PADILLA
LECTURE
TOMORROW
VOL. 47—No. 2
Padilla Discusses
Dangers of Peace
In Schwab Forum
Ezequiel Padilla, one of Mex
ico’s leading statesmen, will speak
on “Permanent Peace and Its
Dangers.” in Schwab Auditorium
at 8 o’clock tomorrow night.
The lecture by Dr. Padilla is
the third in the current season’s
Community Forum series. Tickets
are available at the Student Union
in Old Main.
Dr. Padilla, an accomplished
orator in both Spanish and Eng
lish. has been credited by Sumner
Welles with doing more to pro
mote inter - American solidarity
in recent years than any other
man. He was an influential spokes
man in the Rio and Chaipultepec
conferences.
Currently engaged in lecturing
and writing on behalf of the
cause of democracy, the 55-year
old statesman has served Mexico
as ambassador to Italy, attorney
general, and secretary of educa
tion.
Girls Invite Men
To Valenlihe Hop
In keeping with the leap year
tradition, girls will ask the men
to the annual WRA Sweetheart
dance in White Hall from 9 to 12
p.m. Saturday.
Music will be furnished by the
Campus Owls and the dance is
semi-formal. Since the dance is to
be held on Valentine’s Day. the
decorations /will follow the heart
and arrow theme, said June Wiley
general chairman.
Tickets for the Sweetheart
dance are $1.20 a couple and they
are available now at Student
Union.
The WRA Social Board is ir
charge of this annual event. Jun.'
Wiley is general chairman: ClaT
-Lee. student advisor: Miss Mil
dred Lucy, faculty advisor: Jear
Murphy, ticket chairman: Jane
Sifer. invitation chairman: June
Snyder, decorating chairman: Ka’
Courtney, publicity chairman.
Late AP News
Courtesy Radio Station WMAj
Grain Investigation
The matter of last week’s break
in grain prices will be investi
gated by a congressional commit
tee for possible evidence that in
siders might have dodged a loss
or even made monev. Announce
ment of the investigation came
today from Representative Au
gust Andresen (Minn.), chairman
of a House committee on com
modity trading. He maintained
that while small speculators lost
last week, some “insiders” may
have made tremendous profits.
Democratic Split
Senator James Eastland of Mis
sissippi has proposed that the
solidly Democratic South block
the nomination of any Democrat
who expresses himself against the
South’s “Jim Crow” legislation.
The senator’s proposal came in an
attack on President Truman’s
civil rights suggestions made to
Congress last week in which the
President proposed making lynch
ing a federal offense, banning poll
taxes and ending segregation.
Earlier today the White House
said that Mr. Truman would not
retreat from any of his proposals.
Debate Cancelled
The men’s debate with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania scheduled
for last night was cancelled. No
reason was given. ,
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TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1948 —STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Speaker
REP. BROOKS HAYS
Congressman Talk
In Religion Week
Brooks Hays. Congressman from
Arkansas, will appear at the Col
lege during Religion-in-Life Week,
said Alice J. Byers, faculty chair
man for the “week.”
Mr. Hays has been scheduled
thus far for two seminars. Titles
are "United States and Us.” a dis
cussion of the individual’s obliga
tion in national affairp. and "Re
ligion and Its Present Day Rivals.”
a town meeting discussion.
Mr. Hays will address individual
groups on the subjects of sociol
ogy. agriculture, economics, po
litical science, science, interna
tional relations, law and philoso
phy and their relation to religion.
Groups interested in hearing Mr.
Hays outside of his regularly
scheduled lectures may contact
Mrs. Byers at the Penn State
Christian Association office for
arrangements.
Congressman Hays spent one
nonth in Europe in the summer
if 1944 investigating war damage
and is a member of a group ol
ninisters and congressional lead
irs who hold meetings weekly for
irayer and discussion of pertinent
acial issues in the light of re
igious value.
College Offers
fyping Course
New classes in elementary
typing and Gregg shorthand,
sponsored by Central Extension,
are being organized at the Col
lege, and are open to anyone in
this general area who wishes to
pnroll.
No specific prerequisites are
necessary. Registrations will
be accepted in Room 201, Cen
tral Extension Building until
February 17 from 9 to 12 and
1:30 to 5:00. Classes will
meet twice weekly, on Tuesday
and Thursday nights.
Classes in advanced typing
and shorthand will be organized
also if sufficient persons are in
terested in taking the courses.
