PAGE TWO Back From North Carolina Coeds Report On Convention Report of the three WRA delegates to the National Athletic Fed eration of College Women Convention held at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Greensborough, North Carolina, April 18-21. Themolio of fhe llih National Convention was "together we shall build for the future." We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past. Thirty-five states were represented at the convention and over 300 delegates were present. At the general session Penn State was appointed to head the Northeastern District, which consists of WRA organizations located in the states of Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and the New England states. . The purpose of fhe AFCW is to further athletic interests and activities for girls and women according to the highest and sound est standards of sports and recreation. The Federatiqp strives to increase consciousness of its purpose during and after college. Special trends in women’s athletics and recreation which were prominent in the discussion were: strive for individual sports with carry-over values; sponsored “play days” and “sport days” as opposed to intercollegiate or interscholastic sports for girls; urged partici pation by all girls rather than just a limited number; emphasized need for good intramural sports programs—concentrating on pro grams rather than elaborate awards; need for qualified women in structors and officials; importance of medical examination before athletic participation. Outstanding personalities present were Dr. Harold D. Meyer, Department of Recreation, University of North Carolina, Chapel HilL who discussed "The Potentialities of Recreation," and Miss Betty Hicks. Women's National Golf Champion, who spoke on "The Place of Golf in the WRA Program," followed by an excel lent golf demonstration. Letters Lower Prices TO THE EDITOR: I 'was interested to hear over WMAJ that the Bellefonte merchants have made a 10 per cent price cut, thus following the New buryport Plan which countless cities all over the U. S. have adopted. Why doesn’t State College follow the same procedure? A ten per cent cut in prices would benefit everyone in town as well as increase sales for every merchant. I noticed from an item in COLLEGIAN that Tom Lannen is going to do his best to promote a student owned and operated store. If the State College merchants do not cut prices, they will lose approximately $40,000 worth of busi ness in food products when this student store begins operations. The average veteran and his family spend $4O-$6O per month for food de pending on the number of children. Multiply that by 1000 families and you get a lot of money being given to Stale College by students who cannot afford such a large amount for food. Why don’t the merchants of this town get wise before it is too late? When and if Penn State gets a Student Union that has its own barber shop, stu dent stores, banquet halls, etc., State College will have to depend on its town people to keep the town from going in the red. Collegian Gazette All calendar items must be in the Daily Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre ceding publication. Tuesday, May 13 CHEM-PHYS STUDENT COUNCIL meet ing, 407 Old Main, 7:15 o’clock. CHESS CLUB meeting, 7 Sparks, 7 o’clock. MENTAL HEALTH meeting, 110 Home Economics, 7:30 o’clock. PANHEL SING rehearsal, 117 Carnegie, 3 o’clock. WRA TENNIS CLUB, White Hall, 4 o’clock. WRA GOLF CLUB, White Hall, Caddy House, 6:15 o’clock. College Health Service Admitted to the infirmary Thursday: Thom as Folan. Admitted Friday: Alfred H. Kline. Discharged Friday: James Walker, Eugene Wasilewski, Judson Sweet. Admitted Saturday: James Fitzpatrick. Discharged Saturday: George Bender, Louis Cohn, Barbara Davis, Thomas Folan, Florence Seese. Admitted Sunday: Homer A. Hoaf. Discharged Sunday: William Robinson. Admitted Monday: Frank Clock, George Latzo, Gordon Schneider, Margaret Weiss. Discharged to Butler: Steven Skajsik. College Placement Service MINE SAFETY APPLIANCE CO., May 13, Bth sem. men in EE and ME. GENERAL CHEMICAL CO., May 13, 7th and Bth sem. men in chem., CE, and CE. CAMP CANN-EDI-ON, May 13, for girls interested in music, crafts, dramatics and na ture. AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE CO., May 13, Bth sem. men in ME, EE, IE and Met. W. VA. PULP & PAPER CO., May 13, Bth sem. men in CE and ME. I-T-E CIRCUIT BREAKER CO., May 14. Bth sem. men in EE and ME. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO;, May 20, Bth sem. men in ME, lE, and CE. Men for summer work in ME and CE. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., May 20, Bth sem. men in EE, Phy., ME, and AE. