PAGE TWO Players' Show Is Stimulatirig By LEE STERN The current Players’ production of George Bernard Shaw’s satire, “John Bull’s Other .Island,” makes for a stimulating, if not always engrossing, evening. The objections to the stagmg of the play because its issue is “dated” seem altogether groundless. The appeal of the philosophies of the three principal male characters is universal, and cannot be thought to be restricted to the time when the play is supposed to have taken place. For the boisterous Tom Broad bents, the practical Larry Doyles, the philosophical Peter Keegans are not limited, to one.'time :ot place but can be found anyplace, any time. Certainly all three can be found in America today. Action Static The one real weakness of the play is that the action,tends-.to.be static and the dialogue taiky.'The playwright cannot be denied his right to try to teach, to try to re form, to have an outlet for his views, but he is under an obliga tion to the audience to keep them interested while he. is doing so. There are times in this play when Mr. Shaw’s attitudes on all sorts of things are thrown headlong at the audience with very little at tempt to disguise them with even a thin veil of humor or action. But the play has some very fun ny moments, and some very touch ing ones. Some of the speeches, especially those of Peter Keegan, are truly beautiful. Warren Smith has directed with great understanding. There is a warm touch in his treatment of the many extremely well-drawn mincer characters. Schulte as Broadbent Most of the acting burden lies with Charles Schulte, in his por trayal of the bumbling, foornh, sentimental, yet dangerous, Tom Broadbent. Broadbent might easi ly have emerged as a. mere cari cature, a cartoon of John Bull or ' Colonel Blimp, but in Schulte’s j performance he emerges as a like able, well-rounded character. It should not be rash to state that i this is probably the best male act ing performance of the year. Lee Farr, a newcomer to campus ( productions, turns in a creditable performance as the practical Lar / ry Doyle. Farr seems completely ( at ease on stage, and if some of his gestures seem rather overdone, the i sincerity of his performance seems ( to overcome most of the objection ' to that. Beaver Portrays Priest In the smaller but extremely im- portant role of Peter Keegan, un frocked Irish priest, James Beaver is excellent He makes a warm, human character of the man who “thinks of the pig as his brother and the grasshopper as his friend.” It is an exquisitely written char acter role, and Beaver makes the most of it. Peggy Mulligan is adequate as Nora Reilly, Irish “village heir ess,” who has an income of about $2OO a year. Miss Mulligan brings a sort of faded charm to the role of the girl who has waited 18 years for Larry to came back from Eng land to her. Although she pre serves the simplicity of the char acter, there is something lacking. Outstanding in minor roles are Dan Meckes, as Patsy Farrell, loutish laborer, and Allan Adair, as a village miller. Others in the cast are Robert Klein, J. Paul O’Brien, Joseph Ry- 0 D 4WESTINGHOUSE IRONS Brand New, Light Weight HARTMAN ELECTRIC CO. 0 d newicz, Bernard Friedman, Jon nie Breyer, and Morris Shanken. Extras are Robert Lansberry, Bernard Seltzer, Charles Teacher, John Note, Michael Forgacs, Nor man Kennedy, and Jack Belter; New Animals Will Appear In Exposition Several newly .acquired animals, many of them with some of the cattledom’s outstanding blood lines; will make their first.public appearance at the: College when students exhibit them in the Col lege’s 1951 Little International Livestock exposition April 28. Ninety-four students are now busy brushing, cleaning, and lead ing the animals in preparation'for the - show, according to .’Daniel Pierce, publicity chairman. Many coeds will participate in the ex position. 43 In Beef Division . In the beef cattle division, 43 Shorthorn, Hereford, and Angus cows and calves are being pre pared for the show. Philip Hous ton heads the division. Twenty-one entrants compose the swine division, under the supervision of Frank Zorn.- This year, for the first time, Yorkshire swine will appear in the show. - The sheep division will feature 17 outstanding ewes. Breeds rep resented will include Dorsefs, Hampshire, Southdown, ana Shorpshire. Carl Everett is the division supervisor. Make First Appearance Morgan horses will make their first appearance at the College in the, horse division, under super vision of Ralph Yergy. New Bel gians and Percherons also will appear in the exposition. A record crowd is expected to attend the show 4his year, accord ing to Pierce. William King is show manager, and James Gall agher is assistant manager. Students To Give Dramatic Program On Radio Tonight An Arthur Miller radio drama Entitled “William Ireland’s Con fession” will be presented on the regular program of the Speech Hour 8:30 tonight over WMAJ. The program will be produced jointly, by the speech and drama departments. David R. Mackey, of the speech department, and Wal ter H. Walters, instructor in dra ma, are the directors. The radio drama, dealing with the life of one of the most famous literary forgers of all time, was originally presented on the Col umbia Workshop. In the cast are Louis Shirey, James Beaver, Edward Girod, Charles Williams, Lee Farr, Ed win LefkoWith, Lee Stem. John Price, Peter Twaddle, William Sullivan, and Dan Wargo. Paul Reinhardt is announcer. More than 15,000 students of the College spent their first year off the campus during the five years of emergency educational program conceived to relieve the postwar enrollment congestion. State teachers colleges catered to over 5500. now ’6.95 Means YWR .OgportiMitty Dgy! h THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE; PENNSYLVANIA Blinding To Speak At WSGA Meet “In the Time of Our Lives” will be topic of Sarah Gibson Blanding’s speech at the WSGA convocation in Schwab auditor ium at 7 o’clock