AGE TWO
We Visited "A Revised Doll's House"
The Player.?' production of Ibsen's "A Doll's
house" last weekend showed that while a good
Plea in 1879 is still a good idea in 1947, what was
considered a good play in .1879 is not necessarily
good play for our time.
In other words, although thr_• problem of one
wrson dominating another is stilt real and vital
one, "Doll's House" is a play of- the past and any
ruccessful modernization of it would have to be a
practically new script.
As a period piece it is still worth seeing, but
as a "modern" show it somehow doesn't come
ta;',l9Ps.
.There are probably two chief reasons for this.
~first; the play is constructed too obviously for
LP: 4 MM audiences. Second, the idiom into which
it has been tzamytted is stiff and artificial. In some
rpotS Mr. Cloeting,ll .oimulated the artificiality,
'llia 'in other places the langittAge was - crennttnry
unnatural.
Progress of AVC's Drive
All-College Cabinet has signed a resolution
AYacking AVC's drive against racial discrimination.
Cabinet signed the resolution , because, as one
member said, AVC will find it difficult to go ahead
with its program without backing.
In agreeing to sign the resolution, a cabinet
member stipulated that this action represents the
opinion only of Cabinet as a body, and not that
of the entire student body.
However, it was pointed out that the matter
had already been carried back to many of the
individual groups represented on Cabinet, so
that the backing of those groups also is in-
clUded in Cabinet's signing the resolution
'ln a report to Cabinet, AVC's representative,.
Martin Light, said that his group plans to secure
resolutions in three steps--:from students first,
then faculty, and finally townspeople.
Signed resolutions, like the one signed by
Cabinet, have already been secured from.
PSCA. Dean Arthur R. Watnock, Miss Pearl
Weston, acting dean of women.
_Pollock Circle
Council, Liberal Arts Student Council. Rev. .
Asendorf, and Rabbi Kahn.
News Story From the New York Times
If the heavy snows have, prevented regular de
livery of your New York Times of late, the follow
mg -quotes might be of interest to our readers
ondering about latest developments in the
Wil
iams College discrimination case:
"Barber fined $5O for bias after charging Negro
Collegian Gazette
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All calendar items must be in the Daily
'Region office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre
o ceding publication.
I Wednesday, Mardi 5
FROTH ADVERTISING Staff meeting, 9
Carnegie Hail, 4,20 o'clock.
PSCA Cabinet meeting. 304 Old Main, 6:30
o'clock.
HOME EC Club meeting, 110 Hou Eco
nomics, 7 o'cleilt.
Elowlit - ,:;, o'cloci
CAMPUS CE: , fTEECCI.W.) rneetin:,-417 Old
Main, 7:15 o'ciccc
.AG STUDENT Council meeting. 105 Agri
culture, 8 o'clock.
ITC 'meeting, 110 Electrical Engineering .
7:15 o'clock.
,WRA Modern Dance Club, dance room,
White Hall, 7 n.
P t the Movries
CATHAUM: "The Locket," with Larraine
Day.
.STATE:. "The Return of Monte Cristo,"
with Louis Hayward,
',NITTANY: '`Sister Kenny," with Rosalind
Russell.
College Health Service
Admitted to the infirmary Monday: Rich
ard Dengil and Ruth Gilmore.
•Admitted Tuesday: Jeanne Haxton, Mar
garet Heagy and John Muhs.
Discharged Tuesday: William Ross.
College Placement Service
The' Bailey Meter Company will be repre
sented on the campus Friday to• interview
graduating men from the ME curriculum.
A representative from Baugh and Sons
will be on the campus Saturday to interview
graduating men from the ChE curriculum.
•The E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company
will be represented on the campus, Monday
and Tuesday, March 17 and 18, to interview
graduating men from the following cur
ricula: ChE, Ch, Cer, lE, ME, Mng and PNG.
,The Kurt-Salmon Company will be repre
sented on the campus Monday, Tuesday arid
Wednesday, March 17, 18 and la, to inter
view graduating men from the following
curricula: IE and Ind. Psy.
,Representativet q from the Texas Co. will be
or the campus Wednesday, March 12, to inter
view eighth semeste r =en treat the following
carridrin: CittE Clh, Pim PE, EE L Ti ands
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the Flirestone Tire end der Co,
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
In many places, the dialogue hit the audi
ence's ear in the wrong way and caused the
audience to laugh where laughs were probably
not wanted.
The strong point of the play lies in its well
drawn characters. Nora, Christine, Torvald and
all the rest are real people and ones with whom we
can sympathize. The actors seemed •to have an
Understanding of their roles and gave us good
performances, although James Lotz as' Dr. Rank
didn't do too %yell in his serious moments. Par
tidujai......lv outstanding was Jane Staus as Nora. She
played the difficult role intelligently.
The setting cvAS• equate although• not up to the
usual Players' standa - ra.- directing, _at times
good. pmetirnes .had - the actors sitting down s 6
long We thought they were glued to the chairs.
It was nice seeing Mr. Ibsen again, but the
old boy creaked in a lot of plaCes.
Unofficial resolutions have been secured from
other groups, and among others yet to be ap
proached are Interfaith Council, ISC, ,X-GI Club,
VFW, American Legion, and other service organi
zations of the boro.
At the - preceding. cabinet meeting, it had
been suggested that AVC' check the legality
of the barber shops' refusal to cut Negroes'
Light said that the law had been secured, lam
that it must be interpreted. The law covers severa
specific .public services, but does not mention bar
ber shops.
