tl19590501-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. XI, No. 15 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland May 1, 1959 Sau sb ry, Coutros Elected Arthur Laupus, Tamar Belsky, Carolyn Lyle and Rou Budny in rehearsal for `BUS STOP'. Tower Light Photo Bus Due May The Glen Players will present ""Bus Stop"" a play by William Inge, theatre-in-the-round, 8:15 in the Stephens Hall Auditorium, May 7, 8, and 9. The players will be Tamar Belsky as Cherie, Arthur Laupus as Bo Becher, Carolyn Lyle as Grace, Ron Budney as Dr. Lyman, Judith Blank as Elma Duckworth, Crawford Clay as Carl, Sheldon Weinstock as Virgil Blessing, and Jack Fillmore as Will. Tamar Belsky is well-known for her portrayal of Salina in Skin of Our Teeth and Violet in Wonderful Town. John Fillmore, new to Towson's stage is not new to the theatre hav-ing worked in all phases of the theatre with the army and semi-professionally as actor and tech-nician with theatre groups in Bal-timore. Arthur Laupus has appeared 1-9 many times on the stage, most re-cently as the troubled Joe Procter in Crucible and as the muscle-bound athlete in Wonderful Town. . Carolyn Lyle played Abigail in the production of Crucible and was important as a student director for 'Wonderful Town. She has also worked backstage on many produc-tions during her stay at Towson. Both Judith Blank and Crawford Clay have appeared in minor roles in other productions but ""Bus Stop"" gives them their first starring roles. Sheldon Weinstock while not new to the technical end of theatre will make his acting debut as Virgil. Ron Budney is vice-president of the Glen Players and also had. the part of Acropolus in Wonderful Town. William Kramer will direct and tickets will be available at the door. Chorus Steps Forward On May 6, 1959, the Men's Chorus, under the direction of Charles Haslup, will present its own pro-gram in the Lida Lee Tall Audi-torium at 8:30 p.m. Also, the Men's Chorus will par-ticipate on May Day and will enter-tain the Alumni on May 24. This busy schedule is a far cry from two years ago when the total membership of the Men's Chorus was a meager fifteen men, hardly able to carry on any such programs. The turning point came when Charles Haslup took over as direc-tor in September 1957. Since then, the genial and well liked advisor has built the group to fifty-eight men capable of handling any type of program. Mr. Haslup's policy, which has proved highly successful, is to choose songs that the members of the chorus will like in the belief that they will try harder. The emphasis is on music for pleasure and recreation while holding to high standards of musical performance. The program on May 6, represents the Men's Chorus first effort on its own. A new group will be intro-duced, ""The Notables"" consisting of six men from the chorus and four girls from the S.C.A. choir and Glee Club. The Lighthouse Five will make a return engagement. Soloists representing each class at Towson will be heard. A pair of duets will also be sung. The officers, who have ""done a wonderful job this year"" (quote Mr. H.) are: Donald Wright, President; Seniors Leave It To You As their farewell performance at Towson, the Senior Class presented ""Leave It To You"", a musical that had almost half the class in the spotlight. The show is the fourth in four years presented by the class of 1959. For their first three assemblies, the seniors took a musical tour around the world. As Freshmen, they looked into the realm of Davy Jones when they presented ""Nep-tune's Daughter"". As sophomores and juniors they visited Paris and the Caribbean in ""Seventh Heaven '57"" and ""Caribbean Holiday"". As seniors, they returned to Tow-son for their setting and took their audience on a tour through the his-tory of the school, classrooms today, and on a field trip into a ""beat"" generation hide-away. Heading the cast of seventy, Helen Nelson and Fred Levin played an eighty year old couple whose memories stretched back to 1895 and 1925. Among the many faces that were familiar to audiences of the class's assemblies were Betsy Thompson, Earl Myers, Blob Deller, Jim Sarnecki, Mike de Vita, Sandy Garrett, Shotz Rasin, Eddie Krout, Bobbie Derr, Parker Koons, Mary Sudbrink, Shirley Hellwig, Otts Laupus, Ken Steiner and Al Fleish-man, to mention only a few. Audrey Lane appeared for the first time in a class assembly as did Vivian Lesher who has been responsible for the choreography all four years. Also appearing for the first time in a class assembly, John Bruce Johnson sang and