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Students
Plays
-A veteran of Dram 21 stolidly listened to his classmates tear
apart, piece by piece, a play he had spent long, hard hours of work
putting together.
As the criticism drew to a reluctant close, the student relaxed;
knowing that he would be doing the same thing to the work of
some other aspiring- playwright.
Scenes such as this take place each week during Dram 421
class. The advanced playwriting
class, directed by Warren S.
Smith, associate professor of dra
matics, teaches students to write
plays that can be staged. Dram 2
is a prerequisite for 421
Each of the ten to 12 students
in the class writes his own play
which he reads to the class. Af
ter the class criticizes it, the au
thor rewrites it and a fellow stu
dent then directs the play in
which anyone may act.
The criticism “gives the author
a feeling of objectivity,” Smith
said.
The production of the one-act
play takes about a week. Through
this-method, rather than the pro
duction of fewer and longer plays,
all of the students are given an
opportunity to see their work per
formed and to hear constructive
criticism which they might other
wise not be able to get. This
method, according-to Smith, has
proven to be the best of all the
methods he has tried.
The three best plays of the
Dram 21 class are produced by
the Five O’Clock Theater.
The work in Dram 421 is co
ordinated with the Five O’clock
Theater productions.
The winning plays are not pro
duced in their entirety. The ac
tors present a play without aid
of props and carry manuscripts
in their hands. In spite of these
factors they try to put on a pro
fessional looking, and sounding,
performance.
Often as a result of participa
tion in Five O’Clock Theater pro
ductions, some of the actors are
picked by student directors to
appear in other College plays.
The payoff for the hard work
that a writer has put into each
of the one-act plays comes when
he is introduced to the audience
and as he watches them - smile,
laugh, or cry through the perfor
mance of his work.
And as the curtain is drawn
on the stage of the Little Theater
in Old Main it may be opening
on a new career.
Alpha Tau Alpha
Holds 21st Banquet
Alpha Tau Alpha, agricultural
education professional fraternity,
held its 21st annual banquet last
night at the Nittany Lion Inn.
The affair was dedicated to' Dr.
C. S. Anderson, who has retired
from his position as professor of
agricultural education at the Col
lege. Dr. Anders,on will-:sail
shortly for the University of Read
ing in England, where he will en
gage in research under the Ful
bright Act.
Dr. Russell B. -Dickerson, .vice
dean in the School of Agriculture,
was guest speaker. Lyman E.
Jackson, dean of the School of
Agriculture, presented shingles to
new members of the fraternity.""
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Nemeroff-Albert
Mr. and Mrs. Ayre Albert of
Carlisle have announced the en
gagenient of their daughter, Shir
ley, to Milton Nemeroff, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nemeroff of
Philadelphia. '
Miss. Albert is a former student
of the College and is now a junior
in elementary education at Tem
ple University.
Mr. Nemeroff is a senior in pre
law and is a member of Phi Sig
ma Delta.
The wedding will take place
June 22.
Display Features
Kitchen Gadgets
Basic wardrobes, basic kitchens,
basic courses—we always seem
to need certain items to fulfill
our basic needs. As for the home
economist, or just plain house
wife, she needs kitchen gadgets
to prepare her hubby’s meals.
An exhibit emphasizing the
good and bad points of certain
kitchen gadgets is now'being dis
played on the first floor of the
Home Economics building. This
display was set up by the Depart
ment of Home Management last
week and will continue all
month.
In some cases different makes
of one gadget are compared as to
worth.
Ease of operation, number of
uses, work saved, food saved;
durability, cleaning, storage and
cost are some of the factors with
which the exhibit is concerned.
West Dorm Dance
West Dorm Council will spon
sor a dance from 8 tonight until
1 a.m. tomorrow in the West
Dorm lounge.
Jake Huber’s orchestra will
play from 8 to 11, after which re
cords will be used.
AChiO Volunteers Aid
Alpha Chi Omega has volun
teered to help, in the Easter Seal
drive in the Centre County area
this year.
This is part of the sorority’s
national project, which was, be
gun at the end of World War 11.
Sterling Bracelet
with PENN STATE SEAL
for “Her”
ON VALENTINE’S DAY
at Balfpurs (“A” Store)
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Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi entertained Delta
Delta Delta at a spaghetti dinner
last night at the fraternity' house.
