FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1944 Thespians Miss Downbeat As - Valiant Effort , Miscues "Time to Dance," the Thespians' latest show, proved to, be a rather sad reflection of the organization's past glories. The orchestra, under the direction of Jimmy Burden, the chorus, and the soloists g all tried but in vain. It was followed by a dance in Rec Hall with Art Wendell and his band. The "find" of the show, Betty Wiser, sang her three songs, "St. Louis Blues," "Kind of Tired of Drearniny a . Burden original; and Chair,"-with little of the bubbling talent claime'd for her. The Wiser - -Sock Kennedy tap specialty went over slightly bet ter. Charming Ruth Hill's solo, "Blue Room," would have been a song ; to remember had the PA system not broken down. "The OPA Says . 'No'," 'Pete Johnson, who shows some ..real talent, and chdrus, which was . a little dead but . not too bad, and Adele Yablon's rendi tion Of "Jenny" and "Chain Sfore Daisy" drew the customary cul tural Comments. Sidney Kane, Bernie Lerner, Harriet Leyden, and Adele Yab ion's' "Anti-Social Quartet" turned into a corny satire on the "Lost Chord," . The climax, "Juke Box Saturday Nite;!' was the only act which showed a faint trace of the 'old spirit. A conglomeration of, Musk, song and dance, it was staged by the entire chorus and orchestra. Staff members responsible were George Q. Graham, Ewing Ken nedy, Paul Galvanek, Miriam Zartman, Harry Pebly,.Betty Hea back, lone Trovaioli, Lee Thomp son, and Jan Tower. 4111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Campus News Briefs 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 president Ralph D. Hetzel has announced the creation of a fac ulty-staff committee to chart the post-war course of the College. A. 0. Morse, assistant to .the presi dent in charge of resident instruc tion, heads the committee. Nearly one-fifth of the Navy- Marine trainees enrolled at the College came here from combat areas including, nearly every ma jor campaign in which American forces. have participated. These campaigns include-Sicily and Sa ,lerno in • the Mediterranean, and the Soiomons, Marshalls, Gilberts, and Tarawa in the South Pacific. Lenten morning watch services Payers' Janier A Riot, Put= Lifts. Army Morale (Continued .from page one) complete with .blond pigtails and a winning way which will turn. all Coeds green with envy. .• • .:,...Coeds living in Women's Build sing and the Alpha Chi Omega suite will feelquite at home at the cur. rent Players' production as a lone . sailor - sleepg on the couch through. most of the action of the play, :obliVious . to the dilemMa.. of his bosts. • , 'As "Janie" moves 'into its final 'rehearsals, production behind the scenes is at high speed.. Stage crews, property committees, and costumers are working like mad too. , The noise in the Players' Loft is Aeafpping as a, buzz saw• buzzes jneessantly and erstwhile carpen ters build sets. • The property' room has taken on a weird ghostlike appearance as dark pieces of material hang on a clothes line stretched across the room. The room is illuminated by a single electric light. The cos tume committee enlightened us as to the cause for this ghastly ap-, pearance. It seems they are dye ing the costumes. "Janie" will come to Schwab Auditorium April 15 and 16, and Collegian repOrters will Act -longer letime,tbe Little. Theatre in a-com plete state of bewilderment and MEIN Si. LYNETTE LUNDQUIST Any A ilailable T inie? CcingiessW ants You • Students with no intention of returning 'to school' next semester or .who •inlght'possibly have some free time this year will get a chance fo earn money, affording to the Agricultural 'Extension Service. of the .College.. This opportunity has been made available through COngress' desire for the Agricultural Extension Service to continue its work in re cruiting and placing farm labor in 1944. Last year more than 80,000 Pennsylvgnia seasonal workers were given work on farms, and it is estimated by J. E. McCord, state supervisor of emergency farm labor, that there Will be need for at *least 100,000 seasonal workers this year. Peak demands for this extra help are expected in the early spring and early fall, especially during the months of September and October. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 will be held in 304 Old Main at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday. Faculty members are invited to an international tea sponsored by the Penn State Christian Associa tion in. Woman's Building lounge from 3to 5 p.m. Sunday. . _ Bu y .. HER: CANDY for-EASTER Select from TheSe Chocolates: • GOBELIN'S • JANE LQUISE • SCHRAFFT'S r'a am . • . • , z I=B=El Jgers /3 a touching and timely picturewith Robert Ryan and Ruth Hussey. TliE COLLEGIAN Movies Honor 4 Allied Nations Opening a new movie forum. which will .be held at Hillel Foun dation from. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday .eyening in April, Hil lel presents a full-length feature about China, entitled "China's 400,000,000." _This • dramatic film, •in which Fredric March is narrator, depicts the background of Chinese culture and history, :as well as the heroic struggle of the Chinese,. people against aggression and toward-de mocracy. The succeeding movie. forums will be devoted respectively to Great Britain, Russia, and the Americas. The aid of the Chinese, Russian, arid British EmbasSies and of the Office of War Information has been enlisted to make possible display and distribution of pamph lets and propaganda material. The College Library is also making available bibliographies for distri bution. The chairman of the movie forum, Jay Tenzer, has announced that the public is cordially invited to attend. • • PSCA fo Discuss Plans For Reopening Cabin • With the first hike to- the Ralph Watts lodge planned for. Sunday, PSCA will - meet in 304 Old Main at 6:30 tonight to discuss the com mittees needed for the cabin. Any interested students are. Urged to attend the meeting as a great deal of work must be done before the cabin will be ready for the spring and summer hikes and overnight outings. The lodge has already been partly redecorated but the build ing still needs cleaning and some repairing 'of the furnitbre. One committee to be - _formed tonight will take care of this recondition ing While another, will plan cabin parties. . . Post-War Architectural Course Plans Outlined By Hammond Don't Park Here, Prexy Hetzel Asks Parking regulations which were put into effect in 1941 have been continually disregarded and caus ed a traffic situation which must be remedied, according to a no tice released by President Hetzel. Student and faculty members have been ignoring signs and using service drives and areas for parking, making it necessary for delivery trucks, visitors, and serv ice trucks to park in busy lanes, causing congestion and making a fire hazard for nearby buildings. The College members are asked to comply with all traffic rules concerning speed limit, stop signs, one-way traffic, pedestrian traffic, and : long-time parking regula tions. • "In the interests of safety and convenience of service operation I have requested the. Campus Patrol to report cases of non-cooperation to this office," stated President Hetzel. Portfolio Meeting There will be a meeting for candidates for the Portfolio editorial staff in, 5 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Editor Rozanne Brooks announced to day. FRATERNITY JEWELRY Li. G. BALFOUR COMPANY LOCATED 3N THE ATHLETIC STORE A plan designed to assist return ing servicemen in resuming their pre-war architectural education, o7r careers, was announced today 'by the' School of Engineering at them College. Under the plan, as outlined by Dean Harry P. Hammond, new students and former undergradu ates as well as 'graduates will be permitted to begin instruction_ 'at regular four-week intervals. The course will be so designed, he said, that a man or woman may enroll at any such interval during the college year. "It is assumed," Dean Ham. mond explained, "that because olf the global nature of the war, men will be discharged over an cx• tended period and that they will wish to resume work without . a protracted period of idleness afte• their discharge. Our plan is in tended to help these men readjust themselves as quickly as possible," While new students and former undergraduates will devote them selves to the'regular college Course in architecture, a special intensive review ; course will be set up for graduates who wish to regain their professional skills or pursue ad vanced work for a semester or more. The details of the program are now being worked out by .Pro•. lessor B, K. Johnstone, head of the architecture department. If we were sure of the eNac population of U. S. right now, we could predict the number of case of spring fever in the offing. PAGE THE ER
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