Highacres Collegin, Feb. 17, 1977 - Page Eleven
The Drama Club spon
sored a trip tp New York to
see Chekhov's The Cherry
Orchard on February 5.
This play, which was per
formed in The Vivian Beaumont
Theater, was interesting.
The sets were beautiful and
gave one the feeling of
actually being in a' cherry
orchard. Irene Worth, as the
matriarch of this Russian
family, proved that she de
served the "Tony" Award which
she received for best actress
David reveals delays
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contractor, the electrical
contractor blamed the delay
oh the plumbing contractor,
said David, and "round and
round it goes." "They were
fighting for six months over
what kind of grading to use"
in the swimming pool.
David attributed the
occupancy of the building
that finally came last month
to "a concerted effort- on
everyone's part to get the
building opened*" "It's a
matter of finally getting
all the parties working
together properly and resolving
these problems that piled up,"
said David on February 2. "The
University pointed out the
seriousness of the delay and
how it was effecting the sched
uling of classes. The state
finally got determined to not
let the contractor delay any
longer and got their big guns
into play from Harrisburg."
. David pointed out the reasons
for the delay in the use of the
swimming pool. "The hangup in
the swimming pool is the grad
ing around the perimeter of
the pool." The stainless-steel
grading is like "a knife-blade,"
said David. "We can't have
Cherry Orchard:
Interesting
By Stephen Schrender and
Sharan Novatnat-Drama
Club members
in 1976. She and the sup
porting cast helped make The
Cherry Orchard an enjoyable
experience for all.
In addition to seeing a
play, everyone had five hours
of free time in New York.
Thanks to Dr. Dill and Mr.
Breckenridge for helping to
make this a "smashing-good"
trip.
The Drama Club is
ning a trip for spring
also.
people walking around in bare
feet and slicing the bottoms
of their feet."
David said the problem in
the completion of the pool for
use is that the contractor is
blaming the architect and the
architect is probably blaming
the contractor. "They're meet
ing this week (the week of Feb
ruary 2) to resolve this
question."
David explained one methdd
that the state is using to get
the contractor to complete the
pool, "the state is still hold
ing back a certain sum of mon
ey as a garantee of good per
formance," said David. "Until
the contractor has fulfilled
his complete obligation in
building the building he
doesn't get paid off com
pletely. There's leverage
there."
David projected the com
pletion of the swimming pool
for sometime this week. "It's
a guessing game. If the parties
finally this week (week of Feb
ruary 2) say, 'okay, I'll do
this and you do that' then in
two weeks will'll be in the
swimming pool."
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and federal levels will not
be sffecte<l.
In response to the question
if v would revert back
to coal as a major source of
fuel if an oil embargo was
forced upon the country, David
said, "Yes, there is an over
abundance of coal in this area
alone, which realistically
could supply the entire nation
for the next 500 years."
"Eventually the rich de
posits of anthracite coal
will have to be mined for
the economy and for the future
of this country," said David
on February 2, "the reason
r soal became obsolete was be
cause of the way it was
being’ mined. It became too
costly for the consumer and
to the environment."
"The only way we would re
vert back to the usage of coal,
said Cerula,"would be, if it
became economically feasible
in both price and quality.
Right now oil and electricity
are less expensive and this is
the main reason they are be
ing used."
plan
term,
President Carter declared
Pennsylvania a disaster area
as a result of the severity of 1
the winter. This entitles the
state to get federal relief
money, due to the lack of pro—
pane. If so, he said, it will
be portioned out by Robert A.
Patterson, Senior Vice-Pres
ident for Finance and Operation
or Ralph E. Zilly, Vice-Pres
ident for Business, both of
Penn* State.
The influx of cold weather
is directly attributable to
the jet streams, found at
20,000 to 30,000 feet in the
atmosphere which have been
gradually moving southward,
according to" Long Island
Newsday," These jet streams
dictate the weather patterns.
As a result of the southward
moving of these jet streams
a cooling trend is taking
place on the earth over a
period of many years.
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