Therefore, it apparently would be a matter to
be decided by the judge should .a case involving
a barber shop be taken to court. AVC will• take
the law to a lawyer to discover whether barber
shops are among thoSe public services which must
serve anyone who is willing to pay for the service;
and who is not a nuisance.,
Light said that no group. meeting with the town
barbers had been planned as yet; since AVC must
have something definite to show the barbers before
meeting\ formally with them.
student at Williams $3 for a haircut" was the
headline over the article.
-The owner of the barber shop was con
victed under a little used law 'which forbids
any "distinction, discrimination or restriction
on account of color or race."
The defendant immediately appealed and posted
$lOO bond pending action in Berkshire Superior
Court at Pittsfield next summer. He also said that
he would reopen his barber shop.
In his verdict, Judge Ruby asserted that the
soldiers of our country "fought to make this •
nation safe for you and" me"' and that "the
colored boy wasn't told tha± he couldn't fight
for his country."
Letters
incier,entlent Woman
TO THE EDITOR: Last week I was present at
meeting of the Independent Women's Association
and was really surprised at how small the attend
ance was.
Every member of a sorority or fraternity is re
quired to attend group meetings.
Independent members, who have an opportunity
to express their views voluntarily, and to enter
into collegiate activities through the IWA and
IMA'meetings, never bother to attend these group
discussions or to find out anything about the or
ganizations.
Many effortS have been made by the IWA
to secure new members, but always the same
few turn up at the Monday evening meetings.
How can we represent the opinions of seven
hundred Independent women with twenty mem
bers of the IWA?
—Sylvia Schenfeld.
Thanks to Irwin Coeds
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of the. men from
Pollock Circle who attended the mixer sponsored
by Irwin Hall coeds, we would.like to extend our
thanks and appreciation to our hostesses for an
enjoyable Sunday afternoon.
'Sorry - - - .Busy'
TO THE EDITOR: Isn't it about time something
is done about the telephone situation on Campus?
It is impossible to calculate the study time wasted
by all the male students who at one time or an
other try to call a. girl in the dormitories.
In order to call a coed in any of these campus
dormitories, it is necessary to dial 5051.
Of course this number has several trunk lines,
but with the tremendous increase in students on
the campus, both male and female, isn't it about
time the College realized that it is an aggravating
situation to wear out your index finger, only to
receive an unconsoling. BUSY SIGNAL?
This situation, of one busy signal after another,
most times, goes on until either Your finger, your
patience,, or the finger or liatience of others wait
ing to use the ,hone, is worn out; or until you
finally get •tti line'ami, the girl's line is bussr, or
ease the ClWrat4iV giNfe4 g4flll: o l;clw,.teiii4
that is past PVLock , Arai yctu zna4 , 4lll#
spe* tq'thf'll l #4 , if* that , tkoßr; • • ;
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to tas &flux of, tekephorte- milk-
By• Joan Peters
liiiiiii=l
—Pollock Circle Council:
William C. Proctor, Sec.
Coed ---
(Continued from page one)
Mr. Kemmle, but, also hastens to
give his version of the qualities
possessed by the typical coed:
Stays Mateer, "The girl with an
outstanding ability 'to get along
with people, who is a good lis_
teller, and who is able to work fo r
'her own living in an emergency is
a good, example."
And so the search .Por the typical
All-. American Coed of 1947 broad
ens to cover almost every eonceiv
able aspect o Wlnpanhoed. MO
will be Penn State's choice?
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PAISSENGFERS to Greens burg
and vicinity,' leaving Friday,
MErch 7, 3 p. rn.; return Sunday.
Conttict Bdb 'Shipe, 804 Wind
crest.
BOARDERS VVANTED Beaver
-House has room for seven
'.boarders. Call 851, ask for Loffert .
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LOST—Outside of Old Main, alli
gator to coat, exchanged fo
another. PLEASE call Max, 4702
LOS T—Rhinestone bracelet be
tween -Locust ILan and Ather
ton Hall, late Friday, 121. Reward.
Call Laura, 351 Ath.
FAR ISALE---:One • tux, 'size • 39
regular with v e t;
single
breasted. Call Bob Koser, 4957.
WANT11)1?--Set of golf clubs. Call
425,5.
EPST-' 7 ,Snl.all'.silver ring in vicin
ity of. Allen. and College, Satur
day night. Sentimental "value.. Re
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State College.
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music ruler from B. Carnegie
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legian office? Intrinsic tvalue.
VACANCY in . 'Pollock Circle
Single room, Dorm 9, Rm. 19.
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AV(---
(Continued from page cite)
and ,Congressthart Hoin e r A
Raney, Ohio. -
in reference to the post-war
educational outlook, it was urged
that, in .order t o prevent future
wars, courses dealing with inter
!national relations should be mode
„part of every college curriculum.
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Collegian reflect the opinions
of . the writer. They make no
claim to represent student or
University opinion. All un
signed editorials are by the edi.
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LOST—Black leather key case,
tooled initial MAA. Return,
IgieVnc9 desk of Main, Libiary.
Reward.
OCCUPANT wanted for one-half
double room at Pollpek Circle.
Preient occupant going frater_
nity. Call Pete Johnthn, 3468.
"LIT ME, WHEELS"! You can (be
a "Big Wheel" by. copping hon
ors at the All-College Talent
Show.
WANTED— Maid for fraternity
house. Apply Beaver House or
call 851 after 5:30.
LOST-4Beer mug with sentimen
tal value. Fraternity
_crest and
name. Cull 4975, ask for Chick.
ROOM for one male student. Call
4296. 1222 West College . Avenue.
TO PERSON •wlio took B-15 flight
jacket and gloves outside Room
Shanks, call Evans, 440 g. ,
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Pennsylvania State College. Entered' as
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