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COLLEGIAN GAZETTE
Brief notices ot meetings and event*) mast be
mltted to the Summer Collegian affiee Carnegie
Hall hy 2 p.m. Mondap* for publication In Wedneu
dey’e Colfogtafi Gazette.
Wednesday. August 4
EXHIBITION of summer sessions work in oil
and water color painting. Oil painting exhibit—
Mineral Industries Art Gallery; water color ex
hibit—3o3 Main Engineering. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
HOME ECONOMICS Forum. Fabrics, Today
and Tomorrow. 14 Home Economics. 4:10 p.m.
LECTURE on oil painting exhibition by Hobson
Pittman. Mineral Industries Art Gallery. 8 p.m.
MIXED SWIM. Glennland Pool. 8:15 p.m.
Thursday, August 5
OIL PAINTING exhibit—Mineral Industries Art
Gallery: water color exhibit—3o3 Main Engineer
ing Building. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday, Auousi S
MAIN Summer Session classes end. 5:50 p.m.
Saturday, August 7
SUMMER SESSIONS Commencement. Schwab
Auditorium. 10:30 a.m.
Monday, August 9
REGISTRATION for Post Sessions. Recreation
Hall. 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
POST Summer Session classes begin. 1:30 p.m.
Post Session Events
BRIDGE—TUB. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday nights. Du
plicate and progressive.
BADMINTON Tournament—Sign un at 113 Rec
Hall or call Ext. R6-J before August 14.
DANCES—TUB. 9 p.m. Friday nights.
FUN NITE—Rec Hall. Saturday nights.
GOLF Tournament Qualifying match nlay.
Sign uo at Caddv House by August 18. Blind
bogey. Sign up at Caddv House by August 15.
OUTDOOR Movies—Thursday nights.
MIXED Swims—Glennland Pool. 8:15. Wednes
day evenings. No charge. Towels provided.
SOFTBALL L ea g u e—Any group wishing to
enter team call George Harvey. Ext. 86-J before
August 14.
TENNIS Courts—May be reserved up to August
'lB. Call Ext. 87-J. Tournament. Sign up at tennis
booth before August 18.
HIKES, picnics, etc. Equipment and aid to
groups interested. Call George Harvey. Ext. 86-J.
FISHING or casting instructions Equipment
furnished. Must have license. Call George Harvey.
Ext. 86-J.
At the Movies
Calhaum
Life with Father—Wednesday.
Easter Parade—Thursday to Tuesday.
Return of the Badmen—August 11 and 12,
State
The Mating of Millie—Wednesday and Thursday.
The Unturned Glass—Friday.
Bring ’Em Back Alive—Saturday and Monday.
In Old Los Angeles—Tuesday and Wednesday.
Niltany
Take My Life—Wednesday.
The Bride Goes Wild—Thursday and Friday.
Rocky— Saturday
To the Ends of the Earth—Monday and Tuesday,
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THE SUWMER COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE.
XIV Olympiad
Focus of the world’s attention—athletically
speaking—is in London, where last Thursday a
blond six-foot Englishman raced around the new
red clay track of Wembley Stadium to fire the
Olympic torch with a flame carried by a long pro
cession of runners from Mount Olympus in Greece.
In this fourteenth modem Olympic Games, 5000
athletes from 61 nations are competing in 17 sports
for about two weeks. Despite postwar struggles
and strife, this is the largest number, of indi
viduals and countries, ever entered.
Penn Staters are particularly conscious of
the proceedings because of the College’s repre
sentation—six athletes and a coach—on the United
States squad of 341'
Perhaps the influence of the playing field, the
track and the pool may yet be felt in the seem
ingly hopeless task of achieving permanent world
peace.
True, the first 13 modern Games seem to have
been of no avail. Their effect, however, is probably
cumulative. This year, with more participants,
more publicity and more promotion, the gospel of
world brotherhood should spread widely and
seep deeply into the minds of men everywhere.
If the spirit of the Olympic flag’s five colored
interlocking circles, representing the five conti
nents and five “races,” ever becomes universally
accepted, then there will be an end of “wars and
rumors of wars.”
It is the spirit of peaceful and cooperative pur
suit of liberty and happiness for all. "
Editorials and features in The Collegian
reflect the opinions of the writer. They do
not claim to represent student or Univer
sity consensus. Ail unsigned editorials are
by the editor.
SUMMER COLLEGIAN
Published every Wednesday morning during the Main
Summer Session by students of the Pennsylvania State
College. Entered m second class matter July 5. 1984, at
the Btate College. Pa.. Pout Office tinder the act of
March 8. 1879.
Summer Collegian has been officially recognised by Col.
legian. Inc.
Editor Business Manager
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Man. Ed.. Elaine Nelson; News Ed., A 1 Osier;
Sports Ed.. Tom Lyon.
Editorial Staff: Lois Bioomquisi, John Bon
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DeJoseph, Dee Drake, Ed Gazda. Thelma
Geier, Gloria Isenberg, Dolores Horne, Corbin
Kidder, Peggy Lasor. Bunny Miller, Sylvia
Ockner. Barbara Schiffman, Janie Schwing,
Beverly Witherow.
KALIN’S MEN’S SHOP
NOW GOING ON AT
PENNSYLVANIA
Community Theater
A controversy similar to the perennial “Which came first— the
chicken or the egg?” cliche arose at a Sunday meeting of the State
College Community Theatre Guild to determine the feasibility of
establishing a permanent year-around community theater.
The question as to who would suffer most by competition with
the other—Players or Town and Nine—seems to us an improper one.
Rather there should be an idea of cooperation and mutual benefit.
First demands upon Collegian loyally and support come
naturally from Players; we would be derelict in our duty as a.
student newspaper not to accept them.
At the same time, we can see how a good, continuous semi-pro
fessional community theater would be of the greatest value to
Players. It is a common plaint of struggling young actors that they
can’t get parts without experience, or experience without acting.
A semi-professional community theater would provide dra
matics department graduates with an excellent stepping-stone to
successful careers by giving them experience for a year or so for
“coffee and cakes.”
However, this in no way proves that such an ambitious venture
would succeed. Too many unknown factors prevent our hazarding
even a guess. Among them is a site for rehearsing and producing
their plays.
Center Stag* la obviously out of th* question cine* it will
be used by Players. Fortunately the sixe and equipment re
quirements for arena type plays are not Tory stringent. The
task of finding a suitable location should therefore not be in
surmountable.
It seems patently obvious, as James Ambandos, Town and Nine
director, observes, that the community theater could not hope to suc
cessfully present plays every night of every week throughout the
year.
The actors would tire mentally and physically, to the detriment
of their performance. The audience would soon reach a saturation
level and begin an inevitable decline.
Above all, in cooperating with student dramatics organizations,
Town and Nine should refrain from producing shows in direct com
petition with Schwab Auditorium performances, but should fill in,
as far as possible, the slack periods between plays.
Without the necessary facts at hand, Collegian is unable to state
categorically whether or not a year-around semi-professional theater
is feasible, or even desirable. It urges the Town and Nine Players
and the Community Theatre Guild to base their decisions on a care
ful, complete and factual analysis of the total situation.
Whatever course is followed, the success of a future, per
manent summer theater must not be jeopardised. Town and
Nine has filled a definite need and has proven of value to the
College and the borough.
AUGUST, 1948