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...State of Utah the rock of ages has assumed strange forms. Geologically, as observed in such scenic reservations as Bryce Canyon National Park, The Cedar Breaks, Zion National Park (see map p. 27), the rock has been sculptured by erosion, forming unearthly peaks and terraces, ornate gorges, petrified and ghostly cities. Utah's religious rock of ages-its dominant church-is equally exotic. It is, as everyone knows, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or, more familiarly, the Mormon Church. Fully half of Utah's half-million souls are Mormons. The history and commercial development...
Penny Arcade. The average theatre audience applauds a scenic novelty no matter how realistic and unimaginative it may be. This was twice demonstrated last week; once at This Man's Town (see above), again at Penny Arcade. The setting of the latter is indicated by its title- a gaudy pavilion with a waxen Hindu dummy in a glass case dispensing prophecies on pasteboard, and a lot of cumbersome crank machines showing moving pictures of stout ladies in their lingerie. On one side are hot dog and penny-pitch booths, on the other is a cheap photographer's studio...
...glib salesmen explained their various attractions. Obviously the recent U. S. renascence in bathroom fixtures and furniture has smitten the automobile. Some of the artists responsible for the renascence are now working on auto bodies: Norman Bel Geddes, jack-of-all-design; Joseph Urban, Ziegfeld and Metropolitan Opera scenic artist; Helen Dryden, painter and fashion artist; the house of Cartier, jewelers...
...Scenic designs submitted for the Harvard Dramatic Club production "Success" by Leslie Cheek, Jr. '31, have been accepted and are now under construction, it was announced last night by J.S. Jennison '30, manager of the production...
...that they offered an unusually difficult problem for the designer, will thus again be the work of an undergraduate artist. This is in accordance with the Dramatic Club's policy of making use of student talent where ever possible. The three dimensional treatment so much in evidence in modern scenic design will be followed in the fall production, where actual construction of details of the sets will supplant painted mouldings and bookshelves...