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—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-
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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.
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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.