Vol. XXI - No. 16 Grove City College, Grove City, Pa. Friday, March 16, 1962 Cyrano de Bergerac Tonite You have but one course of action for either tonight or to- Janine Charrat De France moroow night; that is to see the fast-moving and witty play, Cyrano de Bergerac by Ed. mund Rostand. In its original Presents Ballet March 22 from Cyrano da Bergerac was a five-act drama in verse which proved so successful that it On Thursday evening, March 22, the Ballet Janine Charrat played five hundred consecu- de France will perform in the Crawford Hall Auditorium at tive performances in Paris with 8:15 P.M. This special assembly is an extra in this years pro- the famous French actor, Co- gram which concluded with Odetta last Friday evening. When quelin, in the title role, Coque- the opportunity presented itself to schedule the Company. the lin played his part so well that Student Activities Committee felt that the group would be a Rostand dedicated it to him significant addition to the year's excellent program. (having revived the soul of Cy- The Committee also felt that a Company of this stature rano). should be made available not only to the College, but also to the town as well. As a result 300 seats went on sale to the Bob Kuncio, Grove City's own town last Tuesday at a price of $1.50. There will be no ad Coquelin, has been awarded the ditional charge to the students and faculty of Grove City College. title role, and one is certain to Heading the company of the be hit off guard when he "as Ballet Janine Charrat de Sue Wherry Elected for wit you have none, and as France is Janine Charrat her- for letters you need but three self, a young beautiful and scin- "Blue Tiger" Queen to write you down; an ass" tillating dancer and choreog- Roxanne, Cyrano's secret love, rapher. Most of the program to will be Kathy Wakefield, and be presented will be made up Christian, Roxanne's love, will of ballets created by Mlle. be played by Ben McClelland. Charrat for interpretation by Al Johnson will play de Guiche herself and the brilliant young and Mike St. Clair will assume European dancers of her dis. the role of le Bret. Mr. Latval- tinguished troupe. la is the director and Jan Machen assists as student di- Janine Charrat's dazzling ca- reer began at a very high rector. The play will begin at or point. As a child she played the 8:15 both nights. role of the brattish ballet pupil Briefly the play is the story Cyrano who ruins the career of Mia of Cyrano, but it is also the sto. Slavenska in that memorable ry of his very large nose. He dance film "Ballerina." Watershow Cancelled coaFoundation was SO sensitive about his nose that he made himself his coun- critics hailed her not only for her dancing but for extra or The Triton Club of Grove City try's foremost swordsman de- dinary acting ability. But Jan- College, which is under the di- Gives GCC Grant fending it, a poet in spite of it, ine Charrat knew that her true rection of Miss Post, regrets and ran away from the one career lay in the dance and she that they will be unable to pre- Dr. Harker has announced great love of his life because of continued her intensive studies sent the watershow as schedul- that the Alcoa Foundation has it! See it! under some of the foremost ed for the week-end of March made a grant of $1,000 to the teachers in Paris, among them twenty-fourth. The decision was school. The gift was presented Zerfoss To Be Fellow Mme. Egorova and Alexandre made after discovering that to the college by Frank E. Ty- Valinine, the celebrated part- more than one-third of the girls rell, Manager of the Aluminum ner of Pavlova. due to sickness would be un- Company of America's New Serge Lifar encouraged the able to participate in the neces- Kensington Operations. teenaged dancer to make her sary, rigorous schedule of night- In presenting the check, Ty. professional debut in a recital, Suzanne Wherry, the winner ly practice for the next two rell said, "The independent which brought her to the atten- of the "Miss Blue Tiger" title. weeks. This was done upon the colleges have been of major tion of Roland Petit who took advice of Dr. Bashline and the importance in strengthening the Suzanne Wherry, a sophomore nurse, who both recommended overall educational program of her for his partner. The two from Pittsburgh, has succeeded that it be