PAGE TWO —Photo by McNeillie CLAIR GEORGE, Hat Society Council vice president, greets bas ketball Co-Captain Hardy Williams as the team returned from a three-game road trip Sunday afternoon. Williams, speaking to some 200 students who turned out for the welcome home rally. said "I thought it was a lynching party when I saw all the people." Also on the program were Co-Captain Jay McMahan, members of the team, Coach Elmer Gross, and former coach John Lawther. Players to Observe 3d Theater Month When Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda• Gabler" opens at Center Stage Friday for a six-week run, the Penn State Players will be joining more than 600 groups in this country and many others abroad in a world-wide observance of March as International Theater Month. This is the third year International Theater Month is being celebrated by theater people the world over, who will devote educa tional, community, and profes sional productions to plays stress ing themes underlying the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's Dec laration of Human Rights. "Hedda Gabler" was chosen as Players' contribution to the move ment, Director Robert Reifsneider said, because it is representative of the work of a foreign dramatist —Norwegian-born Ibsen, known as the "father of modern drama." Promotes Understanding When Ibsen wrote his character studies, which were the fore runners of the modern psycho logical dramas, he made use of the ideas of his time Speaking of "Hedda Gabler," Ibsen once said, "It was not my desire to deal in this play with so-called problems. What I want ed to do ,was to depict human beings, huMan emotions, and hu man destinies upon a groundwork of certain of the social conditions and principles of the present day." The purpose of International Theater Month is two-fold: to acquaint the public wit h the works of foreign playwrights and to promote international under standing through dramatic pre sentations based on man's search for security and world peace and on the dignity of the individual. Comedies Used The observance had its begin ning at a UNESCO conference in 1949, where Rosamond Gilder, board member of the American National Theater and Academy, suggested that theaters in America set aside one month of the year to focus their spotlights on plays which pr omo t e international understanding. The first Ameri- li w money ht the wastebask You will never have to waste "otpharipes or left •over paper if you choose your distinc tive style from EATON'S OPEN STOCK PAPERS. YOU Can always get more matching paper OR en• velopes from us. KEELE R ' S ° • By BETTIE LOUX can venture was so successful that it became a world-wide movement in 1951. According to Alice Venezky, author of "Living Theater," come dies as well as serious plays serve International The a ter Month's purpose. The French writer Moli ere unmasks pretenders in his far cical satires, and Jean Giraudoux creates characters who share the same basic problems and pleas ures as Americans, Miss Venezky says. Shakespearean plays bring home the importance and dignity of the individual man, she says, and Maxwell Anderson's tragedies show man's search for peace and security. Family Relations Prof To Speak on Dating Dr. William Smith Jr., professor of family relations, will discuss "How Do You Rate a Date at State?" at 7 tonight, in Thompson Hall Lounge. The talk is the second in the series of freshman programs de signed by the freshman council of the Penn State Christian Asso ciation. Smith's discussion will be based on the results of his survey on dating on this campus. V• iC I S 145 S. ALLEN ST. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE MLEGE. PENNSYLVANDi IT'S A FA T Not until the spring of 1901 did Penn State have an official song. The original version of the Alma Mater was six stanzas. Music from the hymn "Lead Me On." The popular song at Vic's, "Just a Chocolate Milkshake and Swiss Cheese on Rye." A wholesome snack for busy people; a lenten favorite. Cezane Art Is Discussed At Lecture Cezan's paintings followed the path of his life and were pro voked' by intimate feelings of . a very thoughtful yet unsociable artist, Dr. Myer Shapiro said in a talk in the Liberal Arts Lecture Series last night. In his lecture, illustrated with slide reproductions . of the life works of Sezane, Shapiro pointed out how his paintings followed the path 'of his life. From his many years of work, Shapiro said, Cezane emerged a more human painter. "The father of cubism and :ab stract paintings," he said, "was a very quiet man, uneasy with people." They cannot be examined prop erly as only a group of triangles and squares, but must be looked at with reference to the biography of his life. Cezane attempted to imitate both Manet and Pisarro, Shapiro said, but his figures rather than being centered withdrew from each other. In studying his works you are unable to become a part of the painting, but must be content as the position of a spectator, Sha piro pointed out. From his early paintings of vio