danced. Mr. Johnson, who has directed all four shows for the class of '59, also wrote ""Leave It To You"" and most of the original lyrics used in the show. Mike de Vita and Mary Sudbrink wrote the words to the finale of part three. According to Mr. Johnson, the unsung hero awards should go to Pat Lastowski, Jim Thomas, Jim Sarnecki, Marge Gross, Liz Eser, and Carol Beachley who headed back-stage committees and to Ruth Schaeffer who assumed a lion's share of the headaches as produc-tion chairman. The largest award, however, should go to Miss Evelyn Gatley who worked hard and suf-fered long as musical director. Congratulations to Mr. Johnson, Miss Gatley, and Miss Shaeffer and to the Class of '59 for a job well worth seeing. Spring Festival Walpurgis Night. festivities are scheduled to commence with a snake line beginning in the Student Centre at 7:45 Friday night, pro-ceeding through the girl's dormi-tories, and finally going to the soccer field for a pep rally, according to cheerleader, Lorna Penn. Members of the lacrosse and base-ball teams will be present at this pep rally the purpose of which is to build enthusiasm for Saturday's games. One of the attractions at this pep rally will be a bonfire. After the rally, the cheerleaders will lead the students back to the Student Centre Patio. At 8:30, the jam session will begin outside on the patio. Music will be provided by an orchestra and dur-ing the intermission the casts of Wonderful Town and the class assemblies will sing a few selec-tions from their respective produc-tions. Dress for the jam session is informal; bermudas, slacks, or casual clothes. Refreshments will be provided and there is no admission charge. Russell McComas, Vice-President; Don Cyzyk, Librarian; Bob Ana-stasi, S.G.A. Representative; Leo Hammond, Secretary; Lincoln Sparks, Publicity; Kenneth Dol-linger, Treasurer. May Day 'festivities will begin at 1:30 Saturday afternoon with the procession of the May Court. After the crowning of the queen the Men's Chorus will sing two selections. Following this college freshmen and sophomores will do the traditional May Pole Dance. In keeping with the theme, ""Somewhere Over the Rainbow,"" a String Ensemble will play ""Over the Rainbow"" from The Wizard of Oz and selections from ""The Student Prince."" Students from Lida Lee Tall School will presentt a few dances and the Glee Club will sing two numbers. Following some folk dances by the freshmen and sophomore girls, the May Pole will be unwound and the Recessional will be played. At this time the Queen and her court will leave the field. Newell Hall front lawn is the site of the May Day festivities and the Queen and her court will be seated at the South end nearest Stephens Hall. In case of rain the festivities will take place in the auditorium. The May Day Dance is scheduled to begin at 9 in the gymnasium. ""Somewhere Over the Rainbow"" is the theme for the dance also. Music will be provided by the Club Men, an eight-piece orchestra which plays Glenn Miller style. At this dance the queen and her court will be presented and the queen will be crowned again. Recently both the present Sopho-more Class and the present Junior Class held their elections for next year's officers. Mit Saulsbury was elected Presi-dent of the coming Junior Class and Pete Coutros was elected President of the coming Senior Class. Bob Taylor and Judy Speer were elected Vice-Presidents of the corn- ""Pete"" Coutros Tower Light Photo ing Junior and Senior Classes re-spectively. Other officers of the Senior Class for next year are Recording Secre-tary, Pat Downey; Corresponding Secretary, Judy Scherr; Treasurer; Carolyn Coakley; and Ptarliamen-tarian, Dan Higgs. S.G.A. Repre-sentatives for the Dorm Stu-dents are Sali Cohan, Jean Plaia, and Russ McComas; for the Day Students Bill Ghering, Elaine Hem-meter, and charles Colman. The ""Milt"" Saulsbury Tower Light Photo social Chairman for the Dorms is Done Whitmore and the Dorm Student Centre Directory Representative is Elaine Zimmer. The Day representatives for both of these jobs will have to be ap-pointed. The publicity Chairman for the class will be Hilma Norgard. The other officers for the coming Junior Class are Recording Secre-tary, Doris Stepp; Corresponding Secretaiy, Jane Chiles; Treasurer, Janet Schaefer; Parliamentarian, Dick Evans, and Publicity Chairman, Bobbi Smith. S.G.A. Representatives for the Day Students are Bill Moessinger and Nancy Thomas; for the Dorm Stu-dents Maudestine McLeod, Don Mil-stead, Judy Pensel, Bonita Rakes, and Sandy Swan. "
