set in when one of the theives falls in love with one of the WINTER WEEI(END young ladies in the house, Eva. A comedy of errors ensues, culminating in the mistaking of a "Carnival, of Leaves" for a "Carnival of ·lllieves." Up and down, back and forth- -but three broken-legs worth The comedy is resolved when Lady) lurf reveals that slle has known a ll along of enjoyment were part of the rewards accrued to the accounts of the almost 90 participants of Winter Weekend that the thieves were not really Spanish noble men and permits th em to go free. She has merely used the m as a means of diversion for a time! in Grayling, Mich. Up and down the hills, back and forth from the hotel (and hospital) added up for a real frantic, but adve nture some, respite from city living. Thrills were many, spills, even more. Pillows were at a premium. Sad to say, the pillows were needed for more than just resting the head. Many people were on skis for the first time, but most returned intact. Pride came to the WSU contingent when Mary Lou LADY HURF IS helping the masqueraded thieves to Farkas of their' group was selected as "Michigan Snow dress for a thieves' carnival, but nobody believes Queen," She competed against contenders from throughout that their costumes represent themse lves. the state. Remembrances of the occasion is assured by the auto graphs of all participants, left on the casts of the unfor tunates. "MICHIGAN SNOW QUEEN" Mary Lou Farkas, second semester "AH, MY BELOVEDI" exclaimed Hector, one of the freshman in the College of Nursing, won her title at Wayne State's annual thieves to Eva, niece of Lady Hurf. How ever, Eva "Winter Weekend,." held Feb. 1-3 at Grayling, Michigan. isn't responding to his amorous advances. "CHARMED MY DEAR LADY," ex claimes Peter-bone, the "brains" of , "GOOD EVENING MADAMI" TIle masqueraded thieves attempt to play the three thieves. The thieves are up to Lady Hurf while Lord Edgard dubiously looks on. .L SET FOR a weekend of cold but enjoyable fun, these warmly GRABBING THE SKI-TOW and hanging on for 'their lives, they masquerading as Spanish noblemen. dressed students take a minute to pose before they rush off to skating, must suffer for a few brief moments until they finally reach -5- sk iing and a ll the other wintertime sports. -4- the t0p. Photos by McDonald and f1 o//r.wn, 11111111 NIliin IIIIII I I FRESHMAN MARY JANE SHERWOOO. SOPHOMORE CAROL E UT Z JUNIOR JANE LINOQUI ST SEN I OR PAT ABEL Big Four Dance THE COLONEL IS the most fortunate. He gets to stand next to Hunter all through the ceremony. Hunter Ballyhoos Hosts Queens The girls proved once and for all that they definite ly we re not For $2.75 per couple, Wayne students turned out the weaker sex. For 20 minutes on Feb. 27, these fra t! httle mal by the hundreds for th e " Big Four Da nce," on dens climbed over picket fences, gave ulcers to harde ned veteran March 1, the big social event of the season. This police officers, and in general formed an impenetrable barrier dance replaces individual events tha t were formerly between their world and the one outside. held separately by the four classes. At that moment, their world consisted entir e ly of one TAB The dance was held in the Fountain Ballroom of HUNTER. WOW!! AH , Oaf-! and WHEE! He was here--among the Masonic Temple. Couples danced to the music them --LIVE. of Rus Weaver and his orchestra . A background in For those out of touch, Tab is the latest singing idol. What oriental motif served as the setting for the event. makes him doubly popular is that before he discovered that he From the ceiling hung Japanese lanterns, and behind could sing, (at least as well as the current crop' of "singers") he the bands ta nd was a s ilhoue tte of a Coolie pulling was already establishing himself as a movie star. a rickshaw. The whole thing was done in black and Hunter had come to Detroit to ballyhoo a picture that his studio gold. was just releasing. Hunter himself was not in the picture, but As the evening drew to a close, curiosity mounted being a "rage" at this time made him a likely candidate for draw as to who would be crowned Miss State University.