Friday, March 4, 1921 'ONE ACT PLAYS THEME '•1.,0F TUESDAY LECTURER Miss 'Jackson of English Depart ment Gives Pleasing Recital as Second Number of Course Miss Ruth E Jackson of the English Department gave a most pleasing lee- Lure on the "One Act Play" last Tuesday evening In the Old Chapel. as the second number of the popular lecture course now being conducted by the School of Liberal Arts An exceptionally large number of people attended the enter tainment and were very well pleased with the vivid Interpretations and clever act ing that Miss Jackson gin tO two short plays which she employed in Illu strating her topic The lecturer at all times rendeied an tra of the cations of maths stories and accomplished it in such a master ful manner that the characters seemed to actually oust. It is seldom that a render presents a play so vividly and with such lifelike impersonations. Miss .Tackson opened her lecture with a brief discussion on the merits of the one act play and the position which it has held in the past fifty pears Years ago the one act play was treated as somewhat of a joke and very few such plays appeared, the theatre managers using them only to fill up the program. In the last decade however, the popul arity of the one act drama has Increas ed immensely and it has been taken up by the foremost actors and actresses with great success, both in America and Europe. The one act play may deal with innumerable subjects so far as variety Is concerned but the entire action in each play Is centered around one Incident and tells a complete say. This type of drama Is pecuiarly adapted i.o.amateurs because of its brevity and style Concluding her introduction, bliss Jackson lead Me short Plays In order to bring the one act play more striking ly before the audience. The first one entitled "The Florist's Shop" revealed the Important part which the florist plays In life and showed the numerous dilllcJlt situations which he is called upon to face Slashes of humor were present throughout the story when a slight pathetic touch Was given It by the introduction of a half-dead ro mance, which in the end blossomed forth into a certainty 'through the In genuity of the florist's assistant ' Tho lecturer's Interpretations of, the five characters In this story were above re proach and were full of life, The second play was translated from a Spanish play by Quientero and was called 'A Sunny Morning" In it an aged man and woman met accidently on a public promenade in 'Madrid and _after a abort time discovered that they were lovers many years ago Each thought-that the other did not know his or her real identity and they parted without disclosure, each thinking that Present appearancei qould not warrant the re-awakening of the former love They promised however before Parting that they would appear at the same place "„uif 'err - cry-sunny - day. 'The ulti: mate result of this action -was left to the imagination of the audience. Miss Jackson's recital of this story even sur passed that of the first play in quality. Her conceptions of the aged characters - - - yore excellent and emphasized the sad tale around which the story was built The sympathy of the audience was ar oused and kept at a high pitch through out the play while the reader's ren dition of tho'lovers , parting was a fit ting climax to the entire evening's per romance. tMTieTtiffiglTEnite 'Ph°lotiejrcy' Quatifg Sta.Co.p El BIM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Matinee Saturday at two JAll•Star Cast ` I=l .THE INVISIBLE CUP,' FRTDAYMatineo at two . Cecil B. DoMllle , 1 presents ' "FORBIDDEN FRUIT" 4- ", Spacial Priem adults 306 end. )reto Its and ,tax. IMEMEGI ,Itealart Pletuies,Corp presents "THE SOUL OF YOUTH" , iyAimAcE ItY,I2D In "The Chit= School', 211V7S WEEKLY TUESDAY JUSTINE JOIINSTONE In nbo Plaything of Broadway. MACK SENNETT COMEDY • On December Day' COUNTRY LIFE CLUB HEARS EDUCATION TALKS The Penn State Country Life Club met in the Horticulture Buildinelast Tuesday evening fot the purpose of discussing vocational agricultural edu cation The first speaker of the even ing was Professor St S Hayes, of Tex as Agricultural and Mechanical' Col lege, who spoke very forcibly on "A Mew Menu In Education." Professot Hayes began his 'talk with a sketch of the old eotintry hotel q Ith its poor food and the serving of Its meals at fixed times, and how, when people be gun to demand a better quality of ser vice, now eating houses were establish ed in place of the old country Inn NOW, this country has-the table d'hote with its wide choice of good quality foods, nearby are the a la carte restaurants and cafeterias, and finally, most recent of all, the automat— Professor Hayes then told how the educational program has been changed to meet the demands of the public in the same way that the eating house has been altered to meet the demands put upon It There is the cosmopolitan high school with its table d'hote, for crumple It may be a technical school, or a vocational agri cultural school, or a classical high school, or any of a number of other existing forms The continuation and the