PAGE Tab Players' Oscar Wilde Comedy Features Too Many Ernests When each of two men called Ernest is adored by a woman because .his name is Ernest, the situation may be confusing especially when Ernest is not the real name of either Ernest. The amusing solution of the situation is a part of the Players'_ production "The Im portance of Being Earnest," - which • One will open • tomorrow at Center Stage. Robert Reifsneider, asso ciate professor of dramatics, is director of the Oscar Wilde com edy which will play seven week ends at the downtown theater, The play is a satire on the Eng lish high society of Wilde's day, designed to amuse by exaggera tion of incidents. Cast Named Connie Melvin will play the part of Cecily,. an idealistic girl who loves Algernon, portrayed by Gordon Greer, because she thinks his name is Ernest. Lois Lehman will be seen as Gwendoline, who also has roman tic ideas about the name Ernest. Don Colbert will play the role of Jack,• the object of Gwendo line's adoration. Yvonne Voight will portray Lady Bracknell, who judges everyone by his social and finan cial background rather than his personality and character traits. The Rev. ChasUble, portrayed by Myron Cole, satirizes ',lie minister of the 19th century. Played in London Pat Farber will be seen as Miss Prism, a prudish, strict school teacher who is actually seeking a man. Albert Kalson. and Ed Grove will portray Lane and Mer riman, the butlers. "The Importance of Being Er nest" played for the first time at the St. James Theatre, London, on Feb. 14, 1895. The humor of the situations may still be appre ciated by 20th century audiences. Tickets for the play are avail able at the Student Union desk in Old Main. They are priced at $1 for both Friday and Saturday performances. Food will not be served at the Saturday. show. Sales Increase Shown by ÜBA A 133 per cent increase over last fall's sales was shown this semester by the Used Book Agen cy, according to Howard Giles, ÜBA chairman. Giles attributes the greater vol ume to a newly initiated system of self-service whereby students were able to browse through texts in the TUB ballroom rather. than waiting to be served. Fourteen hundred books were bought and sold with 53546.20 collected. Of this amount, $3OOO was returned to students selling through the ÜBA. The remaining $546.20 was charged as handling fees. Postcards are being sent for 229 book receipts which have re mained unclaimed. 3 Admit Damaging Hamilton Lavatory Two sophomores and one fresh man admitted causing extensive damage to a first-floor Hamilton Hall lavatory Saturday nigh Frank J. Simes, assistant dean of men, has said. The three students, all of Ham ilton Hall, voluntarily confessed to causing damages not yet esti mated. The damage includes broken shower heads, shower bar s, a broken mirror, broken towel racks, and a smashed waste paper basket. No action has been taken yet against the three, Simes said. Forster to Address French Club Meeting Dr. Kent Forster will speak to the French Club at 7 tonight in Simmons Hall lounge concerning his experiences in Europe this summer. Colored slides will be used. Elections for the offices of presi dent and vice president will be held. Inkling Staff to Meet Members and candidates inter ested in joining the staff of Ink ling, campus literary magazine, will meet at 7 tonight in 208 Wil lard to discuSs plans for publi cation, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA By TAMMIE BLOOM LOIS LE-IMAN as Gwendoline casts admiring glances at Jack (Don Colbert) under the critical gaze of Lady Bracknell (Yvonne ion "The Importance of Being lw at Center Stage. Voight) in the Players' produc Earnest. - The play opens tornorr. Observatory Opens For Star-Gazing Star-gazing doesn't have to be limited to the scientific-minded. Think you'd enjoy a look at the globular star cluster of Hercules? Or how does the double star Al bireo sound? Here's your chance. The College observatories will be open to the public from 7 to 9 tonight and tomorrow night. Hercules and Al-. bireo will be in view. Dennis Elected Council Head Thomas Dennis was elected president of the Nittany Council at a recent organizational meet ing. , Other new officers are Robert Harding, vice president; Peter Prinzivalli, recording secretary; Lee Brewer, corresponding secre tary; and Robert Frank, treasurer. Following the elections a busi ness meeting was held and the council voted to collect money for the Lion suit fund. Matters con cerning problems in the dormi tories were also discussed. Research Group to Held Membership Meeting The Industrial Relations Re search Association will hold a membership meeting for old and new members at 7 tonight in 317 Willard. A movie will be shown on the national labor movement. The purpose of the club -is to learn the qualifications desired by employers of students who will be working in the labor-manage ment relations field and to sug gest courses of study which would help them meet these qualifica tions. Players Present the importance of Oct. 10 Center Stage Borough Alters Traffic Laws New borough parking and traf fic regulations affecting students were announced yesterday by E. K. Hibishman, burgess. According to the new regula tions, no parking will be allowed on the south side of College av enue between Hiester and Garner streets. One-way traffic signs have beer placed on Garner street froth Beaver to College avenues,• allowing traffic to move only from Beaver to College av enue. Hibishman. said these changes are on a temporary tryout basis. Young Democrats Hold Mixer in TUB Tonight The Young Democrats will hold a mixer from 7 to 9. tonight at the TUB. Social chairman Marian Venzlauskas said the mixer is open to all students and faculty members. Refreshments will be served. -• -•< •-•- - - x ..: .. .', .I . :".. .' , ..i . • '-':::::-• ..::." ' '' ' .. ;;%: 1: i•' .;. :: :. 