Allegheny Adopts Washington Plan
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THE &MPUS OF ALLEGHENY COLLEGE Vol. XLIX. No. 8 MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA JANUARY 9, 1946 \\ Ladies In American Originals A. W. S. Prize Winning Allegheny Adopts Retirement' Etchings Are Discusses Is Thriller On Exhibition Vocations Washington Plan Ladies in Retirement, the first An exhibition of twenty-five sign- In order to acquaint women stu- Honor Students To Be Given Chance "psychological thriller" to be pre-ed original etchings and lithographs dents with vocational opportunities sented at the Allegheny Playshop created by Thomas Benton, John and the courses they should take To Study Government In Nation's Capitol since the successful Uncle Harry a leading to them, an Associated Wo- year ago, opens a five night run Steuart Curry, and other noted Am- men Students committee, headed by January 14. Curtain time is 8:15 erican artists is being displayed in Marjorie Sweet, '47, has arranged a . A unique and distinctive educational plan, the "Washington p. m., and all seats are reserved. Reis library until January 15. Theseries of discussions by members of Semester", designed to bring selected social science students Reservations may be made between exhibition is a loan collection from the various departments of instruc- the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. at tion. of Allegheny and five other institutions into direct contact with the Playshop box office. Mr. Paul the Associated Artists Galleries of Mr. Chester A. Darling, head of their national government, has been announced by Pres. fqhn Kozelka is director of the produc- New York. It includes many prize the biology department, will discuss R. Schultz. tion. winning works and others selected vocations in biology, nursing, and One of few such educational pro-* Since the production has an Eng- for national print exhibitions and laboratory technician, Wednesday, grams in the United States, this plan January 16, at 4:30 p.m. in Cochran member will teach one course at lish setting of the 1880-1890 period, museum collections. is the first of its type ever worked the university, act as tutor and special attention has been given to lounge. All women interested in out for Allegheny students. Pres. The Associated American Artists counsellor in the program, and con- the design of the set and to the these vocations or in majoring in Schultz has stated that it is an "ex- duct his own individual research costuming of the play. Under the of New York is the only existing or- biology are invited to attend. Mr. ceptionally fine opportunity for stu- ganization in this country offering Darling will answer all questions on work. supervision of Mr. John \V. Hul- dents especially interested in public Mr. Paul H. Giddens, who is Al- burt, a realistic Victorian interior signed, original prints by noted these subjects anyone wishes ex- affairs" and that it is "another fea- contemporaries at a single program plained. legheny's representative upon the lias been built, with furniture and ture in the development of Alle- inter-institutional committee, says decorations selected from houses of price of five dollars each. All of the gheny's postwar educational pro- works in the exhibition are tor sale. In addition to talks by Allegheny the plan is "primarily intended for 1880-1890 era. From the piano to professors, A.W.S. plans to bring gram." students in the Junior year who are the overhanging lights, the pieces I he program was begun ten years ago to stimulate national intere-1 in Allegheny graduates who have en- The first year in which this pro- concentrating in history, political are authentic. Costumes will also re- tered various fields to explain their gram will go into effect is 1947 science, international affairs, econ- flect the taste of the period; some the ownership of contemporary American art. personal experience!",. Miss Martha during the spring semester. Twenty omics and sociology." Those stu- were chosen from the Allegheny Miller, '43, who has just received an undergraduate honor students of the dents concentrating in other fields costume collection of Victorian Many of the works being shown M.A. in nursing- at Yale, will speak six institutions will spend this semes- but who have an adequate back- clothes designed and made from 1865 were in the selection made for exhi- in the near future. ter at Washington, D. C. ground in anyone of the social stud- to 1890, and others are gifts of bition in the American Library in Emphasizing both vocations and The six institutions are Oberlin ies will receive consideration. Meadville patrons of the Playshop. Montevideo, Uruguay, at the request majors the programs are arranged college, Wooster college, and Hiram Regular Allegheny tuition will A Considerable number of the hats of the department of state. The ex- for all