part time school is the a la carte tyge, with, perhaps, the nearest thing to the automat ht the correspondence courses where the student helps him self Professor Hayes played up these comparisons In a very effective memo The next speaker- on the Program was Professor W. F Steward, State Director of Vocational Agriculture and Head of the Teacher's Training Work at Ohio State Professor Steeard took for his subject the matter of the phases of vocational education and started out with a very interesting sot of statistics as an Indication of , some of , the leaks in our educational system He stated that out of 9200 pupils who entered the grades, 800 finish' the eighth grade, 400 enter high school, 100 graduate, and only , seven enter college He showed very graphically from, these figures that there is a 'tremendous leakage in our educational system and, although It would be impossible to Mae the entire 9200 through the whole educational system, the losses all along the line are entirely too _great."He mid in closing that thiawos Ono./ the biggest problems that laced the people in edu cational work and offered, as a possible solution, , thovocatlonal educational pro gram Pl,tlco CLUB STUDIES-LIFE AND WORBS OF'JOHANN BACH The February meeting of the College Plano Club, -under the leadership of Mrs C. C Robinson wasateld last Mon day evening In- the Auditorium. The composerAinder discussion was Johann Sebastian Each and Mrs. - Russel Mason read a , blographical sketch of his life, bringing out his Influence on the' art of music A. number of the composer's works were played and ,analyzed by pupils of the Music Department; among whom were the`Misses'Musser. Corboy '24. Pha.ro '22, Prearl-24, , Criffith.'22. and Slog '2L , PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS "Deison's" Goods c ForAny_OCcasion THE ATHLETIC STORE VARSITY STORE 'A.'Complete Line of the Finest 1: 1 Chocolates& Confections :E :I. , .1. Cigarettes , Cigars Toilet Articles VARSITY STORE I i,; . -- WIIII3ER F. LEITZEL PENN -STAT PRESS CLUB- MEMBERS READ ORIGINAL STORIES One of the most enthusiastic. meetings In the history of the Preen Club seas held last 1\ fonda evening in the Stone House, at Ithich time smeral of the members presented original literary productions, Including alma storm, klents and one act plate A clever short story entitled "Cold Feet" was ottered.by C F Fry '22, tchich clearly ,tamped the author as possessing un usual talent :Wm Frances Gibbons 'Reused the aesthete by reeling another short, Shay tchile S. G Amend ontcr- Mined Icy reading ten of Ills delightful poems entitled "Caster Mein" and "The Hymn" Miss Edna Sell pi esented a playlet In one act. entitled "A Dream That Lost Its Way," which, fully displayed het ability and originality. Mr - bones of the Romance Language Department, acting In the capadey of faculty critic, commended the members for their ef ficient and clever rtark and pointed out the various hays in which they could have improved their compositions After his remarks the temainder of the even ing ens turned nag to the social com mittee alio furnished pleasing _ enter tainment It is the plan of the Press Club to have every one of Its members write an original short story or' play and present it before the club sometime during the year In this way It is planned to awaken In the student's mind an appteelation of literature and also to detelop his ex entry° port ors All the works are el itlzised in open meeting and the mistakes of the author aro pointed out and much good consequent ly results from tills mutual criticism Reports on Sternly men and their works are brought before pe club from time to time and as aresult of these inoestigaions. the student re is giv en an insight Into the lives of 'famous literary characters and ...at the same time is familiarized with their warns Any student at Penn State is invited to become a member of the Pte. Club and Is welcome to attend its meeting. The nett meeting will be held on Mon day evening, March fourteenth. in the Steno House AGRICULTURAL NOTES Professor C E 'Myers of the De partment of Rural Life is attending thb National Educational Association Con ference at Atlantic City. Professor 11 S. Parkenson has just returned from a week at Atlantic City where he addressed the National Soc. 11111111 /0111.11111111111111 , 1111111111111.111111118111111/1111111111111111/111111111111/ , 111 , .. g E. 1 OUR SPECIALTY 't g A I HOME-MADE g a E Pies and Cakes Penn _State Bakery nottnonnoutunownoninnummuninunntlmoomnimsuntoomnit On Co-op Corner COLLEGIAN let, for Vocational ❑duuttion Ito also hod an nettle part In the Committee work tot the Not the.mtern Thicional Conference for Teachers held at that time Professor W H Toinhave attended the Eastern Hellishlre Conference In Philadelphia last neck where he Case a meat cutting demonstration to show how pork may be economically cut up. cured and utlilred. The Deem talent of Animal Husband ry recently I ceehed too very fine Ab erdeen-Angus steers to he, used for class noik and shows next fall These steels tame hone If M. Wilson of An derson, Ind. STUDENTS