SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1957 Raskin Visits University To Watch -Play Casting Leaving his duties as associate professor of architecture at Columbia University and diretor of the advisory board of the New Dramatists Committee in New York, Eugene Ras kin, author of the comedy, "One's a Crowd," arrived on campus Thursday. Raskin is here to attend tryouts for his play which will open a six-week run Feb. 22 at Center Stage. This is the fourth of Raskin's eight plays to be produced. The others are "Amata," "The Last Island," and "Onward Vik ing" The idea for "One's a Crowd" was gotten by Raskin while he was taking a walk on a spring morning. "I had several urges to do things," Raskin said, "and sud denly thought it would be nice if I could be several different people at the same time, capable of doing all the things I wanted to do." Four-Way Personality "One's a Crowd" is therefore the story of a person, who unlike most people, is not jammed into a single body, but instead divided into four distinct personalities.. Raskin's introduction to the theatre was through stage. de signing. Later he turned to writ ing scripts and music. He is a member of the American Society. of Composers, Authors and Pub lishers. His radio, teleyision and re cording experiences include four years of professional guitar play ing. Among his writings are scholarly articles on architecture for .encyclopedias and a book. "Architecturely Speaking," pub lished in 1955 by Reinholt Pub lishing Co. No Conflict Between Arts • "There is no conflict between playwriting and architecture," Raskin said, "since both are works of the creative imagina tion requiring someone else's money." Raskin is the owner of a schooner and during the summers he has sailed from Cape Cod to Key West. During a period of un employment, Raskin added to his many talents the title of profes- Sional fisherman. Raskin's educational career is almost as varied as his profes sional career. He graduated from Columbia College, attended the Sorbonne for two years, studied painting at the National Academy, studied choreography under Ma rie Marchowsky, and harmony and counterpoint at Columbia University. Chosen by Reifsneider "One's a Crowd" was chosen for presentation at the University by the director, Robert Reifsnei der, associate professor of theatre arts, from a selection of plays sent here upon request by the New Dramatists Committee. The Committee is sponsored by the Dramatics Guild to give tal ented new playwrights a chance. Among the first group of play wrights aided by the Committee were William Inge, author of "Bus Stop," and "Picnic"; Robert An derson, author of "Tea and Sym pathy"; Joseph Kramm, author of• the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Shrike"; and Paddy Chayevsky, author of "Marty," and "The Catered Affair." Playwrights View Shows Through the Committee, play wrights are given the opportunity to see all the Broadway shows, meet and talk with important theatrical people and discuss and rehearse their plays in work shops. The presentation of "One's a Crowd" is the first attempt by the committee -to distribute its plays to university and community theatres. Raskin will attend rehearsals and work with Reifsrzeider script changes and other prob lems which may arise. According to Raskin, a play is a collaborated process between the author and the director after the script is written. New. Men's Dorms-- (Continued from page one) student government room, recrea tion room, snack bar and living quarters for the head counselor. The dormitory project will also include five basketball-volleyball courts, four tennis courts, six handball courts, horseshoe courts, and an area for pitching softball. Provision has also been made for parking. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA EUGENE RASKIN. left. author of - One's a Crowd.:' discusses the script with Robert Reifsneider. associate professor of theatre arts and director of the play. The pre-Broadway production will be held at the University next semester. Baptist Congregation Will Hear Boddie Dr. Charles Boddie, associate director of personnel of the American Baptist Convention and nationally known Negro leader and authority on Negro Spirituals, will deliver the ser mon at 10:45 a.m. tomorrow at The theme of the talk will be "Hitting the Cymbal Now." Dr. Boddie will also lead the Bible Discussion Group at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow and a student and congregation hymn sing at 6:30 p.m. On November 15, 1955, Dr. Bod die was appointed associate sec retary in the Missionary Person nel Department of the American Baptist• Foreign Mission Societies. He has the distinction of being the first Negro to become a staff secretary of a national agency of the American Baptist Convention. Dr. Boddie has written books "A Giant of the Earth" and "The Basis of the Negro Spiritual." His articles appear regularly in reli gious journals. The Wesley Foundation will hold a Fireside Forum Discussion at 6:15 p.m. tomorrow at St. Paul's Methodist Church. Ruth Bosch, assistant director of the University Christian Association and Brown Higgenbotham, assis tant to the chaplain, will lead a discussion on the subject "Why?" Dr. B. J. Kockanowsky, profes sor of mining engineering, will speak at the Lutheran Student Association's Vespers Service at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow. The subject of his presentation will be "East ern Europe." A discussion period will follow. The Rev. Darrell Eddy will lead the evening worship service at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow at the Calvary Baptist Church. Women Will Buy Teeth After Divorce Settlement SAN DIEGO. Calif. (W)—The first thing Mrs. Marjorie Lee Mc- Clurken. 