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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.,
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