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Dramatic studentS attack m3ny tided p.nblem through exert;.., approaching the dance, phonetic drill and tranlcr;pt;on, laboratory p13y., three act piny •. COLLEGE PLAYERS When you've spent a yen at \"Xlcstern Mary- logues; they attempt rudimentary theory land and your name is in a little black book and practice. Their voices mature, their under "Dramatic Art 20!" then - you're limbs unbend, and they gain poise. Juniors off. are adopted as College Players and are faced You're off on :\0 endless trail that m:ly with stage craft. make-up, and phonetics, lead you anywhere from the broken seat in and with the production of from three to the last row of a second balcony to the royal thirteen one-act plays, three of which are road to the The-ot ab. given in Alumni Hall for that all important But «Dramatic Art" is toO complex and element, an audience. vital a study to be dismissed so shortly. \'({ith As for the Seniors, the stage is theirs indi- an objective embodying real living deeper vidually for the precious minutes of a senior than playing, projection fuller than imita- speech recital, for the roo-shore moments of tion, understanding beyond mere recogni- "their" plays. It is useless to say that the tion of emotion, and a love of life-with May-play is the culmination of study; it is such an objective, the first ingredient is only the public completion - each senior work. will never cease appreciating dramatic ar- Sophomores are introduced to exercises. tistry. They arc Miss Smith's College They moan and shake and recite rnono- Players.