PAGE POUR
By JOSEPH HUMPHREY
Plays which can be classed in Don't be an isolationist in your other profession; he pointed out.
unusual categgries will be witnes- profession, advises Dr. Emmett A. Nevertheless, an interchange of
sed by theatre-goers who attend Betts, director of the Reading mutual problems in. professional
"The Night Clinic. study groups would overcome that
o f January "Human knowledge cannot b& obstacle, he believes. For example,
16th" on July isolated and classified in clean-cut teachers and visual specialists
23 and "Moor categories," Dr. Betts said in a might learn to "talk the same
Born" o n -pamphlet just published on the language" and might come to un-
July 30. visual problems of school children. derstand the difference between
"The Night
"Neither can a given profession examining eye structure . and ex
o f January serve best by following a policy of amining the operation of seeing.
16th" is un- isolation." "Such understanding might pre
usual in that Clainiing that the teacher cannot vent many visual problems,". he
it will be
divide his pupil into mental, emo- added. "At present practical appli
presented as tional, and physical parts, he de- cation of new principles lags too
nearly as
dared that all three must be con- far behind their discovery in lab-
Neusbaum possible like sidered as part of the whole child. oratory research. Although the
an actual court scene instead of a Since the educator cannot be a regimental use of uniform text
play. There will be no acts and no specialist in all fields, he advocated books regardless of pupils' ability
curtains. Instead there will be a .inter -professional collaboration be- .was challenged as early as 1860,
10-minute intermission to represent tween teachers, doctors, and psy- the practice is still_ being followed.
a one-day recess in the trial. chologists as the solution to the Similarly, some eye specialists ,are
of ha profession to model.
As with any real trial, the jury e
debt problem, using procedures long ago out
verdict is the climax of the play. T
This, too, will be unusual in that
society can be paid only by cooper- Explaining that man is funda
members of the audience will be
ating with all the agencies for' the mentally conservative in changing
,
CLOWN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE is just one of the Lessellichosen at random to act the parts promotion of human welfare and his behavior, Dr. Betts urged that
continued graduate and
he said.
Marionettes but he 'can imitate a real performer to perfection. The of jury members. They will retire happiness,".
post
marionettes show will be given in Schwab Auditorium at 8:30 p. m. to a jury room to decide the ver-
Difficulties in the way of such graduate study to keep up with
Tuesday. This will be the fifth time that the Lesselli Marionettes dict determining the end of the co-operation include failure to recent progress be "mandatory" in
thterms_
e use
have performed on the campus. They have been here for the past play which will be entirely unre- understandd in an- the professions. •
four summers. hearsed by the actors.
"Moor Born" is different -from 70 Visiting Instructors Teach
the ordinary play in the complete
s Miss Cranmer Reads Paper ness of its character portrayal.
Manonelle Show Al Library Convention There is an opportunity
dramatic talent in . •
n Campus During Summer Sessions
Miss Gladys R. Cranmer, assist- the story of the three Bronte sis
ant librarian, presented a paper on ters—Emily, Charlotte, and Anne
the organization of the College Li-
—who attempt to sacrifice their
bran y at the Engineering Section of talents for their drunkard brother,
The Les s e 1 1 i Marionettes, a Bramwell.
the American Library Association
troupe which has performed on the
convention in Boston from June 19 Directed by Lawrence Tucker„
campus during the past four sum- who proved his ability in "The
mer sessions, will show in Schwab to 25.
The convention was attended by Streets of New York," the play is
Auditorium at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday.
seven members of the Library staff. an ideal vehicle for the romance
Presenting a variety type pro-
They are Miss Dorothy Adams, and excitement which was char
gram, the Lessellis feature a play
Mrs. Sally Carey, Miss B. Eliza- acteristic of the last century. In
beth Ulrich,, Miss Elsie Kresge, Miss All children interested in the . "Moor Born," the lives of three re
markable women are dramatically
Cranmer, Miss Adele Aungst, and
divic:ion of dramatics Children's
Theatre have been asked to report
Mrs. Crystal Bailey. Miss Mildred portrayed.,,
Allman who will replace Misssetting
Moor Born has a much
to the Armory at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Elizabeth Frear as reference li- like that of "Wuthering Heights,"
written Emily Bronte, a leading
brarian in September also attended by
and short acts. "Hansel and
Gretel." an original version of an the convention. character in the coming campus
production. Bruce Cook will de
old fairy tale, will be the play at In the absence of Willard P.
sign the. settings for both "Moor
.
Lewis, librarian, Miss Cranmer is
the campus performance. Music • Born" and "The Night of January
acting librarian. Mr. Lewis is
from the opera, "Hansel and 16tI "
Gretel," will be heard throughout •
spending a six weeks' vacation at 1.
The latter play will be under
Thousand Islands Park, New York.
the production. the able direction of Frank Neus-'
The marionettes will be present- baum, familiar to all Penn State
ed on a background entirely differ- • •
Sociolog
y Course Given theatre lovers. •
eat from that used in previous At present, both plays are ,in the
years. The troupe has a new stage, hi Philadelphia . .
. process of casting which should
- a new lighting system, and new be completed sometime this week.
• .
"drapes. A, variation of the usual sum- "The Night of January 16th" will
'The marionettes are shown an- mer course is being offered by' the have a cast of approximately 25.
nually from coast to coast. This division of sociology which has There will be five women and three
year, in traveling 27,000 miles, they 15 students quartered in Phila- men in "Moor Born."
have crossed the continent three delphia social settlements. Tickets for both plays will go on
times. This sociology experiment is a sale at Student Union one week in
part of the comprehensive summer advance of production. The price
program of the College offered will be 50 cents. The plays will be
Alumni Center. In through 47 separate departments presented in Schwab Auditorium.'
of instruction.