Instructors for the courses
will be Miss Elizabeth M. Miller
and Miss Margaret R. Swartz,
both members of the Collegi
staff.
Wallace Group Names
Two Student Sponsors
Two students of the College
were named last week on a partial
list of sponsors for the Henry A.
Wallace presidential campaign in
Pennsylvania.
They are William Meek, chair
man of Young Progressive Citi
zens of America, and Ted Rubin,
representative of "Students for
Wallace.”
The list was released by the
"Pennsylvania Wallace Commit
tee,” which plans a state-wide
convention of Wallace followers in
York March 7.
Mark Reminds
Aulo Owners
Students are prohibited from
driving on the central campus
roads between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m..
Captain Philip A. Mark of the
campus patrol reminded today.
Physically han d i capped stu
dents may. if certified bv the Col
lege Health Service, receive spe
cial permits.
Student drivers may park only
in the West Parking area (behind
Sigma Chi) and a designated area
on East Campus, Captain Mark
added.
All drivers are required to obey
all directive signs on the campus.
Coeds Sign Out
Coeds going to basketball
games. Artist Course concerts
or any other paid entertainment
during lh e week are asked by
WSGA Senate to sign out for
these events for them to remain
until the program is over.
Siren Trains Novice Actors
For Unexpected Laughter
Preparing the cast for audience laughs is one of the knottiest
problems facing the production of the fast-moving “Three Men on a
Horse,” Players show scheduled for the stage at Schwab February IS,
20 and 21, according to director Warren Smith.
In broad farce, where swift pacing and rapid-fire dialogue are of
Penn Stale Dames
Tele Grad School
The twenty-fifth anniversary
of the Graduate School of the
College will be celebrated at a
dinner-dance given by the Penn
State Dames, an organization of
the wives and mothers of Penn
State graduates, on Feb. 26.
The dinner-dance will also be
in honor of Dean Frank D. Kern,
who has been dean of the grad
uate school since its organization.
The dinner will be held in the
Social Room of the Presbyterian
Church, 138 W. Beaver avenue,
at 6:30 o’clock. The dance at the
Hillel Foundation, 133 W. Beav
er avenue, will begin at 9:30 o’-
clock. Both are semi-formal.
Dinner will be $1.35. Per
sons interested are asked to call
2204 or 4075 for reservations be
fore February 23.
Penn's Valley Skiers
Vie for Dercum Trophy
Two contests for members of
he Penn’s Valley Ski Club will
be held on Mount Bald Nob. near
Toalsburg, on February 14 and 15.
The second annual Max Dercum
.ophy Meet, sponsored bv .Tad
Harper, will be run at 10 o’clock
Sunday morning. Both slalom and
downhill events will be included
in this competition.
Those interested in competing
should pick up their entry lisis >n
Jack Harper’s Store. Student
Union, or at the regular ski meet
lg in 110 E.E. at 7:30 tomorrow
night. All contestants are asked
to be at the trail at 9 o'clock Sun
day morning to nick up their rac
ing numbers.
A cross-country meet will be
held at 2 o’clock Saturday after
noon.
The ski tow which has been out
~f commission all season was
running last week-end for the
benefit of the more advanced
skiers.
Pari Time Jobs Open
Students interested in part time
work during the current semester
may register in the student em
ployment office. 420 Old Main,
Mr. Allan Reece, in charge of
student part time placement, said
today. „ ,
Players 'Frying Pari
Gets Two More
Heatings
Two additional performances of
Players’ popular farce. “Out of
the Frying Pan.” have been
scheduled for Center Stage this
Saturday and next Saturday
nights, said Robert Reifsneider,
director.
Tickets for Saturday’s perform
ance will go on sale at the Stu
dent Union desk today, while res
ervations for next week’s show
may be made at the dramatics of
fice. The price of $l.lO includes
after-show refreshments and danc
ing.
Members from both previous
casts have been selected for Sat
urday’s performance, with Buzz
Fahringer. Billie Cooper. Ted
Breining. Fanna Brown. Ted
Mann, and Joan Kapnek listed in
the leading roles.
Also playing this week will be
Avis Goldberg. Ro! ert Benson,
Hank Glass. Harry Natsehe, and
Ed McCoy.
the essence, he explained, the au
dience may laugh at unexpected
moments, and have been known to
fail to respond to the sure-fire
lines. Such audience eccentricity
may upset inexperienced players,
the director pointed out, unless
they’ve been prepared for it.
