TUESDAY MORNING, JULY IS, 1047 Drama Director Says Theatre Future Bright, Believes Television Cant Replace Stage "The American theatre is grow ing faster today then ever before,” Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh clear ed up a Question as he turned In his atvivel dhadr. ' ■ “Take ANTA—the American National Theatre Association— the most influential theatre group in the nation today. They’ve been granted a charter by Congress, the only group with such recog nition. This year they’ve been campaigning for 20 million dol lars and next year plan to ask Congress for larger amounts in subsidies.”' “Another powerful group is the National Theatre Conference en dowed by tht Rockefeller Founda tion with $76,000 a year. They award $3OOO a year—for instance —to ,a promising young play wright. With that money he can devote his entire time to writing.” . The head of the dramatics de partment leaned back in his chair. “This year: the Conference also held tryouts in New York for col lege grads who wanted to , act, and Claire Cohen, a <£ormer Player, placed morig the winners. She goes Into rehearsal on July 21.” As a Board member of. both of these important groups. , Mr. Cloetingh is • able to • help Penn State graduates who seek careers in dramatics. "Then there’s ’the increase of professional and semi-pro groups that function far from Broadway. In Philly, for instance, there’s about 200 such groups that act for a’ living or pay their directors John E. Nicholas, professor of agricultural engineering at the poUege, received . the technical paper award of the American So ciety of Agricultural Engineers recently. The award was given in recognition of an > outstanding paper contributed' to the, May 1046 issue of “Agricultural Engineer ing.” The ' CAMPUS Restaurant.... \ SERVING GOOD FOOD AT THE RIGHT PRICE. 0 VISIT -132 E. 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FAIRORTH, The twin keyboard performance of the Yaysnoff slaters in last Thursday’s opening Artists’ Course recital lacked clearly-de fined and the sincere understand ing style that characterize first rate musical interpretations. The adaptations for duo pianos were not smooth or defin ite and made the most of loud chords. In their playing, they did not feel the music, did not trans late a genuine enthusiasm or ap preciation, did not co-ordinate their individual parts. On the meritorious side, their own composition “Taihbng” though unoriginal and flat, was executed with confidence. Prokoflleff’s A Common Expression in Town and On Campus PHOTO SUPPLIES ART SUPPLIES and DRAFTING MATERIALS it at METZGERS" METZGERS March flowed smoothly with re strained gusto. Backstage after the recital, the sisters were sincerely enthusias tic and cheerful, sPedkdng in a British accent. Recalling their careers. Iris, the blonde sister, told of starting to play at three years of age, "a dis ease from the beginning.” Their parents were not musicians but an unole on their mother's side is the famous composer Wieniaiw ski. J According to Iris, they came to America in 1939 and have played with the Cleveland, Detrdit, and NBC Symphony Orchestras. June outlined plans for a winter tour of. Texas, lowa, and other sec tions of the West. t*AGFB Sasrnflr
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