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              The Loyola Maroon Vol. XXXII, X-259 Loyola University, New Orleans, La., January 14, 1955 No. 10 Frosh Sweetheart Ballot Ends Today The annual "Sophomore Cotillion" will be held Tuesday, February 1 at O'Dwyer's on Jefferson Highway. Highlights of the evening will be the formal presentation of the 1955 Freshman "Sweetheart." Coeds nominated in last week's election were, Janet Perrault, Bobby Reed, and Bobby Hollier. Hollier is a native of Abbeville, La., now studying nied tech. Perrault and Reed are both local girls now enrolled in A&S and BA respectively. The elections will end today during lunch hour. The votes will then be counted to decide the final winner. The Campus Capers orchestra will play at the Cotillion. All students are invited to attend. Admission is $2.00 per couple or stag. No corsages will be allowed at the dance, Lou Cressionnie, committee chairman, announced. THESE SMILING COEDS, the finalists in the 1955 Freshman Sweetheart Contest, are, from left, BOBBY HOLLIER, JANET PERRAULT, and BOBBY REED. ADG SWEETHEART PRESENTED—CATHERINE THILBERGER, recently elected sweetheart of Alpha Delta Gamma, social fraternity, was officially presented at the fraternity's winter formal on Dec. 21. Journalists To Host 26 High Schools The third annual "High School Journalism Day" will be held Saturday, February 5, the Rev. John A. Toomey, S.J., chairman of the department of journalism, announced.The program will begin at 9:45 a.m. with registration of all students. Father Toomey will give the welcoming address, followed with talks by Edwin P. Fricke, moderator of The Maroon, and Teresita Williams, editor of the 1955 Wolf. Local newspapermen and a representative of Newsfoto Publishing Company, publishers of the 1955 Wolf, will also speak on the program. The hiffhschooler* will alio be entertained with a skit by The Maroon staff, a tour of The Maroon and Wolf office*. The following highschools have been invited to attend Journalism Day: Mount Carmel Academy, Sacred Heart of Jesus High School, Redemptorist High School, St Joseph's High School, De La Salle High School, St. Aloysius High School, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Jesuit High School, Holy Name of Jesus High School, Holy Name of Mary High School, Ursuline Academy, St. Stephen's High School, Annunciation High School, Academy of the Holy Angels, Holy Cross High School, St. Joseph's Academy. S. J. Peters High School, Beauregard, Babouin, Nicholls, Mc- Donough, Warren Easton, Behrman, Fortier, McMain and Sophie B. Wright  ÜBL MODERATOR Rev. Joseph J. Molloy, assistant professor of theologry, has been appointed by Rev. Anthony C. O'Flynn, dean of students, as moderator of ÜBL, social and academic fraternity. Fr. Molloy is replacing D«an Henry J. Engler who resigned because of other duties.Hanberg-Nunez Mass Wednesday A Requiem Mass for Bob Hanberg and Joyce, Sylvia and Mrs. Joseph Nunez will be celebrated Wednesday, January 19, in Holy Name of Jesus Church at 8 a.m. Celebrant will be the Rev. Anthony C. O'Flynn, S.J., dean of students. Hanberg and the Nunezes were killed in a traffic accident near Liberty, Texas during the Christmas holidays. Students and faculty members who have no classes scheduled at the time are urged to attend Mass for the repose of their souls. Offers Faculty Fellowships The Fund for the Advancement of Education of the Ford Foundation is offering approximately 150 faculty fellowships for the academic year 1955-56, the Rev. John H. Mullahy, S.J., chairman of the biology department, announced. The aim of these fellowships is to strengthen college teaching in the liberal arts and to stimulate widespread consideration of the purposes, the means, and the ends of liberal education. As in the past four years, the awards will be made to able young teachers throughout the country who wish to broaden their qualifications for teaching within a program of liberal education.Fellowships are available in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences but not in technical or professional subjects, Father Mullahy added. A grant approximately equivalent to the salary of the recipient at the time of application plus certain expenses which are essential to his plan of study is