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Roethke Poems
Delight Audience
Bears and herons reigned last night as Theodore Roethke,
nationally known poet, showed his love for nature in a sociable,
neighborly reading of his poems before an audience made up largely
of former acquaintances.
Beginning with a group of humorous, light poetry which brought
the listeners to his side, the former Penn State tennis coach and
English professor soon progressed
to more serious works. Most of
these, from the collection “Open
House,” were descriptive pieces
dealing with his appreciation of
the works of nature.
Portions from “Field of Light,”
a- series of episodes in the spirit
ual history of a man from early
childhood to death, were appro
priately well-received. This ab
stract, metaphysical work, read
with deep emotion, definitely
showed Roethke’s artistic tem
perament. It appeared as a wel
come relief from the light verse
first read.
Roethke then read some poems
that outstanding students and
• friends of his had written, in
cluding one by David R. Wago
• ner, instructor in English com
position. .
Following this was another
series of poems dealing with na
ture, and abruptly the program
ended. It seemed as if the best
were yet to come, because every
poem appeared better than the
previous one. The listener left
with the feeling that he was just
beginning to personally under
stand Roethke, but time wouldn’t
permit him to fully know this
outstanding American poet.
Roethke was the first speaker
in the current Simmons Series,
sponsored by the German depart
ment. He has received several
honors for his writing including
two Guggenheim Fellowships, a
grant from the National Institute
of Arts and Letters, and several
major poetry prizes. He is the
author of three books of poetry:
. “Open House,” “The Lost Son,”
■ and “Praise to the End.” He is
now studying philosophy in New
York City and presenting read
ings of his poems in Eastern cities.
He previously was tennis qoach
and English professor at the Col
lege.
Living Units to Get
New Laundry Facilities
Twelve electric clothes washers
and six dryers will soon be in
stalled in men’s and women’s liv
ing units, Allen C. St. Clair, act
ing director of housing, announced
yesterday. The housing depart
ment hopes to have the project
completed ,by April 1, he said.
New locks, in Nittany dormi
tories will be installed through
out the semester, St. Clair said.
There have been many protests
about the present locks, which
can easily be opened.
Lowenfefd Articles
' A series ■of three articles by
Viktor Lowenfeld, professor of
art education, have appeared in
Japanese in “Biku-Bunka,” a To
kyo journal of aesthetic educa
tion. The articles concern the cre
ative and mental growth of
children.
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Theodore Roethke
Presents poetry readings
Two Alumni Given
Wings, Commissions
Two former Penn State stu
dents have received their Air
Force pilot wings and have been
commissioned second lieutenants
in the Air Force Reserve.
William D. Matter and William
R. Smiles received their wings
and commissions at graduation
exercises of Class 53-A-l of the
USAF Basic Pilot School (Multi-
Engine) at Reese Air Force Base,
Texas.
IFC-Panhel Dance
To Feature Long
Johnny Long and his orchestra will play for the Interfraternity
Council-Panhellenic Council Ball April 17, .William Hirsch, dance'
chairman, announced yesterday.
The IFC-Panhel Ball will take place 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. April 17,
as one of the events climaxing Greek Week.
Working with Hirsch on the dance are Mary Carstensen, Panhel
chairman, and Richard Bunnell.
Hirsch announced that decora
tions for the dance will be selected
from five themes proposed by a
professional New York decorator.
Programs have been-arranged
and .refreshments planned for the
dance, Hirsch' said.
Thursday night prior to the
IFC-Panhel Ball has been set
aside for the IFC-Panhel banquet,
according to plans announced by
Richard Gibbs, Greek Week fra
ternity chairman. House parties
will be planned for Saturday, the
night following the ball, Gibbs
said.
Greek Week will end with a
jazz concert tentatively scheduled
\ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
8 Crews
Begin Work
On Twin-Bill
Eight stage crews have begun
work on the production end of
Players’ twin-bill “Aria da Capo,”
by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and
Christopher Try’s “A Phoenix Too
Frequent.” The two one-act plays
will begin a five week run Feb. 27
at Center Stage.
April Heinsohn is general man
ager in charge of stage crews for
the two Center Stage productions.
Carol Schwing, Dolores Mc-
Hugh, Lucille Dorsey, and Isabel
Furey are working on the. costume
grew under the supervision of
manager Carolyn Baer.
The makeup crew, co-managed
by Cliff Crosbie and Ross Ban
nard, includes. Lois Lehman and
Tony Deniso.
Props for the plays will be col
lected by Jane Davis, manager,
and Mai Gable, assistant manager
of the properties crew.
Jo Palmer and Bob Cox- will
be in charge of sound.
