TIWRGDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1947
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Earth Sciences
The Earth Sciences Colloquium
itieeting will be held id 202 EE at
4 0.4 Monday.
MI Society Meets
There will be a meeting of the
MI Society in 121 MI School at
! p.m. tonight. Plans will be made
for the annual student -faculty
banquet which will &ie held Jan
uary 14 at Nittany Lion Inn. At
this time a painting by Rockwell
Kent will be presented to the MI
School.
All MI students are urged to at
tend this meeting.
Windcrest Weekly
Windcrest residents are plan
ning a weekly newspaper, said
Orlando DiMaria yesterday. A
candidates' meeting to discuss or
gaAization of the paper will be
held in the Windcrest Community
Hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
A contest to select the name of
the paper will be held. The prize
will be groceries offered by the
Co-op store.
Fran:reify Charity
Sororities fraternities and oth
er groups who wish to aid needy
families by giving parties or
Christmas baskets are asked to
contact Mrs. Gilber t Crossley,
co-ardinating chairman of the
Associated Charities and special
events chairman for Christmas.
Mrs. Crossley may be reached at
734 West Foster Avenue, or tele
phone 3266.
IRC Discusses Plan
The International Relations
Club will consider the pros and
cons of the Marshall Plan in a
panel discussion in the second
floor lounge of Old Main at 7:30
o'clock tonight.
ACS Hears Talk
Dr. William A. Mosher, head of
the department of chemistry at
the University of Delaware, will
address the Central Pennsylvania
Section of the American Chemi
cal Society in 119 New Physics at
7:30 o'clock tonight.
The talk will be followed by
election of section officers. Dr.
Mosher's subject will be "Organ
ic Oxidation Mechanisms." The
public is invited to attend the lec
ture.
Froth Photo
Froth Junior board will meet at
the Penn State Photo Shop at 6:46
o'clock tonight to have a picture
taken for LaVie. Attendance is
compulsory for both editorial and
businesi staffs.
Newman Club Breakfast
Students interested in attend
ing the Newman Club commun
ion breakfast at Autoport at 9:30
a.m. December 14, are asked to
hand in their names to the rep
resentatives from their living
quarters before Sunday. Price of
tickets is 85 cents.
George E. Coign who will pre
sent the first in a series of
weekly organ recitals in Schwab
Auditorium, 4:15 o'clock today.
These half-hour programs are
open to all students, faculty and
townspeople.
Three Seniors To Teach
Vocational Agriculture
Robert Drick, Arthur S. Wolfe,
and Earl S. Fox, seniors in Ag
Ed, have been hired for teaching
vocational agriculture following
the demand for such teachers in
the schools of Pennsylvania.
None of these seniors has yet re
ceived his degree and, therefore,
all three have arranged to com
plete the required college work.
Drick has accepted a position
in Philipsburg; Wolfe has gone
to the Washington Township
School in Waynesboro; and Fox
is teaching in the Perry Town
ship School of Shoemakersville.
Dr. Henry S. Brunner, head of
the agricultural education de
partment at the College, said
each of these men teaching for
the first time is under individual
critic teachers.
Other seniors who have gone
into practice teaching include
Richard C. Farver, Robert B.
Hazel, Frederick Hughes, Charles
Norford, and Dorsey 0. Phillips.
Students Discuss Plans
For Model Convention
Students interested in attending
a model presidential nominating
convention in Philadelphia next
April should attend a meeting in
124 Sparks at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The College delegation will be
composed of students from all
schools of the College. The model
convention is sponsored by the
Intercollegiate Conference on
Government.
Students unable to attend the
meeting Tuesday are asked to
contact M. Nelson McGeary. as
sociate professor of political sci
ence, in 118 Sparks.
THE DAILI COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
New York Holds
Engineer Tests
Open combetitive examinations
for positions In six different en
gineering classifications in New
York State Civil Service will he
conducted in January. Engineer
ing students in Pennsylvania and
other adjacent states are being
notified of the examinations.
The positions which are open
and their s alaries are ship Wild
ing foreman, Department of Pub
lic Works. $2640 to $3240; assist
ant building structural engineer.
Department of Public Works,
$3720 to $4620; assistant archi
tectural estimator. Department of
Public Works, $3720 to $4620;
Junior civil engineer (airport
development). Department of
Commerce, $3OOO to $3600; senior
building construction engineer.
