C.::_;1:01.1.ER 10, 1.9,51.; `Private Lives' To Illustrate Players' Arena Techniques When Players' production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" opens at Centre Stage Friday night, State College theatre goers will be introduced to a unique type of stage construction, arena staging. Of comparatively recent beginnings, arena staging marks the first radical change in theatre . techniques. since the origin of the theatre itself. Under' he arena system, the audience is not separated from the actors at all, but actually sits on what would - be,. in the conventional theatre, the stage. The floor of the arena theatre is level. Seats for the audience are grouped around three or four sides of the set proper. Players make entrances and exits right through the' audience. Instead of the "two-dimensional" action of the ordinary theatre, actors must play to an audience more. or less surrounding them. - Arena staging brings with it other technical problems distinct from those of the conventional theatre. The problem of the three dimensional audience crops up again in lighting. The stage must be lighted equally from all sides, and footlights cannot be used. "Fellow-Feeling" Nearness of the audience es tablishes a "fellow-feeling" be tween it and the cast. In the usual theatre there is a barrier of raised stage and or chestra between them. The at mosphere of arena Staging is an intimate, personal one. A major advantage of the sys tem is in its use with small audience groups. A great many smaller communities have adopted the plan, finding it the answer to the problem of theatricals in un fillable auditoriums. Arena stag ing is a low-budget system, eli minating the use of extensive backdrops, large stage crews, and other cost-boosting items. k For a number of years, Players have employed the arena system. They are, in fact, one of the pio neer groups in the 'country, and have, through many seasons, be come as adept at the new techni que as most theatrical groups are with the conventional one. Film To Show Research Work At The College As a special feature of Penn sylvania Week, the College will release throughout the state the first of a series of films designed to show the services Penn State renders to the Commonwealth. "Research Is For People," a 22- minute sound film in color, illus trates the extent of the various types of research done at the College and. the value it has to the people of Pennsylvania. Produced by the College and filmed on the campus, the picture shows research done in food freezing. It depicts studies made on insulation and moisture trans fer to help improve housing. Giving a well-balanced but far from complete picture of the vast 'research program at Penn State, the film then turns to the farm seed stock program and to the dairy cattle breeding research center, both of which serve Penn sylvania agriculture in providing better crops and better dairy herds. , In the fluorine laboratories, work on the development of fluorocarbons, a completely new family of compounds which will Start the Season Right See . . "PRIVATE LIVES" Opening This Friday at Center Stage Allen Street and Hamilton Avenue Tickets Now At Student Union Friday $.90 Saturday $1.25 By RON BONN Brunner Set To Direct FFA Music Dr. Henry S. Brunner, head of the department of agricultural education, is directing the na tional Future Farmers of America band and chorus at the annual convention in Kansas City, Mo., this week. Dr. Brunner has 115 boys from 110 different schools in 37 states comprising the na tional band. Pennsylvania has eight boys in the national band. They are Henry S. Brunner Samuel E. Moyer, Hershey R. D.- 2, and Robert McCullough, Eigh ty-Four, Washington County, both playing Eb Clarinets; A. William Hahn, Newfoundland, acid P. Ward Hill, Spring Mills, both playing Bb clarinets; Harold Butler, Union City, tenor sax; Ra y Vabderhoff, Claysville, Washington County, baritone sax; Raymond Witherrete and James Grove, both Spring Mills, French horns. Four boys from Pennsylvania are in the national FFA chorus. They are Richard Rice and Jo seph Baker, both of New Enter prise; Donald Lehman, Heidel berg, Township, Lebanon County, and Henry G. Patches, South Le banon Township. Pa. Week Committee Members of the sophomore class Pennsylvania Week com mittee will meet at 6:45 tonight at the Phi. Kappa Sigma fratern ity house to discuss plans for next week's state celebration. All members of the sophomore class are invited. not burn, mold, corrode, or decay, is pictured. During Pennsylvania Week, bookings for the picture will be handled through Penn State centers in Altoona, Dravosburg, Dubois, Erie, Harrisburg, Ogontz School near Philadelphia, Potts ville, and Scranton. TEE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIh. Uruguayan, Indo-Chinese Study Here Some people really "go away to school." Take, for instance, Nguyen to Ban, of Hanoi, Viet Nam (Indo- China) and Eduardo A. Wood, of Monevideo, .Uruguay. Both are enrolled here at Penn State. These two students were im ported by Alpha