PAGfc SIX
MEMBERS OF THE Responsibilities of the Student Government
A»>ocidtion Workshop at the Bth annual Student Encampment
discuss present problems. Miss Jessie Janjigian, chairman, leads
the discussion.
Programs Set
Artists Series
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For
The Artist’s Series will
launch its third season Sept.i
27 when with a line-up of 20!
distinguished artists and
groups on its schedule.
The concerts-—prepaid through]
.student fees are presented toj
raise the cultural standards of,
the University and to provide!
some of the finest entertainment
available to the sludents.
Among the artists scheduled to
appear are Robert Frost, re-j
nowned American poet; the Chi
cago Bullet with Melissa Hayden,
and the Camera Concerti String
and Wind Orchestra
-The Shakespeare Festival
Players from Stratford, Con
necticut, will present "The
Tempest" and "Measure for
Measure." Arnold Moss will ap
pear with the group.
Hal Holbrook, who was first
acclaimed last year in New York
City, will do his famous imper
sonation of Mark Twain.
Of the 20 concerts scheduled.
16 dates have been filled with
four remaining open.
The year's program is as fol
lows: Sept. 27, Tossy Spivakov-
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• Virginia McCulloch • Shirley Baney
• Frances Spanmuth • Kathryn Hommel
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
sky, violinist. Schwab; Oct. 3,
Adele Addison, soprano, Albert
Fuller, harpsichord, Schwab;
Oct. 11, Goldovsky Grand
-Opera Theater, Recreation
Hall; Oct. 23. Leonard Rose,
cellist, Leon Fleischer, pianist,
Schwab; Oct. 31. Robert Frost,
poet, Schwab.
Nov. 8, Camera Concerti
String and Wind Orchestra,
Schwab; Nov. 17. Hal Hol
brook, Schwab; Nov. 22, Pitts
burgh Or c h esira. Recreation
Hall; Dec. 4,5, Shakespeare
Festival Players, Schwab; Jan.
10. Cesare Siepi, bass baritone.
Recreation Hall; Feb. 14, Chi
cago Ballet with Melissa Hay
den, Rec Hall; Feb. 23, Nether
lands Chamber Choir, Schwab.
March 9. Benno Moiseiwitsch,
pianist, Schwab; March 27,
Jose Limon Dance Company,
Recreation Hall; April 28, 27,
Catherine Crosier, organist,
Schwab; May 8,9, Anton Kuer
-11, pianist, with University or
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Industrialist Donated Schwab
Schwab Auditorium, erected
by funds donated by the late
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Schwab, was the first build
ing ever presented to the
University, then the Penn
sylvania State College, uncondi
tionally by a private citizen.
It was dedicated on June 16,
1903, during Commencement exer
cises. The building was not com
pleted but work was advanced
Jfar enough to allow use of it for
all Commencement Week exer
cises.
Schwab was an industrialist
and philanthropist. Among the
positions he held in industry
were chairman of the board of di
rectors for Bethlehem Steel and
president of the American Iron
and Steel Institute. He was on
the College Board of Trustees
from 1902 to 1932.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwab decided
the College should have a bet
ter auditorium when they at
tended Commencement exer
cises in June 1902. The exer
cises were held in the Chapel
of "old" Old Main, which was
the largest place of assembly
on campus. Since the College
was growing so rapidly, this
room was insufficient for daily
use and was altogether inade
quate for the accomodation of
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The Schwabs offered to carry
,out the plan of enlargement
[which had been prepared; how
jever. after further thought, they
[decided that such a measure
I would furnish only temporary
land insufficient relief and so they
'decided upon the erection of an
entirely new building to cost
about $lOO,OOO.
When plans had been prepared,
however, it was found that the
building would cost $155,000, but
Schwab agreed to stand for the
additional expenditures.
George Parson, landscape ar
chitect of Central Park in New
York, suggested the location.
The auditorium is in the class
ical style and is 84 by 120 feel.
When it was built it seated ap
proximately 1310 people. The
foundation and entrance are of
New England granite. The su
perstructure is of grey brick
with terra-cotta trimmings.
The building was considered a
fire hazard as it was, so in Sep
tember 1947 the last few rows
of seats were removed to provide
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more room for exit in case of a
fire. One hundred forty-seven
seats were removed. The altar
also was removed and the Interi
or was repainted.
In the fall semester of 1957,
the wooden seals which had
been used for more than SO
years were removed and re
placed by upholstered chairs.
This reduced the sealing capa
city to 1140.
The earliest auditorium was in
ithe first Old Main, on the second
floor just above the dining hall.
It seated about 400.
In 1888 the first and second
stories of the center wing were
converted into a chapel contain
ing a gallery and a stage. It waa
furnished with opera chairs and
accommodated 600.
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