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VOL, 415—N0. 6
Bandleader - Vocalist Playing for Prom
Pastor Sax Sets Style
Tony Pastor who is appearing
with his 'orchestra in Recreation
Hall; Friday, is :regarded. ag one
of the best stylists in the musical
field, according to. Sack Shrum,
Junior Prom chairman.
Pastor played saxophone in the
original Artie Shaw 'orchestra;
and' Ilia some vocals with the
band; in 1(90.9 when- Shaw became
ill, Tony PaSkor stepped - in as
leader. - His - 9uocess 'in leading the
bah r i encouraged hiin•to go 'ahead!
;and form lain •orchetstra of his
min. - • • •
Same of Pastor's recordings in
-sParaididdle • Jpe,"
cently _he has released tivo
reelifid -
~aiiiiavg. tie. oichestria at • thp
Liberal Arts
Forum Opens
The 37th annual Liberal Arts
Lecture Series will open in 121
Sparks at 8 p.m. Thursday, 'Feb-
Wary 27. The series 'will include
addresses by three well-known
speakers, a panel forum, and a
summary address by Dr. Ben
Wema, dean of the School of
Liberal Arts..
The tentative schedule for the
series includes addresses by Dr.
'Thanks Mendenhall, associate
professor of history at Yale Uni-.
varsity, oil' "The, Yale Plan of
'Curriculum. Revision," rebrUary
27.
D r . Alfred G. Pundit, associate
professor of history -at the Col
lege, on "Germdey's "Aciadem;
.GOosestep;" March 20; and Dr.
Bryn Hoyde, president of the New
School •of Social Sciences, New
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The Imaginary Invalid
By Richard Fronfman
The genius of one of the great
est writers of Comedy in the
world's history was revealed to
the State College audience last
weekend when the Penn State
Players presented Moliere's "The
Intaginary
Some • of the so-called iwriters
of comedy of the present day
theatre would do themselves and
the.ent!ne theatrical world a great
favor by studying IMohere and
discovering just what it is that
constitutes true humor.
I am referring particUlarly to
the authors who present us with
the lemons that so often appear on
our movie screens.
There is no doubt that "The
Imaginary 'walk!" is great . stuff.
,greainess• becomes particularl y ~
eipmrent when , We realize that •it
sCiPI captures the audience's at-
Tip Elaiill Le-r--4')* TOLE
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1917---STATE COLLEGE, PA
Junior Prom will be the Clooney
Sisters, two featured vocalists.
Pastor happened to hear them on
the radio rin Cincinnati, and
promptly hired them for has band.
lln the trumpet section will be
Stubby Pastor, Tony's, youngest
brOther, and they are often mis
taken for • each other: ,Another
outstanding member of the Pastor
band is drummer Henry Riggs.
He is the star of the "Paradidelle
Joe" recording.
The Pastor orchestra comes to
the Junior Prom after erecent en
gagements at the 'Hotel Pennsyl-
Nada - in 'New Yolk: The barlicl is
anaking,:a ic.oss7coimtrY..tOnr,*liiell
Peallroinn i7i Hollywood.i While on
AIL.' boast . they • plan to make a
Motion picture.
Two Students
Fined $179.20
Fines totalling $98:50 added to
the borough• coffers• lint evening
when William B. Grubbs and
John' D. Craig Jr. were found
guilty of all charges and sen
tenced by Burgess Alfred E.
Yougel in Borough Hall.
Grubbs and Craig were charged
by Officer William Hilbush with
disorderly conduct and Grubbs
was., additionally charged with
reckless driving and dri v i ri; - g
without lights at 3:15 s. m. Sun
day. They were sentenced*to the
full fine for each offense.
Earlier. in the day, the two stu
dents at the College were found
guilty of the charge of larceny
and both sentenced to a fine of
$80.70. for carrying away the
borough's welfare fund sign from
the main gate a • the campus,
They were also ordered •to re
place the sign.
tention even though it was writ
ten more than two centuries ago
for an entirely .different audience.
Furthermore, the play has lost
a great deal of its rhythm and vi
tality, as does all literature, in
transition. In its well drawn al
though exaggerated characters,
in its sound construction, and,
!above all in its "thoughtful
humor," "The Imaginary Invalid"
is excellent theatre.
The feature of the Players' pro
duction of the play was not any
specific actor 'or actress, but in
stead a lavish and colorful setting,
designed •by Duffield Sipes under
the supervision, of Mrs. Dorothy
Scott.
