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Treble Singers
Present 'Opus ir
Woods Directs Group
Of 114 in 15 Numbers
Sponsored by the music de
partment,. the Penn State Treble
Singers will present "Opus I," in
Schwab Auditorium at 8:30 o'-
clock tonight. •
- Led by Director Guy Woods,
assistant professor of music, the
114 coeds will sing 15 numlbers
;arranged in four-pant harmony.
-Ruth .1-lorrocks will accompany
the group.
. "A Song cxf Victory," by Laura
iKetterer, the group's opening
number, will feature Katherine
Hatmeister as soprano soloist.
-Ann Reese will solo in Andre
chenier's French love poem,
"Apart."
Yeomans' "Time on My Hands,"
I.C6untz's "The Star," Campbell-
Tipton's "Spirit Flower," and the
old English aire "Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes" will be
sung by a sextet. Members of
this . group are: Joan Baker and
Aim Reese, sopranos; Jean Diehl
and Antionette D'Orazio, second
sopranos; and Betty Graeber and
Dolores Portnoy, altos.
Professor Woods has arranged
"Lazy Bones," by Hoagy Car
michael, "Body and - Soul," by
Johnny Green, "I'm Con[fessin',"
by Dougherty and Reynolds, and
'Exactly Like You," by McHugh.
Thege numbers will be sung by a
,swing trio, Carolyn Detz, Jeanne
'ElSenberg, .and Sally Freedly.
fieerns Taylor's "Valse Ariette,"
the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria,"
and "When Day Is Done," by Dr.
Robert Katcher, will be sung by
ithe entire chorus. The group will
;present - the negro spirituals
'Joshua Fit de Battle of Jer
icho" and "Were You There?"
The all-coed .chorus will sing
Longfellow's poem "Stars of the
Summer Night" set to music by
Noble Cain in his "Nocturne,"
and Carl Sandburg's "Fog" with
Music by Louise Fhebe Stone.
Three folk tunes, "Willie Take
.Your Drum," a Burgundian Car
ol, "I Wonder When I Shall Be
married," a Kentucky Mountain
song, and "Grandma Grunts," a
(Continued on page seven)
College Adopts Postwar
Readmission Procedure
.The Administration Council of
the College bas s adopted an
amendment to the procedure in
reinstating students ' who have
been dropped from College be
cause of poor scholarship.
Illecx.Nrnmended by the . Commit
tee on Postwar Problems, this
new policy of liberal reinstate
ment will be adopted immediately
after the war. Readmission of
students will be up to the deans
of the individual schools, the Col
lege examiner, or the registrar,
depending upon the circum
stances.
President Ralph D. Hetzel has
appointed 14 stall members to
study what- the Postwar Prob
lems' Committee calls "the inter
national relations of the College."
• William H. Gray, professor of
Latin American history, will head
this investigating • co m mittee.
• Serving under him are: Nicholas
'M. Brentin, instructor of . Spanish;
Wallace R. Brewster, associate
professor •• of , political science;
Henry S. Brunner, professor of
. i/gricultural..engineering; Arnold
..I- Currier, associate professor of
chemistry; Paul R. . Dougherty,
Professorof Spanish; and H. Mau
• ?.ee.-Davis,• assistant -professor of
i• metallurgy. • • •-• " •
-I,:Royal M. • Gerhardt, • professor
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FRIDAY, MORNING, MAY 4, 1945-STATE COLLEGE !PENNSYLVANIA
CHARLES KULLMAN
fd: "
Opera Stars
Offer Concert
Approximately 300 tickets re
main for the final College Artists'
Course program and will be sold
at the Athletic Association ticket
office, Old Main, Monday. Price
will be $3, including tax.
The concert will be presented
in Schwab Auditorium, May 12
by Charles Kullman, tenor from
the Metropolitan Opera Associa
tion, and Nan Merriman, National
Broadcasting Company radio star.
Ku.llman, a graduate of Yale
('where he originally intended to
study medicine) and the . Julliard
School of Music, studied at the
American Consersiatory,- in ..F : on,
France7"He - was-for
merly a member of the music
faculty of Smith College, leaving
there to join Vladimir Rosing's
American Opera Company, where
he, made his initial appearance in
the roles of Faust, Don Jose, and
Pinkerton.
After singing in Berlin, Vienna.
