COLLEGE TIMES
State Teachers College, Lock Haven, Penna.
Vol. IX.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931

No. 13

"The Ivory Door"
Fourth Play Given
By Dramatic Club

"The Ivory Door"
A Dramatic Tale or
Story of Poetic Truth
In connection with the Dramatic Club's
presentation of A. A. Milne's "The Ivory
Door," it is interesting to note p a r t of a
review of the play that appeared in the
Outlook of December 14, 1927. T h e r e viewer remains anonymous, b u t his
critique of the drama is unusually apt
and a general consensus of the manner
in which the play was esteemed.
"There are two ways of looking at A.
A. Milne's 'The Ivory Door,' his latest
play. You may view it as a fanciful
dramatic tale of t h e Medieval court of
King Perivale. Or you may consider it
as moving a piece of poetic t r u t h and
beauty as you are likely to see—cast in
the form of a fairy tale.
A fairy tale, you scoff?
"Well, in t h e sense that Shaw's 'Saint
Joan' is a fairy tale, during that unforgetable moment when Joan tells what
prison will mean to her—'Never to hear
t h e wind in the trees . . .'
"Milne's play is a fairy tale in t h e sense
that any play is, where poetry and fancy
weave a tapestry whose final pattern is
truth. . . . It is a Gobelin which might
equally grace a Medieval castle wall or
a new Long Island country house."
There, you have your key to "The
Ivory Door." The play tells a story of
today or yesterday, moving its audience
to view all humanity as a single individual. It is a play whose characters do
not m a k e the drama; legend plays the
role of villain in "The Ivory Door."
In King Perivale's court, it seems,
there is an Ivory Door, beautifully
wrought, older t h a n t h e chronicles
that remain dust-laden in the castle's
archives. Behind this door lurk devils,
spells and the specter of certain death.
An invisible but omnipresent aura of
superstition hovers about t h e door. Whosoever goes through this door, to discover t h e truth of t h e passage behind it,
is never seen again. King Stephen
stepped through t h e Ivory Door . . .
never to be seen again. It is a door best
left locked . . . but, in Perivale's court,
there arises a brave curiosity . . .
But to disclose more of t h e play would
lessen your individual enjoyment of it.

ORIGINAL PLAYERS IN "THE IVORY DOOR"
The above cut of King Perivale handing; to Princess Lilia the key to the "Ivory
Door" was posed by Henry Hull and Linda Watkins, original creators ot the
roles. The picture is by the White Studio, New York City.

During t h e past t h r e e years under t h e
able direction of Miss Mabel-Louise
Arey, the Dramatic Club has achieved
three notable successes which will culminate in t h e A. A. Milne production
"The Ivory Door," to be given at t h e
college auditorium n e x t Friday.
On March 8, 1929, "Outward Bound,"
a three-act drama by Sutton Vane, was
presented. This play, treating of t h e
mysteries of life, death, and the h e r e after in an objective and unusual fashion, was received with much favorable
comment by the audience. Those w h o
later compared the local production w i t h
the film version of t h e same play w e r e
even more impressed with the able interpretation given it by the Dramatic
Club.
The second play given by the Club, on
December 13, 1929, was "The Dover
Road," by A. A. Milne, a difflcult and
well-carried out piece of characterization. This was followed on November
13, 1930, by Howard Lindsey and Bertrand Russell's "Your Uncle Dudley," an
amusing comedy which gave each m e m ber of the cast an excellent opportunity
to display dramatic ability.
"The Ivory Door" is the fourth play to
be given. This production promises to
be an even greater success than t h e other
three. Included in t h e cast a r e several
actors and actresses who have appeared
in the former productions, while some
notably new and fine talent has also been
added. Forecasts predict an interesting
and unusual evening's entertainment.

