sername ait On April Utah State Univer-_ sanctioned passion pit better known as the drive-in. The idea of going to a drive-in movie is asinine to begin with. Ben Lomond sent 11 entries in poetry reading and 17 in Original verse. lot with drives a provided .higs screen via at a tiny car one into end. a vacant Sound is speaker. dangling from one of the many menacing posts which cover the lot. Parking fee is $1.50, the same as the admission price at a large, air conditioned theater with stereophonic sound and a curved Cinerama screen,| But the problem of going to a dirve-in doesn't begin at the theather. It begins with convincing the girl's parents that your intentions toward their daughter are entirely honorable. (Oh sure! 1 wonder why nobody girl's ents, ising ever intentions worries towards about the the boy.) Par- however, can be convinced by promto have "'their little girl" in by twelve (Hell, if you're on Daylight Savings) and telling them you drive a Rambler. (For some unknown reason a Rambler quells tion parents suspicions, the reclining but don't men- seats.) Once this problem is overcome, comes-a simple matter of throwing of pillows in the car, driving’ to it bea couple the theater and paying $3.00. The movie begins at dusk which occurs half an hour before dark, Hence, the viewer misses fortun- ately the first twenty minutes of the main feature. By the time it's dark enough to see, everybody has lost the plot and nobody really cares. The mind begins to wonder to other diversions for which drive-ins are notorious. One of these diversions is ''food'', , , purchased cn the principle of supply and demand. They're the only supply sd they demand an outragious price. The Better Business Bureau would have closed them long ago if they hadn't been fascinated that someone could sell exclusively watered-down coke, soggy pizza, and stale candy bars, at ridiculous prices and still do a booming business. With a full belly and viewer again focuses his movie, but only briefly. a sour breath the attention on the By this time Department presented the Annual Poetry Speaking Fes- tival for all high in the surrounding schools cities. and colleges In poetry reading, Jeanette Kelly, and Kathy Alford received superiors, In original verse, Ben Lomond did estremely well. Two of Bill Marsden's poems received Hollowell superior and superiors Nancy and Watts Scot also received ratings. AA The officers for next year's Future Teachers of America Clan were inducted Wednesday, May 3, in the Library. They are: Diana Jones, president; Connie Wimmer, vice president; Colleen Weller, secretary; Barbara Fowers, historian; and Kathy Hansen, publicity manager. Dr. Ellis McAllister spoke to the officers abou their opportunities available in teaching cereers. Glenda Collins explained the activities of the Bennion Clan and presented the state traveling plaque for the best FTA club history book, The clan presented Mrs. Gillins, the advisor, with a corsage to show their appreciation for all of her help and e: couragement. On April 26, Drama Department, pants, presented 27, and 28, with other ''Beauty and Ben Lomond! partici- The Beast"! as their annual Children's Theater. The three-act play was directed by Mr. N. Dze Bullock with Linda Brown as student director, Ed Toone, and Prince who in the played play, both the brought Beast the it's nearly half over and attentions can be focused in a more interesting direction. But all things have limits and eventually production. Susan Atkinson become boring. Now is the time to stage a sit-in on the playground, burn ticket stubs in protest of the little voice that contribution to the play as she played her part of the Beauty. The rest of the play cast was: Sybil, Kris Peters; blots out the best line in the movie "The Snack Bar will close or better still, park the backwards the N the sity Speech Twentyfifth Everybody ee 22, In this age of sit-ins, teachins, burn-ins, lie-ins, and tiger-ins, one "in!! still wins the popularity poll-in. The unquestioned champion is the publicly and watch audience, the with in 10 minutes'! car ina stall shows going on in packed house down during. the three also added a night large Dwarf, Bill Allred; Amos, Dennis Peterson; father, Larry Baggs; Ist girl, Cindy Brimhall; 2nd girl, Debbie Jensen: Ist boy, Steve Peterson; 2nd boy, Dave Darby.