women, whether or not their college in Ohio, Westminster col- and dresses to be worn in the pro- hibit has been chosen to give a rep- major has been chosen. The series cover the cost of the program for duction were created in Paris, Lon- lege in Missouri, the American uni- Allegheny students during their at- resentation of the fine printmaking will be held regularly on Wednesday versity m don and New York shops before the being done by contemporary artists afternoons throughout the year. Washington and Alle- tendance at the American university. turn of the century. living and working in this country. gheny. Students interested in the Wash- 1'res. Paul Fall of Hiram college, ington Semester are urged to ar- Ladies in Retirement has a cast It includes etching, lithography, wood engraving and aquatint. chairman of the inter-institutional range their program of study at Al- of seven characters, six of whom Phi Beta Kappa | committee directing the program, legheny so that they may be free of have been double cast to provide The artists represented in the col- has defined the objectives of the plan requirements and other activities in more college players with acting lection on exhibition are among the as follows: order to go to Washington during experience and to provide variety in best known in American painting. Awards Honor To bring students into first-hand the second semester of the junior interpretation. Joan Peters, '48, Many of them hold top awards in contact with their own national sci- year. In order to know what type shares the role of Louisa, a mildly national art competitions. John Four Students entific and governmental institutions. of courses will be available in Wash- daffy spinster, with Barbara Diett- Steuart Curry of Wisconsin, who To provide freedom for inquiry, ington students should consult the holds the $1,500 prize in the Artists erich, '47. Leonora Fiske, an aging Junior Phi Beta Kappa awards intellectual adventure, and academic current catalogue of the American ex-chorus girl, is to he played by For Victory exhibition at the Metro- initiative. university in tlie registrar's office. politan Museum; Aaron Bohrod, were presented to Helen Creeger, Julianne Purvis, '48, and Renee Anita Necci, Volanda Trucco and To bring together in a common Students should make application Hinder, '48, both of whom had parts Carnegie prize winner and holder of group honbr students from different five major awards from the Chicago James Weber, all of the class of '46, to Mr. Giddens in order to he con- in Snafu. Ellen, an unassuming but in chapel on December 5. Mr. Julian types of institutions for common sidered as candidates. These appli- (Continued on page 4) Art Institute; Joseph Hirsch, who work, inquiry, criticism and think- holds two Guggenheim Fellowships L. Ross, president of the local chap- cations are to be made immediately ter, made the awards. ing. upon the opening of college in Sep- for painting, and many others are Students participating will live in represented. A special honor, these awards are tember, 1946. Cup Won For given in the basis of the first three the residence hall of the School of The Washington Semester should Other artists represented in theacademic years at college. Phi Beta Social Science and Public Affairs not be confused with political sci- collection include Ernest Fiene, Lui- is a national honorary scholastic at the American universities. This ence 10. They are two entirely dif- Second Time By gi Lucioni, Howard Baer, Raphael fraternity. hall is near the white house and the ferent things, one serving the gen- Soyel, John de Martelly, Doris Lee, The newly-elected members were department of state. Although en- eral student and the other the stu- Women Debaters James Chapiu, Robert Philipp, formally initiated in the presence of rolled at their own colleges, they dent specializing in some phase of (ieorges Schreiber, Dale Nichols, the faculty members of the society will do a semester's work in thepublic affairs. Political science 10 Marion Greenwood, William Grop- undergraduate division of the Ameri- will be given as usual. Allegheny's debate team, coached and their wives at a banquet held in per and Joseph Margulies. Crawford house that evening. Pro- university. The inter-institutional committee, by Mr. Theodore Nelson, won pos- Wide freedom will be given to session of the silver cup trophy for Among the museums in which fessor Cheng of the Fukien Chris- which has been working more than works from this program are now tian college in Foochow, China, was the students, but fifteen hours of a year on this program, includes, in the second successive year at the work must be taken during the se- Ohio Women's Intercollegiate De- permanently owned are the Metro- guest speaker. addition to Pres. Fall and Mr. Gid- politan Museum of Art, Art Insti- mester: nine hours in the student's dens: chairman, Dr.