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Dec. 5. 1962 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Three 'Golden Boy' Stars Former Collegian by Jackie Hughes Anthony Mockus' cast of Golden Boy gives an adept performance on a 2 x 4 stage which contains all the props for a three-act play with five different settings. The challenge is well met. Judy Harris, a former Mundelein drama major, enacts the part of Lorna Moon a tramp from New ark, with much perception. Miss Harris' experience with Mundelein, Second City, CBS, Gary Playhouse and a European tour in a musical revue Eight on the Go has en- ab'ed her to grow quickly in her art. This is evidenced by her in terpretation of Lorna Moon. Miss Harris begins slowly but gains vigor and assurance as the tension rises. She deftly transfers her af fections from her already married lover Tom Moody (Paul Bowers) to the aspiring boxer Joe Bona parte (William Andrews). She has the ability to make complex feeling believable and understandable. Mr. Andrews, who has been on major network shows, such as Playhouse 90, Omnibus and Studio One, enacts Joe Bonaparte as a fresh kid, a sweet kid and a Judy Harris Girls Discuss, Perform Drama A book in the hand is worth two backstage would be an ap propriate slogan for the members of the Book-in-Hand Theater. At 4 p.m. Dec. 12 in 405, the Theater will present House of Bernardo Alba, demonstrating the unique reader's method of production. Initiated this year by the Eng lish and drama departments, the Theater aims primarily to broaden student knowledge and understand ing of modern drama and its play wrights. Established on the prin ciple that a play is not written to be read, the Theater is offering the student body an opportunity to act in modern drama. House of Bernardo Alba, a melodrama by Frederico Garcia Lorca, will be the first in a planned series of three plays. In the read er's theater, the cast will read their scripts, facing the audience. A character denotes his exit by sitting with his head bowed. There will be no eye contact between members of the cast, no scenery, no stage blocking and little costuming. An unusual method of sound effects will add to the novelty of the pro duction. After the performance, coffee will be served and the au dience will participate in a dis cussion of the play. Next on the Book-in-Hand Thea ter's agenda are Thornton Wilder's Skin of Our Teeth and Phaedra by Racine. killer, each with equal ability. Through Joe Bonaparte we see the faulty American success story. He abandons his violin playing, a con structive art for a boxing career, a destructive profession. Joe Bona parte illustrates the fallacy that material wealth and prestige are more important than development of real self or than being a no body violin player. Mr. Andrews' biggest asset is the sincerity and enthusiasm with which he plays his role. Prentiss Shines Lew Prentiss as Mr. Bonaparte renders an outstanding perform ance. He has a personal and vocal warmth which enchance his char acter of Mr. Bonaparte. His ex pressive hands carefully illustrate his Italian origin. Paul Bowers as Tom Moody gives an adequate performance, but the other characters leave much to be desired. Monetary problems in small theaters as this force direc tors to use third-rate actors whose only forte is playing stock char acters. Gangster Fails Eddie Fuseli, the gangster in Golden Boy, is an outstanding example of this. The actor in this role uses no personal creativity. Instead he merely imitates the typi cal Eliot Ness gangster, and if such an interpretation is intended for comic effect it fails. But credit must be given where deserved and it is cafe theaters such as this which have rejuve nated what was a dwindling inter est in the theater. Old and New STUDENT TEACHER ELAINE TURCO reads to third and fourth graders of Boone Elementary School on Washtenaw and Pratt. Elaine and the history and sociology majors who teach in the grade schools, will com plete student teaching Dec. 21. They spend three hours daily in this classroom situation. 'Questions Galore' Fascinate Dedicated Student Teachers The satisfied gleams which per meate the tearoom each day around noon may be credited to Munde lein's crew of 25 student teachers as they relate the heartwarming and challenging aspects of their experiences. Teaching in 16 different public schools, these collegians are enthu siastic over the brisk change of pace and first-hand knowledge de- Songsters 'Tour' World The annual Glee Club production scheduled for 8 p.m., Dec. 16 in the College Theater is a sure indication that Christmas is finally within finger-counting range. This year the performers will render seasonal selections from both traditional and modern music. More than 200 years have elapsed since the 1742 performance of Han del's Messiah merited its first ap plause. Despite the span of years, the Glee Club is counting on the universal