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`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.
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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
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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.
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"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
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At Your
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MICKEY ROONEY
. PAT O'BRIEN
"The
Fireball"
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"Portrait of
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