On the lighting crew are Evie
Horwin, manager; Lyle Pelton,
Steveri Babcoch, Roger Owens,
and Sylvia Brown.
Pollv Moore will manage the
technical crew manned by Russ
Dalton, Carol Fry. Jack Kutz’, Jo
hanne Llewelyn, 7 Sylvia Smith,
and Carol Strong.
1 Manager Bill Norman heads the
house crew composed of assistant
manager Bill Nudorf, Barbara
Cotter, Jo Fleming, Diana Rafuse,
and Carol Wilson.
Advertising will be handled by
manager Janet Schuetz, Alice No
ble, Nancy Dahl, Lynn Kahano
witz, Fay Goldstein, Ruth Kluger,
Joan Clarey, Elda Morgan, Cindy
Fetterman, Rose Mariano, Nancy
Hicks, Annette Bortman, Barbara
Scholes, Barbara Schmidt, Diane
Thatcher, Paul Macklin, Lois
Stellmack, and Sue Leib.
for Sunday afternoon, April 19.
Miss Carstensen is also Panhel
chairman for Greek Week. The
week will begin April II with a
series of work projects. Sunday
will be marked by Greeks by
church and Chapel attendance in
groups.
That Sunday night has been se
lected for the IFC-Panhel Sing.
Faculty-alumni dinners and fire
sides will be held in fraternity
houses and sorority suites Monday
evening. Exchange dinners and
open houses are planned for Tues
day evening.
Gibbs announced that a variety
show has been'tentatively sched
uled for Wednesday night of the
week.
■ag _ tpp< Jpi.— ipi —»ig
wide differences in nationality found in the club are (left to right)
Maj-Brilt Houston, Sweden; Gerd y/eissmann. Germany; Jeffrey
Caine. Great Britain: Constance Demuth, U.S.A.; Augustin Bartik,
club president, Czechoslovakia, and William Pullman, Great Britain.
Languages
CuLture-N'est Pas?
Are you a modifier-displacer?
Are you among the liberal artists, who, in their foreign language
classes, get nauseated by nouns, tense about tenses, jinxed by gender,
confused by conjugations, and agitated by adjectives? • w
So you are crossed up by conjunctions, persecuted by preposi
tions and, in general, .grounded by
grammer!
Despair not! The noun ydu
nurse today will be the title of
your consomme tomorrow.
There is great value in the
knowledge of a foreign language.
Just ask the man who speaks one.
For the man engaged in a bat
tle of wifcs (two wisecrackers sub
tlely insulting each other) who
wants to be known for his tongue
in-cheek rather than foot-in
mouth, ' a few foreign • phrases
sprinkled in the conversation are
indispensible. What’s the answer
to a sly “il pleut n’est pas” swiftly
delivered with a wink? There is
no comeback; the battle is won.
To the man-in-the-street (hands
in-pocket) this remark means
nothing. He cannot reply.
Can Read Directions
Other indispensible aids gained
by a study of a foreign tongue:
you can read The New Yorker,
the editors of which find it cul
tural to spread French cliches
throughout the articles, the read
ers of which take great delight
writing letters to the editor point
ing out that the cliches’ Verbs','are
wrongly conjugated. You- can or
der beefsteak in any one of thou
sands of quaint restaurants with--
out getting chocolate pudding.
You can read the directions (in
evitably printed in Portuguese) on
bottles of cleaning fluid. You can
display your wordliness by order
ing a pair of socks size “doce” in
metropolitan shops which display
signs reading “Adui se habla es-
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, |9,l^sS|
Show
By MIKE FEINSILBER
|panol.”. You can listen to short
wave radio and occasionally
smugly nod your head showing
that you’ve caught a word and
kno\v what it means.
Wait, there’s more:
You can tell whether the for
eign movie advertised on the mar
quee is about banana smugglers,
Popeye, or motherhood.
.Travel Abroad
You can tell how much beef is
in the sausage' in the butcher’s
window. You can interpret the
names of exotic lipsticks and perr
fumes. You can determine whe
ther the smorgasbord’s' contents
will give you heartburn. The list
is “sin fin,” without end.
Traveling abroad without ; a
knowledge of the native tongue
is haplessly, hopelessly, haphaz
ard. How many innocent Ameri
cans have told the bus boys that
they want to take a bath and,
instead, get a cab? •=.
Of course, there are certain
signs and symbols—head nodding,
smiling, eye winking, and shoul
der shrugging—that are under
stood everywhere, without the .aid
of a glossary.
And most foreign-language stu
dents. driven idiotic by idioms,
get plenty of practice in the art
of shoulder shrugging in their
classes.
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