Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Comedy plays prove to be spring successes A wide-eyed young innocent and a racy German wife were the cen- ters of two K-State comedy theater productions last spring. Billed as a German theater party. Underpants was presented by the K-State players, K-Purrs and the department of speech. Preceeding the play, a German dinner was served in the K-State Union. The play itself is a slapstick Ger- man comedy about what happens to the wife of a German bureaucrat when she loses her underpants. Amy Rea, freshman in general. played the wife and George John- son, graduate in speech, portrayed her husband. Other cast members included Jeff Danielson, Gay John- son and Frank Siegle. Mike Mc- Carthy, speech instructor, directed the production. Written in 1915, Underpants shows a humorous picture of Ger- many at that time. When it first appeared early in the century. the play was considered scandalous. For the K-State performance, a musical score was wri tten by Hanley Jackson. assistant professor of music, and was played entirely on an Arp synthesizer. The electronic musical background was used to add dramatic impact to the play. Later in the semester, the depart- ments of speech and music present- ed Little Mary Sunshine . a comi- cal spoof on pre-1920 muscle ' s. In typical melodramatic style, the musical featured a pure heroine, Little Mary Sunshine. played by Kay Walbye. freshman in speech, and a fearless hero. Captain Jim played by Ed Preston, sophomore in medicine. As the owner of a Colorado inn. Little Mary plays hostess to Captain Jim and his Forest Rangers who are searching for an Indian named Yel- low Feather, played by Michael Van Dawson. Also guests at the Inn are six Eastern girls fresh out of finishing school who provide romantic inter- ests for Captain Jim ' s Forest Rangers. Carl Hinrichs. assistant professor of speech, directed the musical and Edith Hinrichs was choreographer. ABOVE: Little Mary spreads her sunshine to admiring mounties before they set olf in search of Indian fugitive. Yellow Feather. ABOVE RIGHT: Frank Siegle sneaks into the house of the German bureaucrat through the window in a scene from Underpants . 25

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Union Program Council votes; HQ talent is out of business Harlequinade died in its 56th year after final 1971 performances. Un- ion Program Council. sponsor of the HQ committee since 1965. vot- ed to discontinue it. Many reasons were given for the cancellation.UPC explained that HQ had turned into more of a rivalry between groups. and detracted from its intended fun and learning experience. Animosity had arisen in participating living groups, accord- ing to Garnet Wilson, HQ executive producer for 1971. In 1971 HQ lost $1,500. Last year only 1,700 tickets were sold. Most ticket purchasers were connected with the participating groups or involved in the production. Another reason for ending HQ was that dorm living groups had greater difficulty in getting organ- ized than did Greek groups. The past two executive directors felt the program was difficult to produce and created hard feelings. However, in view of the good as- pects of HQ, a committee was look- ing into a means of reviving or re- placing HQ. HQ, born Aggie Pops in 1916. was a talent show for fraternities and sororities. It became an all uni- versity showcase for talented stu- dents to perform student written plays about campus life. Top honors in 1971 went to Sig- ma Chi and Gamma Phi Beta, who presented Success By Degrees or Robin Should But He ' s Not the Marian Kind. The skit was a take- off on Robin Hood and his gay men. They came to college to steal and learned they would have to spe- cialize in one area of the art. Success By Degrees was cho- sen from three other 20-minute skits: Barnyard Tails or Jimmie Crack Corn an ' He Don ' t Care by Delta Upsilon and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Once Upon a Pitchfork by Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Xi Delta, and Beyond the Volley of the Balls by Tau Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Alpha Theta. 24 UPPER RIGHT: A strutting peacock is one of the barnyard animals in Barnyard Tails . LEFT: Gay hoods chuckle it up in Success by Degrees . CENTER RIGHT: Purplelot top dents hail the recovery of their Royal Purple in Once Upon a Pitchfork . LOWER RIGHT: Dorothy meets the Wizard while the Wicked Witch looks on, in Beyond the Volley of the Balls , based on the Wizard of Oz.

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NIRA rodeo and LAR keep contestants busy One hundred contestants repre- senting 18 colleges and universities met in April for the 24th annual Na- tional Intercollegiate Rodeo Asso- ciation rodeo. Men competed in bareback and saddle bronc riding events, steer wrestling, calf roping and bull riding. Women ' s events in- cluded barrel racing, break-away calf roping and goat tying. Belt buc- kle trophies were given to the win- ner of each event and the top four in each event received cash prizes. The All-round Cowboy and All-round Cowgirl were given trophy saddles. Also in the spring, 120 students groomed and trained animals for the 43rd Little American Royal. Trophies were awarded to two grand champion showmen and winners of the beef cattle, sheep, swine and horse classes. Three $100 scholar- ships were presented by the LAR Association. TOP RIGHT: Intercollegiate Rodeo contes- tant loses his hat while taking his ride on a bull. CENTER LEFT: One of the 120 students participating in the Little American Royal exhibits her groomed dairy heifer. CENTER RIGHT: The grand champion showmen win- ner of the sheep class receives his trophy. RIGHT: An Intercollegiate Rodeo entrant strains to stay on top during the saddle bronc riding event. 26