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Drama for Students
Today at 5 p.m. the dramatics department will inaugurate a
new dramatic program for students of the College—" The Five
O'Clock Theater."
The Five O'Clock Theater will present performances every
Tuesday at the same hour, each skit lasting only twenty or thirty
minutes. This will enable students who are on campus to "catch"
a short dramatic performance once a week on their way home from
classes.
Most of the plays produced wilt be written by students in the
s play-writing classes. In other words the weekly performances in
the Little Theater, 5 Old Main, will be showcases for original works
by talented amateur writers here on campus.
The new weekly theater will be as much a boon for specta
tors as for writers, however. It will enable college-goers who are
terested in experimental dramatics to witness weekly a new ex
perianental play from the pen of a yet unknown playwright.
Many of the performances given will not be top-flight. Even
the sponsors concede that. They will be produced without benefit
of costumes, scenery, or even rehearsal. Performers will read the
individual parts from scripts in their hands. Thus, those who are
interested in plush stage productions will be disappointed if they
expect the same in the Little Theater this afternoon.
But students who are seriously interested in dramatics, who
wish to give comments on the author's work, and who might even
be interested in watching the birth of a talented future Broadway
writer will find the Five O'Clock Theater a stimulating experience.
The author of each week's work will be in the audience and
will welcome suggestions from members of the audience. It will
enable dramagoers who do not major in dramatics to voice their
opinion of how these skits could be improved.
• Special commendation is due Prof. Warren Smith and the
members of the volunteer "stock company," who will stage the
productions, for conceiving and carrying into execution such a
worthy project.
Here's hoping discriminating students who are seriously inter
ested in the improvement of the theater, not only here at Penn
State, but elsewhere, will support the revolutionary innovation.
Perhaps through amateur groups and experimental ideas like
the one which will make its bow today, the entire American theater
may be improved.
Alpha Kappa Delta
The first meeting of Alpha Kap-
Pa Delta, sociology honorary,
will be held at Hillel Foundation
at 8 p.m. today for faculty and
graduate students of the sociol
ogy department. Dean Pearl 0.
Weston will speak on "The Place
of Sociology in Industrial Rela
tions."
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HUR'S MEN'S SHOP
A WEEKEND FULL
OF LAUGHS
OPENING SOPH-HOP WEEK-END
FEB. 18 AT CENTRE STAGE
"PARLOR STORY"
A MODERN COMEDY PRESENTED BY
THE PENN STATE PLAYERS
This show deals with the choosing of a College
Preskient. plus a zloty of Love, College Life, and
Partial . ad Intsigue.
Reservations inter be obtained at the dramatics office
Engineering Speaker
R. W. Slinkman, senior engin
eer with Sylvania Electric Pro
ructs, will address a meeting of
Centre County subsections, Am
erican Institute of Electrical En
gineers and Institute of Radio En
gineers, in 219 Electrical Engin
eering at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
in advance
TKNETS ON SALE
TO THE EDITOR: If my recent letter to you
did nothing more than stir up a letter of rebuttal
then it has served its purpose. If one read my let
ter with any degree of comprehension, one could
see that my arguments had nothing to do with the
architects who designed Willard Hall but the deca
dent architectural "style" that was used.
We could have good contemporary architecture
here at Penn State if those in charge would not
cling to the "old Siwash tradition" which is a con
glomeration of neo-classic, gothic, Colonial, etc.
Why must we be content to plod along the same
old path?
Some will argue that architectural unity must
be maintained. Many of us embryo architects are
of the firm belief that architecture must be fresh
and free from "style." I say again that if Penn
State is to be a progressive school, it must be pro
gressive in all ways, architecture included.
Whether I am entitled to call myself an archi
tect depends on more than a certificate of gradua
tion. It depends on a love for architecture and
firm, ethical convictions.
"Name withheld" sounds as though he was
hit with a classic order and never has regained
his senses. —Joe Severino.
• Just for the record, "Old Siwash" Penn
State's buildings of the past ten years or so
have been designed along the Georgian style.
Elementary science teachers who like to illus
trate the concept of a bottleneck in terms of a
crowd squeezing through a narrow doorway
could find a charming example of the phenomenon
without going to any metropolis.
In fact, they need go no further than the south
ern exit from Sparks, any day between classes.
Talk about the teeming masses of the Orient!
Once in this surging horde, an observant student
will note countenances ranging from despair to
delight—provided he can manage to look around
without rubbing noses with a neighbor.
Of course, the jammed hallway is a good place
to be if (a) it is raining, (b) one's next class is not
beyond Carnegie or (c) a fellow gets jostled around
until he's cozily close to the coed he wants to
meet.
—Red. Roth.
By the time such an unabashed Lochinvar is
propelled out the door, he should have run over
his entire line of wit, and it he hasn't proposed by
then, he must be a confirmed—or crushed—
bachelor.
One male was observed climbing adroitly out a
nearby window. This solution is not recommended,
however, especially during a keep-off-the-grass
campaign. —John Bonnell.
she Satiety Value
'Siwash Tradition'?
The Teeming Masses
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FRIDAY
FEB. 18
9:00 O'CLOCK A. M.
With
SKITCH HENDERSON
HIS PIANO
HIS ORCHESTRA
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15 1
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at once.
Bethlehem Steel Co., March 14 and 15, eighth
semester in ME, EE, lE, CE, ChE, MEng, Met, Cer.
Report to 204 Old Main to fill out preliminary ap
plication form.
SKF Industries, Inc., February 23, to interview
graduates for training in ME.
Koppers Company, February 24 and 25, June
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grads with Ph.D., M.S., or B.S. degrees from Chem
Eng, Chem.
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dents with degrees in ME, Physics, and EE.
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Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, February
25, June grads with degrees in Chem. Eng., and
Chem.
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terview girls interested in scouting as a career.
She will be at the Girl Scout office at Beaver and
Allen streets. Interviews .may be scheduled by
calling State College 6622 or Miss Clark at the
Nittany Lion Inn Monday or Tuesday. I
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