provided for by each faculty fellowship.All interested faculty members should contact Father Mullahy as soon as possible, as nominations must be made before January 31, 1955. DeBram, Thespians Outstanding In 'Medea' By KATHLEEN DOWLING For the first time since the now immortal "Oedipus Rex," Greek tragedy has been performed on the Loyola stage. Tuesday night the Thespians presented Euripides' "Medea," which, under the unexcelled direction of Leo C. Zinser, achieved heights surpassing even those of its predecessor. Concerned with a wife's revenge on her unfaithful husband, the play tells of Medea, the foreign princess who, through her sorceries, helped her husband, Jason, to seize the Golden Fleece in the land of Colchis, and returned with him and their two children to Corinth. It is here that Jason determines to leave her and marry the daughter of King Creon. Opening to the strains of Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration," the tone of the play is set by Anna Copponex, nurse of the children, and though her part is a brief one, she gives to it a true depth of feeling. It is hard to believe that this is the same person who portrayed the overbearing Mrs. Pampinelli in "The Torchbearers." CHORUS GOOD The chorus of four Corinthian women, whose words in rhyme give a double meaning to the plot, is aptly handled by Joel Larkin, Jean Murray, Carol Olivier and Teresita Lopez. Larkin puts over her point quite well and delivered her speeches with the desired effect. Though at times difficult to hear, Lopez retained the greatest poise of the four, while Murray seemed a bit fidgety; however, she settled down in the second act and got more into the spirit of the play. Completely in character at all times, Olivier kept her eyes constantly fixed on the object of their attention, Medea.As the guardian-slave of the children, Myra Monahan at times spoke too rapidly, making it diffucult for her to be understood.TED PFISTER GLORIA DE BRAM Dublin Players Open '55 Forum Series January 29 World Famous Irish Troupe In 2 Plays Two performances by the Dublin Players, world famous theatre troupe from Ireland, will open the 1955 Loyola University Forum series on Saturday, January 29 and Monday, January 31. The plays will be held in Mc- Main Auditorium at 8:30 p.m., according to the Rev. John A. Toomey, S.J., Forum director. A performance of "The Devil's Disciple" by George Bernard Shaw will open the Forum on January 29. The players will also present "The Far Off Hills" by Dr. Lennox Robinson on January 31. Father Toomey said that the Dublin Players are appearing on the Forum for the second time because of public demand. "This group played here last year in 'Pygmalion' and 'Shadow and Substance' and were an outstanding success," Father Toomey said. "The Deril's Disciple" is Shaw's great play about the American Revolutionary War. The play is centered in the town of Websterbridge, New Hamp. shire in the year 1777. Cast in leading roles are Ronald Ibbs, who is the founder, director and star of the Dublin Players; and Nora O'Mahony, Aileen Harte, Charles Blair, Geoffrey A. Murphy, Julia Worth, Ken Huxham, and Brian Vincent. This play is directed by Maureen Halligan, who is actually Mrs. Ibbs. Dr. Lennox Robinson's "The Far Off Hills" is essentially an Irish comedy. However, its theme is universal—it is a play of family life which is familiar to every land and audience. The central character is a young girl named Marion, who has a burning ambition to become a nun, but owing to the early death of her mother she feels it her duty to look after her two younger sisters and her ailing father before leaving to enter a convent. The role of Marion is played by Lollie May, a native of Dublin and more recently one of the leading players in "Dial M for Murder." Lollie May was a TV and motion picture star in England before she joined the Dublin Players on their American tour. Others with leading roles in Robinson's play are Julia Worth, Maureen Halligan, and Ibbe. Last year the Dublin Playere made their first coast-to-coaet tour in America and were hailed everywhere with outstanding applause. The players, incidentally, are drawn from the renowned Abbey and Gate Theatres of Ireland. The Players was originaly formed by Ronald Ibbe in Ireland in 1947 under