Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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m M ! When three top campus come- dians sucli as Jim Crum, Bob Finiey, and Maiv Watnicix get logether there ' s l)ound to be explosive hilarity. And thei-e was this November when the 1950 Varsity Nite show Going Up? was presented. Quiz shows, army physicals, undertakers, ex- plorers, and scholars were the subject of satirical comment by Jim Duiante Crum, Bob Hope Finiey, and Man- Morgan Watnick. Included in the show were vocal numbers and dance routines. Other veterans of the OU stage who appeared in the production were Bob Luecke, Libby Spier, Ann Routsong, Peg Marshall, Jody Nelson, Betty ' olas. Marty Jones, Joe Kar- l)onic, Lee Wysong. Bol) Triplett. Roy Graber, Al Ivan, Jim Deckei-, Jack Dunlap. Randy Grieg, and Gene Hanawalt. Barlsaia Garr, Jane Shai-p, and Carolyn ' an Hessen were among the newcomers. The background music was provided by the band under the direction of Charles Gilbert. Wally Bennett directed the show whose pro- ceeds went to tlie OU band and the Fine Arts production staff. PAGE twenty eight

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oncerts The Ballet Kusse onvos The organization of the Ballet Rusxe de Monte Carlo in 19.i9 by the Rusgian impreiffi- ario Colonel Wassily De Basil created a new world ivide interest in the art of ballet. The troupe danced at Convent Garden, Lon- don, from 1935 to 1937. They have toured the United States several times since 1933. The program presented at Ohio University by the famed company consi. ' tcd of four bal- lets: Les Sylphides, The Blue Bird. Mad- ronos, and Gaite Parisienne. For a few short hotirs the grace, the gaiety — in short, the magic of the dance world — was ours. PAGE thirty