'Hone' Cast New
The cast of “Three Men on a
Horse” is predominantly new to
Players shows, Mr. Smith said. Of
the “three men,” for instance,
Harold Fahringer, as Charlie, and
Aaron Osipow, as F'rankie, are cast
in their first major roles, while
Robert Benson, as Patsie, acts his
first part.
Hank Glass, as the clairvoyant
greeting-card-verse composer Er
win, brings a wealth of experi
ence as a comic to the role, al
though it’s one of his first for
Players.
Of the 10 others in the cast,
only two have previously appear
ed here, Players making use of
talent fresh to the campus scene.
Siren Trains Actors
To insure that the neophite cast
won’t be caught unawares by the
assorted titters, giggles, and guf
faws that “Three Men on a Horse”
is predicted to produce, the re
sourceful Mr. Smith has arranged
to have his sound crew set up a
whistle siren for rehearsal.
The siren is capable of simulat
ing the rising crescendo of an
audience laugh, and the actors
will be trained to wait for just the
right moment before giving their
lines, insuring that only a mini
mum will be lost, Mr. Smith said.
“The audiences will have to
laugh louder than a siren to catch
the actors unprepared,” the direc
tor chuckled. “Maybe they’ll do it.
at that.”
State Calls for Bids
On New College Building?
Bids on three new buildings
and additions to two others at
the College were called for yes
terday by the Pennsylvania De
partment of Property and Sup
plies.
The new structures are a class
room, mineral industries and
plant industries buildings. Wings
will be added to the mechanical
engineering laboratory and Rec
reation Hall.
Approximately $3,618,000 was
appropriated fort construction
and expansion at the College by
the 1945 legislature.
WEATHER
Not So Cold, Light
Snow Tonight
FIVE CENTS
Texts Available
As Book Exchange
Closes Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day the
Student Book Exchange will be
open this semester.
Janie Weigle, chairman of the
book exchange committee, re
minded students today that they
have only one more day to secure
books at the exchange.
The exchange book stock, said
Miss Weigle, can be of especial use
to sophomores, since most of the
texts are for elementary courses
in such subjects as history, mathe
matics, psychology, literature,
chemistry and botany.
The exchange head asked all
students who have turned in books
to be sold to stop by the exchange
in the basement of Irvin Hall to
reclaim their books or receive the
money owed them. No more books
will be accepted by the exchange
to be sold.
Books not used on the campus,
added Miss Weigle, may be stored
until next semester. If students
wish, they will be sent to a for
eign book exchange. Although the
prices paid by this exchange are
not high, the books cannot be sold
at all in local stores.
The Student Book Exchange is
open daily from 9 to 12 noon and
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
News Briefs
Pan-Hel Meeting
Pan-Hellenic Council will meet
in Southeast Lounge, Atherton
Hall, at 7 o’clock tonight, said
Adelaide Finkelston, president.
Orientation Meeting
All new women transfer stu
dents are asked to come to ah
Orientation Meeting sponsored
by Chimes, Junior Women’s
Honorary, in 405 Old Main, 7
o’clock tonight, said Lois Res
ler, Chimes president The
meeting will include discussions
of WSGA, WRA, Pan-Hel, inde
pendent organizations and other
College activities.
Players Tryouts
Tryouts for male supporting
roles in the Players Production,
“The Great God Brown,” will be
held in Schwab at 7 o’clock to
night. according to Professor
Robert Kendall, director.
Club SO Meeting
Club 50 will meet in 304 Old
Main at 7:30 o’clock tonight, ac
cording to Walt Gabel, president.
Mrs. Franklyn Fry of the Psy
chology Department will speak
on the subject of Hypnotism. All
sophomores are invited to attend.
Sophomore Board
Sophomore Board members uf
he Collegian editorial staff will
neet in 9 Carnegie Hall at 7
/clock tonight, said Allan Ostar,
editor.
A Student Council
The Liberal Arts Studen
Jouncil will hold an important,
neeting in 417 Old Main at 7
/clock tonight. All members are
urged to attend.
business Staff
There will be a meeting of the
Junior and Sophomore boards
and candidates of the Collegian
business staff in the Collegian
office at 7 o'clock tonight, said
Donald Ellis, business manager.
Registration Deadline
Saturday morning will be the
last day for students to register
or to tile drop adds, said Ray
V. Watkins. College scheduling
officer.
Registration as of yesterday
is considered as late and stu
dents will be charqed a $5 late
registration fee. Graduate stu
dents registered this week are
excluded from payinq this tine,
Mr. Watkins added.