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              The LOYOLA MAROON Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, February 15, 1957 Vol. XXXIV No. 15 Schedule Zinsers 'Pilate' As Passion Season Offering . .. "Pilate," an original passion play by Leo C. Zinser, director of Loyola Thespians, is scheduled as the next Thespian production with Richard Redmann, BA senior, in the leading role. The five scene drama, recently published by the Walter H. Baker Co. of New York, will run April 10, 11, 12, and 13, Wednesday through Saturday preceding Holy Week. Second leads include Myra Monahan, A&S senior, as Wilmot, BA sophomore, as Pilate's lieutenant, Glaucus; and Mickey Jung, A&S junior, as Centus, the visitor Roman Inspector General to Pilate's palace at Jerusalem. Also featured in the cast of 14 will be Al Monlezum, A&S sophomore, and Bill Longfellow, BA senior and only newcomer to the Thespian stage, as the high priests Annas and Caiphas respectively. Mary Lynne Block, A&S freshman, will portray Mary, the Mother of Jesus; Gloria De- Bram, A&S senior, Mary Magdalene; and Reginald Hendry, A&S junior, a Centurion. The roles of Joseph of Arimathea, a servant, and a servant girl have not yet been cast. The story of a man unable to make up his mind, "Pilate" grew out of the insistence of the Rev. George Bergen, S.J., one time dean of faculties, that the Thespians produce a Passion play. Since Zinser was unable to find a suitable version, he decided to remedy the situation by writing one of his own. Pilate is represented in the initial scenes as a wise, contemplative ruler whose policy is "middleof-the-roadism" and to whom violent action is abhorrent. Gradually his weaknesses are brought to light and he is thrown into a situation where indecision offers no solution to the problem at hand. Should he succumb to the pleadings of Annas and Caiphas and condemn Christ? Or should he face the wrath of the Jewish mobs by releasing Him? Climax of the play occurs on Easter Sunday when reports of the Resurrection reach him and he realizes the enormity of his crime. Action is confined to two rooms of the palace. The settings which include two columns, two dining couches, and Grecian chairs, all of wrought iron, were designed by Father Bergen (presently dean of Springhill College) for the original presentation in 1952. The first Pilate was another Redmann, William by name and brother to the present lead. Other principals were Anna Copponex as Procla, Ted Pfister as Glaucus, and Melvin Graziano as Centus. These last three have held their respective roles each of the three years "Pilate" has been staged. (1952, 1953, 1954). Pilate No. 2 was George Kelly and No. 3, Don Barnett. Kelly directed the 1952 production due to the illness of Zinser. The following years saw the playwrite at the helm of his own piece. The first production was accompanied by a choir directed by the Rev. H. R. Jolley, Thespian moderator. Succeeding runs featured incidental music specially composed by Dr. Miguel Bernal, late dean of the Loyola school of music, for the occasion. A picture of Pilate washing his hands which represents the passage "I am innocent of the blood of this just man" was especially painted by New Orleanian Oscar W. (Bill) Rabensteiner, Jr. to accompany a story about Loyola's passion play appearing in the Dixie Roto magazine. The original painting was presented to the University by the artist. Special presentations of Pilate have been arranged, including one - on WDSU-TV on Good Friday of 1953; for the Morgan City Knights of Columbus, and in Baton Rouge. MYRA MONAHAN RICHARD REDMANN 'Little Singers Of Paris, On Forum Thurs. McMain Aud. Program To Start At 8:30 p.m. "Little Singers of Paris," world-traveled boys' choir, will be the next attraction on the Loyola Forum series Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in McMain High School auditorium, it was announced by the Rev. John A. Toomey, S.J., Forum director.Made up of 40 French boys between the ages of 11 and 15, the Little Singers have appeared on every conitnent except Australia. They have performed before such personages as President Eisenhower i  and British Field Marshall Montgomery.Since the first Little Singers group was organized in Paris in 1907, the choirs have given some 10,000 concerts, traveling more than a million miles. The boys offer a varied repertoire, including 16th century French madrigal* and folk tongi I from the dozens of countries they have visited; Gregorian chant and other religious selections and masterpieces by Debussy, Ravel and d'lndy. Special works have been written for them by French composers Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc and Florent Schmidt. The boys sing in 20 different languages, in addition to their native French. They are under the direction of Msgr. Fernand Maillet of Paris who supervises not only their vocal training but also their education in a special school in Paris. Following the Little Singers on the Forum series will be labor columnist Victor Riesel, scheduled for April 23 and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen who will speak sometime in May, according to Father Toomey.Little Singers of Paris Thirty Club Changes Status To Honorary The Student Council granted permission to the "Thirty Club" to reorganize from a social quasi-professional journalism club to a local honorary professional journalism society, Tuesday. Charter members of the new organization will be inducted Sunday, March 10, Edwin P. Fricke, chairman of the department of journalism, said. Fricke is moder- ator of the society. The honor society is being organized as a pre-requisite to a future national honor society. The rechartering group first functioned as a social club in 1953. Joan Gaulene, A&S senior and editor-in-chief of The Maroon, is the only remaining charter member of the original Thirty Club presently on campus. Honorary membership will be open to sophomores, juniors and seniors majoring in journalism who maintain a two point average in their major courses and are in the upper two thirds of their class. Sophomores will be inducted only during the first two years of the organization, after which membership will be limited to juniors and seniors. Other members will include the alumni members of the former Thirty Club, faculty and staff members of Loyola and honorary members of the