Ticket Selling Contest
Sponsored for the Play
'The Bohemian Girl" Seventeen Students in
Given as the Second
"The Ivory Door" Cast The enthusiasm being aroused for
"The Ivory Door" should be incentive
Concert Course Numbert h eThefollowing
cast for "The Ivory Door" includes enough for everyone's entering t h e spemember." "f the College
A stellar cast of distinguished musicians offered Michael William Balfe's
opera, "The Bohemian Girl," as the second number on our concert course, the
night of December 4. Hazel Huntington, the possessor of a lovely coloratura
soprano voice, sang t h e role ol Arline.
Lydia Van Gilder's rich, w a r m contralto
was heard to good advantage singing the
role of the Gypsy Queen. T h e three male
roles of the cast w e r e filled by Francis
Tyler, as Devils-Hoof; Leo de Hierapolis,
baritone, as Count Arnheim, and Joseph
Wetzel, tenor, as Thaddeus. The audience recognized t h e pleasing, stately
melodies that Balfe had written for this
work and showed their appreciation of
t h e manner in which the music was sung.
T h e libretto of the opera was in English,

'Ivory Door' Deals With
Medieval Suggestions
Once upon a time in t h e country of—
but we need not give it a name. Nor
need we say more of t h e time than it was
"once," a long, long time ago. Somewhere in the middle ages, perhaps, when
men were superstitious—but they a r e
superstitious still. Somewhere in France,
perhaps — or Germany — or in one of
those mysterious countries w h e r e the
King was little more than a King of his
castle. When w e have said "Once upon
a time there was a King," w e h a v e told
almost t h e whole story.
But not quite all. For in this story
there was a big secret about t h e castle.
Everyone was frightened when h e heard
t h e name "The Ivory Door." No one
who entered "The Ivory Door" ever
came back. Why? come and see.
There will b e plenty of laughs, plenty
of cries; you'll lov* it.

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and thus added to its enjoyment.
The action of the musical drama takes
place in Pressburg, Hungary, during the
early part of the nineteenth century. The
ingenious arrangement used in setting
t h e stage and the notes of color displayed
in t h e costume made the stage picture a
consistently gratifying one. The accompaniment to the opera was played by an
assisting concert pianist who brought out
t h e full beauty of Balfe's musical scoring.

cial ticket selling contest which t h e D r a matic Club is sponsoring. Information on
the subject states that the club is offering
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
three cash prizes for t h e sale of t h e most
Prologue
tickets. Better get into the contest and
King Hilary
John Haberstroh have an opportunity to do your ChristPrince Perivale
Elizabeth Grain mas shopping early.
Brand
Myron Biddle
The Play
King Perivale
John Haberstroh
Brand (his body servant) Myron Biddle
Dramatic Club Play
Anna
Margaret Dorries
Thora
Vivian Messimer
'THE IVORY DOOR'
The Chancellor
George McMullen
December 11, 1931
Jessica
Helen Myers
Anton
Robert Plummer
Special Children's Matinee at 3:30
Old Beppo
Isadore Ziff
Evening Performance a t 8:15
Simeon
John Duke
Prices—25c, 50c, 75c
Count Rollo
Millard Weber
The Mummer
Sebastian Grieco
Tickets sold by any Dramatic Club
Titus ) Soldiers of the G u a r d Member, any Sorority Pledge, and
Carlo S Albert Sundberg, Donald Rice
other students
Bruno (Captain of the Guard)
Hall Achenbach
Reserved Seat Board will be a t
Princess Lilia
Margaret Gardiner
Frederick's Pharmacy on DecemA Glimpse Into the Future
ber 8, 9, 10, from 3:30 to 5:30 and
The King
John Haberstroh
6:30 till 9:00 P. M.
The Prince
Edith Sharpe
Dramatic Club:

NOTICE!

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TIMES

Faculty Members Hear
Children's Theatre
To Be Organized Concert at Williamsport

silks and satins, cloth-of-gold and fur
—steeple-hatted and trailing-skirted go
the ladies of the fourth Edward's reign in
Merrie England. As b r a v e as they, their
lords and masters lend color and richness to the picture. Floating hair and
fioating veils—the one on the men, the
other on the women—add even more
strangeness for twentieth century eyes.
These are t h e clothes we shall see in
"The Ivory Door,"
To give a fair, clear picture of t h e
times, as wrought beneath the flngers of
tailor or milliner of the fifteenth century,
is a task too long and difficult for these
pages. The little silhouettes above will
show more easily than we can tell, some
of the types of dress that might have
been seen picking their careful way
through the mud and filth of the city
streets.
These were the times of which it was
said that it took nine tailors to make a

man, and but one milliner to break him.
The clothes of t h e upper classes were
distinguished from those of the lower
rather by t h e richness of materials and
trimmings, and t h e intricacy of the
workmanship, than by any marked difference in style and cut. Then, as now,
of course, t h e noble was somewhat in
advance of t h e man in the field, and w o r e
his latest vagary of fashion at the King's
court, months before his country cousin
knew that very full, baggy sleeves w e r e
out, and trailing sleeves w e r e in.

