FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1945
Drama Faculty Members Direct, Produce,
Even Serve As Actors If Occasion Arises .
The Westminster Foundation
extends warm greetings lo
those who graduate and to V. 12
and A.S.T.U. men tompleting
their training here• •at Penn
Slate.
Student Deparimepfr.,ppo a.m.
Sunday,,,,
..Westminster Fellowship 6:20
P.M. Seniors and those leaving
the Foundation will speak.
Westminster Foundation Stud
ent Supper Sat., February 17th
at 6 P.M.
Closing Communion Service
Westminster Hall Sunday;Tebw
ruary le, 6:30 P.M.
CONGRATULATIONS
to the..
. PENN STATE
'PLAYERS
an their
25th Anniversary
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Backbone of Players' produc
tions and supervisors of their plays
is the faculty of the drama depart
ment. They direct the plays, de
sign sets for them, and supervise
costuming, lights, and properties.
When the occasion arises, they also
act in productions.
Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the
drama department, has been the.
director of Players for 25 years. He
came to the College in 1919 to or
ganize dramatics, and started •all
the courses in the curriculum. ,
After organizing ' a dramatics de
partment here, Professor Cloe
tingh went to New York for four
months to work with David 'Be
lasco in the, professional theater.
In 1932 he went abroad for six
months to study continental drama.
Upon his return he travelled
throughout the United States to
observe the work done in colleges
and little theaters.
In 1941, Prof. Cloetingh again
toured the North American con-
tinent: This time his travels car
ried him to Alaska, southern Mex
ico, and all . over Canada.
Prof. Cloetingh has directed 60
long plays since his arrival at the
College. Outstanding among them,•
he feels, are Ibsen's "Peer Gynt"
Players' Hisfory—
(Continued from page four)
"The Circle of Chalk," an orig
inal Chinese play done in Oriental
fashion by James Doll,' was pre
sented in 1940 with typically un
realistic Chinese, scenery, includ
ing the pagoda of the temple and
a minimum of properties.
Two years later Frank Neus
baum, in collaboration with Kath
erine Popp, a townsperson, wrote
"Ephrata," dealing with Pennsyl
vania Dutch life. It ran for two
weeks. That same season, "The
Man Who Came to .Dinner" was
given.
In spite of wars and geograph
ical disturbances every year has
found Players at Schwab produc
ing classic andi contemporary
plays.
THE' COLLEGIAN
and "The Ghost," and Haupt
mann's !The Sunken Bell." •
Prank S. Neusbaum, associate
professor of dramatics, is the only
faculty member who was an un
dergraduate at the College. He re
ceived his degree in Arts and Let
ters in 1926, did graduate work at
Columbia .University, then return
ed to the College to take his mas
ter's in dramatic •literature in 1933.
As an mndergraduate he acted
and directed for Players for four
years. He was on the dramatics
faculty of summer sessions and
taught %in ,the English department
in the second semester of his sen
ior year.
In 1935,. Mr. Neusbaum joined
the faculty of the dramatics divi-
Sion and has since taught practical
ly all phases of theater work. At
present he is specializing in
courses in playwriting, directing,
and advanced -production..
"Twelfth Night" will he the 55th
major production that Prof. Neus
batim has directed.for Players.
Lawrence E. Tucker,, instructor
in dramatics, has been teaching . *
the College since 1940. He studied
at the Bush Conservatory in . Chi
cago and was graduated from Cul-
Ver-Stockton College in Missouri
in .1933. Later he : took. graduate.
work at 'the State UniverSity' of
liiwa; then returned to Culver- .
Stockton in 1936 as dramatics
director.
Don Taylor—
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Florida there was a soldier pester
ing him for a tryout so he had
Taylor brought to the city.
The Corporal tried a few lines
of comedy and ten minutes later
he was cast as "Pinky."
The show was a success on the
stage and after touring the coun
try, it went to Hollywood where
20th Century Fox was to produce
it as a movie. Screen tests had to
be retaken and Taylor again was
awarded the role' of "Pinky." It
is probable that "Winged Victory" .
will eventually be presented for
the, servicemen in England and
Europe.
And like the hero 'of a fairy tale,
Corporal Taylor married the lead
ing lady, Miss Phyllis Avery.
While at the College Taylor
played in "Winterset," "Hotel Un
iversal," "Circle of Chalk," "Our
Town," "What a Life," "Margin
for Error," "Tomorrow and To
morrow," "Streets of New York,"
"Goodbye Again," "The Male An
imal," "The Taming_ of the
Shrew," and "Mr. and Mrs.
North."
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Society Betters Dra
"To raise the standards of dra.:
matics in colleges," Theta Alpha
Phi, national, collegiate dramatic
fraternity, was organized in 1919:
The College chapter obtained its
charter in 1923.
Arthur C. Cloetingh, head of the
dramatics departnient, says that
the chapter at the College is a very
active one, but active jl3 a •very
quiet way. He feels that it is the
levening force of Players.
Each year the chapter accepts .
students who have• done outstand
ing work. Not more than three can
be selected a year which in a
three-semester year means that
one person a semester is chosen. If
the group feels that no one has
qualified for membership, it may
pass up the privilege of initiating
new members.
Allene Babbitt heads the organi-
THE' PENN STATE PLAYERS
present a
25th ANNIVERSARY EVENT
EXHIBIT of
SCENE DESIGNS & WATEI-COLORS
From Broadway Productions
by Oliver Smite
Penn State, '39
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PATERSON'S HOSIERY SHOP:
CONGRATULATES
THE
PENN STATE. PiiitifEßS
ON THEIR
251 h ANNIVERSARY
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