1.:',..: . : , .: ‘ ;; ; ;' ' ;' - ::n: r .i i': • .:1 Free Lecture on . ......:,.., , ‘.....,„ Christian Science ..„..„ ,•,•• ~.%:. :., • . 7p -.: - Lecturer: . - • • ..!.;, THEODORE WALLACH, C.S. of Chicago, , .sA. :i • Illinois. Member of the Board of Lecture- ~..: • .... ship of the Mother Church, the First - r-.'' Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, /.,';` . ;;.3 .•• •! Massachusetts. ;••, ..-. . (......p -..i ..,;(,4 - A : ••`;;• Subject: . . .. :: ..,4 "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: THE KEY 'WI ; - :TO HAPPINESS." • '::-•.1 :.z1..;..1 I. ..'4,1•.'.;. !: ". .t . Place: 109 Agriculture Building :.•,.,.... ~,,:- • 4Time: Tuesday ~ il. ; October 14, 1.952, 5 . at 7:4 --14 ~., i• r • ,'...:, All Are Welcome zo-„Av.. c :, • 1.4* •: Dl::o§3lKlFEE:Eiciagiigiaaatittai being T S R E N Community Ticket Plan A revised plan for expediting the exchange of Community Forum season ticket cards for reserved seat tickets•will be in effect this year. The plan will consist of two lines being set •up at the Student Union desk in Old Main for distributing tickets. Students' wishing seats in odd numbered rows may obtain them in one line, even num ibered rows in the other, Dr. Ger ald B. Stein, ticket sales chairman, explained. In previous years one line has served for claiming all seats with confusing and waiting resulting, Dr. Stein said. He added that the new plan should eliininate much of the trouble connected with ex changing tickets. The campaign to sell forum season tickets is now in its sec ond week and w ill continue through tomorrow.. Tickets may be obtained at the Student Union desk in Old Main and 'from forum representatives, including mein bers of Chimes, junior women's hat society, and Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity. The season ticket cards, priced at $3, must , be exchanged for re served seats according to the plan outlined, between 1:30 p.m. Oct 27 and 8 p.m. Nov. 10. The Community Forum season will open Nov. 10 with Marquis Child s, Washington columnist. Others in the series are Elsa Lan chester, character actress and nightclub entertainer, presented by Paul Gregory on Dec. 8; Wal ter H. Judd, Republican congress man from Minnesota, Jan. 9; Hod ding Carter, Southern newspaper ditor and author, Feb. 23; and 3 e gum Ikramullah, Pakistan stateswoman, Mar. 4 Vet's Children To Get Shots Against Illness Immunization shots will be giv en for diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus to children of student veterans over six-months of age beginning At 9:30 a.m. to morrow in the Windcrest com munity. hall. The shots are the combination type and will be given in three doses, according to Mrs. Marjorie Rix, community nurse. The first shots will be admin istered tomorrow under the sup ervision of a doctor from the Col lege Health Service. The second of the shots will be given Nov. 7 and the final shots Dec: 5. Vaccinations for any students' child will be given Jan. 9, 1953. The check for . the vaccinations will take place Jan. 19. Booster doses of the immuni zation shots can be taken two years after the first immuniza-: tion, Mrs. Rix said. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1952 Forum Revised 'Dress Lion' Fund Drive Underway "Dress the Lion Day" drive, an effort to boost the fund for a new Lion suit, will be conducted to day by Androcles hatmen, Philip Greenberg, Androcles lion cam 'paign manager, has announced. Hatmen will maintain booths from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the main bulletin board on the Mall and Pollock road and at the Corher Room. During the evening meal hatmen will solicit ,at 'fraternity houses, Greenberg said. He said an attempt is being made to have the Lion perform at the booths during the day. A running account of contribu tors of $1 or more to the Lion suit fund will be published each week in the Daily Collegian, David Pell nitz, editor, announced yesterday. Names of members of groups which contribute- to the campaign will be published if the sum con tributed averages $1 or more per member, Pellnitz explained. The Collegian adopted the plan to help raise money for a new suit for Penn State's Nittany Lion. Goal of the fund is $4OO, the ap proximate cost of a new Lion suit.• The outfit presently in use is in a tattered condition. A donation of $l. by. Wayne Mantz, added to the $122 collected by the women of Thompson Hall and $35 contributed by Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, has brought the total to $l5B. Contributions to the fund may be made at the Daily Collegian office, .basement of Carnegie Hall, from 11 a.m. to noon and '4 to 5 p.m. daily. The move for a new Lion suit was initiated this year by- Alex Gregal, who wears the outfit. Gre gal said the suit's poor condition might limit its use during the present football season. CLASSIFIEDS BRING RESULTS #I But fine foods '..i, at popular prices ! i , ;.,... :, and a Genuine ( th , il i !:.-:: Hospitality that 1: has bade this 1.-i i spot popularfor:year ''' . .l .. l' 1 I. iu wan . i f l .i . ~.I I- .1 Ana Ikk I :. ,11 0 • - 1 71 I'l 1- '! I 1 'COINER .!.,:1 .1 ( Unusual i• 1
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