E AGLE EYE

Vol, XIII NO. 93

LOCK HAVEN STATE COLLEGE

Fri. April 9, 1970

National Players Present
Shakespeare's'King Lear'
KINt, I
\R, hailed as the world's "most majestic tragedy," will
be ]icrl' (irmed here by National Players of Washington, D.C. on

Wed. A pril 15 at 8:15 in Price Auditorium under the auspices of
the As stmbling Committee. National Players, now in its third
decade of touring, has become the foremost touring attraction
on the road Kxiay. This extraordinary group, unique in the
Amcric un theatrical s c e n e , has been touring the c l a s s i c s since
Every year, from September through April, the company
plays to universities, colleges, high schools and community
groups ir over 35 states and in Canada. They have made eight
tours abroad and played to audiences all over the world.

Casey Addresses
Govt Convention
Hu.st StriHidsburg, Pa., April
Q---\uditor (lencral Robert P.
C',i.>-.e\ lold liie
Pennsylvania
Slate ,\.sso,.iation of Student
GDveriimt'nt:.
convention
yesterday that if he i.s elected
Governor the Commonwealth's
14 state college will " n o longer
be the orphan.s of our education-

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al s y s t e m . "
Casey said that his administration would pledge continuing
support to make certain the
state colleges are --given their
true
appreciation.
financially
and o t h e r w i s e . "
He cautioned, however, that
it will be impossible to " s u b stantially
increase"
financial
aid
to the
Commonwealth's
colleges until the s t a t e " r e solves • ts won financial problems."
Casey remind;d the convention delegates that it was his
•'Strong belief that the only
feasible
way of making the
State s o l v e n t " was through enactment of a personal income
tax coupled with "meaningful"
lax reform.
The
Democratic
gubernatorial candidate reiterated his
oppo.sition
to the
continued
appointment of " p o l i t i c a l h a c k s "
to the state college boards of
t r u s t e e s . He urged enactment
of legislation establishing " a
more non-partisan method of
selecting t r u s t e e s . "
Casey touched on a number
of other subjects in his address
to the student convention. Including:
1) indicated support for legislation which would "tighten
the reins on the p u r s e s t r i n g s "
on allocation to the bigger colleges and universities "until
we can take a more realistic
look at their b u d g e t s . "
2) pledged continuing support for a combined program of
student loans and scholarships.
Casey pointed out that "almost
every voice raised against the
scholarship program" has been
a R e p u b l i c a n ' s . He emphasized
he wanted to s e e " t h o s e with
the greatest need rewarded with
the available loans ^n'^ scholarships."

Novelist Stanley Elkin reading last night in Bentley
Hall Lounge. Elkin read from
his collection of short stories
entitled "Criers and Kibitzers,
Kibitzers and C r i e r s , " A professor of English and creative
writing at Washington University in St. Louis, he has also
published a novel,
Boswell.
Elkin rret with c l a s s e s and
3) endorsed the idea of " a
d i s c u s s e d creative writing the
more meaningful student involvepast two days. His visit was
ment in the internal government
sponsored by the English
of each college and u n i v e r s i t y " .
Club.
He pledged that he would, if
Drink no longer water, but
use o little wine for thy
stomach's
soke
and thine
often infirmities.

I Timothy, 5:23
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those
who
have the wider vision.
George Eliot

William
Shakespeare's
KING
LEAR will be presented on Wed.
April LS in Price Auditorium by
National P l a y e r s ,
international
repertory company from Washington,
D.C,
sponsored by the
assembly committee.
Now embarking on its third decade
(21st consecutive
year)
of touring. National Players is the
longest running national touring
repertory company in the United
States.
Founded with the idea of bringing
exciting theatre to people everywhere. National Players has won
the acclaim jf critics in New
York, Chicago, Dallas, Minneap o ' i s , Milwaukee, Philadelphia,
Miami, and Houston as well as
audiences in smaller cities and
towns of the E a s t , Midwest,
South und Southwest.
In each of the past twenty
years on the road the company
has travelled roughly 35,000 miles
through thirty s t a t e s and Canada.
They have made nine overseas
tours for the Department of Defense and have been received at
the White House by Presidents
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and
Johnson.
Graduates of Catholic Univers i t y ' s famed Speech and Drama
tiepartment,
each of the Players