appeal of the work to cause a similar response for their presentation. Mary Michael Parent, Lee Valen- cius, Edwina Telutki and Patricia Santucci will sing the solo recita tives demonstrating the composer's knack for expressing powerful emo tions simply. The program will strike a lighter note as the singers carol melodies of favorite holiday activities. The sprightly numbers will include Sleigh Ride by Anderson, Carol of the Drums by Davis, Carol of the Bells by Wilhousky and Lul laby by Mozart. Touring the countries of the world via song, the Mundelein En semble will provide a musical view of Christmas customs of foreign lands. The carols include O Chil dren, Come Quickly, an Austrian carol; Sicilian Bag Pipers' Carol ; In the Dark of the Winter, a Polish song; Joy to the World by Handel; Going to Bethlehem, a French melody; What Do You Bear? , a Catalian carol; and Si lent Night by Franz Gurber. Jo Anne Miks will provide musical ac companiment for the group. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH sing Marie Hurley, Christine Mocarski, June Carter and Pat Schultz as they rehearse Handel's Messiah, part of the Dec. 16 Glee Club's Christmas Program. by Barbara Br/.ezinski rived from the semester spent on the other side of the desk. Instructing first graders, Mickey Coffaro is impressed by the origi nality of the youngsters. Who else could think that George Wash ington and John F. Kennedy were present at the first Thanksgiving? she amusingly relates. Students Amuse Besides this, spontaneous re marks such as You're lovely, Miss Coffaro, My brother's sick, and Today is my uncle's birthday amuse this student teacher. Facing a similar situation, Helen Geary points out that she is con stantly agreeing with the children's well-meaning but usually irrelevant comments. Her amiability backfired one morning, however, when a third- grader told her that her house had burned down over the weekend. That's nice, she automatically responded before realizing the con tent of the child's message. Another embarrassing moment Alumnae Begin Annual Drive The 1963 Alumnae Endowment Fund was launched last week with the first in a series of three letters from Jane Trahey to alumnae. Miss Trahey '43, president of Trahey-Cadwell Associates Adver tising Agency in New York and au- tor of Life with Mother Superior, will participate in the Endowment program until its completion. Mrs. Peggy Madden Parent, di rector of alumnae relations, ex plains that through the Endowment Fund the alumnae declare a divi dend on their education, since there are no other fund-raising committees. In her letter, Miss Trahey sums up the program: But even 5 (or 500, we do not discourage bigger thinking) from every alumn (as- us-i-a) would put Mundelein in a very special class. The important thing is not the sum, it's the sub stance . . . the fact that you think enough of Mundelein to help it sup port itself and flourish. found Sheila Ganley discreetly at tempting to lower a wall map which covered the answers to a quiz she was administering. Naturally, she states, the contraption col lapsed before the entire class. Elaine Turco recalls a similar experience when a little boy quite unexpectedly asked her whether an egg was a fruit or a vegetable. Putting her methods courses into action, she promptly replied, Why don't you look it up for tomorrow and share your findings with the rest of the class? while breathing a sigh of relief. Also on the lighter side, Judy Wilder remembers supervising a first-grader's attempt at a mosaic picture of fruit. That banana looks good enough to eat, she encouragingly prompted the youngster. Don't be silly, he retorted, Do you want to get sick? Youngsters Inquire Not to exclude the intellectual side, Marilyn Wuest recalls her shock when a fifth grader requested her views on capital punishment. Letitia Grabowski points out this same quest for knowledge exempli fied by one of her fourth graders. During a session of oral book re ports, he interrupted the speaker and requested him to repeat the author's whole nam e. The youngster explained that he knew several with the same last name and wanted to make sure he had the right one in mind. Rosemary Harrington reflects a similar attitude as she points out the children's inquisitive natures. Questions galore characterize a typical day's experiences, she says. This demands alertness as well as a sense of humor on the part of the instructor. Satisfaction Derived Despite these demands, Mary Devereux summarizes the satisfac tion derived from the time-consum ing preparation which comprises each day's task. She points out a romantic moment when one of her second graders asked her to marry him. They always call me Mrs. Devereux anyway, she says; I love them all. This is the senti ment of the entire group.
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1962-12-05 (3)
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