Department of Education. •$48`20
to $5720; associate transportation
engineer. Department of Public
Service. $6OOO to $7375.
Information concerning th e
forthcoming examinations and ne
cessary application blanks may
be obtained from the New York
State Department of Civil Service,
State Office Building. Albany.
New York. Closing date for filing
of applications is December 22.
Examinations are scheduled for
January 14 and 31.
Professor Heckler
Honored For Service
A scroll in recognition of ,25
years of service to the College
was presented to Fred G. Heahler.
director of the Engineering Ir.x-
Periment Station at the College.
at a testimonial dinner held
Thursday night at the Nittany
Lion Inn.
F. M. Torrance, formerly with
the department of mechanical en
gineering, served as toastmaster . 4 1
the dinner. Speakers were Dean
Harry P. Hammond. Leonard A.
Doggett. Leland S. Rhodes. and
Dr. Paul H. Schweitzer, all of the
School of Engineering.
Professor Hechler. who was
graduated from the University of
Missouri, came to Penn State in
1922. He was promoted from as
sistant director to director of the
HOT IN GOLD
THESPIAN'S
501 h Anniversary Production
DEC, 11th, 12th, 13th
7 O'clock
Tickets
75c Thursday
81.00 Friday and Saturday
Tickets go on sale 1:30 Monday Afternoon
Student Union
The Critics Say
Every week Collegian in coop
eration with the dramatics depart
ment will publish criticisms. rood
and bad. from leading newspa
pers. magazines, and theatrical
Journals of movies to be shown.
in State College that week.
By avoiding those pictures that
have received poor write-ups.
students are casting( their vote for
better and higher type films. Each
ticket that is bought for a worth
less film helps to bring more of
this type movie to town.
Criticisms of re-releases and
older films will be omitted since
the dramatics department files
are in the embryonic stages. With
the growth of these files, there
will be complete coverage.
Cathaum: "It Had to be You"
—Dec. 5 to 9
American Picture Association
of America "Rollicking farce.
frankly illogical and knpossible
from start to finish."
Look—"Recomgmended"
Variety--" One of the fantastic
comedies which can't be taken
deadpan."
State: "Carnegie Hall" Dec. 6
to 8
Theater Arta—"Fine music re
corded on special new mechanisms
....with a story dramatically
foolish and musically naive."
Variety—" Genius of its artists
and music smothers trite story and
direction."
AAUW Plans Discussion
Of Holiday festivities
The American Association of
University Women will sponsor
panel discussion of holiday cele
brations in foreign countries in
White Hail at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Dr. William H. Gray, associate
Professor of latin american his
torv. has been selected to lead the
panel.
All eligible women are cord
ially invited. and are requested
to use the northwest and south
west entrances of the Lulls:Sing.
Engineering Experiment Station
in 1935. He has been active in
numerous technical and engineer
ing organizations and is nationally
known for his work In heating
and air conditioning.
PAM TIMM
Debaters To Meet
Lehigh University
The Men's Debate Squad will
de ate with Lehigh University in
121 Sparks. 7:30 o'clock tomor
row night. according to Harris
Gilbert. manager of the team.
The subject will be, Resolved:
that a federal world government
should be established.
Orion J. Silverman and Wil
liam Reese will represent the
College in presenting the affirma
tive point of view. Lehigh will de
fend the negative.
The event will be an orthodox.
non-decisive style debate with
each side having a 10 minute
constructive speech and five min
ute rebuttal.
Eugene Fulmer will be the
chairman and an open forum will
rolbow the formal talks.
'Ginger Snap' Tomorrow
The Ginger Snap Party, spon
sored by the Inter-Church Stu
dent Fellowship, will be held at
the Episcopal Parish House a 8
o'clock tomorow night, said Lee
Dymond, coordinator.
Entertainment for th. 3 affair
will be furnished by square and
round dancing, games, and group
singing. Fred Coombs of the
physical education department
will direct all social activities.
Those attending will be re
quested to make a 35-cent dona
tion, said Mr. Dymond.
GO
TO
THE
COTTON
BOWL
FREE!
Ask For Your Ticket
With Every
$5 Purchase
at either one of the
Charles
Shops
Winning ticket will be
drawn Dec. 241 h. If you
are not here we will
mail the free prizes to
PRE-CHRISTMAS
SALE !
Now Going On I