has had professional experience
The repertory of National Players
and was selected because of includes works of Shakespeare,
exceptional acting ability.
Sophocles,
Shaw,
Aeschylus,
Moliere
and
All the fire and color and sweep Aristophanes,
of the greatest English play- Christopher Fry—the greatest playwright's most majestic tragedy wrights of the world. In an everhave been caught in the hand- expanding repertory, new t i t l e s
somely mounted new production by are constantly being added while
National P l a y e r s .
at the same time revivals are being
In two decades National Players 'brought back by popular demand.'
The tradition of team-work has
has established itself a s the foremost of the country's leading tour- given National Players its one
trademark.
This
ing repertory companies. It has outstanding
performed not only throughout the uniformity of purpose is made posE a s t , the Midwest, the South sible by a common background of
Since
and the Southwest, but in such training and experience.
was foimded at the
countries as Italy, France and Ger- Players
many and in such remote places Speech and Drama Department
Catholic
University, the
as the Arctic C i r c l e , Korea and of
J a p a n . It has appeared off-Broad- Department—by creating this combackground—has
provided
way, on network television and by mon
special invitation at the White the pattern followed in all touring productions of P l a y e r s
House.
In its 21 st year. National Players
National Players is an operation
looks back with gratitude for what
of UNIVERSITY P L A Y E R S - a
non-profit theatrical corporation has been and looks ahead with
which also operates Olney Theatre, hope for the promise of what is to
a working, thriving
an Equity summer theatre, and come . . .
realization in the color, exciteSt. Michael's P l a y h o u s e , a nonEquity summer theatre.
The ment and refreshment that is
touring
company.
National theatre.
T i c k e t s are available at the
Players
was the first operation to be founded and is now in receptionist desk in the PUB.
its 21st consecutive year—begin- There is no charge for students
ning its third decade of playing but they are on ^ first come,
first serve basis since there are
on the road.
only 600 available.

'Beauty and The Beast' Enacted in Price

by Ruby Wouters
Keeping children's attention is not
The bright and colorful costumes
an easy task (ask any teacher), but added to this visual delight, with
this was no problem for the P i t t s - the beast looking like a cross
burgh Players who danced, sang, between a bird and a bear "'ith a
elected Governor, use his in- cried, and schemed their wav
very human voice.
fluence with any s t a t e college through " B e a u t y and the B e a s t " ;his
The children felt no qualm . . ,jt
indicating reluctance to accord week in Price Auditorium.
participating in the action.
students such a role.
When the cast of six was not Cries oi" . " L o o k out!" or " T h e y
Casey said he would do moving on the s t a g e , the set w a s . turned the clock b a c k ! " warned
everything he could as Governor Should Beauty's words become the acters as they approached danto make every state college indistinct, as they did once when, ger.
" a more exciting place in which she unfortunately turned her bacK
At the end of the play, the wicked
to enlarge o n e ' s understanding to the audience, one could watch selfish s i s t e r s got the " b o o s " they
of oneself and the surrounding the magic clock and candles or deserved (no reference to their a c t universe."
peer through the magic tapestry.
ing) while Beauty and the Beast,

turned prince, received loud c h e e r s .
The total effect was a day filled
with magic, music, and life onstage
and off.

There are still guite a few
Praeco's that have not been
picked up. Those yearbooks
that are not claimed by Wed.
in the bookstore will then
be sold to anyone who wants
to purchase a yearbook.

Eagles on The Road for
1970 Baseball Opener
Along with nice, warm spring
weather comes baseball season
and Lock Haven State College
i s no exception a s the Bald
Eagles open the 1970 season
tomorrow with MiUersville in
hopes of improving on their
4-9 record of last year.
Originally scheduled a s a
home game, the contest was
switched to MiUersville because
the LHS diamond is not yet in
playing condition due to the
bad weather.
The Marauders were an NAIA
district champion last season
and have 15 lettermen returning
and should pose some stiff
competition for opening day.
MiUersville copped last s e a s o n ' s
doubleheader,
4-1 and
2-0.
The E a g l e s , under new head
coach Charles " T o d " Eberle,
have been working out since
F e b . 23 but bad weather and
spring vacation limited the squad
to only four practice s e s s i o n s
outdoors.
Eberle joins the " n e w look"
coaches at LHS with an aggressive style of play that he hopes
will put the Eagles back on the
winning side of the ledger. He
is being a s s i s t e d by Jim Samllet, who in Flberle's words, " h a s

been doing a real fine j o b . "
Nine lettermen return from
a squad that could
barely hit
its weight last season resulting
in the Eagles dropping a few
lose, well-pitched ball games.
Captaining the squad are senior
shortstop Randy Igou snd junior
pitcher Jim Sleicher.
The 22 man squad consists
of only four seniors with the
bulk of the team composed of
sophomores and juniors. There
are also six freshman on the
varsity.
The leading returnees are
pitchers Sleicher and Wes Detar
and
infielder
Denny
Rhule.
Sleicher, who is being scouted
by the Baltimore Orioles, and
Detar combined for all the Eagle
wins last year with each winning
two games. Rhule led the squad
in hitting having the distinction
of being the club's only .300
hitter.
Eberle sights his pitchine
staff as the big question mark
for the s e a s o n , but has high
hopes in the hitting department
although
he said he really
couldn't tell until the team had
more work outside.
The young mentor feels he
has a good', solid defensive in-