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Cities; 3,662 Women, In Philadelphia, the sociology
students who are planning to en-
19,509 Men On Roll ter the field of social service, get
a first-hand acquaintance with • W omen %dents
Largest concentrations of Penn sonie of the pressing problems in
State alumni are those in the three contemporary urban life. !E arn $34,000 .
nearest metropolitan districts, New Visits to various welfare agen-
York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, cies and institutions supplement Nearly 300 women students
an Association report shows. Of the the program which has been earned approximately $34,000 at
23,171 living, 260 are now living planned. in co-operation with the part-time work during the past
outside the United States. Philadelphia Council of Social academic year, according to a sur-
Until the last membership cam- Agencies and the Pennsylvania vey made by Dean of Women
paign, only 1,685 of these alumni School of Social Work. Charlotte E. Ray.
were paid up members of the A careful check by College of-
Alumni Association. S C Police To (heck ficials, Dean Ray reports, prevents
A statistical breakdown of the S. C . women students from engaging in
alumni group yields this informa- All Unescorted Women any work which might endanger
lion: their health or seriously interfere
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Here Tuesday
More persons have received di- Orders to borough police to with classwork.
plomas from the College during check up on and question all un- A majority of the coeds employ
the last 10 years than in the whole escorted women who are on State ed were engaged in NYA work on
period from 1861 to 1930. College streets alone after mid- the campus. One hundred twenty-
Among the alumni are 19,509 night were given out by Burgess three Nfomen students earned $ll,-
men and 3,662 women. Wilbur F. Leitzell this morning. 500 in this way. Forty-four earn-
The only alumni districts with Because of recent molesting of cd more than $14,000 working for
more than 1,000 alumni are Alle- women in the borough, Burgess room and board in private homes.
gheny County (Pittsburgh) with Leitzell urged that all women on Others were employed as fol
-1,731, Philadelphia with 1,663, and the streets after midnight be ac- lows: library work, 32; secretar-
New York with 1,117. companied by an escort. ial work, 22; dormitory checkers,
The largest alumnae district 20; running concessions ,in dormi
which includes 12 Western Penn- New York University has re- tories, 17;
,waitresses, 12; assisting
sylvania counties around Pitts- reived a $50,000 gift from Bernard freshmen, 3.
burgh, has 553 members. Baruch for establishment of a pro- Miscellaneous employment in
fessorship in therapeutics. eluded such jobs as post office
Dr. Thomas D. Howe of Duquesne clerk, physical education assist-
University is experimenting with Columbia University has com- ant, telephone operator, dormitory
improvement of peas by applica- pleted its new $75,000 theater, nurse, and ticket sellers for
tion of X-rays. known as Brander Mathews Hall, movies. -
THE SUMMER COT J.FGIAN
Going Info Rehearsal
With Campus Plays
Betts Advises Teachers Against
Professional Isolation Policy
At the end of post-session, 70
visiting faculty members from 19
states and one foreign country
will have been on the
.campus to
supplement a resident faculty of
167.
Among the visiting instructors
are several authors well known in
their professional fields. In the
fields of education and psychol
cgy numerous books have been
written by Prof. Theodore Rel
ler, of the University of Pennsyl
vania, who taught in inter-session;
Dr. Galen Jones, principal of the
Plainfield, N. J., high school, who
will teach in the post-session, be
ginning August 11; Dr. Edgar A.
Doll of the Vineland Training
School, Vineland, N. J., and Dr.
Paul R. Spencer, principal of the
Central high school, Trenton, N.J.
both of whom will teach in the
main summer session.
In addition, Dr. Mathurin M.
Dondo, of the University of Cali
fornia who will teach a course in
French poetry, has watten a num
ber of humorous textbooks, one
zict comedies in French and Eng
lish, and books on poetry.
• Other visiting instructors in
clude A. Sterl Artley, formerly
teacher of English at Williams
port; Mary M. Berger, principal of
special education at Chambers
burg; Mildred S. Coyle, school
nurse at Easton; Dr. Thomas H.
Ford, superintendent of schools,
Reading; Dr. James A. Gathings,
of Bucknell University, Lewis
burg; Ellen M. Geyer of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh;
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THURSDAY, JULY ~'1941
Jo Hays, supervising principal,
State College; Pearl Hoagland,
formerly teacher of mathematics
at Indiana, Pa.; J. Herbert Kis
singer, head of the high school
electrical department, Reading;
Agnes R. McElwee, formerly a
teacher in Hanover Township; Dr.
Thomas E. McMullin of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, Philadel
phia.
Helen C. Markell, supervisor of
home and school visitors in the
senior high schools, Philadelphia;
Dr. Walter H. Mohr, head of the
department of history at the
George School, Bucks Co.; A.
Reaga Mullen, supervising prin
cipal of the Oliver P. Cornman
public school, Philadelphia; Hob
son Pittman, director and instruc
tor of art at the Friends Central
country day school, Overbrook;
Dr. M. Claude Rosenberry, state
director of music in the depart
ment of public instruction, Har
risburg; Ethel M. Sauer of West
Chester State Teachers College,
We Chester; Maurice E. '•Trugal,
director of visual - sensory aids
in the public schools of Dußois;
iacquelin Williams, librarian in
the high school at Kingston; and
Dr. Paul E. Witmeyer, superinten
dent of schools, Shamokin.
t Instructors from neighboring
states include Morris Brenman,
teacher of French in Newark, N.
J.; Elizabeth' Blades Child of the
University of Delaware, Newark,
Del.; David Hatch 7 high school
teacher of Montclair, N. J.;.„ and
Nina Kinney, fine arts - teacher of
Montclair, N. J.