tonight. ! Miss Blanding is the first wo man president of Vassar college. She previously served as dean of Women at New York State College of Home Economics and the Uni versity of Kentucky. WERE $12.95 . Sarah Gibson Blending ; A reception for Miss Blanding will be Jield in the lounge, of Simmons hall following the con vocation. Retiring officers Of the WSGA senate will pour tea at the reception while the new mem bers will serve as hostesses. To Play Piano , Mary Lou Tatisue win .play background piano music while guests are meeting the speaker. A special dinner will be held tomorrow night in Atherton hall in honor of Miss Blanding, A spring theme will be carried out in the dining halls of all the wo men’s dormitories and the special monthly dinner will be held in conjunction with the dinner in Atherton. Townspeople and faculty mem bers may attend the convocation. New WSGA officers will be in stalled. Purpose Of Convocation The purpose of the convocation is to enable all women on campus to spend an evening together in order to exchange ideas. Miss Blanding is the only Wo man member of the Public Advi sory board of the EGA. She Is also serving on the Board of Foreign Scholarships which selects stu dents and faculty members for study abroad. She attended the University Of Kentucky, Columbia university, and the London School of Eco nomics. Blue Key To Meet The Blue Key Hat Society will meet tonight at 7 in 202 Willard. The purpose of the meeting, David Mutchler,' Blue Key presi dent said, is tapping. Carnival Booth Limit Extended To Monday .The Spring.. week _ committee yesterday extended the "deadline for Spring carnival booth appli cations to next Monday, and set Saturday, April 28, as the dead- Penn State Club Weighs Talent Show Proposal s Apian 'by jyhich the Penh State club would direct a;; pro posed talent show sponsored by the Centre Hall Lions club will be discussed tonight at the regu lar meetingiih 405i01d MSih At B o’clock.. ... , A"committee composed, of Jos eph Hubert and Moylan Mills dis cussed the show with,, .the .club last Tuesday night, and the Lions club., members adopted the pro posal unanimously. If the club agrees to the , pro posal, members Would be ap? pointed to direct a show similar to that presented by the club on campus earlier in the semester, ! except that the performers'would :come from Centre-, Hall: ■ Stag Party-Slated ‘ The club will hold a stag party at the State College American Legion -park . ililS £ S'atttraay : atter n'oon;''Time-and’ hlhCe bf. defedr ture will be announced ! later. .;, Lewis ’ Hoover, :sbcial' chairman of the club, 'said, yesterday- that plans had also been completed for a mixer with Kappa; Phi sorority, Saturday afternoon, April 28/.; New Members The following n.ew members were recently • initiated . .into the lub: ' ' .- Prank Arnold, John Bergstrom, Wilbur, Black, Robert ,Brown, Bernard Cohen, "Robert -Colley, Bruce Cramer, Donald Dietz, Jos eph Folcarelli, Norman Gray, William Groff, Robert Harkins. Wesley Kriebel, Neal Lehman, Edwin Melhuish, Fred Sandritter, Lester Schlegel, Frank Schrey, Robert Schultz, John Stoudt, John Tice, Merle tJmsted, Lou Vesco, John Villforth, and Don- Old Watson. f ICG Endorses Truman. Action The Pennsylvania Intercollegi ate Conference on Government in Harrisburg, endorsed President Truman’s dismissal of Gen. Doug las MacArthur last week. Richard Bard, president of the Penn State group, said the move came as a surprise to most of the delegates. He said the resolution S as passed by a majority vote. e-\did not know how members of the Penn State delegation vdted. The conference, composed of college students from all parts of the state held a model unicameral Congress. It further called for the reorganization of the Reconstruc tion. Finance corporation and asked for the enactment of uni versal military training legisla r tion. TUESDAY, APRIL'I7,I9SI line for. candidates to be ppterea in “the-Miss Penn State contest. Applications for booths were to have closed yesterday, but. the deadline was extended to allow additional groups to enter booths. 1 The'- contest, which will choose three. .-finalists. for Miss Pehn State, will end at noon, April 28, Clair George, of the Spring week committee, said yesterday; - Judging by -Photos Preliminary judging and elir niinatloh to three finalists will be dbiie by. photographs, preferably' at-least s’’ by 7” portraits, George said. • Phe finalists will be judged in person, formally attired, in cere;, monies to be held in Schwab auditorium,"," Tuesday May 15/-PriOr to~the judging they will ride .-on- special floats In a parade through the town. .. Portraits, properly identified,- shbuld/lbe, turned in at Student Uniory./George said. He ' urged every organization on campus to y “ Student Loan Fund The-Spring carnival - will be held Thursday, May 17-, on the Osmond lab -parking lot. •In the past two years the carnival has been -held on S. Allen street and ■E. Beaver' avenue. . Proceeds from this year’s car nival .will help finance a student loan fund •to be sponsored by All-College cabinet.. Gash- prizes of $lOO, : $5O, and $25 , will -fee awarded-to the booths selling the greatest, .number of tickets.- ’ Groups desiring further - infor mation on the Carnival may *e eure it from'Robert Fast at Alpha Chi Sigma, David - . Schmuckler,- publicity chairman for Spring week, said yesterday. 18 Rrombted:' it On Collegkifv % Eighteen promotions t& the junior editorial board Of ;ihe : Dftjl3r Collegian have been by Marvin Krasnansky, . editor elect ' • ■ • • " 1 " "■ The promotions , are - with the issue of May 1. Those promoted were; Lavoiii>e Althbuse, Arnold Bloom, Lilpgri Cassover, Doris ..Golub, a Jamefii, Gromiller, Charles HeHderspjv, Robert Highton, David Jones, Le* nore Kahanowitz, Bettie LOUX, Mildred Martin, Andrew McNeil lie, Patricia Nutter, Virginia Opoczenski, Jape Reber, Ted Soens, Mary Stark, and Shirley Vandever. 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