field and thinks highly of his
double play combo of Rhule
and Igou.
The outfield positions are
up for grabs with six men fighting it out for the starting pos i t i o n . Eberle is also undecided
about
his
catchers.
Ideally
he does not like to catch a man
for a doubleheader but if the
man is in a hot hitting s t r e a k
he will use him in both games.
The probable starting pitcher for tomorrow's encounters
are Sleicher in the opener and
Bob Lacotta in the nightcap.
Detar, a three-year letterman,
IS sick and will be sidelined
for the contests but will probably be back in action next Thursday against Mansfield.
If n e c e s s a r y , Sleicher and
Lacotta will get relief help
from Gary Hepfer, R<xl Burrows
or Dave Moyer.
The tentative LHS starting
lineup i s :
John Caione, catcher
Mike Bacon, first b a s e
Denny Rhule, second b a s e
Randy Igou, shortstop
Jim Sleicher, third b a s e
Jim Donahue, lef tfield
Bill Yoder, centerfield
Ray Oberheim, rightfield

Flick; They Shoot Horses Don't They?'
by Jack Heagney
Screenplay by James Poe and
Robert E. Thompson, adapted
from a book by Horace McCoy,
"They
Shoot H o r s e s , Don't
T h e y " riddles the viewer with
the torment and agony of the
marathon
dnace
contests
of
the depression y e a r s .
Knovm to last as long as two
months at a stretch, these cont e s t s started with as many as
100 dancing couples competing
for a cash prize for outlasting
the other c o n t e s t a n t s . Seven
meals per day were supplied and
rest breaks at a rate of ten minutes for every two hours of
dancing were permitted. When
eating, the dance teams had to
keep moving the entire time they
ate.
The audience is kept in constant motion mentally and some-

times physically in the gutclutching account of the world
of the Marathon.
The motives of the characters for entering these contests
were a s diverse as the characters themselves. Some came for
the money, some for the notariety it gave them, others for larW
of something else to do, but one
thing was to play a major role
in their own defeat, they were
all human.
Jane Fonda turns in, what
may be the most gripping performance of her acting career.
Appearing, previously, in such
films
as " C a t B a l l o n " and
"Barbarella,"
the
opportunity
for her to exhibit her abilities
as a serious a c t r e s s were never
employed.
Fonda brings across the vindictiveness and hatred that is

Gloria Peaty. From the very
first, one s e n s e s this aura of
bitterness
encasing
Gloria.
Her actions toward other people
seem to need no explanation,
b e c a u s e it is evident that Gloria
is a loser and everything she
has ever wanted or needed has
either been taken away or has
never been within her grasp.
Her life appears to have
been filled with people Uke
Rocky, the master of ceremonies
of the marathon, played by Gig
Young. Young a l s o brings to the
h a r s h n e s s that can be found in
the human animal.

It appears, rather unexpectantly, that Mr. Young has travelled far from such superficial
endeavors as "Young at H e a r t "
(a wretched film of vomitus
quality of the late i940*s) to
the paramount of acting that he
d i s p l a y s in " H o r s e s . "
A l s o as seems to be the
trend in today's films, the minor
characters are becoming more
in carrots, shriveling in fruits, influential in the shaping of
denatured lettuce, and dehydrated the plot, than was true in earlier
olives. A l s o , we seem to have days of motion p i c t u r e s .
run out of breedable tomatoes.
Harry Kline, for instance,
I am also a student of socia- is a sailor, a veteran of 'The
econpmic reforms.
Perhaps the Great War' and a veteran of the
mention ^f , ^ g g j ^
sufficentt. marathon circuit. Red Buttons,
1) Line three has now been closed who portrays Kline, is nothing
to save money for the " E s t a b l i s h - short of superb in his role of
ment."
The rumblings of the a man with nothing left to live
stomachs of the masses patiently for but death.
waiting in line clear back at the
Susanna York as Alice and
windows are not yet loud enough to Michael Sarrazin a s
Robert,
be heard by
" B i g Brother" up Gloria's partner, a l s o put in
front.
excellent performances.
2) The Mother-Daughter Banquet
The impact achieved by the
this year has been replaced by a screenplay and the direction of
tea.
Why?
Because it was Sydney Pollack could very well
decised the local peasantwomen e q u a l , in the long run, the
should pay for both themselves and shock of " E a s y R i d e r ' s " final
their mothers — even though they s c e n e .
would refrain from taking the noon
The realization, though it
meal with the r e s t of the Proletariat. may border on being a cliche,
3) The abovereforms become more that " H o r s e s " is a s l i c e from
meaningful
by discussing
the the crudest, s t a r k e s t corner of
failure of the family style plan. life, careens broadside into the
Not only ^ o e s " B i g Brother" save viewer.
$30 a night on this deal, but also
When the final s c e n e ends
escapes paying some of the local the viewer will know that it is
peons for acting a s s e r f s . T h u s , only too true what Rocky said
the rich get richer and the poor get during one of the dance sequencpoorer!
e s , " I t doesn't matter if you're
T o close my epistle 1 enclose an first as you travel down life's
interesting sidelight. H a v i n g lost highway, but don't be l a s t . "
my ID, I roamed through the maze of
shining pots and the smiling bourgeoisie in search of The Office
My eyes were riveted to a small
sign that read:
" I t you're not
proud of it — don't serve
it."
I feed totally justified in asking our
kitchen staff to take an elementary
reading e x a m i n a t i o n