48, is going to do with her $500,000 divorce settlement is to have a dentist make her a new set of false teeth. Before the divorce was granted yesterday, she testified, her hus band Jonathan, 53, a building con tractor, forced her to make her own with a do-it-yourself kit. the University Baptist Church. Kerr Elected Head Of Intercollegiate Chess Association Frederick Kerr, junior in the Division of Intermediate Regis tration from Allison Park, has been elected president of the In tercollegiate Chess League of America. He will succeed Dr. Eliot Hearst of Columbia University. Kerr has been the college editor of "Chess Life," America's chess magazine. The election was held in con nection with the 1956 United States Intercollegiate Team Tour nament. The Nittany Lions, in a sur prising show of strength, finished seventh in a field of 14. The cham pionship was won by the Uni versity of Chicago. The University team consists of Michael Cesanek, junior in psy chology from Allentown, Carl Deitrich, sophomore in arts and letters from Bellefonte; Robert Dejaiffe, junior in chemical engi neering from Altoona; and Kerr. Behind Cam • us Parking 5500 Motorists Compete Daily for 3000 Spaces Nearly 5500 motorists seek parking in the more than 3000 spaces on campus at some time or other during the "typical" class day, according to a recently-released report of a 1954 State Highways Department survey. But the average _parking time for each vehicle is only three hours and 30 - minutes, ac cording to the survey, which was made by the department's plan ning and traffic division at the' University's request and in cod operation with the Federal Bur--, eau of Public Roads, To conduct the survey, the de partment's engineers broke down campus parking facilities into geo graphical sectors. Each sector in cluding a number of University parking areas. Tabulation of Cars The demand for parking and the supply of spaces was ascer-! tained through a check of the' number of cars entering and leav-I ing each area during each half! hour of the day. The engineers' also questioned motorists con cerning their destinations, origin, and the purpose for which the i vehicle was parked. The survey report disclosed at large preponderence of demand! over supply at Sparks Building' (the largest margin -1165 "space hours—the number of vacant spaces multiplied by the number! of hours they were vacant), at. Old Main, near Armsby Hall, lard Hall, and other areas near. the center of campus. Largest Supply Margin - The report found the largest , margin of supply over demand atl the west campus parking lot on Atherton St., followed by_ the north parking lot beside Beaver I Field, parts of Ag Hill, the East residence hall area, and other. outlying parts of the campus. According to the report of the survey, which was made more than two years ago. 4469 vehicles entered the campus daily for parking purposes. Another 952 motorists, who originated their trips from some spot on campus also sought parking. The survey also .disclosed that the peak accumulation of vehicles in parking facilities occurred be tween 10 and 11 a.m. A second, smaller peak occurred during the afternoon. Strike Ties Up Building Work PITTSBURGH, Jan. 4 (iP) A score of heavy construction pro jects in the Pittsburgh district were tied-up today by a strike of 3200 workers that threatened to spread throughout Western Penn sylvania. The strike was called by the Common Laborers Council of Western Pennsylvania as a dead lock developed in wage negotia tions with the Constructors As sociation of Western Pennsyl vania. This association represents about 100 major contractors on highways, bridges, tunnels and other heavy construction projects. The walkout was expected to affect hundreds of truck drivers, operating engineers and carpen ters whose unions also are in negotiations. A total of about 20,000 construc tion workers are employed in Western Pennsylvania_ Second of a Series Williams Set As Speaker For Chapel The Rev. Preston N. Williams. assistant to the chaplain of the University, will speak at chapel services at 10:55 a.m. tomorrow in Schwab Auditorium. His subject wilt be "The Truth and Love." For the services, the Chapel Choir, directed by Mrs. Willa C. Taylor, will sing the anthem "Let Try Hand Be Strengthened," by John Blow. Brightest Day' Prelude George E. Ceiga, organist, wilt play as the prelude "0 Hail this Brightest Day of Days," by Jo hann Pachelnel, and as the post lude "In Dulci Jubilo," by Diet rich Buxtehude. Reverend Williams. who was named to his present position last September, is a graduate of Wash. ington and Jefferson College. where he also received his mas. ter of arts degree_ He completed his theological work at Johnson C. Smith Theo. logical Seminary and received hie master of sacred theology degree from Yale University Divinity School. Presbyterian Minister He is an ordained minister its the Presbyterian church, and has served as assistant professor of religion at Knoxville College and at Lincoln University, and as col lege chaplain at North Carolina College. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honor society, and he serves on the ex ecutive committee of the Howard Institute of Religion. Faculty Member Elected To Accounting Society Anthony J. Mastro, assistant professor of accounting, has been elected a member of the Ameri can Institute of Accountants, na tional professional society of Cer tified Public Accountant•L Mastro holds a CPA certificate romNew Jersey. •000000000 [STATE NOW 'FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN' —Starring— GEORGE NADER J ELIE ADAMS. Feature: 1:39. 3:la, 5:11, 7:12. 9:73 SUNDAY Sc' MONDAY BERT TONT LANCASTER CURTIS GINA 1,01./.0 FIRIG/DA SUNDAY SHOW Begins 2 o'clock 4CATHAUM • NOW SHOWING • THE STORY OF THE YEAR! "Written on the Wind" Rock Hudson - Lauren Racal( Robert Stack - Dorothy Malone *NITTANY Today - Cont. from 1:30 p.m. rnderwarld Racket! "HOT CARS" • BEGINS SUNDAY• A Greet Film Returns To Thrill You Auras! "THE 3rd MAN" Joseph Cotten - Orson Writes PAGE FIVE 'TRAPEZE' —Starring—
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