Salzburg, London, and other Eu
ropean cities he returned to
America for his Metropolitan de
but in:"Faust." He has since made
many appearances at the Met
ropolitan and has sung for
eight seasons with the San
Francisco Opera Company. He
has also appeared on a number of
radio programs and has made
numerous operatic and semi
classical recordings.
cf. architectural engineering; Wit
ham Jeffrey, instructor of indus
trial engineering and physical ed
ucation; Frank D. Kern, dean of
the Graduate School; Miss Edith
J. Melville, assistant to the dean
of women; George E. Simpson,
head of the department of sociol
ogy; Mrs, Mary W. Streyffeler,
assistant professor of • home eco
nomics, education, and visual ed
ucation; and Palmer C. Weaver,
professor of education.
Col. Edward Taliferro
Named ASTP Commandant
Col. Edward H. Taliaferro Jr.
has been named new commandant'
of the Army Specialized Training
Unit at the College.
A graduate of Virginia Military
Institute, Col. Taliaferro did grad
uate work at Cornell and was
awarded a civil engineering de
gree from VW.: He served with
the AEF in .France duriiig World
War I. first as• a company and then
as a • battalion commander of the
17th Engineers.
Col. Taliaferro was 'transferred
from Indiantown Gap, where the
.was commanding officer from Sep
tember, 1944 until February, .1945.
Published Weekly By The Daily Collegian Staff
College Plans
V-E Day Services
Convocation to Mark
Campus Celebration
Convocation services will be
held in front of Old Main or in
Recreation Hall to mark the ,proc
!r•mation of V-E Day, according
to President Ralph D. Hetzel.
In a statement explaining the
plan, Dr. Hetzel pointed out that
the military department had re
ceived instructions from the War
Department prescribing a icere
rnony for the occasion. All stu
dents and townspeople will be
invited to attend.
The time and place o.f the con
vocation will be determined by
the hour of the day and the
weather' conditions when the dec
laration is made .known to the
public.
If the proclamation comes be
tween 6 p.m. and 8. am. the
ceremony will (be staged at 11 a.
If the unconditional surrender
proclamation comes ibetween 8 a.
in. and . 6 p.m. the ceremony will
be• at 8 p.m.
IS at 11 a.m. in good weather,
it twill be in front of Old Main.
IS the weather is inclement it
will be in Recreation Hall. If at
8 p.m. it will be in Recreation
Hall regardless of the weather
conditions.
An announcement about 11 o- clock classes will be made should
the ceremony take place then.
'Anchors Aweigh'
Honors Town Folk
"Anchors Aweigh", the Navy V
-12 formal dance will be held in
the Armory from 8 to 12 o'clock
tomorrow night. The dance is
dedicated to all citizens of State
College who, as the dedication
reads "have done much collec
tively and as individials to make
our duty here a pleasant one."
•Music will b e provided by Bud
Wills and his Campus Owls.
Guests of honor at the dance
will, be representatives of the Col
lege and of various organizations
of the town. They are:
and Mrs. E. L. Keller, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert G. Reed, Mr.
and Mrs. S. N. Roseberry, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Schlow, Mr. and Mrs.
H. 0. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
P. Spannuth, and Mr: H. L. Stuart,
representing Borough Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Bell, Mr.
and Mrs. Hummel Fishburn, Mr.
and Mrs. Neil M. Fleming, Mr.
,and Mrs. Harold. R. Gilbert, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Gullo, Dr. and
Mrs. Carl P. Schott, and Dr.- and
Mrs. Charles C. Wagner, repre
senting the College.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Armstrong,
American Legion; Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Brown, Centre Hills Country
Club; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Y. Ed
wards, Elks Club; Mr. and Mrs.
H. P. Griffith, Kiwanis Club; Mr.
and Mrs. George Laleek, Veterans
of Foreign Wars; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert G. McLanahan, Commerce
Club; and Mr. and Mrs. Cleve
Snyder, Rotary Club.
A/S James C. Sheehan is gen
eral chairman of the dance. His
committees will be headed by A/S
Robert W. Bulmer, refreshments;
A/S Jack C. Espich and A/S J.
Pobert Riley, decorations; „A/S
John P. Jones, tickets and pro
grams; A/S James M. Kenney,
checking; and A/S Karel E. Yed
licka, entertainment.
AU graduating seniors who
have • not . received. notice i:of
photographer's. appointments
are asked to contact Charlotte
Taylor, editor of La Vie, at
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Cabinet Revision Plans
For All-College Officers
The All-College offices of president and secretary-treasurer are
provided for in the revised Cabinet constitution which had its first
reading Tuesday night.
The All-College president and secretary will be elected each se
mester by the entire student body if the plan is accepted by Cabinet
on May 15 when a vote will be taken following the third reading of
the constitution.