the name of the Ronald Ibbs Company. THREE OF THE TOP Dublin Players rehearse a scene from Dr. Lennox Robinson's "The Far Off Hills" which will be presented on the Forum. Here, from the left, KEN HUXHAM, JOHN KELLY, and BRIAN VINCENT go over their script. The three are among the outstanding actors in the Dublin troupe. AN ALL-STAR cast of some of the top players in the British Isles will have roles in Dr. Robinson's "The Far Off Hills" which will be presented on the Loyola University Forum by the Dublin Players. Here is part of the ca«t for the Forum production which is scheduled for McMain Auditorium on January 31. Final Exams Set Thursday Final examinations for the 1954-55 semester will begin Thursday. The; will be conducted through Wednesday, January 26. Conflicts will be held Thursday and Friday, January 27-28. Classes for the spring semester will begin Thursday, February 3. During the examination period all regular classes will be cancelled; only exams will be held. Students with conflicts should report to the deans office. Departmental examinations will be held Thursday in philosophy, and Friday in theology. There will be departmental exams in English Monday, January 24; in history, Fresh, Spanish, and German Tuesday, January 25; and mathematics, Wednesday, January 26. Jr. UN Slates Third Session Chairman Tommy Walshe will address the Jr. United Nations on U.N. procedure tomorrow as they enter their third session at 2 p.m. in Marquette Auditorium. The delegates from 26 city high schools have been briefed on the procedure in a paper drawn up by Gertrude Beaumont, BBA freshman, to aid students in active participation in the meeting. Following Walshe'a talk, the delegates will debate the topic: "Should West Germany Be Armed?" Then one of four possible proposals will be adopted. Jerry Chopin, assistant chairman, will preside over the meetin*.Winter Band Concert Set Sunday The University's 55-piece band under the direction of George Jansen will present its annual winter concert Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Jesuit High Auditorium. Admission is free. Soloist will be Charles McDonald, tympanist, who will be featured in "The Concerto for Tympany and Brass," by Jarmin Weinberger. This will be the first New Orleans performance of the selection.Another work to be premiered by the concert band is the "Mile O' Dimes March" by Gino Alessandri. Alessandri is a 70-year-old cellist from Bergamo, Italy who now lives in New Orleans. Alessandri was considered as a prodigy when he was 15 at the Turin Conservatory of Music in his native Italy. And Arturo Toscanini, then principal conductor of La Scala in Milan, signed him for that orchestra. Later Alessandria came to America and played with the Metropolitan Opera House also under the direction of Toscanini.Jansen said that a varied program ranging from classical works of Couperin and Offenbach to the popular selections of Richard Rogers and Leroy Anderson will round out the entertainment. A novelty number, "The Typewriter," by Anderson will be performed by Wanda Laris at the electric typewriter. She will be accompanied by the band. CHEMISTRY TALK Mr. Harold Levey, consultant chemist, will address the American Chemical Society on Student Affiliates Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Chemistry-2. He will speak about "Plastics Old and New." REHEARSING FOR the annual winter band concert which will be held Sunday afternoon at Jeiuit High Auditorium are Director GEORGE JANSEN, left, and CHARLIE McDONALD, right, who will be a tympany soloist. Name Cigarette Contest Winners Winners of the "Home for the Holidays" contest sponsored on the campus by Chesterfield cigarettes, are Dominic Barrese, Frank Shea, and John Wallace. The contest, held during December, consisted in contestants writing in 25 words or less what they considered a happy holiday at home . Each of the winners will receive a carton of Chesterfields and an autographed record of Perry Como singing "Home For The Holidays," a recent hit of the season. Judges of the contest were John Olivier, president of the law school; Dan Leßlanc, junior class representative on the executive committee to the Student Bar Association; and John Pender, Chesterfield representative on the campus. (See THESPIANS, page 8.)