Those of us rho have been
watoli!ng Players' , production for
the pasta few year realize that
very,•seldoin .does Mits. Scott fail
to proilcie the ' 'shovi's
with' su
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WSGA Grants
Two O'clocks
Coeds have been granted 2
o'clock permissions for the Junior
Prom Friday night, WSGA presi
dent Mary Lou Waygood said to
:lay The decision came from
Senate.
Two members of WSGA will
be selected to attend a conven
tion of the Intercollegiate Asso
ciation of Women Students which
will be held at the University of
Minnesota in Minneapolis, April
10, .11, and 12, Miss Waygood
said.
The purpose of the, convention
is to get ideas for improving
,women's student government
from colleges representing all
parts of the United States. An
official letter inviting this college
to send two delegates was pre
sented to Senate.
"Anniversary Waltz" has been
chosen as the name for the WSGA
dance March 1, dance chairman
Janet Lyon reported. The dance
will commemorate the 75;th anni
versary of women students at the
College.
Dean To Tell
War Secrets
"Seine Wartime Activities; of the
School of Chemistry and Physics"
will be disclosed by Dean Frank
C. Whitmore at a meeting of Sig
.= Xi, scientific honor society,
in 119 New Physics, 8:15 o'clock
tonight..
Dean Whitmore, in this, the
third ."Now it (can be told" lecture
sponsored by the Sigma . Xi, will
discuss. ' , wartime research exper 7 .
ienees - hi super .aviation fuels,'
.penicillin, super-explosives,.
.ari'd - dri'Y :clean
ing; micro-wind .tunnels,:acoustics,
potties, .and,the relation. of Peace
tkme, Science to war.
An initiation and business meet,:
ing• will be conducted prior to the
lecture in 1 , 17 New Physics at 3
O'clock.
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAJ
At least 15 persons were kill
ed last night about five miles
east of Michigan City in a collis
ion between a bus and an electric
railroad train. According to of
ficials of the Chicago, South Shore
and Southbend Electric Railroad,
the bus was carrying twenty-five
persbns-, all of them railroad sec
tion hands. In addition to the 15
killed, three or foui were seriously
injured.
WASEIVGTON The Senate
voted today to keep wartime. lux
ury taxes in effect. The House
[passed ore three-million dollar
gift tax exemption on , the eight
and-olne-Nalf-million dollar gift
of land to the United' Nations
by John D. Rockefeller.
The House Ways and Means
Committee voted to delay all ac
tion on a proposed cut in income
taxes.
The House Appropriations Com
mitteo, meanwhile, mad,. a 5'6 per
cent cut in the sessions first ap
propriation bill the request for
nearly 316 million dollars recent
ly submEited by the President.
The cut will fall chiefly on the
Verterans Administration.
So What !
Presenting the first otiginal
full-color cover on camp u s,
Froth's Junior Prom issue went on
sale this morning at Student
TJniim and the Corner Room.
Froth, running a 20% increase
in pages this issue, features a
five-iplßge supplement of cartoons,
,pictures, and a story on Leo
Houck's silver anniversary. In his
oNVTI inimitable style, Frothy
parodies the series of Chicago re
ports published in the Collegian.
Complete with the monthly col
umns, Froth also .er,:plJains why,
February has . 28 daysi, and-• ex , -
poses the true story;of George
Washington •and the. Cherry-tree:
rgiatt
Players Do 'Doll House;
Thespian Heads Chosen
Drama Next Week; Revue in April
Itbsen's 'Doll House," complete
ly modernized by Arthur C. Cloe
tingh, be presented by the
Penn State 'Players on February
217, 28; and March 1.
Tickets for the play will go on
sale at Student Union Monday at
8 a.m., for fifty cents plus tax.
The. play centers around the
family of MT. and Mrs. Helmer.
The part of Toryeld Helmer will
be played by Richard Frontman
and his wife, Nora, by Jane Stays.
The parts of the three Helmer
children Will be played by State
College youngsters, Bobby by Wil
liam Henning, five years old; Bar
bara by Elizabeth Yarnell, six
years old; and Emmy by Betty
Henzey, .seven Years old.
The otiher dhailweters of "Doll
House" are Kron&fad, portrayed
by Portman
.Paget, „Christine by
Panne Brown; Dr. Rank by James
Lotz, Anna by Nancy Granges, and
Bien by Marina Christman.
Assistants to tale director for the
plgoductio4, , are Henrietta Camspi
!tell and Anita Rosen.