The duties of the president will be to serve as chairman of the
Alumnus Trades
College Ring
For Food
Bacon and bread were so ap
pealing to Lt. James M. Lloyd
'43, that he gave his class ring for
them.
Lieutenant Lloyd was taken pri
soner in the Saar Basin last
Thanksgiving. Upon his release
February 1, he gave a Russian
soldier his class ring in exchange
for food.
To buy him a new ring, Hat So
cieties Council will collect funds
at a mass meeting in front of Old
Main today at 1 o'clock.
MI Staff
Adds Prof
Dr. Maxwell Gensamer. staff
member at Carnegie Institute of
Technology for the past 16 years,
has been named professor of met
allurgy and head of the depart
ment of mineral technology, Dean
Edward Steidle of the School. of
Mineral Industries announced.
The new department head, na
tive of Bradford, holds three de
grees from. Carnegie Tech: a
bachelor of science (1924), a mas
ter of science (193'1), and doc
torate (1933).
Dr. Gensamer, who holds a U.
S. patent ;for the manufacture of
non-aging steel, has served as
galvanizing foreman; chemist in
charge of laboratory, and acting
chief metallurist in charge of all
heat treatment and galvanizing
for the Page Steel and Wire Com
pany, Monessen.
Hi s professional association
with Carnegie Tech began in 1929
when he was a graduate student
and research assistant in the met
als research laboratory. He began
teaching metallurgy in 1935 and,
since 1913, has held the rank of
full professor.
Ruling by ODI Closes
Commencement to Guests
Because of a recent ruling by the
Office of Defense Transportation,
Commencement exercises for the
June graduates will •be closed to
parents and friends of the stu
dents.
The ruling states that the Col
lege may not hold any functions
which would draw more than 50
people from out of town to the
campus 'because of overcrowded
transportation facilities. In order
to hold Commencement exercises
of any kind, permission must be
obtained from the ODT guarantee
ing no violation. of this ruling.
A closed Commencement pro
gram was decided upon at a meet
ing of the College Public Occa
sions committee Tuesday rather
than no exercises 'at all.
The date and time of Com=
menceinent will be 'decided by
.graduating seniors and will be an
nounced at a later date.
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Cabinet and represent the stu
dents in matters which concern all
the semesters. The secretary
treasurer will be Cabinet's secre
tary and chairman of the Inter
class Finance Board.
Following Victor Danilov's mes
sage from President R. D. Hetzel
stating that Cabinet had no juris
diction of WS'GA, a nominating
committee was established for the
selection of Judicial and Tribun
al members.
Danilov, who is chairman of the
Constitution Revision Committee,
pointed out that any cooperation
between Cabinet and WSGA will
have to be voluntary and not com
pulsory under present conditions.
The nominating committee will
set up standards which all nomi
nees to the judicial bodies must
meet before being recommended
to All-College Cabinet for final
approval.
The committee will consist of
the presiding Judicial and Tribun
al chairmen, a representative from
the Senate, and - a member-at
large from Cabinet: The- All-Col
lege president will serve as chair
man of -the committee. The deans
of men and women will be ex
officio members.
Numerous minor changes were
also made in the constitution.
Discussion on the revisions began
three weeks ago. However, be
cause of various reasons the first
reading was not officially made
until this week.
PRA To Sponsor
Marriage Institute
An All-College Courtship and
Marriage Institute will be spon
sored by the Penn State Christian
Association May 13, 14, and 15.
The purpose of the Institute is
to provide discussion by profes
sional leaders on problems arising
in the minds of students concern
ing courtship and marriage and to
furnish information for those who
are unable to schedule courses in
human relations.
Rev. J. Kesler Schultz, pastor' of
the, college church at Dickinson
College, Carlisle, will speak in
Chapel at 1 1 1 a.m. May 13 to open
the program. His topic will be
"The Religious Aspects of Mar
riage."
Dr. Roy E. Dickerson, author,
lecturer and marriage consultant
from Cincinnati, 0., will be on
campus all day May 14. will
speak in psychology, home econom
ics, and sociology classes during
the morning discussing the rela
tion of marriage to these subjects.
During the afternoon the con
sultant will hold 20-minute pri
vate conferences for students seek
ing personal counsel. Appoint
ments should be made in the PSCA
office immediately. Dr. Dickerson
will address the entire student
body in 10 Sparks at 8 p.m. May
14.
. Dr. Clifford Adams, associate
professor of education and psy
chology at the College', will close
the Institute when he will address
the sociology 4. class at its regular
meeting May 15 on the 'Psycho-
Physical Factors in Marriage."