The dinner was followed by en
tertainment and dancing.
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Delta Delta held a tea
Wednesday night in h.o nor -of
Priscilla Newell, national travel
ing secretary of the sorority.
Guests included Pearl O. Weston,
dean of women, members of her
staff, dormitory hostesses, and
representatives from campus sor
orities.
Beta Sigma Omicron
Beta Sigma Omicron" recently
pledged Bernice Yerkes. Ruth Da
vies and Miriam DeWitt, mem
bers of the chapter, attended the
installation of officers of Beta
Lambda chapter of the sorority,
at Youngstown College, Youngs
town, Ohio.
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Frank Kelly has been elected
social chairman of Tau Kappa
Epsilon. Paul Harmeier and Don
ald McCormick have been ap
pointed co-rushing chairmen.
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clean, and his breath is always
fresh and pure. He dresses im
peccably, his wit, sparkles, and
he uses a reliable deodorant. Now,
who’ll be the first to transfer?”
Then we have the Reg’lar Fel
ler type Prof. He’s one of the
boys, in white bucks (with regu
lation quantity of dirt), sport
jacket clashing violently with his
argyle ' socks, flashing bow-tie,
and fuzzy, fuzzy crew cut.’ He’ll
breeze into class with a cheery
“Hi, folks.’’ He outlines an ex
tremely liberal cut policy, re
marks -that you don’t really need
to buy the text, announces his
open mind and generous curve
grading system, and then dis
misses the class, whistling
“Shrimp Boats” as you leave. The
wise student will drop this course
like a hot potato; there’ll be no
threes, one two, a scattered group
of ones and great quantities of
zips forthcoming.
.In a class by herself is the Fe
male Prof. If she had been born
a bit earlier, she’d have been a
suffragette. - For five thousand
years the men have been keeping
the women down, and now, by
God, this, very semester, she’s
going to settle the score. She is
characterized physically by a
flushed, evangelistic expression,
disheveled hair, and long, pointed
eye-teeth.
It’s quite a roster—almost as
frightening as the students.
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be made and still maintain archi
tectural harmony.
Q. If Ihe students voted to
reduce or eliminate the fee,
would the wishes of the stu
dents -be followed?
• A. Certainly the Trustees, < who
assessed the fee, would give the
most serious consideration to stu
dent recommendations. Frankly,
the Trustees would be confronted
with a difficult situation. All pro
gress in a democratic community
is dependent upon decisions made
by those who are eligible to make
them at any given time. If future
generations do not uphold pre
vious - actions, then there could
be no certainty of proceeding with
any type of project in which con
tinuity of action is imperative.
If previous decisions have been
basically bad, of course they
should be reversed, but if they
have been arrived at democratic
ally by responsible groups and
undertaken on that basis, they
should not be given up because
of’ temporary difficulties.
To make the point sharp, sup
pose after, the building is con
structed students should vote that
they want the fee eliminated.
Obviously the Trustees, having
borrowed funds for construction,
could not respond favorably to
such a recommendation. The ques
tion currently, then, is whether
the Trustees would be justified
in modifying the fee temporarily,
because the time of construction
is now uncertain.-
Q. What wilJlhe new Student
Union Building include?
A. The proposed building has
been designed with the idea of
serving the needs of the students,
alumni, and staff of the College.
It will include one large ball
room; a lecture hall; a music
room for rehearsals; a browsing
library; a coffee shop, a soda bar,
and three private dining rooms
to supplement the food services
already on the campus; offices
for student organizations; four
lounges; game areas for table
games, table tennis, pool and bil
liards; and other facilities to make
the Student Union Building the
center of student activities.
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Yes, the new spring look is the
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We have an exciting collection
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129 S. Pugh
20 Trailers Available
In Windcrest Area
Twenty trailers in the Wind
crest area are still available for
married couples with or without
children, Mrs. Sara E. Case, in
charge of area housing, said yes
terday.
All of the trailers are ready for
immediate occupancy, Mrs. Case
said. Occupants need not be vet
erans but must be College stu
dents, she said.
Those interested in securing a
trailer may contact Mrs. Case, 109
Old Main, for further information.
WRA Plunge Hours
White Hall plunge hours will
be from 7 to 8:30 tonight and
tomorrow instead of from 7:30
to 9 as usually scheduled. '
CLARK GABLE
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"ANGLES IN
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