PAGE EIGHT Graduates Make From Campus to Br RUTH BILLIG it's a long way from a college that started out as a Farmer's High School to Broadway, yet some University graduates have made the grade. Oliver Smith, '39, has been awarded the 1957 Antoinette Perry Award from the Amer ican Theatre Wing for his stage settings in the hit musical, "My Fair Lady." The Perry awards recognize "distinguished contributions" to the theatre and honor the' memory of the late actress-director, Antoinette Perry. In this past theatrical season alone, Smith has done the scenic design for "Auntie Mame," "Nude With Violin," "Jamaica," "Can (tide," "A Visit to a Small Planet," "Eugenia," "A Clearing in the Woods," "La Traviata" for the Metropolitan Opera, and "My Fair Lady." In Hollywood, he has done the backgrounds for the films 'Band Wagon," "Guys and Dolls," and "'Oklahoma." Like many stage-minded young graduates, Smith went to New York soon after graduation, start ing 'out as a Roxy. Theatre usher and a book duster in the Flatbush public library. His first commission was the setting for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's "Saratoga," fol lowed by Agnes de Mille's "Ro deo." Joining Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein in working on "Fancy Free" in /944, for the Ballet Theatre, he became co producer of the Ballet Theatre and turned "Fancy Free" into the hit musical "On the Town." Among "My Fair Lady" dancers is Harry Wollever, '5l. Starting on choreography in college, he bas gone on to become choreo grapher for the St. Louis Munici pal Opera during the summer, and a teacher at the International Dance Studio in Carnegie Hall, .New York. The script for the Jack Webb film, "The D. 1.," originated in a campus drama writing class. James Barrett, who studied at the University in 1953, wrote the orig inal story titled "The Pine Box." for a classroom play. Later it was produced on Kraft Theatre as 'Death of a Sand Flea" and caught Jack Webb's eye. Webb bought the script and hired Bar rett to help work on the movie Group Named By Hat Council The Hat Society Council has named a committee of three to re view member soclety constitu tions and make constructive cri ticisms of 'them. President Harry Oxman named Richard Friedman and Florence ldoran to sit on the committee with him. The analysis of the constitutions is part of a council project for the betterment of the individual organizations. The council voted to send two representatives to the annual ,Brotherhood banquet. Martin Scherr, tapping card chairman, Tuesday reported that progress was being made in obtaining smaller and more accurate tap ping cards for men. Angel Flight Sets Workshop Date The fourth annual Blue Yon der Workshop. sponsored by An gel Flight_ will begin its six week program Feb. 26. The workshop is designed to give information to the prospec tive Air Force wife as to her role as hostess and household man ager. The workshop will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesdays from Feb. 26 to April 9 in 203 Willard. There is no fee for the program. Registra tion blanks are available at the Meisel Union desk or in 104 Ar mory. RADIO cerat •4. Supplie.l OCcu Radios • Portable Radios 7 .! •Phonog:aphs •Batteries , t State College TV 232 S "Ilea ss THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA production. Barrett ha: ,sold two more plays to Kraft. One was produced Jan. 29 and the other, called "Dog in a Bush Tunnel," will be staged March 5. Frances Stridinger, '53, was !Paulette Goddard's understudy in !a revival of "The Waltz of the !Toreadors" which was first done last spring. The show is finishing .up a tour and will open in New York this month, with Melvin Douglas in the lead role. Violet Wells, '49, has written the play "Boy on the Beach" which will be given its world premiere by the Players this spring. JOB FACTS FROM DU PONT YOUR INTERESTS, SPECIAL ABILITIES ARE IMPORTANT WHEN DU PONT MAKES YOUR FIRST JOB ASSIGNMENT ROOM TO GROW There's plenty of room to grow at Du Pont. One reason is that the very diversity of our products and processes requires specialists in almost every area of science and engineering. Another reason is tlwt DuPont continues to ex pand in many new directions. For example, in 1957 sales reached $2 billion. Four new . plants were b eing built. New re. search projects were launched, new products marketed. In 1957, too, new technical men joined DuPont in chemical; civil, mechanical, metallurgical, electrical, industrial, petroleum DU PONT SUMMER JOB GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO EARN AND LEARN Du Pont offers college juniors and qualified sophomores in technical fields the opportunity to earn college expense money this summer ►+hile they lean► more about the kind of work that will be open to them to hen they graduate. The Company has 75 plants and 98 laboratories located across 26 states —a spread that often gives the student a char' e to work in or near his own section of the country. Some of these locations have openings for summer emplo 3 ment in 1958. THE DU PONT REPRESENTATIVE WILL VISIT THE CAMPUS FEBRUARY 17-21 „ SIGN UP TODAY AT YOUR PLACEMENT