Faculty
Shortage of paper and rising
costs of publication have forced
the Collegian to discontinue furn
ishing bundles of copies To faculty
offices.
Faculty members desiring per
sonal copies of the Collegian are
requested to subscribe. by, phoning
or calling at the Collegian office.
Subscriptiorls . for . the, .period.
.March 4 • t ot;isBlltible : ;c . May_ 24 are npvf
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Forum Speaker
ERIKA MANN
*
Erika Mann
Here Friday
Erika Mann, authoress, foreign
correspondent, radio news ana
lyst, playwright and actress, will
bring a realistic and vivid inter
pretation of current events in Eu
rope to Schwab Auditorium Fri
day night, when she speaks on
"Ifteporit From Europe," according
to the , Forum Committee.
Miss Mann's appearance marks
the fourth presentation in the
1946-47 State College Community
Forum Series which began on
Octotber 24 and will end in April
with a forum dialogue on "Our
National Health."
Single admission tickets for Fri
day night's engagement may be
purchased for fifty cents at the
Student Union desk any time this
week, according to a member of
the Forum Committee.
Sponsors of the lecture point
out that Miss Mann's talk will
begin at fi p., m., thus enabling
students to attend the Junior
Prom which begins later on in
the' evening at Recreation - Hall.
In This Issue
Pastor
Review
Women's News
PRICE FIVE =TS
Production managers for the
Thespians' •Spring revue have
been elective, according to Thes
pian president, Ray Fortunato.
Besides the three positions an
nounced previously, Business
Mamger for the revue will be
Ted Lefever; Personnel, Carol
Diechmann; and Stage Manager,
James Cuzzaline.
Advertising Manager for the
Spring production will be Jack
Saling; Construction, Wilbur Eb
ersole; and Light Manager, Robert
Wiekus.
Properties Manager wi 11 be
Rita Patterson and Jerome Tram
per wilt be Make-up Manager.
Still to be chosen by Production
Manager Richard Frontman and
the staff are the Dance Director
and Costume Manager.
The original show, with music
by Ray Fortunate, and lyrics and
book written by Pepper Birrchard
and Richard Frontman will be
given on the WC ball weekend,
April 19.
News Briefs
Junior Prom BOoths
Deadlin e fo r traternfties and or
ganized• groups to reserve booths
for the Junior Prom is tomorrow
nicbn, s aid Jack Shrum, committee
chairman: - Reservations should be
made .at the Student 'Union diet*:
in OM -Darin. A $5 fee, is required,
4e . ;said.- • • , ,
.01d IN
.
'Vornration on: pinntigs, ens
gagdanents; andmarriages for "CM.dl
&Dania" should be handed in to the
Froth office nolater thanB• o'clock
this etreriing, according to Martilm
Jat'obton, WOMMVS editor.
. •
Aram Honorary-Elects .;
Theta Alpha Phi, national dra—
matics honorary, recently elected;
Harold ChidnollE president and
Lynette Lundquist seeretbary-treas
furer. Portman Paget was awarded
the Theta Atha Phi scholarship.
Common Sense Club
The Common Sense Club wiW
hold its fiTst general business
meeting of the semester in, It 211
Sparks at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow
to which old members and all ottlh.
ers interested are invitedi.. The
puirpose oif the meeting is to work
out plans, new ideas and activities
for the semester.
Call for Juniors
All juniors interested in a show'
to b e put on sorne Sunday 'sitter
noon in the nea r future should EMI
out cards at Student UniOn before
Thursday, said Carol Preuss, co
dhalirrnan of the social minaret - tee
of the junier
Business Staff Candidates
New candidates for the Cone.
gian news s taff Vial meet in 8 Car
negie Hall at 7 o'clock. All those
interested and unable to attend
should (Jan or see Rosemary
Gthlantous, Collegian Office, Car
negie Hall. There will be a c00n...
pulsory meeting of second semes
ter dandidlate in 8 Carnegie Hai
at 6:30 o'Clocc.
Blue Key Sets Date
For Annual Banquet
Blue Key, sophomore men's
honorary, will hold their annual
banquet at the State College Hotel:
at 7 p. in. March 5, recording to
'Richard MtAdams, president.
Dean of Men Arthur Warnock
will be the speaker at the ban
quet.
A picture of the Blue Key group
will be taken at the Photo Shop
at 7 a). m. Wednesday.
McAdams also said that
shingles and hats for new mem
bers of his iorganization are new
ready. They may , be picked up at
the office of Miss Helen Bottort,
102 Old Main.