Show COLLEGE GIRLS CIRIS STUDY TIlE THEATRE A TRE ATLANTA ATI fA April 3 I-Dy I By The Press Broadway holds a lure luro that draws thou thou- thousands thousands sands hoping to bask in Its glow but hut It has little attraction for four lour Agnes Scott College girls who ate are planning careers as play- play w wrights rights In fact Lillian Lo Le Conte Frances Fran Fran- Trances Frances ces Freeborn Roberto Roberta Inter Winter and Lewis whose pla plays plas s havo have just won honors of or the year for presentation pr by the In Atlanta believe significant do- do de de- development development of the tho American stage stace lies lIs in the Little Theater Th ter move move- ment It Is la hero here they will continue con con- continue continue their work after finishing school W. T tNT NT CLEAN CIElL Y PL lL Y Thorn Them are a few tew of or uj u left who still believe there Is la much tine drama In irs called so-called clean plays plays' s says Nan Nun Bagby Stephens who directs the dramatic work work- workshop workshop workshop shop and whose whoso play Roseanne won unanimous praise of New NewYork NewYork critics when presented at the tho Greenwich OrE Village Theatre Wo We want wont our theatre and wo we realize that the only way Is to tomake tomake tomake make It for ourselves ourse It If we write our own plays and produce them ourselves even If It profession profession- professional al standard Is acquired gradually gradual wo we shall build a l theatre all our own own Miss Winter Vinter deplores tho the low lowering lowering low ering cring of or dramatic standards to toa toa a n. point which admits obscenity but believes the theatre l Is 11 going through a transition period which undoubtedly will lead to some some- something somethIng thing altogether splendid Id Sho She and her laer contemporaries are arc op op- opposed opposed posed to legal censorship This new now era will be bo tho the prod prod- she sheI of the Little Theatre assorts For only In i this t way will viii I the tho entire e life of r the na- na nation tion be presented presented presented-as as opposed to the almost unbelievably limited understanding depicted depleted In the pro pro- professional fe lonal theatre LACKS LACK'S L. Cl HESPECT ar arAll All the girls believe le I the theatre as an nn Integral part of or the develop develop- development development development j ment of the tho human race should offer more than merely an eve eve- evenings evening's evenings evening's ning's entertainment The pro pro- professional professional theatre as a whole Is Jg failing in this respect they the con con- contend tend Let New York have Its Ils NewYork New NewYork NewYork York drama let Atlanta have its Ils homo theatre and likewise let have ha va Its productions productions productions-be be they provincial Miss Le Le Conte Con to urges In time there will be a II theatre In every part of ot the United States Slates which will present the tha real dramatic phases of ot the life of or the people and tend lend to preserve serve the higher standards of or the tho stage 00 |