OFFICE FOR AN INTERVIEW 'Long Trek' Broadway Donald Taylor, '42, has played in movies such as "Stalig 17" and "I'll Cry Tomorrow," and is now directing Telephone Hour films. Martin Brooks, '49, has played in the original Broadway produc tions of "Burning Bright," "Night of the Auk" and "I Am a Cam era," and now is acting on tele vision. These, of course, are not all the University graduates who are working, in Hollywood or on tele vision or the Broadway stage, but their success and the number of dramatics students who plan on following them shows that the "lure of the lights" remains as exciting as ever. Dr. Howard A. Cutler, head of the Department of Eco nomics, will speak at 1 p.m. today in the Hetzel Union audi= torium on the "Introduction to Europe Seminar" Which he will direct in Europe this sum mer for the University Christian Association. Slides taken in 'Europe on the concert tours of the Chapel Choir in 1955 and 1957 will be shown by Dr. John Nesbitt at• 11 a.m. Other programs included in "Destination Europe" for today will be a speech on "Perspec tives on Art and Architecture," a seminar in Europe this com ing summer, which Mr. William Hajjar, professor of architec ture, will direct for the Univer sity Christian Association, at 2 p.m. Slides will be shown at 3 p.m. by Donald Fought, a Chapel Choir member in 1955 and 1957. Miss Genevieve Dills. a mem ber of the staff of the Univer sity Christian Association, at 4 p.m. will offer information to students interested in partici pating in work camps in Eu rope. by H. J. Hollberg Du Pont Representative and mining engineering; in atomic energy, instrumentation, chemistry, physics, mathematics and many other fields. All this activity points to as bright a future today as ever be fore in our long history. There's a place for the good graduate in this picture. If you would like more specific information on op portunities at Du Pont, we invite you to sign up for a DuPont interview with your placement director. Students work side by side with practicing engineers and scientists. In this way they gain valuable experience to supplement classroom theory. Last year, 407 students from 113 colleges took advantage of this pro gram. Du Pont pays round-trip trans portation expenses from home or school to place of employment. Stu dents are not obligated to continue with the Company after graduation. For complete details on this pro gram, check with your college place ment director. SEND FOR INFORMATION - BOOKLET Booklets on jobs at Du Pont are yours for the asking. Subjects include: me chanical, civil, metallurgical, chemical, electrical, instrumentation and indus trial engineers; atomic enemy, technical sales, business administration, research and development. Name the subject that interests:. ou in letter to Du Pont, 2494-E Nemours Building, Wilmington 98, Del. CutlertoSpeakirodayatHUß On UCA► European Seminar The purpose of the program is • . . • ' ' . • •-• , • -- • • . . . •••• - .1.. • . . - . • • • • •-• " - • •' • • • . . .• •• ' • ••. • • • . • • . • : BETTER S.NINGTOR - 33 . ETTER• LIVING . • • " • ''''THROUGH CHEMI.SrRr. •" • Personalized Training Relates to Policy of Promotion from Within Where do your interests lie? What courses have you taken? What are. your special abilities? Du Pont tries to match these factors with available - jobs to determine your first job as signment within the Company. Once the assignment. is made, the Company helps you apply your knowl edge to a problem right away. You • learn by doing—in consultation with your supervisor and others working - on various phases of the same project.., Your performance on the job is evalu ated periodically, so you always know • where you stand in the eyes of your management. As you might guess, Du Pont's per sonalized training is closely related to its promotion policy. Almost all advancement made from - witbin the Company, so if your supervision has indicated that you are ready for pro motion, and an opening occurs for which your training has prep - ared you, you are sure to be considered. Although Du Pont employs abOut _ 90,000 people, management authority . is decentralized through many depart- . ments into small groups—small enough so that the new man's capabilities can be recognized quickly. This type of organization, plus the Company's steady growth, produces many oppor tunities for the new man. Du Pont, over the past 25 years, has spent $1 on r e search for every $3 on production facilities. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1958 to acquaint other students ,with the opportunities available to them for visiting Eurtipe next summer. Party Planned By Outing Club Reservations for the Outing Club cabin party Saturday must be made by noon tomorrow at the Hetzel Union desk. The party will be held Satur day night at the civil engineer ing cabin. Rides will leave from behind Osmond Laboratories at 7 and 10:15 p.m. • • Hours for the newly-opened Outing Club office, on the ground floor of the water tower, are 2 to 5 p.m. Monday and Friday, 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. 011P0}1 * * *
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