WILL COMPOSE THESPIAN MUSICAL SCORE Reheats:lls for the Thespian's first production of the 1521 season were be gun in Old Chapel last Thursday even ing and, to judge from the quality of the talent that turned out at this meet ing, the Ways this year should measure up favorably to the Thespian's from. reputation This first production, which is to be given as soon as possible after the Easter vacation, will be In the order of a musical comedy, semen hat Ilite the popular "Hitchey Koo," and all the music and songs are being mit ten bp.Penn State talent While the name of the play has not as yet been given out for publication, the shovi as outlined in the recent re hearsal promises to be quite out of the ordinary The production yllll be bas ed to a large extent UPOli popular =S ic and the' songs written by students and the Thespians ale making a special effort this pear to get n chorus of the best singers and dancers in the school And so, us the east has not as yet been chosen, there is still room for more talent. The plot of this show made a big hit In the larger cities some years ago and was played here In 1915 with Spen- S'lC' Buy Your Spring Togs Now Five Made-to-Measure" Lines to Select From _ ?,, SMITH'S TAILORING - SHOP - "The Shop With a Conscience" PRESSING and 'REPAIRING ALWAYS NEATLY DONE :.~.:.:.:,:.:.r , • - , ' "•::i: : , ,- .{ -::::' • C:._,,...._, -7 , i , , 0.:..'0 ,- 4. ' _ 2 What Is Air Pressure? : -4* 44...0,1i' ~ . .... „,il.g?-;-...---- HE air is composed of molecules. They constantly t. -7 - --joi. ,_. ,.. _54- ••• bombard you from all sides. A thousand taps by a 5t..1. ...9.... thousand knuckles will close a barn door. The taps jr ---', as a whole constitute a push. So the constant bombardment of the air molecules constitutes a push. At sea-level the air -.. molecules push against every square inch of you with a total pressure of nearly fifteen pounds. Pressure, then, is merely a matter of bombarding mole cules. When you boil water you make its molecules fly off. The water molecules collide with the air molecules. It takes a higher temperature to boil water at sea-level than on Pike's Peak. Why? Because there are more bombarding molecules at sea-level—more pressure. Take away all the air pressure and you have a perfect vacuum. A perfect vacuum has never been created. In the best vacuum obtainable there are still over two billion mole cules of air per cubic centimeter, or bout as many as there are people on the whole earth. Heat a substance in a vacuum and you may discover properties not revealed under ordinary pressure. A new field for scientific explotation is opened. Into this field the Research Laboratories of the General Electric Company have penetrated. Thus one of the chem ists in the Research Laboratories studied the disintegration of heated metals in highly exhausted bulbs. What happened to the glowing filament of a lamp, for example? The glass blackened. But why? He discovered that the metal dis tilled in the vacuum depositing on the glass. This was research in pure science research in what may be called the chemistry and physics of high vacua. It was undertaken to answer a question. It ended in the dis covery of a method of filling lamp bulbs with an inert gas under pressure so that the filament would not evaporate so readily. Thus the efficient gas-filled lamp of today grew out of a purely scientific inquiry. So, unforeseen, practical benefits often result when research is broadly applied. ell Flee faking the loading part How , then nanusi ipt fox this riming hen has been entirely rev Ined by chang ing lines and substituting nob' cohl-gi and onb, the general plot telnains of the old coined) SENIOR ENTIII:13IIS - TATit ANNUAL TRIP THIS lIIENTII The annual inspection trip of the Senior Enginems rill begin Wednesday t 1 mil_ sixteenth and eontlnue until noon on Wednesday, March Monty thltd The Architectural, Electlical, In dustrial and Mechanical students will visit Philadelphia and :slew York .1111 e the Clsil Engineel lag students .111 float go to the IVat t lot In Mark Itt droelectrlc Po.er Plant and then to Altoona and Pittsburgh, spending most of their thne In the neighbothood of the lattet city 'hoe 1,01 poSe of these trips is to point out In detail features of PONS el plants. raillsay electtifkatlon, telephone ex changes. steel plants, ship building, WI WI.ne plants, municipal impt ovemonts. eowage disposal. .ater surely, briag.s , building construction ;Intl examples of industrial operation and management The trip is not only asource of en joyment. but to Important of feature as t, ell PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS F .,,,,,,,a.4,2",,,,,moms,,,,,s—gvszmnwodwswavomgmovar.E., 9 i - A P r .If , c— t APit 1 A s As we define it. A clean, comfortable, i Sa 5 well ventilated diningroom; plus pure food 5 properly prepared. TRY A PERFECT MEAL HERE YSTAIL, (C. AF'E, A. B. CUB - FR.IICH, Penn State , $ Emmawn ,,, cm..m.v.g..kg, , ,EttEwmvsm44 0000000000000000000 0 General Office CraoLl,"lo_,E-ElyeschCcnccit2dlyr:Nll.y? Page Three
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