cancelled. our nation. Their great poten- danced together for three sea- Judy Hannan as Miss Blue Tig. sons and became the toast of The Club also wishes to in- tial is in their emphasis on er in the 1962 757th Troop Car- Paris. The press named Janiné form the student body that the freeing young minds to explore rier Squadron second annual Charrat "The Little Princess" show will be presented in No. new ideas in all fields of knowl- Armed Forces Day Queen Con- When Petit formed Les Ballets vember of this coming fall. And edge, and the Alcoa Foundation test. the Club wishes to express its is pleased to assist in this en- de Champs Elysees, she be- deavor. came the star of the new com- She will be crowned on May regrets to the seniors who will be 19 at the Youngstown Air Re- unable to participate in the "Since the Foundation's begin- pany. Later she appeared as ballerina with other major com serve Base at the Youngstown show: Sally Hillis, Joyce Mc. ning in 1952, it has presented over three and one-half million panies, notable the Monte Car- Municipal Airport. The judging Coy, Linda Harris, Sherry lo and the Grand Ballet de Mar- Soich, Nancy Roder, Pat Stov- dollars in scholarships, fellow- also took place at this airport. quis de Cuevas, When Petit or- The judging was based on er, Lois McDonald, and Ruth ships, summer professorships, grants, and special endowments ganized his new group, Les Bal- beauty, poise, personality, mo- Engeman; and to thank them to educational institutions. lets de Paris, she again was his tivation, knowledge of the Air for the services that they have The Alcoa Foundation was leading dancer. Force, and current events. The performed in previous shows. founded for the purpose of us- four other girls who completed ing its net income exclusively Dan Zerfoss Her rapidly maturing art re- with Sue will act as her vealed at the same time a new PSPE New Sponsor for religious, charitable, scien- princesses. They are from Daniel E. Zerfoss, a senior at facet of her genius, that of tific, literary, and educational Mount Union College, Kent Grove City College, has been chorcographer. She created State University, Youngstown The Pennsylvania Society of purposes. In no other way can named a Woodrow Wilson Fel- three major works for the Professional Engineers formal- its income be used. According University, and Allegheny Col- low for 1962-63. Champs Elysees company, ly assumed sponsorship of the to the trustees of the Founda- lege. The Woodrow Wilson Founda- earning accolades from the crit- Engineers Club of Grove City tion, gifts are divided approxi- tion made the award .10 1058 ics. Soon commissions- were Suc is a member of the Sig- College at a dinner meeting mately evenly between educa- Saturday, March 10, at the cational and non-educational young men and women in the coming in from all over Eu- ma Theta Chi sorority, Cwens, rope B Amsterdam, W.A.A., P.S.E.A., and is a var- entire country, and while the Penn Grove. grants. sity cheerleader. Dr. Harker also announced recipients are not morally ob- Stockholm, Venice, Budapest. The Midwest Chapter, of For Petit she created the mem- that the grant will be used to ligated to teach, the expecta- which Don Murray of Green- orable "Jeux de Cartes". "Ad- A total of 23,484,000 people in ville is program chairman, wel- help complete the deficit re- tion is that those honored will the U.S. or one out of eight comed the new society, noting maining on building the North give serious thought to teaching am Miroir" and "La Nuit". For the Monte Carlo she com- persons, get farm surpluses that Grove City is the sixth col- unit of Mary Anderson Pew on the college level. Of the ap. through welfare and school lege SO to be honored in Penn- Hall. proximate 5000 awarded grants, posed the dramatic "Cressida" 80 per cent are either teaching More recently she has devised lunch programs. After these sylvania. or continuing doctoral studies works for La Scala, the Teatro needs are met, our govern- James W. Smith, a senior short history of the club, accept- in preparation. Colon and the Paris Opera. ment's Food for Peace program from Irvine, president of the ed the charter with the appre- gives commodities to CARE Dr. Hans Rosenhaupt said in (Continued on Page 3) student chapter, after giving a ciation of the group. (Continued on Page 6)