The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1956 Page: 1 of 4
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Vol. V, No. 14
Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas
Friday, January 6, 1956
Western Week Set February 13
Artist Series Presents
P 1> ? ?
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Deadline To Register
‘Actors Holiday’ Monday
A holiday for actors and
audiences all over Amer-
ica. A holiday from the
average Broadway shows.
A holiday of plays; of the
great modern classics.
This is what the Actor's
Holiday is.
Actor's Holiday, created
and produced by Jonathan
Anderson, and staring an
impressive cast of tele-
vision and stage perfor-
mers will be presented
Monday at 10 a.m. in the
auditorium.
Actors' Holiday has
something to offer every-
one—humor, humility,
frolic and philosophy. The
group presents four of the
finest modern one-act
plays written.
They are "The Boor" by
Anton Chekhov, "Aria Da
Capo" by Edna St. Vincent
Millay, "A Pound On De-
mand” by Sean O Casey and
"The Stronger" by August
Strindberg.
After being discharged
from the Marines Jonathan
Anderson tried his luck on
the Broadway stage, but
found it restricting and un-
satisfying. While on tour
through the country he in-
terviewed his a u d i e nces
and discovered that they
wanted to see the modern
classics of the stage,
rather than the present rim
shows.
On his return to New
York, he offered his idea of
a road company doing the
classics to several pro-
ducers, but found them all
agreeing that it would be
interesting, but an unprof-
itable venture. Having no
producer, but having faith
in his idea, Jonathan pro-
duced the plays himself.
He found that otner actors
also wanted to have a holi-
day, doing better parts,and
that they were willing to
take a risk to get them.
Actors were plentiful and
help began to pour in from
all sides. Paul Morrison,
one of Broadway’s best de-
signers, laid out the plans
for the portable sets.
When the Actor's Holiday
group auditioned for re-
gional managers, they
found them enthusiastic,
for these men saw the cul-
tural and commercial pos -
sibilities of the group.
Soon they had bookings,and
soon they will be here.
About The Plays
"The Boor," recognized
by many as one of Chek-
hov's greatest plays, deals
with the ancient, yet ever
living, theme of man meets
woman. Chekhov shows the
humor of a man meeting a
woman, of the prejudices
aroused in each, and the
laughing blundering man,
wanting to be a lover, and
being the inevitable boor.
Perhaps one of the most
interesting studies dealing
solely with the develop-
ment of character is
Strindberg's "The Strong-
er ." Using only two actors,
one of whom is completely
silent, Strindberg shakes
a woman from tne com-
plancy of her life, through
a period of agonizing doubt
in herself and life, and
eventually molds her into
a new and stronger person.
Sean O'Casey, Ireland's
most gifted p 1 a y w r i ght,
takes five normal Irish-
men, gets two of them
drunk, and starts them off
on one of the most hilar-
ious plays ever written,
"A Pound On Demand."
Then, a s i f the situation
were not funny enough, Mr.
O'Casey has added lines,
in a golden brogue, which
tickles the funnybone al-
most to excruciation.
Our own playwright-
poetess,Miss Edna St.Vin-
cent Millay, has written in
"Aria Da Capo" an inter-
esting parallel on modern
life. Using the forms of
ancient Greek drama,Miss
Millay, comments on the
faults, failings and traged-
ies of life,on the intertwin-
ing of reality and make-
believe, on the reason for
wars and hates which rule
our lives. She fills the play
full of meaning, some so
clear that no one can miss
it, others hidden under the
cloak of words ,all wrapped
in the tinsel trimmings of
the stage.
NOTICE
Lloyd Taylor, assistant
dean of men, announced
that all students on schol-
arships must report to him
during the coming week so
that theirscholarships
may be renewed.
Speculation is rapidly
rising. What is it?
Many ideas haveheen ex-
pressed as to the identity
and meaning of the object
pictured above which is
standing in a flower bed in
the middle of our campus.
Some have called it a
model of a flying saucer
being made by the engin-
eers . Others are sure it is
the umbrella of a robot.
There arfe even those who
adhere to the belief that it
is an airportrfor redbirds.
Of course those who
speak the loudest are those
who are quite certain it is
nothing but a tall, tough
Texas mushroom.
Perhaps it's a construc-
tion to be used on May day
as a May pole for the fresh-
men to play with, a lost
snorkle off a submarine,
a gigantic snorkle dropped
from the Sheaffer fountain
pen of a giant, a toad stool
painted green. Possibly the
newly acquired horticul-
turist in order to protect
his gentle plants has in-
stalled a modem scare-
crow to freighten the
modern crows and red-
birds.
Our head photographer
received his assignment
for the picture with "That
silly lookin' thing of a ger-
micidal lamp to make
thoseblasted plants
grow?" i
The silliest answer we
have had to the question
"What is it?" is "a light
placed on our campus For
the sole purpose of giving
light." This particular
shape and style was uti-
lized due to the fact that an
ordinary light causes a
glare in viewing the cam-
pus from the union and took
away from the beauty of the
campus. This answer was
given to your editor, as of-
ficial, from the director jof
college information, David
Bost.
Beards Is Today
Deadline for registering for tne heard growing con-
test is today. One of the major events of Western
Week is always the growing of beards and the prizes
to be given on the last day of that glorious event. Tc
be eligible for the contest all potential whiske:
wearers must register at the counter in the union bj
4 p.m. today.
Western Week festivities are slated to be held Feb
13-17. Anita Bond, president of Interclub Council;
I. E. Majors
Tour Lufkin
I n d u s t r ial engineering
juniors and seniors will
visit the Lufkin Foundry
and Machine Co.in Lufkin
Jan. 12.
The trip will be made in
private automobiles, with
departure s c h e d uled for
early Thursday morning.
The students will be ac-
companied by members of
the industrial engineering
faculty.
NOTICE
All Cardinal and Redbird
staff members report to
the publications office
Tuesday at 10 a jn .for staff
pictures.
This Bulletin Board was
purchased by the Student
Council, and is centrally
located in the lounge of the
union to announce various
events concerning clubs,
organizations and Student
body functions.
If your club or organiza-
tion wishes to make an-
nouncements of meetings
of other functions, please
write information on paper
and leave it in Dean Kel-
ton's office. Thank you.
—Photo by Cricchio.
reported tnat tentativ
plans have been made. Sh
said, however, that fina
planning of tbe variou
events would not be don
until the next meeting c
Interclub Council whic
was held after the deadlin
for receiving news for Th
Redbird.
The election of sheriff fo
Western Week will be hel
on either the Thursday o
Friday preceding the wee
we go western. The ma
eiectedas sheriff will "ru
the show." He is the ma
who is comp 1 ete 1 y i:
charge of all events an'
festivities during the wee
of boots and beards.
Other tentative plans in
elude a Salt Grass Trail
a horsebackVaravan o
students and faculty pro
bably from midcounty ti
Lamar.
Anita also announced tha
the clubs on campus res-
ponsible for procuring th<
many prizes that are givei
for.the different contests
such as the three-leggec
race, the greased pig race
whip-cracking, tobacco-
spittin', pie tnrowin', ugl}
man, best beard, best Jos
and Jane, and many others
These plans ,at the time oi
the deadline for The Red-
bird,were all tentative; bui
Anita has promised a com-
plete story including a full
schedule of events for the
next issue.
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Siebenthall, Carl. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1956, newspaper, January 6, 1956; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499171/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.