"The clothes of romance," they h a v e
been called. But we doubt that the lady
of those days laid on Dame Fashion's
altar more heart-aches over her high
hennin that was one catastrophic inch
shorter than the steeple of her neighbor
than does pretty Millicent of today, who
You simply can't afford to miss "The
sighs because Mary's P r o m dress reaches Ivory Door." It's the one play given
the floor, while her own does not!
during the school year which belongs to
everyone. Do you realize that t h e Dramatic Club is simply representative of
t h e best dramatic talent in the college?
Can't you see that t h e Senior play is
limited to Seniors, the operettas to the
nnusic department—but the Dramatic
Club play hits all the classes alike—exLock Haven is well represented at the cept you freshmen and of course you are
Annual Student-Faculty Conference of going to be the club some day.
Figure it all out. Somewhere in the
the State Y. M. C. A., now in session at
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, play masquerading under a different
n a m e and dress, you're sure to see a
Pennsylvania.
sorority sister, a fraternity brother, a
Prof. L. J. Ulmer, faculty advisor; K e r - boy-friend, a football player or some
mit Stover, Floyd Bloom, John Duke, other celebrity.
Charles Curry, Edward Rader, F r e d
And what's more. All these people are
Hoenstine, Robert Breth, delegates to going to be good actors and actresses.
the conference, left Lock Haven on F r i - They've had some practice, most of them
h e r e before you at earlier times, and
day noon for the conference.
they're in a peach of a play. Something
Conference sessions will open at 6:00 that you would pay high prices to see
on Friday evening with an informal din- in New York City,
ner and devotional period. The followBut then we suppose it's useless preing day Dr. Henry T. Hodgin and Dr.
Peter K. Emmons will speak at different senting all this data. You have probably
intervals. The delegates will be divided known all this for weeks and have
into separate discussion groups accord- bought your tickets days ago.
ing to such subjects as vital religion, p e r Anyhow, w e wanted to be sure.
sonal religion, prayer and religious coMeet you at the play!
operation.

ClubRepresentsSchool's
Best Dramatic Talent

Tryouts for One-Act
Lock Haven Delegates
Plays Still Being Held Attend Y. M. Conference
Tryouts are still being held for parts in
the one-act play contest which will be
held sometime toward the end of J a n u ary. The purpose of this contest is to
permit as many underclassmen as possible to participate in dramatic work and
to contribute an appreciable sum toward
the Training School F r e e Milk Fund.
Successful characterization in theseplays
is used as a partial basis for admittance
to t h e Dramatic Club,
Anyone, not graduating in May or
July, is eligible for these plays. Underclassmen, get out your November 20 issue of the "Times," m a k e a date with Miss
Arey, and get a part in the one-act plays.

The program at the regular Thursday
afternoon meeting of the French club
consisted of acts from French plays, read
by Mary Simon and Eileen Perry. The
"Parlez-Vousers" seem to b e stepping
right along.
T h e Dramatic club members a r e very
busy people these days as they a r e getting ready to present "The Ivory Door."
A meeting was held on Monday night at
which t h e flnal drive for advertising and
ticket selling was planned.
At t h e regular A. C. E. meeting to be
held Friday, December 11, at 4:30, Dr.
Coppens will give an illustrated lecture
upon h e r trip abroad. Because of the interesting material offered in such a lecttu^e it is needless to mention attendance.
A. C. E. members, don't forget Friday,
December 11, 4:30, Campus Kindergarten.

A project that will bring our coUege
into line, dramatically, with t h e most
progressive schools and colleges throughout the country, is the organization of a
children's theatre.
The ChUdren's Theatre Stock Company will be open to any and every student in the college. It will present children's plays for the children of our training school, and of the city, at a very low
price of admission, and at regular intervals.
Among the plays to be included in the
regular repertoire will be such plays as
"The Three Bears," "The Shoemaker and
t h e Elves," "When t h e Sun Stayed in
Bed," and others of universal appeal,
will be included in the company's repertoire.
There will b e opportunity for training in acting, directing, stage setting,
costuming, and business managing in
this work, so if you are interested in any
of these branches join the Children's
T h e a t r e Stock Company and get some
practice.
A big general meeting of all those who
desire to join the Children's Theatre
Stock Company will b e held in Miss
Arey's room, Room 33, at 3:30 p, m. on
Wednesday, December 16, to organize
t h e company, and make plans for the
first performance, which will be scheduled after t h e Xmas holidays. Everybody is welcome to come in and have a
try at this new form of Dramatics.