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO., May 20 and 21, Bth sem. men in C & F and A & L. —Ann L. Baker, WRA President. Lee_ Ann Wagner, WRA Vice-President. Claire Parks, WRA Intramural Chairman. Sincerely, A Veteran's Wife. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA SU Shorts • The Student Union Board of Purdue University is instructed, by the Union’s Constitution, (1) to stimulate and coordinate in a democratic way, the ' activities of students, alumni, faculty merr. 1 - bers, and all others who are con cerned with th e welfare of the Union, and (2) to promote con ferences of educational, scientific, industrial, agricultural, or other useful character, bringing the Un iversity into helpful contact with the outside world. • The word “union” as used in student union goes back to the Oxford Union and Cambridge Union in which Gladstone. Disra eli and many other great English statesmen participated) as college students. • Penn State students can be thankful that they don’t have the problems that confront the stu dents of Franklin College. Indi ana. They are having a dickens of a tkn e trying to find a name for their almost-completed stu dent recreation building. Editorials and features in The 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 tor. Critic Rev , / Remember Mama During the course of a busy Mother’s Day week end, we relaxed long enough (a little over two and "’one-half hours) to catch the most recent production offered by the Penn State Players ... “I Remem ber Mama.” Nancy Granger in' fhe title role of Mama produced a deeply sincere, lovable characteri zation that brought to the throat of many a mama sealed in the audience a lump that could not easily be swallowed. The scene in the hos pital following her youngest daughter's opera tion can most easily be brought to mind as an illustration. That John VanDruten built this play around the characters he had to work with can readily be seen in the person of Uncle Chris, ably performed by veteran Player Hal Chidnoff. Not only is Mr. Chid noff’s versatility displayed by his ability to affect a crippled limb (remember the “Imaginary Invalid”?) but also by his adaptability in portraying a wide variety of characters. Perhaps there is someone who remembers Chidnoff’s second Players show, in ’42 . . . when he played so beautifully the role of a corpse in “Mr. and Mrs. North.” Hal’s performance in “I Remember Mama,” though not “beautifully” done, was none the less convincing and heart warming. Particularly amusing was the scene in his grand-nephew’s hospital room as he taught the boy the use of some carefully selected cuss words in re lieving his pain. And there was Claire Cohen in the part of Katrin, the eldest daughter of the family. But before we can say much' of Miss Cohen, let's toss a few plaudits in Mr. Robert Reifsneider's direction, not only for producing a fine show, but also for casting Miss Cohen in the role of Katrin. His choice could not have been better. The generosity of warmth, ambition, youthful ness. and sincerity with which she gave to the production were most appreciated by the audi ence. I suppose we could go down the list of characters and give you our impressions of each one . . . but that gets awfully boring, except to those whose names appear in these columns. But even if I were to continue, I would stop here and tell you about two persons whose performances in “Mama” can best be called those of an actor and an actress in the literal sense of the words. I’m referring to Jimmy Ambandos and Lois Hartswick. Jimmy, in the role of fiancee-mortician, walked on the stage and we roared, so excellent was his pantomime. He hardly spoke a word during that first entrance . And that Hartswick gal is no slouch either. She was the scrubwoman who wobbled her weary way to the broomcloset, deposited her mop and pail, and departed as painfully and as tired as she had come, uttering not a single word . . . not needing to. Brief though it was, hers was one of the most outstanding performances of the entire show. But no review, even one of this type, can overlook a show's weak points. There was Bud Palmer in the role of Papa: displaying practic ally no characterization at all. Papa seemed to me a pretty weak and effortless job ... it was passable, yes, but nothing more. Sarajane Cherashore as nerve-wracking Aunt Sigrid was a rather sad performance, no mailer how you look at it. ' throwing. Along technical lines, the lighting and set designs were extremely well done and deserve commenda tion. True, the time taken to change the sets seem ed long at times, but in all fairness to Players, we must remember that Schwab Aud was never in tended for a production of this type and with