Show 4— THE STUDENT LIFE Sept 25 1947 Lowered Hems Expensive Sags Johnson FEATURES Profs Save Helpless Aggie From Classless Schedule are too expensive to discard just because the manufacturers favor longer skirts lengths This is the opinion of Clothes I got up that morning and walked to the window It was damp and sticky outside and the sun was behind a cloud I mumbled something about dry-ic- e pellets and rainstorms and climbed back into bed Honking horns drove me from my slumber at last and I arose to face a new exciting glorious day Registration day Student Leader Joins Staff Two-Ter- m a Dan Ludlow former student body president at USAC haj returned to the campus but this time as a faculty member He teaches freshman English Dan is the only student body president of the college to hold that office for two successive years During his four years here he attained the highest number of activity points He also received the citizenship two-terr- award Besides his wife Lueep and his two children Sandra and Vi Dan's special love is bridge Institute Enrolls Record Crowd Dr W W Richards director of the LDS Institute announced that the Institute will in all likelihood have over a thousand students enrolled in classes there This figure will exceed those of all previous quarters in the history of the institute since its founding in 1929 Dr' Richards said that the building has been completely modernized and that they now have the facilities to handle the expected enrollment' He listed among the improvements a new central sound system which is directly connected to all of the major looms in the building - - I sighed and slipped into my bathrobe Still blinking sleepily I staggered to the kitchen and rinsed my face in the coffee pot Outside I noticed the sun was still behind the same cloud I ran a comb through my unruly hair and glanced at the The Yanks I morning paper found had all but clinched the pennant Thus inspired I braced my shoulders and plodded toward the hilltop college Some fiend in a ’36 coupe almost ran He obligingly backed off my chest and offered me a ride I wrung the mud out of my new sport coat arid happily accepted and Two minutes his offer twenty seconds later I stepped through the doors of “Old Main” I noticed a lot of people standing in a line so I fell in at the end It was swell to be a part of such an intricate organization great to know that we were “one and all united to the end” The guy behind me hacked me Commando style for stepping on ids toe Forty-fiv- e minutes later I could see the head of the line Then minutes more and I could make out a figure seated at a table Eight minutes later and I knew it was a man Twenty more — and - I faced him “Fill these out” he said in answer to ''my cordial greetings me-dow- Boxer — Have I done him any damage? Second: — No but Disgusted keep swinging The draft might give him a cold : You’ll never do' in my store — Why you hadn’t been here a week until you had both of my stenographers and the bookkeeper out on dates! Well didn’t you tell me to get familiar with the stock? collei presidents diswhat cussing they’d like to do when they retire) 1st President: I’d like to be superintendent of an orphan asylum so I’d never get any letters from parents 2nd President: Well I’ve a much better ambition I want to be warden of a penitentiary — the alumni never come back to visit (Two non-restricti- ng n middle-of-ihe-ca- high-scho- New president of the band Ljnian liruce and Grant Jenkins last year's president watch Clair Wood in his new band uniform Myers Announces Schedule For Dramatic Productions lf girl achieves ol a bet- ter proportion for her figure with a skirt length just below the knee Dominant hips are minimized by the longer skirt with fullness at the hemline “We have cycles in fashion as well as in economics” Prof Johnson generalized “After the military severe - straight-line- d silhouette which accompanied the war it is natural that the public mind react against military style Adoption of the curved softer lines and a fuller silhouette and longer skirt- has already taken place im the 'post war cycle of fashion” - season of the The dramatic schedule for the 1947-4- 8 Utah State theatre was announced today by Dr Chester J Myers head of the'speech department Five productions will be presented at the college during the school year for In addition the annual Shakespublic entertainment will be presented next spring Each play pearian drama will be ’presented a total of four nights to give every “In triplicate” wrote I steadily for a half hour student' and' all townspeople an opportunity to see the ' My hand was numb when I fin- shows’ “Blithe Spirit” by Noel Coward ished T"be will season which concerns itself with a first the Opening - - - “I appreciate your interest in me” I couldn’t help saying as 1 handed' back' “Even though I’m not a GI" For a moment all was still Then I saw his hand move toward the six shooter in the table drawe" and for some reason I fled He was laughing brokenly when they took him away I waited two hours for a registration book When I finally got it I clasped it tightly to my bosdrii and muttered a few words of silent prayer I was feeling a little better now walked briskly and even whistled a litle The whistle died on' my lips when I entered the library I sweated' through a practice schedule and took it to my advisor for his approval He examined it and told me that all classes except Military Science were filled However when he saw me begin to tear my book apart with my teeth he patted me kindly on the head and offerthe-pape- Life's Laffs Prof Bertha F Johnson at Utah ' "" State “It is evident however” she said “that the wartime dress was too skimpy to be becoming to the curves of the female figure or to allow for 'sufficient freedom of movement From this and longer standpoint fuller skirts are to be desired” Free from wartime xestrictions the American woman wants her dress to be both flattering and but she will view the problem from a ‘practical standpoint as well as one of beauty and functionalism Prof Johnson declared The continued high cost of living and high cost of clothing will prevent any radical change in skirt lengths for day time wear she believes A length is to the mote especially becoming mature figure the clothing specialist averred but the young -- -- -- rs light comedy “Out ‘of the Frying Pan” by Francis Swann The play concerns three young men ladies who are and three-younsharing an apartment in New York City and who are studying to be actresses via Stainislavski method This play will be directed by IIED Redford a Ulan State dramatic student who dig gested “Dear Ruth” during the past season and who has been seen in productions staged at the college for the past twd years Second play to be preseirSAl will be production of “Joan of Lorraine” by Maxwell Anderson the modern treatment of- the story of the Maid of Orleans Joan of Arc This is the play- - which starred Ingrid Bergman on Bioadvvay and which was presented last' year as a Utah Centennial production in Salt Lake City with Miss Judith Evelyn in the title role The play will be directed by Harold I Hansen assistant professor of speech a graduate of the USAC class of 1937 Mr Hansen is a Logan man and will be directing for h’s home-tow- n He’ directed public this play at Michigan Sthte last year with excellent results iya Jack yerBack! BIRD meetcha atthe wife who returns from- the dead as a spirit to distract her “husband” and his second wife A modern comedy me final play to be presented will be the “Kiss and broadway success Tell” by F Hugh Herbert! The play has had great success' on Broadway and in the movies as well as in production by other Little Theatre groups7 Mr Clayton Cheney a graduate student of USAC who has taught dramatic art at Box Elder high school as well as directing servicemen productions in Brigham City during the war will direct ’ - -- - ed to squeeze me into his “Elementary Pipe Organ” class Overcome by this generosity I found myself nuzzling his arm and licking his hand Tenderly he pushed me aside directed me to Does your husband kick about another table where I proudly his meals? added “Racial Trends Exhibited “Years Ago” by Ruth Gordon No what he kicks about is by the Mullusks” and “Cultivata famous broadway actress and having to get them ing Rice Paddies in Formosa” a playwright of some note will ’ be the third production of the year The' play is actually a Miss biography - and concerns Gordon’s life when she was a young girl wifh dramatic ideas The play takes place about 1901 and will be costume Directing the play will be Helen Farrer a new addition to the 'college speech faculty arid a 'dramatic contest winner in Idaho w’hen she entered a group of her students from Boise Idaho high school and college Fourth Utah State theatre presentation of the year will be the sophisticated English play 7 GREW) ©OSH IS) BACK TO SCHOOL TO FOOTBALL GAMES FOR VISITS HOME ON SHOPPING TOURS Go economically comfortably by Super-Coac- h ed Overland Greyhound convenience makes' it your first choice Go and come when you please There’s an Overland Greyhound bus leaving when you are leaving Compare the low fares below You'll leave your car at home Call Overland Greyhound Agent for details EXAMPLES OF LOW FARES Ogden Utah Saif Lake City Utah PocaJello $105 175 215 Portland Ore 1464 1400 Idaho Los Angeles Cal Dick Iairb Dic k's Calc 40 So Ma’n ©Q SCOtS c OPERATED BY UNION ti Phone 509 l QDC3® PACIFIC STAGES INCORfO RATED |