The conference banquet will be held
on Saturday evening in t h e college gymnasium where the delegates will become
world citizens and hear Jesse Wilson,
General Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement of North America.
An address on "Spiritual Realities" by
Dr. Henry T. Hodgins on Sunday morning, will close the conference.
The sessions will be held in the Christ
Reformed Church and delegates will be
entertained in the homes of people at
Elizabethtown.
The conference, which has undergone
considerable planning, will undoubtedly
be the finest ever held. The Elizabethtown Y. M. C. A. is to be commended
as a perfect host in entertaining the various colleges represented there.

A large number of t h e members of our
faculty attended t h e second offering of
the WiUiamsport Community Concert
Association on t h e night of December 1.
Under the direction of Nicholas Sokoloff,
the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
played a program, unusually well-balanced and attractive. Comments on the
part of those who attended t h e concert
attest to the superb tone of this symphonic ensemble, the able leadership of
Mr. Sokoloff, and the apparent pleasure
the audience experienced in hearing and
seeing this major symphonic organization. The program consisted of the
Overture to Borodin's "Prince Igor";
Tschaikowski's "Symphonie Pathetique";
Ravel's "Menuet a L'antrque"; Debussy's
"L'Apres-midi d'un faune"; and the P r e lude to the last act of Wagner's "Die
Meistersinger." As encores to this exceptionally rich program, the orchestra
played two shorter compositions. One
of these by Bach, originally written for
solo violin, and recently orchestrated for
full symphony with full emphasis on the
string section, scored a decided hit with
the audience.

College to Represent
U. S. at Conference
Lock Haven State Teachers College is
the only State Teachers College in the
state to send delegates to the Model Disarmament Conference at Bucknell, December 4, 5, and 6, which is patterned on
the World Conference to be held at Geneva in February, 1932. The delegation
of seven students from the Social Science department of the college, along
with New York University's delegation,
will represent t h e United States at t h e
conference—the part she plays in aviation, naval disarmaments, chemical warfare, and land armaments. The students
have prepared these discussions under
the supervision of Mr. C. M. Sullivan,
Miss Lillian Russell, and Dr. Harry F.
Weber, They will be accompanied to
Lewisburg by Dr, Weber and will be the
guests of the University.
At this conference students from
twenty-seven colleges will be present,
including a Chinese co-ed, a young German baron and three German exchange
students. Outstanding colleges to send
delegations include Princeton, Lehigh,
Lafayette, Johns Hopkins, Penn State,
New York University, Barnard and Willson.
Christian Feit, who has been selected
chairman of t h e local delegation, in a
short message to the student body at the
Friday morning assembly, said that one
of the most important phases of the conference would b e the bringing back of
the results of t h e discussions to the college students.

'The Dover Road'*

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have been evidencing in disarmament.
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Entered as Second Class matter NoT h e Model Disarmament Conference
vember 6, 1928, at the Post Office at Lock
at
Bucknell is another evidence of the
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peace movement. This conference at
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Bucknell can be made the forerunner of
an active student movement in America.
DECEMBER 11, 1931
Through a broadening of its scope an
international student peace movement
might assiurre such proportions that it
would become a major factor in world
peace affairs.

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COLLEGE TIMES

During the past few years Dramatics
has become an activity of ever increasing importance at Lock Haven. Partly
because of increased student interest,
partly because of additional faculty and
administrative support, the dramatic
program has become one of the most
outstanding extra-curricular activities
of the college. Last year, the innovation
of the one-act-plays contest and the
music-class operetta, in addition to the
regularly scheduled class and Dramatic
Club plays, enabled practically every
student in the college to participate in
some form of dramatic activity a t least
once during t h e year.
Justification for the increase in this
type of work may be found in the several outcomes of the activity. The added
poise and ease of manner which t h e acting itself cultivates, t h e experience in
carrying on a dramatic project which
comes with t h e executive end of play
production, t h e opportunity to work
with settings, make-up, and costuming,
and finally the added understanding of
human nature which comes with a successful interpretation of character—all
these a r e valuable outcomes to those
who plan to be future teachers. In addition to those taking active part, moreover, the audience, consisting of both
townspeople and students, enjoys the
opportunity of seeing a few of t h e current plays as they are interpreted by the
college actors and actresses. A sympathy and interest is often aroused in
this fashion for other college activities.
Dramatic work is educational, entertaining, and wholesome. That in itself
should be justification enough.
Sixteen years ago the major nations of
the world w e r e engaged in a struggle
which was to make t h e world safe for
democracy, m a k e armaments unnecessary, and bring about international
peace. Now—but thirteen years after
the end of the momentous world struggle—the race for militaristic and naval
supremacy has assumed proportions
vvhich can be considered only with a
sense of dread. Yet, set against this tragic
picture is t h e interest which the masses