Zeta and Delta Theta Sigma to study agriculture at the college. They are the recip ients of special scholarships pro viding them with room and board. The college waivers the other costs. Senor Wood is a senior at the Escuela de Tractica y Campo Ex perimental de Agronomia, near Salto, Uruguay. He is taking course's in animal husbandry and agronomy ,to enable hi m to launch an extensive beef grow ing program in his native coun try. Mr. Ban is concentrating on agricultural engineering and ag ronomy subjects. He wishes to re turn to his native land better pre pared to • improve his country's agricultural practices. Last year, two students from Germany attended the college under similiar circumstances. The two students Heribert Krane and Otto Baer are now back in the U.S. Zone. They are both enrolled at Hohenhiem university. Upon completing their studies, the two students took an exten sive tour of the mid-west and California before returning to Germany in August. Business Up In Pennsylvania General business in Pennsyl vania during August was up 25 per cent from that of a year ago, the bureau of business research at the College announced yester day. The expansion of general busi ness from July to August was 10 per cent and was caused by a very high level of civilian goods production, some war orders, fewer strikes, and a very high level of retail purchasing. New records for any month in the history of the state were shown for industrial power sales, life insurance sales, new car and truck sales, and telephones. New August records were re ported for bank debits, steel pro duction, and building operations. The bureau reported that retail trade was excellent. Sales were still high, although frenzied scare buying fell off during August. Independent store sales were up about 15 per cent from a year ago, while department store sales gained 15 to 25 per cent. All areas showed an improve ment over a year ago and the percentage of gains are: Allen town, 18; Altoona, 27; Bethlehem, 35; Easton, 13; Erie, 26; Harris burg, 12; Johnstown, 21; Lances; ter, 17; New Castle, 29; Oil City, 3; Philadelphia, 21; Chester, 4; Pittsburgh, 32; Reading, 25; Shar on, 26; Scranton, 15; Wilkes- Barre, 7; Williamsport, 22; and York, 16. Here—Extra Attention Costs Nothing Extra! • GOOD GROOMING STARTS HERE You're groomed when we regularly keep your hair in trim. .-•- ... .. • '-ir , :i - ;:k ' 7 Al .11 ilirtNt.7 gy . § e 4 f . ..,:/...,,4 HARTMAN -I BARBER SHOP State College Hotel Eisenhower's Portal Opens To Bold Coeds If Miriam Kugelman and Marian Schrum, two Penn State coeds, had any doubts about Dr. Milton Eisenhower's "open door" policy, they don't any more. Having heard of Eisenhower's record of always having a ready ear and an open door for students at Kansas State, the two liberal arts juniors decided to see for themselves. By the time their one-hour visit was over, the girls had met the president, his family, and his three brothers. They had also had their pictures taken by a Life photographer, collected a batch of autographs, and amazed a crew of newspapermen. The way the girls tell it, this past Thursday, on the inaugura tion of Dr. Eisenhower as 11th president of the College, they de cided they would like to meet the "boss"—just to size him up and give their approval, you see. Ruth Baffled So, having made their decision, the girls calmly walked up to the President's home, knocked on the door, and asked to see the presi dent. Ruth, Dr. Eisenhower's 12- year-old daughter, was apparent ly taken by surprise, but Mrs. Eisenhower came to the rescue and told the girls that the presi dent was dressing and would come down shortly. Mrs. Eisenhower ushered the girls—who by this time had gun to appreciate the importance of their undertaking into the living room. After a few minutes Dr. Eisenhower entered and made small talk with the girls and in a little while the trio was joined by "Ike" Eisenhower of World War f::' TELEVISION DIMATION SERVICE -CALL- State College 3512 STARLITE DRIVE-IN on BELLEFONTE ROAD SHOWS-7 and 9 P.M. TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY "Every Girl Should Be Married" CARY GRANT BETSY DRAKI COMING SOON "Lonesome Road" By MARV KRASNANSKY II fame. Quickly the girls gar nered the autographs of both men. More small talk followed and in a short while the girls ad journed to the garden to await the arival of some newspaper men and photographers. There they met Earl Eisenhower, added his autograph to their collection, and made mare talk. Earl fetched Edgar, who completed the circle by signing his name for the girls. By this time the newspapermen had arrived, replete with their press pases that could "get them in anywhere," and were amazed at finding the girls in , the Eisen hower bailiwick. Join Photogs "How did you get in?" the re porters asked. "We just rang the bell," the girls answered. When the press photographers began popping away, Miriam (Continued on page eight) NOW! At Your Warner Theatre Ca. Lawn MICKEY ROONEY . 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