Umbert Speaks on Cafeteria
F i r s t , I will identify myself. My
name is Umbert the Ubiquitous.
Ubiquitous means omnipresent — Um
bert just goes well with Ubiquitous.
I am forced to pounce upon an
apalling situation that has been
pounced upon before, but has never
been
improved — namely, the
cafeteria.
Since 1 am a science major. I
have been extremely interested to
note the evolutionary processes at
work in our cafeteria. For instance,
one day we get strawberry chiffon
pie. The
next day. this has
evolved into strawberry chiffon
pie with whipped cream on ton.
garnished with fresh strawberries.
However, by this time the dispersion medium for the strawberry
chiffon has soaked through the
crust and is running all over the
plate! Oh what a delicacy!!
Another startling feature is the
degenerative
tendencies of our
chocolate pudding. F i r s t , we get
plain ole chocolate pudding. The
next day, we get chocolate pudding
dressed with whipped cream.
The thirH day, we get chocolate
pudding adulterated with a diffusion
of whippea cream.
(These tendencies and processes
are not isolated — they are shared
by almost every d e s s e r t we g e t
stuck with!)
Our hybrid s a l a d s are of indespicable character — even Mendel
would be proud of our work done in
this field. Of c o u r s e , he would be
surprised to note that we cultivate
r e c e s s i v e , rather than dominant,
characteristics — such as wrinklin

AGONY OF DEFEAT; Referee declared Larr> Owings .il Washington victor over Iowa State 's Dan Gable during the NCAA werstling
finals. Gable lost for the first time in over 180 matches but the
two-time NCAA champion hopes to get back on the winning wide
when he leads the West seniors against the East seniors in the
fourth annual all-star match before a home crowd at Ames, Iowa.

East-West Match
Tomorrow at Iowa St.
Tomorrow afternoon at Iowa
State in Ames, Iowa, the fourth
annual
East-West
collegiate
wrestling tournament is going to
be held with the E a s t as usual
the underdog.
Rich Schumacher of E a s t
Stroudsburg State joins Dick
Meyer of Lehigh a s Pennsylv a n i a ' s only representative in the
meet.
At 118 lbs., O e g o n ' s John
Miller, fourth in last week's
NCAA tournament faces Frank
Romano of Ohio State who failed
to P l a c e . Randy Berg of Washington, teammate of I^arry Owings,
sole conqueror of Dan Gable
goes against the E a s t ' s Dick
Meyer of Lehigh.
Meyer took
fifth place last week while his
opponent did not p l a c e .
Joe Kartensen of Iowa, runnerup to Oklahoma State's Darrell
Keller in the NCA.'X finals, will
meet Dale Stahl of Navy at
134 ' b s . Stahl w a s one of six
Navy
wrestlers
to
capture
Eastern Championships at Penn
State a few weeks a g o .
At 142 l b s . Gable of Iowa
State, recently voted Amateur
Wrestling's Man of the Year,
faces the third place finisher
in the NCAA's, Keith Lorence
of MichiganState.
In a re-match of the NCAA finals
at 150 lbs., Mike Grant of Oklahoma wrestles Bob Ferraro of
Indiana State.
Grant was a
6-1 victor over Ferraro in the
tournament.
At 158 lbs. Champion Dave
Martin, Iowa State meets Day
Layton of Indiana State. Martin's
teammate and fellow champion
Jason Smith should see a good
Match against Pat Karslake of

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MichiganState who was the third
place finisher at 157.
Phil Hennings of Iowa an
8-7 loser to Smith in the finals,
moves up to 177 to meet Jack
Findel of Michigan State who
dropped from 190 where he was
third this year.
Mike Latimer of Oregon State
faces Syracuse's Bob Rust at
190 lbs. Rust was a surprising
second place finisher in the
tourney.
Closing out the toumamen.
will be O e g o n State's mamotn
heavyweight J e s s L e w i s , the
national
champion, who will
wrestle Schumacher. Schumacher,
an NCAA College Division Champ
this year with a 34-4-1 record
placed fifth in the recent NCAA
tournament .

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