Correction: Our little fable of a few
weeks past, Minos Linos was minus a
linus, indeed. In fact it was minus a
point. After Minos ate the grapes, he
died. Dost remember? The first stanza
ended . . . Minos-Linos. The ship (bear
with me) sailed from Minos to Linos.
After the sad demise, the last line should
have read, MINUS-Minos. As Anna
Christie would have gulped, what's the
use? . . .

We saw "The Guardsman" (Lunt-Fontanne-Molnar) at Billtowne. Don't miss
it. Philadelphians only kept it a week
at Keith's. Too highbrow, says they.
Take it from me, the acting of Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt is going to be a
new experience for you. The play itself
is so much whipped cream. But don't
you like whipped cream? This theatre
Guild team are really married, really.
New York is soon to see them in a new
Robert Shewood comedy, "Reunion in
Vienna" . . . "The Guardsman" has a
Vienesse setting. At the beginning we
get a brief, thrilling bit of Maxwell Anderson's Elizabeth, the Queen . . . See
"The Guardsman" . . . By the way, tell
Mr. Stiefel about this and we may have
F e a r i n g that the freshmen might be- free passes . . . we may.
come too far alienated from their Alma
Mater during the Thanksgiving Holiday
On Thanksgiving afternoon, w e went
period, the upperclassmen gave the
bearers of t h e green a rousing send-off gleefully to see what the papers defrom the gym on Tuesday night, Novem- scribed as "A mammoth presentation of
that sterling historical drama, 'Uncle
ber 24.
Tom's C a b i n ' " Four years ago, after
Not one of the freshmen was forgot- seeing it performed by a motley road
ten and the meeting proved to be a company, we dubbed it the best comedy
smashing success. The upperclassmen in America. How Mrs. Stowe would
were quite responsive since t h e beloved ha\-e gnashed her teeth and pulled her
ones of the freshmen and the upperclass- curls at this latest performance. The
men w e r e sitting in the balcony.
persons playing the parts of Eliza, Topsy,
Some excellent boxing and wrestling and Emmeline were uniformly good.
material was discovered. A great amount The same person played all three parts.
of energy was used up when groups of Aunt Sophie, visiting her brother, and
five or six freshmen tangled in the ring. Eva, brings gifts in t h e guise of a stack of
A number of the more tender fresh- boxes. Behold the labels, plain to see:
men entertained with song and dance Hershey Bars, Silver Wings, Teaberry
acts. A few of the freshmen, who did not Gum. And speaking of anachronisms, a
prop backdrop serving as various woodrespond, were entertained by the upper- land and Southern scenes, carried r e classmen. Then there were some who plicas of Williamsport's main street, a
had committed heinous crimes. These Ford garage, and what have you? And
were convicted on the straight forward then the crowning glory. Eva, about to
accusations of the district attorney. die, tells her dear papa (accented on the
Many of these guilty ones saved fifty last syllable) that she sees pearly gates
cents on a future haircut.
and t h e usual heavenly glories, then
The wise owl tells us that as a result sings four verses of a hymn, rests awhile,
of this meeting, the football dance may forgets her lines, and before expiring,
t u r n out to be a freshman dance. He also bids t h e four attendants at her bedside
says that the freshmen rebelled against lengthy individual adieus. Truly, our
the dominance of one of the upperclass- provincial drama is a continual source of
men.
calm, rib-tickling merriment . . . Uncle
Anyway, since no one was injured, the Tom's Cabinet.
tribunal meeting can be considered a
success.
Even though you may dislike t h e New
York American as a whole, try t h e Page
Opp. sometimes (page opposite editorials). Among the writers who contribute
regularly to this page are Charles HanSince life is new and love is strangely son Towne, Bruno Lessing, Deems Taylor, Rebecca West, Aldous Huxley, and
sweet
Though I have known my share of hurt a score of others. There a r e precious
bits of current wit, essays in miniature,
and pain
Since youth knows not the way to be comments on the day's news, and unusual bits of verse. See for yoiu'self.
discreet
And laughs at senile teachings, staid and
Things that linger:
sane.
Walt Winchell's "Its going to be a
Smile wisely, elders, but do not condemn
Me dancing to this wild and maddening grand XMESS."
song.
That films are easier on t h e eyes than
For love of life and beauty has an end
books, not to mention the lack of mental
In age and knowledge of what's right and strain.
wrong.
Charles Chaplin's voiced intention to
appear on the English stage in a play he
Time enough for caution and despair
is writing. About Napoleon, naturally.
To darken every sober, leaden day
Malcolm Cowley's "Exile's Return," in
When I am tired from wisdom's ceaseless
the recent New Republic.
care.
T h a t the homelier h e r hubby, the more
But now—oh let m e dance and sing—be
jealous the wife.
gayl
Summarizing the reviews of F r a n k
And if I seem to live without a thought,
H a r r i s ' book on Shaw, we come to t h e
I beg you, oh m y elders, censor noti

