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.
Special Today , £
Beautiful
Dish Gardens ;;;
To brighten your room y
dorm or at home
$2.00 and $3,00
Various Arrangements Of
• Philodendron
• Snake .Plants
• Ivy
•Peperomias
•Boxwood
• Cactus
Drop In Today at
Woodring's
FLORAL GARDENS
117 E. Beaver Ave.
.% .r<l
5- ;i,
effective