fourth estate. The main objectives of the honor society are to give an incentive to journalism students, to encourage other students to the field of journalism and to enable the students to meet active professional journalists of the fourth estate. A membership in a national honor society will also serve as a reward to outstanding students in journalism, Fricke said. »*  Faculty-Staff Cage Contest On Feb. 24th Loyola's Wolves play the Spring Hill Badgers on Sunday, February 24 in the LU Fieldhouse—and Loyola's faculty and staff, the Evening Division, and the alumni will be sponsors of the game. The Evening Division is sponsoring the game in a competition with other groups on the campus. The group which gives the best showing will win a trophy. The alumni has "brought out" the general admission tickets available and these tickets will be sold to members of the LU Alumni Association. The faculty-staff get into the act since this is the first annual game for them. The Rev. James J. Molloy, S.J., athletic director, said that faculty and staff members will get reserve tickets at half-price if they buy them before the game. The game already has the approval of the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., Loyola vice-president and dean of faculties. He said that he hopes a large turnout of faculty and staff members will be at that game. A program is being planned by the Evening Division and will be announced in next week's Maroon. The faculty-staff committeemen— Ed Fricke, Henry Asher, Charles Brennan, Leo Zinser and Miss Evangeline Molero are planning a half-time program for the Loyola-Spring Hill game. Sunday, February 24 at 8:15 p.m. in the Loyola Fieldhouse. U.S. Steel Awards Library Grant The University's library has received a sub-grant of $300 from the United States Steel Foundation grant made to the Association of College and Reference Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. James W. Dyson, librarian, said the sub-grant would be used to purchase books for the University's graduate division of biological sciences. This is the second year of the ACRL program organized to improve college library collections, equipment and service. The program is financed by grants from the United States Steel Foundation, the New York Times and the Remington Rand division of Sperry Rand Corp. The Loyola library is one of 118 college and university libraries throughout the country which have been awarded sub-grants by the association, Mr. Dyson said. Sympathy The Maroon staff would like to extend their condolences to Miss Isabel Snyder, associate professor of Spanish, on the death of her mother last Sunday.Requiesant in pace. Cardinal Key Begins Local Recruitment Cardinal Key, national honor sorority, is now centering its annual recruiting activities in New Orleans high schools. The visits are designed to teach prospective collegians the value of a Catholic education, according to Betty Johnston, Cardinal Key president, and Evangeline Molero, dean of women, who opened the local campaign at Mount Carmel Academy. The local trips followed an extensive tour of 19 southern Louisiana high schools which included trips to Thibodaux, Houma, New Iberia, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Covington and Baton Rouge. In another activity, the sorority presented keys to new members at its annual banquet Sunday night in Delmonico's Restaurant. Guests included the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., dean of faculties, and the Rev. Robert L. Boggs, S.J., dean of students. High schools to be visited and the members who will speak include St. Stephen's High, Mary Arnold and Elizabeth Devlin, A&S juniors; Holy Name of Jesus and St. Joseph's high schools, Joan Arnold, A&S senior, and Nancy Carlos, A&S junior; Holy Name of Mary High in Algiers, Catherine Gegenheimer, music senior, and Mary Healy, A&S senior; Holy Angels Academy and Annunciation High, Miss Healy and Maria Larrain, A&S- senior. Ursuline Academy, Gertrude Beauford, BA junior, and Gerry Vocke, A&S junior (assisting though not a member of Cardinal Key); St. Joseph's Academy, Betty Henderson, A&S senior, and Olga Seiferth, music junior; Sacred Heart Academy, Lydia Larose and Shirley Trusty, A&S seniors; and Sacred Heart High, Joel Larkin and Kate Scully, A&S juniors. Campus 'Heart Week' Ends Today The week-long Heart Week activities on the campus under the sponsorship of the department of medical technology end today. The event was held in conjunction with National Heart Week being celebrated throughout the United States at the same time, Dr. John J. Arnold, chairman of the de- Kient of medical technology, said. Edgar Hull, associate dean of the Louisiana State sity school of medicine, was I  est speaker Wednesday at k p.m. in Biever Hall. The lecture was ipontorcd by Beta Epnilon Upsilon, national honorary medical technology society. The topic of Dr. Hull's ' address was "Laboratory Tests Important in Heart Disease." The lecture was open to the public. During the week posters anpamphletsanpamphlets were distributed on the campus by the Med Tech Club. Funds were also collected by the group for the American Heart Association.The library featured a display on Heart Week, which included an electrocardiograph and various types of literature on heart disease.This was the first time that a Heart Week has been sponsored on the Loyola campus, Ur. Arnold said. MED-TECH STUDENTS ARE GOING ALL oyer asking 'Help your heart fund, as a part of National Heart Week. Here, they stand at a booth in the cafeteria encouraging students to donate to the heart program. The campaign ends today. Five To Attend Lα. College Meet Three University officials and two faculty members will be delegates to the Louisiana College conference in Pineville, March 1 and 2. They are: The Very Rev. W. Patrick Donnelly, S.J., president; the Rev. Edward A. Doyle, S.J., vice-president and dean of faculties and Miss Carmel Discon, registrar.Faculty members attending the conference are Mr. Albert J. Gelpi, Jr., instructor in English and Mr. James W. Dyson, librarian. Gelpi will read a paper to the English section on "The Concept of Salvation in T. E. Elliot's Poetry."Dyson will participate in a panel discussion on "Cooperation Among College and University Librarians," in the library section of the conference. ATTEND THE FORUM THURSDAY JOIN ARCHERY CLINICS