OUTOBER 20, 1950 Decided Improvement . IT IS TALENT such as is displayed here which has made coeds* a permanent feature of Thespians productions. Once upon a time, however, the group was all-male and proud of it. Here is the story of that unenlightened past, complete with happy ending ... • Old-T ime T hespians— Womanless Wonders To anyone who, in recent years, has sat enchanted by the )road female expanses displayed in Thespians musical productions, t seems incredible and rather horrible that once upon a time there ere no women allowed in the shows. Yet with the exception of a single male-short war year, no oed ever appeared with Thespians between its founding in 1898 tnd 1928. In fact, when women 'vere allowed to work in 1918, the irogram for the show did every hing but apologize abjectly. "The audience will note," said he program, "how satisfactorily "Upright Pianos" he women do the work of men There was the New-York jaunt, these difficult parts. Verily, the during prohibition days, when the ar• works wonderful changes." cast wired ahead for the hotel to Audience Pleased have three upright pianos ready The audience, howevei, seemed for - them. When they got there i appier about the whole thing the manager slipped them three , aan the he-Thespians. In fact it bottles of gin. "Upright pianos" ras the treasured memory of this had a connotation unknown to ingle female appearance that Webster's Collegiate in the Vol parked the agitation .for the she- stead days. hespians. A 1926 review in the Old timers who refuse to be td Penn State Collegian noted named go into detail 'about the )urly that, "The cast girls were after-the show trips to the "bur ne, but the chorus girls, except leycue." No one chaperoned the rie, were rotten as far as looking old tours. "Bert Kinley, now ke the opposite sex is con- College tabulation coordinator, rned." went along with the money but, One wonders about that single ception. But the permanent attachment women to the show with the unding of Masquerettes in 1928 .ded a rugged, often riotous, metimes bawdy era. The old e Thespians were famous, per .ps notorious, for their road ps. Way-back-when members dreamy-eyed remembering the To Make Love Gotham Gold-Stripe Hose in all the N E W Fall shades Priced from $1.35 to $1.95 KALIN'S DRESS SHOP 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110 g IN 1934 ... . Penn State had an undefeated soccer team The first steel stands were erected on New =- Beaver Field • And SALLY'S began it's unbroken service to students 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110. By RON BONN charter-boat trip to Washington when the cast got stranded on the way home and had to wire the College for fare. as he' says, "I wasn't a chaperon; I was a wet-nurse." It was doling out the $2 daily eating allowances that gave him the "Two-Buck Kinley" nickname he still carries. Costuming the male changel ings gave birth to a whole set of stories. One ex-Thespian recalls, "The number of garments re quired to dress a lady in those (Continued on page seven) y Legs Look Lovelier - - - SOUTH ALLEN STREET TRY US TODAY! 'I'HE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Two Chemists Present. Paper To Seminar Dr Arthur Rose, associate pro fesgor of chemical engineering, and Theodore J. Williams, re search fellow in chemical engin eering, were co-authors of a pa per they presented at a recent seminar at Endicott, N. Y.,. on industrial and scientific mathe matical computation. The paper dealt with the solu tion of trial-and-error type prob lems with the card programmed calculator. A third member, of the faculty. Martin J. Ziegler of the tabulat ing division and the psychological testing clinic, discussed improved machine procedures for test scor ing. One portion of the seminar discussion dealth with the "Mon te Carlo" method for solution of complex engineering and mathe matical problems. This method involves the rapid withdrawal of various colored marbles from a series of containers through the use of computing machines. When this procedure is repeated often enough, it can form the basis for obtaining very difficult numer ical answers. Leetch Will Address Eng 2 and 3 Students A senior engineering lecture, open to all Engineering stu dents, is scheduled for Schwab auditorium this afternoon at 4:10. Mr. George N. P. Leetch, direc tor of the College placement set. - - vice, will take on "Employment Procedures." ~r CAT;HMJ M Now midnight coffee is a snap! When you're. cramming for a tough quiz . . . you, may need the quick "lift" of good coffee! And Nescafe.* is the easy answer to that one. It makes roaster-fresh coffee right in the cup. No coffee-pot. No grounds. No brewing. 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The exhibit, which will be brought to the campus by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; will open 'in the Mineral Industries gallery on Wednesday, and will continue until the fol lowing Wednesday. The exhibit consists of four dif ferent collections of oil paintings depicting various aspects of the oil industry. Among the portray als are the production, refining. and transportation of. oil to its far-flung destinations. Oil paint ings, water colors, and drawings Chem-Phys Mixer Plans Formulated Preliminary plans for a stu dent-faculty mixer were formu 'lated by members of the Chem ' istry and Physics student council last night. Bob Sharetts, presi dent of the council, appointed Herb Blough as chairman, and Craig Aicher to the committee. The council, made up of 24 members, will wait until the elec tions November 1 and 2 to com plete their committee. Six new members will be added to the council in the elections, composed of two freshmen, one pre-med, and one chemistry student. The four sophomores on the council will be two chemical engineers. one chemistry student, and one pre-med. The next council meeting will be November 8, 204 Old Main at 7:30 p. in. PAGE THREE. are included Artists commissioned for the project were given complete freedom to interpret their indi vidual assignments. The exhibit will be open tp the Public from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. daily, except Satur day, when hours are 8 a. m. to noon and 1 p m. to 5 p. m. and on Sunday, when hours are 2 to 5 p. m. Ag Council To Hold Dinner, Harvest Ball Plans were made for the Hill student-faculty party and dinner, to be held Nov. 4 at Rec hall, at a meeting of the Ag stu dent council Wednesday night. The council scheduled the Har vest Ball for Dec. 2 at Rec hall. Music will be furnished by the Statesmen. It was decided not to have the all-College farm show this year because the new agricultural buildings have not been com pleted. Two College Grads Work With Army In Japan Two recent Penn State grad uates are working in the same railway transport office for the army in Japan, according to .a letter receiver by Mrs. Jean Sloan, a junior in journalism. Her husband, Lt. Lawrence A. Sloan, of Philadelphia, a '49 grad uate in journalism, wrote that he was working in the same office with Norman Halperin, of Cleve land, a .'4B pre-med graduate. GET YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS NOW AT Niitany Card & Gift Shop Opposite Atherton Hall A Leifer To Mom Dear Mom— Today I was downtown shopping and you should see the terrific purchase I made. REA & DERICK is fea turing beautiful personal ized stationery and it really was too nice to resist. For only $1.25 I bought a box of MAJESTIC STA TIONERY with my name and sorority tit was even offered with Greek letters). My other friends ordered some, too with their name and address. I'll be writing you on it tomorrow, Mom, cause it's ONE DAY SERVICE at R & D's. Can't wait to use it—l know you'll love it too. So long Rea & Derick
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