TUESDAY, JUNE 13. 1961
Things to do and Places to go This Summer
Concentrated four term plan or not, it is
a safe bet that summer students, no matter
where they are will take advantage of Mother
Nature's seasonal generosity. And with the
local summer activities in this area, University
students may tend to be taken advantage of
rather than taking advantage.
A veritable carnival of summer activities
will be offered the summer student. Plays, golf,
MATEER PLAYHOUSE will be the scene of west of State College on Rt. 45. blends profes
seven plays this summer• beginning with "Sum- sional talent with an educational enviroment.
mer of the 17th Doll" on June 19. The University- Theatre arts students work side-by-side with
owned theatre, which is located 17 miles south- professicinal actors.
Mateer Playhouse
The University's summer
theater, the Mateer playhouse
at Standing Stone, will open
on Monday with the first of
seven plays, the international
success, "Summer of the 17th
Doll," by Ray Lawyer.
This unusual comedy-drama
is set in Australia and is the
story of two couples—two bar
maids paired with two virile
laborers.
The action takes place dur
ing their summer Ily-off,
which is a time of blissful re
union which only marriage
can ruin.
Gerald Richards, a newcom
er to Mateer, will play the part
of Barney, a character with a
great affinity for the opposite
sex. Diana Frothingham will
appear as Olive, a high-strung
girl with a rough tongue and
a heart of gold.
Mark Rhudy will appear as
Roo, the lusty deposed king of
the cane cutters and Constance
Dix will be featured as Pearl,
Olive's co-worker to whom re
spectability comes before love.
The Mateer plays will be di
rected by Max Fischer, a mem
ber of the staff Of the Ameri
can Theater Wing and well
known in the area for his di
rection of past Mateer plays.
Following the opening play,
which will run for one week,
will be the perennial favorite
"Life With Father" (two
weeks): "Epitaph for George
Dillon"; "The Deadly Game"
(two weeks): "The Tunnel of
Love"; "A View fr o m the
Bridge" (two week s), an d
"Fallen Angels," which con
cludes the season on Aug. 26.
The M a t e e r Playhouse is
unique among summer theaters
as it is staffed by Equity actors
and owned and operated by the
Department of Theatre Arts.
Season and reserve seat tic
kets are on sale and can be or
dered through the Department
of Theatre Arts, Schwab.
Swimming
Co-educational swimm in g
will he held every week-day
from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Glenn
land building swimming pool
and on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Admission is free upon presen
tation of matriculation card.
The White Hall swimming
pool will be open to women
students at certain hours every
Tuesday and Thursday. Addi
tional information may be ob
taMed from Miss Ann ..Valen
tine at UN 5-7591.
Instruction
Instruction in tennis, golf,
swimming and social dancing
for women will be offered free
of charge every Tuesday and
Thursday. An organizational
meeting for students interested
in the tennis lessons will be
held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in 105
White building. The first meet
ing of the social dance classes
for women will be held at 7
p.m. Tuesday in 106 White
building and for advanced
dancers at 8:15 p.m.
Sports Equipment
Basketballs, handballs, bad
minton and other equipment
may be borrowed from the Rec
reation hall towel room every
day until 5 pin.
Stone Valley
The Stone Valley recreation
area, built for the students, is
operating in its first season. It
opened in late April after sev
eral years of planning and con
struction.
Located 15 miles south of the
campus. the 575-acre area of
fers facilities for fishing, boat
ing, picnicking and camping. A
service fee of 25 cents is
charged for each student car
entering the area. Swimming is
not permitted this year.
Twenty-five boats are avail
able for rental at 50 cents an
hour and $2.50 for the day.
PUSHING OFF AT STONE VALLEY are now graduated seniors
from left to right, Herman Weber, senior class president, Judith
High, SGA Assemblywbman, and James "Tim" Nilligan, ex-Uni
versity Party clique chairman.
SUMMER COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
swimming, tennis and boating are among the
many diversions offered the class-weary stu-
A cultural round of morning classes, a
scintilating afternoon on the links, the courts
or the beaches capped with a lively play or
movie (or possibly a textbook) makes for a
contented student body.
The University's summer recreational fa-
Free Movies
The first free outdoor movie,
"Operation Petticoat" with
Cary Grant, will be shown at
9 p.m. tomorrow on the lawn in
front of the Hetzel Union build
ing. In case of rain the movie
will be shown at the Pavilion.
Movies will be shown at 9
p.m, every Wednesday evening
through August 16.
The movie scheduled for next
Wednesday is "Pillow Talk"
with Rock Hudson and Doris
Day.