lence, expressed in dull greys to those of his latter years when he made wide use of bright colors, Cezane's works followed the path of his internal feelings, he said. Shapiro, is on his way to Chi cago to lecture at an exposition of Cezane works in that city. LA's Opposed To 'Cut' Policy The Liberal Arts Student Coun cil last night raised opposition to a Senate proposal which. would add credits to graduation require ments for cutting classes within 48 hours before or after vacations. The council authorized Edward Shanken, president, to take before All-College Cabinet counter-pro posals to the Senate measure. In other action taken, the coun cil approved David Olmsted's re vised proposed amendment, con= cerning fees, to the All-College Constitution. The council also ap proved a recommendation to ob tain Jack Huber's band for the council mixer on March 27. The council disapproved the class cut policy, and, recommend ed fines, grade percentage reduc tions, or faculty discretion in place of the proposal. PSCA Panel Discussion Scheduled for Tonight "In the Interest of Women" will be the topic of a panel discussion sponsored by the Penn St at e Christian Association at 7:30 to night in 304 Old Main. The panel will be composed of students and faculty members. Talent. Shove Whiner •" EDWARD R 0 L F , baritone, who won first prize Friday in the 12th Annual All-College Talent Show, sponsored by. the Penn State Clu b . Approxi mately 850 per sons saw the show. Rolf, sixth se in ester journalist, will play the title role in Thespians' "A Connecti cut Yankee." Seats Erected For Concerts Extra seats will be erected on the stage of the State College High School auditorium for the performances by the Budapest String Quartet tomorrow and the Philadelphia Woodwind Quartet March 31. A number of tickets from the second printing may still be ob tained at Student Union, the Har mony Shop, or from Mrs. Albert Buffington, ticket chairman. The first printing for the exact num ber of seats in the auditorium was sold. Tickets admit patrons to both concerts. No seats are reserved. The concerts are sponsored by the State College Choral Society. Mrs. Edward C. Henry is concert chairman. Barnett Elected To AIM Board Joseph Barnett wa s elected representative-at-large to the As sociation of Independent Men's Board of Governors at a meeting of the Nittany Council last night. The Barons of Nittany area will hold a free dance Saturday night in the TUB following the basket ball game with the University of Pittsburgh, James McGinnis, so cial chairman for Nittany Council, announced. Weston Thomlinson, president of the .council, appointed Charles Berryhill c h a i r man to secure speakers for the area. 'T'U'ESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1952 USAF Offers Commissions To Graduates College graduates and second semester seniors with credit for, one year of college 'physics and mathematics through integral cal culus are now eligible to applY for Air Force commissions and training; to become weather offi cers, the USAF •weather service has announced. Successful applicants will be commissioned as Second Lieuten ants •in the Air Force Reserve and upon being ordered to active duty in mid-August of 1952 will b e g i n- a 12-month meteorology course ,at one of the seven parti cipating U.S. colleges and univer sities. The College will be one of these participating schools. Application forms and further information concerning the .pro gram can be obtained by writing to the chief, air weather service, AndreWs Air Force Base; Wash ington-25, D.C. Council to Give Keys on Merit West Dorm Council last night approved by a 7-6 vote to award service keys to council members on a merit system. The executive committee of the council was given the power to award the keys at its disgression. The motion was presented to the council by Ralph Griffith, council vice president. Richard Mills, council presi dent, was instructed by the mem bers to discuss with the Dean of Women a plan for a series of ex change dinners with Thompson Hall every Sunday. The council stipulated that a rotation plan, for dining must be set up to avoid men and women "eating in the same dining halls all' the time." Bob Campbell and his orchestra will provide the music for a dance to be' held in the main lounge from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, accord ing to Charles Brewer, West Dorm social chairman. He also said rec ords would be played from 11 p.m. until 1 a.m. The council voted to hold a ban quet ,at the Eutaw House, but no date was set and no arrangements were made on how it ,would be financed. Student Directory Supplement Ready The supplement to the student directory is _now on sale at the Student Union desk for five cents. All College offices will receive copies of the supplement through the department of public infor mation. The supplement contains the names, curricula, semesters, home addresses, local addresses, and telephone numbers of 413 new students on campus.
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