Tribunal Notes

Plea

conclusion that Harris glorifies himself,
and incidentally tries to utter the last
word against his friendly enemy. W h a t
with this posthumous opus, his controversy with Gordon Craig, and the incessant comment on the Ellen Terry letters,
our white-bearded, sun-mellowed Shaw,
who has admitted himself to be r e nowned in no less t h a n seven guises
(philosopher, dramatist, novelist, sociologist, critic, statesman, and theologian), finds himself well in t h e spotlight. Too bad he doesn't play the zither.
That would make him an eight-fold p a r agon of versatility—and consider y o u r
numerology . . .
Never have we noticed a year w h e r e i n
book prices were at such a low level as
during this current year. If you a r e casting about for that Christmas gift, r e m e m ber t h a t good books a r e always desired
gifts; that they reflect the individuality of
the donor; that standard well-bound and
moderately priced editions a r e preferable to gaudy, ultra-modernistic bindings. If you wish catalogues of t r u e
book bargains, consult t h e bulletin board
in Miss Daniel's room for addresses.
(Believe it, 'tis not an advertisement).
Things we cannot understand:
W h y Lawrence (Cuban Love Song)
Tibbett tried to sing "The Peanut Vendor" . . .
Why more Lock Haveners don't listen
in to t h e Sunday afternoon, 5:30, WEAP
chain broadcasts. An outstanding artist
every Sunday in a half-hour recital . . .
in t h e near future Lily Pons, Rosa P o n selle, Tibbett.
Why Willa Gather feels satisfied with
the r a t h e r empty things she has recently
done. She can say things when she tries.
Witness "The Professor's House," "My
Mortal Enemy," and h e r earlier short
stories. Her last two novels a r e perfectly written but they a r e too much in t h e
nature of idylls. Can it be that Gather
has picked a path of little resistance?
Knowing that her each successive opus
will be more or less i m m u n e to criticism, she chooses a subject, non-controversial, etches it beautifully, and awaits
national plaudits. We wonder.
Nuisances:
T h e person who loves to finish your
sentences. The one who, spying an instructor within hearing distance, bellows
at you . . . "What grade did you m a k e
in . . .?"

Play Scenery Rented
From Reformed Church
Scenery for the court-yard scene of
"The Ivory Door" is being rented b y special permission from Reformed Church
of Lock Haven. This scenery was used
by t h e m in their recent production, "The
Rock."
Additional scenery is being made to
match by a group of t h r e e freshman
boys: Walter Wilkinson, Henry Stehman, and Leon Borr.

Winter Sports Program
The winter sports a r e on and a r e t h e
girls busy! Any girl, whether or not she
takes gym, is permitted to sign up for t h e
activities. You girls that want to dance,
play basketball and volley ball, get out
and sign up.
H e r e is the schedule:
Advanced Basketball—Monday, 4:00 P. M.
Beginners'Basketball—Friday, 4:00 P. M.
Senior Dancing—Wednesday Night.
Freshmen Dancing—Thursday Night.

