The atmosphere of old "Merrie England" will pervade Lowell House at the Lowell celebration on Thursday, December 13 as members of the house present "Gammer Gurton's Needle," and the house glee club, under the direction of Bartram Kelley 2G, sings a program of comic Elizabethan madrigals.

The cast has been chosen and rehearsals have been started under Alan S. Downes 1G, who is coaching the play. The characters and players are: Diccon, Edward H. Turner '36; Hedge, Walter S. White '36; Tib. Edward V. Malcolm '35; Gammer Gurton, Ralph Lazzaro '36; Cocke, Edmund S. Morgan '37; Dame Chatte, C. Robert Moore '35; Rad. Donald S. Armstrong '35; Baylte, Robert Warner '35; Doll, George W. Wickersham, II '35. The play will be run on the technical side by George T. Skinner '36, stage manager; David I. Hesmer '36, costume manager; and Douglas W. Overton '36, manager.