NOT ALL THE PRETTY CO
EDS go to Stone Valley or
Whipples to sunbathe. Those un
fortunate males who lack trans
portation to the beaches will be
able to enjoy some local scenery
such as these coeds sunning
themselves on a lawn in front
of a women's residence hall.
cilities combined with the area's rich natural
facilities provide a paradise like atmosphere
seldom found at a university.
How to study with all this going on? Most
students manage to arrange their recreation
time around their required work. In fact Many
combine it. A combination of Whipples and
Whitman is not at all a rarity. -
No matter how you look at it, it will add up
to a memorable summer.
Boal Barn
The Boal Barn Community
Theatre will present "Ring
Round the Moon" by Jean
Anouilh, a modern French play
wright, at 8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at the.
Boal Barh theatre.
The play will run for the
next two weekends.
Tickets will be available at
the Music Room and Griggs
Pharmacy in State College. The
tickets for Thursday night's
performance will be $1.50 for
adults and children will be ad
mitted free. The tickets
.for the
Friday and Saturday perform
ances will be $2.00. each for
everyone.
This pygmalion style play is
centered around "ridiculous
characters and situations de
signed to enwrap the audience
in the plot and humor of the
ridiculous situation," Jon Bar
ry Wilder, director of the thea
tre, said.
The Boal Barn Community
theatre k located ,four miles
south of State College on route
322 south.
The four other plays to be
presented this. summer are
"Harvey , " by Mary Chase; "Be
cause Their Hearts were Pure
or The Secret of the Mind," a
takeoff on a melodrama, by
Moreland Cary; "The Heiress"
by Ruth and Augustus Goetz;
and "Bell, Book, and Candle"
by John van Druten.
W hippies
Whipples Dam, located five
miles south of Pine Grove Mills
in Rothrock Forest District is
nearer the University than any
of the local State Parks.
Complete with a swimming
beach, fishing and boating fa
cilities, the park is a major at
traction for University students
and residents of State College.
The park has no boats for
rent, but boaters may bring
their own.
Black Moshannon
Black Moshannon, located to
the northwest of State College
offers a larger variety of ac
tivities than any other State
Park in Centre County.
The 2GO-acre lake provides
excellent swimming, boating,
and fishing facilities. The park
accommodates 12,000 persons,
and contains 500 picnic tables,
a skeet-shooting area, a large
tent, trailer camp, 13 rental
cabins, and a concession build
ing.
A new boat building begun
last year will be completed this
season.
Black Moshannon Park is
midway between Unionville
and Philipsburg and can be
reached via "Rattlesnake Pike,"
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Dancing
Square dancing for students,
faculty and staff will be held
from 9 to 12 p.m. every ;Wily
day in the Hetzel Union Ball
room starting June 17 through
August 19. A social dance will
he held from 9 to 12 Inn. Fri
day in thellUß Ballroom with
the Olin Butt .orchestra provid
ing the music. Admission iA
free.
The music program for the
summer will include right con
certs by the nationally known
Claremont String Quartet.
Their first concert will he giv
en Friday, June 23. The sum
mer ban, orchestra and chorus
will each present two concert:;.
Tennis
A summer tennis club will
be organized for men. Tennis
courts will be available with
out reservations. Students in
terested in joining the tennis
club may contact Mr. Egli at
UN 5-4102 for further informa
tion.
Golf
The 18-hole golf course will
be open to undergradualt'3
every weekday for $l.OO and on
weekends for $1.50. The prico
for a summer term • ticket is
: , '20.00 and can be obtained at
the University Golf Clubhouse.
Greenwood
Greenwood Furnace, which
is located in adjoining Hunt
ingdon County, offers trout
fishing in its three-acre lake
and bathing at a 500-foot sandy
beach.
There are also about 400 pic
nic tables.
A new bathhouse and a nPw
concession building are sched
uled to be built this—scasop.
An additional 120-car park
ing lot is being completed to
augment the existing one. .
This park is situated on Rt.
305 about five miles_ east of
McAlevy's Fort.
R. B. Winter Park
The Raymond T 3. Winter
Park is located 43 miles from
State College on the Brush Val
ley Highway off Rt. 192.
It can handle 3,000 persons
comfortably, and contains good
fishing, swimming and hiking
The park containl; 3,500 acres
of forest land, and an 80 by 400-
foot beach and bathing area.
Poe Valley
Poe Valley Park is located
about 10 miles from Potters
Mills off Rt. 322.
A new camp site will pro
vide space for 68 lents and
trailers. This year the park will
have 160 picnic tables and 15
stainless steel boats,