COLLEGE

Eugene O'Neill, The Man and His Flays,
by Barrett H. Clark.
Mr. Clark's book gives us a very vivid
picture as well as a critical estimate of
the leading dramatist of our day. He
never disguises his keen admiration for
O'Neill, yet h e does not allow any overemphatic adulation to spoil his critical
opinion of the man.
After O'Neill's rather hectic boyhood,
wherein he was almost a professional
tramp until t h e age of twenty-four, we
find that he has three times received t h e
Pulitzer prize, and once a medal for artistic achievement awarded by the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
O'Neill was fired from Princeton for
general mischief making; sixteen years
later Yale College conferred upon him
the degree of Doctor of Literature.
His plays a r e internationally successful. At the age of forty O'Neill is almost a legendary flgure. H e prefers to
read plays rather than go to the theatre.
He lacks all enthusiasm for being interviewed, often appearing uneasy and inarticulate. H e may like publicity and
t h e regular forms of adulation conferred
on well-known personages, b u t no one
would ever know it. One thing among
the hordes of informative bits that one
remembers after perusing this book, is
the fact that O'Neill has lived first and
written afterward. H e is not a writer
who makes deliberate use of his experiWhen going in and out during t h e day
ence as copy.
time, all students a r e requested to use
A reading of Barrett Clark's book on "The Ivory Door."
O'Neill should heighten your appreciaMr. Sullivan (nearsightedly)—What's
tion of this dramatist, as well as your
understanding of him. We must not for- all this I see about t h e Ivory Dome?
get, though, that Mr. Clark should be Some one selling a new type of solid
thanked and praised for compiling an block?
arresting, informative work of his own.
COLLEGE YELL
I-V-ory
AU Passion Spent. .Vera Sackville West
I-V-ory
This novel, though deftly written, and
I-V-ory
a commendable achievement, lacks t h e
Door! Door!! Door!!!
mellow glow of innate sophistry that one
detected in t h e author's "The Edwardians." We read t h e book with a due
Nellie—May I h a v e the lend of your
amount of relish, found it charming and
broom?
easy to read, but permeated with an inJulie—Which end do you want?
escapable sense of t h e theatric. It is t h e
story of Lady Slane, who is one of those
unhappy women whose husband is too
Seen on second floor east—Ruthie
wrapped up in affairs of commerce to Peters trying to t a k e a shower in t h e
tell her p r e t t y nothings. At any rate, fountain.
after the demise of her husband, she decides to unshackle herself from the selfWho's t h e person r u n n i n g around h e r e
assumed conventionalities brought on by with misplaced ears?
marriage, and live as a more or less "free
soul." Lady Slane's family is the oftenSome of the freshman boys a r e keeppictured aggregation of starched shirts,
immaculate waist-coats, and jewelled ing pace with t h e depression—What
bosoms that w e have found fictional En- charitable organization distributed the
glish families to be. They a r e suitably straw hats?
horrified at h e r conduct. Most of Lady
231 and 233 had a n onion feed T h u r s Slane's life is depicted in a flash-back
fashion. This device, employed too day evening for dinner. Uninvited
m u c h by writers, gives the novel a some- guests were welcomed and fed. We
w h a t stilted and, as I have said before, wonder how they k n e w there was sometheatrical flavor. Miss Sackville-West thing to eat around.
(she really is married) is from the casts
a b o u t which she writes. Her dialog is
Warning to the inexperienced—^When
consistently pleasing, her London locale you take paper from somebody's notesounds notes of authenticity, and the book as a joke, be sure you take it from
novel as a whole is gratifying, if passing the right notebook.
entertainment.
We wonder if t h e article "The A r t of
FalUng," in t h e Literary Digest, or
"Tumbling" in G y m Classes that is r e sponsible for the number of falls in t h e
dining-room and t h e library; or is it
just that t h e actions were made to suit
Miss L u l u E. Stalcup, R.N., of South the reason.
Williamsport, Pa., a former night superLet it rain, let it pour. We won't have
visor a t L o c k Haven Hospital, has ass u m e d t h e duties of Household Director to play the game any more. The Hockey
a n d D i r e c t o r of t h e Infirmary of t h e Col- Team.
lege. Miss S t a l c u p has been on private
Some people think the time to yell
d u t y as a n u r s e a n d she has also been
n i g h t s u p e r v i s o r a t Muncy Valley Hos- "We want a touchdown" is when t h e opposing team has t h e ball. .
pital.