what they had, those technicians did a remarkable job. In the final analysis, however, we say “I Remem ber Mama” was a show you shouldn’t have missed . . . and the type of show we’d like to see more of on this campus. Only next time let’s try to make it a little bit shorter . . . two and one-half hours in Schwab, no matter how good the show, can become awfully hard. -By William Rei Watkins Releases Conflict Schedule The following final examina tion conflicts have been released by Bay V. Watkins, scheduling of ficer of the College: Art 56 May 31 10:20 102 M Eng Bad 1 June 3 8:00 113 EL OE 12 June 2 2:00 107 M Eng CE 61 May 20 2:00 206 Eng A OE 70 May 29 2:00 101 M Eng Com 5 June 2 8 16 Sparks Com 25 June 3 7-9 p,m, 219 EE Com 30 May 29 7-9 p.m. 12 Sparks Com 41 June 2 8 105 Ag Eng Com 42 May 29 8 1 Sparks Econ 1 2 May 29 8 5 Sparks Boon 14 June 2 8 5 Sparks Econ 21 May 31 10:20 5 Sparks Econ 23 June 2 8 6 Sparks •Ed 1 May 3(1 8 204 BB E E 5 May 31 10:20 200 BE E Comp 1 June 2 2 1 Sparks E Comp 5 June 2 2 1 Sparks E Lit 4 June 3 8 1 Sparks E Lit . 6 June 2 8 1 Sparks' E Lit 21 June 4 8 5 Sparks E Lit 25 June 2 10:20 306 Sparks E Lit 60 June 2 8 12 Sparks For 105 June 2 7-9 p.m. 3 For Geog 24 June 4 8 105 MI HA 45 June 2 8 118 Home Be HE 209 May 29 817 Home Ec . H Ec 405 May 29 8 118 Home Be H Ec 406 v June 3 8 118 Home Ec Hist 19 June 2 7-9 p.m. 12 Sparks •Hist 21 May 28 2 13 Sparks IE 303 June 2 8 201 Eng C IE 315 May 31 10:20 208 Eng C • IE 409 June 2 8 210 Eng C Jour 15 May 31 8 200 CH Jour 40 May 29 8 200 CH Math 10 May 29 8 14 Sparks Math 11 May 29 8 14 Sparks ME 101 May 29 10:20 107 M Eng ME 106 May 29 8 108 M Eng ME 409, May 31 8 210 M Eng Met 79 May 31 10:20 121 MI MU'S 5 May 31 8 100 CH NROTC 2 May 27 9-11 p.m. HO EE •NBQTC 3 May 29 9-11 p,m. 2UJ Eng E Phil 1 May 31 8 1 Sparks ' Phil 2 June 3 2 304 Sparks Pol Sci 4 May 29 7-9 p.m. 312 Sparks Pol Sci 10 June 3 8 238 Sparks Psy 21 June 3 7-9 p.m. 308 Biß Psy 437 May 29 8 204 BB Psy 472 May 29 8 206 BB ROTC 36 May 29 8 100 OH Soc 1 Juno 4 7-9 p.m. 1 Sparks Soc 19 May 31 10:20 1 Sparks Speech 280 May 29 10:20 1 Sparks Zool 3 June 2.10:20 105 FL Zool 6 May 29 2 204 FL Zool 29 June 2 8 204 FL . ■ Changed Examinations Mchs 11 May 31 2 See List Mchs 12 May 31 7-9 p.m. See List Mohs 13 May 30 8 See List Mchs 14 May 31 2 See List ~ TUESDAY, MAY 13,1947 Ml Students To Elect Nine Nominations to the MI Student Council took place last-Thufsday and Friday. Those nominated were Robert Bolger, John G. Chew,' William Deggert, David Doan, John Fast, Robert Gelhard, John Harrison, James Kauffman. George Mitchell, Glenn Oyler, George Sanderson, John Schanz, John , Sherrod, William Suter,; and William Wright. • . From this list, nine meihberS to the council will be elected by’ the MI students in an election to -be held soon. . . ■ York Camp Director To Interview Co-eds Miss Lena Risser,. camp director of the York YWCA, will be .on campus today to interview girls interested in counseling in water front,. music,. crafts, dramatics, and) nature. The camp, Carin-edi-pn, is lo cated, half way between York and Harrisburg oii the Susquehanna. Salaries range, from: $25 to, $125, depending ori qualifications and experience, for a six-weeks peribd from June 29 to August 10. • ; Applicants, will be intervievved at the College.'Placement Office, 204-Old Main, at 1:30 p.m., THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Successor; to the Free Lancp, est. 187 i ■ Published' Tuesday through Friday mornings during the College yearilto the stall of the Daily Collegian of the. Pennsylvania State College. Entered at second class Matter: July .5, 1934, at the. State College, Pa., Post Office unde) the act of March 3, 1879. S2.SO a semes ter' $4.00 the school..'year. Eepresented for national advertising oy National -Advertising Service, Madi son Ave., New, York, N.Y., Chicago. Boston, 'Los Angeles. Sail Francisco. Editor v Bus. Mgr. Allan Ostar;... Donald Ellis . Mgr. Ed., Lawrence. Foster; News Ed. Joan Peters;- Co'-Sp6rts Eds. Ted Rubin, Richard Sarge; • Feature-Photo Ed.,. Dave Adelman;..,, Asst. Feature photo Ed., Ben : l. French; , Women's. Ed., Kay Badollet; Asst. Women’s Ed. Marjorie- Mousley.; Wire Ed. Roberta Hutchinson; . Sr. Board, Jean Alderfer, HoWard Back, Eleanor Fehnel, Helen. Lewis, Arthur Stober. Ad. Dir.- Spencer Scheckter;- Local Ad.- Mgr., Barbara Keefer; Asst. Bus. Mgr.. Jack Strickland; Circ.-Mgr., Rob ert'Kranger;' Sec., Mary Lou Calla han; Class. Ad. Mgr. Lucille Martin. STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor ........ Janet' Adler News Editor Peter Warker Assistant News Editor Richard'Hoenlg Advertising; Manager Billie Watson
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