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All-star cast set to open campus dramaP“Broken Dishes,” the comedy which will open in Bovard uditorium at 8:30 Thursday night, contains the philosophical 5 “time puts halos around a lot of second rate things.” This observation is made by Linda Bumpsted with ref-rence to an old suitor of her mother’s whose allegedly idealualities as a husband she calls, nto question.Linda’s own poor brow-beaten father, Cyrus Bumpsted suffers from having heen unfavorably 1 rompared with this old flame of his wife’s throughout all the long years of his married life. The story of how meek Cyrus finally , throws off the inferiority complex Ingrained in him by his spouse’s domineering treatment provides a lumber of laughable situations. Virginia Patton plays Linda, while j Jyrus is portrayed by James But- ! r. Both have been active in prior roductions on campus, and Butler as been interested in the technical pects of the drama as well.Sam Green, a caustic old friend f the Bumpsted family, is the part taken by Don Rochlen. This V-12 student entertained in south Pacific talent shows when he was stationed in that area. As a chance visitor to the Bumpsted menage he becomes involved in the unusual activities going on there and finds himself a witness to a very important event.Myra and Mabel Bumpsted are pair of old maid schoolmarms ho get their romance second hand rom their mother's accounts of her wn youthful adventures. These j arts are taken by Florence “Flo-Stevenson and Shirleymae paulding respectively.A Stranger is the title of the role assigned Leo Malmuth. a veteran. He turns out to be a surprise guest who arrouses the intense interest of the Bumpsted family and leads poor Myra into series of vain romantic conjectures.Deaf and pompously ecclesiastical, j he Rev. Dr. Stump is a retired ergyman who gets back into har- j ess in response to an SOS from ne of the irrepressible Bumpsteds. ob Dischner, a marine trainee, lays the part of the cleric.Quinn, who has some sort of if filiation with the agencies of aw-enforcement, is played by url Smith.Head of the house of Bumpsted, j least until Poppa is finally per-aded to wear the pants himself,Jenny, the termagant wife. Barra Will cox is cast in this role.Admission for outsiders to Brok-Dishes” is 50 cents, with student-xly card holders and trainees ad-tted free. The play will run five jhts.The SC production of “Broken j shes’’ is under the direction of j •of. William C. de Mille, professor Prum, drama at Troy. Also working the production as publicity airman is Mary Ashley. Alpha i Omega and play productions mager of the speech department.st play to be produced at SC s “Holiday,” a sophisticated com-7 of New York in which Elaine(S(rt\fnpn_f|qILLLruVol. XXXVIAmazons slate noon InterviewsAll women who filed applications for Trojan Amazon membership must be interviewed oil Thursday or Friday this week between 12 and 1:15 p.m., according to Virginia Miller, president. Any applicant failing to appearon one of the two days will be considered ineligible for consideration.The purpose of these interviews is to give Amazon members a better chance to become acquainted with the qualifications of the applicants.; haj by I inYanks advance toward Rhine?eman was starred.PARIS. Feb. 5.—lt;U.E—Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s third army troops crashed completely through a mile and a quarter belt of Siegfried defenses northwest of Prum today, finding numerous fortifications deserted, and there were increasing indications that the Germans were withdrawing to the far side of the flooded Rhine.The breakthrough was made four and one-half miles northwest of in an uninhabited area among the topmost slopes of the snow-covered Schnee Eifel range, as another of Patton’s spearheads slashed one mile deeper along a two-mile front into other Siegfried forts east of Buchet.Patton’s troops found numerous pillboxes vacated as they slugged a full six and one-half miles into Germany, raising the possibility6abana\the
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Los Angeles Daily Trojan
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Tue, Feb 06, 1945
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