I Slip latlg @ (EnUegtan ~ L “ ' — 'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE" .VOL. 50 NO. 16 'Glass Menagerie Opens Tonight at Center Stage Homecomi Award Play Will Run 6 Weekends Rotating Cast Featurec Players 1 Group (See feature on Francine Toll, page 3) Players’ 1949-50 season will open tonight at 8 o’clock/with Tennessee Williams’ Critics’ Circle award play, “Glass Men agerie.” The play will run for ax consecutive week-ends at Centre Stage, Hamilton and South Allen streets... Tickets are $.90 for Friday nights and $1.25 for Saturday nights (including refreshments). Cast Will .Rotate The play is being directed by Prof. Kelly Yeaton who is Jetting the Players prove their versatil ity by using, a rotating cast. This differs 'from a double cast in that six people, rather than eight, have been chosen for the four •roles. The-' cast includes ■ Diane Scuderi, Sonya Tilles, Francine Toll, Tim Hayes, Chuck Schulte, and Dan Wargo. Each of the women has studied both women’s parts ,in the show; and, likewise, the. three men can each play both men’s roles. Family Portrait The story is a family, portrait I with the setting in an alley, tene ment. Classified as a memory play by critics, it is a study of , hope and frustration as seen in the recollections of Tom, the ever dreaming son who is away at sea. Tom’s mother, Amanda, is a fad ed old southern belle whose hus band left her with two children early in life. '( Title Derivation His sister, Laura, is a poor, frightened, crippled young womr an who confines herself, to an imaginary • world of glass figur ines—thus the play’s title, “Glass Menagerie.” : The play is. concerned with Tom’s recollections of an evening when he, induced by his mother’s constant nagging, brings home a “gentleman caller” for his sis ter.' Today ... . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the record-breaking num ber/of alumni returning to the campus this Homecoming Week end. The Pem Stale alumni group, which ranks among the lop doz en in lhe nation in total paid-up memberships; has been instru mental in raisin'g the College to the status it now holds as one of the leading educational institu tions in the country. >' . Today’s and tomorrow's turn out, largest • in the history of "Dear.. Old State," proves' cttice againtheir undying love for their alma mailer, ' The Mighty Ni 11 an y Lion growls.. his welcome .to all re-, turning "old grads," on'this, the aside specially for them. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1949 Cuties in 'Welcome Willy 1 Chorus Line Nancy- Altland, and #f Mike" Claysmith appearing in the current Thespian show, "Welcpme Willy", in Schwab Auditorium. med.' *N . *V \ 4 ' > *- - *> ' rt * Tuneful La ugh Hi t There may bp little rhyme or reason as to how the Thespians :ame to combine, farmers, minstrels, and Calypso in one show, but the : au4ience .last night did not seem to mind as they witnessed the opening “Welcome Willy, 1 ’ the Thespians’ Alumni Weekend offering. ... ' ‘ ’ tTiiuier tjtie direction of Ray Fortunate, the Thespians put on their "I show as if they had been practic ing much more than, three weeks. The only connection this critic could find 1 between the scenes was a most amusingyone in the person- of Dave Greenwald, as the Hitchhiker who dumbfound edly and aimlessly wandered out •of one scene and into another.. .. The chorus and gleesingers paid tribute to the Alumni in the first scene of Act 1 as two alums of ’24 Nate Feinstien and Sam Saunders joked around un til they found themselves with out tickets to the big game. ' From there the Thespians made a quick trip to a fish pond where Sid Manes, a convincing dumb farmer,” sang “Plenty of Fish in the Sea” with Eleanor Williamson. 1 The Artist Course, a take-off on the real thing, featured the Bellefonte “B 1 op s” . Orchestra with Merrill Sporkin going through silly motions as Dr. Hmmmm Flashburn, the director. Perhaps ivith quite a few more new jokes the “Madcap Minis trel” scene would have, moved a little faster, but as it was, it took Sid Manes and Harry Kondoura jian plus the Harmonaires to pull it through. Manes and Kondoura jian cleverly dead-panned their way 1 through “Old Grey Bonnet” while the Harmonaires put quite a bit of life, into “Coney Island Babe.” The' Harmonaires, who, by the way, were Gene Myers, Bob Pot ter, Bill Elmore and Glenn Lan dis, made their appearance again in “Atlantic City—Circa 1893,” pleasing the audience again this time with “Ijown by the Sea shore" which they did with the : chorus. Also in the Atlantic City • number was a clever routine in ! which i the chorus delightfully, i cavorted and scampered about i (Continued on page eight) Jobs Scarce, But Uncle Sam Has Openings . See editorial page 2 Students scheduled for gradu ation in February or June will find it harder to get jobs .than any class since pre-war days, predicts George N, P. Leetch, di rector of the College Placement Service. / But, he points out, there is a great opportunity right now for prospective 1950 graduates to find jobs with the U.S. Civil Service if they act before Nov. 8. Uncle Sam Needs Men At \the present time. Uncle Sam is looking' for potential . 