New Household Director
Assumes Her Duties

TIMES

I—intense.
V—vivid.
O—original.
R—romantic.
Y—Yeh! Yeh!
D—dynamic.
O—occult.
O—ominous.
R—Rah! Rah!
Did you like fairy tales when you w e r e
young? Do you admire mysticism? A r e
you fascinated by the occult? Do you
like naivette, bravery, courage? T h e n
you must see "The Ivory Door."
Can you visualize Hall as a boisterous
captain of t h e guards? "Moon" as a tottery old chancellor? "Jack" as a royal
prince? "Peg" as his princess? "Bibs"
as a little boy? No? Well, then, m a y b e
you'd like to come and see them.
Are you fascinated b y death? Forgetfulness? Metamorphoses?
Believe it or not! You'll find it all b e hind " T h e I v o r y Door."

Miss Daniel Speaks
On Economics at Y. W.
If there happens to be any freak dancing done Saturday night w e will know it
was due to frozen feet from a Nature
Study fleld trip.
We've heard of scrappy hair—but
we've never h e a r d of it being put in
scrapbooks.
Those people that get up a t 5:00 o'clock
and then don't get down to breakfast—
O, that's all right, just two other freshmen.

Four Faculty Members
Take Part in Institute
During the week of November 23, four
members of our faculty attended and
took part in t h e second session of the annual Lycoming County Institute, held at
South Williamsport High School.
The program included speeches on
"The Place of Spelling in Progressive
Schools and New Methods in Presentation" and "Effective Materials and Methods in Oral English" by Miss Pearl A.
Payne; "Some Controversal Points in t h e
Teaching of P r i m a r y Numbers" and
"Primary Reading—Remedial Work" b y
Miss Ashton Hatcher; "Qualities Needed
by t h e Teacher of Social Studies" and
"Aids and Activities in t h e Teaching of
History" by Mr. C. M. Sullivan; "Aims
and Objectives in Science" and "Laboratory Work and t h e Science Notebook" b y
Mr. L. J. Ulmer.

Special Costumes Prove
Attractive Play Feature
Special costumes for t h e production of
"The Ivory Door" are being rented from
t h e Vera Watkins Costume Company at
Williamsport, and should have no minor
share in the attractiveness of the staging
of the play. T h e action of t h e play takes
place in the Middle Ages and the costuming is to be patterned after the period of Edward IV, about 1462. In some
few cases the company is making entirely new costumes for the u s e of the Dramatic Club.
A fashion show, exhibiting a few of t h e
more outstanding costumes, has been
planned by Miss Arey t o take place
some time n e x t week.

The Y. W. girls, at their usual meeting,
heard an interesting discussion by Miss
Berthe Daniel of a pamphlet "Toward a
New Economic Society."
Miss Daniel said, t h a t although Economics to most of us seemed a jargon of
technical terms, we, as students, a r e
closely connected with it. To explain
this Miss Daniel gave three questions:
Do w e spend our money rightly? Do w e
get it rightly? Do w e have m o r e than
our share?
Under t h e flrst question. Miss Daniel
quoted Patrick Malin's view of efficiency:
"The net spiritual efficiency of any life is
the algebraic sum of its consequences—
some plus and some minus. Spiritual
efficiency flows from a man's sacrifice as
well as from his positive service." An
example of this is Christ.
Miss Daniel said that it is good to b e
charitable, b u t charity should not be
bathed in sentimentality. She concluded with the statement, "We, as students,
must work toward an economic ideal
where charity will no longer b e necessary."
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Freshmen Gym Classes
Have Group Instruction
Miss Dixon has divided her gym classes into groups of eight persons w i t h a
group leader in charge who takes t h e
attendance. I n this manner t h e students
are graded more closely and t h e r e is a
better opportunity for them to receive
individual help.
Before t h e semester is ended each
group will b e required to present a p r o gram of various exercises during t h e
gym period.

Dance Given to Pay
For Football Awards
The annual football dance will be held
on Dec. 12. T h e proceeds from the dance
will be used to finance the awards to be
given to t h e boys who won t h e State
Championship for our school.
The price has been set at one dollar
per couple a n d may b e paid t o representatives in t h e dayroom or dorms.
B e sure a n d show your appreciation
for your footbaU team by attending this
dance.
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