1950 graduates, from almost every cur riculum to fill jobs as Junior Pro fessional Assistants, Junior Man agement Assistants and Junior Agricultural Assistants. Each year the U. S. Civil Ser vice Commission holds an exam ination for 'college seniors and recent graduates to. fill the above-mentioned positions. This year, Nov. 8 has been set as the deadline for seniors to submit applications for this examination. Application forms and inform ation concerning this examina tion and the jobs to be tilled through' it are available at the College Placement Service in 204 Old- Main and at the .U. S. Post Office. This will be the only op portunity for the present senior class to qualify for appointments to these classifications, Leetch stressed. Date To Be Announced The actual.examination will be held, here ,in State College at a (Conti*uted on page eight# ng Plans Completed By BILL DETWEILER Activities, Displays Planned To Welcome Returning Grads A full calendar of events, including fraternity displays in competition for the Alumni trophy, an Alumni luncheon honoring the 50th anniversary df the Blue Band, and a foot ball game with Nebraska, will greet Alumni returning for the annual Homecoming Weekend beginning today. The complete program for the weekend as arranged by ' Ridge Riley and Ross Lehman, of the Alumni Association, is as follows: Friday 12:00 Noon—Registration at Alumni headquarters in Rec reation Hall. Afternoon—Golf tournament for Alumni; Hort Show open to visitors. > 7:30 p.m:—Pep rally in front of Old Main. 7:30 .p.m.—Judging of fra ternity displays. 8:00 p.m.—Thespians present "Welcome Willy." Saturday Morning registration of Alumni continues; second ses sion of. Alumni golf tourna ment; Hort Show open all .day to visitors. 9:30-11:30. a. m. Home Economics Alumni coffee hour in Home Economics Building. 11:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m.—Alumni luncheon honoring founders of the Bugle Corps, Cadet Band, and Blue Band. 2:00 p. m. Football game with Nebraska. 2:15 p. m. Cross-Country meet with New' York Univer sity. 8:00 p. m.—All-Alumni show ing of "Welcome Willy." 8:00 p.m.—Cider party at Recreation Hall for Alumni. 9:00 p. m. Alumni Dance, with' Gene Magill's orchestra. One, of the first sights to greet the returning Alumni.will be the lawn displays at all fraternities. They will compete for the Alum ni trophy, now held by Alpha Tail Omega. Themes of the dis plays are to be “Welcome Alum ni” or “Beat Nebraska.” Judging of the lawn displays will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. to take advantage of the lighting effect instead of on Sat urday morning as originally an nounced. Displays will be judged on the merit of originality, appro priateness to theme, and general attention-getting appeal. Display Judges Named Prof. Cuthbeft F. Salmon, of the architecture department, Prof. John Y.-Roy, of the art.depart ment, and Ross Lehmanj of the Alumni Association, will serve as judges. Winners “may be announc ed at the football game.. * At half time during the football game the Blue Band will provide further entertainment along this line by presenting a “parody per (Continued qn page eight) Parade, Rally To Highlight Homecoming Blue Band, Hank Glass Featured on Program Many extravaganzas will spark Xlumni Weekend on campus, but an outstanding feature will be a gigantic pep rally scheduled to take place at 7:30 tonight on the steps of Old Main. The rally will end in time to al low those who wish to attend the attractions offered by Players and Thespians to do so. Head Nittany cheerleader Dick Clair divulged little information, but promised that, the rally will be something “out of the ordinary” if everything takes place as plan ned. Rain today will force postpone ment of the event, since Rec Hall, usual scene of pre-game rallies,, is being used for alumni activities all weekend. Parade Starts Activities A parade headed by the famous Penn State Blue Band will com mence activities for the evening. Starting at Locust Lane and Fair mount Avenue, between the Beta Sigma Rho and Delta Sigma Phi fraternity houses, the marchers will parade down Locust Lane to Beaver Avenue, turn onto Beaver to Allen Street, continue down Al len. and go straight up the Mall to the' steps of Old Main. There, the band and miscellane ous marchers it has picked up along the route will be met b’ Hank Glass, a ’4! Penn State grad- uate who will bi master of cere monies at th Glass, a veteran actor and campu: comedian, wai MC at the AIL College talent show for three years running—1947, ’4B and ’49. In his sojourn at State, Glass and two co-authors, Tom Lyon and Francis X. Fatsie, took first prize of $lOO for. writing the best script in the Thespian scenario contest last year. To complement Glass on the program, attempts are being made ;o have'alumni speakers, especial ly' those active in football circles, attend the rally as guest speakers. Coach Joseph Bedenk and the football team will \ not be present at the- rally. Following its usual custom for Alumni Weekend, the team will leave town immediately after practice today. Undergraduate Spirit A large number of sophs and frosh are expected to .turn out for tonight’s rally, and the two classes should play a big part in the cheering and flash-card exhibi tions at tomorrow’s game with Nebraska, Glair indicated. PRICE FIVE CENTS Book Refunds Available at BX The 270 students who have not picked up their book re funds at the BX must do so before 12 p.m. tomorrow. Re funds may be picked up today- 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. If refunds are not picked up, the books will be sold to a Pittsburgh agency. Book re ceipts must be presented for refunds. The Pittsburgh agent will be in the BX from Tuesday morn ing until Wednesday after noon. Students desiring to do so may deal directly with the agen^
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